TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[docellis]

I am watching it again...so far the only thing hitting me is how awesome Bill Withers Use Me is.

[Schlich]

Re: my friend's post, I think y'all are missing the crux of the argument. It certainly wasn't that the show didn't focus too much on the damaging effects of meth. That was a minor point in the overall argument he was making IMO. At least the argument that I agreed with.

[MrCrowesGarden]

This seems as good a place as any to put this, but anyone who still enjoys pro wrestling, they've announced a WWE Network, and it seems pretty good.

You get access to some reality shows/documentaries that I'm sure are crap, but it also covers live streaming of every PPV, including Wrestlemania. And On Demand access to every WWE, WCW and ECW PPV. I think I'll be signing up if only for this reason.

Teleport me back 25 years.....yeah, it's cool.

Well, that's where the On Demand Library of PPVs come in. It's supposed to come with 1500 hours worth of immediate access.

[go birds]

Yall dont forget about the premiere of True Detective this weekend on HBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JL21]

Re: my friend's post, I think y'all are missing the crux of the argument. It certainly wasn't that the show didn't focus too much on the damaging effects of meth. That was a minor point in the overall argument he was making IMO. At least the argument that I agreed with.

That there was more to explore that wasn't? That it could've used an extra season? I don't know. Maybe. I don't know that a whole other season was necessary, though. 5 more episodes might have done the trick. And even then, I wouldn't want them to "explore" the stuff he's talking about.

The bottom line is that they aimed to show Walt's destruction, and it ended up very adequately conveyed. If they had fleshed it out more, that would've been hunky dory but I don't think it's some major flaw of the show that they didn't have a few more episodes. I'd rather a show end earlier than meander for 2-3 more seasons milking people for ratings. And anything more than a half season would've felt like that.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I guess this entire thing is a spoiler...so

[SHOW]

I think sure they could have expanded his drug empire even further, had they wished. They could have pushed back Hank's epiphany, shown Walt buying more car washes throughout the southwest ala Gus and Chicken Express or whatever it was, highlighted the growing problems of being a kingpin and having idiot underlings.....but why? To make him bigger than Fring? That wasn't the goal, at the beginning at least. He wanted to make a fortune for his kids. He had done that. And, even keeping a tenth or whatever of it, he couldn't legitimately get it to them....

Not by accident, the show climaxed at a perfectly logical point (WW quits the drug biz and Hank realizes who WW is). If he wanted the falling action to occur over a longer time frame, it could have happened. The producers admitted as much. But, the final 8 episodes, simply put, were awesome, imo, because of the condensed time frame. Ozymandius will likely be remembered as one of the best, if not the best, single episode of any drama of all time, again, because of the condensed time frame.

And, going further, I don't see any logical way for WW to continue to expand his empire whilst under the full scrutiny of Hank and the DEA.

[ghostrunner]

I am watching it again...so far the only thing hitting me is how awesome Bill Withers Use Me is.

I think it's generally agreed that the seasons are a slow build. They're worth rewatching, but if you're waiting for something to click I'd move on to the next episodes.

[Jocephus]

i'll be a tad upset if doc doesn't like the wire

first season may be my favorite...

[SHOW]

i swear i dont think ive ever been as tense watching something as when i was when kima was in the car with orlando trying to do that bust

i have the first 3 seasons on dvd but i dont think ive ever watched em (after watchign the whole series of course) but i really should just put that on and get back into it

[go birds]

i gotta admit, like doc, i wasnt reeled in by the first episode of the wire either, but i also wasn't all that thrilled with how game of thrones started either

[Jocephus]

now i just want to read wire episode recaps all day at work