The Wire comes to BBC2 (Spoiler free, please)

[Madusa]

Incoming in a jiffy...

 

[Orang Utan]

i wanna know what's bothering mads too!

 

[Madusa]

im sorry for this. will forward you the pm, OU. In future, I will forward my s5 queries to yourself or Dotty.

Box is full, DotC. Thanks, hon.

 

[Madusa]

I'm out. Watched everything now. How fantastic was that?!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

im sorry for this. will forward you the pm, OU. In future, I will forward my s5 queries to yourself or Dotty.

Box is full, DotC. Thanks, hon.

I've seen it all too, but my answer might have a different slant to it.

 

[Dandred]

3rd time watching here

Best T.V, ever

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm out. Watched everything now. How fantastic was that?!

Spoiler: end

and they didn't patronise with happy ending tied ends. Just bleakness and hope in equal measure

 

[Madusa]

Not gonna gush on about it but i think the peeps following on bbc2 have much in store for s5. dont miss an episode. it's quite fantastic imo.

The whole thing is tbh. Think I'll have to have a re-watch sometime soon.

 

[sojourner]

Not gonna gush on about it but i think the peeps following on bbc2 have much in store for s5. dont miss an episode. it's quite fantastic imo.

The whole thing is tbh. Think I'll have to have a re-watch sometime soon.

spoken like a true convert

It's like they made a tv version of crack. How fitting

 

[Madusa]

spoken like a true convert

It's like they made a tv version of crack. How fitting

Red Top. Red Top. Get yo Red Tops.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

spoken like a true convert

It's like they made a tv version of crack. How fitting

I think that like crack, it has the ability to addle the brain.

 

[krtek a houby]

Season 5 is excellent & takes some er, unusual new policing methods.

Not everyone's fave season, mind but still streets ahead of the competition.

Sigh. Finished The Wire, BSG and The Shield.

Currently getting my fix of policing from Law & Order SVU & Ghost in the Shell SAC Season 1...

 

[Orang Utan]

i'm bang on the shield now - it's essentially the wire for divs, but i'm halfway through s3 and i'm gripped.

 

[sojourner]

I've got Homicide life on the streets on my dvd rental list

I've already read the book

 

[krtek a houby]

It's The Wire on steroids!

Nah. Fuck the comparisons - feel the ardrenalin!

The final season will have you chewing your knuckes to the bone, I promise.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Folks: get Deadwood. Watch it.

 

[krtek a houby]

I've got Homicide life on the streets on my dvd rental list

I've already read the book

So loved that series but RTE kept fucking up the scheduling. Still missed loads of episodes...

 

[Orang Utan]

Folks: get Deadwood. Watch it.

yeah, on reflection, deadwood pips the wire to the post

 

[krtek a houby]

Folks: get Deadwood. Watch it.

Came in to it in season 2 and was lost. Would like to see the entire thing from start to finish, my sis is always raving about it.

 

[Orang Utan]

So loved that series but RTE kept fucking up the scheduling. Still missed loads of episodes...

all available cheaply on dvd

 

[Dillinger4]

yeah, on reflection, deadwood pips the wire to the post

I am almost tempted to agree with this. Deadwood is very very very good.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Came in to it in season 2 and was lost. Would like to see the entire thing from start to finish, my sis is always raving about it.

It's hard to get into at the first, as is often the case with these series. But if you force yourself to watch the first three or four episodes, you'll likely be hooked.

 

[Madusa]

Listen to yourselves!

Saying that, I've just composed a 'Fave Wire character list' pm and sent it to one lucky urbanite.

 

[rubbershoes]

Listen to yourselves!

Saying that, I've just composed a 'Fave Wire character list' pm and sent it to one lucky urbanite.

it better have Prop Joe and Bodie on it

 

[sojourner]

it better have Prop Joe and Bodie on it

mine did

 

[Madusa]

1 out of 2 aint bad

 

[spanglechick]

i really wasn't that into deadwood. ian mcshane chewing the scenery was not quite my thing. i prefer the wire for it's more ensemble storytelling and even greater degree of moral ambiguity.

Spoiler: deadwood story arc

plus also the fact that just when you're getting into deadwood it cuts out . season three doesn't even have a proper season finale.

 

[Orang Utan]

still beats the wire for writing and for whiskers

 

[spanglechick]

still beats the wire for writing and for whiskers

for whiskers, yes. dunno about writing. dialogue maybe - but plotting? not so much.

 

[tar1984]

Why is this thread falling off the front page?

Last nights was good. I want to see the guy who's bullying bubbs get smashed though. That copper guy is a dick.