The Wire is, w/o a doubt, the greatest series in the history of American television

**Calculon** · 02-27-2009, 06:02 PM

The Shield

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**mehdi84** · 02-27-2009, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Calculon

The Shield

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I did enjoy The Shield more, I agree.

**Travis71902** · 02-27-2009, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by KennyK

in terms of breadth, scope and realism, it has no equal

Sopranos is and will always be better than the Wire. Wire is good though.

**Calculon** · 02-27-2009, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by mehdi84

I did enjoy The Shield more, I agree.

**QB_Killa** · 02-27-2009, 06:15 PM

anywhere I can watch this online. reps

**Travis71902** · 02-27-2009, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by QB_Killa

anywhere I can watch this online. reps

Vuze>Piratebay>windows media player

figure it out, I'm not explaining.

**Zampono** · 02-27-2009, 06:17 PM

if its so great how come ive never heard of it

**KennyK** · 02-27-2009, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by mehdi84

I did enjoy The Shield more, I agree.

Originally Posted by Calculon

The Shield

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i am a fan of the shield, but it's a cartoon compared to the wire.

Originally Posted by Travis71902

Sopranos is and will always be better than the Wire. Wire is good though.

never watched the sapranos

**Logged2008** · 02-27-2009, 06:18 PM

Yea for sure. My fav series of all time.

**Travis71902** · 02-27-2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by KennyK

i am a fan of the shield, but it's a cartoon compared to the wire.

never watched the sapranos

go download the series. Like 34 GB for all 86 episodes. Look for the season by season DVDRip.

**The_Albatross** · 02-27-2009, 06:25 PM

Sopranos? Lol, no.

**Logged2008** · 02-27-2009, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by AltF4KillsLag

...i bet only like 15% of miscers even give BET a chance.

NO, u dont watch the wire on bet. I watched a old episode once on it and the removed alot of ****.

**efoi** · 02-27-2009, 06:31 PM

Repped for The Wire, best show of all time

**Seego** · 02-27-2009, 06:35 PM

Fantastic show. Omar completely redefines the perception of a homosexual character. Guy was the greatest character on the show.
His showdown with Brother Muzone in the alley...freakin fantastic.

I used to watch the seasons 5-6 episodes at a time. That damn addictive.

**bradler** · 03-10-2009, 02:53 PM

"You come at the king, you best not miss." -Omar Little

sorry, but i had to bunk this thread
just finished the wire a week ago, and i'm still thinking about it nonstop. I cant fully explain how good this series is, but some reviewer said it best when he said (paraphrasing), "My wife asked me why I was so angered and in the verge of tears. I told her that Bodie, my favorite drug dealer, just died."

There's a reason why Obama, imdb, and yes Alan Moore all agree that this is the best show ever. Season 2 was actually one of my favorite seasons, despite being a bit confused at the abundance of new characters in a whole new setting. This was an extremely bold choice by the staff, but it all played out very well in the end. I hated Ziggy so badly at first, but grew to sympathize with him by the time of his downfall. As for season 5, I agree that it was their worst season cause of the "serial killer" storyline, but it had the best moments and wrapped up very well. I'd have to rank my favorite seasons as 3, 1, 2, 4, then 5, but they were all amazing and together they equate as the perfect series.

Also, with so many characters and wonderful writing/directing, there's always a problem of naming a "favorite character." For me, it changed from McNulty to Lester to Bunk to Omar to Stringer Bell...and that was just in the first season alone.

Anyways, i could go on and on about this but i'll stop here. I need to find a "wire recovery" forum or something to cope. all part of the game though, right?

oh, and i thought this was kinda cool:
Rappers vs. The Wire
http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS...-from-the-wire

Thugs vs. The Wire
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...20wire?&st=cse

:>

**Smykowski** · 03-10-2009, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by harrisjl

You mean....

breadth's actually a word

I thought you spelled breast wrong

'In terms of breast' makes more misc sense

any show with breast is good in my book

**Mikehc69** · 03-10-2009, 03:07 PM

I really need to finally get into this show. Been hearing how amazing it is for way too long.

**Lion of Zion** · 03-10-2009, 03:37 PM

Anyone ever watch OZ?

**CutBrah** · 03-10-2009, 03:43 PM

If you havent seen the wire yet, you should seriously download it as soon as possible. Only TV show ever worth watching.

**bradler** · 03-10-2009, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by Lion Of Zion

Anyone ever watch OZ?

awesome show, i watched that before getting into the wire. a few years ago, gamestop had this "buy 2, get 1 free" deal, and they had oz seasons 3 & 4, and the wire season 1...so i got those three cause they were, as all hbo shows are, very expensive [douglas, guffaw]. but tbh, the fast-pace of oz left me kinda bored with the wire...almost 3 years later, i finally started watching the wire again and now i'm in agreement with every other person who says that the wire is the greatest show ever.

oh, and bodie, who was one of my favorite characters in the wire, was actually my least favorite in Oz (kenny).

and adebisi ftw

**JCAZ2010** · 03-10-2009, 04:56 PM

i'm watching the first episode now, i've heard of it but never got around to watching.

I've been looking for a new episode to pick up too..

**Lion of Zion** · 03-10-2009, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by bradler

awesome show, i watched that before getting into the wire. a few years ago, gamestop had this "buy 2, get 1 free" deal, and they had oz seasons 3 & 4, and the wire season 1...so i got those three cause they were, as all hbo shows are, very expensive [douglas, guffaw]. but tbh, the fast-pace of oz left me kinda bored with the wire...almost 3 years later, i finally started watching the wire again and now i'm in agreement with every other person who says that the wire is the greatest show ever.

oh, and bodie, who was one of my favorite characters in the wire, was actually my least favorite in Oz (kenny).

and adebisi ftw

Just download the seasons on torrent. mininova has a good compleate series of oz torrent, finished it in like a week.

**bradler** · 03-10-2009, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Lion Of Zion

Just download the seasons on torrent. mininova has a good compleate series of oz torrent, finished it in like a week.

lol yea, i did after i realized you could do that stuff on the internet, which was about a month after i bought all those damn dvd sets.

**Thy_Kingdom** · 03-10-2009, 07:07 PM

Yes, The Wire was an amazing show, better than the Shield, Sopranos and OZ. All were great shows but The Wire leaves the competition in the dust.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

**CelticBhoy** · 03-10-2009, 07:10 PM

Oz was great.

The Wire? Definitely - by far - the best series ever.

A lot of people didn't like season 2, but I loved it. Coming from blue collar, hard working, union family, it seemed extremely accurate.

Also love how they show the ugly truth to the "No Child Left Behind" bull****.

Oh and RIP to Stringer Bell.

**rf0t0** · 03-10-2009, 07:10 PM

indeed it is one of them

**kev_b81** · 03-10-2009, 07:11 PM

yes and season 2 really sets up some important points in later seasons

**DGreekStallion** · 03-10-2009, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by KennyK

in terms of breadth, scope and realism, it has no equal

The misc can't understand your pedantic speak.

**Thy_Kingdom** · 03-10-2009, 07:12 PM

Anyone love the scene where Omar comes into the poker game with his guns?

"These 4 5's beat your full house"

"****, just a gangster I suppose".

"You a soldier Bodie"

Half those quotes from this series are stuck in my head.

**eLjay28** · 03-10-2009, 07:15 PM

Never thought about watchin it. Thought it was just another show glorifyin the ghetto. Might have to watch now though.

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