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Is the Wire the best ever tv show? "Spoilers"

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  • #62
    snausages
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭snausages


    I enjoy the Wire until people make it a subject of intense academic debate, then I just stop caring.


  • #63
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    stephen1968 wrote: »
    so what do u thing so far of breaking bad


    Its a superb show. I understand that its completely different and comparisons between the two shows are unfair. In terms of entertainment value though the two are right up there.


  • #64
    snausages
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭snausages


    The Wire is a slow burn but has a greater payoff. It really asks a lot in terms of viewer investment though. Breaking Bad is the opposite. It's infectious and very addictive but I think the earlier seasons are the strongest. Both series have their good and crap seasons, like any TV show really.


  • #65
    Dob74
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Dob74


    snausages wrote: »
    I enjoy the Wire until people make it a subject of intense academic debate, then I just stop caring.

    That's such a Carver thing to say


  • #66
    peterb23
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭peterb23


    the wire is / was the best show on tv, breaking bad very good but for twists and turns the wire has it for me


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  • #67
    peterb23
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭peterb23


    oh special mention to the sopranos too of course


  • #68
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    bamboozle wrote: »
    my fav shows

    The wire - by a long shot
    Dead wood
    Arrested Development
    Jeeves and Wooster
    Entourage

    Good but not great shows
    The Shield
    The West Wing
    Madmen
    Sopranos

    Wasnt mad about
    breaking Bad
    True Blood

    Holy sh1t dude


  • #69
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    The wire is my favourite. However, that may change if the end of breaking bad lives up to the hype.


  • #70
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,244 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    For me, The Wire is the king because it focuses on real life struggles and the issues that people in inner-city America come up against in their daily lives every day of the week. Breaking Bad and The Sopranos are great entertainment but they dont make you think about society as a whole the way that The Wire does. Just my opinion, mind.


  • #71
    Alfred Borden
    Registered Users Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Alfred Borden


    Just finished watching it now after it being recommended by a good few friends. And yes its an absolutely brilliant show, especially seasons 3 and 4. I really enjoyed the character of Stringer Bell and he probably was my favourite character in the whole series. It definitely goes straight into my top 3 all time tv shows but definitely would not pass out the Sopranos for me, the greatest show ever. I do feel the Wire is a little overhyped and found the start of season one to be a bit slow and complicated which took away from it for me but definitely goes in second best for me just ahead of BB.


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  • #72
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big-ass dick.

    Bunk Moreland.

    What a legend. :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZyTRiHT8IA


    Cracks me up every time.


  • #73
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    The Wire is a great show and Season 2 is one of the greatest seasons of television I have seen.It's my favourite season and I can relate to more as the characters are basically average joes who most people encounter every day of their lives.

    The Shield rarely seems to get mentioned alongside The Wire, Sopranos,Breaking Bad etc and in my opinion is just as good as any of those shows.


  • #74
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    True detective is battering the door down of this thread now.


  • #75
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,244 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    True detective is battering the door down of this thread now.

    Its brilliant, but it wont be near the Wire until theres been 5 seasons of absolute top quality. The Wire is still the daddy of all TV shows, or at least any that I've seen.


  • #76
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Its brilliant, but it wont be near the Wire until theres been 5 seasons of absolute top quality. The Wire is still the daddy of all TV shows, or at least any that I've seen.

    Yeah I agree. The cinematography of True Detective out does it though I have to admit.


  • #77
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    True detective is battering the door down of this thread now.

    Best thing on tv right now alright, if it keeps up the quality for another 2 or 3 seasons it will be right up there.


  • #78
    CL7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 684 ✭✭✭CL7


    I'm just about to start season three. It's definitely one of the best tv shows I've ever seen. It hasn't reached Breaking Bad heights yet for me but it's close.


  • #79
    Dob74
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Dob74


    CL7 wrote: »
    I'm just about to start season three. It's definitely one of the best tv shows I've ever seen. It hasn't reached Breaking Bad heights yet for me but it's close.

    Breaking bad? I dont know how this can even compare to the likes of the wire or sopranos. BB most overated show or the last few years.


  • #80
    Dob74
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Dob74


    CL7 wrote: »
    I'm just about to start season three. It's definitely one of the best tv shows I've ever seen. It hasn't reached Breaking Bad heights yet for me but it's close.

    Breaking bad? I dont know how this can even compare to the likes of the wire or sopranos. BB most overated show or the last few years.


  • #81
    Alfred Borden
    Registered Users Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Alfred Borden


    Dob74 wrote: »
    Breaking bad? I dont know how this can even compare to the likes of the wire or sopranos. BB most overated show or the last few years.

    agree with this removed from watching all 3 a few months now and after all the craze and hype, although its a top top show, its not on the level of the other two, two masterpieces.


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  • #82
    PropJoe10
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    Dob74 wrote: »
    Breaking bad? I dont know how this can even compare to the likes of the wire or sopranos. BB most overated show or the last few years.

    Breaking Bad is a very good show, with 4 good to very good seasons and one superb season. The Wire is a superb show from start to finish, and at times is absolutely untouchable. Seasons 3 and 4 of The Wire are above anything else that I've ever seen on television. Just fantastic.


  • #83
    Slim Charles
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    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Breaking Bad is a very good show, with 4 good to very good seasons and one superb season. The Wire is a superb show from start to finish, and at times is absolutely untouchable. Seasons 3 and 4 of The Wire are above anything else that I've ever seen on television. Just fantastic.

    You genuinely think season 4 is better than season 1???


  • #84
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Season 4 of The Wire is incredible television imo, the acting performances they get out of the younger members of the cast are brilliant, the storyline is so good.

    I am hard pushed to find a season of The Wire I find fault with tbh, maybe 5 but I still loved it!

    I can never think of The Wire without a rush of images running through my mind, the likes of
    the tragic Frank Sobotka walking to his demise in Season 2, Michaels dads horrible end in season 4, the moment when you think Stringer and Avon know they are both going to betray each other, the death of Wallace, the hilarity of the "****" scene, Bunk, all of Bunk :)
    and so many, many more.

    My favorite show of all time, the only thing to come close to it for me is The Sopranos when it comes to quality and longevity, well, things like Friday Night Lights too but they are totally different types of show :)


  • #85
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    The Wire is the most rewarding tv show I've ever seen.

    And people who watch The Wire once and say they've seen The Wire, have not seen The Wire. The Sopranos, Deadwood, Mad Men and others are all close.

    Breaking Bad on the other hand? Enjoyed it, thoroughly at times, but my god once was more than enough. Great for what it was though. Exceptional at times.


  • #86
    Michael Flabby Flowerbed
    Posts: 0 ✭ Michael Flabby Flowerbed


    Sorry for dragging up the old thread. I've 5 episodes left and i must say this show is an absolute masterclass. Every single character is so well written, multi-faceted and defined.

    There is everything in the show. Humour, drama, terrific acting. I'm hard picked to find a fault with this show. Breaking Bad was good but it doesn't come near the Wire. There is two 'Greatest shows of all times' competitions in my opinion. There is the Wire and then there is everything else. It is absolutely excellent. And the ironic thing is is sneaks up on you. You watch the first few episodes with the bit of intrigue and then BAM your hooked.

    Superb, Wonderful, 10/10. That is all

    PS: having a chuckle to myself at the fact that the user from the OP called Jimmy McNulty is 'banned'. :D Very true to the character himself who crossed all the boundaries


  • #87
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭trashcan


    Michael Flabby Flowerbed wrote: »
    Sorry for dragging up the old thread. I've 5 episodes left and i must say this show is an absolute masterclass. Every single character is so well written, multi-faceted and defined.

    There is everything in the show. Humour, drama, terrific acting. I'm hard picked to find a fault with this show. Breaking Bad was good but it doesn't come near the Wire. There is two 'Greatest shows of all times' competitions in my opinion. There is the Wire and then there is everything else. It is absolutely excellent. And the ironic thing is is sneaks up on you. You watch the first few episodes with the bit of intrigue and then BAM your hooked.

    Superb, Wonderful, 10/10. That is all

    PS: having a chuckle to myself at the fact that the user from the OP called Jimmy McNulty is 'banned'. :D Very true to the character himself who crossed all the boundaries

    Yep, amen to all that. All other TV drama pales in comparison.


  • #88
    Pops_20
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Pops_20


    2 episodes from the finale and I don't want it to end! Definitely the best TV show I've ever seen, and not sure how I didn't watch it before now.

    Before this Breaking Bad was on my list as the greatest show but The Wire is on a whole other level IMO. I watched the first two seasons over a couple of months on Sky Atlantic but they stopped showing it and I had to buy the box set. I'll admit it was a bit jarring at first going from HD 16:9 to the standard definition; almost felt like I was watching a different show, but I'm guessing original is best.

    All I can say is - can't wait to watch it for a second time around in the future.


  • #89
    Troyaferd
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭Troyaferd


    It's definitely one of the best, but there are more series from different Genres out there that are also outstanding. (and Breaking Bad is not one of them IMO)


  • #90
    Realbhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Realbhoy


    I didnt watch it first time round but got a present of it on boxset a while back. Outstanding stuff and I thought the second season and in particular the character of Frank Sobotka was just inspired. It is very close between it and Breaking Bad for me (the last 4 episodes and anything with Gus Fring were brilliant also) but I'd go for the wire very marginally.


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  • #91
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    When it comes to The Sopranos vs The Wire, they're both the greatest tv show of all time depending on when you saw them last..


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