"The Wire" on HBO

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.

xpost

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.

xpost

-- 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?

not in HD, i'll pass

The Wire is not shot in HD. Waiting won't make any difference.

Yay Norman's back too. :)

Thank you for this; I'm really looking forward to going home tonight.
6 and 7 appear to have leaked as well; once 3 and 4 hit, it's party time.

I got all excited and started downloading eps 1&2 last night before remembering I haven't seen Season 4 yet.

:(

You have nothing to feel bad about. Season 4 is a revelation as to the potential of what television can be.

friend watched 1 and said good -sets everything up for the season. i am getting so antsy!

Hit me up, Hoos.

what's the deal with 1,2 and then 5,6,7 getting leaked. WHAT HAPPENED TO 3 & 4?

from the piratebay comments (grain of salt):

mpinphilly at 2008-01-03 00:28 CET:
First, major props to Warcloud on the massive re-up.
Second, peoples, from what I understand by reading other online fora, HBO gave Eps 1 and 2 (Eps 51 and 52 in the overall count of Wire Eps) on one screener DVD and Eps 5, 6, and 7 (55-57) on another. I.e., they didn't give out Eps 3 and 4 (53 and 54). Smart, arguably, but this means it's unlikely we'll see 3 and 4 until they air, or at least go "On Demand" the Monday prior to airing (they should be available On Demand Jan 14 and Jan 21). So all you peoples need to decide what to do. I'm waiting until I see 4 to move on to 5-7...

I'm waiting until I see 4 to move on to 5-7...

not if you're one of the many people seeding 5-7, i guess!

the sound quality on ep 01 is atrocious

Freakonomics blogger watches episode 1 with real bangers:
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire/ spoilers obviously, with ep2 spoilers in the comments.

there are spoilers for everything that's been leaked in the comments

don't know if this ever got linked but here's the full interview
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200708/?read=interview_simon

yay another useless comparison to dickens.

high fidelolity

I like this bit:

My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader. I was always told to write for the average reader in my newspaper life. The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything explained to him right away, so that exposition becomes this incredible, story-killing burden. Fuck him. Fuck him to hell.