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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:13 pm    Post subject: The Wire

No basketball or school, so I decided to finally watch this show after years of trying to find some time. I remember a few years back people on LG talking about it. I must say it was one of the few things I have ever watched that made me think about it days after watching. I'm sad that I finished it all
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:20 pm    Post subject:

the only thing I know of the show is this:


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:09 pm    Post subject:

Best written, directed, and acted show i've ever seen.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:01 am    Post subject:

I just started rewatching this. Such a great show. David Simon knows his sh*t
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:36 am    Post subject:

I'm not gonna lie, I stopped at the end of Season 3 because it was pretty depressing. Definitely a great show, I gotta see the rest one of these days.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:55 am    Post subject:

24 wrote:
Best written, directed, and acted show i've ever seen.


(bleep) the bosses.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:47 am    Post subject:

GOAT




before season 5
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:12 am    Post subject:

I just didn't like how Avon was totally cut out from everything after season 3, but I guess that's how it goes when you're in jail.

What season was your favorite? I don't know yet, but I think I'm leaning towards season 1, but really it's too hard to choose.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:26 pm    Post subject:

I'm not ready to call it the greatest of all time yet (that'd be Oz, for me) but it's right up there.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:04 pm    Post subject:

akk7 wrote:
I just didn't like how Avon was totally cut out from everything after season 3, but I guess that's how it goes when you're in jail.

What season was your favorite? I don't know yet, but I think I'm leaning towards season 1, but really it's too hard to choose.


For me:

3
1
4
5
2
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:25 pm    Post subject:

kontrast wrote:
akk7 wrote:
I just didn't like how Avon was totally cut out from everything after season 3, but I guess that's how it goes when you're in jail.

What season was your favorite? I don't know yet, but I think I'm leaning towards season 1, but really it's too hard to choose.


For me:

3
1
4
5
2


4, 3, 1, 2, 5
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:45 pm    Post subject:

I just finished season 3, which was my favorite so far. I usually hear from most people that season 5 was disappointing, so I'll see.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:54 pm    Post subject:

Season 3 was great because of that tension between Stringer and Avon and it's breaking point, but I think I enjoyed 1 a little more. It was the introduction to everything, the towers, D'Angelo's character, Wallace, Omar, etc.

Season 5 wasn't bad, compared to the rest of television it was great, it just couldn't compete with the other seasons. Season 5 had a lot of closure to it and the final episode was great. It was only 10 episodes so it may have seemed rushed.

Season rankings for me

1, 3, 4, 2, 5

Two was a complete different theme than 1 so it may seem boring to a few people at first, but it picks up and really lays the groundwork for the rest of the show. Just never got the point of Ziggy's character
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:20 pm    Post subject:

They're all really great and this ranking is very close for me: 3, 4, 2, 1, 5.

Really didn't like s2 when I started it, but I grew to appreciate it as the show went on.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:52 pm    Post subject:

Love this show... it's great!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:09 pm    Post subject:

3, 1, 4, 5, 2....
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:21 pm    Post subject:

My favorite was season 3. Since season 1 I was rooting for *spoiler* to get killed and he finally got it at the end of the season.

At first I hated season 4 because of how little McNulty was in it but after viewing it a second time, it was more apparent that those kids put on better performances than most A-list actors.

Then comes 5, 2, 1.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:45 pm    Post subject:

C M B wrote:
My favorite was season 3. Since season 1 I was rooting for *spoiler* to get killed and he finally got it at the end of the season.

At first I hated season 4 because of how little McNulty was in it but after viewing it a second time, it was more apparent that those kids put on better performances than most A-list actors.

Then comes 5, 2, 1.


I loved *spoiler* Such a unique character. Just business, just business.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:11 pm    Post subject:

akk7 wrote:
C M B wrote:
My favorite was season 3. Since season 1 I was rooting for *spoiler* to get killed and he finally got it at the end of the season.

At first I hated season 4 because of how little McNulty was in it but after viewing it a second time, it was more apparent that those kids put on better performances than most A-list actors.

Then comes 5, 2, 1.


I loved *spoiler* Such a unique character. Just business, just business.


Favorite characters:

1.) McNulty
2.) Omar
3.) Lester
4.) Bubbles
5.) The Bunk
6.) Prezbo
7.) Duquan (Dookie)
8.) Herc
9.) Cutty
10.) Levy
11.) Jay

BTW Remember little Wallace? ("Where the (bleep) is Wallace?!")

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTMyNjMyMjE5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjEwMjM0NQ@@._V1_.jpg
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:15 pm    Post subject:

C M B wrote:
akk7 wrote:
C M B wrote:
My favorite was season 3. Since season 1 I was rooting for *spoiler* to get killed and he finally got it at the end of the season.

At first I hated season 4 because of how little McNulty was in it but after viewing it a second time, it was more apparent that those kids put on better performances than most A-list actors.

Then comes 5, 2, 1.


I loved *spoiler* Such a unique character. Just business, just business.


Favorite characters:

1.) McNulty
2.) Omar
3.) Lester
4.) Bubbles
5.) The Bunk
6.) Prezbo
7.) Duquan (Dookie)
8.) Herc
9.) Cutty
10.) Levy
11.) Jay

BTW Remember little Wallace? ("Where the (bleep) is Wallace?!")

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTMyNjMyMjE5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjEwMjM0NQ@@._V1_.jpg


Herc?!?! The things he did in the fourth and fifth seasons were so dirty. Carver to the fullest.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:18 pm    Post subject:

akk7 wrote:
C M B wrote:
akk7 wrote:
C M B wrote:
My favorite was season 3. Since season 1 I was rooting for *spoiler* to get killed and he finally got it at the end of the season.

At first I hated season 4 because of how little McNulty was in it but after viewing it a second time, it was more apparent that those kids put on better performances than most A-list actors.

Then comes 5, 2, 1.


I loved *spoiler* Such a unique character. Just business, just business.


Favorite characters:

1.) McNulty
2.) Omar
3.) Lester
4.) Bubbles
5.) The Bunk
6.) Prezbo
7.) Duquan (Dookie)
8.) Herc
9.) Cutty
10.) Levy
11.) Jay

BTW Remember little Wallace? ("Where the (bleep) is Wallace?!")

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTMyNjMyMjE5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjEwMjM0NQ@@._V1_.jpg


Herc?!?! The things he did in the fourth and fifth seasons were so dirty. Carver to the fullest.


Herc was so stupidly hilarious. And hilariously stupid.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:36 pm    Post subject:

Can't argue with that, but him being two-faced at the end, really made me mad.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: The Wire

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No basketball or school, so I decided to finally watch this show after years of trying to find some time. I remember a few years back people on LG talking about it. I must say it was one of the few things I have ever watched that made me think about it days after watching. I'm sad that I finished it all


I just recently did the same thing....went season by season, all 5 seasons in about six weeks total (yes, I have no life!) and just finished a few days ago.

If there has ever been a better TV show made, I haven't seen it.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:27 pm    Post subject:

Herc had one of my favorite scenes ever from the show.

Where do you guys get those hats with the bills over the ears like that? I got into all the city stores and the only ones I could find are the ones with the bills in the front.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:06 am    Post subject:

A subtle but powerful scene in the show: When Bunny Colvin took the 3 f-up class students to Ruth's Chris and the culture shock stole their excitement and their appetites.
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