(Contains Spoilers) Greatest TV show -- The Wire, Season 1 on HBO On Demand

93Devil · Nov 30, 2011

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MisterCreosote said:

93Devil said:

Bodie_Broadus said:

I thought All In The Family was the greatest show ever.
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Lost should have been.
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Fuck Lost.
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Exactly. And I loved that show so much until the last 5-6 episodes.

Double Down · Nov 30, 2011

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The entire last season of LOST blows. The last season of The Wire was flawed, and clearly the weakest of the five, but it didn't invalidate the entire series.

I also think the 5th season of The Wire holds up better on rewatching. When you know what a stupid clusterfuck the end of LOST is going to be, it only makes the final season seem like an even bigger waste of time.

Thus ends my LOST rant. For now.

My name is my name.

JackReacher · Dec 1, 2011

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I enjoyed season 1 of The Wire, but got completely bored with the first handful of episodes of season 2 and stopped watching. If I can ever get my DVR down to a reasonable level, I may take some time and start over with season 2.

imjustagirl · Dec 1, 2011

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I hated the shipyard season. I don't even remember what year it was. Hated every freaking second.

I wanted more Bodie.

Dyno · Dec 1, 2011

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imjustagirl said:

I hated the shipyard season. I don't even remember what year it was. Hated every freaking second.

I wanted more Bodie.
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Season 2. I didn't like it much when I watched the first time, but on second viewing, I liked it a lot more.

I saw Bodie in a FedEx commercial. It made me sad.

93Devil · Dec 1, 2011

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Isn't Dookie in a KFC commercial?

Double Down · Dec 1, 2011

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People who don't like Season 2 don't deserve TVs.

JackReacher · Dec 1, 2011

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Double Down said:

People who don't like Season 2 don't deserve TVs.
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Now I'm sure it sucked!

PCLoadLetter · Dec 1, 2011

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Season 2 started a little slow for me but picked up quickly after about 3 episodes.

I'm bogged down about 4 episodes into season 4. I need to get back into it.

Pancamo · Dec 1, 2011

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imjustagirl said:

I hated the shipyard season. I don't even remember what year it was. Hated every freaking second.

I wanted more Bodie.
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If you want more Bodie, watch OZ.

Dick Whitman · Dec 1, 2011

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People who don't like Season 2 don't deserve TVs.
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I cannot imagine the shitstorm that would have occurred had I been the one to make this post.

That being said, in all seriousness ...

In my opinion, and this is only my opinion, Season 2 was worth it just for the Ziggy scene in the second-to-last episode. This is only my opinion. If your opinion differs, I respect that, too. I think - and this is just my opinion - it was on par, for sheer power, with the Wallace scene in Season 1. It's just my opinion, but one of the great things about "The Wire" - and, again, just my opinion, so take it for what it's worth - is how earned those moments are.

Contrast this with, in film, in my opinion, the discussion about "Super 8" on the movie thread. In my opinion, the sentimental moment at the end was largely unearned. That's just my opinion, though. And I only bring up "Super 8" because I think - just from my point of view, you are free to disagree - that it's a good contrast of earned and unearned moments in a series or a film.

Dick Whitman · Dec 1, 2011

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LongTimeListener said:

Dick Whitman said:

All the Led Zeppelin fans on the other thread say, "Screw 'The Wire.' When is 'Blossom' hitting On Demand?"
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No post has ever ended well that started "I'm going to regret this," but I'm going to regret this ...

Dick, I say this in observance of your day yesterday, when Elliotte suggested you simmer down and you wondered why everyone always picks on you. And I refer to this post on the Beatles thread today:

Dick Whitman said:

Of all the things that go on with this site, the offense that many of you take at the fact that I take a position and defend it is among the most bizarre to me.
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And now here we have this analogy of liking Led Zeppelin to liking a teeny-bopper girls show, with its implication that such people are unable to comprehend something as deep as The Wire.

Whether it's this, or:

--The declaration that a vote for Michael Young, by a member of the BBWAA who clearly did all the required research, is not credible
--The belief that Zeppelin is well, well behind the Stones and Beatles and a few others "probably to most who take rock music seriously from a critical standpoint" (while in the next sentence you say you have no musical chops or background to make such an evaluation)
--The declaration that any true football observer would say Brian Urlacher is better than Mike Singletary
--That whole thing about what it says about a person's intelligence if they watch CSI or other procedurals
--I'm sure anyone else who reads this will be able to come up with his own personal tale, or maybe will just feel it's appropriate to repeat the "You're WRONG!" catch-phrase that has become associated with you

Do you see why people get bothered?

If this is the persona you want, I suppose that's one way to go. Plenty of people on here do that. But you seem to care what people think and want to relate to people on good terms -- and perhaps you don't care what I myself think, we have been down that road, but it's obvious that in the main you come here to share true discussion. This would be yet another reminder, of which there have been quite a few lately, that it isn't solely the difference of opinion that is getting you crossways with so many people.
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In your illustrious posting history, two things stand out:

(1) Your rock-solid evidence that the teaching profession would not draw more talent if it paid more: Because your neighbor's boyfriend's cousin's neighbor's stepsister taught for the love of the game. Want me to dredge up a few of those posts to see how lukewarm your tone was?
(2) Your oh-so diplomatic posts about the Jeff Pearlman Walter Payton book.

Go away.

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