What TV shows are people watching? (rock, fan, quote)

LoathsomePete · 09-13-2012, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Just finished watching the final episode of The Wire. Great show! I have to give Pete props for nudging me to finally watch it.

You ran through that faster than I thought you would. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

**Janszoon** · 09-17-2012, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

You ran through that faster than I thought you would. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, I got really into it (as did my wife). It's weird, I've read a lot of different reviews and commentary on the show where people talk about some season being so much better than some other season but I think it's one of the most consistent shows I've ever watched. Every season was equally good.

LoathsomePete · 09-17-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Yeah, I got really into it (as did my wife). It's weird, I've read a lot of different reviews and commentary on the show where people talk about some season being so much better than some other season but I think it's one of the most consistent shows I've ever watched. Every season was equally good.

Yeah I really don't think one season is better than the other in objective terms, they are all spectacular examples of story telling and characterization. I know a lot of people seem to be down in season 2 because of how it only seems tangentially related to the things we learned about the streets and the Barksdale crew.

**Janszoon** · 09-18-2012, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Yeah I really don't think one season is better than the other in objective terms, they are all spectacular examples of story telling and characterization. I know a lot of people seem to be down in season 2 because of how it only seems tangentially related to the things we learned about the streets and the Barksdale crew.

I guess if you think the show is about the Barksdale crew you might think that, but I saw it as being about various organizations within Baltimore and enjoyed the second season just as much as every other season. I keep wondering, if the show had continued for another season, which organization it would have dealt with. I think it could have been cool if it was the church, especially since they had already touched on it here and there.

LoathsomePete · 09-18-2012, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I guess if you think the show is about the Barksdale crew you might think that, but I saw it as being about various organizations within Baltimore and enjoyed the second season just as much as every other season. I keep wondering, if the show had continued for another season, which organization it would have dealt with. I think it could have been cool if it was the church, especially since they had already touched on it here and there.

From what I was reading, if the show were to have gone onto a 6th season it would have shifted things up and started looking at the Latino neighborhoods of Baltimore that were briefly hinted at in seasons 3-4 when Cutty started doing landscaping.

Looking into churches would have been a great concept for a new season though. I read this non-fiction book called Gang Leader for a Day about a sociologist who befriends a gang lieutenant in South Chicago in the '90's and learns a lot about the ins and outs of gang culture, and one thing I learned was just how closely tied gangs can be to churches. I mean there was that scene in season 5 where Proposition Joe was using the church's backroom to have a meeting with Marlo about how to hide money, so you already know the churches in Baltimore have some connection with the gangs, and further developing that would have been really eye-opening to a lot of viewers who do not know of the connection.