04-19-2012, 08:32 AM
Jakensama Wrote:The show explains why most cops are terrible people, even getting into an institution with good intention eventually grinds you down.
This statement is so out of line that I would say your bigotry has skewed your view on how cops really are. I can understand why you would be a fan of a show like the wire since it paints cops in a way that agrees with you. That still doesn't make it real.
Any institution can wear you down, even transportation so I don't see how that is even relevant. Wearing down in an individual event not an institutional event.
Jakensama Wrote:Really, if you look at this as a police show or even remotely similar to CSI then you missed the entire point.
Possibly. However I don't need to get the point to know The Wire is not any more real then CSI is. I didn't say the show's were similiar. I said they both contain the same amount of realism.
I think how most people get fooled is just because you make something look real doesn't mean it is.
Dharus,
You don't need a documentory to show realism. Their are many docudrama's that protray reality.
Addressing political topics in a drama doesn't make the drama real. "All in the Family" dealt with many political issues of its day but that doesn't mean the show real.
Again I didn't say CSI and The Wire are similiar shows, I said they both contain the same amount of realism.
The fans of The Wire call the show the greatest ever and while I totally disagree I have no problem with that. However the primary reason people feel that way is because so many fan's laud over its realism. That just isn't true. To me this is like fans of CSI coming here saying CSI is the greatest show ever because of its realism.
If you are going to like a show at least people should like it for the right reasons otherwise it just cheapens their opinion.
Vllad