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On June 08 2013 05:01 corumjhaelen wrote:If there is one weak season, for me it's season 5. It still puts every other recent show I've seen to shame. My personnal favorite is the third, Hamsterdam was incredibly ballsy, and perfectly done. In a few decades, people will remember that our era was filled with awesome series, and I'm pretty sure The Wire will be the crowning jewel 
hell yes,hamsterdam was fucking genius
I just had to watch the whole season in one sitting to see how shit is gonna go down because the concept was fucking insane hahaha,i was like heads will roll
the best thing about it was watching peoples faces when they were told about it
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On June 08 2013 04:16 Dazed_Spy wrote:
I just cant get past the second season, its the most dull thing. Would I be amiss to just skip the season all together? I've been stuck on the second season for half a year now.
You would be very very remiss. You gotta get into the Nick/Ziggy/Frank dynamic. I know it kinda sucks because they are new characters but they are the heart of this season.
On June 08 2013 02:07 Geo.Rion wrote:
Just started watching this show, 20 seconds in i figured i need subtitles, 20 minutes in i figured, well nothing actually, so many characters. Im trying to tell them apart, but kinda hard to notice who's important. After the first episode here s what i managed to understand:
We have the Irish detective guy who looks to be the main protagonist, who has the kinda funny fat black partner and asshole boss.
Then we have the lesbian detective whokinda looks like a lead character too, commands the redneck and the other guy who just want to crack heads. Somewhere higher up is the black guy from Fringe in a suit.
Then we have the street guys, the kid who got charged with murder then demoted to lowtown, and he has a badass uncle or somthing.
And we have the 2 random junkies on the street.
Whom did i miss?
The first time I watched season 1 I had trouble telling the difference between some of the black characters. I think I might be racist  .
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On June 08 2013 04:16 Dazed_Spy wrote:
I just cant get past the second season, its the most dull thing. Would I be amiss to just skip the season all together? I've been stuck on the second season for half a year now.
For several fans of The Wire who (naturally) think its the greatest show of all time, including myself, season 2 is either THE best or the second best one.
Maybe you're just not that much of a fan? =)
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On June 08 2013 06:05 McNulty wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2013 04:16 Dazed_Spy wrote:
I just cant get past the second season, its the most dull thing. Would I be amiss to just skip the season all together? I've been stuck on the second season for half a year now. For several fans of The Wire who (naturally) think its the greatest show of all time, including myself, season 2 is either THE best or the second best one. Maybe you're just not that much of a fan? =)
I consider it the greatest show ever made and I'd rate them something like this.
1. s4
2. s3
3. s2
4. s1
5. s5
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On June 08 2013 05:32 Numy wrote:
Omar still kills people though. He just has a code that he won't break. I imagine him as a modern day Knight, kind of at least.
I think of him as Robin Hood in the hood
Best TV series of all time++ Watched it 3 times now. 4th viewing should be coming up in a year or so!
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+ Show Spoiler +Man why the fuck did Bodie have to get shot, he was my favorite character... And they over did it with the snitch storyline too. So mad at the s4 ending. :<
Should I watch season 5? Feeling kinda reserved.
Don't get me wrong, season 4 was great, enjoyed it a lot, but damn, am I mad at some parts of it.
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On June 20 2013 04:41 Tilorn91 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Man why the fuck did Bodie have to get shot, he was my favorite character... And they over did it with the snitch storyline too. So mad at the s4 ending. :< Should I watch season 5? Feeling kinda reserved. Don't get me wrong, season 4 was great, enjoyed it a lot, but damn, am I mad at some parts of it.
What a question, watch it!
On June 08 2013 06:11 AnomalySC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2013 06:05 McNulty wrote:On June 08 2013 04:16 Dazed_Spy wrote:
I just cant get past the second season, its the most dull thing. Would I be amiss to just skip the season all together? I've been stuck on the second season for half a year now. For several fans of The Wire who (naturally) think its the greatest show of all time, including myself, season 2 is either THE best or the second best one. Maybe you're just not that much of a fan? =) I consider it the greatest show ever made and I'd rate them something like this. 1. s4 2. s3 3. s2 4. s1 5. s5
Season four seems to be almost everybodys favourite, IMO Season three is by far the best. Then comes 1&4, then 5 and then 2. I feel like season two is the only season you could skip without missing too much. It was okay, but well...
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I've started watching it, finishing up Season 1 now. It's very good, but I still feel like I'm missing something. Perhaps a rewatch is warranted to get all the nuances.
Excellent show, though. If you can get past the amount of characters introduced so quickly, you'll enjoy it. And that's after only a season.
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On June 20 2013 04:41 Tilorn91 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Man why the fuck did Bodie have to get shot, he was my favorite character... And they over did it with the snitch storyline too. So mad at the s4 ending. :< Should I watch season 5? Feeling kinda reserved. Don't get me wrong, season 4 was great, enjoyed it a lot, but damn, am I mad at some parts of it.
watch it. season 5 is not as amazing on its own but it brings the series together nicely.
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On June 20 2013 05:39 timurStas wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2013 04:41 Tilorn91 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Man why the fuck did Bodie have to get shot, he was my favorite character... And they over did it with the snitch storyline too. So mad at the s4 ending. :< Should I watch season 5? Feeling kinda reserved. Don't get me wrong, season 4 was great, enjoyed it a lot, but damn, am I mad at some parts of it. watch it. season 5 is not as amazing on its own but it brings the series together nicely.
Agreed. Plus there is one arc that is alone worth it.
+ Show Spoiler +Bubbles'. I swear this actor is a fucking genius.
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Season 2 is extremely underrated
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Season 5 is the most underrated in my opinion. In fact I don't know why people don't like it. McNulty's plot is incredible.
I guess some people were disappointed by the journalism part, which is indeed a bit shallow compared to the school part in season 4, or Hamsterdam in season 3. But everything else was amazing, and the last episode was everything I wanted it to be.
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Just watched till Season three.
Completely Blows away anything that I have ever seen..
Omar has to be THE most Badass character ever seen in a Television Show..He has so many sides to his character too.
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I loved season 2, i can see why it is generally not so popular, though. 4th was my favourite, followed closely by 2nd.
Really hard to rate them all together though, they were all exceptional in different ways/aspects.
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Just started watching a couple weeks ago. I'm 2-3 episodes into season 3. So far I'm really enjoying it, and there are a lot of "tarantino-esque" dialog segments that stand on their own and stay with you ("snot," chicken nuggets, chess). I don't really watch a ton of tv series so I can't really say if it is the "best tv show of all time."
My one complaint is that the violence seems really toned down and almost fake, to the point of cheesiness sometimes. I guess just coming off of Game of Thrones, where they'll show someone's head being cut off, the violence in this seems so dialed back for a show that is so into "realism." Like when + Show Spoiler +a guy gets shot in the back of the head in season 3, you just see like a little puff of blood. No exit wound or anything
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You have to realize that The Wire was made in 2002, more then a decade ago, and Game of Thrones has a 6 million dollars budget per episode on their hands. I can't find the finance on The Wire, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't come close to that figure. The violence is there to move the plot, not to look realistic.
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On June 20 2013 20:54 Resent wrote:
I loved season 2, i can see why it is generally not so popular, though. 4th was my favourite, followed closely by 2nd.
Really hard to rate them all together though, they were all exceptional in different ways/aspects.
Initially 2 was hard to get into for me as well, but second time I watched it, I enjoyed it a lot. 3rd still my favorite tho, Hamsterdam is just so... "this is why we can't have nice things" is basically what it all says.
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On June 20 2013 23:47 Tilorn91 wrote:
You have to realize that The Wire was made in 2002, more then a decade ago, and Game of Thrones has a 6 million dollars budget per episode on their hands. I can't find the finance on The Wire, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't come close to that figure. The violence is there to move the plot, not to look realistic.
Eh? The violence always struck me as extremely realistic anyways....
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On June 20 2013 23:55 AnomalySC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2013 23:47 Tilorn91 wrote:
You have to realize that The Wire was made in 2002, more then a decade ago, and Game of Thrones has a 6 million dollars budget per episode on their hands. I can't find the finance on The Wire, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't come close to that figure. The violence is there to move the plot, not to look realistic. Eh? The violence always struck me as extremely realistic anyways....
It is ..More like the Violence in Game Of Thrones is kinda overdone to get an emotional response out of the Viewer..The violence in the wire is as someone rightly said , just to move along the Plot..and whatever deaths do happens...Happen quick and fast without epic Background music and Slow motions.
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