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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:23 am Posts: 3597 Location: The In Between
Have 7 eps left in season 5. This fake serial killer shit is real dumb. This has been a very enjoyable series to watch, but I don’t understand why so many lists have it at the top all time. That said, there are half a dozen characters at least - Omar, Bunk, Lester, Bubbs, Bodie, Dangelo - who are all-timers.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 46875 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
daft twat wrote:
Have 7 eps left in season 5. This fake serial killer shit is real dumb. This has been a very enjoyable series to watch, but I don’t understand why so many lists have it at the top all time. That said, there are half a dozen characters at least - Omar, Bunk, Lester, Bubbs, Bodie, Dangelo - who are all-timers.
yeah it goes off the rails in S5. Still, I think the points it's trying to make about journalism's role in crime and policing hold up fairly well (obviously recent events might challenge this more).
Joined: Sat January 12, 2013 7:19 pm Posts: 1439 Location: Buffalo, NY
daft twat wrote:
Have 7 eps left in season 5. This fake serial killer shit is real dumb. This has been a very enjoyable series to watch, but I don’t understand why so many lists have it at the top all time. That said, there are half a dozen characters at least - Omar, Bunk, Lester, Bubbs, Bodie, Dangelo - who are all-timers.
It's #1 on my list. Beyond the pure enjoyment factor that comes from the storylines, the writing, and the acting, I think it's highly regarded because of its commentary on social issues across multiple dimensions. I think it has less of an impact now than it did in the early aughts because we're currently living in a clusterfuck apocalypse that makes the issues of 2000-era Baltimore seem trivial in comparison.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
FWIW it's one of the first TV shows to actively interrogate contemporary history rather than use it as window dressing/treat it as outside the world of the narrative.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:23 am Posts: 3597 Location: The In Between
Mickey wrote:
FWIW it's one of the first TV shows to actively interrogate contemporary history rather than use it as window dressing/treat it as outside the world of the narrative.
What? Anyway, done. Seeing Dukie shooting up in the alley during the final montage was fucked. Glad I watched this show. I rank the seasons 4, 2, 1, 3, 5.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 46875 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
daft twat wrote:
Mickey wrote:
FWIW it's one of the first TV shows to actively interrogate contemporary history rather than use it as window dressing/treat it as outside the world of the narrative.
What? Anyway, done. Seeing Dukie shooting up in the alley during the final montage was fucked. Glad I watched this show. I rank the seasons 4, 2, 1, 3, 5.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
daft twat wrote:
Mickey wrote:
FWIW it's one of the first TV shows to actively interrogate contemporary history rather than use it as window dressing/treat it as outside the world of the narrative.
What? Anyway, done. Seeing Dukie shooting up in the alley during the final montage was fucked. Glad I watched this show. I rank the seasons 4, 2, 1, 3, 5.
The absent cause, motherfucker!
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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