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The Wire is awesome, British TV less so
CookedHaggis:
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 23 Jul 2007, 11:00 ---The Wire is indeed the greatest thing on television.
But as for British TV being lousy, I say unto you: what about Peep Show?
--- End quote ---
Ok, I forgot Peep Show, my bad. Still, series three wasn't as good as one and two. I mean, the whole dead dog thing was indeed eye-scrunchingly funny and the marriage of embarrasment was a nice twist on the "boy lust after girl, boy eventunally gets girl, boy and girl live happily if comically ever after" formula of most comedies, but they do seem to be slipping away from the original painful plausibility to a more surreal, even "wacky" slant. The internal monologues are always gold though.
And Buzzcocks...yeah, it's good and I like Simon Amstell, but it's hardly got the sharp satirical edge that Have I Got News... used to have. It is, well, "merely" funny, rather than something truly exceptional - there's no real bite or substance behind the jokes.
So, we have The Thick of It and Peep Show. It's hardly a lengthy list though, is it?
Inlander: I think my favourite season so far is the third one. I'm loving the sheer scope it encompasses in taking in the political dimension alongside the original police and the streets, and Stringer Bell, Omar and Bubbles have got to be some of the best characters on TV (even, to go all hyperbolic, in fiction). I'm still not sure if I liked season two more than one...I was kind of thrown that Jimmy basically stayed on the boats the entire time (loved that they had the balls to do that though) and i never quite found the dock arc as enthralling as the drugs trade (I appreciate Simon's skill in continually changing things up and bringing in new themes and elements, but I think I just find the questions and issues raised in the projects more compelling than the unions). Having said that, the last few episodes of the season were phenomenal, with some of the best direction of any TV show I've ever seen (absolutely blown away by the sequence with Frank and Nick talking in front of the power station..very Scorsese).
And you should watch The Wire tommy, because the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love The Wire and complete idiots.
The Cheesinator:
but...but...Doctor Who is kinda good. That's a British show. We get it in here in Canada, and I like watching it when I can. Oh and that 5 part miniseries about gates going to prehistoric places was interesting. So interesting that I seem to have unfortunately forgotten it's name.
I'm really unsure of my grammar in that last sentence.
Noct:
There does seem to have been in increase in quality US shows as of late, but I've never given this "Wire" a try... perhaps I will at some point. It's too bad our cable news networks are absolute garbage though.
Also, someone tell NBC to bring back Studio 60. Pleeeaaaase.
thehoopiestfrood:
Cape Wrath was pretty damn good!
wm_star:
It is my opinion that The Wire is the best television show that has ever been on the air ever. Period. It's brilliantly acted, written and directed. My husband and I named our dog McNulty, and my dad (entirely by coincidence because my parents smile and nod when you tell them to watch something and then don't do it) calls him McNutty. I'm partial to the 1st and 4th seasons (though truly, I love them all). The 1st season was just so, so, so fabulous at sucking you into the story and establishing the characters and getting you excited. It was the original, the beginning of the series, and it rocked so hard that even with the teeniest tiniest of fan bases, HBO gave it another season. And the 4th - well, I'm a reformed middle school teacher, so I'm kind of partial to the education story line. Randy is my very favorite new character from last season :) And the 2nd season, with the Russians, ruled! The guy who played Sergei, Chris Ashworth? I went to high school with him - it's kind of cool to watch as his career develops. And then the 3rd season, with everyone converging on Stringer, especially Omar (BEST. CHARACTER. EVER.) and Brother Mouzone... Plus I love Bunny Colvin so much as a character, and the Hamsterdam story was awesome; and we got to see a lot of Carcetti, the sniveling bastard...
Who am I kidding? I adore this show, top to tail, and I cannot wait for the next season to start.......
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