Treme

[trooperiziz]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/04/trem...

So, you like The Wire?

New show by the same dude, first episode was last night in the usual US places...

Not seen it yet, but hoping for the best

[F i F]

Getting good critical response allegedly.

Can't wait.

[VEA]

Saw this pop up online last night, now you guys have said this I will take a look at it!

[collateral]

Seen the first one. Couple of familiar faces - Bunk and Lester from the Wire

Early days to tell if it's going to be decent, but it has the right ingredients

[davepoth]

Episode 4 out today - and as a massive fan of The Wire, I'm very, very impressed.

[collateral]

Prezbo!

[Thom987]

Starts Feb 18th on Sky Atlantic. 10.15pm

[davepoth]

Thom987 said:

Starts Feb 18th on Sky Atlantic. 10.15pm

Series two starts late April for those whose apparatus receives shows on a "different" frequency...

[Halb]

davepoth said:

Series two starts late April for those whose apparatus receives shows on a "different" frequency...

Virgin?...

[Thom987]

davepoth said:

Series two starts late April for those whose apparatus receives shows on a "different" frequency...

How do we find that different frequency?

[adycav]

Thom987 said:

davepoth said:

Series two starts late April for those whose apparatus receives shows on a "different" frequency...

How do we find that different frequency?

You'll get a torrent of abuse asking questions like that...

[Thom987]

Bunk Moreland smoking a joint

[Northern Munkee]

Huge fan of Wire, and enjoyed Generation Kill, but watched an hour, and I'm afraid I was thoroughly bored waiting for some kind of plot to appear.

Most of all, I don't care for Jazz.

Although I'll try it again on repeat.

[Thom987]

Maybe its another slow burner.

[papercup]

Northern Munkee said:

Huge fan of Wire, and enjoyed Generation Kill, but watched an hour, and I'm afraid I was thoroughly bored waiting for some kind of plot to appear.

Most of all, I don't care for Jazz.

Although I'll try it again on repeat.

I also watched the first one (double-length pilot i think) 6 months ago or more and waited in vain for something to happen, and a reason to watch more....can anyone convince me its worth sticking with?

I also had a lot of problem separating the Wire characters from the people they played in this.

[Chainguy]

Agree with the gentlemen above.

I managed just over an hour of the first show, then binned it.

By 65 minutes in, I couldn't have cared less if the characters had been nuked from orbit, I'm also not a massive fan of random jazz pieces placed into the plot and the sterotypical British journolist piece was cringeworthy.

Keep it.

[Halb]

I am watching the first ep just now and had to come on here for a second opinion. Am not really feeling it.
After Boardwalk and Sopranos, is normal life too boring for me?

The second opinions confirm my gut thoughts, and I have too much on the hd to stick with four hours of this, even if it does have John Goodman

[davepoth]

In the same vein as The Wire, it's a slow burner. Don't expect instant gratification, and just enjoy the music.

[zapbrannigan]

I don't recall season one of The Wire burning quite this slow, but I'm sticking with it, just in case it does turn into a gripping drama - I always live in hope!

[davepoth]

zapbrannigan said:

I don't recall season one of The Wire burning quite this slow, but I'm sticking with it, just in case it does turn into a gripping drama - I always live in hope!

It goes deep, and it goes wide - there are a huge number of characters. My favourite is the Japanese Jazz Aficionado who doesn't know all that much about Jazz. And like The Wire, it tells a story bigger than the one about busting drug lords.