Comments on: Tele-PHONY

By: straight outta silver spring

straight outta silver spring — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53:15 +0000

Joe - I enjoyed it too, for the same reasons you cite. I guess now that the writer’s strike is over we may get to hear more from David Simon?

By: Joe Crawford

Joe Crawford — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:49 +0000

@straight outta silver spring — man! that reporter really hammers him on the reporter storyline, and simon brings cogent and articulate replies to bear. i thought that interview was great and reading the thinking behind the episode helps flesh out the “why” or the narrative arc. thanks.

By: straight outta silver spring

straight outta silver spring — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:32:37 +0000

Check out this new interview with David Simon. S5 is the topic.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/114438?from=rss?nav=slate

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:15:06 +0000

I also incredibly curious how people who live alone can afford to pay their bills, $120+ for cable and internet, plus electricity, heat, etc..? Its fucking incredibly expensive for me, and I have 3 roomates to share the bills with! I make a decent wage ($45k, IT, 2 years outta college), but I dunno how the guys I work with who make about the same as me, but live alone (higher rent and utilities), have new car payments, and student loans have any money at all. I REALLY can’t understand how people can afford to feed, house, clothe, entertain and transport themselves AND 2.4 kids. Its crazy to me…

By: Abe

Abe — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:12:36 +0000

When I didn’t have cable I made damn sure I knew which friends and bars did.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:48:32 +0000

Just to be clear, are you guys saying that you’re abandoning the On Demand schedule for the final three?

By: Boston Matt

Boston Matt — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:16:53 +0000

With comcast on demand is free, and you automatically get it when you subscribe to a cable channel.

By: Rickish

Rickish — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:12:00 +0000

I’ve always thought that On Demand was free for HBO subscribers. Is that wrong? Are the cable companies charging me for items I didn’t agree to? Jerks.

By: Cranky

Cranky — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:04:16 +0000

Oh dear! I didn’t know about the illegal part of watching on-line. I’d never even consider watching TV shows on line anyway just because of my smallish monitor. My kid, though, has been a Wirehead since the very beginning and is stuck in Sweden working so has found herself in a “ya gotta do whatcha gotta do” situation. Jetset, I do feel you on your ethical pulls what with you blogging the show and all that. I’m a late comer to the game and I only know idiots, apparently, because none of the watch the Wire. I really like reading what everyone thinks about the show, etc. and am so, so sad that there are only 2 more new episodes for me to watch - ever. I was a huge Homicide LOTS fan. Made a pilgrimage to the building that was used to film the police station and had a drink in the boyz bar.

I’ll try to keep a lid on it until you put up your post. Can’t wait for the discussion!!

By: Skate Nazi

Skate Nazi — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:35:08 +0000

I am not rich by any means, and I am a working class dude like everyone else but you better believe I have HBO OnDemand, and that shit is grrrrrrrreat!
Sometimes you gotta make sacrifices, yo.