Firstly—it was over three years ago, so I really can’t remember. But generally when I’m watching fiction and just don’t feel inspired—I can’t actually tell what it is that’s lacking. Just that it’s not as zingy and interesting as something else that I could be watching instead.
I can postulate that it could be the “getting to know it” problem: it often takes time to get to know the characters and start to care about them before true fanaticism begins to blossom :) Take Babylon 5, for instance. It takes at least 6 episodes before people start to get an idea of why it’s so popular. If you only watch one or two episodes, you don’t get a feel for the difference that a proper story arc really makes. the characters actually change. Not just because it suits an episode’s gimmick… but because they act like real people and make mistakes or work at fixing things up…
I’m quite happy to concede that I may have fallen victim to the same problem re: the Wire… and therefore willing to give it another go based on the above comments (when I get back to Sydney where my Aunt lives that owns them...)
Unlike most shows, The Wire is basically all arc. It barely makes any effort at all to make individual episodes interesting on their own. Each season is kind of like a 13 hour long movie.
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ok… that inspires me to actually go watch it. I think I’ve only seen a few eps and it was oookaaay… maybe I just didn’t give it enough time to gel?
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Erm… that’s not an answerable question for me.
Firstly—it was over three years ago, so I really can’t remember. But generally when I’m watching fiction and just don’t feel inspired—I can’t actually tell what it is that’s lacking. Just that it’s not as zingy and interesting as something else that I could be watching instead.
I can postulate that it could be the “getting to know it” problem: it often takes time to get to know the characters and start to care about them before true fanaticism begins to blossom :) Take Babylon 5, for instance. It takes at least 6 episodes before people start to get an idea of why it’s so popular. If you only watch one or two episodes, you don’t get a feel for the difference that a proper story arc really makes. the characters actually change. Not just because it suits an episode’s gimmick… but because they act like real people and make mistakes or work at fixing things up…
I’m quite happy to concede that I may have fallen victim to the same problem re: the Wire… and therefore willing to give it another go based on the above comments (when I get back to Sydney where my Aunt lives that owns them...)
Unlike most shows, The Wire is basically all arc. It barely makes any effort at all to make individual episodes interesting on their own. Each season is kind of like a 13 hour long movie.