Talking About The Wire
Posted by Kyle
January 22nd, 2008 at 06:07pm
In The Wire
Despite what you may have read in the voluminous commentaries on other web sites, this season of The Wire is as awesome as every other season. Various journalist-types have spent a lot of time griping about the unrealistic newspaper scenes, but as someone with no more first-hand knowledge of a newsroom than a police department, I find them very interesting.
This is the first time I’ve watched the show weekly instead of in giant DVD-sized binges, so it’s been a different experience. But what’s really annoying me is HBO’s weird schedule. The new episodes are available on HBO On Demand 6 days before it is “broadcast” on Sunday night and everyone who reviews the show waits until the show is “broadcast” before they discuss it. Isn’t that just a weird fiction? Is there anyone who has HBO who doesn’t have HBO On Demand or who waits until Sunday to watch the show when they could have watched it 6 days earlier? I can tell you who’s not waiting: this guy. And “next week’s” episode was great.
I have HBO, and I don’t have HBO on Demand, so I wait like the rest of the peasants.
And I completely agree, this season is just as awesome if not more awesome than seasons past. Honestly I can’t imagine that this is the last season. I was skeptical of the newspaper storyline being heavy handedly foisted upon us by chase, but he has integrated it very effectively, IMO.
Early prediction that I really want to see happen: Michael kills Marlo
What I think will actually happen: Michael gets killed a la Wallace. They always kill the ones with a conscience
O yea, and Omar’s going down too. Sad but true.
O yea, and I give Chase the benefit of the doubt with the Sun. He’s probably more accurate than he is being portrayed on that. My girlfriend is a teacher in Baltimore city public schools and she can’t watch the Wire, especially the season set in the schools because “It’s too real”.