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Popped up in my mind whilst discussing THE WIRE the other day… And Ziggy... God-dang Ziggy...
I have a conversation with my 16 year olds on a regular basis regarding film and TV. They ask if they should watch a thing and I recommend it or not. They want to watch challenging stuff and the conversation is often about how challenging certain things can be (we talked a lot about A Clockwork Orange for example).
When it came to The Wire I said it’s the best TV series ever made and they should watch it but they could wait until they were older. This because they would surely miss nuances and themes that might spoil their appreciation but I was also worried that they wouldn’t tackle the pace of the storytelling and ruin it for themselves. They ignored me and started and watched the whole thing. They enjoyed it a lot but one thing made me realise they could have/should have waited. They hated Ziggy. Pair of noobs.
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Ziggy, the annoying wee gobshite but also the much needed lighter touch to an otherwise almost exclusively bleak S02 (my fav season)…
And they're bound to re-watch THE WIRE when they're older, and pick up on all those missed tidbits... Cause that's the thing with that show... You can NOT just watch it once...
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…they're bound to re-watch THE WIRE when they're older, and pick up on all those missed tidbits... Cause that's the thing with that show... You can NOT just watch it once...
That was my conclusion. I’ve watched it through and through twice and seen some seasons more times than that. When the boys were watching it I’d find myself standing in the doorway ten mins at a time staring fondly.
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Just watched the last episode.
Feel let down
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That was my conclusion. I’ve watched it through and through twice and seen some seasons more times than that. When the boys were watching it I’d find myself standing in the doorway ten mins at a time staring fondly.
Good lads [emoji106]
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Just watched the last episode.
Feel let down
Interesting. I feel like we should leave it a day or two before getting into specifics for those who haven’t seen it, but I was pretty happy with everything. Very well written and credible. I thought everyone got an ending that was right for them.
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Watching that too. Really liking it.
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Echoing the above. I'm halfway through episode 3. The show is brutal and fantastically done.
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^^^Agreed^^^
Watching Episodes 3+4 tonight.
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I’m going largely against the grain with that. I enjoyed it. Yes the middle section where that fix everything is rushed and dumb but the first section leading to THE DEATH was brilliant, and seeing as I’m a big old softie, I found the very end quite moving. I don’t really understand a lot of the criticism of how it got wrapped up. What were people expecting?
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For those watching Chernobyl I highly recommend the podcast. It makes me want to re-watch the episodes as the podcast gives additional information into the disaster and the personal stories portrayed. Long story short, based on the research the creators of the show did the drama of the HBO series is actually under-emphasized compared to what actually happened.
And for readers - the book 'Voices from Chernobyl' has a number of first hand accounts of the happening.
That is what this show does…
