The more I hear about The Wire, the more I want to see it. I’m suddenly regretting dropping Netflix.

BTW, I thought this was interesting:

All of this made me want to watch it all over again. Maybe in a year’s time, when they’ve probably released the Grand Poobah DVD Box Set or whatever. As an added bonus, I feel duty bound to point out that the writers on “The Wire” don’t get points on the DVD (I think that’s the phrasing) and therefore are neutral on the subject of bitorrent. That said, it’s still probably worth paying for DVDs of really great TV shows to show HBO and whoever is watching that there’s money in continuing to greenlight intelligent, socially aware, artfully crafted TV.

Interesting. BTW, this was what the writer’s strike was about. The folks that make the shows we love actually, you know, good, don’t get compensated properly for the long tail of revenue that comes after the initial airing run.