The Wire appreciation thread

No1newts · 1 Aug 2015 at 14:16

Just watching it all from the start again on sky+ amazing stuff, forgot how much I loved it.

silversurfer · 18 Aug 2015 at 22:33

Rossi~ said:
Yeah, he is.
Dominic West (McNaulty) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) both play their character's accents fantastically, so many people thought they were American.

I totally did I'll admit but then I wasnt even sure what language most characters were speaking at first

Sirrel Squirrel · 18 Aug 2015 at 23:01

Just finished watching them all for the first time. Fantastic show, the characters and story lines were great, I think season 3 was my favourite closely followed by 4.

No1newts · 23 Aug 2015 at 13:40

On season 2 on my rewatch, it's much better on a second viewing, didn't particularly enjoy season 2 first time round.

Bubo · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:11

Bloody hell, how long has Sky been showing the HD widescreen remaster on Sky Atlantic? Only noticed it last night and it was the last 2 episodes of S1. It doesn't appear to be on demand either

. Series 2 starts on Friday according to the planner. I am assuming this is the HD remaster as it defo was framed in widescreen and highlighted in orange in the planer.

MagicBoy · 31 Oct 2015 at 13:14

Worth a read : http://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/

Curio · 3 Nov 2015 at 17:11

MagicBoy said:
Worth a read : http://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/

Very interesting. Thanks for that link!

Punt · 3 Nov 2015 at 19:24

For the most part I though this was a great series.

The scene with McNulty and Bunk investigating a crime scene is a classic!

NexusK · 3 Nov 2015 at 19:37

Punt said:
For the most part I though this was a great series.

The scene with McNulty and Bunk investigating a crime scene is a classic!

The one word wordity worder wooooord one?

Curio · 3 Nov 2015 at 19:39

Bunk.

Bathroom.

Pink bathrobe.

'nuff said

uchuff · 4 Nov 2015 at 13:10

hair, fibres, ....

CrimsonAvenger · 5 Nov 2015 at 09:41

No1newts said:
On season 2 on my rewatch, it's much better on a second viewing, didn't particularly enjoy season 2 first time round.

Interesting. Didn't think much of season 2 either.........

Glaucus · 9 Jul 2017 at 21:30

Necro - I'm what over a decade late to the party. Been meaning to get around to this for ages.
However:
The Wire, it is good.

Watched the first season today :eek:

that's what 13hours or something like that.

oh and the other thing I noticed is, there's essentially nothing to skip. There's no this is what happened last episode nonsense.

Bassmansam · 9 Jul 2017 at 22:32

I am halfway through season 3, really enjoying it. Rawls is a dick though.

Junglist · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:14

Oh how I envy you guys watching The Wire for the first time. Probably my favourite TV series without a doubt.

Started watching Gomarrah as I've heard it's essentially the Italian version of The Wire. So far so good.

Vonhelmet · 10 Jul 2017 at 22:45

Bassmansam said:
I am halfway through season 3, really enjoying it. Rawls is a **** though.

Series 4 is my favourite. Brings loads of stuff together, and the school story is just incredible, so sad.

dowie · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:17

edit - sorry, complete brain fart... forgot about that - yup that was pretty sad

ash888 · 11 Jul 2017 at 16:05

one of my favourites for sure, may watch again as a lot of the other stuff i watch is drying up.

silversurfer · 11 Jul 2017 at 17:14

I've only ever watched it on a portable tv when it was on bbc2 late night one year. I'll watch it back on a good quality release again sometime. I normally forget stories or details quite quick, this one is a bit too real so I'll not watch it soon

Bassmansam · 12 Jul 2017 at 12:03

Whenever i see Aiden Gillen i always think of a Littlefinger. Personality wise he plays a similarish character to littlefinger, I wonder if his Character in the wire helped him get chosen for GoT.