best TV show EVAR??

[Cosmo]

You'll see drug dealing - the first season deals with a detail that goes up against a Baltimore drug kingpin. But again, it's so much more than that, and the way they expand on it in seasons 2, 3 and now 4, well... you just gonna have to watch it. It gets my full endorsement.

I saw a handful of episodes from season 1, when my peeps tried to alert me to it. It does sound like they've gotten beyond King Of New York- the tv show.

Has OZ lost its magic?
Honestly I tried to watch The Wire a few times but, not knowing what I was getting into, I turned the show off every time because it was like too slow. Eventually, during the 2nd season (my favorite) I got through 3 episodes in a row and realized that shit was really deep, so I went back and just started from the top.

 

[Phill_Most]

Honestly I tried to watch The Wire a few times but, not knowing what I was getting into, I turned the show off every time because it was like too slow. Eventually, during the 2nd season (my favorite) I got through 3 episodes in a row and realized that shit was really deep, so I went back and just started from the top.

Yeah, you have to give the show a chance... just coming into it late into the game, like I did, it's hard to get into it at first because there's so cotdamn much going on. I tried to get into it during season 2 and just couldn't f--k with it. I got hooked by seeing some

season 4 clips on Youtube and then having some friends fill me in on what was going on. Then probably the best thing I could have done was check out http://www.hbo.com/thewire/ to get a better understanding of what the deal is, who the characters are and what they're about, etc. (just don't read too much online if you're going to go back and actually watch the episodes). I got done with season 4 last weekend, now I'm going back to season one and catch up with the whole story. I am HOOKED on this schitt.
And yeah, Batmon, there is plenty of drug dealing, negative portrayals of black folks, etc... but I think they show the depth of these situations a lot more completely than you usually see it done. From the street side, the law enforcement side and the political side of things. REAL SCHITT.

 

[visual_rocka]

Fuck the Wire, HOMOCIDE. No cop show in the last 25 years has had such a profound and lasting influence IMO. Andre Braugher has gotta be one of the most underappreciated actors of our era, and the lo-fi camera work was totally ahead
..and surprisingly no mentions of Deadwood yet, that is blowing my mind right now.

 

[youngEINSTEIN]

i would have to say twilight zone because you learn very valuable life lessons from every episode. peace, stein. . .

 

[Young_Phonics]

Seinfeld

 

[motown67]

I can't really add much to what's already been said about the WIRE but I'll try.

The Wire is not really a cop show to begin with. It's the story of the decline of Baltimore and what it means for the decline of lots of American cities.

Drugs it the focus of Season 1 & 3, the working class is the emhasis in #2, and education is what's going on during the current season.

Drugs though is the sign of the decline of the city. Everyting else projects out from that to the junkies, the dealers, the police, the police leadership, the politicians, etc.

I think it's the greatest show ever about America.It's amazingly written, acted, etc. And if you don't know, this is the baddest motherfucker ever to touch the small screen.

 

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[Hotsauce84]

Honestly I tried to watch The Wire a few times but, not knowing what I was getting into, I turned the show off every time because it was like too slow. Eventually, during the 2nd season (my favorite) I got through 3 episodes in a row and realized that shit was really deep, so I went back and just started from the top.

Yeah, you have to give the show a chance... just coming into it late into the game, like I did, it's hard to get into it at first because there's so cotdamn much going on. I tried to get into it during season 2 and just couldn't f--k with it. I got hooked by seeing some

season 4 clips on Youtube and then having some friends fill me in on what was going on. Then probably the best thing I could have done was check out http://www.hbo.com/thewire/ to get a better understanding of what the deal is, who the characters are and what they're about, etc. (just don't read too much online if you're going to go back and actually watch the episodes). I got done with season 4 last weekend, now I'm going back to season one and catch up with the whole story. I am HOOKED on this schitt.
And yeah, Batmon, there is plenty of drug dealing, negative portrayals of black folks, etc... but I think they show the depth of these situations a lot more completely than you usually see it done. From the street side, the law enforcement side and the political side of things. REAL SCHITT.

I'm doing the same shit (starting from season 1). I swear I've been watching 2 episodes a night . Last night I watched 4! Slept 3 hours and went to work. I'm hooked...

Herm

 

[the3rdstream]

Date My Mom

 

[batmon]

Fuck the Wire, HOMOCIDE. No cop show in the last 25 years has had such a profound and lasting influence IMO. Andre Braugher has gotta be one of the most underappreciated actors of our era, and the lo-fi camera work was totally ahead

That's what I wanted to bring up as an example w/ Law And Order. But HBO can do a whole alot more on cable than reg network tv. Sex in The City, Oz,The Wire,Sopranos, and DeadWood are all shows that Ive heard many cats revere as incredible shows.

 

[pcmr]

Cosine on homicide and HBO stuff

I need to get into the wire and the prisoner just wanna give some shine to the quebec version of the sopranos



That show was straight fire...

Classic mafia/gov storyline with great charachter development and the interesting canada Biker war dynamics intertwined in. Worth catching and its half english half french so subtitles and DVD would do it for ya

Also although I have not followed this show

Les Bougon

Its gotten a ton of praises and its premise has been bought by Fox to be worked in the states

Its about a welfare family that lives off various screw the system type cons and heists.

Just like in the movies Quebec sneeks in some great stuff into the sea of american media

 

[Bsides]

Fuck the Wire, HOMOCIDE. No cop show in the last 25 years has had such a profound and lasting influence IMO. Andre Braugher has gotta be one of the most underappreciated actors of our era, and the lo-fi camera work was totally ahead

That's what I wanted to bring up as an example w/ Law And Order. But HBO can do a whole alot more on cable than reg network tv. Sex in The City, Oz,The Wire,Sopranos, and DeadWood are all shows that Ive heard many cats revere as incredible shows.


The same dude that wrote HOMOCIDE also wrote the wire, he also wrote the corner miniseries on hbo. But even he will tell you that the wire is his fully realized vision.

Deadwood is good, but its really just entertaining, it doesnt really have any sort of social commentary like the wire. I really enjoy the show though.

Law and Order, Sopranos, Oz, whatever, im telling you they are not even in the same category as the wire. I can see how people might think that if they've only seen a couple episodes, but if you can get through a whole season, any of them, you will see how its a totally different type of show.

Homocide was about the cops.
The Corner was about the streets.

The wire is really about everything. Theres no good guys or bad guys, its just about how everyone plays their own role in ths system and how each role contributes to the larger problem. Every charachter is therefore easily relatable and realistic and you really get to see the situation from all sides.

Best t.v. show ever by a long shot.

also, not in the same category, but alot of people are still sleeping on battlestar galactica. Once you get past the stupid name you will see that its also a pretty great show.

 

[soulmarcosa]

Fuck the Wire, HOMOCIDE. No cop show in the last 25 years has had such a profound and lasting influence IMO. Andre Braugher has gotta be one of the most underappreciated actors of our era, and the lo-fi camera work was totally ahead

I cosine on HOMICIDE - best TV show ever.

But THE WIRE is great too. Glad to see so many fans on the board.

Other faves...

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
OZ
DARK SHADOWS
TWILIGHT ZONE
G vs E
BERNIE MAC
THE AVENGERS
NANCY DREW/HARDY BOYS MYSTERIES

and of course

 

[batmon]

also, not in the same category, but alot of people are still sleeping on battlestar galactica. Once you get past the stupid name you will see that its also a pretty great show.

Yeah, cats are proclaiming this as the Star Trek of its time - even better w/ the heavy handed social commentary steelo - that a baby can pick up and join right with'em.

So obvious Iraq/US gov themes - ok I get it. I watched the first cuple of episodes and shit was good.
Im wasnt blown away.

 

[batmon]

The same dude that wrote HOMOCIDE also wrote the wire, he also wrote the corner miniseries on hbo. But even he will tell you that the wire is his fully realized vision.

 

[visual_rocka]

The same dude that wrote HOMOCIDE also wrote the wire, he also wrote the corner miniseries on hbo. But even he will tell you that the wire is his fully realized vision.

They also did OZ, well some of them.. There were so many talents involved in Homocide, actors/writers/cameramen.. sound was really big for them as well..It seems to me that now the floodgates are opened for real artistically sound TV now, thanks to HBO + cable networks in general, putting big bucks behind quality material. 'Homocide' might of got canned, but i wonder if all of this 'Gourmet TV' would exist without it..

 

[batmon]

I have about 5 episodes on a bootleg VHS comp that I copped from a comic shop in manhattan.

Real dirty sci-fi heads stuff there. The talking monkey......

 

[batmon]

They also did OZ, well some of them.. There were so many talents involved in Homocide, actors/writers/cameramen.. sound was really big for them as well..It seems to me that now the floodgates are opened for real artistically sound TV now, thanks to HBO + cable networks in general, putting big bucks behind quality material. 'Homocide' might of got canned, but i wonder if all of this 'Gourmet TV' would exist without it..

My homie who's a Homicide fan would tell me they originated the shakey cam style that cats have copped.

 

[Mike_Bell]

I have never seen nor heard of ARK II but I want to see at least one episode.
Strictly on the strength of this jpeg...

Any show which has a monkey as a cast member has to be good.

 

[batmon]

I have never seen nor heard of ARK II but I want to see at least one episode.

The girl -

I used to watch it as a kid - it is its own animal in the sci-fi game. Silent Running the movie shared the whole "Save the Ecology" theme. So 70's !!!!!