The Sopranos is the greatest TV show ever

Dr Crayfish

I actually enjoy BCS more than Breaking Bad, it's a lovely show.

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Unearthly wrote: »

I presume you have seen Breaking Bad? It's a slow burner. I think it will be one of those shows that gets better as it goes on

Really enjoyed Breaking Bad (although didn't watch last disc). From what's posted on here I expect that Better Call Saul Season I isn't great - even though I liked the shifty, slimy, creepy Saul character in BB

The_Valeyard

noodler wrote: »

Just came in to say Battlestar Galactica.

So say we all

red ears

Pidae.m wrote: »

You need to watch it so. There's so much of the series where I hated tony

He was a great character as there are times I liked him, times I really disliked him.

paralysed

Nip/Tuck

Unearthly

Logo wrote: »

Really enjoyed Breaking Bad (although didn't watch last disc). From what's posted on here I expect that Better Call Saul Season I isn't great - even though I liked the shifty, slimy, creepy Saul character in BB

In the tv forum the majority like it a lot. Great ratings on imdb and rotten tomatoes to. Would definitely say give it a shot

VonLuck

Band of Brothers is in my opinion the best TV show I have seen. Made all the better because it was entirely a true story.

holy guacamole

Love The Sopranos and consider it among the greatest TV shows of all time.

However it really tailed away toward the end and definitely went on for a season or two longer than it should.

The last half-dozen episodes in particular were a real disappointment and somewhat sullied the entire experience for me.

But for four of five seasons it was without peer; it changed television and revolutionised the way TV series are produced.

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Dr Crayfish wrote: »

it's a lovely show.

That doesn't exactly inspire confidence:(

Atoms for Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxthFO-HWs

noodler

Logo wrote: »

That doesn't exactly inspire confidence:(

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Its brilliant.

Barry Badrinath

The Sopranos...

Probably the worst show ever made. Pure schyte.

Alf Stewart.

Logo wrote: »

Got Better Call Saul as a Christmas present. Is it worth watching?

Presumably you've already watched Breaking Bad, and are familiar with the character? If so, yes abso-fcuking-lutely. I really enjoyed both seasons so far

As for the OP, yeah I agree, the Wire is good, but Sopranos is a much better show, much better.

I'm also going to recommend Boardwalk Empire.

Conchir

I think the final ten minutes of Six Feet Under was the finest ending to a TV series ever. Phenomenal show all round, but the way they wrapped it up was perfect.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Presumably you've already watched Breaking Bad, and are familiar with the character? If so, yes abso-fcuking-lutely. I really enjoyed both seasons so far

As for the OP, yeah I agree, the Wire is good, but Sopranos is a much better show, much better.

I'm also going to recommend Boardwalk Empire.

In what way.

I'd argue The Wire is better because of the sheer ambition of the show and that you could empathize with the "bad" characters and what they did much more and they weren't quite the one dimensional greedy thugs that the Soprano's and their gang were (people may argue otherwise but that's really what they boiled down to).Not the Soprano's writers fault of course as that's the nature of the subject the show deals with but the realness of The Wire made it show that would really make you think about a lot of things.

WhiteMemento9

Conchir wrote: »

I think the final ten minutes of Six Feet Under was the finest ending to a TV series ever. Phenomenal show all round, but the way they wrapped it up was perfect.

No question, those 10 minutes are one of the most affecting things I have seen in any form of art.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Conchir wrote: »

I think the final ten minutes of Six Feet Under was the finest ending to a TV series ever. Phenomenal show all round, but the way they wrapped it up was perfect.

Agree 100%.It's incredibly moving.

Dirty Dingus McGee

The one thing I really hated about the Sopranos were the dream sequence episodes which took place once a season and were always a real chore to get through.

WhiteMemento9

btw, if you think there is even a remote chance (It should currently be your number one prioirty) that you will watch Six Feet Under at any stage in the future stay away from watching the ending. It will be useless without the context of having seen the whole thing up till that point and completely ruin the show.

Tell me how

For me,

#1 - The Wire
#2 - Sopranos

Breaking Bad? Watched 43 episodes before I decided I'd enough of it. Had been waiting for it to kick in like people were telling me it would. Felt there was nothing like the character depth, dialog or plot lines as top 2 above.
Walter Jr and Marie Schrader were ultimately empty characters who contributed nothing and never developed. What was up with Marie's kleptomania and penchant for the colour purple that was neither explained or expanded.

maudgonner

VonLuck wrote: »

Band of Brothers is in my opinion the best TV show I have seen. Made all the better because it was entirely a true story.

The West Wing is my personal favourite and the one I rewatch over and over, but Band of Brothers is hands down the best show I've ever seen. It's absolutely superb, a masterpiece that everyone should watch. As close to perfect as we're ever likely to get, I reckon.

Dirty Dingus McGee

maudgonner wrote: »

The West Wing is my personal favourite and the one I rewatch over and over, but Band of Brothers is hands down the best show I've ever seen. It's absolutely superb, a masterpiece that everyone should watch. As close to perfect as we're ever likely to get, I reckon.

I slightly preferred the Pacific myself.

The only issue I had with Band of Brothers was that it lacked identifiable characters in the first few episodes.An awful lot of them were very similar (understandable obviously) and difficult to identify who was who at times.

Still one of the greatest shows of all time though.

Glenster

Tell me how wrote: »

For me,

#1 - The Wire
#2 - Sopranos

Breaking Bad? Watched 43 episodes before I decided I'd enough of it. Had been waiting for it to kick in like people were telling me it would. Felt there was nothing like the character depth, dialog or plot lines as top 2 above.
Walter Jr and Marie Schrader were ultimately empty characters who contributed nothing and never developed. What was up with Marie's kleptomania and penchant for the colour purple that was neither explained or expanded.

Watched 3 episodes of the wire. didn't like it. Three hours should be enough to get me into something.

The sopranos were a bit whiny old rich white man.

Oz was amazing.

The high horse brigade

Glenster wrote: »

Watched 3 episodes of the wire. didn't like it. Three hours should be enough to get me into something.

Not really, every season is focused on a completely different type of corruption, season two is about smuggling and the docks, three is the mayor's office and court house, four is the schools, five is the press

Dr Crayfish

Glenster wrote: »

The sopranos were a bit whiny old rich white man.

You should write TV reviews for a living.

Starscream25

Battlestar galactica, don't mind your wires and sopranos

stimpson

Starscream25 wrote: »

Battlestar galactica, don't mind your wires and sopranos

Sci-fi is the worst kind of fi.

Starscream25

stimpson wrote: »

Sci-fi is the worst kind of fi.

Yes I agree sci fi for the most part is vastly horrendous however I wouldn't put bsg in this category just because it's set in space and has robots out to kill off humanity, it's brings a lot more to the table than just that. Special mention to Gaius Baltar, wonderfully written thought provoking character.
I don't say this lightly, the wire is a masterpiece and the sopranoes is great IMO.
Here's a very short review if anyone's interested
https://youtu.be/3PvQ5h_7vEo

fryup

Breaking Bad is the best TV drama ever with The sopranos running a close second

Gavlor

1: Sopranos
1: the Wire
1: breaking bad
1: band of brothers
1: Pacific


That's my top 5, impossible to pick a winner but the best episode of above is sopranos when Paulie and Christopher get stuck in the woods sharing the ketchup sachets!

Special mention to Vikings and the night of


Edit: I forgot about the shield!!

Cortina_MK_IV

Seems all US so far. Not many British or Irish. Love/Hate?

Tell me how

Cortina_MK_IV wrote:

Seems all US so far. Not many British or Irish. Love/Hate?

I would actually rate Love Hate in my top 5.

Some of the scenes with Nidge were up there in terms of quality. The scene where he confronted Siobhan before he got shot was outstanding in my view.

Where's we rate shows from US highly, I suspect a large appeal of Love Hate, for us Irish, was the familiarity with locations/accents and it wouldn't be too popular should it be shown over there.

I'm not sure Sopranos would be top of my all time favourite list but it's close to the top.

It does have the best opening titles of any show, ever.

noodler

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Seems all US so far. Not many British or Irish. Love/Hate?

Absolutely not.

Good for an Irish show is all I'll give it.

But compared to

The wire
BSG
The Shield
Breaking Bad
Luther
Longmire
Black Mirror

Not a chance.

noodler

noodler wrote: »

Absolutely not.

Good for an Irish show is all I'll give it.

I've never seen it, but I have friends in the US who think it's right up there with the best, have really raved about it.

As I say I've never watched it, but they wouldn't be the types to fling around that praise for nothing.

Zaph

Anyone who says anything other than The West Wing is clearly wrong, and I probably should siteban you for your wrongnicity.

Allowances will be made for those who said Band of Brothers.

Diabhal Beag

The Shield just about beats Sopranos imo but I love them bot. The West Wing's awful attempts at humour knock it way down the list imo. Wire's last season was a mess but it's up there with the best ever.

Starscream25

Ok, for me it's
BSG
Breaking bad
Game of Thrones
The West Wing
The wire (I'd have it higher but it's real to life grimness gets a bit depressing)
Band of Brothers
The sopranos (sorry OP)

The Simpsons, peep show, South Park.
We live in amazing times with so many great shows at our disposal.

mdwexford

Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad are all in the conversation for goat.

Dexter was great for four seasons, especially season four itself which is perhaps my favourite season of tv ever. Pity the show runners changed and it went cack.

jcsoulinger

There is The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, then there is a massive chasm, then everything else.

kingtiger

Sopranos was fantastic, couldn't wait for an episode week to week

But it suffered between the breaks of seasons between (4-6)

Still stick on "pine barrens" for some laugh out loud moments

pavb2

I enjoyed the Sopranos the dream sequences were mentioned earlier but I found the meetings with the psychiatrist became a bit boring & tedious and slowed everything down.

By far and away the best series on right now on PBS America.

Ken Burns "The Civil War". 27 years old and still the yardstick for documentaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084

Cortina_MK_IV

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Seems all US so far. Not many British or Irish. Love/Hate?

noodler wrote: »

Absolutely not.
Good for an Irish show is all I'll give it.
But compared to
The wire
BSG
The Shield
Breaking Bad
Luther
Longmire
Black Mirror
Not a chance.

Given that the topic uses the word “ever,” it is like the Internet is older than TV. Again we are down to the old favourite personal choice, but I’d probably have 10 British TV shows in before the US got a look in. I’ve already said “The Sweeney” and for a 70’s show it has aged well (still crops up on ITV4.)

• Boys from the Blackstuff
• Cracker
• Prime Suspect
• This Life
• Shameless
• Life on Mars
• Peaky Blinders
• Line of Fire

Also (as said) our own Love/Hate and I agree with what was said and a lot of my liking for that is being able to relate to it more.

Tell me how

Livia Soprano is one of my favourite villains in any TV show either. The very definition of a character you love to hate. It's amazing that you actually feel sorry for the psychotic murderer Tony when he has to deal with a mother like that.

As unlikeable as both Tony and Carmela were, the performances of James Gandolfini and Edie Falco in those roles really were incredible. Such a shame he died so young.

Tell me how wrote: »

For me,

#1 - The Wire
#2 - Sopranos

Breaking Bad? Watched 43 episodes before I decided I'd enough of it. Had been waiting for it to kick in like people were telling me it would. Felt there was nothing like the character depth, dialog or plot lines as top 2 above.
Walter Jr and Marie Schrader were ultimately empty characters who contributed nothing and never developed. What was up with Marie's kleptomania and penchant for the colour purple that was neither explained or expanded.

Breaking Bad was really made by Bryan Cranston's performances. A lesser actor in that role would have made the show nowhere near as successful as it was. Though Bob Odenkirk as Saul was brilliant as well.

I agree that other characters were very underdeveloped. I actually think Marie had potential to be a good character (more so than Skyler, who just too serious and humourless at the outset to ever really be likeable) but it never really took off.

I never actually made it to Season Two of The Wire, I watched Season One years ago and did enjoy it, though it took about seven or eight episodes to really get into .I keep saying I'll revisit it but I've a massive stack of boxsets to watch and books to read that I never get around to because there's too much choice. #FirstWorldProblems

Unearthly

noodler wrote: »

Absolutely not.

Good for an Irish show is all I'll give it.

But compared to

The wire
BSG
The Shield
Breaking Bad
Luther
Longmire
Black Mirror

Not a chance.

Now that's a great list. Not seen Longmire. On my to do list.

red ears

Deleted User wrote: »

Livia Soprano is one of my favourite villains in any TV show either. The very definition of a character you love to hate. It's amazing that you actually feel sorry for the psychotic murderer Tony when he has to deal with a mother like that.

I had forgot about her she was brilliant.

I loved the sopranos i used to watch 2 or 3 episodes a night and really looked forward to seeing it each night for as long as the 6 seasons lasted. Same with the wire and breaking bad. I would probably put the wire and sporanos slightly above breaking bad. Im new to all these TV shows. I never watched much until recently. Im glad to hear so many other great shows are out there. I might try game of thrones next i've heard so much about it.

Yamanoto

RasTa wrote: »

The Larry Sanders show is one of the greatest of all time

byte

A Country Practice!

Seriously though, my favourites would be The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Shield.

I'd like to rewatch The Wire moreso than the others, as I inevitably missed bits.

RollieFingers

Narcos!