With a 2-week Christmas vacation starting on Monday I'm tempted to watch the Wire for the 3rd time...but I also want to watch it with a proper home cinema system in a few years time so maybe it's better to wait. God, this show is just so good.
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I watched the GOT in my granddad's home theater room over the summer. The sound production in particular is phenomenal when they take you beyond the wall or show you a battle. It bothers me to say this but some shows might sound an entirely different experience when you listen to the full gamut of sound as intended by the producers.
That's pretty much the case for the majority of modern productions isn't it? The level of technology today means both TV shows and movies have excellent sound editing and you're simply not doing yourself any favor by watching it with a shitty headphone or average speakers.
Love it when this thread gets bumped. If it wasn't for you guys.. would never have taken the plunge to watch this.
I finished the whole series again, recently. The first time I watched The Wire, I was about to quit after twepisodes or so, thinking it was way too slow. Then Lester Freamon stops working on his miniature furniture to go out, and comes back with that boxing match poster. That was the moment thatgot me hooked.
Sheeeit.
Never seen it, but after my epileptic fit I am on the train for the forseeable future.
Reckon I'll stick it on my iPad after I have finished QI.
Reckon I'll stick it on my iPad after I have finished QI.
I truely envy people who will see it for the first time.
Love me a bit of Sunday morning Wire clippage:
Best thing about this show is Lester doing police work:
This is what Sen Clay thinks of Trump:
I forgot his name but Carcetti's campaign guy does this a few times do, but even funnier.
Feckin hell. I'm going to be tempted to watch the whole damn thing again now 
I only watched this late last year. One of the best tv shows I've seen. I thought season 2 was pretty boring, but I miss having this to bing on when coming home from work.
Might as well add in a scene I enjoyed too.
Might as well add in a scene I enjoyed too.
One of my favourite scenes.
I'm sure it's been posted before but feck it, here it is in HD
One of my fave scenes...
One of my fave scenes...
One of the best series ever. Just started watching this for the second time.
The second season is important for the plot but it is the most boring as well.
The second season is important for the plot but it is the most boring as well.
The second season is brilliant on a second viewing. Vast majority of people I've spoken to (myself more guilty than most) just had a bit of a shock/dislike to the immediate change in focus, but once you watch it again knowing it's coming, then it stands tall.
Also, I'm pretty sure this is the greatest scene in TV history.
Also, I'm pretty sure this is the greatest scene in TV history.
Second season rewards multiple viewings, it gets better each time. Great, coherent investigation, and it basically portrays one of the reasons we now have a loony like Trump as president over there.
Bubbles in Hamsterdam (the greatest TV plot of all time IMO):
Lots of love for The Wire today but some knob-head will be along sooner or later to tell us it's overrated
This one is probably my favourite. Dukie
This one is probably my favourite. Dukie
"It aint about right, its about money"
Wrong thread lol.
my favorite show of all time,
I even love the different versions of the theme song
I even love the different versions of the theme song
Big spoliers obviously
Most def. Season 2 is fantastic. The Sobotka/Union story is just brutally tragic. And then there is the murder of D'angelo. I also love that the theme of the second season is revived a bit towards the end of the show with Nick showing up shouting at one of Carcetti's speeches near the Harbour and one of the Union guys ("Johnny Fifty") being among the homeless people (I only picked that up at third or fourth viewing). They were screwed and left alone in a changing world. Like you said it fits well with all these disenfranchised blue collar people that voted for Trump. It's why this show is so amazing and still relevant way past its original run. That shit right here is tight.
'ey mister nugget, you da bomb
Yeah I never understood most people's dislike for season 2. In my opinion it is the most ambitious season of the series, and it allowed the writers to tackle the War on Drugs and the public education system so brilliantly in seasons 3 and 4.
It's important as part of the story, I agree but I found it boring and probably the contrasting focus meant it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I steamrolled through the other season but that one, while interesting at times, took me a lot longer to get through.
I want to watch the whole thing again and I'll probably have a different take, but not much time on my hands (and I'd prefer finding something new, that's as good, though tough ask)
I'm feeling another viewing coming on...
I can totally relate to that urge. However I'll rewatch it once I've installed a new home cinema set so I can appreciate it with great sound.
Season 2 is fantastic, malakas.