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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Television => Topic started by: TheBigTicket23 on January 28, 2013, 10:25:01 AM
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Just finished the Sopranos, and man this was something special. What a great story, absolutely fantastic series. So now I'm falling in a deep dark hole and I need another series to watch to get over Rajon Rondo's torn ACL ;) Thinking about Breaking Bad or The Wire. Any suggestions???
I've already seen:
- Game of Thrones
- Prisonbreak
- Heroes
- Supernatural
- Lost
- Band of Brothers / Pacific
Thanks!
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Boardwalk Empire is awesome, it's HBO as well
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Sons of anarchy is great too
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Breaking Bad definitely, my favorite show! It's on netflix too if you have that.
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You should definitely see Breaking Bad. It's awesome. As is Dexter.
Homeland and The Walking Dead are pretty good too.
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I thought Sopranos was the best thing out there, until I watched The Wire. It might be a bit confusing for the first two or three episodes, but give it a shot.
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I thought Sopranos was the best thing out there, until I watched The Wire. It might be a bit confusing for the first two or three episodes, but give it a shot.
yeah exactly I watched four episodes of the Wire, then I got remembered to watch the Sopranos, did that and never stopped. But I'll give The Wire another shot someday! Just hope I get so in touch with the characters as in The Sopranos where all dialoagues are just hilarious. It's like a 6 seasons pulp fiction
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The Wire>>Breaking Bad (and everything else)
But, Justified is I think the most fun 'gritty' show on right now. I could wax philosophical about how much I love that show for hours.
If you like watching people curse like sailors and beat the crap out of each other (as does every red-blooded American), and you enjoy complex morally ambiguous characters, HBO's Deadwood is a personal favorite for me.
HBO's Rome is pretty awesome also, especially in the first season.
My friends love Spartacus, personally I think its over-done and stupid.
Ummm...
Community is funnier than anything out there, and its about to come 'back on' in Feb, all 3 seasons are available on Hulu.
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The First Three Seasons of the West Wing before all of the above.
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If you dig legal drams. Suits.
If yoy dig reality TV and action. WWE shows.
But Breaking Bad is great TV, as everyone else mentioned already.
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The First Three Seasons of the West Wing before all of the above.
Don't listen to crazy people, its not better than The Wire. When people get all giddy about Homeland or Breaking Bad, they're actually just remembering what it felt like to watch The Wire.
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The First Three Seasons of the West Wing before all of the above.
Don't listen to crazy people, its not better than The Wire. When people get all giddy about Homeland or Breaking Bad, they're actually just remembering what it felt like to watch The Wire.
Season 3 of The West Wing is better than any season of TV ever. That includes all 14 episodes of Firefly, which the OP should watch.
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Also, Chuck!
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Why not start another old awesome HBO show, Six Feet Under?
SOA and Breaking Bad are good.
Shorter shows like Wilfred, Girls and Louie are fun and entertaining.
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Always sunny is funny as too.
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The Wire.
Hands down. It is the greatest tv show of all-time. It is mature, intelligent, realistic (without sacrificing story or tension), and has some of the best characters and dialogue to ever be created for television.
Also, it's best to watch shows that are completed, so as not to waste endless hours watching season upon season of a show that is eventually cancelled before being wrapped-up or destroyed creatively by focus groups or exiting talent.
You can wait for Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones and Homeland and Boardwalk Empire. Breaking Bad is wrapping up soon, and then you can watch the entire show straight through. It's pretty good. Homeland has two good seasons, but it is getting a bit over-the-top and silly, and who knows where it will go in season 3.
Sons of Anarchy (which I just gave up on!) and Dexter (which my wife likes) are too soap opera-y. If you like unrealistic shows with silly, cartoonish amounts of violence and corny love stories, then you can start one of those. But, they're more campy than they are good.
The only show I currently watch live (as in each week) is The Walking Dead, and as silly as it has gotten, I still love zombies and apocalypses.
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The Wire. The first couple episodes are kind of slow, but give it a shot. It gets amazing.
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First off the Sopranos is a garbage. Its dumbed down entertainment for people who cannot get enough of the exact same story over and over and over again.
whats also funny is that the director of the Sopranos pretty much threw his fan base under the bus for following this decade long story about nothing and they cheered for him, as he is insulting them, after the last episode. Why do you think the ending was so bad?
However in hopes people will watch decent shows, probably the best shows on TV that you need to watch:
The Wire
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
The Wire v. The Sopranos is a 1 v. 16 seed match up in the Tourney. The Wire does not glorify violence or murder, its a realistic depiction of crime in Baltimore. Sopranos is a cotton candy show, "say hello to my little friend" rip off, that makes you want to puke after 3 shows of the exact same characters and plot line from every other gangster film you ever saw. OMG is someone a snitch????
The Wire hired great character actors for the multitude of important roles that needed someone with talent v. a look. Sopranos is populated by "ex-mafia" people who look the part and can never get another gig that does not involve the Italian Mafia ever again, mainly bc they are terrible actors. You see these has beens all over entertainment now, trying desperately to mooch a little more off their mafia characters. Its pathetic.
Please watch The Wire, see what a real director/writer can do with a story.
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I was into Boardwalk Seasons 1 and 2, lost interest this year.
The only thing I watch religiously is Always Sunny. They had a great season this year after what I thought was a pretty disappointing one last year.
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First off the Sopranos is a garbage. Its dumbed down entertainment for people who cannot get enough of the exact same story over and over and over again.
Please watch The Wire, see what a real director/writer can do with a story.
Alright, Yeah I believe The Wire is fantastic that's why I actually wanted to start it again. But for me Sopranos was absolutely great, great sense of humor, for me it's not all the time the same story, it's not very unrealistic either and it's not like Scarface.
Then end of the sopranos is the best end i've seen so far in any series!
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If you like Tony Soprano, you need some Vick Mackey and Al Swearengen in your life.
The Shield
Deadwood
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First off the Sopranos is a garbage. Its dumbed down entertainment for people who cannot get enough of the exact same story over and over and over again.
Please watch The Wire, see what a real director/writer can do with a story.
Alright, Yeah I believe The Wire is fantastic that's why I actually wanted to start it again. But for me Sopranos was absolutely great, great sense of humor, for me it's not all the time the same story, it's not very unrealistic either and it's not like Scarface.
Then end of the sopranos is the best end i've seen so far in any series!
And I agree with you, the Sopranos is a great show.
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Another entertaining comedy that for some reason doesn't get old for me is Trailer Park Boys
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The Wire was the best TV series ever. I'm also a fan of Breaking Bad. Lately I've been watching Shameless. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's well done and interesting. I had high hopes for Boardwalk Empire, which started well, lagged a bit, but this last season was good.
I'm looking forward to breaking bad starting up again.
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All good shows, or some that may interest you (considering your list) with different flavors:
24
The Shield
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Rome
Deadwood
Justified
The Walking Dead
Homeland
Dexter
Sons of Anarchy
Rescue Me
Fringe
Suits
Battlestar Galactica
House
Sherlock
Entourage
Boardwalk Empire
Eastbound and Down
Damages
Dollhouse
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Firefly + Serenity movie
The 4400
Carnivale
Game of Thrones
Six Feet Under
Spartacus
Oz
True Blood
The West Wing
Weeds
Friday Night Lights
Alias
See you in 4 years :) Let me know if you want me to expand on any of the choices above.
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Thanks! Also heard some good things about Entourage! TP!
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Thanks! Also heard some good things about Entourage! TP!
They lied to you. Lied right to your face.
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The Wire>>Breaking Bad (and everything else)
But, Justified is I think the most fun 'gritty' show on right now. I could wax philosophical about how much I love that show for hours.
If you like watching people curse like sailors and beat the crap out of each other (as does every red-blooded American), and you enjoy complex morally ambiguous characters, HBO's Deadwood is a personal favorite for me.
HBO's Rome is pretty awesome also, especially in the first season.
My friends love Spartacus, personally I think its over-done and stupid.
Ummm...
Community is funnier than anything out there, and its about to come 'back on' in Feb, all 3 seasons are available on Hulu.
BOOOOOOOO!
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Thanks! Also heard some good things about Entourage! TP!
Very funny!!!
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Breaking Bad is the best series since the Sopranos
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Deadwood or Homeland.
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Dexter and Homeland.
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I'd echo the thoughts of others: The Wire.
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I'll mention two that haven't been mentioned yet. (I don't think.)
Californication and Shameless, both on Showtime.
Californication is clever with some great quick thinking dialogue. I think that it's in it 7th or so season, and man is it funny. You can watch it from the first episode which will either hook you for the seven seasons or turn you off completely. Very Funny Show. Duchovny, whom I never liked, is phenomenal.
Shameless is one of those shows that you are almost embarrassed to watch, but many of the actions of the characters are or should be shame evoking, but not to them, hence shameless. Also. that's how I feel when watching it. Shameless maybe when I should be ashamed.
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I'll mention two that haven't been mentioned yet. (I don't think.)
Californication and Shameless, both on Showtime.
Californication is clever with some great quick thinking dialogue. I think that it's in it 7th or so season, and man is it funny. You can watch it from the first episode which will either hook you for the seven seasons or turn you off completely. Very Funny Show. Duchovny, whom I never liked, is phenomenal.
Shameless is one of those shows that you are almost embarrassed to watch, but many of the actions of the characters are or should be shame evoking, but not to them, hence shameless. Also. that's how I feel when watching it. Shameless maybe when I should be ashamed.
the wife and I absolutely love Shameless. It is a great show about a poor dysfunctional family and their shenanigans. It really is very well done, but William H. Macy has absolutely no shame and is just not likeable at all, which detracts a bit from the series. If there was just a hint of redeeming quality in him, it would really add to the show. You can overlook much of the stuff the kids do, but he should just no better and doesn't, which is a bit of a turn off.
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If you're looking for another instance of "great show, bad ending," try LOST.
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Great replies, keep it going :)!!
Already seen Lost, liked the first 3/4 seasons, rest was horrible and I quited at 5 or sth. Also looking forward to s3 of GoT!
The Wire or Breaking bad are hopefully gonna live up to the expectations :D
Indeed heard some cool things about Californication, gonna check out Homelands and Shameless in some reviews....
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I'll mention two that haven't been mentioned yet. (I don't think.)
Californication and Shameless, both on Showtime.
Californication is clever with some great quick thinking dialogue. I think that it's in it 7th or so season, and man is it funny. You can watch it from the first episode which will either hook you for the seven seasons or turn you off completely. Very Funny Show. Duchovny, whom I never liked, is phenomenal.
Shameless is one of those shows that you are almost embarrassed to watch, but many of the actions of the characters are or should be shame evoking, but not to them, hence shameless. Also. that's how I feel when watching it. Shameless maybe when I should be ashamed.
the wife and I absolutely love Shameless. It is a great show about a poor dysfunctional family and their shenanigans. It really is very well done, but William H. Macy has absolutely no shame and is just not likeable at all, which detracts a bit from the series. If there was just a hint of redeeming quality in him, it would really add to the show. You can overlook much of the stuff the kids do, but he should just no better and doesn't, which is a bit of a turn off.
It's funny, I never really liked Macy as an actor, even though some of the movies he has been in (Fargo, etc.) I really liked, so it's easy for me to not like the despicable character he plays in Shameless. I think that makes me like the series even more, because he always seems to get his come-uppance, one way or the other in the show.
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The First Three Seasons of the West Wing before all of the above.
Don't listen to crazy people, its not better than The Wire. When people get all giddy about Homeland or Breaking Bad, they're actually just remembering what it felt like to watch The Wire.
You are right ..there is The Wire ..and then the rest.
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I'd highly recommend Battlestar Galactica. It's basically Lost + The West Wing + i Robot. The first couple episodes (including the mini series that precedes it - required viewing) are a little cheesy, but after 4 episodes it really comes into its own. Has a pretty controversial ending, like Lost, but the first 3 seasons are outstanding. Most underrated series of the last decade, for sure.
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I'm just surprised only one person besides myself has mentioned The Shield, it's an amazing series, and the ending is awesome I thought. Vic Mac is one of the best characters you'll come across on TV.
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Thanks! Also heard some good things about Entourage! TP!
They lied to you. Lied right to your face.
Unless they were talking about the last two seasons, in which case, they told you the truth.
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I'll mention two that haven't been mentioned yet. (I don't think.)
Californication and Shameless, both on Showtime.
Californication is clever with some great quick thinking dialogue. I think that it's in it 7th or so season, and man is it funny. You can watch it from the first episode which will either hook you for the seven seasons or turn you off completely. Very Funny Show. Duchovny, whom I never liked, is phenomenal.
Shameless is one of those shows that you are almost embarrassed to watch, but many of the actions of the characters are or should be shame evoking, but not to them, hence shameless. Also. that's how I feel when watching it. Shameless maybe when I should be ashamed.
the wife and I absolutely love Shameless. It is a great show about a poor dysfunctional family and their shenanigans. It really is very well done, but William H. Macy has absolutely no shame and is just not likeable at all, which detracts a bit from the series. If there was just a hint of redeeming quality in him, it would really add to the show. You can overlook much of the stuff the kids do, but he should just no better and doesn't, which is a bit of a turn off.
It's funny, I never really liked Macy as an actor, even though some of the movies he has been in (Fargo, etc.) I really liked, so it's easy for me to not like the despicable character he plays in Shameless. I think that makes me like the series even more, because he always seems to get his come-uppance, one way or the other in the show.
I have only watched the British version, and only a few of the American one (was a virtual shot for shot remake from what I saw), and your assessment is spot on. He's despicable, weak, selfish, and lacking any self-awareness. But he just keeps getting beaten down, you almost have to atl east admire his ability to get up again.
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A new show Im wading into: 'Ripper Street'
It's a period piece, set in late 1800s London, excellent acting, excellent characters, facile plots week to week but building towards something bigger (specifically, the return of Jack The Ripper). It's entertaining, not great, but worth watching.
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Surprised no one has mentioned Mad Men. One of my favorites along with Breaking Bad.
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The Wire by HBO is easily the best show I've ever watched on TV. If you haven't seen it yet you should go out of your way to do so.
If you're into cheap laffs then check out Workaholics by Comedy Central.