HBO to air The Wire remastered in HD starting on December 26th

[FlyRy]

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

The Sopranos this holiday season.....The Wire next year........

the goat


or at worst a top 2 show ever

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

do we really need to see jamie hectar's scar up close and in HD?

sometimes stuff should be left alone...this is one of those occassions

 

[satam55]

 

[Big Blue]

That means a Blu-ray version is coming

 

[Super Cheech]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

 

[satam55]

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.

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.

I'm sure it'll be 16:9 HD considering they aired "The Corner" like that last year. And that had more of a documentary feel than The Wire.

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.

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 it

According to IMDB, "The Wire" was shot on 3-perf Super 35mm FIlm: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306414/technical?ref_=tt_ql_dt_7

The Aspect ratio of 3-perf Super 35mm film is 16:9, which means the show was shot in 16:9 Widescreen:

3-perf
Main article: Super 35

3-perf solves the film wastage problem by changing the camera gate and shutter mechanism so that each frame is 3 perforations long. The 3-perf image is 1.78:1, which makes it both ideal for widescreen television and very close to 1.85:1 without having a perforation worth of wasted unused image. Because of this, the same amount of film footage will give 33% more shooting time, saving money on film stock; the camera will run more quietly because less film is moved through the camera per frame; and the Super 35 variant allows for a larger negative area, which can help compensate for increased grain when using higher-speed film stocks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_pulldown#3-perf

It's gonna be legit 16:9 Widescreen. Not that fake-ass, garabge-ass cropped widescreen shyt that @Kill Dat Noize co-signs.

 

[Wise]

Don't be surprised if the ratings are sky high and there are murmurs of a 6th season

 

[HHR]

According to IMDB, "The Wire" was shot on 3-perf Super 35mm FIlm: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306414/technical?ref_=tt_ql_dt_7

The Aspect ratio of 3-perf Super 35mm film is 16:9, which means the show was shot in 16:9 Widescreen:


It's gonna be legit 16:9 Widescreen. Not that fake-ass, garabge-ass cropped widescreen shyt that @Kill Dat Noize co-signs.

It may have been shot on 35mm, but it was designed and framed with a 4:3 presentation in mind.

 

[Big Blue]

It may have been shot on 35mm, but it was designed and framed with a 4:3 presentation in mind.

Yeah, but it should be pretty easy to bring it back to 16:9. It's not like the masters had boom mics on the sides, set pieces showing, etc.

 

[HHR]

Yeah, but it should be pretty easy to bring it back to 16:9. It's not like the masters had boom mics on the sides, set pieces showing, etc.

True, but the frame may feel really empty after it's adjusted.

If they have Simon's blessing, I'm all for it. I'd rather they not do it just to do it though. A 4:3 HD would be enough to make me happy.

 

[Beerus]

 

[satam55]

It may have been shot on 35mm, but it was designed and framed with a 4:3 presentation in mind.

The key phrase is Super 35mm Film (3-perf). Regular 35mm Film is basically or close to 4:3 Aspect Ratio.

 

[FaTaL]

i just jizzed in my pants

 

[Lord Scion]

I'm just waiting on weebay.gif in HD

 

[kingdarius]

nvr seen the wire...might as well wait for the hd shyt to see wat all the hype is about