The Wire

[Pubey]

ok, I'm only half way through Season 4.... but this is quite simply the best TV show EVER!

any other fans out there?

Charlie Brooker on The Wire:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hXv3IKfqKmI

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

god yesss, it is superb mate

 

[MK Shrimper]

Have Season 1 DVD on order! Can't wait :)

 

[Pubey]

oh my god words cannot describe how good this is. it will change the way you think forever... like i say, i'm only up to season 4 so no spoilers, but i literally am spending every minute at home watching it! once i get to the end i'm watching it again. how this hasn't really got more love in the UK is beyond me.

 

[MK Shrimper]

oh my god words cannot describe how good this is. it will change the way you think forever... like i say, i'm only up to season 4 so no spoilers, but i literally am spending every minute at home watching it! once i get to the end i'm watching it again. how this hasn't really got more love in the UK is beyond me.

Yeah, we get Holby & Heartbeat.

 

[BrettieAngell]

oh my god words cannot describe how good this is. it will change the way you think forever... like i say, i'm only up to season 4 so no spoilers, but i literally am spending every minute at home watching it! once i get to the end i'm watching it again. how this hasn't really got more love in the UK is beyond me.

I've never heard of it!!

Wanna give it a go now though.

 

[Pubey]

I've never heard of it!!

Wanna give it a go now though.

watch the youtube clip... or read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wire-Complete-HBO-Season-1/dp/B0007IK5Z0

 

[davewebbsbrain]

ok, I'm only half way through Season 4.... but this is quite simply the best TV show EVER!

any other fans out there?

Charlie Brooker on The Wire:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hXv3IKfqKmI

Charlie Brooks!!!

 

[BrettieAngell]

watch the youtube clip... or read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wire-Complete-HBO-Season-1/dp/B0007IK5Z0

I watched the clip, its hard to believe its as good as they are making it out to be!

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

give it a shot Rich

 

[BrettieAngell]

give it a shot Rich

Yeah I'm going to mate, its interested how they can make one case last the whole series!

 

[seany t]

Bought Season 1 myself on DVD last week (its £15 on HMV & Amazon right now though HMV had sold out last week) and it arrived on Saturday, but haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

Looking forward to it...

 

[Einstein]

I mentioned this series a few weeks ago here on SZ. Since then I managed to find the 3rd & 4th series in the UK and polished them off within a fortnight... Can't find it here, so will now buy the 5th series when I'm back in the UK at Christmas time and probably watch the whole series on my flight to the US before I even get back here!!

Not sure it's the best ever, but without a doubt it's the best series I've watched in a while.

 

[Pubey]

I mentioned this series a few weeks ago here on SZ. Since then I managed to find the 3rd & 4th series in the UK and polished them off within a fortnight... Can't find it here, so will now buy the 5th series when I'm back in the UK at Christmas time and probably watch the whole series on my flight to the US before I even get back here!!

Not sure it's the best ever, but without a doubt it's the best series I've watched in a while.

so what's better? Maybe The Sopranos, maybe West Wing (which lot the plot a bit but the first few series were stunning)... other than that I'm struggling.

 

[seany t]

so what's better? Maybe The Sopranos, maybe West Wing (which lot the plot a bit but the first few series were stunning)... other than that I'm struggling.

I loved Mad Men to begin with, but lost the plot there after a few weeks. I remember Murder One being superb at the time, but that was just one series.

Battlestar Galactica has been my favourite show in recent years, but again it lost the plot in Series 4.

I'm ashamed to say, have never watched Six feet under or The Sopranos...

 

[Pubey]

I loved Mad Men to begin with, but lost the plot there after a few weeks. I remember Murder One being superb at the time, but that was just one series.

Battlestar Galactica has been my favourite show in recent years, but again it lost the plot in Series 4.

I'm ashamed to say, have never watched Six feet under or The Sopranos...

BSG is fantastic, but I stopped watching halfway through Series 3

 

[MK Shrimper]

BSG never "jumped the shark". It was, and still is, brilliant telly. Amazing how they wove in current day Iraq/Afghanistan morality storylines under the guise of the cylon/human war.

Shame on you Seany - Soprano's was one of the finest shows ever on the gogglebox. Get yourself the DVD set, I bet you'll be hooked from episode 1.

 

[Einstein]

so what's better? Maybe The Sopranos, maybe West Wing (which lot the plot a bit but the first few series were stunning)... other than that I'm struggling.

24 is still far better in my opinion. Never watched the Sopranos, however a guy at work raves about that as well.

 

[Pubey]

24 is still far better in my opinion. Never watched the Sopranos, however a guy at work raves about that as well.

the first few 24s were excellent, but I feel it really hasn't been great in the last couple of series. Jacks father/the Chinese/Wayne Palmer/Noah Daniels just got too crazy for me!

 

[seany t]

BSG never "jumped the shark". It was, and still is, brilliant telly. Amazing how they wove in current day Iraq/Afghanistan morality storylines under the guise of the cylon/human war.

Shame on you Seany - Soprano's was one of the finest shows ever on the gogglebox. Get yourself the DVD set, I bet you'll be hooked from episode 1.

Yeah I fully expect to be. The Wire is my next undertaking, followed by The Sopranos when I see it going cheap. This is obviously being counter balanced by watching every episode of South Park ever. Currently up to series 8.

BSG was great series 1, stunning series 2 and sporadically amazing in 3. But for the first half of this last series the storylines meandered, went around in circles and had little or no pacing. I'll stick with it to the bitter end now obviously and the cliffhanger left me gagging for more, but Series 4 for me lost something...

24 is still far better in my opinion. Never watched the Sopranos, however a guy at work raves about that as well.

I liked 24 on and off for the first couple of seasons, but soon got bored. The storyline and writing became very similar to the pattern I hear Lost / Heroes have fallen into, jettisoning character arcs and a coherent story for more series than were intended thanks to the studios meddling, coupled with episodic diversions seemingly made up on the hoof. It also meant we got good entertainment on a weekly basis, but a programme that when viewed in one hit just isn't as fluent. And whereas those other shows we've discussed left me itching for the 'next episode' button, '24' in one sitting just doesn't work as well for me: "Oh, Miss Bauer got kidnapped. Again. For only the third time this series. Great..."