Post Wire

eightyfish

About to watch series 5 from the box set. I think this is probably the best TV series I've ever seen. Really, really enjoyed series 2 and 4.

Thing is, once its finished, I'm not sure anything else will ever seem as good! I watched series 1&2 of Dexter before I started watching The Wire. Started the third season recently and the characters just seem like pale facsimiles.

What to do? Any recommendations of a box set to grab post-Wire?

RastaRed

eightyfish wrote: »

About to watch series 5 from the box set. I think this is probably the best TV series I've ever seen. Really, really enjoyed series 2 and 4.

Thing is, once its finished, I'm not sure anything else will ever seem as good! I watched series 1&2 of Dexter before I started watching The Wire. Started the third season recently and the characters just seem like pale facsimiles.

What to do? Any recommendations of a box set to grab post-Wire?

The corner
generation kill
homicide life on the street
the shield

for starters

Chumpski

The Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Mad Men

Shows very comparable in quality to the wire.

Generation Kill if you want something else by David Simon and Ed Burns.

eightyfish

The corner - Intend to order this DVD all right.
generation kill - Sounds interesting. Will wait for C4 broadcast later this year.
homicide life on the street - Never heard of this, gets rave reviews it seems, will attain.
the shield - Yep, this has been recommended by a friend so we can possibly borrow their DVDs.
The Sopranos - Seen it, never got into it.
Six Feet Under - Seen it, liked it a lot.
Mad Men - Sounds different. Will check out.

Thanks for the recommendations.

yabadabado

eightyfish wrote: »

The corner - Intend to order this DVD all right.
generation kill - Sounds interesting. Will wait for C4 broadcast later this year.
homicide life on the street - Never heard of this, gets rave reviews it seems, will attain.
the shield - Yep, this has been recommended by a friend so we can possibly borrow their DVDs.
The Sopranos - Seen it, never got into it.
Six Feet Under - Seen it, liked it a lot.
Mad Men - Sounds different. Will check out.

Thanks for the recommendations.

all those are good shows but IMO they arent as good as the wire.I think it will be a long time before we get a show with as much quality as the wire.BTW my own fav show at the moment is Dexter

ixoy

eightyfish wrote: »

homicide life on the street - Never heard of this, gets rave reviews it seems, will attain.

Great show. In fact it was my love of "Homicide: Lots" that had me watching "The Wire" when it started its first season on TG4. I knew David Simon was able to produce something special.

"Homicide: LotS" is one of the first real "true cop" shows, more so (IMO) than the "Blues" shows. It's based on David Simon's time spent as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun shadowing the Baltimore Homicide division. The characters in the show are based on real people, explaining their depth. The show added to that using stuff like handheld camera, lack of incidental music, etc. - pretty common nowadays but rarer back in its time.

It also features Det. John Munch who plays the same character in all 7 seasons of this and then continues on in the role for (so far) 9 seasons of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for a whopping 344 episodes spread over 16 years. He's also (briefly) in "The Wire" as well as playing Munch in shows like "The X-Files" and "Arrested Development" (as well as other "Law & Order" shows).

Definitely worth watching, right through the seven seasons and the final TV movie.

glanman

I was just coming on to put a thread on:

"Finished the wire season 5 last night. What to do next?"

I have watched mad men, loved series one but missed an episode of series two halfway through so gonna wait for boxset.

Sopranos watched.

Entourage watched all the way up to present, waiting for new series. Great show.

l loved series one of heroes but have heard only bad things about the rest.

Add to that Seinfeld which i have watched over and over due to its brillance.

Please I need help as my nights are now empty, nothing I can think of can fill the void, cant even think about what I will do tonight now that I have finished, perhaps go back to start and go through all the special features!

Homicide LOTS sounds good, is it dated due to when it was made?

eightyfish

Watching Martin Sheen's interview on J Ross made me want to watch The West Wing again from the beginning. That was a brilliant show. Pity Studio 60 plummeted to such crap from a promising start.

glanman

Ya maybe that is one worth watching. Used to watch it but never religiously. Should I give it another go?

RastaRed

glanman wrote: »

I was just coming on to put a thread on:

"Finished the wire season 5 last night. What to do next?"

I have watched mad men, loved series one but missed an episode of series two halfway through so gonna wait for boxset.

Sopranos watched.

Entourage watched all the way up to present, waiting for new series. Great show.

l loved series one of heroes but have heard only bad things about the rest.

Add to that Seinfeld which i have watched over and over due to its brillance.

Please I need help as my nights are now empty, nothing I can think of can fill the void, cant even think about what I will do tonight now that I have finished, perhaps go back to start and go through all the special features!

Homicide LOTS sounds good, is it dated due to when it was made?

THE SHIELD, second only to The Wire as the greatest show on TV

dunkamania

Rome and Deadwood have the same style of storytelling as The Wire, and are both excellent.

There is a sadness that after watching all 5 seasons of the wire, you know you will never see as good a tv show for the first time again.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Californication....great writing, funny but with a suprising amount of emotional depth.

Check it out. 3rd series coming out soon as well.

glanman

dunkamania wrote: »

Rome and Deadwood have the same style of storytelling as The Wire, and are both excellent.

There is a sadness that after watching all 5 seasons of the wire, you know you will never see as good a tv show for the first time again.

Yes:(

Johnny Storm

ixoy wrote: »

Great show. In fact it was my love of "Homicide: Lots" that had me watching "The Wire" when it started its first season on TG4. I knew David Simon was able to produce something special.

"Homicide: LotS" is one of the first real "true cop" shows, more so (IMO) than the "Blues" shows. It's based on David Simon's time spent as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun shadowing the Baltimore Homicide division. The characters in the show are based on real people, explaining their depth. The show added to that using stuff like handheld camera, lack of incidental music, etc. - pretty common nowadays but rarer back in its time.

It also features Det. John Munch who plays the same character in all 7 seasons of this and then continues on in the role for (so far) 9 seasons of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for a whopping 344 episodes spread over 16 years. He's also (briefly) in "The Wire" as well as playing Munch in shows like "The X-Files" and "Arrested Development" (as well as other "Law & Order" shows).

Definitely worth watching, right through the seven seasons and the final TV movie.

So true. Great acting, stories, directing. Set in Baltimore, addresses racism head-on in a way I had never seen before on American TV. Possibly a bit dated now? In a very real sense, the Wire is a sequel to Homicide.

I'd season 7 is weaker IMHO but the final TV movie manages to feature single every actor who ever played a dectective in any episode of Homicide, (even the dead ones !). If you're a fan you'll love it!

Cerberus

You might find a couple of ideas in this list from position 20 on. It's a "Top 50 US shows" list by The Times.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6061203.ece?token=null&offset=60&page=6

No surprises what's number one. I was really surprised with BSG being number 2. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a brilliant show, I just didn't think it would get so high on a list like this. From the rest I would recommend Dexter and Generation Kill.