fans of The Wire: which character is your favorite?

[Klompy]

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Klompy,

Out of curiosity, do you like Lost? Heroes?

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I've watched maybe 2 episodes of lost, just never started watching it so I don't have an opinion on it. I watch heroes and like it.

[stabn]

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I watched season one last month and I'm working on two this month. I guess comcast is running through the seasons on on demand running up to the new season. I always made it through like three episodes of a season and crapping out on it. Much nicer to watch it whenever. Are any of the newer seasons in wide screen?

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TY for mentioning this month when i still could have rewatched season one.

[shaniac]

I honestly consider '24' to be the worst show ever on tv...artistically and morally bankrupt.

Not that that's a big deal, but I definitely consider it the exact opposite type of show as 'The Wire.'

[Dids]

I think it's fine if people don't like the Wire. I don't expect it to be everybody's cup of tea. It is slow. I just wish you'd say "not my cup of tea" and not "this is bad because I don't like it".

[gumpzilla]

I don't even know what people mean when they say The Wire is slow. I guess people aren't getting shot every episode, but there's always a lot of stuff happening.

[Dids]

gump,

I think this just gets into different interpretations of "stuff happening".

[FlyWf]

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I think it's fine if people don't like the Wire. I don't expect it to be everybody's cup of tea. It is slow. I just wish you'd say "not my cup of tea" and not "this is bad because I don't like it".

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I strenuously disagree. It is not OK that people don't like The Wire. The Wire's lack of universal appeal speaks very poorly of the American public in a weird sort of meta way.

People who don't like The Wire should be disenfranchised.
"Oh, nothing has blown up in 30 minutes! I'm bored. Why doesn't McNulty just torture a confession out of someone? Jack Bauer would've won the drug war in Episode 3 and we'd be onto the real problems with America, hackers shutting down our webs and stealing the internet."


I kid(a little), without getting too politics, there is something to be learned from the relative popularity, political stance, and depth/reality of 24 and The Wire.

Spoiler: Most Americans are goddamn morons who should have their children taken away.

Edit: To be clear, I don't hate 24. I enjoyed the 2 and a half seasons I watched, it just requires so much time and so much suspension of disbelief I eventually gave up. It's brain candy.

[Thug Bubbles]

It's akin to not liking Shakespeare. You can not enjoy it, but you absolutely MUST acknowledge its quality.

[jessicaalbiel]

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I honestly consider '24' to be the worst show ever on tv...artistically and morally bankrupt.

Not that that's a big deal, but I definitely consider it the exact opposite type of show as 'The Wire.'

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Do you honestly feel this way? I'm 2 seasons through the Wire and its [censored] incredible, but season one of 24 is probably the greatest season of tv I've ever seen.

[bottomset]

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I honestly consider '24' to be the worst show ever on tv...artistically and morally bankrupt.

Not that that's a big deal, but I definitely consider it the exact opposite type of show as 'The Wire.'

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I liked the first 4seasons of 24, it wasn't great TV but it was very entertaining