13/f/taiwan wrote:
it gets better as you keep watching.
he doesnt deserve to experience it. just agree with him that it sucks13/f/taiwan wrote:
13/f/taiwan wrote:
it gets better as you keep watching.
Perhaps it is in the office where the show falters the most, sometimes having camera shots zoom in on a person for three seconds at a time while they are thinking about nothing. Then there is the whole thing with the detective using a typewriter. Okay, did I miss something? Is this 2008 or 1978 people?? High Profile crime unit using typewriters, sure I buy it and a bag of that counterfeit money they had in the first episode.
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dominic west isn't a particularly great actor? ok. eton schooled, award winning, seamlessly crossed over to high-theatre and stage...eleven bravo wrote:
I have watched 6 episodes of Season 1 and have desperately tried to get into The Wire. Despite the hype, and all the trendies saying what a mahhvellous show it is, actually it is pretty dull. Boring characters, little conflict, confusing scripts, same stuff repeated ad nauseam. Frankly, the lives of petty drug dealers in Baltimore don't do it for me, and not do the cops who are a pretty unattractive bunch with few dramatic qualities. I know that Prison Break was appallingly acted but at least it had a story line. The Wire is like an improvisation at one of those let it all hang out stage schools which never produces particularly great actors.
not really sure what you're talking about. everyone else seems to be pretty made-up about how great the wire is.
sounds like you want an action movie, instead of an actual show that takes advantage of the long 12-hour format of a tv drama.
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he just copy pasting that shit btw
I tried it sober; perhaps I should have tried it drunk. Ham acting, cliched backdrops (pole-dancing was an idea already on its last legs before The Sopranos ran it into the ground) and dialogue which may possibly be realistic but certainly is dull. I labored manfully through the whole first episode. I shall not torment myself with a second.
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the point is they're not high-profile, they're constantly squeezed by the budget and bureaucracy of the police force. it exposes how sham and ineffective crime investigation is, and how endemically corrupt/inefficient much of the operations are. you are completely and entirely missing the point. didn't you do fucking criminology at college or something? come on, try harder.eleven bravo wrote:
Perhaps it is in the office where the show falters the most, sometimes having camera shots zoom in on a person for three seconds at a time while they are thinking about nothing. Then there is the whole thing with the detective using a typewriter. Okay, did I miss something? Is this 2008 or 1978 people?? High Profile crime unit using typewriters, sure I buy it and a bag of that counterfeit money they had in the first episode.
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you are definitely c+ping this, you can't type like that for shit.eleven bravo wrote:
I tried it sober; perhaps I should have tried it drunk. Ham acting, cliched backdrops (pole-dancing was an idea already on its last legs before The Sopranos ran it into the ground) and dialogue which may possibly be realistic but certainly is dull. I labored manfully through the whole first episode. I shall not torment myself with a second.
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the day dennis uses a semi-colon in an appropriate and thoughtful manner is the day i write a 15,000 word appreciation of the last harry potter movie for the 'reviews' sub-board.
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I got the Wire because I thought I was missing the boat on 'the best show on TV'. Well...I must be missing something because after watching 5 episodes I don't get it. I kept thinking it was going to get better..not that it was bad...it just wasn't that interesting. The only reason I kept watching was to see Idris Elba who plays Stringer Bell cause he is a cutie!
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he is copy+pasting it from negative amazon reviews of the series.
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fir … eNumber=25
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fir … eNumber=25
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Told ya' he was trolling.13/f/taiwan wrote:
he is copy+pasting it from negative amazon reviews of the series.
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fir … eNumber=25
i've met idris elba with 2 friends, we dressed up in suits and met him on campus. he sounds nothing like he does in the wire.
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i didnt fall in love with the wire until like the end of the 2nd season/beginning of the 3rd. after youve seen all 5 seasons, watching the first 2 seasons again is soo much better
s2 is still my all-time favourite, it has a sort of vibe about it that reminds me of a lot of the best american writing/literature. very upton sinclair or john steinbeck. the stevedores are amazingly well developed characters.
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he looks like said from OzUzique wrote:
i've met idris elba with 2 friends, we dressed up in suits and met him on campus. he sounds nothing like he does in the wire.
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African American actor Idris Elba.
i love it too, but i guess i just wasnt as in to it the first time i saw it. you really have to watch the wire 2 or 3 times to pick up every little thingUzique wrote:
s2 is still my all-time favourite, it has a sort of vibe about it that reminds me of a lot of the best american writing/literature. very upton sinclair or john steinbeck. the stevedores are amazingly well developed characters.
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Told ya' he was trolling.13/f/taiwan wrote:
he is copy+pasting it from negative amazon reviews of the series.
http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fir … eNumber=25
he said something like that when i asked him about the wire.
he's english, as london geezer as they come. african american?
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i miss the sopranos
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i need to finish season 1 of boardwalk empire, i totally stalled halfway through it.
same thing happened to me in season 2 of mad men... and i've never gone back to it.
same thing happened to me in season 2 of mad men... and i've never gone back to it.
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they should have never gotten rid of ralphie.
Yeah, I was lost for pretty much the entire first half of the first season. You really gotta give it your full attention.coolstorybro wrote:
i love it too, but i guess i just wasnt as in to it the first time i saw it. you really have to watch the wire 2 or 3 times to pick up every little thingUzique wrote:
s2 is still my all-time favourite, it has a sort of vibe about it that reminds me of a lot of the best american writing/literature. very upton sinclair or john steinbeck. the stevedores are amazingly well developed characters.