Comments on: In Mourning for The Wire – the best TV drama ever? http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/ Life goes on. Until it stops. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Milo http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Milo Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:22:48 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-473 Finbarr, well remembered my man! It is truly awesome. On a completely different tip I have to recommend the remake of Battlestar Galactica if you have any epic quasi-religious sci-fi bones in your body it's worth a look.. oh and Mad Men of course but you probably already know that.. Finbarr, well remembered my man! It is truly awesome. On a completely different tip I have to recommend the remake of Battlestar Galactica if you have any epic quasi-religious sci-fi bones in your body it’s worth a look.. oh and Mad Men of course but you probably already know that..

]]> By: Finbarr http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Finbarr Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:50:42 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-471 I remember when you first posted this thinking to myself "I won't read it until I've watched The Wire." Now that I have, then I agree. The Wire is the best series I've ever watched. Season 5 was the weakest, but it still shits on nigh on everything else on the box. I remember when you first posted this thinking to myself “I won’t read it until I’ve watched The Wire.” Now that I have, then I agree. The Wire is the best series I’ve ever watched. Season 5 was the weakest, but it still shits on nigh on everything else on the box.

]]> By: Milo http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Milo Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:59:03 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-38 <p>Sorry Vic, that was a bit harsh, no offence intended. The bit I was disagreeing with is that you say The Wire is mediocre - now there is a lot of mediocre TV out there and I think it's unfair to say The Wire is amongst the likes of Emmerdale Farm, Last of the Summer Wine and Paris Hilton's British Best Friend (though I am partial to the latter).</p><p>I will have to check The Shield out though, thanks for the recommendation!</p> Sorry Vic, that was a bit harsh, no offence intended. The bit I was disagreeing with is that you say The Wire is mediocre – now there is a lot of mediocre TV out there and I think it’s unfair to say The Wire is amongst the likes of Emmerdale Farm, Last of the Summer Wine and Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend (though I am partial to the latter).

I will have to check The Shield out though, thanks for the recommendation!

]]> By: Vic http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Vic Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:31:11 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-37 <p>How can you say Mince? You admit you have not watched it yet?</p> How can you say Mince? You admit you have not watched it yet?

]]> By: Milo http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Milo Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:35:27 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-36 <p>Everyhandthatledme - good point about the photography - The Sopranos definitely has the edge there. Visually, and perhaps in terms of plot structure also, it was more cinematic and much more sophisticated than The Wire. I know what you mean about the dream sequences and it turning into a bit of a soap opera too - but even at its worst The Sopranos was better TV than most. I just wish there'd been some proper gangster style storylines as the show went on instead of a lot of pussyfooting around and letting things fizzle out.</p><p>Perhaps the comparison is unfair - I know I'll always be a massive fan of both shows for different reasons.</p><p>Nick, you know it makes sense. Next time we meet up I'll lend you season 1. Have already got season 2 and 4 lent out to other folk!</p><p>Vic, with all due respect you're talking mince, although the Shield is also on my 'must see' list - along with The Corner which I've been told via Twitter is better than The Wire as well...</p> Everyhandthatledme – good point about the photography – The Sopranos definitely has the edge there. Visually, and perhaps in terms of plot structure also, it was more cinematic and much more sophisticated than The Wire. I know what you mean about the dream sequences and it turning into a bit of a soap opera too – but even at its worst The Sopranos was better TV than most. I just wish there’d been some proper gangster style storylines as the show went on instead of a lot of pussyfooting around and letting things fizzle out.

Perhaps the comparison is unfair – I know I’ll always be a massive fan of both shows for different reasons.

Nick, you know it makes sense. Next time we meet up I’ll lend you season 1. Have already got season 2 and 4 lent out to other folk!

Vic, with all due respect you’re talking mince, although the Shield is also on my ‘must see’ list – along with The Corner which I’ve been told via Twitter is better than The Wire as well…

]]> By: Vic http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Vic Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:25:51 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-35 <p>The Wire is a mediocre show and is no where near as good as the ultimate TV show The Shield!</p> The Wire is a mediocre show and is no where near as good as the ultimate TV show The Shield!

]]> By: Nick Mitchell http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Nick Mitchell Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:28:51 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-34 <p>Having yet to see The Wire (my mate has been promising to lend me series 1 for the past 3 months - so far, nada) I can't make much of a constructive argument here. Obviously.</p><p>All I can say is that the excitement of watching this glorified cop show (that I haven't so much as seen an ident of) is killing me. The Sopranos was, for me and most other discerning members of my age-group, the best TV drama ever, so if those same people are now saying The Wire is better, well, it must be pretty gripping.</p><p>While I wasn't always the most devout follower of The Sopranos (I certainly haven't seen every episode from every series), by the final season - perhaps because I knew the end was nigh - I tuned in religiously every Sunday night. Hopefully The Wire can inspire the same 'essential viewing' status for me!</p> Having yet to see The Wire (my mate has been promising to lend me series 1 for the past 3 months – so far, nada) I can’t make much of a constructive argument here. Obviously.

All I can say is that the excitement of watching this glorified cop show (that I haven’t so much as seen an ident of) is killing me. The Sopranos was, for me and most other discerning members of my age-group, the best TV drama ever, so if those same people are now saying The Wire is better, well, it must be pretty gripping.

While I wasn’t always the most devout follower of The Sopranos (I certainly haven’t seen every episode from every series), by the final season – perhaps because I knew the end was nigh – I tuned in religiously every Sunday night. Hopefully The Wire can inspire the same ‘essential viewing’ status for me!

]]> By: Everyhandthatledme http://www.gaseousbrain.com/in-mourning-for-the-wire-the-best-tv-drama-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Everyhandthatledme Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:52:29 +0000 http://gaseousbrain.com/?p=121#comment-33 <p>I would have to go with The Wire over the Sopranos, but it's difficult to compare them directly. The benefit of watching all 5 seasons of The Wire over a short period of time is that it really allows you to see all that subtlety in one large dose. Most people wouldn't have had that with the Sopranos unless they bought all x number of series'. </p><p>An area in which the Sopranos was always superior to the wire was in the photography. Visually I always thought the story was told in a more elegant way. I don't remember the same kind of flair in The Wire, although they must have had a much smaller budget. </p><p>The actual narrative of the Sopranos became a little too meandering for me, especially when Tony started havign the really odd dreams. The Wire was much tighter. Toward the edn of the Sopranos it felt like I was watching a soap opera.</p> I would have to go with The Wire over the Sopranos, but it’s difficult to compare them directly. The benefit of watching all 5 seasons of The Wire over a short period of time is that it really allows you to see all that subtlety in one large dose. Most people wouldn’t have had that with the Sopranos unless they bought all x number of series’.

An area in which the Sopranos was always superior to the wire was in the photography. Visually I always thought the story was told in a more elegant way. I don’t remember the same kind of flair in The Wire, although they must have had a much smaller budget.

The actual narrative of the Sopranos became a little too meandering for me, especially when Tony started havign the really odd dreams. The Wire was much tighter. Toward the edn of the Sopranos it felt like I was watching a soap opera.

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