What films/TV shows are you watching? *see mod warning, post #3*

Just watched 15 min of Arrow, is it based on Assisins Creed or something? Anyway it's ****e.

Just finished watching The Sopranos yesterday.

1. The Sopranos
2. The Wire
3. Breaking Bad

Nothing else I've watched comes close to those three

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Just finished watching The Sopranos yesterday.

1. The Sopranos
2. The Wire
3. Breaking Bad

Nothing else I've watched comes close to those three

Get onto Deadwood and Boardwalk Empire next, they'll fill the next couple of slots.

Just finished watching Into the Wild! Spectacular B-) It always inspires me to go do some awesome travelling, until the end which makes me never want to move out of my parents' house... All the recommendations though!

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I've heard good things about Deadwood, is it actually that good? As in The Wire And Breaking Bad standard?

It's very good. Fantastic writing, dialogue, humour, acting, and a brilliant ensemble of characters including possibly the best anti-hero in any television drama ever (Al Swearengen). It's about a burgeoning American town in the late 19th century which brings together gold diggers, political fixers, killers, lawmen, whores, aristocrats, business people, etc.; it excels in presenting how the actions of one can affect the community as a whole, for good or bad. It's not a particularly schmaltzy show, but despite all the vice (political manipulation, prostitution, murder, imaginatively vulgar swearing) you do feel a ridiculous amount of empathy and warmth for most of the characters.

And don't be expecting it to be traditional western stuff - it subverts all that. It's more like the film Unforgiven, showing the harsh ugly truth of the American west. So lots of violence, whores and corruption.

It's not as good as The Wire but not many shows are. It's paced in a similar fashion (like a good book that gradually gels) and shares the whole interrelationship theme to great effect. Breaking Bad is a different kettle of meth altogether; that show is fast-paced and frantic, only really focusing on four or five characters in detail, whereas Deadwood is slower and develops enough characters to field a GAA side. On the ranking scale, I'd give The Wire a ten, Breaking Bad a 9, and Deadwood an 8.5.

It's unlucky not to get a nine: Its one failing is the abrupt ending - HBO cancelled it right before the third season aired (it was costing them a bomb to make) meaning it never got the fourth season or proper conclusion it deserved. There were plans to make two films to wrap things up but considering it's been four or five years since the show ended I don't think that's likely now. The cancellation doesn't completely tarnish the show - it's not a show with massive cliff hangers - but yeah it's annoying and you will be left feeling a bit disgruntled.

The quality and consistency of the three seasons should make it worth your while though. Also, you mentioned liking Timothy Olyphant in Justified (a show I haven't seen yet), you'll be pleased to know he plays a major character! A hot-headed sheriff.

This became a very long post, I apologise. It became a favourite show of mine though and I haven't had a chance to gush enthusiasm for it until now. A more succinct response to your question may have been yes it's worth watching and no it's not as good as those two shows but it's ruddy good in its own distinctive way.