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The Wire is one of the few shows to outgrow its initial premise without jumping the shark. I thought the Hamsterdam arc was a bit laboured but when the focus shifted to the schools system they really pulled it out of the hat.

If you're into that kind of thing you should read anything by Dennis Cooper http://www.denniscooper.net . A film of his book Frisk was made. Far as I know it's still banned here.

Possibly the last American film maker before the nerds took over. Opening Night is great stuff as well.

Or start from the very beginning with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and trace Argento's career. Even if a lot of it is a downward spiral.

This one was great as well http://youtube.com/watch?v=DFqLh2cL-_4 It had Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Iggy and Cheap Trick doing the music. It was released in 1983 and no one had a clue what to do with it. Pity.

Aliens on the huge screen. Deadly.

Thought I saw this on DVD down in Laser so it has to be for sale somewhere. Hard to believe it was made in 1997 and there's been nothing to beat it since. For all the pratting around the Film Board does with script editors why does everything that goes through their 'development' process...

Dammitt.

Alan Moore adaptations not having the best run lately (League, V, Swamp Thing) so I'd say it's for the best. Watchmen is so much for and about comics and it has an ending that would have execs pulling their hair out. A film wouldn't/couldn't do it justice.

I think the lesson here is people should be reading better books. Notes from a Small Island? Gimme a break.

It's for the best. Too many shows outstay their shelflife. Simpsons anyone?

It's a fantastic book. Read it in no time flat. It's fun to see which bits turned up in the show as it went along. You could pick out scenes and paragraphs all the way up to Season 5. there's also an interview with Tom Fontana who wrote most of the show and Oz in the current issue of Film...

Jay also beat Homer in a belching match. He made a very powerful enemy that day.

Bet they'll be watching the cricket on it and everything.

One of the world's great grumpy men. He's got a great list of 'liberal crap I never want to hear again'. http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2005/09/new_daily_show__2.html