The Wire

bikezappa
bikezappa Posts: 2,463
edited April 2009 in The Clubhouse
This was a successful show on HBO for a few years.

Bill Moyers interveiws David Simon who wrote the show. The link shows the video of the show and is fasinating.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04172009/profile.html
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited April 2009
    This is one of my favorite shows of all time
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited April 2009
    The one hour interview is all straight talk about America.

    Check it out if you have the time.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,200
    edited April 2009
    They had the complete series on sale at bestbuy around Christmas time for $89.

    I am in the middle of the second season now. Great Show!!!
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited April 2009
    This is a great show.
    I borrowed all five seasons from a friend and knocked em out quick.
    The HBO started posting them on On-Demand and I have been rewatching them.

    Outstanding show
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited April 2009
    shhheeeeeeiiiiiittttttttttttttttt
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  • oifvet0608
    oifvet0608 Posts: 148
    edited April 2009
    I love this show, waiting for it to come out on blu-ray. They actually canned the show due to realism. Can you believe it, HBO canned a show for it being too real.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited April 2009
    oifvet0608 wrote: »
    I love this show, waiting for it to come out on blu-ray. They actually canned the show due to realism. Can you believe it, HBO canned a show for it being too real.

    Blu-ray??? its not even 16:9

    taken from below link

    "The reason the show has stayed 4x3 is because David Simon thinks that 4x3 feels more like real life and real television and not like a movie. The show's never been HD, even 4x3 HD and that (SD) is how it is on the DVDs. There is no 16x9 version anywhere."

    link. http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/inside-hbos-the-wire
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2009
    Awesome show as I have season 1-4 and need to finish it out. If you've been in Bmore then surely you will know its damn near real. Surely I can relate as I have relatives up there and Brooklyn, its really crazy out there. Excellent show.

    Also if you like The Wire, check out The Corner, if you like both of those, check out the movie Shottas.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited April 2009
    oifvet0608 wrote: »
    I love this show, waiting for it to come out on blu-ray. They actually canned the show due to realism. Can you believe it, HBO canned a show for it being too real.

    I found the realism almost to real, that is, can things be that bad and hopeless?

    Bill just lets David talk about The Wire, his life as a reporter and some of his conclusions about life. It's a good talk to listen to and you see how the show grew. There are many selections from the Wire to back up some of David's comments. They don't make reporters like him anymore. His comments about many daily newpapers going under was that the politicans will be very happy. There will be no one who knows the beat like the reporters.
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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited April 2009
    By far the best ground-breaking dramatic series in television history to date.
    Not driven by characters, the only “star” in the series was the American city named Baltimore.
    I guarantee you that the series and David Simon’s style of filmmaking for episodic television will be taught in Cinema Studies departments at major universities in the years to come. The Wire is akin to an exceptionally written book with all of the subtleties and nuanced characters.
    Just like great literature, you can pick it up at different times and reveal previously undiscovered perspectives. In fact David Simon said in an NPR interview for Fresh Air about two years ago that each season should feel like you’ve “completed a good book” upon completion.

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