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*** Official TV Thread ***

spasm said:
started on Alcatraz..another one that got cancelled. the blonde has some major boobs. now that she's free, should cast her on Thrones & get her nekkid.
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Another show that got fudged over by the network. Just as they started to go somewhere with it.
 
awesome dawson said:
The wire needs about 7/8 episodes then it gets you hooked. By the third season you're as addicted to it as bubs is addicted to smack. Omar is the best character to ever be on tv. By the fifth season you wish it would never end but you know it will.
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Watched the first season but the second season was absolute toilet, just a load of unlikable dock workers. Gave up half way through and never gone back, does it get better?

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spasm said:
ooops. i meant to say shiiiiiiiiitttttt...
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Get it right

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The Wire is a bit clunky to start with, largely because the Baltimore dialect takes a fair while to "tune in" to - before which you basically dont have a clue whats going on.

Once you have got through a handful of episodes though you find it has snuck under the skin and you are hooked.

Fabulous TV, possibly the best, and well worth persevering with
 
Had a bit of a smoke yesterday, came home and saw BBC Life's episode on The Sea, and fudge me! Incredibly beautiful, not to mention amazing. Words escape me. Seeing some of the footage they have managed down there is nothing short of amazing. So many intriguing creatures, survival strategies, mating strategies, feeding strategies, complex life systems etc. it just blows my mind. You know this stuff is going on every day of course, but just seeing it going on, amazing. I was so spellbound by some of the images I had to take some screenshots, haha, check it;

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Especially this last shot was incredibly. Loads of starfish just moving about in fast motion, really fascinating to watch. Also, one of the pics above showing starfish and other creatures eating a dead seal pup. Blown away. Highly recommended! :)

Edit; the message board seems to have resized the images, so doesn't look so great. Check it out in HD, really, really good! :)
 
nayimfromthehalfwayline said:
The Wire is a bit clunky to start with, largely because the Baltimore dialect takes a fair while to "tune in" to - before which you basically dont have a clue whats going on.

Once you have got through a handful of episodes though you find it has snuck under the skin and you are hooked.

Fabulous TV, possibly the best, and well worth persevering with
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Agreed

even though I was still struggling with the dialect even at the end.

some of the characters were genuine gang bangers off the streets depicted. I spoke to a guy in Baltimore about the series, and he said it was so close to the truth it was scary.

Snoop effectively just plays herself (less the ending)

she is now a councillor, trying to get kids out of the "life" I believe.
 
mick cooper said:
Agreed

even though I was still struggling with the dialect even at the end.

some of the characters were genuine gang bangers off the streets depicted. I spoke to a guy in Baltimore about the series, and he said it was so close to the truth it was scary.

Snoop effectively just plays herself (less the ending)

she is now a councillor, trying to get kids out of the "life" I believe.
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Is that right? Blimey that's pretty nifty.

About to watch season 5 again, been re-watching them again recently, it's pure gold.
 
mick cooper said:
Agreed

even though I was still struggling with the dialect even at the end.

some of the characters were genuine gang bangers off the streets depicted. I spoke to a guy in Baltimore about the series, and he said it was so close to the truth it was scary.

Snoop effectively just plays herself (less the ending)

she is now a councillor, trying to get kids out of the "life" I believe.
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Absolutely. I recall reading about her getting arrested not long ago.

Also worth noting its effectively a budget TV show, so it stands on its characters and story telling alone.

I havent watched it for a couple of years, may have to work through it again soon.
 
I started watching it on sky Atlantic but couldn't take waiting a week for a new episode. Got series 3 on dvd and i've been ploughing through it. Omar is one of the best characters I've seen in a long time
 
superspurs said:
To answer both questions: Yes.

The first season is well known to be a very slow burner, I would insist on sticking with it, it takes a good 5 maybe 6 episodes for the first season to get going and from there it is gold all the way through to episode 10 of Season 5.

Drugs isn't the only theme but it is present throughout the whole show, I'm not from the backstreets of Baltimore but I assume its a massive issue in that part of the world.
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Cheers - perhaps I need to stick through the first season and take it from there.
 
I saw an article where they showed the Wire to a bunch of Baltimore gang members and they said it wasn't that accurate. They said there was far more prostitution and suicide in real life and death was just everywhere all the time, everyone totally afraid.
 
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