Comments on: The Wire: Season One (2002) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/08/19/the-wire-season-one-2002/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:40:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sedate Me http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/08/19/the-wire-season-one-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-7356 Sedate Me Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:00:50 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/08/19/the-wire-season-one-2002/#comment-7356 I'm so glad this show didn't go to NBC. It would have robbed us of probably the best TV ever made. NBC would have made every episode wrap up in a happy ending where the cops win out and the bad guys pay. Network TV is so stupid now, NBC wouldn't even dream of airing Simon's show, Homicide, today. It was a good show, but it would have been great on HBO. The Wire was also likely the most far reaching show of all time. It tackled poverty, crime, education, politics, drugs, racism and more in a shockingly realistic way. It was serious, funny, sexy, sad, disturbing and almost every other emotion you can imagine. And somehow, this may be the hardest trick of all, the show managed to get you to care about/sympathize with almost every character at one point or other, even when they were in direct conflict. That's masterful writing. Only thing I didn't like (SPOILER ALERT) was how they made sure almost every criminal character got killed in the last few shows. A tad forced, but reflective of reality. I’m so glad this show didn’t go to NBC. It would have robbed us of probably the best TV ever made. NBC would have made every episode wrap up in a happy ending where the cops win out and the bad guys pay. Network TV is so stupid now, NBC wouldn’t even dream of airing Simon’s show, Homicide, today. It was a good show, but it would have been great on HBO.

The Wire was also likely the most far reaching show of all time. It tackled poverty, crime, education, politics, drugs, racism and more in a shockingly realistic way. It was serious, funny, sexy, sad, disturbing and almost every other emotion you can imagine. And somehow, this may be the hardest trick of all, the show managed to get you to care about/sympathize with almost every character at one point or other, even when they were in direct conflict. That’s masterful writing.

Only thing I didn’t like (SPOILER ALERT) was how they made sure almost every criminal character got killed in the last few shows. A tad forced, but reflective of reality.

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]]> By: Joseph R. Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/08/19/the-wire-season-one-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Joseph R. Valdez Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:38:37 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/08/19/the-wire-season-one-2002/#comment-1554 "Bravo"! Keep up the great work. “Bravo”! Keep up the great work.

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