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I'm about to repeat myself, so apologies to anyone who's heard all this, but it makes for a nice little intro:
I've been hearing for years that The Wire is an awesome television show. I was hearing this back when it was still on, but it'd already been going for awhile, I'm not sure I had access to HBO at the time, and I was already starting to conclude that "I'll just find out which shows are great after they end and then never have to wait for new episodes as I watch them all at once" was the best way to watch most television shows. Nothing like binging on TV series' on DVD. I rented the first disc of season 1 (three episodes), liked it, but decided not to dive all the way in.
Anyway, a year or two ago I saw a special on Amazon: all five seasons of The Wire for $99. Basically a blind buy for an entire television series. I went for it. Which is probably silly in retrospect, because it's been on sale for more like $80 recently, and since it turns out I waited awhile to actually start watching them, I could've saved a little money. But I digress.
The DVDs sat on my shelf for awhile, eventually moving with me to a new house. I almost certainly would've started earlier in the year, but major life events put the watching on hold. By the time things were settling down, I had already resolved to catch up on Lost and watch the final season, so we decided to dive into The Wire after that was done.
Finally, with the house, wedding, car, Lost, and Christmas all in the rearview, the wife and I started watching The Wire a couple of days ago. We watched all of season 1 and we're one episode into season 2. I shared some of this information in another thread, at which point others seemed to want to use this as an excuse to start watching, given that they, too, had heard the kind of praise I had. People who had already seen it expressed interest in rewatching it, or at least discussing it with people who were watching it for the first time. And so, here we are. Seems a fresh thread is in order.
A few important things, first. For people who've already seen it, please tread lightly! Many of us are still ignorant of much of what happens later. Cryptic comments and teasing is acceptable, but don't spoil anything!
For people like myself, who have started or are just starting: we'll have to use a lot of spoiler tags, ideally specifying what episode we're referring to, so that people can read them only if they've already gotten at least that far. Might be tough, but it's better than ruining the experience for someone.
Got a bit to do today, but I should be able to pop in late this afternoon with scattered thoughts on various parts of the first season. I'll do my best to tag them properly so people who are still on season 1 can avoid hearing anything ahead of time.
Yay. Exciting.
I've been hearing for years that The Wire is an awesome television show. I was hearing this back when it was still on, but it'd already been going for awhile, I'm not sure I had access to HBO at the time, and I was already starting to conclude that "I'll just find out which shows are great after they end and then never have to wait for new episodes as I watch them all at once" was the best way to watch most television shows. Nothing like binging on TV series' on DVD. I rented the first disc of season 1 (three episodes), liked it, but decided not to dive all the way in.
Anyway, a year or two ago I saw a special on Amazon: all five seasons of The Wire for $99. Basically a blind buy for an entire television series. I went for it. Which is probably silly in retrospect, because it's been on sale for more like $80 recently, and since it turns out I waited awhile to actually start watching them, I could've saved a little money. But I digress.
The DVDs sat on my shelf for awhile, eventually moving with me to a new house. I almost certainly would've started earlier in the year, but major life events put the watching on hold. By the time things were settling down, I had already resolved to catch up on Lost and watch the final season, so we decided to dive into The Wire after that was done.
Finally, with the house, wedding, car, Lost, and Christmas all in the rearview, the wife and I started watching The Wire a couple of days ago. We watched all of season 1 and we're one episode into season 2. I shared some of this information in another thread, at which point others seemed to want to use this as an excuse to start watching, given that they, too, had heard the kind of praise I had. People who had already seen it expressed interest in rewatching it, or at least discussing it with people who were watching it for the first time. And so, here we are. Seems a fresh thread is in order.
A few important things, first. For people who've already seen it, please tread lightly! Many of us are still ignorant of much of what happens later. Cryptic comments and teasing is acceptable, but don't spoil anything!
For people like myself, who have started or are just starting: we'll have to use a lot of spoiler tags, ideally specifying what episode we're referring to, so that people can read them only if they've already gotten at least that far. Might be tough, but it's better than ruining the experience for someone.Got a bit to do today, but I should be able to pop in late this afternoon with scattered thoughts on various parts of the first season. I'll do my best to tag them properly so people who are still on season 1 can avoid hearing anything ahead of time.
Yay. Exciting.
Last edited by Yoda; 09-26-11 at 12:45 PM.
Reason: Fixed a typo.
