>Nothing will ever come close.

>>81665481

sheeeeeeeeeeit fpbp nigga

>>81665481
Amazing show, but slightly overrated; not to mention season 2 was just wtf.

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You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this

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>>81665357
>>81665481
*blocks your path*

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>>81666038
>season 2 was just wtf

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What did he say?

>>81666122
>This is the most boring episode of the show, better off leaving now.

>>81665481
Good show. Sopranos was better

>>81665481
Nah, Wire is 7/10. Sopranos is 9.8/10. Sopranos has more thematic depth and scope, and much, much better characterization.

>>81665481
Its not even close lmao.

Wire friends are like lotr friends they've been validated so long they think they actually watched something incredible when its just above average

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Mad Men beats it by a hair, though they're almost companion series. It's tighter w/ Weiner exerting more creative control and writing the overwhelming majority of episodes, it feels like one well thought-out vision perfectly executed. Sopranos is a little looser and more meandering with a lot of different cooks in the kitchen. Still the best two series ever, unrivaled character work.

breaking bad >> sopranos > wire > madman

>>81666072
Only answer that actually has merit but they are almost companion pieces. TYP maybe depending on S2

>inb4 leftoversfags

>>81665357
>>81665481
why can't I like both almost equally?

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I'm glad Rome isn't spammed in these Wire vs Sopranos threads, it is above all this rabble

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>>81666654
>Mad Men beats it by a hair
negative

>>81666654
lol, Madmen isn't even in the same category.

Madmen is "wow, I actually enjoy this kind of thing when its done well!".

Deadwood is the all time number 2 telekinography, you fuckin plebs, not Wire or le Meem Men.

>>81666654

Mad Men wins comfortably

>>81666871
>Madmen is "wow, I actually enjoy this kind of thing when its done well!".

is that what it is, lol?

>>81666654

Sopranos is absolute tzrash compared to Mad Men.

There are episodes of Mad Man that rival the finest tv shows ever aired. And im talking only about episodes. As a whole Mad Men is in the top three of the best television ever produced.

Sopranos cant even beat shit like Six Feet Under or Breaking Bad, lol.

>>81666949
Yes, it's in the same genre as shit like Ally McBeal. Probably the only thing good to ever come out of the genre, just happens to be God tier.

>>81666975
Try harder faggot.

>no being able to appreciate the wire, sopranos, and mad men as the greatest shows of all time equally

You guys are real plebs. All these shows focused on completely different topics and they all nailed them in the best way possible

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>>81667021
>the same as Ally McBeal

Right, you clearly know what you're talking about.

>>81665357
I just binge watched the first 14 minutes of the pilot. It hasn't aged well.

>>81667071
That's not what I said at all. If we're going that I'll just quote you.

>you're right, the sopranos is better I'm a moron

Thanks, glad we cleared that up.

>>81666654
>Mad Men beats it by a hair
Except not in any way, shape or form.

>>81667133
except the ones i listed, i don't see your insight just cattiness

>>81666654
I think the only person who could legitimately think this would be some waifufag. Even a retard would be more enthralled by The Sopranos cliffhangers and more graphic content.

>>81667094
Pilot was made a year before the second episode, but I disagree; the show has aged extremely well.

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Mad Men pilot was shot entirely by Sopranos crew

>>81667159
It's funny how you pretend Mad Men is this super focused oeuvre of a visionary when it meanders, scatterbrained much more than The Sopranos. While The Sopranos had different people directing and writing, David Chase's oversight was felt during the entire run. The only point in the series where the plot seems unfocused and aimless is during season 4, and even that is some people's favorite season.
I can't agree with you because you're wrong.

>>81666549
>>81666644
>The Wire
>A series about how institutions fail people, corruption, falling into patterns of behavior, doing the impossible and cheating a corrupt system to try to do something good but still getting ground-up in the system

>Sopranos
>OOFF MARONE CHRISTOPAH LET'S ROB THESE BIKERS FOH NO REASON
*faints*
>CAHMELA AHJAY AHTE MY PROVOLONE
*kills person in a fit of rage*
>GABAGOOL !
*kills best friend*
>I'M STILL A GOOD GUY DOCTAH MELFI YOU FUCKIN WHORE !

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Finn, my arch nemsis

>>81666122
Probably told him who he was with and who they knew. Any crooked stockbrokers would probably know the names.

>>81667266
>pic
I fucking hate redditors so much.

>>81666713

No one is falling for your bait, feggit.

>>81667286
>only point where the plot seemed aimless was season 4
>not season 6 with gay mobsters getaway

>>81667330
I think those are youtube comments.

Is sopranos s6 and wire s2 the biggest pleb filters of all time

>>81667383
That was very specifically to further Phil Leotardo's character arc, and don't give me that after how the faggot in Mad Men S1 just died on his way to his home planet.

>>81667581
>faggot in Mad Men S1 just died on his way to home planet.
What?

>>81667601
I, too, love defending shows I've never bothered watching.

>>81667266
patrick82985...

I am going to FUCKING FOND OUT HIS REAL IDENTITY, and fucking brutalize him. Fucking doofus is probably only 15.

Soprano fags will LITERALLY defend this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjhO3NFfqUc

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>tfw watching the last episode again
Tony was a shitty person but with how his family life was coming along and how he survived the initial hit put on him by Phil made me feel bad when he got killed in the diner

>>81666063
hearty kek

>>81667871
The series got more and more depressing with each new season. Can't even imagine the amount of stress Tony must have gone through during his tenure as boss.

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>>81667305
Tell me about Finn, why does he piss like a racehorse?

>>81667871
>

The Leftovers is a close second

>>81668138
>CIA
>not YMCA

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Speaking of Sopranos, which part of the 2000s had superior movies and TV shows?

>>81667094

The show has proven extremely prophetic socially but that was never the point. The story resonates with the human experience. Time frame has little to do with the story, idiot.

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>>81667094
>binge watched
>14 minutes

Why does every HBO show have a key gay/bisexual character?

>>81666785
Lol british accents

>>81668185

mid to late 2000s > early 2000s > anything after 2011

I havent seen it. Ive seen the wire and madmen .

Should I watch it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Qq_06zHX4

>>81667383
>its aimless lol cuz he's gay lol
>its actually a poignant tragedy directly furthering the shows message
Stick to something more your speed like the wire

>>81667286
>plot

HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>81667288
I'd write a counter wire meme but the show was so boring and visually ugly I couldn't finish S1

>>81668152
Its entertaining but nothing special. High hopes for s3 tho

>>81669673

>I couldn't finish S1

kek and I thought /tv/ was just memeing about pleb filters

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>>81665357
AYO HOL UP

>>81669816
Why do they all look like turbo manlets

>>81669810
It was boring and generic I made it all the way to the last episode before realizing I'd been tricked by reddit.

>>81669816
>it was entertaining that makes it as good as a confirmed masterpiece

>>81669816
Top 3 minimum.

>>81669965
It's the baggy pants

Mad Men > Sopranos = The Wire > Breaking Bad

>>81671983
Mad men =Sopranos>>The wire

TBD: TYP

Six Feet Under and The Wire are both better.

1) The West Wing
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9001) Breaking Bad
>everything else

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>>81665357
>Nothing will ever top The Sop-

Narcos is already superior

>>81666912
the only motherfucker in the whole thread who has mentioned Deadwood.... wtf

people, don't be mislead that it got cancelled after 3rd season, the man speaks the truth!

>>81672680
Deadwood and Rome are ok but have no place in this discussion. Oz tier.

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*clears throat*

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>>81665357

This thread tastes like aluminium and ash.

>>81667288
>>81667288
Trolling?

The Wire doesn't really do anything except beat the viewer over the head with each season's slightly different version of "this institution (PD, drug cartel, schools, etc.) is dysfunctional and the people within it have little control against that dysfunction."

The Sopranos is about so much more and is much richer because of it. It roundly addresses the human condition from day-to-day and long-term perspectives and a variety of personal viewpoints. And the characters are much more fleshed-out and lifelike, shown in myriad situations that elicit a wide range of emotional states, variously resulting in personal growth and stagnation, in some cases. By contrast, the characters in the Wire are more cliched and simpler--you mostly see them as employees, and little else. Because the Wire really doesn't do anything other than convey its themes about institutional dysfunction, it has no use for its characters other than being vessels to help show how the PD, schools etc. are dysfunctional.

In all, The Sopranos is simply much richer thematically and in terms of characterization. The Wire's thematic portrayal is quite repetitive and simple by comparison, as is its characters, although it's still better than 90% of other TV.

>>81673253

Not him, but throwing around vague buzzwords isnt very compelling.

Americans love mafia shit, its that simple. Most Europeans dont, since we dont have the mafia (apart from the Italians).

In all honestly I understand why people like the Sopranos, but its nothing special. Not the writing, not the characters and certainly not the acting.

In reality its just a window into the Italian mob's day to day life, which again you Americans adore.

The Wire is complex and well written. Details and LE jargon are dry, if you dont like that sort of thing.

>In all, The Sopranos is simply much richer thematically and in terms of characterization.

I bet that sounded clever in your head.

>>81672861
do you have a cold Mr. Scorcese?

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For whatever reason, The Sopranos is the most talked about show on /tv/. It ended a decade ago and there's always at least one Sopranos thread getting bumped in the catalog at all times. Sure, you might see the occasional Mad Men, Wire, Breaking Bad thread here and there (Deadwood threads dive to the last page), but nothing like what you see with The Sopranos. A decade later and it still inspires new discussions and new memes around here. Perhaps one of the Star Treks comes close to that.

>>81673895
Easy enough for the "lol violence and mafia" plebs, old enough to not get the muh reddit treatment.

>>81673544

>making general statements about an entire continent

I don't think it has much to do with where you come from but just personally taste.

In The Wire you are basically watching events unfold as if you were looking down on a miniature model Baltimore. It's very expansive and informative but the realism also makes it dry.

The Sopranos have a clear main chararcter and take a more artistic approach to story telling (e.g.dream sequences). You still get an overall feel of the setting, New Jersey, but you see it subjectivly through Tony's or the mafia culture's lens.

I wish I was more well-read to compare both shows to works of literature to showcase the different ways both stoires that are being told.

>>81669816
>intro starts
>YYYEEEAAAAHHHH
>pots and pans

>>81672861
what a fucking joke this show was.

>>81673962
that's like saying, "Mad Men is just about muh ads and scotch." You are dumb as shit, bro

>>81674164
I didn't say anything like that you fucking retard.

>>81674134
just another day!

>>81674073
Madame Bovary is the perfect example of a book that does both.

It's purposefully very realistic in its descriptions (so much famously so that it started its own genre) but then you get a bit from Emma bovary's POV or another characters and it's suddenly quite different, yet because it's one of the greatest novels ever written the transitioning is seemless.

There's also don quixote

FUCKIN QUEERS

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>>81665357
I respect your opinion and it probably is the best show overall, but season 1 of Twin Peaks is honestly pure kinography. And the fact that all these gay shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Sopranos imitated it endlessly is proof.

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>>81669816
It's crazy the actor playing the black police officer killed his wife and is in prison now.

Can someone non autistic please explain the wires mass appeal? It looked like shit, the plot of s1 was generic, I was never entertained once, I can't remember a single character or plot point

>>81674646
Has to be the first I've heard of a nigger killing someone.