tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post8317357297318019038..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Wire: All in the game, back in the dayAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-28534377535203411652007-12-10T09:38:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:38:00.000-05:00Oh wow... some tantalizing hints dropped there... ...Oh wow... some tantalizing hints dropped there... Herc's still in the picture?<BR/><BR/>I really can't tell you just how insanely jealous I am of you right now, Alan. <BR/><BR/>Stay strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16402851806131143412007-12-09T11:12:00.000-05:002007-12-09T11:12:00.000-05:00Amazon has a sale going today (Sunday) where you c...Amazon has a sale going today (Sunday) where you can get the first three seasons for $27 each or $78 total.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_rss_22423/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000170101&camp=212301&creative=380205&tag=rssfeeds-20" REL="nofollow">Check it out here</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6032197744221044932007-12-07T09:21:00.000-05:002007-12-07T09:21:00.000-05:00Not reading a darn word you said, but The Wire is ...Not reading a darn word you said, but The Wire is what's getting me through the strike. I ordered Seasons 1-3 of The Wire on DVD on Black Friday for about $22 each from Best Buy. Getting Season 4 as a Christmas gift. Just finished up Season 1, that stuff is pretty epic!Chris Littmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983027547044515194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89589632124323400812007-12-07T08:37:00.000-05:002007-12-07T08:37:00.000-05:00OMG, very excited about The Wire. Do you know if ...OMG, very excited about The Wire. Do you know if any of the shorts are embeddable? I'd like to do a piece on my AOL blog (http://news.aol.com/political-machine/bloggers/tommy-christopher/)<BR/>and embedded video makes it easier to promote. <BR/> Is this absolutely the last season?Homertojeebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716825626940216299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40661070487349550632007-12-07T01:46:00.000-05:002007-12-07T01:46:00.000-05:00It's going to be sung by Steve Earle, a well-known...It's going to be sung by Steve Earle, a well-known rock/country singer with a political slant (I highly recommend his album "The Revolution Starts Now"). Earle plays Waylon, the white ex-heroin addict who Kima brings to visit Bubs in the final episode of season 4. Waylon had popped up a few times over the first three seasons...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66678282303055704802007-12-07T01:28:00.000-05:002007-12-07T01:28:00.000-05:00So if you watched all seven tonight, how long woul...So if you watched all seven tonight, how long would it be until you got to see 8-10? When they aired for the first time? I don't know which would be harder - having new Wire at my fingertips and not watching it, or waiting seven weeks until I got to watch the next chapter.<BR/><BR/>I love this show.<BR/><BR/>And I think the #1 question on everyone's minds is...<BR/><BR/>Who sings 'Way Down in the Hole' this season?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-81211833689950724992007-12-07T00:49:00.000-05:002007-12-07T00:49:00.000-05:00Also, you've got some serious will-power to not wa...<I>Also, you've got some serious will-power to not watch all seven right now...</I><BR/><BR/>No kidding! I'd be all over those the minute they fell into my hands!<BR/><BR/>I request, though, that you keep the teases here to a minimum (I know you will have to give away some info for your column). I prefer to be as spoiler-free as possible :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2838542911331476012007-12-06T22:17:00.000-05:002007-12-06T22:17:00.000-05:00I loved seeing "No Heart" Anthony in the young Oma...I loved seeing "No Heart" Anthony in the young Omar prequel. I had forgotten all about him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64840359264414837812007-12-06T21:57:00.000-05:002007-12-06T21:57:00.000-05:00My 'Wire is coming' fervour is tempered only by th...My 'Wire is coming' fervour is tempered only by the numbing fear of facing a post-Wire world. Really is the best television show ever made, and it's becoming less and less difficult to convince people that that isn't hyperbole.<BR/><BR/>-AHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50077987769298771352007-12-06T20:06:00.000-05:002007-12-06T20:06:00.000-05:00I'm way too excited about the Wire coming back. M...I'm way too excited about the Wire coming back. My season 4 DVDs arrived by mail earlier this week and I'll be watching to prep for season 5. January 6. <BR/>As a viewer in Canada, I haven't heard yet whether our Canadian broadcaster The Movie Network will be carrying this two part HBO documentary that is airing later this month. I don't suppose anyone has that information?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32462773774505058252007-12-06T19:30:00.000-05:002007-12-06T19:30:00.000-05:00Alan, what about some other teases like who's writ...Alan, what about some other teases like who's writing each new episode, maybe the epigraph? did HBO give you any other new images (i'm assuming the Prop Joe one is from season 5)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-37466622658783647562007-12-06T18:21:00.000-05:002007-12-06T18:21:00.000-05:00Additional downloadable Wire content? Has Christm...Additional downloadable Wire content? Has Christmas come early this year?? I usually try to avoid online content (multimedia is overrated! just make the show good and I won't have to waste my time chasing thrills all over the internet) but I'll make a teensy exception today.-Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954608911800003574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65032030963859545592007-12-06T17:28:00.000-05:002007-12-06T17:28:00.000-05:00I download every show I watch, but I'm seriously h...I download every show I watch, but I'm seriously hoping that "The Wire" doesn't leak a la season 4, because I know that I won't be able to resist watching it during a single day. Plus, having to wait between installment might be painful but makes me appreciate the show more and allows me to delve deeper into each chapter.<BR/><BR/>Please don't leak, please don't leak.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18590950719868310302007-12-06T16:58:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:58:00.000-05:00When I saw American Gangster a few weeks, at the f...When I saw American Gangster a few weeks, at the funeral scene for Bumpy i yelled out Stringer Bell! out of excitement. I know i am redy for this show already. The true definition of a great drama. Snoop and Chris still terrify me. Marlo is the baddest ass of all. And Prop Joe has been dong it since he was a kid. There's only 2 shows I have downloaded in entirety to remain on my hard drive for eternity- the Wire and the Sopranos.The Burack'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995957112615916333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67198766376179170702007-12-06T16:45:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:45:00.000-05:00I wish I knew you personally just so I could borro...I wish I knew you personally just so I could borrow the DVDs.<BR/><BR/>Btw, how does the whole screener process work? Do you have to return the DVDs? Also, given last year's fiasco with the whole season being leaked onto the internet, what steps do you think they have taken to ensure that it does not happen again?SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245472084190224186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-87653366889810077962007-12-06T16:38:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:38:00.000-05:00Also, you've got some serious will-power to not wa...Also, you've got some serious will-power to not watch all seven right now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-3100648814245116142007-12-06T16:37:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:37:00.000-05:00I started watching season four again to get preppe...I started watching season four again to get prepped. Best show ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1440665801467124262007-12-06T16:25:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:25:00.000-05:00I cannot wait. I came into the game late. I watche...I cannot wait. I came into the game late. I watched Season 4 and was completely smitten, and I just finished watching the show from the beginning (Yay Netflix!).<BR/><BR/>I had cancelled HBO after Conchords as a cost-saving measure, but it looks like I'm back on. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, Alan, for a good tease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59526984733643778822007-12-06T15:32:00.000-05:002007-12-06T15:32:00.000-05:00I'm rewatching the series in anticipation. They've...I'm rewatching the series in anticipation. They've never done a bad episode. And the Prop Joe origin movie was priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com