The Sopranos is the greatest TV show ever

Cartouche

I am not asking, im telling !

stimpson

The Wire was better.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Tell all you like. Doesn't make it right.

1991 pmaC epacS

If only Boards.ie had some kind of Television forum to discuss such matters.

Potential-Monke

Opinions, ass-holes, etc

Lorelli!

I have been saying for years that I must binge watch it because I know it's a show that I'd like but just haven't got round to it.

When i see pictures of James Gandolfini, he is not yet Tony Soprano in my mind. I think of Virgil from True Romance.

Winterlong

Soproanos was not even the best thing on HBO.

Logo

Truth told I'm not a nexflixer/ Boxsetter. But yes The Sopranos is defo the best bar none. (except maybe Frasier, says him who's about to watch sky-plussed The Wire)..

CatFromHue

You're wrong OP.

Season 2 of The Hardy Bucks is

riffmongous

I just finished watching seasons 4,5,6.. and it's very very good.. but, the kids and Carmella are just too ****ing whiny, it really becomes a pain to have to watch their scenes which don't even go anywhere

Also Janice. She's great at making herself hated, but because she never really gets a comeuppance she just becomes annoying.

Azatadine

I'm conflicted between Sopranos and Breaking Bad as to which one is my own favourite.

stateofflux

it pales in comparison to the character depth and complex overarching narratives of Red Rock.

aaronjumper

I haven't seen any of the shows mentioned so far bar Breaking Bad.
I'm on season 2 of that.

I find generally the shows that people tend to harp on about are overrated.

Enjoying Breaking Bad so far but not the masterpiece that people claim it to be.

RasTa

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

stateofflux

aaronjumper wrote: »

I haven't seen any of the shows mentioned so far bar Breaking Bad.
I'm on season 2 of that.

I find generally the shows that people tend to harp on about are overrated.

Enjoying Breaking Bad so far but not the masterpiece that people claim it to be.

keep watching. Season 2 is only getting things warmed up.

it is a masterpiece. i had exactly the same opinion as you on season 2

JonnyM

aaronjumper wrote: »

I haven't seen any of the shows mentioned so far bar Breaking Bad.
I'm on season 2 of that.

I find generally the shows that people tend to harp on about are overrated.

Enjoying Breaking Bad so far but not the masterpiece that people claim it to be.

How can you say it's not a masterpiece and you haven't finished watching it all yet?

IMO from season 3 it really takes off.

Reserve your judgement till you have finished and see do you change your mind. 😉

The Backwards Man

If I was a mafia kingpin with millions in illicit cash to hide away, the fcuking paperboy would come up my fcuking drive with the fcuking paper!
Killed the show for me.

Mr McBoatface

Father Ted

aaronjumper

stateofflux wrote: »

keep watching. Season 2 is only getting things warmed up.

it is a masterpiece. i had exactly the same opinion as you on season 2

And let someone on the internet change my opinion? Never.

aaronjumper

JonnyM wrote: »

How can you say it's not a masterpiece and you haven't finished watching it all yet?

IMO from season 3 it really takes off.

Reserve your judgement till you have finished and see do you change your mind. 😉

I can have an opinion on what I've seen so far.
It might change as time goes on but I can still have one.

The high horse brigade

The Sopranos was great but it also killed two other great shows that should have been given their third and final seasons, Deadwood and Carnivale. HBO robbed the budget for the other shows to pump into The Sopranos

Dirty Dingus McGee

the Soprano's is brilliant but I think The Wire and The Shield were better.

The Shield is massively underrated , Michael Chiklis performance is brilliant and the season with Forrest Whittaker is one of the great duels in television history.

Season 2 of The Wire is the greatest season in the history of television.

Unearthly

It was way ahead of anything else at its time. I'd probably hold The Wire ahead of it. That didn't get dragged down with family drama for the most part

buried

Going through it all again for the god knows how many time. On season 2 at the minute. The simmering beef between these two in that season is brilliant

Dirty Dingus McGee

Carmela Soprano really is one of the most unlikeable despicable characters in television history.

Noddyholder

Yea for me the wire was better, though I did like the sopranos, wasn't to much gone on breaking bad, maybe my expectations went to high.

Unearthly

buried wrote: »

Going through it all again for the god knows how many time. On season 2 at the minute. The simmering beef between these two in that season is

Great call. Loved that season

Cortina_MK_IV

Not a patch on The Sweeney.

Skylinehead

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The Shield is massively underrated , Michael Chiklis performance is brilliant and the season with Forrest Whittaker is one of the great duels in television history.

I love that show. If you haven't watched Justified yet, do. Walton Goggins is even better in that than in The Shield.

Conchir

The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Band of Brothers.

I don't put too much thought into which of them I preferred, they were all fantastic. Choosing a favourite doesn't matter really.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Skylinehead wrote: »

I love that show. If you haven't watched Justified yet, do. Walton Goggins is even better in that than in The Shield.

Must give Justified a watch.It's based on an Elmore Leonard book and I love Elmore Leonard so, I'll put it on my list.

Goggins was brilliant in the Shield.Just such a complete asshole.

EverythingGood

Surprised that no one has mentioned The West Wing yet - great writing from Aaron Sorkin, seasons 2 and 3 are some of the best TV ever made.

The Wire season 2 is top drawer stuff too. McNulty is one of all time favourite characters.

Unearthly

Skylinehead wrote: »

I love that show. If you haven't watched Justified yet, do. Walton Goggins is even better in that than in The Shield.

Started that on Friday. Im halfway through season 2. Very good show. Heard it gets better to

James Bond Junior

Sopranos follows by the wire. Breaking bad, I just don't understand the hype behind it. I don't think it features in the same breath of great tv shows

MightyMandarin

This thread

Skylinehead

Unearthly wrote: »

Started that on Friday. Im halfway through season 2. Very good show. Heard it gets better to

From memory 4 and 6 are the best. 2 is great though.

EverythingGood

Justified is excellent, another really good show is Banshee - it can be very violent, but is also top drawer.

The Soprano's The Wire, brilliant shows, but for me, HBO's OZ is a masterpiece

If you havent seen it, I would highly reccomend it.

osarusan

Santa Barbara!

Cracking afternoon fare on RTE in the 80's.

Logo

The Sopranos, Frasier. Seinfeld, Curby, Withnail and I, then maybe Breaking Bad. There are nine settings on my oven. I use one. Why use an apostrophe when quoting dates e.g. 1980's? (it should be the 1980s. and yes I'm bored).

The_Valeyard

Logo wrote: »

The Sopranos, Frasier. Seinfeld, Curby, Withnail and I, then maybe Breaking Bad. There are nine settings on my oven. I use one. Why use an apostrophe when quoting dates e.g. 1980's? (it should be the 1980s. and yes I'm bored).

Fraser was class.


Anyhow GOT is better than sopranos and The Wire.

Pidae.m

Thought meadow was a bigger pain.

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Carmela Soprano really is one of the most unlikeable despicable characters in television history.

ToddyDoody

It's either the Sopranos or Fade Street

https://vimeo.com/36475138

Cina

Top five:

The Wire
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Rectify
Band of Brothers

I think those five are the pinnacle, with The Wire being the absolute pinnacle.

Honorable mentions:

Deadwood, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, Game of Thrones, The Office (UK)

We are really lucky in that we are truly living in the Golden Age of TV, it's incredible the amount of brilliant content that's been churned out this century.

Logo

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

learn_more

I have never watched the Sopranos because the lovable ole mobster type never appealed to me and never will.

Pidae.m

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

learn_more wrote: »

I have never watched the Sopranos because the lovable ole mobster type never appealed to me and never will.

noodler

Just came in to say Battlestar Galactica.

Dr Crayfish

Loved the Sops. Christopher was my favourite character. Loved Ralphie and Steve Buscemi's character too. Hated Janice, also hated AJ but he was good in the last series or two. I'm still upset that JG is gone, I don't really care when celebs die but that was and still is really sad. I watched the Sops as it was on TV over the years, before I knew how to watch online etc, and for an hour a week it was total escapism for me to a world of gangsters and strippers and cannoli. RIP James G.

Unearthly

Logo wrote: »

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

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

trashcan

Logo wrote: »

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

Oh yes, very much so.

On the original question/ opinion - I'm a Wire fan, all the way. So far ahead of the rest it just isn't true. I enjoyed the Sopranos, but it's not as good as the Wire.