The Wire

[MrBen]

Anyone know how many episodes are in season 2?

On my Virgin on demand I only have 8 for that season (the only one they feature) but episode 8 doesn't really conclude anything - or perhaps thats the point?

[mockney piers]

12 episodes.

no 8 is a classic though. That drinking session!!

[MrBen]

Thanks Mockney. Damn the programming exec at Virgin who decided to post the first 8 of Season 2 onto On Demand and nothing else...

I can almost sense your horror but this oddity means that I have also yet to actually see series 1 (DVD arrived today from Amazon) and I have some serious catch up to do.

As always I'm way behind the curve.....hell in 2011 I might even buy an i Phone!

[AllyCat]

Just thought you Wire fans (of which I am becoming one!) might like to know I was at the Baftas last night and met both McNulty and Bubbs - and what a lovely pair they are - very friendly! They were most amused to hear about our forum discussions!

They made me do that "Westside" hand thing!

[Keef]

Cool!

[mightyroar]

that's very cool. although was it odd to hear mcnulty speak without a Baltimore voice?

Anyway, you know how in the wire, when they are on the corners selling the package, often in the background you can hear them shouting the name of it?.........well one name that they shout in at least 2 episodes is 'pandemic'

which is all I can think at the moment when they say it on the news.

is this just me?

[Gerrard]

Ok, this is probably the worst place to post this comment, please excuse what follows...

I bought the first series on dvd after the Beeb's seemingly daft decision to put it on so late in the evening.

I think, at a push, I understood 25% of the dialogue.. The plot seemed rather straightforward. Its obviously gloomy (but we were expecting that). It didnt really grab me at all, probably because of the dialogue problem... do you just begin to understand the Baltimore voices after a while? Do they ever finish a sentence without swearing at each other?

We were left so disappointed that we havent brought ourselves to watch episode 2. A friend of ours said it takes at least five episodes to start to understand some of the characters. Is this right? Is this a common theme for Wire virgins, the difficult beginning?

I enjoyed New Jack City etc. but this is really heavy going.

[SeanMacGabhann]

It's pretty much the most regurgitated line by Wire fans Gerrard - have a look at the first post on this thread - it pre-empts just such a statement

[Floating Onion]

My better half had some real trouble with the accents & dialogue. Very unimpressed after episode 1. We went back & started watching it with subtitles. Now she quite enjoys & is starting to understand it. Perhaps try that?

And yes, it does take a few to get into it.

[AllyCat]

mightyroar Wrote:

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> that's very cool. although was it odd to hear

> mcnulty speak without a Baltimore voice?

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Yup - it was odd to hear him without the Baltimore accent.... makes you realise what a good actor he is! Rather handsome too!;-)

Andre Royo (Bubbs) spoke exactly as he does in the show though...

[Floating Onion]

Oi! Watch it.

[giggirl]

I confess I always watch The Wire with subtitles. Otherwise I would have no hope of understanding the plot; it's just too street for me. Omar rather unexpectedly got naked on me last night (series 4). Mazel Tov.

[mightyroar]

so is no one else feeling the 'pandemic' drug shout everytime they mention pandemic on the news? just me then.

[dukesdenver]

Interview with Idris Elba:

Don't click here if you hate The Guardian and all it stands for

[Keef]

In case people missed it, series 2 started last night on BBC. Guess it continues tonight, wish they'd put them on an hour earlier though, I mean who cares about newnight! ;-)

[Dr Proctor]

I can't watch more than 2 episodes without thinking in a Baltimore accent !

[LegalEagle-ish]

I love Newsnight!

Paxman is a God.

[Keef]

So do I LEish, was just kidding.

[AllyCat]

Did you read that Lester Freamon is guesting on Holby City....?!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a155716/the-wire-star-peters-joins-holby-city.html

[bon3yard]

...something to look forward to.

Treme

[Marmora Man]

FOPP is selling a boxed set of all 5 series for ?100 and individual series for between ?15 & ?25. Having caught it on BBC2 late night I'm now through series 1,2 & 3 and working on 4, with 5 in reserve for later.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Good work mm !!

[Keef]

I think Amaxon probably do them even cheaper than that MM, or did when I bought them.

Treme sounds interesting.

[silverfox]

I was drawn to this out of curiosity when I read it was President Obama's favourite programme. I struggled at first with all the crack-head chic and nilhilism but have to confess I'm now a convert.

Looking forward to the creator's new series Treme as well.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5358857/The-Wire-creator-David-Simon-to-make-Hurricane-Katrina-drama.html

[bon3yard]

Its worth buying/hiring Generation Kill also. If you think some of the dialogue in The Wire was wilfully obscure then you might need to get yerself a Babel Fish for this excellent mini-series.