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When I tell people about The Wire, I begin with a moment of silence, which helps me keep my composure - somewhat - once I start to explain it. I tell them that The Wire is the BEST THING EVER. Not just the best TV show. The BEST THING EVER TO EXIST EVER. The care put into the series is visible from the dialog. Creator David Simon writes the lines so they flow naturally and show the idiosyncrasies of Baltimore dialects and jargon used by police or criminals. And the dialect coaching! Two of the main characters are actually British, but they sure had me fooled for a while. Even the American actors have been trained in Baltimore dialect so that the life-long Baltimore resident might even believe them to be natives. Check out the writers' credentials: David Simon, who penned two books of narrative nonfiction, 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets,' which inspired the hit series 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' and 'The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood,' which inspired the Emmy(R)-winning HBO miniseries 'The Corner'; Ed Burns, a former Baltimore police detective and Baltimore city public school teacher, who coauthored the book 'The Corner' with Simon; William F. Zorzi, a former political writer and editor for the Baltimore Sun; and Chris Collins, an up-and-coming talent who served as staff writer last season and also wrote the award-winning documentary 'Disarm.' Also writing for the series this season are novelists Dennis Lehane ('Gone Baby Gone,' 'Mystic River'), George Pelecanos ('Hard Revolution,' 'Right as Rain') and Richard Price ('Lush Life,' 'Clockers'), as well as TV veteran David Mills, who was one of the writers and executive producers on 'The Corner,' and a writer for 'NYPD Blue' and 'Homicide: Life on the Street.' - http://www.hbo.com/thewire A lot of the material in this show comes from Simon and Burns's real-life experiences. The series starts out following McNulty, a maverick (and alcoholic) cop who does whatever he can, no matter how sneaky or ethically ambiguous, to get funding for a special task force to investigate an inner-city drug ring and its leader, Avon. Unlike most cop shows, this one often highlights the red tape and bureaucracy that prevent law enforcement from taking on organized crime. 2nd season's foray into the lives of Polish-American shipyard workers is somewhat unfortunate. Be ready for Ziggy - not the boring but lovable comic strip character - who is the most annoying character since Jar Jar Binks. Season 3 returns to Avon's crew, thankfully. 4 brings us new characters, some 8th-grade boys, and shows how No Child Left Behind and the general danger of their environment affects them. We're also introduced to a new drug kingpin, the young criminal prodigy Marlo. Season 5 focuses largely on chasing Marlo and trying to get a warrant to do so. It goes into the newspaper business, focusing on the overstepping of ethical guidelines and sensationalizing of stories. I realize now that a synopsis of every season may be a bit much, but I'll go ahead and leave it, and here's why. If any of this information piques a single person's interest, that's enough for me. Described as "like Homicide, but grittier," or "like NYPD Blue, only grittier," such descriptions only scratch the surface. Give it a few episodes. I watched the entire series 3 times before I completely understood the 1st episode. The complexities make multiple viewings so worth it. And look out for Omar, the awesomest dude eva!Vollständige Rezension lesen
I have bough DVDs Box Sets in the past from eBay because they make great gifts. Believe it or no, once, I got bootlegs! I couldn't believe it. I bought them because they were $5 less than anyone else on was selling them them in quantity with BUY IT NOW. It had all stock photos, and looked all legit. I did that again, sorted the buy it now's, and looked for the cheapest Box set. Read the fine print, and everything twice. This time it was a WINNER, and has been every time since that once. Box sets make the best gifts. You can easily ask someone casually, "hey did you like that last season of ____whatever." Then you know if they even seen it. If they never seen it, you can buy one of these guarantee hits, and they will have weekend after weekend after weekend of pleasure enjoying the gift you got them. 1 Box Set watching 2 Disks per weekend can take a few Months to watch! And the best part of gifts in general is they bring people together, and tighten bonds. People will naturally want to do that with a box set. When they want to talk about how cool that show they never watched is, you will be the first one getting a phone call! That's just another reason why these are the perfect gift, and properly priced $40-$75 you can't beat the value you are gifting someone. I recommend The is review is for the Wire, and if you like the The Wire, I highly recommend, Breaking Bad, Lost, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, Curb your Enthusiasm, and Shameless, Game of Thrones, Star Trek (5 different TV Series, but The Next Generation makes the best gift and my favorite, or you can get all 11 Star Trek movies as a set), Star Wars Movie Pack (and have then watch it Chronologically Episodes IV-VI, then I-III Family Guy, (For a Sport Fan) The League, The Office, Dexter, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, The X Files, finally... OZ ; just to name a few of my favorite Gifts Box Sets. The Wire is near the top of that list! I am sorry, but unless the person a little "slow" immature, or likes bad zombie horror, I wouldn't recommend "The Walking Dead" despite it being semi popular. The above choices are all much better.... Experience: I am a hobbyist film critic for an online website tailored towards people in their 20s - early 40's. I do find that buying DVD box sets are great gifts for people older than the group I mentioned above. A sizable portion of people in that group wouldn't like a box set as much as a gift because of digital downloads, and torrents.... For the most part, Box Sets are great gifts who aren't computer literate, if I had to put a number on it I would say 40+ as of 2013.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This show is addictive and so compelling. The characters are rich and storied, the action intense, the political realities totally on point. I received these disks as "New" in the box, and indeed they came sealed inside the box. However, many of them were a bit grainy, almost muddy, which rose my suspicions that these were in fact copies. I'm probably wrong, I'm so used to Blu Ray, which clearly these were not. I'd give this package a 5 star rate if not for the disks, as I loved the entire 5 seasons of this show, the second season being the absolute best!
I have to admit ... before watching The Wire for the first time, I was a little hesitant to check out a "Crime Drama." I kept having visions of the strangely famous David Caruso. I'm glad I took the plunge, though. This, really, is one of the best TV shows ever, if not the best. Equally awesome, seasons 1-4 each have their own unique "charm." Season 5 feels a bit rushed and like they were trying to cram 6 lbs of "content" in to a 5 lb. bag. Although, it's necessary to tie things up, and overall it's still enjoyable to watch. If you like sitting in front of the TV for any reason ... you will enjoy this show!
One of the best if not the best tv series ever written. Depth of each character goes way beyond your average urban crime drama. Absolute genius.
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The Wire is a beautifully realized epic about crime, politics and how they feed off of each other in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the best series I've seen produced for television. Don't bother testing the waters with Season 1, this one's worth diving right in with the whole set. The box set itself is handsome and more compact than the individual seasons. The casing appears to be made completely from cardboard, a decision I would guess was made on behalf of the environment. The discs slide into cardboard sleeves, and I worry they will scratch over time, so I'm being careful with them. Extra features are about on par with most other HBO shows, which is to say there could probably have been more for the price of the set. There's 3-4 commentaries per season and a few interviews. The only new feature for the complete series set are the promotional mini-episodes they produced right before the 5th season aired. At 2-3 episodes per disc, the picture quality is pretty good for SD. I don't have a HD television yet, but I can imagine it would've been preferable to have these on Blu-Ray for those who have the capability. I can't imagine upgrading unless there is some serious incentive when the inevitable new set comes out.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I can't say anything positive about "The Wire" that hasn't already been said by critics and viewers alike hundreds of times over, but the series is so good that I don't mind adding mine to the cacophony of voices raised in its praise. I've seen the series twice on DVD, and bought it because it is worth watching again and again. While one may prefer certain seasons to others, there can be no doubt that, year in and year out, this is the most carefully written, acted and directed series on TV. It may present cliches now and again, but the vast majority of the characters and plot lines are wholly original in their complexity, realism and - the hallmark of the show - realism. Sure, there's the stereotypical drunk cop who's also a womanizer, but when he's able to stay sober, he's able to learn from the criminals he is chasing. He becomes almost single-minded in his pursuit of "justice" but is not above making moves in the case to see his own ego stroked, and maybe even his career bettered. Sure, there's the black drug dealer who works the projects and corners taking advantage of his "neighbors" by selling them one ultimately lethal product line after another, but he is savvy in his handling of his lieutenants at all levels, and in manipulating the police. So much so that the viewer finds him almost likable. Or at least infinitely watchable. The white teacher who goes into a predominantly black school doesn't end up "saving" every child from themselves, their families or the streets. An upstanding police commander experiments with bending the law far past the breaking point in an effort to see the greater good will out. The naive politician becomes corrupted by the system, even as he works to end corruption and improve the situation in the city. Do yourself a favor and watch from the beginning. You can pick the story up in the later seasons if you want, but watching the characters and plot lines develop is a joy. Finally, I can't wait to watch the scene in which a stone-cold killer goes into a hardware store to inquire about a nail gun, receives a very informative explanation from an employee and then offers him the cash for the nail gun and a $100 tip, waving aside his protestations with a matter-of-fact, "Nah. You sold the sh^* out of that motherfu#%er." Enjoy!Vollständige Rezension lesen
Sit back and fasten your seatbelts, because the ride is wild and extremely dangerous from start to finish. Yeah, this is one of the most authentic tv shows ever to explode on the scene and leave a lasting and delible mark equivalent to that of a nuclear disaster. The actors the characters, scripts and the production could not have been constructed any better showing off an accurate depiction from all angles of the hood, police-life, dopepheind strugglez, dope-dealers and natural born killaz and even controversial relationships with the most in-depth and absolutely rawest point of view ever. How can you not see it? I mean, this is realistic writing from every experience you can imagine. Even if you had never lived in these environments previously, you will vicariously live through it as if you had done so all your life. The Wire dvd box set is an unforgettable, just remember to buckle-up so that you don't exit headfirst via the windshield. You don't have to be hard to swing through a city of killerz, bad and goodcops dopephiends, politicians and drug dealerz, remember you are entering at your own risk when and where you exit will be forever changed.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Great series. Great characters. Great plots. Realistic.
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The Wire is a great series, but the way HBO decided to package it is confusing at best. It's in a cheap little cardboard box and the disks move around a lot. As far as I know, none of the disks I have were damaged after I examined them, but it's definitely a possibility just because of the awful design. I recommend that when you get the product, check each DVD to make sure it's not scratched, though I'm not sure there's much you could do even if it was scratched. I took all of the DVDs out, placed them back in their little plastic sleeves, and carefully placed them back in the box. I'm considering buying a CD case just to hold them in, but as long as your careful with them, you should be fine. Overall though, just a stupid design. A real nuisance.