Why are you not watching the best show on TV?

Rug Burn Junky on 8/1/2010 at 19:44

Not at all. But I'm confused as to what exactly you hope to accomplish by continuing to troll me. Do you have ANYTHING productive to add, or are you simply being a jackass for its own sake?

Scots Taffer on 9/1/2010 at 04:23

drive-by trollings sound like the specialty of a sourpuss Gangsta

rachel on 1/4/2010 at 05:36

Wire writer David Mills just (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/31/wire-treme-writer-david-mills-dies/) died of a brain aneurysm at 48 :(

Aerothorn on 1/4/2010 at 14:52

Wow. That really blows.

Still haven't found time to watch The Wire - hopelessly this summer!

Matthew on 1/4/2010 at 14:54

Quote Posted by Aerothorn

hopelessly this summer!

It can't be that bad.

Rug Burn Junky on 1/4/2010 at 15:51

That really does suck, you don't know how psyched I am for Treme, everything I've seen so far looks great.

fett on 1/4/2010 at 21:16

Well, shit. Now I HAVE to buy The Wire on DVD.

Thirith on 2/4/2010 at 22:01

I'm currently rewatching the series. I've just finished S1 and have just watched the first episode of S2. Still like it a lot, but I'd definitely say that in the first season there are a couple of very minor missteps that make it feel a touch more conventional than the later seasons, the main ones being a couple of instances of music that isn't part of the scene and use of slo-mo. After having seen the entire series, these stand out quite a bit.

thefonz on 3/4/2010 at 09:09

Fuck. FUCK! Motherfuck. Fuck. FUCK me.
Repeat.

oRGy on 4/4/2010 at 10:34

Just watched the first season again, in a local cinema (for free).

Had a happy surprise - for some reason I thought Season 1 ended with the episode where Greggs gets shot - but no! Three Wire episodes I got to see for the first time - made me happy.

The Wire is sociological, without being boring and formalistic about it. This is a combination a lot of artists in general could and should aim at, I feel.

My only real gripe with The Wire is that McNulty is not really an interesting character. He has his moments, true, but really? Just a mediocre imitation of a Baltimore accent, characterizing an obvious "egoism is self destructive folks!" moral. Amusing at first but after 5 seasons it just gets absurd... Oh well. Angels with dirty faces and all that.