[[tavis]]
09-02-2004, 09:23 PM
One of HBO's best series ever is finally coming to DVD, season 1 will be on dvd on OCt 15th (or around then). Its a 5 disc set and has all 13 1 hour (no commercials, so they truly are an hour long each) episodes. Commentary and Cast reviews of episodes.
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/about/
"The first season depicted the national drug war through the microcosm of a West Baltimore housing project. Last season chronicled the de-industrialization of America, focusing on the travails of a longshoremen's union to survive in a changing economic landscape. In its third season, the drama will continue to expand its sociopolitical desciption of a fictional Baltimore by examining the city's political component and its relevance to the problems confronting a post-industrial city.
Observes David Simon, "More than characters or criminal procedure or even the drug culture, we are trying to write about the city itself, with Baltimore standing in for any number of American cities sharing the same hopes and fears and contradictions."
Its on InDemand, under HBO series and THE WIRE, currently showing Season 2
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/img/downloads/wallpaper_stringer_640x480.jpg
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/about/
"The first season depicted the national drug war through the microcosm of a West Baltimore housing project. Last season chronicled the de-industrialization of America, focusing on the travails of a longshoremen's union to survive in a changing economic landscape. In its third season, the drama will continue to expand its sociopolitical desciption of a fictional Baltimore by examining the city's political component and its relevance to the problems confronting a post-industrial city.
Observes David Simon, "More than characters or criminal procedure or even the drug culture, we are trying to write about the city itself, with Baltimore standing in for any number of American cities sharing the same hopes and fears and contradictions."
Its on InDemand, under HBO series and THE WIRE, currently showing Season 2
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/img/downloads/wallpaper_stringer_640x480.jpg