Has anybody been watching southland? It's a 'Shield lite' cop show but I'm starting to warm to it.
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Has anybody been watching southland? It's a 'Shield lite' cop show but I'm starting to warm to it.
what are peoples views on the Wire? Ive heard mostly good things about it in general.
just watched the 1st episode, 1st series last night and it werent half bad.
If you liked the first one then you're off to a good start.Quote:
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It's a bit of a slow burner, and for most people seems to be a case of of bearing with it for the first x episodes. It's all about building the plot and characters, can spend half a season doing this before anything happens.
But it's a great show.
About to start the sopranos, which I've never seen, myself.
What mouse said. The Wire is a regular contender at the top of "Best TV shows ever" lists.
The Wire rules which you will soon find outQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
You've heard mostly good things whoever said bad things about it is gonna have to deal with Omar
actually i like cartoons so i cant recommend a show.
It's feckin brilliant. Half way through season 3 now, as we're watching 2 or 3 a night most nights! I want to complete it before giving a final verdict, but certainly so far it's on the verge of knocking the Soprano's off the top of my list. So many brilliant characters, and does the thing that HBO seems to do better than most of no absolute good or bad guys - sometimes you like a character, sometimes you think they're absolute c**ts.Quote:
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A N Mouse - The Soprano's is brilliant too. Not as slow a start as the wire, anyway.
The Wire and The Sopranos are the two best TV shows of all time. No question at all IMO. Don’t be a fan boy and pick one to the detriment of the other. Just enjoy hour after hour of incredible storytelling, impeccable acting, nail biting drama and more comedy than in 99% of sitcoms.
The pair of them have redefined TV and surpassed cinema as the medium of innovative film makers.
Realise I sound like a blowhard but seriously, buy the DVDs and see if I’m wrong
You obviously haven't seen Piranha 3D.Quote:
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Films are rubbishQuote:
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watched both series, and i will deffinately be rewatching both at some point in the future,
personally though i thought The West Wing was better than both shows, deffinatly must watch TV
Took me a while to get into the west wing but grew to love it, although I think it was often very cliqued, a problem arises Toby or Josh crack a joke and they solve the problemQuote:
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Just finished the 1st season of The Wire, oh yes its class
The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen? I revist to Oswald State Correctional Facility is on my list, but I doubt it'll be the missus' thing...
breaking bad is also pretty good, working my way through it at the moment, and im always being told to watch dexter and mad men,
if you like comedy id recomend all of these,
the big bang theory,
californication,
that 70s show,
malcolm in the middle,
chuck,
house,
rules of engagement,
scrubs (only seasons 1-8)
if your lookin for more serious
the west wing
band of brothers,
BBC2 are showing Mad Men from the very first episode on Sunday nights after MOTD2, perfect post football highlights TVQuote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Try Arrested Development if you haven't already. It's that rarest of beasts: a smart, funny American comedy.Quote:
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For DramaQuote:
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The West Wing
The Sheild
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
Battlestar Galactica
Carnivāle(aquired taste and it was cut after 2nd season)
Terminator The Sarah Conor Chronicles(also cut after 2 seasons)
Breaking Bad
Hung
Weeds
Comedy
Arrested Devlopment
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Spaced
Try any of the following Macy
The shield
Sopranos
Deadwood
Breaking bad
Mad Men is exceptionally good. Extremely clever use of history as a backdrop too. Dom Draper is the best antihero since Tony Soprano.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
It’s the only thing I make a point of watching at the moment.
Have a love/hate thing with Breaking Bad. At times I got into it but I can’t stick with it.
(Oh and Arrested Development is my favourite sitcom of all time)
just to add my approval on Dexter - got through all 4 (?) seasons a few months ago. Superb show.
And Arrested Development is my favourite sitcom of all time also. Just ahead of Peep Show and Spaced.
Good stuff, a few to try. Just for info, i've watched the soprano's and west wing (both twice at this stage!). We'll probably go Mad Men first I suspect, but then I didn't have the missus down for really enjoying The Wire.
Much as we're loving The Wire (into season 4 now), it really shows how crap the TV options are that not once has something that's actually on stopped us throwing on the DVD!
In fairness the Wire (and others) are better off being watched in DVD form (so you can do a few at a time, no ads etc).
There are a few passable TV programmes that are fine for filling an hour or so (Chuck, Bones, Hustle) and add in the odd film, documentary and sport and we’re OK tv wise. Really top class stuff is only ever going to be once/twice a decade
There's a few programmes that we watch, but wouldn't bother getting on DVD/ Download in the normal course of events - House, NCIS, CSI, CSI:NY, Spooks to name a few. But nothing on at all in the 9-10 slot that we would bother with. But I guess you're right though, an unfair comparison given what we're currently comparing it too.
btw Finished Our Friends in the North at the weekend. Good series, and must see for people who don't understand why corruption matters, and why the Tories (and their fellow travellers on the right such as the PDs) are tossers.
Finished series one of the Wire recently. Its no Sopranos...yet. But I am enjoying itQuote:
Originally Posted by Macy
For comedy box sets I'd recommend the following
Phoenix Nights
Peep Show
The Inbetweeners
http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/
This starts soon...and I cant wait!
Shane Meadows films have been quaility so i hope this lives up to its hype!!
Noticed the ads for this recently and it looks like a lot of the same cast as the film, it should be excellent if that's the case.Quote:
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wow thats great, didnt know about this, thanksQuote:
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Yeah should be good loved the film
breaking bad , entourage , friday night lights , the us office , inbetweeners
cant decide whether to watch the sopranos or dexter next?
you seen True Blood?
Watch that.
C4 have a lot of their cool dramas up now on you-tube which is excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/4oDDrama
Well worth a watch are GBH, Dockers, Ghosts, North Square, Never Never, Teachers, and Traffik (the original)
Brilliant British drama
Season 4 finished - probably between that and Season 2 for my favourite so far. It's that feckin good I might start it again when I finish!
Season 4 of the Wire is a masterpiece.
True Blood and Mad Men or perhaps Spartacus. Pillars of the earth also a good watch.
If the tv show of Pillars of the Earth is as good as the book its a must see
am watching " a very british coup" on this.Quote:
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aged very well. would recommend it. tour de force performance from aeghas mcanally of anything goes fames' dad.
oh and watched the pilot for this last night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inc..._Todd_Margaret
very funny. one for the arrested development fans as has david cross and will arnett.
david cross is a loser who gets sent to england to work.......and makes increasingly poor decisions!!!
Just watched the first episode of Boardwalk Empire, thought it was excellent
Finished The Wire last night. Definitely one of the top 3 ever. Season 2 or Season 4 my favourites.
I'll be looking a Broadwalk Empire.
I stumbled across episode 1 of the excellent "Boys from the Blackstuff" last night. BBC4 are repeating it on Sunday nights.