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The Wire is undisputed.
The Wire vs Snowfall vs The Chi vs power
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eifmp
Looking for a rich woman to take care of me
The Wire stands above all.
I gave up on Snowfall after the underwhelming and dichotomous storytelling in the pilot.
Franklin, basically a complete stranger, walks into a drug lord's house... the first time they ever meet... and is fronted a key of coke. Just like that? C'mon man. That's bad, lazy writing.
And then his uncle's girlfriend just happens to have a former connect who might buy the coke from him and sets up a meeting... all in 24 hours?!?!? That TWO hostile places Franklin walks into and comes out beneficial without it having cost him anything or struggle for it. You can't have a dude win so easily without any having any cost, or struggle, or loss, or him not being changed at all. Just terrible television.
The other storyline, about the CIA agent who finds out that another dead CIA agent was selling coke to fund foreign insurgents and wants to take over his job, is much more interesting. But them telling two separate stories and then kinda sorta linking them together at the end of the episode is not good either.
That pilot turned me ALL THE WAY OFF ON SNOWFALL. I refuse to give it another chance unless given a compelling reason to do so.
I gave up on Snowfall after the underwhelming and dichotomous storytelling in the pilot.
Franklin, basically a complete stranger, walks into a drug lord's house... the first time they ever meet... and is fronted a key of coke. Just like that? C'mon man. That's bad, lazy writing.
And then his uncle's girlfriend just happens to have a former connect who might buy the coke from him and sets up a meeting... all in 24 hours?!?!? That TWO hostile places Franklin walks into and comes out beneficial without it having cost him anything or struggle for it. You can't have a dude win so easily without any having any cost, or struggle, or loss, or him not being changed at all. Just terrible television.
The other storyline, about the CIA agent who finds out that another dead CIA agent was selling coke to fund foreign insurgents and wants to take over his job, is much more interesting. But them telling two separate stories and then kinda sorta linking them together at the end of the episode is not good either.
That pilot turned me ALL THE WAY OFF ON SNOWFALL. I refuse to give it another chance unless given a compelling reason to do so.
BlackDiBiase
Superstar
dudes aint making no money.
they watch all the tv shows, movies, play video games, etc.
4 eyes hunch backed thats whats coming your way, isolated but can name every quotable on screen
but OP joined coli at 18 years old so ...
they watch all the tv shows, movies, play video games, etc.
4 eyes hunch backed thats whats coming your way, isolated but can name every quotable on screen
but OP joined coli at 18 years old so ...
You can say the same thing about Omar in The Wire.
An openly gay one man army who walks through the streets with a shotgun like he the boogeyman and he lives damn near the entire series? C'mon...
eifmp
Looking for a rich woman to take care of me
You're right.
But Omar is only part of the story on 'The Wire'. As compelling a character as he is... he is not the whole story. Franklin IS the whole story and it starts off too shaky for me.
Everything else works on 'The Wire', so we can forgive some unbelievability here and there. But when the entire story is built on an unbelievable premise. Nah... can't rock with it.
SheWantTheD
Veteran
The Chi was the shyt with Jason Mitchell.
With snowfall you can tell they are running out of material.
The Chi has too many agendas, transgender girlfriend, first season policing was one of the main topics, second season featured no cops whatsoever, third season they brought police and cops back.
I haven't watched too much of The Wire, only episodes here and there but from what I've seen it seems more authentic and realistic. These other shows are kind of like fanciful.
With snowfall you can tell they are running out of material.
The Chi has too many agendas, transgender girlfriend, first season policing was one of the main topics, second season featured no cops whatsoever, third season they brought police and cops back.
I haven't watched too much of The Wire, only episodes here and there but from what I've seen it seems more authentic and realistic. These other shows are kind of like fanciful.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
fukk a nikka hating on Snowfall 
Last 2 seasons have been some of the best shyt on TV
Last 2 seasons have been some of the best shyt on TV
The Wire shouldn't be in the same sentence as any of the other shows mentioned in this thread.
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
His character based on real life stick up guy
he wasn’t gay but he did have certain drug dealers shook
Don't forget I was lurking sohh in high schooldudes aint making no money.
they watch all the tv shows, movies, play video games, etc.
4 eyes hunch backed thats whats coming your way, isolated but can name every quotable on screen
but OP joined coli at 18 years old so ...
Power is unintentionally funny
Snowfall is good so far imo but it doesn't compare to the wire.
The wire is the GOAT. Nuff said
The chi seems wack to me tbh. Maybe I should give it a chance, but it just seems more like a hood Dawson's creek than a crime drama like the other shows.
Snowfall is good so far imo but it doesn't compare to the wire.
The wire is the GOAT. Nuff said
The chi seems wack to me tbh. Maybe I should give it a chance, but it just seems more like a hood Dawson's creek than a crime drama like the other shows.
filial_piety
Banned
The Wire is on top ...and then it's like sky diving before you hit snowfall and then the Chi.
The wire is in a class by itself...honestly neither one of those shows are really on its level.
The wire is in a class by itself...honestly neither one of those shows are really on its level.
I was trying to fix out a way to describe it. Lol basically this.
