The Wire

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10742 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
Submitted by xConorx on 23 December, 2007 - 03:00.

So after all youse have been banging on about this show for months I decided to give it a go.
Pretty fuckin good so far smile

revol68 ""Identity is a dream pathetic in its absurdity. You dream of being yourself when you've nothing better to do""
Posts: 17788 Joined: 23-02-04 Location: Belfast
23 December, 2007 - 03:06

aye.

I'm now 6 episodes into the Shield and it's still a massive let down after watching The Wire.

Bob Savage "brrrapatista."
Posts: 1309 Joined: 15-01-07 Location: Bristol
23 December, 2007 - 03:52

The Wire is brilliant. Not seen the fourth season yet though, which sucks. Got the fifth to come too.

I think the second and third seasons are probably the best I've seen, and when the first is that dope that's quite a big accomplishment.

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
Posts: 9932 Joined: 09-02-06 Location: razorblade of apathy, shave me with your irony
23 December, 2007 - 13:31

Fourth season is good, I think the second is my favourite though. The fifth season starts in a month or two as does the seventh and final season of the shield.

Jack "Yes we can"
Posts: 10247 Joined: 22-09-03 Location: Brighton
23 December, 2007 - 14:01

other than that they both feature police and both brilliant, why would you compare the shield to the wire? Both totally different shows. If you're holding the shield against the wire, then you're bound to get disapointed.

pingtiao
Posts: 1569 Joined: 09-10-03
23 December, 2007 - 14:35

Yeah, totally right.
The Wire is incredible, but expansive and multi-tiered in a way that The Shield isn't.
The Shield is fast-paced and adrenaline fuelled in a way that the intricate plots of the Wire can't be- and would be cheapened by.
Both have incredibly three dimensional characters and excellent writing.

Those two are the best things I have ever seen on TV, and indeed are almost what the medium was made to show for me. Deadwood is third.

Dust
Posts: 91 Joined: 06-02-06 Location: Dublin, Ireland
2 January, 2008 - 21:42

First episode of the 5th season is out now. Won't post a link but google rapidshare.com and the wire season 5 and it should be easy to find

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
Posts: 9932 Joined: 09-02-06 Location: razorblade of apathy, shave me with your irony
2 January, 2008 - 22:11

I think I'll wait until a few are available and binge.