"The Wire" on HBO

um, deej, watch the new trailer

I believe that a ton of screeners of every episode of S4 in full were sent out way early largely because they were campaigning hard to get enough press for HBO to renew the show for one more year. Now that they've accomplished that and this is the last season, there don't seem to be screeners of the whole season out early this time around, or at least they're not as rampant as last time, which I'm kinda glad for. Everyone can experience the new episodes together, one at a time.

I love that for a large portion of the LA crowd I know, this show represents the ENTIRETY of their understanding of the city of Baltimore.

SO skewed.

um, deej, watch the new trailer

-- milo z, Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

well yeah its also basically a dead unit where I am anyway so someone saying "they're shutting down major crimes!!!" or something in the middle of a trailer doesnt mean very much out of context

haha how many times has major crimes been setup/shutdown at this point?

Was that Avon in a couple of those quick cuts?

Was that Avon in a couple of those quick cuts?
yep

more info on who will be in season five
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_%28season_5%29#Cast

Going back to S4, what did Cutty say to the Latino landscape workers? I assume something about fornicating with someone's mother?

cutty looks a lot more, uh, CUT - i guess it's all that workin out at the gym

Bunny's back!

chingo tu madre

guessing i dont actually remember

so excited.. bus stops in DC have the wire ads again..

Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty with a larger storyline than the fourth season
well, ok not for this part

mcnulty is awesome

There was an awesome documentary about Melvin Williams, the preacher guy who used to be a drug kingpin in real life, on BET tonight. Check it out if you can, it's pretty cool.

hating on mcnulty is bullshit.

I just watched all of season 1 in the space of like 48 hours. Very good! Are the other seasons as good as the first?

Better, even.

There was an awesome documentary about Melvin Williams, the preacher guy who used to be a drug kingpin in real life, on BET tonight.

AMERICAN GANGSTER THE BET SHOW ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN CRIMINAL MASTERMINDS

that show: soooo goooood!

I got my dad & stepmom the season 1 dvds. It was weird watching the first episode again. I was really conscious of there were a few "fucks" in every single line, couldn't tell if it was because I was watching with my folks or because it was a little gratuitous at first.

i had that experience with 'bad santa'.

Did anyone watch the S5 preview special? I dled it but havent checked it out yet.

hating on mcnulty is bullshit.

SO otm.

Yeah, I love McNutty.

captains-save-a-mcnutty

I have seen TWO S5 preview specials.

One included the line "he feared and hated me, I merely wanted him dead" which I'm sure is quoting something/someone but can't place it.

You talking about "The Last Word," jeff?

Yeah. It is full of spoilers or just a promo puff piece?

"Is it"

some spoilers, people talking about what they were aiming for w/ this season

Sis and bro-in-law brought first 3 discs of s4 home for xmas. Now I'm thinking of rewatching all 4 seasons during my winter break. Also: what's the best place to dl or torrent new episodes once they start airing?

tvtorrents.com

TVT is fast and well-seeded, but you have to upload right off the bat to get a positive ratio to download.

eztv.it <- the best.

I like to stream stuff on TIOTI.

it's pretty lol that this is like my most enduring thread, and i haven't even seen season 4.

get together canky s4 is fire

it's hard to adapt in a post-demonoid world, thanks you guys

tvrss.net + the azureus rss plugin!!

season 5 premiere on hbo on demand. it is very good.

the new orleans times-picayune had an article last year about david simon et al making an effort to use new orleans music on the wire--hence the s4 montage to (the shitty cover version of) "walk on gilded splinters." new ep has "mother-in-law." one more reason for wire love.

yeah, the guy who plays Bunk is from New Orleans and I believe he and the show have been involved in a number of post-Katrina fundraiser-type things.

also lol @ baltimore sun tv critic guy bitching about criticism of baltimore sun on tv. nothing too spoilery

the first seven episodes made available for preview

ok, so they're previewing this season a little less than the last one, but not by much (especially since this season is the shortest yet, only 10 episodes).

bunk did a waiting for godot production in a fema park or something in n.o. i think.

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yeah he did, in the lower 9th ward on a street corner. like 1200 people showed up (i was working, sadly) and everyone was raving about it for a while. whether that's because it was really good or because we are really starved for that kind of stuff right now i can't say. it was still an awesome idea.

Premiere already HBO On Demand apparently.

not in HD, i'll pass

You can grab it off Usenet right now.

ep 1 2 and uh 5 seem to be up on piratebay http://thepiratebay.org/search/wire/0/3/200

bunch of commenters claiming its fake w/o dl then people saying they watched - seems legit!

bunk did a waiting for godot production in a fema park or something in n.o. i think.

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-- tehresa, Monday, December 31, 2007 8:48 PM

profile of the show in nyer

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, October 15, 2007 4:13 PM

apparently contains spoilers for s5 that i didn't even notice?