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Old 06-06-2008, 02:15
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"The Wire"

anyone else caught this? it's the best thing since the sopranos.
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Havent seen it yet, but my friends tell me that it`s one of the best series ever!! So have ordered the first season...
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I still havent found it in Patong... but I am looking for it. I think it was voted as the best tv show in Sweden last year. (Mind you, Sweden is probably few years after US)
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I still havent found it in Patong... but I am looking for it. I think it was voted as the best tv show in Sweden last year. (Mind you, Sweden is probably few years after US)


The was a guy in OTOP who had it last september. The back row furthest from the road, about 2 or 3 sections in. In an all white shop! He had that and quite a few other American and UK tv series.
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yep...god gritty stuff!

reminds me of "Homicide....Life on the streets" if you've seen that
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Yes, fantastic show! Haven't seen it since in more than four years. Would LOVE to get it here.
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Yes, fantastic show! Haven't seen it since in more than four years. Would LOVE to get it here.


I can take 3 seasons with me. just got 3 seasons in mpeg in front of me...
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i've got the first two seasons...i plan on watching all this weekend!
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Thanks for the link! Cheers
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just finished the 2nd season...it gets better and better!
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Gson bought three seasons for me in Bangkok so I am watching first season now, I'm at 12th episode now. I like it.
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it does start kinda slow but the pace quickens...its a great show!
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I blew through 4 seasons worth in 2 weeks. Awesome show! ****ing McNulty is the man!
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Mcnulty is brilliant...i thought i liked a beer..this guy is the master!
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Mcnulty is brilliant...i thought i liked a beer..this guy is the master!

McNulty loves Jamesons. As do I. Bunk is pretty good too.

Dominic West is aparently playing the villain in Punisher War Journal.

You finished w/ season five already? I hear it was great.
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I've seen them all. Great last episode. My all-time favourite along with Nip/Tuck. The Wire demands attention as it is more like a novel in pacing and multiple story-paths. But it is all worth it. Acting, script and dialog are all top-notch.

A couple of favourite quotes(and there are many more);

McNulty comes home to his girlfriend really drunk
GF:What's the most useless thing on a woman?
McNulty: A drunken Irishman.
GF:But you're not exactly Irish, are you, McNulty?
McNulty: I've had fourteen shots of Jameson, how's that for green!

The Bunk, Lester and McNulty, drunk in the bar
Bunk: I'm just a humble motherf****r with a big-ass d**k.
Lester: You give yourself too much credit.
Bunk: Okay then. I ain't that humble

Also, the scene in the first season where McNulty and the Bunk reenact a murder using only variations of the f-word must be one of the best scenes ever.
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Great show, I havent seen Season 5 yet as I have been travelling.

Unlike CSI, they dont solve crimes in asingle episode!! I love all the characters, Bunk is one of my favourities!!
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they play a lot of pogues tracks. i loved the wake in the bar and they played "body of an american" ...great scene.

i was in a bar on sunday and got drinking with a few teachers from baltimore on vacation. they couldn't believe i was into the wire as it's not aired in the uk on normal tv.
one of the guys went on to explain how one of his students was shot right in front of him coming out of school!
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they play a lot of pogues tracks. i loved the wake in the bar and they played "body of an american" ...great scene.

i was in a bar on sunday and got drinking with a few teachers from baltimore on vacation. they couldn't believe i was into the wire as it's not aired in the uk on normal tv.
one of the guys went on to explain how one of his students was shot right in front of him coming out of school!

i was in an irish bar in Manhattan last year and the Pouges just showed up and started jamming!!

Baltimore is an absolute dump(unbelievable ballpark, so nice)
it is nice near the baseball park, but thats it
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i was in an irish bar in Manhattan last year and the Pouges just showed up and started jamming!!
Baltimore is an absolute dump(unbelievable ballpark, so nice)
it is nice near the baseball park, but thats it



shane mcgowans manager owns a bar in london ( "the boogaloo") and shane regularly pops in for a beer...or 10! drinks pints of gin and tonic! rock n roll..555555555!
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shane mcgowans manager owns a bar in london ( "the boogaloo") and shane regularly pops in for a beer...or 10! drinks pints of gin and tonic! rock n roll..555555555!

my best friend drinks pints of vodka tonics
we call them "wifebeaters" 55555
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Also, the scene in the first season where McNulty and the Bunk reenact a murder using only variations of the f-word must be one of the best scenes ever.

It's here>>>
YouTube - The Wire - McNulty and Bunk, the famous crime scene
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shane mcgowans manager owns a bar in london ( "the boogaloo") and shane regularly pops in for a beer...or 10! drinks pints of gin and tonic! rock n roll..555555555!

saw a wonderful long interview he did with Frank Skinner recently.....drank + smoked alll the way through it......he's in a real mess now...almost unrecognisable as that skinny Irish rogue he started out as.....its a shame.... but his choice
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