LogFAQs > #129059

From: Delseban | #105
hey pxl

just wanted to let you know I completely agree with you. I watched the first 6 episodes of the show and was completely bored the entire time, and since then I've never tried again. I love slow-paced shows, and I love character development, but there wasn't a single character that I even remotely cared about, nor any scenes that I ever found interesting.

and this is coming from someone who watches tons and tons of tv, I've watched dozens of complete series in the past few years, I've never seen a show that I didn't at least find somewhat likeable, and I've never watched any other show that I found so completely mundane that I was unable to continue watching it.

and to this day I still can't imagine any other show being as bad as those first 6 episodes of the wire. I get that the argument is that the show is technically well-made, and its realistic, and well-written. but it seems to me like they focused so much on the atmosphere and the details that they forgot to ever make you actually CARE about what you're watching.

so, yeah. everyone else in this topic is wrong. or maybe the show really does get better once you know the chars and are more used to the show. maybe one day I'll sit through the first 12 hours so that I can finally get to something that I might appreciate. I just don't see why I'd ever have the motivation