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Also, there's no way those episodes could have been season 4 - it didn't start shooting until 2006.

― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Saturday, 24 June 2006 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I'm slightly wrong, but mainly right: it began shooting in late 05, but there's little chance that they had anything remotely completely in September 05.

― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Saturday, 24 June 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I think he meant that it's back on tv in September, not that he received them in September '05. That's how I read it anyway.

― yer mam! (yer mam!), Saturday, 24 June 2006 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

one thing i never get about this show--and i say this as a complete and total fan--is how people bend over backwards saying how "realisitic" it is. i mean, it is, comparatively, with almost everything else on tv. but plenty of the scenes and set-ups are totally contrived, the acting can be hammy, there's more speechifying than ever goes on in real life, and whoever upthread was way on the money when they said there was a certain "no chief, YOU'RE out of order" quality about mcnulty.

that said, best show on tv.

― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 24 June 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

and of course, it means much more to me now. "aw look, that junkie is leaning on a city paper box."

we were petitioning my boss for a while to buy the orange couch in a charity auction but he wouldnt go for it.

― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 24 June 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

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Perpetua, are you referring to the episode list? I knicked it off IMDB, and it says 2006, when they're meant to be airing (the ones they have dates for).

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Saturday, 24 June 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

From HBO: With the Barksdale investigation concluded, the fourth season of THE WIRE will expand its focus to include a look at the role of the educational system in an urban environment.

― Eazy (Eazy), Saturday, 24 June 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Perpetua is misreading like a mofo, just ignore him

but plenty of the scenes and set-ups are totally contrived, the acting can be hammy, there's more speechifying than ever goes on in real life, and whoever upthread was way on the money when they said there was a certain "no chief, YOU'RE out of order" quality about mcnulty.

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

― XD (eman), Saturday, 24 June 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

i also interviewed the music director for a story i'm working on and got MAD SEASON 4 SPOILERS but i was sworn to secrecy.

― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 24 June 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

omar gets pregnant?

― XD (eman), Sunday, 25 June 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

that youtube parody sucked. And what's up with the taunting by saying The Wire is a hit show?

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 25 June 2006 01:00 (seventeen years ago) link

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Music director? So who is doing "Way Down in the Hole" this year?

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Sunday, 25 June 2006 08:47 (seventeen years ago) link

It's got to be the Compulsive Gamblers version. That's the only other version I know of anyway.

― yer mam! (yer mam!), Sunday, 25 June 2006 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow, that youtube thing is awful. The only remotely funny thing in it is that wtf? Stipe gag.

― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I HAVE WNBA SEASON TICKETS

― gbx (skowly), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

youtube parody is a hit on the wire / hbo forum

I have no speakers AND THAT WAS FUNNY!

???

― XD (eman), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, it was maybe a notch or two below Mad TV in terms of quality. Which is about as damning a condemnation of "comedy" as I can come up with.

Except for the Omar part. That was hilarious. And so dead-on and perceptive. It was almost like they'd actually encountered one of those mythical "homosensuals" at one point or another.

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 25 June 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

So who is doing "Way Down in the Hole" this year?

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Devo 2.0

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

The Pogues?

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Lily Allen?

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

DMX

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Monday, 10 July 2006 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

spank rock lol

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 10 July 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

hbo site says dru hill feat. sisqo

― XD (eman), Monday, 10 July 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

"Ten Thousand Bullets" interview with George Pelecanos
http://citypages.com/databank/27/1337/article14551.asp

with much more Q&A about 'The Wire' here:
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2006/07/george_pelecano.asp

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link

nicely done, pete!

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

great interview, thanks.

i find his real guy stance a little off-putting, like i'm the one who shows people what they need to see, that's why they hate me so. but i guess that's how he motivates himself to make such delightful things. or at least the wire is delightfull. which of his books is good?

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks. I think Drama City is his best, with Hell to Pay a close second. But I never regret anything I read of his: Shoedog, Shame the Devil, Soul Circus, Right as Rain, Hard Revolution, and The Sweet Forever so far. He got me into devouring fiction again. I like the ones set in the present day best--more immediate, less explanatory--but they all have a naturalism in the talk and in the characters that sucks you in.

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

nice one. didn't know that about slim charles being in backyard, he is def. one of the best new characters in season 3

― lmaoborghini (eman), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 23:35 (seventeen years ago) link

and shot twice on stage - holy shit

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 20 July 2006 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

soooooooooo who wants spoilers?

― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 July 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link

this is the only time i will ever have something cool before anyone else.

― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 July 2006 13:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Give us, just, like, a LITTLE one. Not like, who dies, or anything. Just a taste.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 20 July 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm feeling v conflicted

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 20 July 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link

how many episodes in til mcnulty is demoted to crossing guard?

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 20 July 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

season 3 dvd is out next tuesday ˚_˚

pls tell me they kill off carcetti in 1st ep. of season 4, that guy sux

― Lmaoborghini (eman), Friday, 4 August 2006 01:23 (seventeen years ago) link

ziggy sucked at first too though

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 4 August 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I picked up Samaritan on the suggestion of y'all and couldn't stop reading. The scenes with kids are so good in that, and I'm hoping that bodes well for Season 4...

― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Friday, 4 August 2006 12:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I love Carcetti!

By the way, I bought the DVD for the first two seasons of Homicide, and so many things in it remind me of The Wire. The Baltimore-specific language, the themes relating to ethnicity, the multi-episode case arcs,... it's just terrific. I remember liking the show, but I like it much more the second time around. If you're hankering for more Wire, it's a great salve.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

HBO's press release for season for s4, courtesy Fat Harry.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24077

Not too spoilery, though, at least until you get about halfway in, and they start summarizing the first four episodes. I stopped reading when I saw that.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 5 August 2006 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link

i read the summaries, it doesn't really give that much away, just the general outline. and it's only the first 3 episodes

i love this cover:

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FTCLSU.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V64948018_.jpg

― Lmaoborghini (eman), Saturday, 5 August 2006 02:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I’ve become obsessed with how tightly written this show is. I love how each an every episode builds on another like a piece of architecture. Everything matters in The Wire, even the seemingly insignificant. In the first Season Two episode, McNulty and his partner tow a stalled party boat into Baltimore harbor. Ironically, the boat is named “Capital Gains.” With those carefully chosen words the writers have cleverly outlined the main themes of season two - how money, economic dislocation, and politics affect everyday life. The pay-off comes later in Sobotka’s bitter speech; “We used to build shit in the country. Make shit. Now all we do is take money out of each other pockets.” Such scathing critiques of early 21st century capitalism are something that no other television program has the skill or wit to do nowadays. Without a doubt, The Wire is the most politically astute show on American television,

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Sunday, 6 August 2006 06:04 (seventeen years ago) link

...

(okay, one spoiler: you will see omar go out to buy cereal in his pajamas.)

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 6 August 2006 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

(from Royal Farms®)

― =[[ (eman), Sunday, 6 August 2006 13:40 (seventeen years ago) link

royal farms!! where one is curiously unable to buy beer??

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 6 August 2006 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, but will Omar buy crabcakes in his underwear?

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Article about the Wire. It contains mild spoilers and a handy introduction to what's what in season 4.

http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/sepinwall/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1154887068280380.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Monday, 7 August 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

HBO boss Chris Albrecht suggested that renewal for a fifth and final season -- which Simon had in mind when he left certain season four story threads unresolved -- will depend largely on critical reaction to the new episodes

wait, season 4 might be the last, wtf?

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Monday, 7 August 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah i thought season 4 was definitely the last one, already determined as such. the idea of a season 5 has me psyched tho!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 7 August 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I think every show on HBO should be considering itself on its last legs the way they're giving the chop over there. The good news for the Wire is that it wins awards (though not Emmys) and it's also quite cheap to make compared to most other HBO hour-longs.

It was originally conceived as a five season show, so I hope it works out.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Monday, 7 August 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

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