The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
These three shows to me are the greatest ones to exist, to me the sopranos is probably the best one because of the intimate quality. Both The Sopranos and The Wire are very intellectually stimulating, it's cool how with the wire they show cross sections of many aspects of the city. Breaking Bad is basically like the televised version of smoking crystal meth.
Which one is the best to you? Do you have any other series that you think are just as good or better? |
Re: The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
Haven't seen The Sopranos yet, but The Wire is my #2 TV show and Breaking Bad is my #3, so there you go.
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Re: The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
Breaking Bad is okay, not quite The Shield level but almost as good as The Americans. But all these are entertainment. The Wire is something else. It's a real solid sociological thesis on the interdependence of various fields of Baltimore's politics, economy, culture and society, and, by extension modern urban life. And it's more about anti-narratives (plots that go nowhere, police work that doesn't progress) than the other series' adventures. It hardly goes on the same shelves. It's entertaining at a meta-level, like Samuel Beckett.
I enjoy Spielberg or McTiernan as much as any other person. But Ettore Scola is a whole different thing. |
Originally Posted by Thief (Post 2215549)
Haven't seen The Sopranos yet, but The Wire is my #2 TV show and Breaking Bad is my #3, so there you go.
I am just livid that you aren't telling me your #1 :mad: |
Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2215575)
Breaking Bad is okay, not quite The Shield level but almost as good as The Americans. But all these are entertainment. The Wire is something else. It's a real solid sociological thesis on the interdependence of various fields of Baltimore's politics, economy, culture and society, and, by extension modern urban life. And it's more about anti-narratives (plots that go nowhere, police work that doesn't progress) than the other series' adventures. It hardly goes on the same shelves. It's entertaining at a meta-level, like Samuel Beckett.
I enjoy Spielberg or McTiernan as much as any other person. But Ettore Scola is a whole different thing. While The Sopranos isn't quite as complicated or realistic as The Wire, it has a pretty deep social element (yet not sociological). I really dig the juxtaposition of tough guy mobster psychology with the more "liberal" and gushy aspect of psychiatry, along with all the conversations about identity politics which were picking up in the 90's. Imagine what the sopranos would look like now adays... |
Re: The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
The Sopranos
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Originally Posted by CringeFest (Post 2215579)
I am just livid that you aren't telling me your #1 :mad:
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Originally Posted by CringeFest (Post 2215542)
These three shows to me are the greatest ones to exist, to me the sopranos is probably the best one because of the intimate quality. Both The Sopranos and The Wire are very intellectually stimulating, it's cool how with the wire they show cross sections of many aspects of the city. Breaking Bad is basically like the televised version of smoking crystal meth.
Which one is the best to you? Do you have any other series that you think are just as good or better? The Italian sensation Gomorrah is a fantastic show. Final season got delayed, but it will appear one of these days. Gomorrah is like The Sopranos, but without any humor.
Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2215575)
Breaking Bad is okay, not quite The Shield level but almost as good as The Americans.
Another terrific series is Six Feet Under. |
Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2216076)
Another terrific series is Six Feet Under.
And let's face it: FEW series can match that series finale for beauty, plot tie-ups and general satisfaction. Might be time for a rewatch. <3 |
Originally Posted by Austruck (Post 2216172)
One of my personal favorites of all time.
And let's face it: FEW series can match that series finale for beauty, plot tie-ups and general satisfaction. Might be time for a rewatch. <3 |
Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2216184)
I’ve seen it 3 times. As recently as last year. :)
Gotta admit, most of my favorite series of all time have come from HBO. |
Originally Posted by Austruck (Post 2216225)
I'm sure I've seen it that many times too. Never gets old. This week is my usual rewatch of HBO's John Adams series. Next week I might take another run at The Sopranos.
Gotta admit, most of my favorite series of all time have come from HBO. No one surpasses HBO. Not even close. Did you ever see the two-season Enlightened with Laura Dern or The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow on HBO? I highly recommend both of them. |
Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2216832)
John Adams is something that doesn’t appeal at all. Not a fan of period stuff.
No one surpasses HBO. Not even close. Did you ever see the two-season Enlightened with Laura Dern or The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow on HBO? I highly recommend both of them. American Horror Story American Crime Story The Americans Damages Fargo Justified The League Legion Nip/Tuck Rescue Me The Shield Sons of Anarchy The Strain You're the Worst |
Originally Posted by Siddon (Post 2216849)
FX is better
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Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2216832)
John Adams is something that doesn’t appeal at all. Not a fan of period stuff.
No one surpasses HBO. Not even close. Did you ever see the two-season Enlightened with Laura Dern or The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow on HBO? I highly recommend both of them. No period stuff? Not even Deadwood? Another of my absolute faves, which I rewatch several times a year. If we wait long enough, even The Sopranos will become period stuff. :D |
Originally Posted by Austruck (Post 2216874)
Saw The Comeback. Kudrow is so delightful in anything she does. :)
No period stuff? Not even Deadwood? Another of my absolute faves, which I rewatch several times a year. If we wait long enough, even The Sopranos will become period stuff. :D True on The Sopranos. Someone here commented recently that it’s amusingly dated or something to that effect. Can’t remember her exact words. |
Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2216878)
True on The Sopranos. Someone here commented recently that it’s amusingly dated or something to that effect. Can’t remember her exact words.
This is a compelling sci-fi sequal of the primitive and inferior series "The Supranos" of the early 21st century. In the year 10,000, Melika Cazzamblanca (the niece of a suprano family counter-agent twice removed) finds a soylent green DVD tucked away in a trash can. Shocked and Intrigued, she starts a Deli and a crack den which then orbits the star Xenon XXIV. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dxux08dW...jpg&name=small Edits: I can't effing spell. |
Re: The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
@Austruck, did you like Veep? I’m not a comedy fan per se, but this show was so hilarious. Probably the funniest show for me since The Office UK.
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Re: The Wire, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad?
All of the above!
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Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2217371)
@Austruck, did you like Veep? I’m not a comedy fan per se, but this show was so hilarious. Probably the funniest show for me since The Office UK.
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