any good... I see it has 3 of the guys from lost (including the dude from the wire)
worth downloading?
worth downloading?
Television OZ - tv series
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Lost had 3 guys from OZ, not the otherway around.
It a quality show. Think there already is a thread about it somewhere here.
Be prepared for lots of bumming.
Greatest show ever hands down.
I sat and watched the whole thing with my brother and my pal 2 summers ago wouldn't finish until 3/4 in the morning! Watchout for Moses Diel and Omar White!
I sat and watched the whole thing with my brother and my pal 2 summers ago wouldn't finish until 3/4 in the morning! Watchout for Moses Diel and Omar White!
Omar is funny. I saw him on the original V and his acting hasn't changed one bit. He also pops up in The Wanderers.
Seasons 1-3 = Very good
Seasons 4-6 = A bit tedious with some strange plot lines.
Seasons 4-6 = A bit tedious with some strange plot lines.
Brilliantly good and consistent, and a great cast of characters.
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GREAT show, but some of the weirdness in the last couple of seasons make it feel a bit strained as a whole... definitely worth watching, tho'.
I liked all of it, I'm itchingf to start discussing plot lines but because Ezee hasn't seen it would be impolite to do so
I think I'm the only person in the world to have seen it all and find it pretty 'meh'. Acting is wooden, lots of weird unrealistic arcs, production often poor and a hell of a lot of bumming and cock, but a decent enough watch overall.
Watching this again, and it's fecking brilliant.
I've started watching it recently. I've just started season 2.
It's f*cking brilliant. Just noticed SirAF said the same thing but it's the right description. Love the change in Beecher, when the riot was happening and he was just playing air guitar with a stick I cracked up
It's f*cking brilliant. Just noticed SirAF said the same thing but it's the right description. Love the change in Beecher, when the riot was happening and he was just playing air guitar with a stick I cracked up
It's got Method Man and lots of bumming, what more can you ask for in a show?
That was greatI've started watching it recently. I've just started season 2.
It's f*cking brilliant. Just noticed SirAF said the same thing but it's the right description. Love the change in Beecher, when the riot was happening and he was just playing air guitar with a stick I cracked up
Must..resist...urge...to... spoil
Yes you should watch it, it's brilliant television. When I binge watched all seasons of The Wire for the first time in one week, I was caught in some kind of limbo afterwards because I wanted to watch more good episodes of tv.
Tried a season of Mad Men a day after watching the last Wire episode, but it didn't have the same intensity. Same for some other series, they were fun but three weeks later I still needed that real fix.
It was Oz that gave me real satisfaction, almost as good as The Wire. "Adebesi" is a name you see on this forum a lot, you'll find out where it comes from. Lt. Daniels from the Wire plays a part in Oz at one stage, Avon Barksdale pops up a prison guard at another point. Tobias Beecher is Juan Mata's evil twin brother. JK Simmons is oscar nominated now because of 'Whiplash', he plays a very creepy role. It's very dark and very good.
Edit: Shit, I just realised this thread was opened in 2010.
Tried a season of Mad Men a day after watching the last Wire episode, but it didn't have the same intensity. Same for some other series, they were fun but three weeks later I still needed that real fix.
It was Oz that gave me real satisfaction, almost as good as The Wire. "Adebesi" is a name you see on this forum a lot, you'll find out where it comes from. Lt. Daniels from the Wire plays a part in Oz at one stage, Avon Barksdale pops up a prison guard at another point. Tobias Beecher is Juan Mata's evil twin brother. JK Simmons is oscar nominated now because of 'Whiplash', he plays a very creepy role. It's very dark and very good.
Edit: Shit, I just realised this thread was opened in 2010.
and shivs.
Another excellent program.
Could do with the HD treatment. I know it'll take some of the grit out of it but if the Wire gets it then this should too.
A brilliant TV series. I watched it from start to finish last summer over a 6 week period. Would have loved them to have made one more season though.
Jesus, I just remembered Claire Howell 
Most underrated tv show ever. This was the first original drama on HBO. It paved the way for the Sopranos and the golden age of drama and dark characters on tv
Classic HBO show, haven't watched it in years but seem to remember some of the plots going a bit crazy and even supernatural (?) towards the end. Still back when it was showing it was the only show of its kind.
Adebesi....still one of my favourite characters after all these years.
What a bitch Chris Keller was.
The ending was so bad...they completely lost it in that final season, but really it doesn't bring the overall quality of the show down. It's just something you happily forget ever happened.
The singing and aging pills ffs!
I consider the bit in bold to be the most atrocious plot-line.
The ending was so bad...they completely lost it in that final season, but really it doesn't bring the overall quality of the show down. It's just something you happily forget ever happened.
The singing and aging pills ffs!
Also hasn't been mentioned, Rawls and Herc from the Wire also make appearances.
Onto Season 4 now. You can tell where The Wire got most of their cast from. Carver, Daniels, Avon Barksdale, Herc, Bodie, etc... just seen Lester Freeman too. Weird seeing Doakes and Batista from Dexter as well, and obviously LaGuerta from the start.
Oh also Claire Howell is the worst character ever from anything and I hope she gets murdered horribly.
Not far from the truth
The ending was so bad...they completely lost it in that final season, but really it doesn't bring the overall quality of the show down. It's just something you happily forget ever happened.
The singing and aging pills ffs!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...als-lives-makes-suffering-HUNDREDS-years.html
These shows just prepare us for things to come way in advance while these ideas are still hatching.
Oh my god I hope Clayton Hughes dies so much. Such a punchable character.
So I finished it. Great show but it's not up there with the best of them. Too many silly things at times like the ageing pill. I thought it waned as it went on too. People were killed for killings sake and some of the plotlines were odd but overall it's a really good show.
I remember watching this on channel 4 back in the late 90s and really liking it.
I was a student at the time and said to my flatmates "you've got to watch this, it's great". We all sat down to watch it and the episode contained an absolute feck load of bare arses and bumming (not that there's anything wrong with that).
I was a student at the time and said to my flatmates "you've got to watch this, it's great". We all sat down to watch it and the episode contained an absolute feck load of bare arses and bumming (not that there's anything wrong with that).
My best mate is the spit of him, build and all. Great show.
Adebesi is absolutely the nightmare scenario cell mate.
That's what Beecher thought but Schillinger turned out to be worse.
I know what you mean about ridiculous. I'm onto season 5 and Hoyt has just seen a vision of that reverend who got burned. After flying through the first 3 seasons I'm slowing down a bit and just waiting for the end to come now. Still brilliant but not as good as Sopranos or Deadwood. Obviously a long way from the Wire.
The entire reverend storyline was retarded, especially him 'disappearing'.
Also (don't read unless you've seen penultimate episode of the series)
How the f*ck was a prisoner able to kill the warden. Just walk into his office, stab him and go back to his cell? Some of the stuff that happened in the show was just written in without any thought. There were so many deaths they lost the dramatic effect.
God yeah, I remember now. It's been years since I've watched it.
Thinking about it, Omar White would be the worst. So annoying.
Schillinger one the most evil characters ever on TV!
OZ fed a lot of actors to Law and Order also