[TV] The Wire - Page 20

On May 02 2012 12:01 Enderskmc wrote:
Lost doesnt compare to The Wire, especially after season 3 lost just declined very boring and static plot

On May 02 2012 12:02 Scarecrow wrote:

I generally don't like 'cop shows' and 'The Wire' is my all time favourite show. Go figure.

On May 12 2012 08:11 cellblock wrote:
Hey yall Omars coming yo!

On May 12 2012 08:17 Xpace wrote:


When he + Show Spoiler + I fuckin went mental. That seriously came outta nowhere!!

Pretty sure + Show Spoiler + won't be as good as Omar himself. People would still be yellin Omar when they hear the whistle.

On May 12 2012 07:44 Malinor wrote:
Just finished the last season, and it really is as amazing as everyone says. I had trouble to get into it the first half of the first season. The reasons are rather obvious, like the slow pace of the show. And being a white male from europe, I had absolutely no relation to the whole black ghetto drug-setting. And other profan reasons, like it was (is) really hard for me to understand the slang of all the black gangsters and young kids in the show, there are a whole lot of scenes where I just had to guess what they were saying. But I'd rather sell my firstborn child than watch a subbed german version. But when you finally getting used to the pace of the show, the experience is just amazingly rewarding.

On May 12 2012 07:44 Malinor wrote:
Just finished the last season, and it really is as amazing as everyone says. I had trouble to get into it the first half of the first season. The reasons are rather obvious, like the slow pace of the show. And being a white male from europe, I had absolutely no relation to the whole black ghetto drug-setting. And other profan reasons, like it was (is) really hard for me to understand the slang of all the black gangsters and young kids in the show, there are a whole lot of scenes where I just had to guess what they were saying. But I'd rather sell my firstborn child than watch a subbed german version. But when you finally getting used to the pace of the show, the experience is just amazingly rewarding.

I really enjoyed the Carcetti storyline, it is amazing to observe how a guy with good intentions gets more or less corrupted by his own ambitions and the inner workings of the system, you can hardly blame him in the end. There is one scene in the fifth season where his wife looks with disbelief at her husband when she recognizes how he has changed, coupled with a scene a couple of episodes before, where she tells him "You will do the right thing." Those scenes are so subtle and quiet, but they capture the process so well.

The character I enjoyed the most was probably Stringer Bell, the actor did an outstanding job on him. I found Omar to be a little over the top, but very enjoyable still.

And I had a real WTF moment when I realized that Snoop is a girl.

On May 12 2012 09:55 jj33 wrote:


you're right about that. the director even said he did that on purpose as he wanted to romanticize Omar. So the romanticizing ended at some point, which was necessary.

thats a bit extreme, subs are a good thing
why didnt you just get english subs?
I watched a good part of the first season with english subs until i felt like i understood well enough to not need them

On May 12 2012 09:00 gameguard wrote:


really? + Show Spoiler +

On May 02 2012 11:51 Papulatus wrote:


Season 4 is amazing.

Season 5 is kind of a decline.

On May 12 2012 17:29 Uncultured wrote:
One of the most over-hyped shows I've ever watched. It was okay. First two seasons were good, but it got old and really started to decline fast. I almost didn't even finish the last episode due to loss of interest.