The Wire comes to BBC2 (Spoiler free, please)

[Orang Utan]

even details that have no bearing on the plot?
wee bay wears a blue shirt in S3 EP!
Ban me!

 

[breasticles]

that thing i spoilered about? thats not just a costume detail. thats part of kima's character arc ffs. the plot is not just 'stuff that happens to the character while at work'. what you call soapy shit is what makes the characters rounded and give- a- shit- about- able (i just made that word up, do you like it).

 

[London_Calling]

Just discuss the current episode - how diff is it?

 

[Orang Utan]

the plot is the wire and the game between the po-lice and the gangsters - everything else is just detail - spoilers are who gets killed, put away, sacked, major stuff not minor details.

 

[Orang Utan]

Just discuss the current episode - how diff is it?

I'm fine with that, I just like arguing!

 

[breasticles]

i think what i'm tryin to say is, it's a bit annoying when youve spent yada- yada amounts of time listening to people that you really should get round to watching something because its fucking amazing and works on loads of levels, and then you get round to it, and its fucking amazing and works on loads of levels, and then you get told that a level on which you're enjoying it? not important. this is the important stuff. fuck that 'soapy' shit. i like the soapy shit! not quite as much as the other stuff but i like it! and now its dented!

im taking my wire experience very sriously, everybody. please respect my wire experience and help to keep it golden. thankyou.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

You have to invest the time and effort in it, not one to watch with other people dotting about. I've watched every episode of the DVD's that I have after the wife and weans are in bed (and I preferably have a beer).

The other thing is that you need to be in the mood to concentrate on it. For too long now I've had loads of stresses and have wanted to watch rather more brainless stuff. I've got a bit more time right now to sit back and appreciate it.

 

[maomao]

I agree, the personal lives of characters are as important. You wouldn't have wanted to hear about the threesome with Omar, Prop Joe and Jay Landsman before you saw it in series 4 would you?

 

[fieryjack]

even details that have no bearing on the plot?
xxx wears a blue shirt in S3 EP!

ahh, but that is a spoiler as it at least confirms that xxx is still alive and around in season 3, not necessarily a given through seasons 1 & 2.

Spoiler: xxx-related

and what wee bay wears in S3 would, given his circumstances, be a spoiler in any case...

This thread should probably be for new viewers and the discussion of BBC2-present issues, with the occasional drop-in from an old hand to call out reactionary nay-sayers for the tasteless dick-ends that they are.

 

[Orang Utan]

hmmm, I have no respect for all these johnnycomelatelys anyway. My lovely deserted beach has been ruined by arrivistes with gaudy windbreakers.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

hmmm, I have no respect for all these johnnycomelatelys anyway. My lovely deserted beach has been ruined by arrivistes with gaudy windbreakers.

I'm no use at being trendy. I tried getting into it 2 years ago and couldn't quite. Now I'm just going with the herd and digging it cos the rest of them are

 

[maomao]

I'm no use at being trendy. I tried getting into it 2 years ago and couldn't quite. Now I'm just going with the herd and digging it cos the rest of them are

I watched the first 5 episodes 3 times and kept ending up watching something else instead. Didn't get there till I got a DVD player and got the first series box set (and thereby proving that illegal downloads can promote solid media sales).

 

[Orang Utan]

I watched it when it was on white label

 

[Gingerman]

oh and while we're at it, i also phwoarred at Kima. my daughter preferred her girlfriend

Oh yes Kima's sexy,like that stripper as well,whats her name?

 

[maomao]

Oh yes Kima's sexy,like that stripper as well,whats her name?

Shardeen.

 

[Gingerman]

you'd probably have to have your shoulders frozen to do that

Plus Id prob have to be tall,lean,musclar,cool sexy and black,0 outa six is'nt too bad I suppose ;-)

 

[Vintage Paw]

I've finished S1 now. Anyone still doubting, I dare you to get through eps 10 and 11 still being a h8r Fucking marvellous stuff. Am going to watch all the eps with added commentaries before moving onto S2, so I might, just might, be back on schedule with you all by then.

But then again ...

(I did watch all last 4 eps in one night yesterday )

 

[Dillinger4]

I've finished S1 now. Anyone still doubting, I dare you to get through eps 10 and 11 still being a h8r Fucking marvellous stuff. Am going to watch all the eps with added commentaries before moving onto S2, so I might, just might, be back on schedule with you all by then.

But then again ...

(I did watch all last 4 eps in one night yesterday )

I did that the other day.

 

[teahead]

I've finished S1 now. Anyone still doubting, I dare you to get through eps 10 and 11 still being a h8r Fucking marvellous stuff. Am going to watch all the eps with added commentaries before moving onto S2, so I might, just might, be back on schedule with you all by then.

But then again ...

(I did watch all last 4 eps in one night yesterday )

Yeah. I lost interest somewhere in ep3. I'm not interested in the police. I know events in culture are interconnected. The characters' mix of angst&whistfulness is boring silly pap.

 

[belboid]

No it wouldn't unless you think you're watching a soap
It doesn't have any bearing on the plot

Yes it does. Or do you think that charcater development and plot have no bearing on each other?

 

[Gingerman]

Blimey what happened to Bunk last night? Daniels gettin shat on,ob cares too much about career advancement to make a big issue about it

 

[DRINK?]

I'm really liking this....I happen to really appreciate all its subtle nuances; the pathos, the drama, the tragedy. It is a modern masterpiece, written from the heart and acted from the soul.

I would say to those who seem to 'jump on the band-wagon' of hating this programme because of all its accolades, please 'Bore off and do one'. What I mean to say, in clearer terms, terms that even the most backward of f*ckwits might understand - This programme is better than you, better than the armchair critics who sit there spitting their vitriol at the screen, simply because they do not have the patience to even begin to understand the complexities of the simplest of plotlines.

Do we concur? I think we do. F*ck y'all young'uns !

 

[teahead]

I would say to those who seem to 'jump on the band-wagon' of hating this programme because of all its accolades, please 'Bore off and do one'. What I mean to say, in clearer terms, terms that even the most backward of f*ckwits might understand - This programme is better than you, better than the armchair critics who sit there spitting their vitriol at the screen, simply because they do not have the patience to even begin to understand the complexities of the simplest of plotlines.

Do we concur? I think we do. F*ck y'all young'uns !

Why rant? Do you hate people that don't share your taste? Would it be alright with you if some people don't like it? Do you have the patience to read a 19th century novel. They're pretty good too.

 

[Belushi]

This programme is better than you

LOL

 

[Belushi]

I've watched the first few episodes again after 4 years and its a much different experience than seeing them for the first time, its impossible to see characters in the same light with some of the knowledge you have of them from later seasons.

 

[DRINK?]

Why rant? Do you hate people that don't share your taste? Would it be alright with you if some people don't like it? Do you have the patience to read a 19th century novel. They're pretty good too.

i love a good rant...blame the inclement weather, blame the anti-abortionists whatever...and interestingly, am very well read though quite what that has to do with patience or lack thereof I don't know...

it may be something to do with the fact that I'm drinking wine! In work! On antibiotics! I'm mad me....*flat lines*

 

[teahead]

i love a good rant...blame the inclement weather, blame the anti-abortionists whatever...and interestingly, am very well read though quite what that has to do with patience or lack thereof I don't know...

it may be something to do with the fact that I'm drinking wine! In work! On antibiotics! I'm mad me....*flat lines*

Oh alright, if you're drinking wine... Some tosser at work has been shoving the Wire down my throat and in the end I've tried damn hard to get 'into' it to shut him up. I'd prolly do better off getting into the wine myself. Delishus, afternoon boozing.

 

[DRINK?]

Oh alright, if you're drinking wine... Some tosser at work has been shoving the Wire down my throat and in the end I've tried damn hard to get 'into' it to shut him up. I'd prolly do better off getting into the wine myself. Delishus, afternoon boozing.

 

[hektik]

I watched it when it was on white label

i watched it before they even filmed it.

i'm going to put a spoiler tag in now, because i don't think it's a spoiler, but I want to cover myself. it's related to latest epsiode on bbc 2, concerning a potential spot of a character in season 4:

Spoiler: reasons given above

was the girl who offered omar the ends on the syringe as he watched weebay and stinkum burn his van micheal's momma?

 

[Melinda]

No.