Im due a rewatch aswell :banderaaaaahh:
HBO to air The Wire remastered in HD starting on December 26th
- Thread starter Apollo Kid
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Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
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i hope hbogo swaps the hd episodes in like nothing happened
Apollo Kid
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HD? All in the game yo, all in the game... fo'sho!
Kill Dat Noize
Banned
This is my exact reaction at this news.
But how are they going to do it?
Ol'boy who created it, said they shot it that way so it would be gritty looking.
Probably just gonna crop it like they did Seinfeld.
Yea you lose some picture at the top and bottom of the screen but if they handle it with care they could manually choose what to crop scene by scene so that you only miss out on like the lower half of nikkas legs and shyt. Shouldn't be a big deal. Seinfeld looks great.
Plus I'm all for it just lookin more cinematic. fukk that 4:3 shyt we off that.
Could this mean a Blu-ray release is on the way?
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
The Sopranos this holiday season.....The Wire next year........
MenacingMonk
War & Peace
If they release the entire series in BR I might cop.
Young Bishop
Piff Poster
FWIW, it doesn't say anything about 16:9
Simon has been against that change from the beginning.
He has said that the 4:3 format felt more like traditional TV and less like a movie....and that it gave more of a "documentary" feel.
It will interesting to see if he's reconsidered. I doubt it. I'd bet we get 4:3 HD....which is ok by me.
Simon has been against that change from the beginning.
He has said that the 4:3 format felt more like traditional TV and less like a movie....and that it gave more of a "documentary" feel.
It will interesting to see if he's reconsidered. I doubt it. I'd bet we get 4:3 HD....which is ok by me.
Apollo Kid
Veteran
I knew there was a reason i didnt start watching it on HBO Go.
No offense, but what they did with The Corner doesn't have anything to do with The Wire.
David Simon has been against 16:9 since the option was presented to him. I've even read that the final 2 seasons weren't even shot with a potential 16:9 release in their mind....unlike the first 3 oddly enough.
And if I'm being honest, if an "upgrade" to widescreen means a distortion of Simon and the DP's intention then it's not worth it.
Apollo Kid
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No offense taken. I know David Simon was opposed to HD when he was finishing up season 4 and 5 and he stated that he saw The Wire in HD on BBC and was appalled by it (http://davidsimon.com/introduction2/comment-page-2/#comment-9393) but it give it chance to see how it looks before you 
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HookersandIceCream
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Spaceman Piff
Superstar
I hope this becomes a trend..
can't get anybody to watch the shield because as soon as the picture comes on, it's a automatic
reaction.
can't get anybody to watch the shield because as soon as the picture comes on, it's a automatic
reaction.