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The Wire - GOAT television series?

  • Trueblue23
    Laley23;1702195 wrote:Funny mindless show. Gets really stupid really fast, though.

    I agree with this about Weeds. It got very outlandish, quickly.


    The Wire has been great so far.
  • justincredible
    Trueblue23;1704853 wrote:I agree with this about Weeds. It got very outlandish, quickly.


    The Wire has been great so far.
    How far in are you?
  • sportchampps
    I think I like Shameless better then weeds
  • GOONx19
    sportchampps;1704889 wrote:I think I like Shameless better then weeds
    I'm watching Weeds now. Middle of Season 2 and I like it.
  • Trueblue23
    justincredible;1704856 wrote:How far in are you?

    Couple episodes into season 2. The guard just got busted for bringing the laced drugs into the prison.



    One thing I will say.. you have to seriously pay attention to this show. There are a lot of characters and you can get lost easily.
  • justincredible
    Trueblue23;1704914 wrote: One thing I will say.. you have to seriously pay attention to this show. There are a lot of characters and you can get lost easily.
    Indeed. I've seen it described as a visual novel. I think that's pretty accurate.
  • Zoltan
    sportchampps;1704889 wrote:I think I like Shameless better then weeds
    Agreed, and both are pretty outlandish. For some reason I stuck with Shameless though.

    Weeds was really good the first two seasons, but I think it was season three where I just got fed up and quit watching. That show was at it best when Doug, Andy, Shane, etc were being funny.
  • TedSheckler
    justincredible;1704915 wrote:Indeed.
    [video=youtube;PO1oUY6HS90][/video]
  • sportchampps
    Agreed Weeds was good until the whole Mexican drug lord thing
  • Trueblue23
    Stringer... you motherfucker...
  • sportchampps
    BTW you can watch all of the wire on Amazon
  • like_that
    Just finished season 1 a couple days ago. Great show. I don't know when I will finish all the seasons, but I definitely will. This brought the lulz for me, and was a great way to end season 1.

    [video=youtube;cryMVK1PwuQ][/video]
  • Trueblue23
    Just finished season 2.


    Omar might be my favorite character. Him testifying was classic.
  • TedSheckler
    Trueblue23;1706732 wrote:Omar might be my favorite character. Him testifying was classic.
    What up, Bird?
  • Classyposter58
    sportchampps;1704889 wrote:I think I like Shameless better then weeds
    Fully agree. Shameless is not only great, but has remained great and still very quality through Season 5. Weeds sucked once Agrestic burned down
  • Zoltan
    I am finally catching up on the new season of Shameless, and it's still good. Emmy Rossum is on fire, and I'm starting to like Carl and Debbie's story lines better as well.
  • Laley23
    Carl is becoming a good one. Hate Ian's. Debbie's is pretty entertaining, I'm just not a fan of the actress.
  • like_that
    Just finished the final episode of this series. I haven't seen some of the other shows that you all would consider the GOAT, but the Wire is definitely up there for me. Amazing writing, and they finished off the series perfectly tying everything pretty much into a cycle.
  • Laley23
    The best thing about that show is the directing and thought process to (almost???) never use any effect music. I haven't seen the show in forever, so, maybe there are some scenes when it's used but I don't recall. The best scenes are the chases, shoot outs, etc that have no effect music/sounds/whatever. It's just diologue and action.
  • MontyBrunswick
    I enjoyed The Wire, but Breaking Bad and Arrested Development are hard to top.
  • like_that
    Laley23;1741490 wrote:The best thing about that show is the directing and thought process to (almost???) never use any effect music. I haven't seen the show in forever, so, maybe there are some scenes when it's used but I don't recall. The best scenes are the chases, shoot outs, etc that have no effect music/sounds/whatever. It's just diologue and action.
    The scene when Kima gets shot is a perfect example of this.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Not about The Wire, but another show...

    I'm about finished with Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire. It's boring the fuck out of me, but I've heard great things, and that's the only thing keeping me into it. Is it worth it?
  • Laley23
    I quit boardwalk after like midway through season 2. Bored me to death.
  • SportsAndLady
    Boardwalk is great but ANY show that you are incredibly bored with 20+ episodes in probably isn't for you lol
  • Laley23
    SportsAndLady;1741668 wrote:Boardwalk is great but ANY show that you are incredibly bored with 20+ episodes in probably isn't for you lol
    I found myself on my laptop not paying much attention every Sunday/Monday when I would watch. Finally decided to just stop. Loved the premise, and the actors, but it was just too slow moving.

    Most people who I know who watched really liked it though.