The 4 Best Dramas Of The Last 25 Years

we could make this the clusterfuck of the century

what, are we inviting chaki back to the board for this thread?

I WAS JOKING

too late it's already happening

oh great. thanks vegemitegrrl. :/

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anyway you helped Mordy so don't blame this all on me. YOU'RE ALL PART OF THIS.

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I can't decide which kraken is cuter

I'll take them both

Huh, I was confusing "decoupage" with "decolletage."

irl lols

dying over here

xp - the latter is relevant to some people's appreciation of Mad Men. The former is a derail.

It would make for the first derail in this thread, afaict.........

Huh, I was confusing "decoupage" with "decolletage."

VegGrrl has used both words in the last two days! No joke: Yesterday I saw her post about "decolletage" on the Mad Men thread and asked my wife what it meant. When I found out, I said, "Huh. Why did I think it had to do with interior decoration?" Then, this afternoon, I saw her post upthread and was like "Oh, that's why!"

I like french words starting with "de" I guess

or boobs + collage

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admit it, you're excited

jeepers i love all these shows. impossible choice!!!

Can't believe it's taken someone this long to admit it.

thinking omar little should vote for the show that gave him his dn

yeah i loved little omar van zandt on the sopranos

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good results

I think I'm the only person on the planet that couldn't get into The Wire.

like...The Wire is exactly twice as good as Breaking Bad, 2.4 times as good as The Sopranos and 6 times better than Mad Men? yeah, that sounds right.

does The Wire improve significantly after season 1?

It gets better but if you don't dig season 1 I don't think it's for you. Kinda weird results, i guess the Sopranos' stock has fallen as The Wire's has risen. It certainly doesn't deserve to be behind Breaking Bad, much as i love that show

the wire is the best of the lot. but breaking bad is not better than the sopranos, end of story.

100 votes exactly. Nice.

when come back bring pie chart

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/breaking-bad-legacy-does-stand-639177

I believe that The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men and Breaking Bad are all first-ballot hall of fame entrants. And all four are in my top five.

Jaymc's film-critic friend, who is also a TV critic, tweeted after Breaking Bad ended, "Beautiful. Only two shows in the conversation for Best Drama ever. One ended tonight. (The other ended a bit more controversially.)"

Let's let this one marinate a bit.

I guess your friend really was let down by the ending of Lost, huh

xp The other is Baretta.

It's interesting how there's so much canonical conversation about TV shows at the same time that talking about novels or films that way has mostly gone away.

Smaller dataset worth considering that movies or novels.

Novels and films have been around too long to be grist for generational self-congratulation.

i.e. if there's anything up to The Singing Detective, The Prisoner or the Rockford Files, LMK

the idea that the 5 best television shows are all dramas from the last decade or so is ridiculous.

It's exactly like when ESPN throws up a prodigious sports feat chart for context "since 1990."

even though a lot of my favorite shows are comedies, i'm ok with these 'greatest shows of the last decade' convos centering purely around dramas, because otherwise it'd be 4 dramas + Arrested fucking Development

i.e. if there's anything up to The Singing Detective, The Prisoner or the Rockford Files, LMK

Singing Detective was crucial viewing in my family's house growing up. amazing show, needs more love

I have figured out I really only like comedies when they're full of horrible people

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