"The Wire" on HBO

More random Wire-related sightings as an excuse to revive this thread: Herc goes to my gym! In the 2 seconds it took me to think hey, that guy looks like someone on a TV show, and realize that show is The Wire and it must really be him, he looked up and I averted my eyes. I've heard they're shooting 'til August. Or maybe that's when they'll be done editing and everything?

Weird tidbit that I didn't realize until I read it on Wikipedia: apparently Herc is the only character who's been in every episode of the show so far. I don't expect that'll stay that way in Season 5, considering that he looked on the verge of losing his job in the last episode, but who knows.

i think were gearing up for some sweet herc is a security guard now action

I love the scene where him and Carver are at the movies on a double date and they bump into Bodie and Poot doing the same. But how much sweeter if Herc was tearing tickets at the box office?

I just started watching season 3, and my favorite moment is when Clay Davis quotes Namond Brice word-for-word: "I'll take money from any motherfucker who's giving it away for free." I lol'ed.

And clapped a little, iirc.

sorry, season 4

according to this week's new yorker, steve earle is doing the theme for the new season

ok, srsly, stop it with the theme. It was the original Waits version in season 2, you had the rights to it, stick with it. I hate with a passion every version but that one, and I know I am not alone. I saw all of this on dvd, and the Waits version is the only one that didn't make me reach for the FF button like I was suddenly watching a CBS comedy.

i liked the neville bros one!

which one is that?

oh, nevermind, i don't care, i hate it.

neville bros is s03.

racist

Really? I thought I was the only one who didn't like the Season 4 version. I actually love the Blind Boys version. Waits' version is definitive. But Season 3 sounds like dad-rock on painkillers. I just plain ol' didn't like the Season 4 intro (haven't seen the shows yet). And now Steve Earle, huh? Awright "Waylon," show us you got soul.

i saw bunk on 6th ave yesterday! he was wearing a suit and posing for a cameraphone photie with a clearly enamored fan. it actually took a bit of willpower not to hammer him with questions about season 5.

Goddamn you HBO with your not-putting-out-DVDs-til-show-premiere!

I love the scene where him and Carver are at the movies on a double date and they bump into Bodie and Poot doing the same.

A+ Yes

Goddamn you HBO with your not-putting-out-DVDs-til-show-premiere!

i goddamn them a little bit as well, but apparently it helps drive up viewership. Critically acclaimed shows need that sometimes.

I can't remember, what movie theater was that scene shot in? maybe Loews White Marsh? I mean I'm assuming, since there are practically zero modern movie theaters in Baltimore city limits anymore (RIP the United Artists on Pratt St.).

on Thursday there was all sorts of Wire shooting business out on Guilford Ave. next to the shopping center w/ 5 Seasons and the Dunkin Donuts I stop at before work. I hate having to drive by too fast to be able to ID anybody. also I found out that some girls I work with used to work at a hotel where JD Williams (Bodie) used to stay and had some funny stories about him.

Coming to HBO: 'The Wire' at The Post

Making a rare screen appearance as itself: The Washington Post. A crew from HBO's "The Wire" spent more than six hours filming in our very own offices Sunday, the first time in anyone's recent memory that a movie or TV show has been allowed to shoot here. (Even "All the President's Men" had to re-create the newsroom on a sound stage, and that one was all about us. Word is that some bosses here are big fans of the gritty Baltimore crime drama.)

The plot of the fifth season (set to air early next year) focuses on the media, with some scenes filmed at the Baltimore Sun; Sunday's shoot involved a reporter interviewing for a job at The Post. Style chief Deb Heard's office played the office of a fictional Post Metro editor. (Note to hard-core fans: Apparently it was all new characters, so, no -- McNulty, Avon and Omar weren't here.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/04/AR2007060402111.html

tell funny bodie stories plz alex thx

I forget Avon's still around. The ending of Season 3 fucked me up!

oh, i dunno if i could re-tell the stories out of context in any entertaining way. mainly they were about his hotel room smelling like weed and him telling the black girl I work with that he'd date her if she wasn't "the wrong color"(?).

the promised return of Avon is a big part of my anticipation for the last season.

i keep thinking Bodie's still around! one of the random extra HBOs we get was showing a season 4 episode very late last night. the one where snoop & chris are asking new york dudes who is young leek.. namond is esp. funny. "Ma, let me build!"

I'm still holding out hope that season 5 will include some kind of absurd fantasy reunion of all of the show's deceased characters like the last episode of Homicide. Bodie and Stringer and D'Angelo (and Snot Boogie!) bullshitting up in heaven.

Let's not get carried away - I'm still hoping that doesn't happen on the Sopranos tonight. Ugh. Shoot one of Phil's lackeys. Just one.

watching s07 of homicide right so thanks for the SPOILER. so far its the worst season, like jump-the-great-white bad

right *now

ugh kenan totally off tm, the tom waits version is decent but is totally outshined by seasons one and three

season 4 weirdo gospel version is so teh best duh

I am a Tom Waits loyalist, apparently. ;)

s1 is best fareal. that shit still drifts into my head at like 3 in the morning.