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The Wire vs. The Sopranos

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    #32
    jimpump
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭jimpump


    Degag wrote: »
    Stringer is a superb character alright.

    cant forget avon barksdale....i was pissed that he was gone after series 2


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    #33
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    Sopranos is a classic at this stage


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    #34
    Degag
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    jimpump wrote: »
    cant forget avon barksdale....i was pissed that he was gone after series 2
    He wasn't though.
    he was there until the end


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    #35
    krudler
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    Degag wrote: »
    He wasn't though.
    he was there until the end

    Know why?

    cos the king stay the king.


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    #36
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Degag wrote: »
    Yup, i mean was there any character on the show who didn't think he was an asshole?
    ethical code? hmmm, it's a while since i watched it, but i guess so. Wouldn't have said Marlo after he killed Prop Joe though. What about the guy who killed Cheese?

    Yes Sir you are right - I said Marlo instead of Omar by mistake and ninja edited the OP ;)

    Yeah the guy who killed cheese seemed okay - Jesus Christ did I jump for joy when
    cheese got iced
    .


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    #37
    jimpump
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    Degag wrote: »
    He wasn't though.
    he was there until the end

    dunno what the spoilers about but i think i get what ya mean
    im pretty sure he appeared a few series' later talkin to someone? when he was locked up


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    #38
    TeddyTedson
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    hondasam wrote: »
    The will hear you :)

    you will be evicted.
    The see and hear all.


    Isn't the Sopranos finished now? How many series are there. Ive never seen a single episode but I know the big guy is called Tony and I think I know the last scene because they were talking about it on the radio at the time...:(


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    #39
    hondasam
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    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The see and hear all.


    Isn't the Sopranos finished now? How many series are there. Ive never seen a single episode but I know the big guy is called Tony and I think I know the last scene because they were talking about it on the radio at the time...:(

    you should buy the box set and watch it. The wire is very good as well. You will get hooked on them.


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    #40
    RichieC
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    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The see and hear all.


    Isn't the Sopranos finished now? How many series are there. Ive never seen a single episode but I know the big guy is called Tony and I think I know the last scene because they were talking about it on the radio at the time...:(

    It was desperate housewives with fking gangsters and all the who gives a sh*t that goes with it...


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    #41
    krudler
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    RichieC wrote: »
    It was desperate housewives with fking gangsters and all the who gives a sh*t that goes with it...

    Or it was one of the most brilliant tv shows ever.


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    #42
    jimpump
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    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The see and hear all.


    Isn't the Sopranos finished now? How many series are there. Ive never seen a single episode but I know the big guy is called Tony and I think I know the last scene because they were talking about it on the radio at the time...:(

    if ya have sky digital its on sky atlantic on channel 108, and they are 8 episodes in already but watch the rest and get series 1 on dvd

    just checked there, 9.00 wednesday nights on ch.108


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    #43
    gonedrinking
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    I like these shows but preferred generation kill over the both of them, shame it was only a mini series


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    #44
    RichieC
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    krudler wrote: »
    Or it was one of the most brilliant tv shows ever.

    Well I agree it was decent, but it's a fking insult to the Wire that this thread was even started.


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    #45
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    The see and hear all.


    Isn't the Sopranos finished now? How many series are there. Ive never seen a single episode but I know the big guy is called Tony and I think I know the last scene because they were talking about it on the radio at the time...:(

    Just watch it for the love of god, you wont be disappointed, theres a reason its refered to as one of the greatest tv shows ever.


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    #46
    RichieC
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    gonedrinking wrote: »
    I like these shows but preferred generation kill over the both of them, shame it was only a mini series

    Was really good too. I remember the first episode I watched I actually though it was real...


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    #47
    krudler
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    RichieC wrote: »
    Well I agree it was decent, but it's a fking insult to the Wire that this thread was even started.

    Insult to The Wire? how? The Sopranos started long before The Wire did

    edit, nevermind, read that post arseways


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    #48
    Buceph
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    RichieC wrote: »
    Was really good too. I remember the first episode I watched I actually though it was real...

    Thank christ it's not gay for a man to like Rudy.


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    #49
    jimpump
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    RichieC wrote: »
    Well I agree it was decent, but it's a fking insult to the Wire that this thread was even started.

    so you're sayin the sopranos is ****???? WTF


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    #50
    KnifeWRENCH
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    Have only seen the first season of The Wire so far and the first three seasons of The Sopranos. Need to watch more to give a fair comparison and decide which is better.

    Biggest difference for me is that The Sopranos grabbed me from the very first episode, whereas The Wire is more slow burning and takes a while to get into. Have the entire Sopranos collection and seasons 2-4 of The Wire at home, can't wait til I eventually have the time to get stuck into them. :)

    Imo though there are more TV shows out there, other than those two, that deserve to be considered contenders for "greatest show ever".


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    #51
    krudler
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    KnifeWRENCH wrote: »
    Have only seen the first season of The Wire so far and the first three seasons of The Sopranos. Need to watch more to give a fair comparison.

    Biggest difference for me is that The Sopranos grabbed me from the very first episode, whereas The Wire is more slow burning and takes a while to get into. Have the entire Sopranos collection and seasons 2-4 of The Wire at home, can't wait til I eventually have the time to get stuck into them. :)

    Imo though there are more TV shows out there, other than those two, that deserve to be considered contenders for "greatest show ever".

    *cough* Band of Brothers *cough*


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    #52
    Buceph
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    krudler wrote: »
    *cough* Band of Brothers *cough*

    Jaysus, that episode following the medic when they're in the forest with the snow was astounding. I'd pay money to watch it in a cinema.


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    #53
    RichieC
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    krudler wrote: »
    Insult to The Wire? how? The Sopranos started long before The Wire did

    Because the wire is another level of TV.


    Sopranos can be compared to Weeds and Desperate Housewives, and favourably, but does not belong anywhere close to the wire in terms of quality and drama... and realism.

    I reckon the only show anywhere close to the wire is Breaking Bad.


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    #54
    mikom
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    Six feet under.
    Goodnight Ireland.


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    #55
    jimpump
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    KnifeWRENCH wrote: »
    Have only seen the first season of The Wire so far and the first three seasons of The Sopranos. Need to watch more to give a fair comparison and decide which is better.

    Biggest difference for me is that The Sopranos grabbed me from the very first episode, whereas The Wire is more slow burning and takes a while to get into. Have the entire Sopranos collection and seasons 2-4 of The Wire at home, can't wait til I eventually have the time to get stuck into them. :)

    Imo though there are more TV shows out there, other than those two, that deserve to be considered contenders for "greatest show ever".

    please dont say them shows are 'Lost' or 'Prison Break'

    im interested to know what ya think are better shows


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    #56
    OPENROAD
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    Have never watched them.

    Spooks and Hustle is where it is at imo.


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    #57
    Degag
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    jimpump wrote: »
    dunno what the spoilers about but i think i get what ya mean
    im pretty sure he appeared a few series' later talkin to someone? when he was locked up
    I was using spoilers for the benifit of those who haven't seen The Wire, and may not want to know who survives and who doesn't.:o


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    #58
    krudler
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    Buceph wrote: »
    Jaysus, that episode following the medic when they're in the forest with the snow was astounding. I'd pay money to watch it in a cinema.

    Yeah it is, the Bastogne episodes are fantastic, especially Breaking Point, which has the series greatest moment in
    Spiers legging it across a German infested village to get word to the separated unit then coming back again dodging gunfire as both the Germans and Easy Company look on in awe, Spiers fcuking rocks in that series.


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    #59
    Chuck Stone
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    ... you know what's so ****ing sublimely fantastic about The Wire... you see startling little snap shots and nothing ever comes of them..
    Like the police chief being spotted in a gay bar or 'the greek' forgetting something in the hotel room which might lead the cops to him..

    ... oh man it's all kinds of cool.


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    #60
    Chuck Stone
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    I need to see Band of Brothers like I need air. I'm almost ashamed I haven't.


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    #61
    bradlente
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    The wire but I haven't really watched The Sopranos in depth tbf.

    The winner of this thread can face the awesome that is Oz.


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