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Phred
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"The Wire" airs Sunday night!
#7832160 - 01/04/08 02:29 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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The fifth and final season of HBO's "The Wire" will air its first episode Sunday night.
In my not so humble opinion, The Wire is the best show ever on TV. Better than any movie I can think of, too, although that's not really a fair comparison since there's fifty hours so far of "The Wire" versus less than ten hours of say the Godfather trilogy.
I live in the Dominican Republic and don't even have a television, so I won't be watching Season Five till it comes out on DVD. That's how I watched the first four seasons (just finished Season Four about a week ago), and in my opinion that's how it's best watched. Waiting a week between episodes would be torture for me.
But I have to admit that right now I envy all you folks with HBO. Y'all are in for a rare treat if this final season is even half as good as the first four.
Phred
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Phred]
#7832169 - 01/04/08 02:31 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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You were the one that got me jonesin' to check out the Wire...and after Disc 1 I found myself anything but compelled to go rent Disc 2. Oh well.
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Phred]
#7832174 - 01/04/08 02:32 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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The Wire has received critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of urban life and uncommonly deep exploration of sociological themes, and has been called the best show on television.
sounds nice commercial free.
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Phred
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The Wire does start slowly, true. But it's worth the wait, I guarantee it.
By Disk 1, I presume you mean you rented Disk 1 of Season One -- which contained what... the first two episodes of Season One? You stopped watching just at the point where things pick up.
It's not just my opinion, either -- check out imdb.com. Their highest rating of all time goes to -- wait for it -- The Wire, at 9.8 out of 10.0. Even their highest rated movie of all time, The Godfather, made just 9.1.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306414/
Check some of the reviews at imdb -- lots of people there far more articulate than I am.
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Ya the first two episodes make it seem like a cop show. If you stick it out and finish season 1, you'll be so glad you did. Season 2 is a little slow, since it deals more with the docks rather than the streets, but there's still a good bit of the streets in season 2. Season 3 and 4 are awesome. Just amazing. I've seen the first 2 episodes of season 5 and it looks like it will be an amazing finale for the show.
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Phred]
#7842345 - 01/07/08 05:35 AM (16 years, 25 days ago) |
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So did anyone watch the first episode last night? How was it?
Phred
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Hefe]
#7842406 - 01/07/08 06:04 AM (16 years, 25 days ago) |
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I heard that 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 got leaked. Anyone know where I can get them?
About to watch ep1 tonight!
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Phred
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Phred]
#7847066 - 01/08/08 08:31 AM (16 years, 24 days ago) |
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James Lileks http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/08/0108/010808.html weighs in:
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I watched “The Wire” – dour, wry, knotty, depressing, bracing, perfect as usual. It will end up being the most overpraised show worthy of overpraise in cable history, and will have 1/100th the impact of “The Sopranos,” which looks like a cartoon in comparison. Years from now we will view the A. J . subplots the same way we look at Wesley on the bridge of the Enterprise, piloting the ship.
Heh.
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Re: "The Wire" airs Sunday night! [Re: Phred]
#7861431 - 01/10/08 08:18 PM (16 years, 22 days ago) |
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anyone got a good torrent for season 1? I got it coming in SLOWWW
sorry in advance if this someone breaks rules
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