The Wire appreciation thread

Snax · 26 Nov 2009 at 20:32

=VTA=MANFACE said:
Really funny you should say that. It is like a part of my life is missing.

I have really got into the characters now, people think I'm barmy when i talk about the series.

Too true.

The characters are beyond description.

There is too much to praise in The Wire, one of the most outstanding features for me was the use of immature and young actors.

I have never seen such convincing acting from kids. Normally they ruin shows for me with wooden and dull acting. In this, I think they made the show:

Randy, Michael, Namond, Poot, Brodie, D'Angelo to name but a few were outstanding portrayals.

I might have to watch this again.

It makes me sad that British TV has never come close to something of this depth despite the reputation that has been built up over the years.

Von- I would say Freeman got out well (with a pension etc), Herc is enjoying himself, Carver is doing well, Ronnie is good, Carcetti got where he wanted to go, Clay Davies seems fine, I also love Michael being the new Omar. Michael was a tremendous character and I like to think of him as Omar 2

jp_bl_68 · 26 Nov 2009 at 20:36

Snax said:
There is too much to praise in The Wire, one of the most outstanding features for me was the use of immature and young actors. Normally they ruin shows for me with wooden and dull acting. In this, I think they made the show.

I agree. Snoop was one of my favourites. I think the fact that a few of the major characters were actually involved in gangs helped to draw out more realistic performances.

Snax · 26 Nov 2009 at 21:01

gah! how could i forget snoop. She was petrifying

titaniumx3 · 14 Nov 2011 at 14:06

Just finished watching all five seasons and I can safely say that this is the best tv series I've ever watched. It's rare a thing, but for me the show went above and beyond the huge amount of hype surrounding it. A true masterpiece, every episode, every moment, finely crafted for your viewing pleasure.

BTW, it's hard to decide but I think Lester Freamon was my overall favourite character. Pretty much every word he spoke seemed to carry so much weight, you could have a whole book full of meaningful and powerful quotes from him.

Belloni · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:59

I have all the boxsets thanks to my brother, watched season 1 and loved it. However, i'm really struggling to keep watching season 2 ... i've read people say it's the worst but you have to obviously watch it. I keep turning off half way through the first episodes!

[ASSE]Hinchy · 14 Nov 2011 at 17:07

Snoop is real life bad!

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Mark A · 14 Nov 2011 at 17:35

Snax said:
It makes me sad that British TV has never come close to something of this depth despite the reputation that has been built up over the years.

To be fair not many US shows come close to the wire. It was a special show and I doubt anything will come close for a long time, if ever.

There were a few British actors in the show though, Jimmy McNulty, Tommy Carcetti and Stringer Bell, if that counts toward anything.

LeftfieldTilt · 14 Nov 2011 at 17:59

Mark A said:
.................There were a few British actors in the show though, Jimmy McNulty, Tommy Carcetti and Stringer Bell, if that counts toward anything.

TBH I didn't know McNulty was British until I saw him in Centurion a few months after watching the wire!

I did like the way that 95% of the characters in the wire were not safe from being killed off to help a good story line

Has anyone watched the corner? quote a few actors from the wire pop up in that as well but it focuses more on the "The Game" the ending of that really did surprise me.

Vonhelmet · 14 Nov 2011 at 21:28

LeftfieldTilt said:
TBH I didn't know McNulty was British until I saw him in Centurion a few months after watching the wire!

There's one episode of The Wire where he's drunk and his accent slips through. I think you'd only notice it if you knew to look for it, though.

Street · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:36

Snax said:
gah! how could i forget snoop. She was petrifying

The part where Snoop was buying the new nail gun always makes me laugh!

Mark A · 14 Nov 2011 at 23:27

LeftfieldTilt said:
TBH I didn't know McNulty was British until I saw him in Centurion a few months after watching the wire!

I didn't either. I was also surprised to find out the actor that played Stringer Bell was British. I saw him in a bank robbery film and he was speaking with a London accent, it was quite a shock

. Goes to show that they can mimic the American accent well. Which isn't always the case with Americans doing British accents, as proved in Game of Thrones.

mtrent10202 · 15 Nov 2011 at 00:02

After watching season 1-6 of the Sopranos at uni, I was pretty sure there wasn't anything else that could be as good as that, until a couple of my mates pointed me in the direction of The Wire raving on about how it was the best tv series ever...

Took a good few episodes of season 1 to get into it, but after that, the story grew and so did the characters. (omar is my fave)

Now finished season 2, which was different, but just as good as the first imo. Can't wait to get hold of season 3 !

pellet · 15 Nov 2011 at 16:02

Into the 4th season, felt it lost it's way a bit in the 3rd. The second was the best for me, in the sense that there were characters I could relate to, believe in.

uchuff · 16 Nov 2011 at 09:40

Odd, I felt the second season was a bit of a low point but did tie in well with everything else.

borich_planner · 16 Nov 2011 at 13:02

My favourite character

Vonhelmet · 16 Nov 2011 at 13:31

pellet said:
Into the 4th season, felt it lost it's way a bit in the 3rd. The second was the best for me, in the sense that there were characters I could relate to, believe in.

I thought the fourth was brilliant. The school setting worked really well in terms of showing the futility of the education system in keeping the kids away from their drugs careers.

That and the Marlo plot was rolling along really well by then.

pellet · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:06

oh yes, not sure who i want to get their comeuppance first, marlowe or carcetti! Love seeing Prez back as well

Vonhelmet · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:18

pellet said:
oh yes, not sure who i want to get their comeuppance first, marlowe or carcetti! Love seeing Prez back as well

Prez is brilliant in that series. I loved his story.

Radiation · 18 Dec 2011 at 12:25

So i started watching this recently and im now towards the end of the first season, it's not the sort of thing id normally watch, crime and medical shows that is, unless like with dexter there's a twist to it that makes it interesting, it's quite well written and there's some interesting stuff at times but im waiting for it to live up to the hype it gets, does it get any better?

It's mostly all a lot of talk and back and forth going on, so far only the above chap Omar has put on an entertaining show.

Vonhelmet · 18 Dec 2011 at 13:34

Radiation said:
So i started watching this recently and im now towards the end of the first season, it's not the sort of thing id normally watch, crime and medical shows that is, unless like with dexter there's a twist to it that makes it interesting, it's quite well written and there's some interesting stuff at times but im waiting for it to live up to the hype it gets, does it get any better?

It's mostly all a lot of talk and back and forth going on, so far only the above chap Omar has put on an entertaining show.

Maybe it's just not for you.