DSP's TV Thread (with J.E. Magee) [OT]

by **ReadingPhilly** » Wed May 30, 2007 20:59:00

new traveler tonight, pilot being replayed at 9 for those that missed it

by **LongDrive** » Wed May 30, 2007 22:29:58

I fianlly watched the 1st season of The Wire. A few have said the 2nd season is not very good and I should go straight to season 3. Any suggestions?

by **pacino** » Wed May 30, 2007 22:33:52

theyre dopes

by **dsp** » Wed May 30, 2007 22:34:45

LongDrive wrote:I fianlly watched the 1st season of The Wire. A few have said the 2nd season is not very good and I should go straight to season 3. Any suggestions?

watch it. its good. great, in fact. but not as good as 1.

by **LongDrive** » Wed May 30, 2007 22:36:35

Thanks!

by **LongDrive** » Wed May 30, 2007 22:37:02

Uncle Milty wrote:PUT DOWN THE DORITOS STOP WATCHING TV AND GO FOR A WALK OR SOMETHING.

i'm eating ice cream

by **PSUPhilliesPhan** » Wed May 30, 2007 23:30:23

ReadingPhilly wrote:new traveler tonight, pilot being replayed at 9 for those that missed it

I'm hooked

by **findAcure** » Thu May 31, 2007 05:50:27

PSUPhilliesPhan wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:new traveler tonight, pilot being replayed at 9 for those that missed it

I'm hooked

great show thus far...

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu May 31, 2007 08:02:50

Oh sure- shut down the long poker thread but keep this and the movie thread running!

Unfair practices!!

Down with pacino, down with pacino!!

by **Grotewold** » Thu May 31, 2007 08:30:51

LongDrive wrote:I fianlly watched the 1st season of The Wire. A few have said the 2nd season is not very good and I should go straight to season 3. Any suggestions?

I loved the second season. But even if you don't like it as much it advances some of the storylines from season one. Plus there's a top-shelf nude scene.

by **MarkdlV** » Thu May 31, 2007 08:52:10

The drunk driving scene with McNulty in Season 2 is possibly the funniest moment in the entire series.

by **Grotewold** » Thu May 31, 2007 08:54:22

MarkdlV wrote:The drunk driving scene with McNulty in Season 2 is possibly the funniest moment in the entire series.

That was dicked up but funny. I loved the whole season, really, and don't understand why it gets flak among the Wire heads. Maybe it's because I started with season two and didn't compare it to anything.

My favorite was season three. That almost-duel between Omar and Brother Bow Tie was classic.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu May 31, 2007 09:00:18

I think the whole conventional wisdom that the second season is average is really silly. I love the whole series, but if anything, the first season is the worst; there's a lot of pretty tangible and awkward voice-finding, like the obvious and over-the-top scene where the Barksdale crew is explained in chess pieces. Take out a few bad "Stringer be like the queen" lines and Bodie's final "Not if you're a smart-ass pawn" would be more powerful. And how many times an episode do you hear: "It's all in the game."? I still love the season, but there were some obvious growing pains.

I think the show's improvement was strictly linear.
4th > 3rd > 2nd > 1st

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:07:08

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:18:10

by **jemagee** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:18:51

Because of Kevin Williamson, I watched Hidden Palms last night...it could have sucked more

by **BDawk** » Thu May 31, 2007 17:50:10

LongDrive wrote:I fianlly watched the 1st season of The Wire. A few have said the 2nd season is not very good and I should go straight to season 3. Any suggestions?

That was awful advice. Best advice is to watch every episode of this series, you won't be disappointed. The 2nd season isn't quite as good as #1 and it shifts gears pretty significantly but it's still fantastic and well worth watching.

by **BDawk** » Thu May 31, 2007 17:53:59

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I think the whole conventional wisdom that the second season is average is really silly. I love the whole series, but if anything, the first season is the worst; there's a lot of pretty tangible and awkward voice-finding, like the obvious and over-the-top scene where the Barksdale crew is explained in chess pieces. Take out a few bad "Stringer be like the queen" lines and Bodie's final "Not if you're a smart-ass pawn" would be more powerful. And how many times an episode do you hear: "It's all in the game."? I still love the season, but there were some obvious growing pains.

I think the show's improvement was strictly linear.
4th > 3rd > 2nd > 1st

I agree with this. I think a significant amount of the flak #2 gets was from the change in story line--switch from the Barksdale crew to the Docks Union/Greeks. It caught me off guard initially as well but it was still 1000x's better than anything else on TV so I persisted and a few episodes in I was enjoying it as much as I had the first season.

by **MarkdlV** » Thu May 31, 2007 19:15:21

I don't know, I really enjoyed the Greeks and the difference between how they operated and the Barksdale crew.

by **The Red Tornado** » Thu May 31, 2007 19:19:58

Lock this thread, the TV season is over!!

Stop playing favorites!!

If I cant have a long poker thread then dsp shouldnt get a lng TV thread!!

Fight the power!!

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