Some news on the wire

Rjd2

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"The Wire" is going back in time to promote its future.

The critically acclaimed HBO series has given a multiplatform launch to three filmed shorts produced by "Wire" creator David Simon that explore the backstories of some its characters.

The three "prequels" already have launched on Amazon.com -- not on its Unbox service but as a free stream available on the page for the DVD set "The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season."


The prequels also are being used to whet the appetite of "Wire" fans in advance of its fifth-season launch Jan. 6 on HBO. Beginning Dec. 15, the shorts will be available on HBO On Demand, HBO.com, podcasts and affiliate portals.

The shorts will air on HBO at the close of each fifth-season episode, beginning with the third installment.

In addition, HBO will make all episodes of "Wire" available on VOD one week before their linear premiere (with the exception of the finale). "Wire" is known to be a big draw on VOD, second only to "The Sopranos" among HBO series.

Two of the shorts are devoted to the characters Prop Joe and Omar, depicting them as children who show flashes of their adult personality traits. A third short features William "Bunk" Moreland (Wendell Pierce) and Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) in McNulty's first day on the job.

Simon produced the shorts at the same time he worked on the series finale, though they don't have any specific relevance to this season's story lines.



Young Prop Joe (1962, Baltimore, Maryland)
1962, Baltimore, Maryland.
Crossed by a classmate, a young student shows off the brazen business acumen that will soon earn him the moniker "Proposition Joe" on the Baltimore streets. (1m.40s.)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/.../permalink/m2UG070Q60466H


Bunk and McNulty (2000, Baltimore, Maryland)
Bunk's initial coolness towards his new partner, a "six-year wonder" named Jimmy McNulty, is thawed after the two find common ground during the midnight shift.(2m.53s)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...d/permalink/mN71VEUB9QMD1


Young Omar (1985, Baltimore, Maryland)
An adolescent Omar upstages two older boys, and exhibits a sense of priority beyond his years, during the robbery of a working man waiting for a bus ride home.(1m.43s)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...d/permalink/mL6KQXV30XNIF

DeepBlue

Good catch Rjd2 .

There were some problems with the links though -hopefully fixed below.

Young Prop Joe

McNulty's first day

Young Omar

kencleary

The Bunk & McNulty one was great! and was good catching a glance of the previously only mentioned in passing "No-Heart" Anthony too. That's why I love the Wire - that attention to detail!

Jay Ru

is there going to be more of these, i'd like to one of herc getting dropped on the floor as a child. i might help explain why he's so thick now. on a serious note i'd love to see Stringer, Avon & Weebay back in the day, or maybe show Bubbles before he got hooked!

Rollo Tamasi

Jay Ru wrote: »

is there going to be more of these, i'd like to one of herc getting dropped on the floor as a child. i might help explain why he's so thick now. on a serious note i'd love to see Stringer, Avon & Weebay back in the day, or maybe show Bubbles before he got hooked!

Rumor has it he was just like you when he was a yong 'in.

Jay Ru

Rollo Tamasi wrote: »

Rumor has it he was just like you when he was a yong 'in.

So he was well dress, **** cool and a bit of a ladies man so, jasus he's fallen far so

jayteecork

That one with McNulty and Bunk was a bit crap.

tvnutz

Some other news,the Wire got a few nominations in the Writers Guild Awards,at least someone can see it deserves at least a damn nomination. The Golden Globes and Emmy's are too stupid to figure out what good tv actually is.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-2008writersguildtvnominees,0,6112557.story?coll=zap-news-headlines

godtabh

tvnutz wrote: »

Some other news,the Wire got a few nominations in the Writers Guild Awards,at least someone can see it deserves at least a damn nomination. The Golden Globes and Emmy's are too stupid to figure out what good tv actually is.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-2008writersguildtvnominees,0,6112557.story?coll=zap-news-headlines

Isnt the Writers Guild on strike? Only reason it probably got an nomination as it will be the only show note affected by the strike!

tvnutz

Ye they are on strike but can still apparantly do an awards thing. And the awards would be based on last season obviously!