The Wire comes to BBC2 (Spoiler free, please)

[STFC]

they only cost £20 a series on DVD anyway!

£9.99 at www.bangcd.com.

 

[kained&able]

Now then Davey, don't you fuck with The Bunk.

BTW, for you and KE (who hates Aeris in FFVII and there has suspect opinions anyway...)...what's so cliché about the comment about America WRT to the dice game? The one thing that I love most about The Wire is the writing - the conversations are natural, don't employ cliché anymore than someone would in real life...so what makes that conversation cliché; is it the comment about America? If you think that's cliché you should go there and listen to the way people talk about the place...

No no i love the bunk he is the teddy bear i always wanted as a kid. He just mumbles a lot when he is drunk which is some times hard to follow. It's the only time when i'm trying to listen rather then just hearing if ya gets me.

I reckon the opening scene is very corny. But i know it is basicly taken word for word from homicide life on the streets and did happen. So its kinda fair enough, its just a bit lame and possibly my least favorite scene in the entire 5 series(something from the docks or a politics bit in s5 might be worse). So its a really poor scene to start with.

Just my opinion though innit.

Electrogirl, baby. I'm in a very generous mood today so seeing as you made me a lovely owl, if you miss any i will send you the entrie first series on a dvd.


dave

 

[Crispy]

£9.99 at www.bangcd.com.

fuck me that's cheap

 

[STFC]

It's almost worth buying them all again.

 

[Dr. Furface]

fuck me that's cheap

They make you wait though. And wait. I ordered a Wire series from them but it was taking them so long that I cancelled it and went and got it at Fopp for the £20 - it was worth the extra tenner to be able to watch it when I wanted to.

 

[Crispy]

Well I downloaded it, but £10 is a good price to have best picture quality and extras. Are the extras any good?

 

[8den]

its just the occasional commentary, crispy. And to be honest while I like that, it's not exactly breathtaking. Its stripped down, and sparse like the whole series, really.

 

[London_Calling]

No no i love the bunk he is the teddy bear i always wanted as a kid. He just mumbles a lot when he is drunk which is some times hard to follow.

The Bunk is the company man; never rocks the boat, always does the company thing, is never late and never speaks back.

Nice guy of course, but spineless.

 

[Crispy]

This is getting dangerously close to spoilers for a newbie thread!

 

[foo]

The Bunk is the company man; never rocks the boat, always does the company thing, is never late and never speaks back.

Nice guy of course, but spineless.

Bunk is so NOT spineless!!!!




actually Crispy's right - we better be careful now.


Bunk is not spineless!

 

[sojourner]

I didn't work out snoop was a woman for about 4 or 5 episodes.

Took me a while...think that was what got me interested tbh. Once I'd looked her character up, I just HAD to go and get the book

She's incredibly pretty/handsome Fucking love that walk she does n all

 

[STFC]

They make you wait though. And wait. I ordered a Wire series from them but it was taking them so long that I cancelled it and went and got it at Fopp for the £20 - it was worth the extra tenner to be able to watch it when I wanted to.

Ah, that's not so good.

I don't recall buying anything from bangcd, but they keep sending me emails.

 

[sojourner]

fuck me that's cheap

Yeh but it takes about 2 months to come through! That's where I got mine from

electrogirl - it's not on catchup, which is a swizz, but happy to lend you my boxsets if you want

 

[electrogirl]

Electrogirl, baby. I'm in a very generous mood today so seeing as you made me a lovely owl, if you miss any i will send you the entrie first series on a dvd.


dave

electrogirl - it's not on catchup, which is a swizz, but happy to lend you my boxsets if you want

ooh you twos are lovely! I would love that. thank you!

obviously only one of you, having 2 sets would be greedy.

I'll even overlook the baby.

 

[foo]

likewise electro. a couple are out on a lend at the mo, but between me, dave and soj we could keep you in boxsets for a bit...

 

[kyser_soze]

The Bunk is the company man; never rocks the boat, always does the company thing, is never late and never speaks back.

Nice guy of course, but spineless.

Don't. Fuck. With. The. Bunk.

You know not of what you speak.

 

[London_Calling]

yawn

 

[Orang Utan]

The Bunk is the company man; never rocks the boat, always does the company thing, is never late and never speaks back.

Nice guy of course, but spineless.

Bunk is on the take

 

[Crispy]

Can we take discussion of characters and events off this thread for newbies please? The probability of spoilers is now very high.

 

[foo]

Orang!

oi

that would be a spoiler if it were true! which it isn't.

 

[London_Calling]

Bunk is on the take

It's an idea.

Chalk down my indifference to him as tweedy impertinence.

 

[sojourner]

ooh you twos are lovely! I would love that. thank you!

obviously only one of you, having 2 sets would be greedy.

I'll even overlook the baby.

likewise electro. a couple are out on a lend at the mo, but between me, dave and soj we could keep you in boxsets for a bit...

drop us a pm and let me know what you want from who, and we'll sort you out

 

[sojourner]

Actually, does anyone have S5 on boxset that they might like to lend to me? Then again, I might just buy it - to go with the rest

 

[kyser_soze]

Unless it's real cheap I'd torrent it first and see if you think it's worth investing your hard earned in...

 

[belboid]

It is. It so is.

Send us your address soj & I'll send it over (as long as you promise to be better than the person with Season 1 who keeps 'forgetting' to gived it us back!)

 

[sojourner]

It is. It so is.

Send us your address soj & I'll send it over (as long as you promise to be better than the person with Season 1 who keeps 'forgetting' to gived it us back!)

wahey - cheers! pm incoming, as they say

e2a - OU can vouch for my 'safe return' service as he very nicely lent me the first 4 series - and then I went and bought them off bangcd cos they are so much worth a rewatch

 

[ChrisFilter]

I strangely get most of it. It's the diet of hip-hop I ate from a very young age I guess.

Ya dig?

It's probably cos you're naturally street

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'm wondering whether there is actually any point in trying to keep up with this if it isn't on Iplayer or catchup. I'm never going to be able to watch every single one.

Init, who can be arsed to stay up til 12.30 every bloody night ffs

There's not much point watching the wire if you don't see the whole thing IMO, and considering how hard it is to wrap your head round at the start most people probably aren't going to put the effort in.

 

[mrsfran]

It's an idea.

Chalk down my indifference to him as tweedy impertinence.

tweedy impertinence

 

[sojourner]

Init, who can be arsed to stay up til 12.30 every bloody night ffs

There's not much point watching the wire if you don't see the whole thing IMO, and considering how hard it is to wrap your head round at the start most people probably aren't going to put the effort in.

Plus, there is nothing much that compares to lying on the couch watching 6 episodes +