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High Entropy said:
:lol: - there's some criminals, lets set up a wire tap, yes, completely different.




"Safe zones" ?

This was a drug village, name me a drug village and I don't mean a council estate that has been abandoned by the police but a drug village set up by the police.

It was a stupid story line but they couldn't go for - "there's some criminals lets set up a wire tap" for a third time could they :eek: ??

I can see it's a very popular program and highly rated but I just couldn't get away with it, I found season 1 good, then quickly poor, how many times can you dress up the same cliche.
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Aye Godfather 2 was shite like, just more gangsters like Godfather 1, why didn't they throw in some time travel?
 


NYMackem said:
I don't think that is true. Season 1 is the weakest season of the Sopranos and is a middling season out of the 5 in the Wire.
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The Shield is another one. Despite the first episode being absolutely essential to the ending, it's the weakest series of the lot by a mile.
 
Maravilla said:
The Shield is another one. Despite the first episode being absolutely essential to the ending, it's the weakest series of the lot by a mile.
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100% - it's a bit cartoonish in the first season but turns into a quality drama over time. I think the seasons with Forest Whittaker and then Glenn Close are the best ones. And the final season is excellent.
 
joebolton said:
Absolutely loved it. Still use the catchphrases today when I can.

I think my faves were
1) Omar
2) marlo
3) Chris partlow


Thought the one with the fake serial killer was a bit daft, the rest were great.


Money ain’t got no owners , only spenders.

Also , Pembele looks like Avon Barksdale innit.
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Not as much as Marlo looks like Ashley Young
 
niknak_123 said:
Didn't know until recently that the real Omar was in it
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Who was the real Omar? I know the bloke who was the Deacon was a major drug trafficker, and Detective Norris was a former mayor of Baltimore. Also there are a couple of supporting roles played by murder detectives from the Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets book, and I think Brother Mouzone's bodyguard was played by the main lad from the book of The Corner.
 
NYMackem said:
Who was the real Omar? I know the bloke who was the Deacon was a major drug trafficker, and Detective Norris was a former mayor of Baltimore. Also there are a couple of supporting roles played by murder detectives from the Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets book, and I think Brother Mouzone's bodyguard was played by the main lad from the book of The Corner.
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Donnie Andrews - Wikipedia

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High Entropy said:
:lol: - there's some criminals, lets set up a wire tap, yes, completely different.




"Safe zones" ?

This was a drug village, name me a drug village and I don't mean a council estate that has been abandoned by the police but a drug village set up by the police.

It was a stupid story line but they couldn't go for - "there's some criminals lets set up a wire tap" for a third time could they :eek: ??

I can see it's a very popular program and highly rated but I just couldn't get away with it, I found season 1 good, then quickly poor, how many times can you dress up the same cliche.


I don't know how that makes it a less dumb storyline.
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Errrh it’s called The Wire btw.
 

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