jcg15 All American 2127 Posts user info edit post |
Which is better so I can Netflix it first 11/11/2010 9:28:56 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
never watched the wire, but dexter is good 11/11/2010 9:29:17 PM |
wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is on a completely different plane. 11/11/2010 9:38:30 PM |
GrimReap3r All American 2732 Posts user info edit post |
^ 11/11/2010 9:40:39 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
I'd put S1 of Dexter up against any season of The Wire but collectively The Wire owns it. Dexter just got tired and the writers kind of ran out of ideas
kind of the same as what happened to 24, there's only so much you can do with those shows but they start off amazing 11/11/2010 9:45:22 PM |
HaLo All American 14255 Posts user info edit post |
the wire 11/11/2010 9:50:49 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Never watched The Wire, but Dexter is amazing. Check it out, its a pretty quick watch, plus only 4 seasons are on DVD. Pretty quick from start and finish.
How many seasons is The Wire? Is it on Instant Watch? I might look into it 11/11/2010 10:38:42 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
The wire runs circles around Dexter. The first season of Dexter was a great show, but the last few seasons have gone a little overboard. The Wire is by far my favorite HBO show, with Sopranos being a close second. 11/11/2010 10:50:34 PM |
dubcaps All American 4765 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire.
I'm a huge Dexter fan, but IMO it's not even close.
it is NOT on netflix instant. 11/11/2010 11:05:57 PM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
Agree Wire > Dexter.
But Dexter seasons 1-2 are on instant watch so. Queue up the wire, and watch dexter on the days between discs 11/11/2010 11:12:11 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'd put S1 of Dexter up against any season of The Wire" |
Really? Even S4?
11/11/2010 11:18:32 PM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is on a completely different plane. 11/11/2010 11:22:33 PM |
GrimReap3r All American 2732 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The wire runs circles around Dexter. The first season of Dexter was a great show, but the last few seasons have gone a little overboard. The Wire The Sopranos is by far my favorite HBO show, with Sopranos The Wire being a close second. " |
11/11/2010 11:22:36 PM |
KeB All American 9828 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is on a completely different plain. 11/11/2010 11:27:59 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I think S1 of Dexter is awesome. I'm not saying it's better than any season of The Wire but it's definitely up there if we're only comparing standalone seasons. The beauty of The Wire is seeing all the characters progress throughout the series and while each season is good on its own, its collective and consistent high level is what makes it so good.
Since The Wire isn't on instant watch, you should watch Dexter on there, and get The Wire discs at the same time.
And I know it's blasphemy to rank a show over The Wire but I think I enjoyed Deadwood more. I love that show.
[Edited on November 11, 2010 at 11:32 PM. Reason : Deadwood] 11/11/2010 11:29:51 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
The wire because they probably say shit bird more than on dexter. Also it makes every drama in the history of television look like family guy in comparison
[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 8:26 AM. Reason : .] 11/12/2010 8:25:25 AM |
Exiled Eyes up here ^^ 5918 Posts user info edit post |
To be honest...you should really just watch them both. Though if you want to watch the whole series obviously go with The Wire...you'll catch up w/Dexter alot faster and be pissed you have to wait for more 11/12/2010 8:49:22 AM |
BigT716 All American 3458 Posts user info edit post |
the wire 11/12/2010 9:10:23 AM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is on a plane. 11/12/2010 9:12:52 AM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
The wire... watch all 5 seasons and be done with it, and then move onto dexter 11/12/2010 9:46:39 AM |
jwb9984 All American 14039 Posts user info edit post |
to me, the clear winner is night court to me 11/12/2010 9:53:28 AM |
dillydaliant All American 1991 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The wire, it makes every drama in the history of television look like family guy in comparison" |
11/12/2010 3:51:02 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
Not really related to this debate but related to The Wire:
Quote : | "Honestly, we’ve been sort of worried for Dominic West, whose career post-The Wire thus far has included supporting roles in Punisher: War Zone and a Johnny English sequel—sort of the actor’s equivalent of getting busted down to the harbor patrol. But now it seems West may have discovered the shipping container full of Eastern European prostitutes that could be his ticket back into the big leagues: a starring role on the BBC drama The Hour, which is being described as the “British equivalent to Mad Men.” The “suave and sexy” six-part series evokes the same retro-cool with its 1956 setting, taking place behind the scenes of a popular news show as three journalists become involved in a murder mystery while dealing with their equally complicated love triangle and the shifting gender politics that marked the decade. A Mad Men-esque British period piece starring one of the guys from The Wire? When will they release this thing so we can start slobbering all over it? Seriously, though, it sounds good." |
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-wires-dominic-west-to-star-in-mad-menesque-bri,47626/ I thought that was pretty funny and this show looks intriguing.
[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 3:53 PM. Reason : I <3 AV Club]11/12/2010 3:52:49 PM |
sweetdi2k All American 637 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire....By far one of the best TV series ever...
Granted season 2 was the weakest (still good though), but after S2 it's very hard not to watch 3-5 episodes in a row a day to finish the series...
Be careful if you live in wolf creek and download it (downloaded it in 2007), HBO will send you a letter..
[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 3:56 PM. Reason : HBO]
[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 3:58 PM. Reason : HBO] 11/12/2010 3:55:01 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Granted season 2 was the weakest" |
I love season 2 and it's expanded scope with the docks and the Greek/Prop Joe, I thought the last season was the weakest (it felt like David Simon's personal vendetta against The Baltimore Sun and the McNulty serial killer storyline was out of control)...but a weak season of The Wire is still fucking gold.11/12/2010 3:59:52 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
Did one of the writers of Dexter investigate serial killers for 30 years in the city its set in? Did the other writer write for that city's newspaper for 30 years? 11/12/2010 4:07:03 PM |
tschudi All American 6195 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is a million times better
the first season of Dexter is the only really good one 11/12/2010 4:09:03 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
Season 2 got a lot of undeserved criticism. People fell in love with the dope dealer / crime nature of the first season and assumed the show was about inner city grinding, when the show was about the city of Baltimore itself. By season 3, the concept of the show became more apparent to people and they began to fall in love with it again. Going back, I though season 2 did more to develop the show and make it so great. Without season 2 providing the character development and insight into the intricate global organized crime that occurs in a major port city, the rest of the show wouldn't have been as good. 11/12/2010 4:12:06 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Did one of the writers of Dexter investigate serial killers for 30 years in the city its set in? Did the other writer write for that city's newspaper for 30 years?" |
I see what you're getting at but David Simon did not write for The Baltimore Sun for 30 years, it might have been half of that.11/12/2010 4:19:42 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
i thought he at least worked in the newspaper industry in Baltimore for 30+ years
but i may be wrong 11/12/2010 4:30:10 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
It was 13 years per Wikipedia, but your point about the writers of The Wire actually living the shit they write about is a valid one all the same. 11/12/2010 4:32:10 PM |
dubcaps All American 4765 Posts user info edit post |
i thought season 5 was the weakest only because i didn't care about scott/the newspaper. 11/12/2010 4:52:55 PM |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire is the best
No matter what it's up against 11/12/2010 5:14:50 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
the wire by a mile. and i watch dexter (but honestly the last couple seasons have been pretty downhill).
and i think this might be the most agreement i've ever seen in a tww entertainment thread.
[Edited on November 12, 2010 at 5:34 PM. Reason : how many serial killers can one town have? ? ?] 11/12/2010 5:33:48 PM |
ndmetcal All American 9012 Posts user info edit post |
Dexter isn't even the best show on Showtime (Californication) 11/12/2010 5:35:33 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
i actually prefer weeds. but i need to catch up on californication. 11/12/2010 5:42:26 PM |
pryderi Suspended 26647 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire 10/26/2011 11:36:20 PM |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
I don't like Dexter but I love The Wire so your answer should be obvious
[Edited on October 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM. Reason : lol I already posted in this crap WHAT THE HELL] 10/26/2011 11:51:05 PM |
DalesDeadBug In Pressed Silk 2978 Posts user info edit post |
The Wire, hands down 10/26/2011 11:52:44 PM |
screentest All American 1955 Posts user info edit post |
Michael Jordon vs Rolando Blackman 10/26/2011 11:53:26 PM |
ndmetcal All American 9012 Posts user info edit post |
Dexter isn't even the best show on Showtime 10/26/2011 11:57:09 PM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
why did this get bumped a year later? 10/27/2011 12:33:50 AM |
MiGZ All American 2314 Posts user info edit post |
Boy Meets World > The Wire 10/27/2011 1:05:18 AM |
stevedude hello 4763 Posts user info edit post |
the wire will take off 10/27/2011 1:58:20 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
The John Lithgow season of Dexter (Season 4 I think)...was my favorite TV Show season ever. Still haven't watched any of The Wire. 10/27/2011 6:41:55 AM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
is this even a debate? i should lock this thread for the sheer lunacy of the question 10/27/2011 8:24:11 AM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
Dexter is a shitty formulaic show. Its totally predictable and the backstory is so unrealistic its not even funny.
I'm Krallum and I approved this message 10/27/2011 8:25:41 AM |
FanatiK All American 4248 Posts user info edit post |
I'm a big fan of Dexter, but there's really no contest here... 10/27/2011 12:23:45 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The John Lithgow season of Dexter (Season 4 I think)...was my favorite TV Show season ever. Still haven't watched any of The Wire." |
Perhaps the most facepalm-worthy post in a thread full of them.10/27/2011 12:32:17 PM |
AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
whatever dude. that was a GREAT season. 10/27/2011 1:01:03 PM |