The Sopranos

bosstrabs

jonattonyeah And it’s interesting how S.2 of The Wire has become so respected. It was not when it came out. Maybe it was just too different from S.1. I don’t know. But it’s amazing. Frank Sobotka was an incredible character. So well written and acted.

Yeah, I was bang into Seasons 1, 3 and 4 a few years ago. Then on a recent rewatch I started to like Season 2 a lot more, where I found it depressing and ponderous previously (compared to the street stuff and the brilliance Omar Little, Stringer Bell et al)

jonattonyeah

bosstrabs

It’s the season I’ve rewatched the most. It’s just really well done.

Unbroken1

wrongun … probably too quickly yeah, but it was the ending that was always intended I believe. To be fair, although I’d rather they’d had the space to do it the way the creators wanted, I didn’t mind the ending and didn’t feel FUCKING RIPPED-OFF LIKE AT THE END OF THE SOPRANOS!!

Along_the_Wire

jonattonyeah The Shield was unrealistic and silly, but a good watch nonetheless?

jonattonyeah

Along_the_Wire

Gotcha. That makes sense. It’s loosely based off of the Rampart scandal (the name of the show was originally going to be Rampart but the LAPD put the kibosh on that). Knowing that story might’ve made me enjoy the show more. The Rampart police division was out of their fucking minds. Robbing dealers. Framing people. One dude was even involved in a bank robbery. Also rumored that one officer killed Biggie which is why nobody has ever been caught. And people wonder why the police aren’t trusted.

bosstrabs

ENTOURAGE

Does anyone here watch that shit?

Awful TV for morons.

jonattonyeah

bosstrabs

Awful. Just terrible. Nice looking women but even they can’t save it. Right there with Big Bang Theory for the worst thing ever filmed.

bosstrabs

I’d rather spend an entire week on holiday with Funky than have to do an Entourage box set.

Millsy

It’s no coincidence that an Entourage box set is exactly the same length, to the second, as one of Damo’s mixes.

bosstrabs

Millsy It’s no coincidence that an Entourage box set is exactly the same length, to the second, as one of Damo’s mixes.

43 hours and 20 minutes. Actually feels like 4 years?

Along_the_Wire

A mate of mine had an MBB moment and said it was the best thing he’s ever seen. I bought the first season on play.com import and paid handsomely for the US version on DVD. Utter fucking bilge.

SM001

Along_the_Wire Men Behaving Badly or Mrs. Browns Boys?

Along_the_Wire

Mrs Brown’s Boys. It’s the first tab on the spreadsheet.

Old-Dutch

Thought Boardwalk Empire started well but lost interest in it after 3rd series.

Smallman1

Any Scrubs fans here?

Thought not.

Millsy

Smallman1 I don’t want no Scrubs in this thread.

seanc80

Breaking Bad shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence as The Sopranos.

jonattonyeah

seanc80

The last few episodes of Breaking Bad are up there for me. They’re really good. The two are just very different shows even if at the end of the day they’re about the same thing - family. I don’t really compare them. They seem like they’re in different universes. The Wire and The Sopranos had similar pacing so I don’t mind debating those two. Breaking Bad is very different, to my mind.

EDIT I guess I’d say The Sopranos feels like a really long movie. Breaking Bad feels like TV.

Mad_Cyril

seanc80 Breaking Bad shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence as The Sopranos.

Cunning

bosstrabs

seanc80 He is only looking for good TV recommendations, you repugnant-clothed fuck

Along_the_Wire

jonattonyeah Breaking bad had three good series tops. Everyone else should’ve been killed in real life after that.

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