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Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 6:55 pm
by Malloy
epilogue wrote:Don't we already have this thread?
i made this thread to occlude the west wing & its ersatz prestige bullshit and to demarcate the shows in the subject line as fundamentally different
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 6:55 pm
by Malloy
Jorge wrote:I should watch Deadwood
you must
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 6:56 pm
by Jorge
I must
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 6:58 pm
by Malloy
JuanHamm wrote:1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Mad Men
i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s writerly the way sopranos is.
the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 6:58 pm
by Mickey
Malloy wrote:JuanHamm wrote:1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Mad Men
i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s a writerly the way sopranos is.
the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.
I have the inverse formulation: Deadwood is the best, The Wire is easily my favorite.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 7:17 pm
by Malloy
Mickey wrote:Malloy wrote:JuanHamm wrote:1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Mad Men
i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s a writerly the way sopranos is.
the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.
I have the inverse formulation: Deadwood is the best, The Wire is easily my favorite.
because of my love of deadwood, this makes me happy
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 7:44 pm
by The Argonaut
Deadwood is great, but it's a solid fourth place on this list. Fourth place is good, though
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 7:50 pm
by Jorge
1. Sopranos
2. The Wire
That's it, those are the ones I've seen
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 7:52 pm
by BurtReynolds
Mad Men is numba 1. brilliant from start to finish.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 8:38 pm
by epilogue
Mad Men is such an amazing show.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:00 pm
by JuanHamm
I never actually finished Mad Men. It was beautiful, well written and well put together but I didn't really connect with the characters in the same way I did with the other shows.
I probably owe it another shot.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:05 pm
by epilogue
Mad Men is far and away the best show I've ever seen. But I have not seen the Sopranos, I've only seen one episode of The Wire, and I've only seen four episodes of Deadwood.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:07 pm
by JuanHamm
You should really watch Deadwood. I love those characters so much.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:17 pm
by epilogue
JuanHamm wrote:You should really watch Deadwood. I love those characters so much.
It really didn't stick with me. I'm not sure why. One of these days I'll give it another go. I know too many that love it but to give it a fair shake.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:48 pm
by BurtReynolds
I remember loving Deadwood, but I tried rewatching it and the first few episodes aren't great. It gets better, but I wouldn't put it on the top.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 9:54 pm
by JuanHamm
BurtReynolds wrote:I remember loving Deadwood, but I tried rewatching it and the first few episodes aren't great. It gets better, but I wouldn't put it on the top.
The pilot is a little off, but I think the show is strong from there. I love all the Wild Bill stuff.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 10:35 pm
by Mickey
epilogue wrote:Mad Men is far and away the best show I've ever seen. But I have not seen the Sopranos, I've only seen one episode of The Wire, and I've only seen four episodes of Deadwood.
Absolutely howling at this point.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 10:35 pm
by Mickey
The Americans would be my top, and really only, vote for a fifth head on this televisual Mt. Rushmore.
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 10:38 pm
by Anders
Breaking Bad
Re: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men
Posted: Wed August 10, 2022 10:40 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.