The Wire

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
I know it's a nitpick but I wish it weren't letterboxed. Apparently the creator wanted it to look like a TV show, so he insisted that it be letterboxed. Not a huge deal but it annoys me a bit. I have the entire DVD set (got it as a Gold Box deal a few months ago), but have only just started watching it.

I'm confused. Do you mean he wanted it to look like a movie?

I think he's referring to the 4:3 aspect ratio. On the DVDs you get the usual black bars on the sides because of this.

Correct. My post could have been clearer.

I have a 50" set, so even 4:3 programming is still plenty large, but it's still a little annoying.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: golfercraig
where in the hell do you live that you didn't hear about the Wire? What next, Casablanca is a nice movie? Has anyone got an opinion on The Godfather? I heard Michael Jordan was a nice player of some sport, but I 've never heard of him so i can't remember which one. Any thoughts?

I remember hearing about the Wire several years ago, but I thought it got canceled halfway through it's 1st season.

 

[Spineshank]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: golfercraig
where in the hell do you live that you didn't hear about the Wire? What next, Casablanca is a nice movie? Has anyone got an opinion on The Godfather? I heard Michael Jordan was a nice player of some sport, but I 've never heard of him so i can't remember which one. Any thoughts?

I remember hearing about the Wire several years ago, but I thought it got canceled halfway through it's 1st season.

Nope, went 5 seasons with it ending last year.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

Originally posted by: daveymark
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...

:thumbsup:

He was the best till lester took him down

 

[jessieqwert]

Originally posted by: Reckoner
The Shield was better, but I liked the Wire as well

The Shield was terrible. It had no depth whatsoever, just a large, angry white man.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Bushwicktrini


He was the best till lester took him down

nothing happened to him

 

[oogabooga]

The wire is really one of my favorite deep space nine episodes and it really helped solidify the bashir / garak relationship quite nicely.

oh wait a minute...

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: golfercraig
where in the hell do you live that you didn't hear about the Wire? What next, Casablanca is a nice movie? Has anyone got an opinion on The Godfather? I heard Michael Jordan was a nice player of some sport, but I 've never heard of him so i can't remember which one. Any thoughts?

Casawhatta?

 

[CRXican]

never seen it

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: ric1287
season 5 blew balls (compared to the first 4) but incredible nonetheless

Season 5 rocked. you must suck.

😛


By the way: YAWTOATOT

Season 5 was ridiculous and goofy.

Spoiler

Faking murders? Please

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: jessieqwert

Originally posted by: Reckoner
The Shield was better, but I liked the Wire as well

The Shield was terrible. It had no depth whatsoever, just a large, angry white man.

are you kidding? The shield was probably the most tense show/movie/anything I've ever seen.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

not reading the thread yet. about to start season 5, renting from netflix. loving it, highly recommend.

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: ric1287
season 5 blew balls (compared to the first 4) but incredible nonetheless

Season 5 rocked. you must suck.

😛


By the way: YAWTOATOT

I feel sorry for you if you thought that season was good 🙂 . After watching the first 4 3x through, I don't think I even watched all of 5 once because it was so bad.

I get what they were trying to do with the whole decay of B-more: drug trade base, how the drugs get here, where the money from the drugs goes, how the kids grew up into that in the first place, then how the media sucks. The first 4 are all good, I just don't give a damn about a shitty newspaper.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: Spineshank
My all time favorite show..but Lost is a close second.

wanna be best friends? though LOST is getting on my nerves a bit. I might have to throw sopranos in that mix too

 

[coldmeat]

I couldn't make it through the second season, so I will probably never finish the show.