[tv] The Wire

[inulro]

I've finally finished watching all of The Wire, but some combination of LJ/Firefox/my laptop is refusing to let me use a cut tag, and I know some of you haven't seen it all yet & don't want to see the spoilers., so I can't post my thoughts on it.

Except that it's awesome and it has joined MASH and The West Wing as my favourite TV of all time.

Edit: Spoilers in comments!

Comments

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Put your thoughts in a comment to this post?

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

I watched the first two episodes again tonight. Awesome. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it if you post them in comments.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Good idea!

My spoiler-ific comments

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Not many, I'm afraid.

My favourite character was Bubbles. This was probably unwise and through the whole thing I more than half expected him to die in some horrible way in every episode. So I was very happy with the way it ended for him.

I also had a soft spot for Omar, but there was no way he was going to come through alive. I was surprised when they got Proprosition Joe. And disappointed that they couldn't bring down Clay Davis.

I nearly fell off the sofa with shock at the Richard Belzer cameo near the end! That also reminded me I must get round to renting Homicide: Life on the Street at some point. (I'm such a sad fan of the John Munch character that I routinely sit through SVU for the 5 minutes that he's usually in it these days, but I've still never seen the series where he was invented).

Re: My spoiler-ific comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

1) Bubbles was great. I also expected him to die at any stage of all five seasons, so redemption was a nice touch. A damned good actor, too.

2) Quite. Omar stole the show, but there was no way he would survive.

3) Clay Davis is a politician - of COURSE he got away with it!

4) YAY for Richard Belzer! It's nice when my default icon is in context, too. Homicide is excellent, of course. But Homicide: The Movie is very odd indeed.

Re: My spoiler-ific comments

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Omar was my favourite character, although I did have a guilty soft spot for Stringer. :}

I loved Bubbles and like you kept expecting him to die. That final scene of his was so touching.