"The Wire" on HBO

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/news/story/0,,2209888,00.html

^ profile of bunk as he puts on "waiting for godot" in the 9th ward

five new promos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVB-d7tWIII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPflEzVBSq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uMd2HCcQ_c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIsYWcHbwLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwhryZsvU6E

- *Barack Obama* tells *TV Guide* that his favorite TV character of
all time is *"SpongeBob SquarePants, because SpongeBob is the show I
watch with my daughters." ** *His favorite TV shows of all time are *
M*A*S*H* and *The Wire.*

if it wasnt already clear that we neeeeeeed this man to be president, well there it is.

man, that makes me smile for real.

LET MCNULTY BE MCNULTY

oh this season is gonna run deep

(lol mcnulty leaning on the pay phone talking on his cell)

omar explosions

I just started watching season 3 on HBO on demand. Never seen it before. Two episodes in and I'm sold. I'm also pretty lost, but getting the hang of it. HBO's running seaon 4 on demand starting in december, so, oh shit, I guess I won't be able to watch all of season 3 by then!

knuckle down -- it can be done.

wau @ obama wire shoutout

it can be done. easily.
i just rewatched the first season, for the hell of it, in a matter of days. i fucking love this show.

last I checked S3 will be On Demand until December 10th (at least from my cable provider). i'm in the middle of rewatching S2 via Netflix, and will probably just rent S3 next too, since I want to hear the commentaries and other DVD stuff you can't get On Demand. i doubt i'll squeeze in the first four seasons before S5 starts, but i might try.

can't do it! I'm working today, working all day tomorrow. Even if I start watching at 7pm fri, I could only get 3 or 4 episdoes further before they switch to season 4! MAYBE just maybe it'll be on demand a bit into december. I have to say, the recap at the beginning of season 3 was hilarious, so confusing.

i watched 1-4 in about a month so you can definitely do all of 3 before 4 starts on demand, dan! i believe in you!

dan - are you planning on sleeping??? that's your problem, right there!

the real problem here is: i don't have cable, much less hbo. how am i going to watch season 5!?

dan: dvds
tehresa: torrents

and dan u should really start from the beginning - so much more rewarding

not to mention that if you get through season 3 you'll see some stuff that you wont want to have seen when watching season 1

that's true, but at the same time, if you were going to pick up on the show at any point other than the beginning, S3 is probably the best place to start.

haha, carcetti, you know he's about to do something really heinous

am i the only one who's sick of the constant 'mcnulty is a drunk asshole' stuff? that is by far my least favorite part of the show

otm i was psyched when mcnulty went away last season f mcnulty

Having Mcnulty around is worth is for the once-per-season utterance of "What? What the fuck did I do?"

yeah i think i actually fast-forwarded through parts of season 2 that were all about him, and maybe season 3 as well, i mean, string, d'angelo were so much more interesting and then they keep spending time on mcnulty, drunk, AGAIN (and usually without bunk to at least make it funny)

the time when he crashed his car twice was kinda funny tho

that was great

drunk assholes are very irritating but also true to life.

yah i guess he is supposed to be a douche and he is a douche soo...

but i get the impression that the writers find him charming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgacB9NeQDE

warning warning first minute or two spoil the Omar promo up there

B-b-but the brothel bust! "Spot on it!" OMGz!

Season 4 out next week!!

I got a letter last night saying mine had been mailed. TAKE THAT NOCKOES!

u guys all mad, mcnulty rules though i do wish they'd cut back on the too-frequent MCNUTTY BE DRUNK & FUCKIN AGIN sequences. def hope nutty isn't out completely in s4 (which i haven't seen yet!)

less McNulty than ever in S4, but there's at least some nice character development to his eternal fuckup archetype. i can see people liking him less than other characters or thinking he's too trad/cliche compared to the rest of the show, but fast-forwarding through all his scenes? what the fuck.

that's truly bizarre.

http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fourth-Season/dp/B000QXDJLI

three short "prequel videos"

season 4 out on dvd...today?

FYI for those that don't want to mess with torrents, I've been using a site called Tape It Off the Internet. They archive links to where shit is available for streaming online. I'm slowly getting through all of S4 that way.

It's actually pretty cool. The gf has a Wii, and I have it connected to our wireless network, and there's a browser on the Wii. So I just pull up TIOTI on the Wii browser and full-screen it, and voila, it's like having a slightly grainy DVD of my favorite show.

I've only had time to watch like, one more episode of Season 3. I'm thinking of giving up and just starting w/ a DVD of season 1, maybe find it used or something, I don't belong to a vid store. Maybe somebody will lend to me.

start @ beginning 100x enjoyment video store memberships are free homie the world is yrs

three short "prequel videos"

I hated the Prop Joe one, and to a lesser degree the Omar one. I'm sure there are traces of Prop Joe's future in his childhood, but I don't buy him as a hard-bargaining 10-yo business man, and I don't buy Omar as an infant high-moralled bad-ass.

That's what I liked so much about S4 ... it didn't make each kid's trajectory seem so inevitable. Just a twist here and a twist there and maybe things turn out differently for each of them.

FYI for those that don't want to mess with torrents, I've been using a site called Tape It Off the Internet.

Totally.

Of the four, I might have predicted what happened to Michael and Randy...but probably not to any great degree of specificity.

I cannot WAIT for Season 5. This show just absolutely rules.

I kind of agree with Poly, but I thought the kid in the Prop Joe one was just fantastic.

Anyway, they're pretty inessential. It'd be nice if they show up on DVD, but not a big deal if they don't.

The kid was great, it's true. I especially love how he sweetly but forcefully pulls the teacher aside.

I mentioned some stuff about the soundtrack album on this thread earlier, but I decided to give that stuff its own thread over on ILM: 2 official soundtracks to HBO's The Wire out in January

Daniels spotted shilling for Cadillac.

Clay Davis was in Enchanted. Randy and...maybe Michael were in Cold Case.

McNutty was pretty bad in 300.

heavenandhere.wordpress.com is being updated again.

snoop on brian leher taling about her life and book

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2007/12/14