Healthy Living Books DVD

Rating: - The Bomb
This Wire is a great show, I'm no TV buff but think that this is the kind of stuff television was made for- it is complex and difficult but worth every single minute of your attention. It's greatest acheivement for me is that this is an ensemble piece with something like twenty main characters, all of which gradually unfurl throughout the series.
If you want to be challenged, watch this.
If you're going to be offended by the language, don't.

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Rating: - The Wire

Cracking series.

Had heard alot about it and it lived upto it's billing.

Enjoy

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Rating: - GREAT TV
I can't believe that it's taken me this long to hear about and watch The Wire. As other reviewers have said, it is a gritty, realistic cop drama with a high body count.
The characters are great (particularly Omar, Bunk and McNulty) and the story lines well thought-out with lots of twists and turns. I was gripped.

One slight criticism; the sound quality wasn't great and I was straining to hear what some of the characters were saying. (In the end I put on the subtitles which did detract a little from the drama but at least I could follow what was being said.)

The only problem with buying a box set is that you end up saying, "Let's watch just one more episode." You have been warned!

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Rating: - Clever, intelligent, realistic, slightly boring
The Wire is the latest in a long line of programmes that newspaper reviewers tell us are the best thing on TV. Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, now The Wire. And like all these other shows it is good. It is a show with three dimensional characters in believable real world situations. It deals with issues that other programmes don't touch. It is intelligent and complex and everything you would want from challenging TV. Like all these other greatest TV shows it is also a little boring.

There are other shows which have little of the qualities listed above. They are full of stereotypes and clichés. There is a despicable villain and an unusually good looking team of detectives with unfeasibly accurate powers of detection. Every episode ends on a cliffhanger. Let us face it. They are rubbish. But every week you cannot wait to see what happens next.

So, to sum up. If you want social realism and a challenge then get The Wire, it's perfect for you. If you want some less worthy and just require entertainment then get Dexter instead.

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Rating: - Outstanding - just get beyond the first episode
I watched the first episode of the Wire a few months ago and wasn't sure what to make of it and allowed the box set to gather dust on the shelf. However, while on holiday I started watching 2 or 3 episodes at a time and suddenly it had a rhythm that wasn't there before. This isn't some quick fix TV like Lost or 24, this unfolds like a novel (unsurprising as the show features writing from the likes of Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos) and rewards the viewer who follows the simple instruction on the cover of the box 'Listen Carefully'. I'm now on series 4 and it gets better and better - I envy those who haven't yet discovered this brilliant series - they have such an treat in store for them.