The Wire (1 Viewer)

[Apple Jack]

I haven't watched a minute of Breaking Bad but there's something about a non-cable show about drug dealing that I can't get on board with. It's like I need that for the reality of it.

Breaking Bad is on cable. If you get the DVD's, everything is uncut. Swearing, nudity, violence. Pretty much loaded with things you won't see on ABC/NBC etc.

Why are you referring to ABC and NBC here when the show is being made for AMC?I can't understand why I can't get a straight answer to the following question: if I watch reruns on AMC, will they be shown as they were originally aired?

Nobody knows or cares?

 

[YSR]

I haven't watched a minute of Breaking Bad but there's something about a non-cable show about drug dealing that I can't get on board with. It's like I need that for the reality of it.

Breaking Bad is on cable. If you get the DVD's, everything is uncut. Swearing, nudity, violence. Pretty much loaded with things you won't see on ABC/NBC etc.

Why are you referring to ABC and NBC here when the show is being made for AMC?I can't understand why I can't get a straight answer to the following question: if I watch reruns on AMC, will they be shown as they were originally aired?

I think you should be able to get the gist of the show on AMC. Maybe you won't get some of the major cussing (I think AMC allows "damn", "s###" and some of the lesser words, but not much else), but I don't think that just because you can't hear the exact word the character is saying, you won't get the idea of what's taking place. As far as content goes, I've only seen the original uncut version and not the AMC one. I don't know how AMC feels about showing drug use, violence, etc. If you can get your hands on the DVDs or stream it via Netflix, that would obviously be ideal. But I don't think you're going to miss out on how GREAT THE SHOW IS!!1!1 if you catch it on AMC. But I welcome anyone to challenge that opinion.

 

[shuke]

I haven't watched a minute of Breaking Bad but there's something about a non-cable show about drug dealing that I can't get on board with. It's like I need that for the reality of it.

Breaking Bad is on cable. If you get the DVD's, everything is uncut. Swearing, nudity, violence. Pretty much loaded with things you won't see on ABC/NBC etc.

Why are you referring to ABC and NBC here when the show is being made for AMC?I can't understand why I can't get a straight answer to the following question: if I watch reruns on AMC, will they be shown as they were originally aired?

I think you should be able to get the gist of the show on AMC. Maybe you won't get some of the major cussing (I think AMC allows "damn", "s###" and some of the lesser words, but not much else), but I don't think that just because you can't hear the exact word the character is saying, you won't get the idea of what's taking place. As far as content goes, I've only seen the original uncut version and not the AMC one. I don't know how AMC feels about showing drug use, violence, etc. If you can get your hands on the DVDs or stream it via Netflix, that would obviously be ideal. But I don't think you're going to miss out on how GREAT THE SHOW IS!!1!1 if you catch it on AMC. But I welcome anyone to challenge that opinion.

Thanks. I guess I don't understand why any of this editing is happening when the show is being produed for AMC.

 

[fsufan]

I'm midway through season 2 of Breaking Bad. It's good, for sure. But comparing it to The Wire? C'mon...

it gets better.both are great shows and probably two of the best series ever put on television.I happen to prefer The Wire for several reasons, but can see why others would vote the other way.

I'm further a long in Season 2 now and I just feel like the show is kind of predictable or cheesy or unrealistic or something. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's a combination of things. I like it, but I am not getting any greatness out of it. I mean, Dexter also has some predictability/unrealistic flaws, but when I am done with an episode of Dexter I am ready to watch the next one right away. With Breaking Bad, I do not have the urge. The Wire, on the other hand, when I re-watched the DVDs with people I could crush a season in 1-2 days.IMO The Wire is in its own league right now. Game of Thrones, while a totally different genre, is the only thing close to as compelling with characters/unpredictability and maybe Boardwalk Empire.

please don't compare the wire to games of thrones. games of thrones is ####

The Wire and Breaking Bad are both very very close for me. Breaking Bad is more intense, and certain aspects of it (particularly the cinematography) are much better IMO. The Wire's story and epic arc was better. A lot depends on how Breaking Bad wraps up... because we all know what some people thought of that last season of the Wire Game of Thrones is excellent though, not sure how you can say it's ####. I will say the books are better, but the show is well done. The first season followed almost exactly with plus/minus scenes, but even the dialogue was the same. Season 2 started to diverge a little on more major points, even if the overall arc was the same.

loved season 1 of G of T. season 2 is just bad, i stopped watching

 

[NewlyRetired]

I haven't watched a minute of Breaking Bad but there's something about a non-cable show about drug dealing that I can't get on board with. It's like I need that for the reality of it.

Breaking Bad is on cable. If you get the DVD's, everything is uncut. Swearing, nudity, violence. Pretty much loaded with things you won't see on ABC/NBC etc.

Why are you referring to ABC and NBC here when the show is being made for AMC?I can't understand why I can't get a straight answer to the following question: if I watch reruns on AMC, will they be shown as they were originally aired?

1) He was complaining about Breaking Bad being a non cable show and I was explaining that it was a cable show that had items that would never be seen on ABC/NBC etc2) The original airing and reruns are both slightly edited on AMC. That is why I already recommended if you want to watch them uncut you have to get the dvd's a couple of times in the thread.

 

[drummer]

Cast update; Sonja Sohn on C-Span Q&A.

 

[Raider Nation]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

Well done.

 

[Raider Nation]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

Well done.

Indeed. I love how McNUTTY is carrying booze everywhere.

 

[Daywalker]

Just rewatched season three. Just love the scene when McNulty is describing to Keema his date with Agostino. How he felt so out of place and looked down upon depsite him being one of a handful of killer detectives dealing with real #### out there. How she looked at him like an idiot. God that's a great scene.

Another great line is the secretary chick who can decipher all the street language telling Lester, while undercover, "damn calvin you know i got the bingo tonight." Giving all these side characters such great moments is one of the many reasons why this show is just perfection.

The Wire

Breaking Bad

Mad Men

Band of Brothers

Godfather 1 & 2.

Seinfeld

Maybe add The West Wing and Soprano's to this list.

This #### on par with anything Michelangelo did.

 

[The Noid]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

Loved the cameo by Ziggy's duck!

 

[SacramentoBob]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

lol@ "Nobody likes our season".

 

[Apple Jack]

D'Agostino

ETA: Funny that anybody thinks that nobody likes season two. It's as good as any other.

 

[Raider Nation]

D'AgostinoETA: Funny that anybody thinks that nobody likes season two. It's as good as any other.

Loved it. Ziggy was a little too over the top, but whatever.

 

[Apple Jack]

The actor who portrays Ziggy, James Ransone, is a Baltimore native and has described the character as representative of the difficulties people face just trying to get by in Baltimore. The character's creators have deemed him "the angry prince of goofs."[2]In an online interview David Simon stated that Ziggy is loosely based on a real stevedore named Pinkie Bannion whose antics have become a local legend around the docks. According to Simon, Bannion "used to take his duck to the bar and repeatedly expose 'pretty boy' and all else. As they said in Bawlmer about Pinkie: 'That boy ain't right.'

 

[corpcow]

D'AgostinoETA: Funny that anybody thinks that nobody likes season two. It's as good as any other.

Loved it. Ziggy was a little too over the top, but whatever.

I hated it at first. After seeing the full picture, I appreciated it much more.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Season 2 was ok. If it had never been a part of the show it wouldn't be missed.

 

[Raider Nation]

Season 2 was ok. If it had never been a part of the show it wouldn't be missed.

How could we miss something we didn't see?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Season 2 is brilliant. Unlike pretty much all television that preceded it.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

I thoroughly enjoyed season two, have not rewatched it yet but I plan to.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Season 2 was ok. If it had never been a part of the show it wouldn't be missed.

How could we miss something we didn't see?

Exactly.

 

[Kenny Powers]

This was posted in the Pool but I feel like it needs its proper posting in here

 

[Chaka]

This was posted in the Pool but I feel like it needs its proper posting in here

Poor Wallace.

 

[SacramentoBob]

This was posted in the Pool but I feel like it needs its proper posting in here

That scene always makes me

 

[Fiddles]

RIP deandre. Need to find out how ms Ella died.

Sad. 

DeAndre McCullough (1977-2012)

http://davidsimon.com/deandre-mccullough-1977-2012/

 

[Chaka]

OMAR IS COMING YO

 

[drummer]

Chad Coleman - Dennis 'Cutty' Wise - in the summer finale of Burn Notice.

 

[Raider Nation]

Chad Coleman - Dennis 'Cutty' Wise - in the summer finale of Burn Notice.

He was in "It's Always Sunny..." a couple of times also.

 

[Raider Nation]

Did he have hands?

Did he have a face??

YES???

Then it wasn't us!

/Boris

 

[winwithike]

All in the game yo

SNES RPG style Wire game video. If you grew up playing SNES this is awesome!

 

[Eviloutsider]

All in the game yo

SNES RPG style Wire game video. If you grew up playing SNES this is awesome!

Good stuff there. Warp whistle was funny.

 

[wazoo11]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.

Superb commentary by him.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.Superb commentary by him.

Yep. And apparently there are 2 documentaries coming out about the war on drugs that his name is attached to one way or another.

 

[jdoggydogg]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.Superb commentary by him.

Yeah, the guy is very bright.

 

[Apple Jack]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.Superb commentary by him.

Yeah, the guy is very bright.

I was embarrassed for Maher and the panelists, who by comparison came off small, simple, and petty. Those four are in show business, Simon is in the truth business.

 

[corpcow]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.Superb commentary by him.

Yeah, the guy is very bright.

I was embarrassed for Maher and the panelists, who by comparison came off small, simple, and petty. Those four are in show business, Simon is in the truth business.

That Katrina person was so annoying. She couldn't shut up, and kept making awful alliterations and weird statements."We are moving on the movement of moves that make movements happen." And her face looked like she needed a bowel movement.

 

[Apple Jack]

David Simon was on Real Time with Bill Maher.Superb commentary by him.

Yeah, the guy is very bright.

I was embarrassed for Maher and the panelists, who by comparison came off small, simple, and petty. Those four are in show business, Simon is in the truth business.

That Katrina person was so annoying. She couldn't shut up, and kept making awful alliterations and weird statements."We are moving on the movement of moves that make movements happen." And her face looked like she needed a bowel movement.

She reminded me of a sorority chick on coke. Did she really reference campaigning in poetry?

 

[SacramentoBob]

All in the game yo

SNES RPG style Wire game video. If you grew up playing SNES this is awesome!

Wow. That was great.

 

[The Ref]

LOLZ

Props to Arizona Ron for th:e: link.

lol@ "Nobody likes our season".

"Carcetti moves to Game of Thrones"

"I'm going to buy a Trombone and move to NO". "I'll watch for an episode or two, but it sounds boring".

 

[drummer]

Bunk as B.B. King?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons.

For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up.

Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well).

Great show

 

[The Gator]

D'AgostinoETA: Funny that anybody thinks that nobody likes season two. It's as good as any other.

Loved it. Ziggy was a little too over the top, but whatever.

I hated it at first. After seeing the full picture, I appreciated it much more.

Exactly how I felt. Big fan now

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Omar and Marlo to appear on series finale of "No Reservations" tonight.

 

[Sarnoff]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons. For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up. Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well). Great show

for when you make it to the season about public schools.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons. For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up. Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well). Great show

for when you make it to the season about public schools.

Looking forward to that. They make Omar a yard duty aide, no?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons. For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up. Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well). Great show

for when you make it to the season about public schools.

Looking forward to that. They make Omar a yard duty aide, no?

He isn't joking.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons. For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up. Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well). Great show

for when you make it to the season about public schools.

Looking forward to that. They make Omar a yard duty aide, no?

He isn't joking.

Oh I know season 3 is about the schools.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Oh I know season 3 is about the schools.

Season 4, actually.3 and 4 are the best two seasons though.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Oh I know season 3 is about the schools.

Season 4, actually.3 and 4 are the best two seasons though.

Ah, you're right. I quickly skimmed wiki just to see what each season was about but didn't want to read any major plot-points.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Waaaaayyyyyyyyyy late to this party but I finally decided to d/l the first two seasons. For some reason I didn't have HBO when this show started. Never got around to/put off trying to catch up. Finished the first season last night (watched the first couple of S2 as well). Great show

for when you make it to the season about public schools.

Looking forward to that. They make Omar a yard duty aide, no?

He isn't joking.

Oh I know season 3 is about the schools.

Unintentional Tanner shtick is my favorite Tanner shtick.