Ryus
07.20.22 | never seen the sopranos so stfu |
tectactoe
07.20.22 | literally came here to comment 'where is the sopranos'
bro how have you not seen that by now? |
Ryus
07.20.22 | it is an inevitability that just has not happened yet. within the next year for sure lol |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | sopranos is my top for sure but a lot of good picks here. i gotta get around to deadwood |
Ryus
07.20.22 | deadwood is incredible. best dialogue of any tv show imo |
Rowan5215
07.20.22 | damn got the correct Office nice
Sopranos >>> Wire tho |
MarsKid
07.20.22 | Justified? :^( |
Ryus
07.20.22 | justified is good i dont think its deserving of top 10 though |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | im only like halfway through the wire tbf but ya sopranos >>> [2]. still def good so far tho excited to hit s4 as that seems to be the consensus fav |
Ryus
07.20.22 | season 4 is my favorite i think. season 2 is underrated and might be my second fave |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | season 2 is great. the environment shift did take me a few episodes to get into but once i did i got pretty invested. plus it brought us omars fuckin incredible court scene |
ffs
07.20.22 | seen peep show? worth a look if you like the uk office. not saying it deserves to be on the list but maybe |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | Office US is better than Office UK |
Ryus
07.20.22 | office US is the most mediocre comedy show ever
@ffs yea peep show rules but sometimes its even too cringe for me lmao ig im not british enough for it |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | "office US is the most mediocre comedy show ever"
wrong |
Ryus
07.20.22 | watching something like arrested development and the office back to back shows just how shit the writing/jokes are on the office. the humor is usually so obvious and lame |
LeddSledd
07.20.22 | I live right by Deadwood how have I not heard of that show by now |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | Ryus I can smell your dirty hipster neck beard from here |
Ryus
07.20.22 | yea my list is super hipster with unknown classics like uhh the wire and breaking bad
not my fault the office suckz |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | Just checked if I'm crazy at least imdb seems to agree with me. |
Ryus
07.20.22 | its not bad tbh its just mediocre as hell and i would never put it anywhere near a best tv shows list |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | 6th highest rated tv show on imdb oh wow |
anat
07.20.22 | the thick of it is prob best comedy out of the uk since peep show if you wanna give that a pop |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | best comedy out of uk is black books |
Ryus
07.20.22 | i need to up my UK comedy game. heard good things about both of those |
Trebor.
07.20.22 | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is the best UK comedy
Black Books is fine but I just can't do shows with laugh tracks |
el_newg
07.20.22 | huh, I guess I should watch The Leftovers. seems interesting, never rly heard people talk about it. |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | Black Books is one of the rare cases where the laugh track didn't bother me at all. It's super witty humor |
Cryptkeeper
07.20.22 | Darkplace is the best UK comedy [2] |
Trebor.
07.20.22 | I'm a fan of the US Office but it would be weird to have a show where half the seasons suck ass on a list like this |
ReefaJones
07.20.22 | I don't have it in my top 10 either and it does start slow but there are episodes that are absolutely hilarious. |
Trebor.
07.20.22 | The show falls off a cliff after like season 5 |
el_newg
07.20.22 | I like US Office too, prefer it over UK tbh. but I'd prob take both Parks and Rec and B99 over US Office and they are all the same show
props to Mike Schur for that lol |
Cryptkeeper
07.20.22 | Community >>> Parks and Rec imo |
el_newg
07.20.22 | agreed |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | community is better than all those shows ez |
Ryus
07.20.22 | never got into community tbh |
ffs
07.20.22 | lol yeah true nearly forgot about darkplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brpUVlXt1f0 |
Ryus
07.20.22 | never heard of darkplace sounds great though |
demigod!
07.20.22 | I just watched Sopranos at the beginning of this year lol, it was really incredible I highly recommend you get on that asap. The final season in particular, might be one of the very best seasons of tv i've ever seen.
meanwhile I need to stop shitting around and finally watch Deadwood already it sounds great
also 2 the album rules i own it on vinyl for some reason
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Emim
07.20.22 | Community, while great, falls apart way faster than the office does. |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | The Office seasons 2-4 is peak sitcom tbh, and I love plenty of seasons 5-7 too.
My ranking would be 1. Breaking Bad 2. Game of Thrones 3. The X-Files 4. Fargo 5. True Detective season 1 6. Twin Peaks 7. The Simpsons seasons 1-9 8. Hannibal 9. Avatar 10. Better Call Saul = Six Feet Under |
Shemson
07.20.22 | Wait there are other people who know and love Darkplace?
I swear nobody has mentioned by Dean Lerner avatar in all the time I’ve been here 🤣 |
Ryus
07.20.22 | true detective season 1 is incredible for sure, if i was ranking individual seasons of TV that would be top 5 maybe. need to see fargo |
Slex
07.20.22 | Mr Robot might honestly have my favorite final season of all time |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | mr robot s4 is incredible yea. my 2nd favorite season of tv behind sopranos 6b |
Ryus
07.20.22 | yeah slex they really knew what they were doing with that show all the way to the very end. the last season has some of the most shocking moments i've seen |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | I think anthology shows should count season by season if that’s how the stories are separated.
Unpopular opinion I’m sure, but I tried watching Mr. Robot and couldn’t get into it by episode 5 and stopped, seemed like a rip off of ideas from Fight Club, The Matrix, and American Beauty to me. That stylish but also lowlife late ‘90s take down the system kinds of thrillers. Maybe it gets better tho who knows. |
Ryus
07.20.22 | even though it does get better mr robot rules right out of the gate so its prob not for you |
cold
07.20.22 | "never seen the sopranos so stfu"
I didn't watch the Sopranos until last month. Finished it all in 3 weeks and now it's my favorite show of all time. So the hype isssssss real. |
Colton
07.20.22 | it does rip off Fight Club but it's good |
Ryus
07.20.22 | its gonna happen cold haha i might start soon. itll be hard to dethrone twin peaks for me though. season 3 is easily the best and most affecting thing ive ever seen |
onionbubs
07.20.22 | damn ya stopped mr robot right before arguably the best episode of the season. i do still kinda think its not for you tho
i am fairly new to the sopranos ship myself despite my endless raving about it. only just finished it this winter |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | Fight Club and The Matrix are both seminal, important movies in my life so maybe I’m just a sensitive snowflake when something recycles those ideas. |
cold
07.20.22 | Did you ever watch Six Feet Under, ryus? |
Ryus
07.20.22 | i hadnt see fight club before i watched the show and i hate the matrix so i didnt have that issue lol
and cold i saw a few episodes but didnt get into it, not sure if its my thing |
cold
07.20.22 | It's worth it if you invest the time into the show, it's a real slow burn at first. HBO really knows what they're doing (most of the time) with their original shows. |
Ryus
07.20.22 | word i’ll give it another try some time |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | Six Feet Under is an amazing show that everyone should watch. HBO is probably the consistently best network.
Never seen Deadwood. Watched the first few seasons of Sopranos and enjoyed it but kinda got the gist of it at that point. Saw the first two seasons of The Wire and thought it was great, but same thing. |
AmericanFlagAsh
07.20.22 | The only show on this list that I've watched and enjoyed is Breaking Bad |
Ryus
07.20.22 | have you seen twin peaks? based on your list i feel like you might dig it |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | Seinfeld is cool but Curb Your Enthusiasm is on another level. |
AmericanFlagAsh
07.20.22 | I've tried watching Twink Peaks like 3 times and could never get into it, but it should be a show I love |
Ryus
07.20.22 | damn rip. what about the leftovers since you like lost |
Ryus
07.20.22 | "Twink Peaks" now thats a show id watch |
TalonsOfFire
07.20.22 | Season 1 is fantastic so the show might just not be for you. Season 3 is incredible and unlike any other show or movie. |
AmericanFlagAsh
07.20.22 | Lmaooooooo Freudian slip
Gotta check Leftovers for sure |
Slex
07.20.22 | Talons you should definitely watch Deadwood as soon as humanly possible |
Sharenge
07.20.22 | no courage the cowardly dog unbe-fucking-lievable |
0xME
07.20.22 | Mr. Robot's album should have been M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming |
combustion07
07.20.22 | 1. Twin Peaks
2. Futurama
3. DARK
4. The Wire
5. Breaking Bad
6. Twilight Zone
7. Soprano's
8. The OA
9. Malcolm in the Middle
10. King of the Hill
11. The Office (US)
12. Stranger Things
13. Rick and Morty
14. South Park
15. Rocko's Modern Life
16. Haunting of Hill House
17. Courage the Cowardly Dog
18. Eastbound & Down
19. Wilfred (US)
20. Louie
21. Spawn
22. OZ
23. Tales From the Crypt
24. Masters of Horror
25. Yuyu Hawkisho
I didn't include sketch comedy shows but it I did MAD TV, Whitest Kids u'Know, Mr. Show and Chapelle Show would definitely be there and likely pretty high up. Love me some sketch comedy!
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DaveTrane
07.20.22 | not an anime guy? |
Gyromania
07.20.22 | I'm sorry but The Office US shits all over the UK version. I love Ricky Gervais, but the American adaptation is the one time an American version got it right. Iconic characters, great humour, way more content to consume. There's no contest there.
I feel like Seinfeld aged horribly but otherwise lost has lots of great stuff. Just glad to finally see a list with Mr. 🤖 Lol |
Ryus
07.20.22 | i won't dispute anyone saying that seinfeld has aged badly but i love it.
the office UK is basically perfect imo, probably the saddest sitcom out there. david brent is one of the best sitcom characters of all time, just so tragically pathetic. never seen a comedy show with such a good balance of sad and hilarious. and just subjectively i think its way funnier than the american version
@davetrane havent seen any anime ever tbh |
Ryus
07.20.22 | @combustion cool list i havent seen a lot of those but twin peaks is the only correct number one. louie is terrific |
JeetJeet
07.20.22 | You real for showing love to The Leftovers |
Ryus
07.20.22 | yeah dude it rules. scratches that twin peaks itch for me |
Colton
07.20.22 | it's disturbing that you actually think deadwood is better than justified |
Emim
07.20.22 | Maybe the current generation will feel differently, but I don't find any issue with Seinfeld being dated. Again, that might be because I remember a time before everyone had cell phones and the internet could solve a lot of arguments.
Still the best sitcom ever made imo |
Ryus
07.20.22 | lol colton pretty sure its not an unpopular opinion at all |
Colton
07.20.22 | they have the same imdb score so idk |
Ryus
07.20.22 | im rather disturbed someone would consider justified the greatest show of all time |
PotsyTater
07.20.22 | Curb >>>>>>>>>>> Seinfeld |
Colton
07.20.22 | best part of good movies/tv is good characters. and characters like Boyd Crowder, Mags Bennett, Tim, Arlo, Wynn etc are so good. it's kinda like if you took the slightly more goofy/less believable aspects of the Breaking Bad universe and put them into a show that actually fully suits that vibe |
Ryus
07.20.22 | wha thappened to you potsy
curb is good but i kinda got tired of it after a while |
PotsyTater
07.20.22 | I got banned for calling jenkim a pedo-simp for defending the anathema pedo presumably by willie |
Ryus
07.20.22 | rip willie is a lame |
PotsyTater
07.20.22 | It’s ok he’s just in denial that his precious buttprog band turned out to be a bunch of kiddy diddlers, happy to serve as an outlet for him to vent his frustrations |
EyesWideShut
07.20.22 | What about Married With Children, Roseanne, Melrose Place, and Daria ? |
PunkerBlast
07.20.22 | Going with what Emim said, Seinfeld came out at that time where technology wasn't everywhere, but it's still modern for its era-ish. Any sort of pager joke, likely just tied into the idea of there being payphones around. I know Jerry had a computer in his apartment, but I don't ever remember anything really involving that. Maybe he had some NYC dial up, but he's a standup comedian so he was out a alot. When he was home he probably would rather watch television and talk on the phone than post on some BBS. |
Deez
07.21.22 | 'mr robot s4 is incredible yea. my 2nd favorite season of tv behind sopranos 6b'
Fking WORD
Nothing ties everything up as well as that last season of Mr Robot, Unreal, Went from being a show I loved to one of my faves ever with how that season landed everything. |
Ryus
07.21.22 | "What about Married With Children, Roseanne, Melrose Place, and Daria ?"
im not a boomer so i havent seen the first two. i think ive seen daria once or twice |
Mort.
07.21.22 | glad to see you have the uk office and not the vastly inferior us one
uk office is like a realistic snapshot of the total tedium of working in an office and the miserable cringe of david brent
us office is wacky and ridiculous and burns through so many characters you simply couldnt give a shit about |
Ryus
07.21.22 | thank u mort its really not even close |
Mort.
07.21.22 | also i see people have recced you some uk comedy. i second black books and garth marenghis dark place. would also reccomend 'that mitchell and webb look' for a sketch show (made by the two guys from peep show).
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Mort.
07.21.22 | dont get me wrong, the us office has some genuinely funny moments. but if you condensed it theres really like 3 seasons of material there (thats a rough estimate). its so melodramatic and gooey. the uk office is crushingly realistic. the highpoint of the us office is the end where everyone is happy and in relationships and getting married and everythings worked out well for everyone
the highpoint at the end of the uk office is david brent telling finchy to fuck off and the fact that a woman tells him hes not completely unbearable |
Ryus
07.21.22 | did you watch the UK office christmas specials mort? |
Emim
07.21.22 | "Curb >>>>>>>>>>> Seinfeld"
Curb is also amazing, but no |
PunkerBlast
07.21.22 | I never got around to Curb. I didn't have HBO. And at the time I wasn't just going to buy some dvd sets I guess to try it out. It's probably very funny. I still like Seinfeld loads. |
artiswar
07.21.22 | better call Saul > The Wire??? wut? |
Ryus
07.21.22 | i mean its very close. the wire is kind of perfect and super impressive but doesnt rly grab me emotionally like some of the shows higher than it. just dont really feel the personal connection with it like i do with the other shows |
artiswar
07.21.22 | fair enough |
Mort.
07.21.22 | 'did you watch the UK office christmas specials mort?'
i think so? yeah i just checked and i must have because its when Brent tells Finchy to fuck off. also, dawn and tim get together in the very last episode. this is something us office fucked up on. the will they/wont they was the most interesting thing about Pam and Jim. everything after that is who gives a fuck. its just gooey audient fellating.
on another note, the scenes where David Brent is doing appearances at nightclubs is so fucking depressing and realistic for what hasbeen celebs in the uk end up doing |
pizzamachine
07.21.22 | Those sum shows |
EyesWideShut
07.21.22 | Sanford & Son and All In The Family is still funny |
EyesWideShut
07.21.22 | Martin too !! |
PunkerBlast
07.21.22 | Gotta get some classics in there, whatta bout fuckin' NewHart :D Mash. Well I never watched that not something I would have been interested in when I was younger. |
Ryus
07.21.22 | please keep the boomer recs to the minimum this is a zoomer thread |
Trebor.
07.21.22 | The majority of pre HBO era shows have aged like shit other than like Twilight Zone |
PunkerBlast
07.21.22 | TBH I do still like the Bob Newhart show. It's still hilarious and isn't bad at all. I watched it a several times as an adult and I was like wow this show was actually low key edgy. But that's all I'll say about the boomer shows. Burn Notice was pretty good. I don't think it'll make most top ten lists but I wound up getting into it. |
GreyShadow
07.21.22 | @combustion, wkuk might be peak humor so good on you
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UpwardSpiral
07.21.22 | Peep show is truly amazing if you are into this kind of humour
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Ryus
07.21.22 | yea peep show is good not my fave |
Cimnele
07.21.22 | cool list, check sesame street |
combustion07
07.23.22 | WKUK is most definitely peak humor. RIP to Trevor! That show dropped when my dark humor was really hitting its peak and I gotta say those first few seasons spoke to my soul and are definitely the hardest I've ever laughed from any sketch comedy |
DaveTrane
08.08.22 | check Monster, its fantastic |
Gyromania
08.09.22 | "The show falls off a cliff after like season 5"
Not true whatsoever. Season 4 is one of the weaker overall seasons, and 6 and 7 are arguably better than 5. 8 and 9 is where it falls off, and it's still good, just nowhere near as good |
Gyromania
08.09.22 | "Curb >>>>>>>>>>> Seinfeld"
Also this. Seinfeld is good but it didn't age nearly as well |
onionbubs
08.09.22 | about half a season away from finishing deadwood and it has been ridiculously fuckin good thus far |
Gyromania
08.09.22 | is twin peaks rly worth the praise it gets? i often wonder the same of deadwood |
onionbubs
08.09.22 | deadwood absolutely so far, esp from a dialogue standpoint. arguably the best ive ever seen. builds a fuck ton of rlly strong characters too
twin peaks rules too but i am by no means the authority on that as im yet to brave the return in full (tried watching way too close to when i first finished sopranos and was ultimately still j too high on that show for anything else to hit at the time lol). gonna go back to it this fall |
Gyromania
08.09.22 | sopranos is one i intend to start soon, same with the wire. rn i've been very, very into succession, which is easily one of the best shows i've seen at this point (up there with better call saul, bb, mr robot. i've got deadwood on my list too, as well as justified, the leftovers, barry, nathan for you. ugh, so much great tv that i haven't seen yet |
Ryus
01.10.23 | update almost finished with the sopranos and its on pace to be #2 here. fucking masterpiece |
anode
06.01.23 | damn watching twin peaks and can tell its gunna be a banger. thanks ryus. was desperate to find something and googled sputnikmusic tv show list and this popped up. helping me out during my bed riddenness:) |
90m80s
06.01.23 | tp is the baest |
Ryus
06.01.23 | oh swag haha have you ever seen any lynch stuff before? |
Colton
06.01.23 | so hyped for the Justified reboot |
Winesburgohio
06.01.23 | Deadwood is the bestest |
Ryus
06.01.23 | deadwood is incredible yes
wines i would have pegged you for a twin peaks fan |
Colton
06.01.23 | if you like Deadwood watch Justified (it has the guy in it)
if you don't like Deadwood also watch Justified |
PotsyTater
06.01.23 | This list is just as simultaneously satisfying and disappointing as your music taste |
Ryus
06.01.23 | i have seen some it was pretty good but i dont feel inclined to pick it up especially now that its been a few years but yeah olyphant rules |
Ryus
06.01.23 | lol what do you take issue with tater |
budgie
06.01.23 | anyone who hasnt seen hbo rome is dead to me |
Ryus
06.01.23 | there r a lot of things i have not seen that i would like to |
budgie
06.01.23 | butbut but |
90m80s
06.01.23 | u havent seen tp tho thats worse fudgie |
budgie
06.01.23 | whats twink peaks abt ive never heard of it before |
Ryus
06.01.23 | its about the breastaurant actually |
90m80s
06.01.23 | twink peaks is about fbi special agent dale cooper's investigation into the mysterious death of high school girl laura palmer until it isnt /no spoilers |
budgie
06.01.23 | i only watch romcoms and that dont sound like no romcom |
Ryus
06.01.23 | it has many romantic and comedic elements |
90m80s
06.01.23 | seasons 1 and 2 are a soap opera |
budgie
06.01.23 | i meant zomromcoms** sory |
Cormano
06.01.23 | "if you like Deadwood watch Justified (it has the guy in it)"
which guy? mcshane? |
Cormano
06.01.23 | also ryus your top 3 shows are mine as well |
90m80s
06.01.23 | forgot yu yu hakusho |
Snake.
06.01.23 | went back to arrested development after 8 years of apathy and i've never laughed harder |
Ryus
06.01.23 | arrested development would be on here if we're just talking about the first 3 seasons. truly the funniest show ever during its prime
@90m80s anime is not for me
@cormano hell yeah m/ |
rabidfish
06.01.23 | my faves are:
- curb (Larry David is actually an angel)
- Twin Peaks (s3 specifically)
- the simpsons (idfc that everything past S12 was boring at best, S3-S8 is a god run)
- uuuuh... i don't really care that much about anything else
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budgie
06.01.23 | whaddabout hbo rome rabidfosh |
90m80s
06.01.23 | firewalkwithme |
Ryus
06.01.23 | all good stuff. i like curb but havent seen that much of it since it was getting kinda repetitive but it is very funny and larry david does rule
and yeah, if we're talking about highest highs, simpsons is def here. formative show for me |
anode
06.01.23 | jesus christ what have i started. is the fbi agent related to will forte? or did will forte just base his entire career off him? lol
and no i never seen any david lynch stuff but have wanted to. expecting some bizarre shit to happen haha |
rabidfish
06.01.23 | @budgie see point 4 on previous post. and historic drama is something i was never interested in.
Oh, and I like Poirot a lot. I like petty decadent aristocrats getting outsmarted and owned by a fat dude who basically does everything he does out of a massive superiority complex. Agatha Christie rules. |
90m80s
06.01.23 | dont take credit for what fudgie dont |
budgie
06.01.23 | blocke & muted |
90m80s
06.01.23 | reported |
Winesburgohio
06.01.23 | I was going to say we have the same two (2) favourites. Season 3 of Twin Peaks is an utter monument and I can't imagine it being topped on any terms, best season of television, think about it daily etc., but Deadwood has the scene of Doc dancing with Jewel, as nimble as a forest creature, that fills me with pure joy. And it's second season is perfect. Perfect! |
Ryus
06.01.23 | ah ok understandable, now everything checks out
and yeah deadwood is probably the most "perfect" tv show ive seen, obviously twin peaks is quite flawed but all the lovable for it. but the return is just magical. just today i made a comment on sputnikmusic.com about the fact that i still think about the return constantly. true art |
Winesburgohio
06.01.23 | I'm rewatching Twin Peaks w/ my partner, for whom it is the first time, and the magic of being with someone discovering it and loving it! I adore it! While being haunted and harrowed by it of course. The final scream tattooed on my brain / slipped under my fingernails.
Have u seen Rectify? Extraordinary show. The only good Justified ever did was make people confuse it and watch the superior show by accident. I'm pompous but correct and handsonne |
Ryus
06.01.23 | have not, looks good tho! might have to check it
im surprised no one in this thread has said “mad men” thats another one that i havent seen |
MarsKid
06.01.23 | "Have u seen Rectify? Extraordinary show. The only good Justified ever did was make people confuse it and watch the superior show by accident. I'm pompous but correct and handsonne"
Pompous, yes. Correct, no. |
Ryus
06.01.23 | handsome yes obviously
i said my piece about justified, i dont think itd ever touch this list even if i finished it |
MarsKid
06.01.23 | I'm not well-versed enough in TV to dispute that, but I do think Justified is being sold super short here. Brilliant show throughout with a satisfying conclusion, only hiccup was season 5 but 6 was a grand slam. |
Ryus
06.01.23 | the inevitable deadwood comparisons don’t do it any favors since it’s a clear second in basically every way when considering them side by side |
MarsKid
06.01.23 | Don't think it's a clear second in every way. Costuming, scenery, etc. 100% go to Deadwood easily, but I wouldn't discount the character building and acting of Justified. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | hmmmmmmmmmaybepossibly |
90m80s
06.02.23 | ever seen Kung Fu (1972)? |
budgie
06.02.23 | have u guys seen twin preaks its so good |
90m80s
06.02.23 | fudgie u poser |
budgie
06.02.23 | ur so mean cuz u want this body |
90m80s
06.02.23 | u never even watched twin peaks |
Ryus
06.02.23 | "Kung Fu (1972)"
no is it good |
90m80s
06.02.23 | yeah look it up. david carradine plays main char. |
anode
06.02.23 | man the acting in tv shows is so bad |
90m80s
06.02.23 | which ones? |
Ryus
06.02.23 | haha if ur talking about twin peaks thats part of the style/charm |
90m80s
06.02.23 | acting is reacting |
anode
06.02.23 | im guessing that first season is low budget, hoping it picks up a bit but its entertaining me lol |
Winesburgohio
06.02.23 | Sorry to dwell but no way Mars, they're in different leagues. Justified is fun-ish pulpy entertainment, Deadwood is a biblical rendering of our very foundations, Shakespearean in dialogue and something entirely it's own in tone. U just Luv 2 See It
Love is Blind: Japan is pretty good |
evilford
06.02.23 | Check Severance |
anode
06.02.23 | Hoping lynch gets back to writing/directing in s2. You can definitely feel the drop off |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | Lynch was discouraged by the network making him reveal the killer of Laura Palmer in s2 and basically left the show until the finale. Not his best era, cause I love the episode that concludes the Palmer storyline, and he left to make Wild at Heart which is easily his worst movie besides Dune.
Still haven’t watched a show this decade better than Severance. |
Tundra
06.02.23 | breaking bad > better call saul easy |
Ryus
06.02.23 | lol spoilers talons
BCS is a lot better than breaking bad, wasn't even sure if i should include breaking bad on this list. characters are stronger, less goofy action shit, more polished right from the get-go. breaking bad is just a lot of fun but not much more than that really. i liked it a lot as a teen so have some nostalgia for it but i like BCS a lot more, saul is just a way better character than walt. and kim ofc |
Ryus
06.02.23 | sorta unrelated note but after watching the sopranos, the fact that people always compare it to "breaking bad" is kind of cute lol. its not even really a contest |
onionbubs
06.02.23 | yeah if its sopranos v breaking bad its sopranos absolutely no contest
bcs obv a more fair comparison but is again way better |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | I didn’t spoil who killed Laura Palmer I just said they tell you somewhere in season 2!
BB is way better and more consistent than BCS imo but I love both shows. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | lol fair. for me even saying that is a spoiler but im anal about spoilers lmao |
90m80s
06.02.23 | tbf the killer reveal kinda gets completely undercut in the return so wouldnt worry about it at all |
anode
06.02.23 | Yeah you’re good talons but livin on the edge haha. Partially my fault if it gets spoiled for reading a thread about the show |
90m80s
06.02.23 | and def dont skip the movie Fire Walk With Me between seasons 2 and 3 (the return). such a badass movie. in my top 3 movies of all time. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | yeah fire walk with me is amazing |
anode
06.02.23 | Hhhokay |
Chippe
06.02.23 | Deadwood and Community are fantastic. Not cool too dig Game of Thrones anymore? Have to say that Ted Lasso is my personal choice the last couple of years. Lovely as a counter balance to my slightly disillusioned view of how people tend to behave against each other. Peace! |
MoM
06.02.23 | “ BCS is a lot better than breaking bad”
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I love BB, but BCS rolls that shit hard |
Ryus
06.02.23 | ive seen s1 of GoT and read book 1 and they were both good, but for obvious reasons i feel disinclined to ever continue lol |
90m80s
06.02.23 | i got into GoT really late, prob before the last season. was ok to watch it but didnt finish the last season. tried the books couldnt get past the 2nd. would rather reread tolkien or dig into the countless lotr supplement books. never watched amazon lotr series. |
Mort.
06.02.23 | not even a contest as in sopranos is better than breaking bad? i think sopranos has higher highs but more filler.
still think sopranos is better overall
i only watched it for the first time ever a few months ago. watching the wire atm |
90m80s
06.02.23 | sopranos > breaking bad > better call saul |
Ryus
06.02.23 | "not even a contest as in sopranos is better than breaking bad?"
ya
"i think sopranos has higher highs but more filler."
i suppose i get it, but being so character-based, there's very little that i would personally call filler except maybe an episode or two. even if they don't advance the plot much there's usually interesting stuff there. breaking bad is honestly just way less substantive, which was super apparent when i tried to rewatch it. there's basically nothing you get the second time that you would've missed the first time.
in terms of characters, its really not even close. breaking bad has maybe three decently interesting characters (walt, gus, mike). the sopranos has like 30 lol. in terms of tony vs. walter, the second time you watch "breaking bad" walter is just an unlikable miserable bitch. tony is wayy more multifaceted |
90m80s
06.02.23 | sopranos is one of those character development experiences where you gradually learn more about each character and wind up disliking them all by the end. that said, sop offers more artfulness making it open for interpretation. tony is terrifying esp in dreams he looks practically demonic in his mannerisms and attitude. great show and the ending obvs offers opportunity to go deeper.
bb doesnt really give a deeper moment. bcs was pretty good but the end was just sad and felt rushed plus pulled in some bb crap to wrap it all up prettily. |
budgie
06.02.23 | i hate community
infact there are few things i hate more than community |
Ryus
06.02.23 | most sitcoms ive seen suck
community, big bang theory, friends, schitts creek, family guy, modern family...yeah all pretty awful |
90m80s
06.02.23 | community is ok but gradually becomes too stupid to enjoy
|
Ryus
06.02.23 | someone tried telling me that skyler white is a better character than carmela soprano
i didnt even realize that was possible as an opinion |
budgie
06.02.23 | "community is ok but gradually becomes too stupid to enjoy
by gradually you mean by the first skit in the pilot |
Ryus
06.02.23 | would watch for alison brie tho |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | I’ve only seen the first two seasons of The Sopranos, and heard each season is weaker than the previous, which I don’t know for sure cause I haven’t watched more but BB and BCS are both way better imo. Also Game of Thrones is one of the best shows ever, they just fumbled the landing. Community is solid and I like Modern Fanily a lot, until the last few seasons. Friends and The Big Bang Theory do nothing for me. |
90m80s
06.02.23 | ryus wtf
budguy ken jeong is funny do u like hangover |
Ryus
06.02.23 | what did i do |
90m80s
06.02.23 | talons weird i thought sop got better as it went. gets more experimental and open towards the end minus the ultra dated iraq war plotline. sop gets better and gets worse at the same time i guess. not into sitcoms. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | sopranos def doesnt get worse, yeah |
90m80s
06.02.23 | ryus i was saying wtf to the skyler > carmela take. thats a very confused and actually dissociated from any reality whatsoever stance. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | oh haha. yeah i was pretty baffled lmao |
rabidfish
06.02.23 | Community is kinda funny sometimes, there's definitely worse.
I just fucking hate when clearly shaded and cynnical people try to write optimistic positive stuff that they actually don't believe in. It's all Foster-Wallace's fault. Comedians are usually just straight up garbage human beings, and that's fine. |
budgie
06.02.23 | "would watch for alison brie tho
i loved her in rental what a babe |
90m80s
06.02.23 | hangover soundtrack has danzig |
budgie
06.02.23 | i think zach galli is funny but i cannot remember a single moment from the hangover granted its been like 15 years |
90m80s
06.02.23 | baskets is an odd tv comedy with galifanikis |
Ryus
06.02.23 | best comedy tv shows i have seen besides the ones here are
simpsons, king of the hill, peep show, xavier renegade angel, aqua teen hunger force and uhhhh idk some ohters too probably |
budgie
06.02.23 | i saw first season baskets and def some if not all of second season. tbh it got too heavy lol |
90m80s
06.02.23 | always sunny is funny |
Ryus
06.02.23 | oh yeah i like always sunny. but kinda like curb your enthusiasm, it became a bit too repetitive for me lol. not the kinda show i would watch from start to finish, but would gladly watch an episode here n there |
climactic
06.02.23 | “ I’ve only seen the first two seasons of The Sopranos, and heard each season is weaker than the previous”
??? real bad take, not true at all |
90m80s
06.02.23 | baskets goes into weird territory seems kinda similar to the mix of bored to death
i couldnt get into curb your enthisiasm but im one of those rare ppl that never cared for seinfeld either and they seem part of the same mythology |
climactic
06.02.23 | rewatching sops and just watched the episode where carmela tells tony she’s in love with furio. that whole fight scene is some of the best acting ever in a tv show, forgot i was even watching a show |
Ryus
06.02.23 | yeah, gandolfini and falco are absolute masters. |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | First two seasons of Baskets were great and so funny. Zach was by far the best part of the Hangover movies. Everyone on here has said it’s not true that Sopranos gets worse as it goes on so maybe I’ll keep watching. I just remember the characters got repetitive and came across one dimensional with how slimy and immoral they always were and not much was progressing. Was watching with a parent tho who wasn’t into that after a while so maybe that colored my outlook. It was good but don’t get why it’s considered so amazing, forgive my heresy. I thought The Wire was a bit more impressive from what I saw, tho I don’t think that’s one of the all time greatest shows either. |
90m80s
06.02.23 | wire kicks ass |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.02.23 | watch hannibal |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.02.23 | and sopranos doesn’t get worse. The last half of season 6 is the best television I’ve ever seen |
Ryus
06.02.23 | oh ya ive heard that’s good. gonna watch mad men next cuz my gf wants to see it |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.02.23 | Never seen a show evolve the way that one does. It starts pretty basic but it’s absolutely batshit by season 3 |
budgie
06.02.23 | yall should watch hbo rome |
DocSportello
06.02.23 | sopranos the goat but succession hits hard |
90m80s
06.02.23 | twin peaks still better than sopranos tho |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | Now Hannibal, that’s for sure one of the best shows ever made. I almost stopped watching a couple times and it made me want to throw up sometimes haha, but it’s amazing nonetheless. |
DocSportello
06.02.23 | ahhh still need to watch s3 of Hannibal. yeah it is not an easy watch and best enjoyed 'seasonally' but maybe the most engrossing psychological horror show narrative I've ever seen. twin peaks rules but narrative was never its strength |
TalonsOfFire
06.02.23 | Twin Peaks is one of the goat too, especially if you include s3/The Return. And FWWM is essential to The Return btw, and some of the scenes in The Missing Pieces are pretty important too. Succession ended really strong, that last season was quite impressive. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | if i wasnt including the return it'd probably land just behind deadwood/the sopranos but feels weird to compare those two to twin peaks at all. all i know is that TP is definitely the one that hit me the hardest |
DocSportello
06.02.23 | that last line of the return is such a wrecking ball
absolutely harrowing stuff, all 18 hours of the season really, but also as sublime/nourishing as it is off the rails. makes me nostalgic for I can't believe it simpler times, when we had new eps of twin peaks to look forward to week by week 🥲 |
90m80s
06.02.23 | "he left to make Wild at Heart which is easily his worst movie besides Dune."
i dunno man dune is easy to hate on and waaaay better than pop opinion. i prob enjoy wild at heart and dune more than straight story jus cuz straight story has a 90s disney vibe that doesnt do it for me. i might even call both dune and wild at heart better than elephantman for simple matter of subjective viewing experience and entertainment value despite elephantman's appeal to pure cinema convention. |
Ryus
06.02.23 | wild at heart fucking slaps. rewatched it in theaters recently and i liked it even more the second time around |