Enjoyed the first season of HBO's The Wire (thanks, S), but stopped watching Season 2 partway through the DVD box set. Reasons:
1. Ziggy. (Uggh)
2. The Greek and his crew. So many ominous silences, so much meaningful espresso-sipping.
3. Not enough Omar.
4. Too many characters recycling moves from first season.
5. Stevedore makes philosophical speeches about the decline of unions--eloquent but too writerly to be believed.
6. Last but not least--two union guys want to find out more about the chemicals The Greek is smuggling in shipping containers they handle, so they go to the public library and use Microsoft's Live Search.
Seasons three and four leave the docks and most of those characters. More Omar, less Live Search. You should stick it out.
After that review, you don't deserve more Omar.
Yes, scorching the earth assures I can never reconsider this.
My TV time will henceforth be devoted solely to the remains of Lost. Alvar Hanso and the DeGroots are more my speed anyway.
Lost? The fact that it's network means that the plot never comes to a head. It's constant buildup with no payoff. I think they write the narative arc about a hlf episode ahead of what they're shooting. All hanger and no cliff.
Switch to Battlestar Galactica, all will be well.
"All hanger and no cliff."
That's what's great about it. It's just constant tension and mini-climaxes that resolve nothing. Kind of like...life.
Seriously, though, I trust that the Lost writers are better than the X Files writers and we *will* find out why The Others were wearing Dharma scrubs and about that colossal statue of the four-toed warrior's foot.
Just watch TNG again. You know you want to.
Man, the TNG episodes I missed the first go-round would fill several DVDs. I sure like it, though. One of my favorites is where Q shows Picard what he'd be like if he had no leadership ability.
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Enjoyed the first season of HBO's The Wire (thanks, S), but stopped watching Season 2 partway through the DVD box set. Reasons:
1. Ziggy. (Uggh)
2. The Greek and his crew. So many ominous silences, so much meaningful espresso-sipping.
3. Not enough Omar.
4. Too many characters recycling moves from first season.
5. Stevedore makes philosophical speeches about the decline of unions--eloquent but too writerly to be believed.
6. Last but not least--two union guys want to find out more about the chemicals The Greek is smuggling in shipping containers they handle, so they go to the public library and use Microsoft's Live Search.
- tom moody 2-18-2007 7:32 pm
Seasons three and four leave the docks and most of those characters. More Omar, less Live Search. You should stick it out.
- joester 2-18-2007 8:44 pm
After that review, you don't deserve more Omar.
- L.M. 2-18-2007 9:10 pm
Yes, scorching the earth assures I can never reconsider this.
My TV time will henceforth be devoted solely to the remains of Lost. Alvar Hanso and the DeGroots are more my speed anyway.
- tom moody 2-18-2007 9:19 pm
Lost? The fact that it's network means that the plot never comes to a head. It's constant buildup with no payoff. I think they write the narative arc about a hlf episode ahead of what they're shooting. All hanger and no cliff.
Switch to Battlestar Galactica, all will be well.
- joester 2-19-2007 11:08 pm
"All hanger and no cliff."
That's what's great about it. It's just constant tension and mini-climaxes that resolve nothing. Kind of like...life.
Seriously, though, I trust that the Lost writers are better than the X Files writers and we *will* find out why The Others were wearing Dharma scrubs and about that colossal statue of the four-toed warrior's foot.
- tom moody 2-19-2007 11:54 pm
Just watch TNG again. You know you want to.
- paul (guest) 2-22-2007 10:17 pm
Man, the TNG episodes I missed the first go-round would fill several DVDs. I sure like it, though. One of my favorites is where Q shows Picard what he'd be like if he had no leadership ability.
- tom moody 2-22-2007 10:31 pm