Am I mistaken or were they watching an nc state football game in one of the episodes?

1/3/2008 12:51:28 AM

yeah a state maryland game

1/3/2008 1:34:55 AM

word up, represent. i was watching on my ipod, so the only thing i could make out was that huge, ugly ass diamond logo on the field.

1/3/2008 3:32:17 AM

when you walk

through the garden

1/3/2008 3:37:37 AM

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"that huge, ugly ass diamond logo "

blasphemy.

1/3/2008 8:20:40 AM

ive got ep 1 downloaded to watch at work, but i still might hold off till the broadcast....

just something about watching it on sunday nights like J_Hova said.

1/3/2008 9:18:35 AM

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"just something about watching it on sunday nights like J_Hova said."

i have to watch them Sunday nights...shits perfect

1/3/2008 9:31:26 AM

if you have onDemand i dont know how you could go past maybe Monday night before watching the newest one...I'll give you a spoiler from episode 1

*********SPOILER ALERT**************


The show is still set in Baltimore


**********END OF ALERT**************

ha! bet you didnt see that one coming!

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 9:55 AM. Reason : .]

1/3/2008 9:55:05 AM

LOCK

SUSPEND

TERMINATE

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 10:32 AM. Reason : ]

1/3/2008 10:31:52 AM

btw looks like piratebay is no longer listing the torrents, but isohunt has the same links

1/3/2008 12:53:10 PM

ahhh i caved and im watching ep 1 at work

1/3/2008 2:13:55 PM

so is this really good?

with dexter going off i'm ready for some more good shows. got some of the wire episodes on demand. the season preview didn't make it seem that great though imo. but of course it was only a season preview.

1/3/2008 5:19:51 PM

i dont know what Dexter is but The Wire is definitely better

1/3/2008 5:30:49 PM

heh well i dont believe that for a second but i guess i'll check it out

1/3/2008 5:32:13 PM

Just finished season 4. Bodie

1/3/2008 7:05:04 PM

Best show ever. I can't make myself watch before Sunday either. Now that Dexter is off I have to have something to make Sunday nights good.

1/3/2008 8:39:26 PM

^^^ dexter is awesome but i'd have to say the wire is better, if you've got the time it's worth it to check out each season

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 9:22 PM. Reason : .]

1/3/2008 9:21:44 PM

*** season 5 spoilers ***


sucks to see mcnulty back on the bottle. beadie was kind of cute

1/4/2008 12:12:05 AM

dozermans back!

haulk working for levy? weird!



nice to see meldrick lewis working again, even if it is for the sun

1/4/2008 10:35:35 PM

The actor who plays McNulty is fucking British. wtf



[Edited on January 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM. Reason : They need to release episodes 3 and 4 to the internet]

1/4/2008 11:11:57 PM

n00b wire fans




i just finally finished watching the end of the corners...totally simon/burns's MO

the whole, nothing changes, people are who they are, etc

great series though

1/5/2008 10:14:45 PM

tonight motherfuckers! i've been waiting on this for a long time.

gangsta!

1/6/2008 10:25:55 AM

FUCK YES TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT


I AM SO STOKED.




YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BUSHYTOP!?

1/6/2008 12:54:28 PM

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"*** season 5 spoilers *** sucks to see mcnulty back on the bottle. beadie was kind of cute "

its not a spoiler if it was used as a marketing hook for the new season

and PLEASE don't be dicks and put spoilers in this thread for you asses that can't wait til sunday, make a wire season 5 spoilers thread or somethin

1/6/2008 1:02:23 PM

SPOILER:

Marlo sells drugs
Mcnulty is a police officer

1/6/2008 1:48:15 PM

lol you pull the same joke every season you fuck

1/6/2008 2:03:35 PM

whateva nigga

1/6/2008 8:22:26 PM

man that was awesome. I am stoked for this season.

1/6/2008 10:05:54 PM

hell yeah that episode was solid

1/6/2008 10:23:39 PM

was it in hd?

1/6/2008 10:58:33 PM

^yeah, but not wide screen. why the fuck can't they air it in wide screen? does it really cost that much?

i thought last night's episode was awesome. picked up right where they left off...well, a year later. so, i knew marlo was trying to get prop joe's hook up (the greeks), but the preview for next weeks episode had a great twist bringing back avon! can't wait to see this get played out.

and even though michael was my favorite character from last season, i hope they follow up at least a little with namon and randy.

also, the opening scene where they hook the perp up to the "lie detector"/copy machine was fucking hysterical!







BLUE TOPS!! BLUE TOPS!! GET 'EM WHILE DEY HOT!!





[Edited on January 7, 2008 at 1:56 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2008 1:52:42 PM

nice to be able to browse the thread again.

seriously, my roommate is a dick and tried to spoil shit for me. why the fuck are they on demand early? really kinda ruins my sunday night experience.

1/7/2008 5:09:40 PM

well one thing about the onDemand episodes is they dont show scenes from the next episode...believe me i wanted to be like "yeah guess who is in episode 2...AVON!" but i also enjoy watching them in order without knowing what happens and therefore try to treat other people's viewing habits the same way

also unless your friend is a dumbass who watched 5,6,7 without seeing 3,4 since they havent been released, they wont be able to tell you anything about eps 3,4

1/7/2008 5:29:45 PM

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"well one thing about the onDemand episodes is they dont show scenes from the next episode"

episode i watched last night on demand did. (2)

1/8/2008 6:57:02 PM

^ yeah the ep2 did have the previews of ep 3.

1/8/2008 7:38:18 PM

^x5

They don't film The Wire in widescreen. It's not cost-related; HBO presented The Sopranos with a widescreen aspect ratio.

If I had to guess, I'd say that Simon, Burns, and the other writers just love television as their medium such that they're not going to stray from 1.33:1.

Also, the show itself, while always using great visual metaphors and matches and all that film class crap (the opening credits are again amazing), isn't really the most cinematic thing around. It's all about story, procedure, and character.

1/9/2008 1:02:05 AM

i might be completely 100% wrong but i thought episode 1 ondemand (before it aired, if that matters) didnt show scenes from the next ep...again i might be completely wrong

i did watch a couple of the other ondemand things that hbo offered...i dont think anything i'll say about them could be considered spoilers as they all spoke in generals, but they definitely made it sound like everything would get resolved this season, no loose ends...hopefully (and i dont know shit cause all ive seen is ep 1 and 2) barksdale will take over baltimore, murder marlo, clay davis, omar, carcetti, etc and then avon and mcnulty can run shit (no homo)

1/9/2008 1:56:01 AM

[NO]mar

1/9/2008 7:56:05 AM

***Spoilers from episode 1*** if you havent watched it dont read my post***










i love the way the started the season in the first scene with McDonalds part and the copier machine playing the role of Lie Detector. hahah, the two pages: True / False stuff was so damn funny. anyways, i thought it was a great start to the final season. tied in the Russians from the Docks and i didnt expect to see that. was really surprised to see the team get disbanded yet again.




















*******************************

[Edited on January 9, 2008 at 9:25 AM. Reason : end ]

1/9/2008 9:24:59 AM

"so this shit actually works?"

"hell yeah, americans are a stupid people by and large. we pretty much believe whatever we're told..."

haha re-watching it it's 10x funnier for some reason

1/9/2008 1:24:00 PM

that one reporter is so full of shit with his kid in the wheelchair story

speculatively

1/9/2008 1:35:42 PM

lol @ herc

"here's our boy thomas, sporting the latest in downtown business wear. an understated ensemble that puts the B in subtle"

"there's a b in subtle??"


oh and the hispanic reporter is annoying

[Edited on January 9, 2008 at 2:06 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2008 2:06:18 PM

i got off to a bad start with the hispanic reporter b/c in the odyssey and other specials she talks about the Wire like she has been there from the beginning. made me angry for some reason.

1/9/2008 2:16:09 PM

in one of the programs (odyssey or one of the 'making of' type of shows) a bunch of the different actors were saying that they initially tried out for different parts and they ended up getting other parts...some of them were pretty funny...for example i think lieutenant daniels originally tried out for the part of marlo...i think the guy who played marlo originally tried out for the role of cutty...wouldve looked completely different

1/9/2008 2:24:24 PM

method man was in one of them talking about cheese

and he was saying how all these rappers thought they were automatic locks and that they would be just straight up offered parts left and right

and then they werent and he got the cheese part and they were like damn how you get on???

and he was like "yo cause i went to a fucking audition for this shit"...like he rehearsed and practiced and shit

1/9/2008 2:27:19 PM

yeah haha i remember that part

1/9/2008 2:35:12 PM

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/what-do-real-thugs-think-of-the-wire/

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"January 9, 2008, 9:36 am What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? By Sudhir Venkatesh Sudhir Venkatesh has become pretty well known in these parts as an authority on the inner workings of criminal street gangs. His new book is out tomorrow; but today, here’s a great post from him about watching “The Wire” with some of the kind of guys who are portrayed in it. Ever since I began watching HBO’s The Wire, I felt that the show was fairly authentic in terms of its portrayal of modern urban life — not just the world of gangs and drugs, but the connections between gangland and City Hall, the police, the unions, and practically everything else. It certainly accorded with my own fieldwork in Chicago and New York. And it was much better than most academic and journalistic reportage in showing how the inner city weaves into the social fabric of a city. Last year, I learned a lot by watching a few episodes of The Wire with gang leaders in Chicago. So, a few weeks ago, I called a few respected street figures in the New York metro region to watch the upcoming fifth season. I couldn’t think of a better way to ensure quality control. For the first episode, we gathered in the Harlem apartment of Shine, a 43-year-old half Dominican, half African-American man who managed a gang for fifteen years before heading to prison for a ten-year drug trafficking sentence. I invited older guys like Shine, most of whom had retired from the drug trade, because they would have greater experience with rogue cops, political toughs, and everyone else that makes The Wire so appealing. They affectionately named our gathering “Thugs and ‘Cuz.” (I was told that the “‘cuz” — short for “cousin” — was for me.) There was plenty of popcorn, ribs, bad domestic beer, and fried pork rinds with hot sauce on hand. The pork rinds, apparently the favorite of the American thug, ran out so quickly that one of the low-ranking gang members in attendance was dispatched to acquire several more bags. Here’s a quick-and-dirty summary of the evening’s highlights: 1. The Bunk is on the take. Much to my chagrin (since he is my favorite character), the consensus in the room was that the Bunk was guilty. In the words of Shine, “He’s too good not to be profiting. I got nothing against him! But he’s definitely in bed with these street [thugs].” Many had known of Bunk’s prowess as a detective from past episodes. The opening scene, in which he craftily obtains a confession, reinforced their view that the Bunk is too good not to be hiding something. 2. Prediction No. 1: McNulty and the Bunk will split. The observation regarding Bunk’s detective work led to a second agreement, namely that McNulty or Bunk will be taken down — shot, arrested, or killed. This was closely tied to the view that McNulty and Bunk will come into conflict. The rationale? Everyone felt that Marlo, Proposition Joe, or another high-ranking gang leader must have close (hitherto unexplained) ties with one of these two detectives. “Otherwise,” Kool-J, an ex-drug supplier from Northern New Jersey, observed, “there ain’t no way they could be meeting in a Holiday Inn!” Orlando, a Brooklyn based ex-gang leader, believed the ambitions of Bunk and McNulty would run into each other. “One of them will be taken down. Either the white boy gets drunk and shoots some [guy] ‘cause he’s so pissed, or Bunk gives him up to solve a case!” 3. The greatest uproar occurred when the upstart Marlo challenged the veteran Prop Joe in the co-op meeting. “If Prop Joe had balls, he’d be dead in 24 hours!” Orlando shouted. “But white folks [who write the series] always love to keep these uppity [characters] alive. No way he’d survive in East New York more than a minute!” A series of bets then took place. All told, roughly $8,000 was wagered on the timing of Marlo’s death. The bettors asked me — as the neutral party — to hold the money. I delicately replied that my piggy bank was filled up already. 4. Carcetti is a fool. Numerous observers commented on the Baltimore Mayor’s lack of “juice” and experience when it came to working with the feds. The federal police, in their opinion, love to come in and disrupt local police investigations by invoking the federal racketeering (“RICO”) statutes as a means of breaking up drug-trafficking rings. “When feds bring in RICO, local guys feel like they got no [power],” Tony-T explained, offering some empathy to local police who get neutered during federal busts. “White boy [a.k.a. Carcetti], if he knew what he was doing, would keep them cops on Marlo just long enough to build a case — then he would trade it to the feds to get what he wanted.” Others chimed in, saying that the writers either didn’t understand this basic fact, or they wanted to portray Carcetti as ignorant. The evening ended with a series of additional wagers: Tony-T accepted challenges to his claim that Bunk dies by the end of the season; Shine proposed that Marlo would kill Prop Joe; the youngest attendee, the 29-year-old Flavor, placed $2,500 on Clay Davis escaping indictment and revealing his close ties with Marlo. I felt obliged to chime in: I wagered $5 that the circulation of the Baltimore Sun will double, attracting a takeover by Warren Buffet by Episode 4. No one was interested enough to take my bet. Stay tuned. "

1/9/2008 3:11:26 PM

boring.

1/9/2008 8:19:33 PM

^^ This guys sounds like a fucking tool. Painted on.

1/9/2008 8:24:07 PM

supposedly its the guy who wrote freakonomics

1/9/2008 8:27:22 PM