The Sopranos is the greatest TV show ever

noodler · 19-02-2017 05:28PM

Logo wrote: »

That doesn't exactly inspire confidence:(

??

Its brilliant.

Barry Badrinath · 19-02-2017 05:29PM

The Sopranos...

Probably the worst show ever made. Pure schyte.

Alf Stewart. · 19-02-2017 05:56PM

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 · 19-02-2017 05:59PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:04PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:05PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:05PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:06PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:14PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:15PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:27PM

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 · 19-02-2017 06:40PM

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 · 19-02-2017 07:06PM

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 · 19-02-2017 07:16PM

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 · 19-02-2017 07:18PM

Glenster wrote: »

The sopranos were a bit whiny old rich white man.

You should write TV reviews for a living.

Starscream25 · 19-02-2017 07:44PM

Battlestar galactica, don't mind your wires and sopranos

stimpson · 19-02-2017 08:14PM

Starscream25 wrote: »

Battlestar galactica, don't mind your wires and sopranos

Sci-fi is the worst kind of fi.

Starscream25 · 19-02-2017 08:29PM

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 · 19-02-2017 08:31PM

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

Gavlor · 19-02-2017 08:35PM

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 · 19-02-2017 08:44PM

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

Tell me how · 19-02-2017 08:51PM

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.

19-02-2017 09:21PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:24PM

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.

19-02-2017 09:28PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:30PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:34PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:40PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:41PM

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 · 19-02-2017 09:41PM

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

The Sopranos is the greatest TV show ever

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