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JAN 04, 2007 10:13 AM
JAN 04, 2007 10:14 AM
PointBlank said:
hadees said:
PointBlank said:
I'm not sure if it's the best ever, but several of last season's episodes of The Wire would be near the top of my list. As would a couple episodes of the Prisoner and the Twilight Zone.
Did The Wire suddenly get better last season? I keep hearing how great it was but when that show first came out I couldn't stand it.
You have bad taste, sorry 
. The first season was great.
And this season has been called one of the best seasons of TV, ever. It really is brilliant (as good as the first seasons of the Sopranos), and it's a shame that more people aren't watching.
Honestly, I think The Wire is better than The Sopranos ever was, just because it actually tells a story. With The Sopranos, I don't feel like there's any particular arc, and I never did. It was just a soap opera with gangsters. I mean, really well done and well acted and all that, don't get me wrong. It was great. But with one season of The Wire I get a premise, a conflict and a resolution. I will say this, though: if you watch one or two shows, you probably won't know what the big deal is. If you watch a full season, you'll understand. I can't exactly find fault with that, because it increases the show's quality, but it doesn't get them viewers. Also, it's so fucking heavy.
My pick, speaking of heavy, would be the last episode of season four for their best episode.
But yeah, The Prisoner is great too.
JAN 04, 2007 10:57 AM
TedKoppel said:
PointBlank said:
hadees said:
PointBlank said:
I'm not sure if it's the best ever, but several of last season's episodes of The Wire would be near the top of my list. As would a couple episodes of the Prisoner and the Twilight Zone.
Did The Wire suddenly get better last season? I keep hearing how great it was but when that show first came out I couldn't stand it.
You have bad taste, sorry . The first season was great.
And this season has been called one of the best seasons of TV, ever. It really is brilliant (as good as the first seasons of the Sopranos), and it's a shame that more people aren't watching.
Honestly, I think The Wire is better than The Sopranos ever was, just because it actually tells a story. With The Sopranos, I don't feel like there's any particular arc, and I never did. It was just a soap opera with gangsters. I mean, really well done and well acted and all that, don't get me wrong. It was great. .
Pretty much, I agree with you...right now, I'd say that the Wire is better, but I'd add that those first two seasons did have strong arcs (Tony going to and covering that he went to see a shrink, Big Pussy's betrayal, Richie Aprile and Janice, Tony's mother and uncle at war with him), but they lost that at some point (and I think killing Tony's mother really, REALLY hurt the show). It's fallen a long way, but it's very hard to underestimate how groundbreaking those first seasons really were, and I think that the past few have colored the way a lot of people look at them.
Interestingly, the best episode of The Sopranos is in season three: The Pine Barrens.
JAN 04, 2007 11:05 AM
JAN 04, 2007 12:01 PM
clockwork2 said:
though i have to say that exodus part 2 almost wins for the inner-atmosphere jump. holy fucking shit.
+1, will do business with again
JAN 04, 2007 12:09 PM
MrCrisp said:
clockwork2 said:
though i have to say that exodus part 2 almost wins for the inner-atmosphere jump. holy fucking shit.
+1, will do business with again
frakking awesome. i just watched it this morning.
JAN 04, 2007 08:19 PM
MrCrisp said:
clockwork2 said:
though i have to say that exodus part 2 almost wins for the inner-atmosphere jump. holy fucking shit.
+1, will do business with again
That was a good one, but my personal favorite is the season 2.5 premiere, Resurrection Ship Part 1. At the end, when it keeps cutting between Adama and Kane plotting against each other... that was intense! But maybe it was just because I'd been waiting so long for a new ep.
JAN 04, 2007 08:40 PM
JAN 04, 2007 09:30 PM
MrCrisp said:
clockwork2 said:
though i have to say that exodus part 2 almost wins for the inner-atmosphere jump. holy fucking shit.
+1, will do business with again
Seriously, that was badass! I was sitting here going crazy , screaming how awesome it was, going HOLY SHIT! That was a great episode.
SomethingStupid
North Hollywood, CA
March 2004
JAN 04, 2007 10:03 AM