Illini Jeeper

For any of you Wire fans that don't own the series yet...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox

darthdelegate

This is a pretty good deal, but I have to believe these would make it to blu-ray one day.

lisadoris

Isn't a complete set being released soon? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

stingermck

Yup, later this year. Heard great things about the show, but ive never seen it.

RustyOrgan

Man... Wish I had some extra cash

zekeburger1979

I'll be buying the complete series box set the day before Christmas if Best Buy has a 50% off HBO sets sale. That's how I got the Six Feet Under box set 2 Christmases ago.

WillDLeeEsq

Went ahead and ordered it. Couldn't resist.

I've never seen the show, but everybody keeps talking it up. Looking forward to checking it out.

PopcornTreeCt

Great deal. Never saw the show but I've been wanting this for awhile.

creekdipper

If you like great writing & acting, you won't be disappointed.

IMHO, The Wire is in the Top Five of shows released in the last decade...some have described it as the best thing on tv.

brocklanders

One of the five greatest dramas in the history of television. Shame that the Emmy's ignore this show and keep giving nominations to crap like Boston Legal.

5 greatest dramas ever:

Deadwood
Sopranos
Six Feet Under
The Wire
All in the Family

5 greatest Comedies ever

Seinfeld
South Park
Sanford and Son
Rescue Me(dramady)
Saturday Night Live(1975-1985)

PopcornTreeCt

I like your tastes. Though I liked Rome better than Deadwood.

jeffbase34

Naw man. I would put The Shield and Prison Break on the list instead. I never could get into Six Feet Under. Who wants to watch a show about the funeral industry. Too depressing.

dex14

I bought all 5 season for 115. Todays Gold box deal for 95 plus 38.99 for season 5. Minus 20 dollars for using bill me later. Awesome deal. 23 Bucks a season.

kvrdave

They never aired in HD, though, did they?

RustyOrgan

Fuck it. Picked this up... AWESOME SHOW!!

kms_md

i agree. i would be one who describes it as "the best thing on tv". i am repeatedly surprised at the amount of snubbing this show has taken by the emmy awards.

londonhogfan

any "greatest ever" list without arrested development is void.

waiting for the complete box set also.

redcat

No HD - I'm pretty sure all five seasons were in 4:3 aspect ratio. I would think that makes a BD release quite a bit less likely.

illennium

This is correct.

Still, The Wire belongs on a Top 10 Of All Time list along with Arrested Development and Freaks & Geeks. I would put The Wire somewhere around #6 on that list.

legend42

wat?

RustyOrgan

Quick question - My DVDs arrived the other day and I noticed that Seasons One and Two has non-foil covers. Were foil covers ever released for the other seasons? It looks as if the packaging was slightly changed (cheaper) for Seasons Four and Five...

darthdelegate

Casablanca wasn't filmed in HD yet it was released in HD. Same goes for plenty of other films.

PopcornTreeCt

Yeah, but The Wire looks like it was filmed with video cameras that were purchased at a low-end electronics store. I could be wrong though.

mh4268

the first three seasons were in digpak style packaging, I believe foiled originally(a friend has borrowed mine but am 99.9% sure)season one was silver, two green, three blue. Season four and five have a slip cover with slim packs inside, not foil. Not sure if that answers the question

redcat

True, but has there been a TV series that was converted to HD?