tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post7573454335587750237..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-63595883257678020582009-04-23T08:23:00.000+01:002009-04-23T08:23:00.000+01:00It's a daring way of making television--you are de...It's a daring way of making television--you are demanding an unusually active involvement from the viewer in what is normally a passive medium.<br /><br />I think HBO are more willing to take this kind of risk (I see they currently have "A Game of Thrones" in production too...) because they're a subscription rather than advertising-driven channel. It's the kind of thing the BBC should be doing over here but signally failing to do.<br /><br />Looking forward to series 2, but a lot of my favourite characters were in the Barksdale gang - although glad to see that Stringer should be around for the second series.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-2848207498295212322009-04-22T21:26:00.000+01:002009-04-22T21:26:00.000+01:00This is the very point I have been ranting on to a...This is the very point I have been ranting on to anyone who will or will not listen. Each episode is a chapter.<br /><br />I'm pleased someone else thinks that way about the wire. On that note I'm off to watch episode 6 season 4.<br /><br />I'll be interested what you think of season 2.Swainsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868686527341125913noreply@blogger.com