I really like the montage in S2 with Prez sorting out all the suspects' photos to I Walk The Line.
have you watched the wire?
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I really like the montage in S2 with Prez sorting out all the suspects' photos to I Walk The Line.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I have been wanting to watch it for a while since reading about it on here and a few other places. Yesterday from LOVE film I received episodes 1-3 to watch. Most likely I will watch some tonight.
make that 7 montages
... and let's not forget Cutty jogging to 'Move on Up' in Season 4.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Nor that thing I keep on about, the opening montage featuring a gospel chorus on the Sunday morning before the election - with the Carcetti family uncomfortably swaying in the aisle.
cliche guevara
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LOL! One episode, you need to give it more than that. At the end of episode one I sat there and thought "wtf?", but persevered because of all the awesome reviews. Well worth it.
cliche guevara
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I saw one episode. Didn't like anything about it. The woman cop did something absolutely ridiculous and the whole plot seemed painfully laboured. It may well be that I'm missing out on the greatest thing ever screened but I simply haven't got time to persevere right now.
There's a box set sitting downstairs, so maybe one day....
Psychonaut
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i wanted a special vote cos ive seen 'the corner' too 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corner
It wasnt till i got right to the end, & 3 of the real characters did a quick interview that i realised the whole thing really was based on a true story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corner
It wasnt till i got right to the end, & 3 of the real characters did a quick interview that i realised the whole thing really was based on a true story.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
I have now read a book by George Pelecanos and it was a pretty interesting book. I can see why Stephen King rates him highly. He has a good ear for dialogue.
Vintage Paw
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i wanted a special vote cos ive seen 'the corner' too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corner
It wasnt till i got right to the end, & 3 of the real characters did a quick interview that i realised the whole thing really was based on a true story.
I'm 3 episodes into The Corner now. It's fucking tragic.
In other news, an academic cultural studies journal is looking for submissions on The Wire, specifically representations of race in The Wire. And so it begins ...
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, now that's something you could get you're teeth into - you going for it?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Nah, Grace Dent, another one of the TV reviewers for the Guide, used to do a monthly round up of all the goings on of specific show genres (she now just write 'World of Lather' about, surprisingly given it's name, the soaps), one of which were cop shows. She started raving about how good The Wire was back when it started airing in about 2001.
Psychonaut
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my mistake btw, at the end you see 4 of the real life characters (5 years later) So at least 4 of them survive, mostly clean & living well iirc
What isnt mentioned is one of them (IRL) married the guy who was the direct inspiration for Omar off the wire.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Sean
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Which one was it? I like the sound of him.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Fwiw, as best I understand, The Wire was first shown on UK tv in late 2004 - but others may have better information.
I'm not sure tv review people 'break' shows in the UK. Not that I'm overly familiar with their work but I can't recall a situation where a tv show has sat in the schedule, ignored by the public, until a tv reviewer encouraged their readership to watch?
In relation to The Wire, if the first airing of S5 is attrating 30-40,000 each week now on the FX channel, it's still got some way to go to be 'broken'.
Perhaps it would be more instructive to consider whether The Wire encourages the idea that word-of-mouth in the DVD market can match and out-perform word-of-mouth in the film market.
I suspect, in relation to financial modelling, new ground is being broken by HBO.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yes and no - Bladerunner showed that in the age of VCRs that you could have an unsuccessful cinema release which then went on to become hugely successful once it reached it's audience. Shawshank Redemption is another example of this, and the re-imagining of BSG was pretty much built around DVD sales after the first season tanked on ABC (very high numbers on the Sci-Fi channel, couldn't break a mainstream audience). That The Wire was kept on air after it's first 3 seasons is as much about internal politics at HBO as anything else - the commissioning editor (can't remember her name) who put the money behind Deadwood, SATC, The Wire, The Sopranos etc left just after the 5th season wrapped.
The Guardian were writing about The Wire in 2002 - presumably GD was watching it on a satellite feed.
The Guardian were writing about The Wire in 2002 - presumably GD was watching it on a satellite feed.
I've just received my copy of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon, can't wait to get stuck into it (after I've finished Generation Kill).
And in other The Wire related news, my mate met Stringer Bell in the queue for a cashpoint in Soho. He said he's massive.
And in other The Wire related news, my mate met Stringer Bell in the queue for a cashpoint in Soho. He said he's massive.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
The Night Gardener. I think it's his latest. A good read. Unfortunately the only one of his I could find in Waterstone's. I'll have to go into town next time.
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