The Sopranos Vs. The Wire

not really recalling 'filler' eps of 'the sopranos'.

it wasn't trying to do a tight, 19th-century-novel, everything-connects narrative.

the only ep i can remember not liking was the one where mike figgis was all like, "I know, let's use handheld cameras!"

not really recalling 'filler' eps of 'the sopranos'.

last two seasons had loads - or it was just more like two thirds of an episode on many occasions was aimless and achingly obscure. obv there were great ones too - i really enjoyed the last half of the final season.

was that the inexplicable "tony's gambling problem" episode? xp

to be fair, there was stuff i never really liked on the sopranos--anything having to do with the entertainment industry or christopher's movie or that shit. but it hardly dinged the show as a whole.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Wow, a landslide... didn't expect the margin to be this big. But then again, I'm 1/16th Sopranos vote...

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holy turnout

we did it jen, we stole his base

daaamn

I'm calling for a

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whaddayagonnado

anything having to do with the entertainment industry or christopher's movie or that shit

ben kingsley episode was lols but i guess it was sort of ill-fitting

WOAH

As someone who to feel that The Sopranos is a well-assembled but ultimately pointless and awful and insanely overrated show, I would like to applaud fifty-eight seventy-thirds of you for your judgment.

Let's pretend I deliberately omitted the word "tends" from that out of sheer Sopranos-hatred

i cant really judge anyone for voting for the wire, it's a great show and horses for courses, but man is nabisco ever off tm right here.

That's right, s1ocki, just sit there and let me CHALLOPS you

well-assembled but ultimately pointless and awful and insanely overrated show

wasn't gonna say it (at least not unless it won), but yeah.

this shit is fucking ridiculous

You are all awful people.

yes, i believe that was the point behind dom's comment. xp

― s1ocki

for some reason i misread his comment but it is a good point

I don't ask anyone to agree with me that The Sopranos was alarmingly dumb/awful, I just kinda want to wave that opinion in people's faces to make them vexed and indignant. It's like contrarianism, except there's no shred of pretending involved.

Someone needs to try the ketchup with the relish.

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lol

oh no an idiot on the internet has a stupid opinion: how vexing.

really cannot believe the turnout here, or the margin.

I could never get into The Sopranos. I watched the first five episodes and then just never bothered to go back. It didn't seem bad, I just didn't connect with it.

nabisco's just flaunting his otm all-star status these days... careful dude, we can take that away just as fast

playing with fire: master and commander: oh how I enjoyed this movie

more like tldr all-star status.

take the high road dude

Ha, caek, I was just thinking about that thread: Sopranos and that movie are totally two things I will stubbornly/smugly go on forever refusing to believe can possibly be considered good.

^ We all need such things, it's just fundamentally healthy

somebody's got a case of the mondays

To be fair, I think The Sopranos is for sure way better than Master & Commander (though I think that about a lot of things)

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"The More You Eat Cookies"

on the cookies

I voted for the Wire, btw, but I haven't seen Sopranos, so you maybe want to discount that.

nice, just 75 more to go

i mean 85

if you give a nabs a cookie, he'll ask for some milk

i've still only seen The Wire s01e01

dont you mean The_Wire_s01e01.torrent

hahahaha

I'm pretty sure if I had only seen one episode of each my opinion would be exactly the same. It's simple enough to say I have far more of a connection with the themes and characters in The Wire than I'll ever have with anybody in The Sopranos. If my life was a little different maybe I'd get the Sopranos as much as I do The Wire, but I doubt it. I don't care how cool Dad's job is, it's still a show about Dad. Dad shows are boring.

I voted for The Wire, but felt conflicted doing so. Not that I'm a streetwise fellow, but The Wire seemed to have an uncanny verisimilitude which transcended not only the medium of television, but most contemporary fiction period. Ah, but for delicious storytelling and characterization, The Sopranos set the bar so high for pretenders to the throne that this past decade has been a joy to behold in terms of TV drama. And I would've voted Tony, if not for seasons 4 & 5 derailing the series somewhat before the brilliant final run. FWIW, I know I've extolled its merits on other threads, but even as a (slightly) inferior stepchild of these shows overall, The Shield selectively combined the most effective elements of each series to bow out in the best final run I've ever seen.

pillbox i was gonna stomp on this jagger-ish "transcended not only the medium of television, but most contemporary fiction period" bs but then saw you're a shield man so we cool.

Final season of The Shield > Final season of The Wire

I feel bad for people who have become less down with The Wire because they know all these "Wire Stans"