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# I saw the first ep of The Wire
I really enjoyed it, but the missus didn't fancy it.

We've got the first series on DVD, so I'll get round to it eventually, once I'm done with 24, V, Strike Back (which is apparently quite bad), The prisoner (which is undoubtedly dreadful), Deadwood, The Sopranos, Battlestar gallactica... and all those other shows that I'm constantly told I just have to watch
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 17 May 2010, 10:37, archived)
# haha ^this
keeps getting told to watch BG, but not sure, I still have memories of the camp old series
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 17 May 2010, 10:40, archived)
# It's deliberately grim, grinding and slow.

And it hides behind its own slow grimness in an attempt to disguise its poverty of imagination.
And it takes several series of unremitting slowness for the viewer to finally realise this.
Wasted far too many hours with BG. Boooooolsheeeeeeet !
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:17, archived)
# Chloroform, the missus, intravenously-administered tins of Nutrament, the rest of The Wire.
What could possibly go wrong?
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Mon 17 May 2010, 10:40, archived)
# OI!
I replied to that comment!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:17, archived)
# Sorry, Ihad to replicate it immediately above
having clicked the wrong blue bit. So if you can remember your showstopper, feel free to post it just up there.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:27, archived)
# It doesn't work now you're talking about
BG and not The Wire ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:37, archived)
# I couldn't get on with them
not enough time to spend watching em - I still have stuff on my Sky+ from 2008 that I haven't watched yet

the only thing I've kept up with is True Blood, though it was a bit of an anti-climax this season
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 17 May 2010, 10:45, archived)
# I really want to see The Prisoner.
All the reviews I have read have been very positive. But I guess it is one of those things that you have to completely ignore that there was ever a precious show.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:07, archived)
# which is an excersie in futlity
"Yeah, it's great, if you forget it's a remake of something that was much better"

Actually, I'd love to see that quote on the poster for the next 're-imagining' of some classic film.
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:53, archived)