HBO passed on a wire spinoff!!

[VladTheImpaler]

'The Wire' Spinoff That Never Was: David Simon Reveals He Pitched 'The Hall' To HBO

Good. Leave well enough alone!

 

[obarth]

It's hard to pull that off with a show about normal people. I can't think of a drama that has successfully pulled this off....

 

[beenz]

I bet when Simon called hbo telling them he wanted to pitch a wire spin off they was like

Then he came in talking bout the show being about Carcetti and politics and them nikkas was like


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Man a carcetti spinoff would mean more screen time or clay shhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttt Davis.

 

[phillycavsfan]

It's the best example, even though Don Draper leads anything but an ordinary life.

 

[obarth]

It's the best example, even though Don Draper leads anything but an ordinary life.

The story behind his past isn't normal I agree, but being a big shot businessman, womanizer, semi alcoholic, divorcé in the 60's doesn't really involve a stretch of the imagination.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

The story behind his past isn't normal I agree, but being a big shot businessman, womanizer, semi alcoholic, divorcé in the 60's doesn't really involve a stretch of the imagination.

but remember that started with that crazy double identity storyline. ( edit: I cp'd the first sentence lol)

Still, I agree, that's a great character-driven story. In a league all it's own.


I also think that him being a powerful business man really helps. Treme's just a bunch of regular folks. At least watching Carcetti's rise would involve a powerful politician.

 

[HollywoodP]

Yeah the political shyt in the wire was boring along with the newspaper shyt. The politics shyt was god awful in season 3 but got a little better in season 4 when Norman came along. The dude who played Carcetti just wasn't a good fit for the role.

I dont think a spinoff would be a good idea...but i can't agree with any of this shyt.

 

[Stringer Bell]

The ratings were a reason for season five being the way it was. A couple of loose ends and HBO rushing Simon to finish the show. Season five left a bad taste in my mouth but its understandable with HBO basically pulling the plug. A spin-off would had been good regardless if it was a politic one just based off them being able to tie up things from The Wire and bring a sense of better closure.

 

[Hersh]

.a spinoff focused on the schools/kids woulda been piff..

came here to say that--- no show has ever really showed how school really is (drugs/sex/violence/cuss words).. whenever schools r introduced its a sitcom.

 

[YBE]

Treme had promise (still not as bad as john in cincinnati) but it's run its course. Im ready to see another crime series set in modern day though, or take a chance on sci-fi, Hell even a wall street type series on some gordon gecko type shyt. I hate that they pulled the plug on how to make it in america though.

I always wondered why they never do shows about finance/trading/banking.

You got legal shows (Suits, Boston Legal, Franklin & Bash), cop shows (Law & Order, Common Law), doctor shows (Grey's Anatomy, ER), fire fighter shows (Rescue Me). shyts weird.

 

[Roger Sterling]

Watched Treme's premier yesterday. Too little overall plot movement. It's been two seasons and hasn't really gone anywhere.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Damn, was I the only one who liked Carcetti?

I liked Carcetti a lot too. There were a lot of interesting dynamics to his character.

They could have continued the storyline with the schools too and the budget issues they faced

Damn

I wouldve loved that. They coulda had little cameos from people too, like the big titty PAWG that managed Carcettis campaign

 

[Heretic]

I always wondered why they never do shows about finance/trading/banking.

You got legal shows (Suits, Boston Legal, Franklin & Bash), cop shows (Law & Order, Common Law), doctor shows (Grey's Anatomy, ER), fire fighter shows (Rescue Me). shyts weird.

I think only a premium channel can pull that off because too many financial institutions advertise with cable channels, but there's a million documented incidents in the financial sector that they can draw from. Lets hope somebody is thinking like us breh.

 

[AkaDemiK]

The actor that played Carcetti annoyed me, so I'm glad they passed on this.

then you must hate that nikka in game of thrones

 

[JoelB]

then you must hate that nikka in game of thrones

I really do, but the show is so good ..plus he's more tolerable on Thrones than on the wire to me