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[Seabiscuit36]

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Finally watched The Wire season finale.  I cant wait till next season.  I love that they're bringing back the greeks.  Definitely pissed when Bodie got capped which might have been the most realistic shooting on TV even down to his fingers curling back after taking the 2 shots to the dome.  Im happy to see Marlo becoming a target now, at first i like the guy but now he's a cold hearted guy on there.  Carver will probably adopt randy next season is my guess.  Overall a great ending and Jimmy Bust Balls is no more, Detective Jimmy

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[ice grillin you]

im prone to hyperbole now and then but the wire really is the greatest show ever made and its not even close...makes even the best years of the sopranos look average

have any characters ever been more and better developed thruout a single season than the four kids this year...which is what makes the show so heartbreaking...cause you actually care about the characters and you agonize with them

[Diomedes]

im prone to hyperbole now and then

Sometimes understatement too.

[Seabiscuit36]

I know exactly what your saying IGY about the kids this year.  I was disappointed this year when they started off on the kids, didnt care about them.  But seeing Duquon on the street selling and droppin out of school because they forced him into HS was just a crazy moment.  Heck just the way Carver was yelling at the hoppers playing where the older kids started off the season was crazy. 

The Wire never dissapoints the way sopranos has.  Given sopranos has had 7 or 8 seasons now, there are always a ton of so so episodes where the wire never slips. 

[ice grillin you]

The Wire never dissapoints the way sopranos has.  Given sopranos has had 7 or 8 seasons now, there are always a ton of so so episodes where the wire never slips.

yup...which is why its virtually impossible to pick your favorite wire season...cause they are all so amazing but in totally different ways...

its criminal that the wire doesnt get the hype of other hbo shows like the sopranos entourage six feet under and even deadwood get

[Seabiscuit36]

I really wish they would broadcast next season in HD,  The Wire was the only show this year not in HD.  You really have to love how real the mayoral/governers race was.  Omally=Carcetti was just a great idea. 

[ice grillin you]

The Wire was the only show this year not in HD

[Sgt PSN]

Most shows are online these days, legally. You of course can torrent any show, but a lot of shows you can watch on the stations websites. So Tivo isn't the make or break, but I'm aware it is better to watch shtein on your couch than in front of the computer.

You don't need any recording device with shows on FX, TBS, TNT or USA because if you miss a show one night they will undoubtedly show it at least 3 more times throughout the week before the next new episode.  Some nights they even show the same episode back to back. 

[MDS]

It was David Simons choice not to go in HD. I forgot why he didn't want to it...possibly all the on location shooting they do or something. But HBO offered.

Also, the Golden Globe and Writers Guild nominations came out for this year. The Wire was shutout in booth, which more or less makes both awards shows complete jokes. Now I'm not surprised that a bunch of snotty Europeans couldnt see the brilliance in The Wire, the entire show probably went right over their heads. But the Writers Guild? I'm pretty sure they nominated the show in the past. Their other choices were fine (24, Greys, Sopranos, Deadwood, Lost) but The Wire is another level than all of them.

At this point, I honestly believe that Hollywood has it "in" for David Simon. They for some reason don't like him, don't like the show and want to keep them out of their stupid self congratulating award shows. Fine, farg them. Stupid Hollywood elite. I know Simon is an egocentric corksucker, but the man did create the best show in the history of television (not even a debate at this point, it's a fact). Shouldn't someone realize that?

[Wingspan]

It was David Simons choice not to go in HD. I forgot why he didn't want to it...possibly all the on location shooting they do or something. But HBO offered.

Also, the Golden Globe and Writers Guild nominations came out for this year. The Wire was shutout in booth, which more or less makes both awards shows complete jokes. Now I'm not surprised that a bunch of snotty Europeans couldnt see the brilliance in The Wire, the entire show probably went right over their heads. But the Writers Guild? I'm pretty sure they nominated the show in the past. Their other choices were fine (24, Greys, Sopranos, Deadwood, Lost) but The Wire is another level than all of them.

At this point, I honestly believe that Hollywood has it "in" for David Simon. They for some reason don't like him, don't like the show and want to keep them out of their stupid self congratulating award shows. Fine, farg them. Stupid Hollywood elite. I know Simon is an egocentric corksucker, but the man did create the best show in the history of television (not even a debate at this point, it's a fact). Shouldn't someone realize that?

[Seabiscuit36]

MDS was this your first year of watching? 

Im gonna say your onto something.  I dont want to sound like a skins fan reaching for a conspiracy but the fact that the show gets no love is just amazing. 

[MDS]

I watched the first 3 seasons last winter, so I've seen the entire series, just not over the same time period.

Yea, it's pretty weird. They have 1 Emmy nomination for writing and a Peabody Award.

Here are all the noms. Conspricize as you wish:

TV Series, Drama
24, Big Love, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Lost

TV Series, Comedy
Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Office, Ugly Betty, Weeds

Lead Actor, TV Drama
Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Hugh Laurie (House), Bill Paxton (Big Love), Kiefer Sutherland (24)

Lead Actress, TV Drama
Patricia Arquette (Medium), Edie Falco (The Sopranos), Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Ellen Pompeo (Grey's), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Lead Actor, TV Comedy/Musical (aka "Must-Nominate TV")
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Zach Braff (Scrubs), Steve Carell (The Office), Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

Lead Actress, TV Comedy/Musical
Marcia Cross (Housewives), TV Guide cover girl America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Felicity Huffman (Housewives), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Mary-Louis Parker (Weeds)

Best Actor, Miniseries or TV-movie
Andre Braugher (Thief), Robert Duvall (Broken Trail), Michael Ealy (Sleeper Cell: American Terror), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Tsunami, the Aftermath), Ben Kingsley (Mrs. Harris), Bill Nighy (Gideon's Daughter), Matthew Perry (The Ron Clark Story)

Best Actress, Miniseries or TV-movie
Gillian Anderson (Bleak House), Annette Bening (Mrs. Harris), Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I), Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act), Sophie Okonedo (Tsunami)

Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV-movie
Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail), Jeremy Irons (Elizabeth I), Justin Kirk (Weeds), Masi Oka (Heroes), Jeremy Piven (Entourage)

Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV-movie
Emily Blunt (Gideon's Daughter), Toni Collette (Tsunami), Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy), Sarah Paulson (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds)

Best Miniseries or TV-movie
Bleak House, Broken Trail, Elizabeth I, Mrs. Harris, Prime Suspect: The Final Act

[Sgt PSN]

The refs totally hate The Wire. 

[Wingspan]

The refs totally hate The Wire. 

screen shots?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Alec Baldwin is farging genius on "30 Rock", but I assumed he'd be in the Supporting category.

Any of those guys for lead in a comedy could win, and all would be deserving.