OT: The Avalounge but every time someone posts the quality declines

[Papa Francouz]

Oh nice! I've watched The Wire twice and I think second time was even better than the first one.

You should definitely give Sopranos a chance. I think it's just as good as The Wire is. If I had to name my favorite series I could not decide which one it is. Sopranos has a lot of same strengths as The Wire does.

I’ll defintely watch The Wire again, when I get the time. Maybe I can finally get my girlfriend to watch it if I watch it with her, too.

That sounds perfect, actually. If anything has the same strengths as The Wire, then it’s gotta be good. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Bonzai12]

Sopranos is probably the best series of all time. Maybe GOT will overtake it - I’m waiting for the GOT outcome to see which one is the gold standard. The first few episodes are a little rough but by about halfway through year 1 you should be intrigued.

 

[Murzu]

I’ll defintely watch The Wire again, when I get the time. Maybe I can finally get my girlfriend to watch it if I watch it with her, too.

That sounds perfect, actually. If anything has the same strengths as The Wire, then it’s gotta be good. Thanks for the recommendation.

My second time watching was with my girlfriend. She really liked the show too.

No problem!

 

[UncleRisto]

 

[UncleRisto]

I remember watching the pilot for The Wire and wondering when it would end, if ever.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I remember watching the pilot for The Wire and wondering when it would end, if ever.

I have similar memories of trying to watch that show.

Couldn't get into Madmen, either.

 

[agentblack]

Stringer Bell is the cats bananas

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I remember watching the pilot for The Wire and wondering when it would end, if ever.

Yeah, after sopranos,GOT and BB, some recommended the wire but it was incredibly hard to get into. The main character for me was lacking.

Sopranos/GOT are the best shows ever. BB is awesome though.

 

[UncleRisto]

Couldn't get into Madmen, either.

Mad Men I got really into. The thing under my username of course is also a Mad Men quote.

 

[RockLobster]

What I'm about to say may sound sarcastic and insincere, but I'm being genuine here--I love that we recycle the TV Show stuff. For the most part we all are consistent with our beliefs, but we're living in a great era of Television, with so many avenues to view it.

That said, here's what I think of The Sopranos:

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I made it through, I think, 4 seasons of Sopranos.
Then I had my fill, as it seemed redundant.

 

[Foppberg]

What I'm about to say may sound sarcastic and insincere, but I'm being genuine here--I love that we recycle the TV Show stuff. For the most part we all are consistent with our beliefs, but we're living in a great era of Television, with so many avenues to view it.

That said, here's what I think of The Sopranos:

Ditto for Suits, it's the same thing every single episode.

 

[UncleRisto]

What I'm about to say may sound sarcastic and insincere, but I'm being genuine here--I love that we recycle the TV Show stuff. For the most part we all are consistent with our beliefs, but we're living in a great era of Television, with so many avenues to view it.

That said, here's what I think of The Sopranos:

Ha, yeah and I remember saying almost exactly the same thing about the Wire before.

 

[RockLobster]

I'm actually doing my very first full re-watch of Community (not to be confused with individual episodes that I would've re-watched before--this is the full re-watch). And I'm in to S3 and I've got to say that while it is still quite funny, it hasn't aged as well as I thought it would have.

They leaned way too hard into Chang and his craziness. That's the first thing I've noticed. There are other things that are escaping me at the moment, but overall I'd say it still holds up quite nicely, just not as nice as when I watched it while it was airing.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Suits can get old fast...There are side stories that are pretty dreadful too, Overall not a bad show to waste your time on.

Madmen was stellar up until the ending. When I felt like the audience was cheated. I mean what really was the point of 7 seasons? Last episode just left you like that's it? No real ending.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Has anyone been watching the second season of the Grand Tour? It’s so much better than the first season.

 

[Papa Francouz]

Lots of love for GOT in here. I really enjoyed the first 5ish seasons, but I haven’t felt any inclination to watch the show anymore in a little over a year. I know a lot of showstopping and story-shifting stuff has happened, but it’s just not really worth it to watch it anymore to me. I might give it a watch once the series comes to an end, just to see what happens at the end of everything.

That’s the weird thing, too - I love reading fantasy, but when it comes to TV I apparently don’t enjoy watching fantasy very much. I love me a semi-realistic, gritty, pulpy TV show.

 

[UncleRisto]

Suits can get old fast...There are side stories that are pretty dreadful too, Overall not a bad show to waste your time on.

Madmen was stellar up until the ending. When I felt like the audience was cheated. I mean what really was the point of 7 seasons? Last episode just left you like that's it? No real ending.

Yeah, it slowed down. The show had some absolutely terrific TV moments though. So many memorable moments.

 

[Foppberg]

Lots of love for GOT in here. I really enjoyed the first 5ish seasons, but I haven’t felt any inclination to watch the show anymore in a little over a year. I know a lot of showstopping and story-shifting stuff has happened, but it’s just not really worth it to watch it anymore to me. I might give it a watch once the series comes to an end, just to see what happens at the end of everything.

That’s the weird thing, too - I love reading fantasy, but when it comes to TV I apparently don’t enjoy watching fantasy very much. I love me a semi-realistic, gritty, pulpy TV show.

This past season was one of the best, though I've never read the books.

 

[agentblack]

This past season was one of the best, though I've never read the books.

And one of the most polarizing.

 

[Murzu]

I remember watching the pilot for The Wire and wondering when it would end, if ever.

Were you high?

 

[Freudian]

The Wire is the best tv drama ever made, even though the last season dropped off a bit. Same thing happened with David Simon's previous show Homicide: Life on the Street. Straight brilliance and then a dive the last two seasons. After The Wire I have Sopranos, Firefly and Breaking Bad not far behind.

I need to watch Fargo. Seems like it's the kind of show I would enjoy.

 

[Foppberg]

And one of the most polarizing.

Yup, a lot of people complained about it endlessly. Which I just kind of rolled my eyes about to be honest, it was amazing TV.

 

[Murzu]

The Wire is the best tv drama ever made, even though the last season dropped off a bit. Same thing happened with David Simon's previous show Homicide: Life on the Street. Straight brilliance and then a dive the last two seasons. After The Wire I have Sopranos, Firefly and Breaking Bad not far behind.

Haha, that was entertaining. Shame that they shut it down too early on.

 

[RockLobster]

And one of the most polarizing.

My personal opinion on this is that perhaps it was polarizing to certain people because they couldn't understand that the first 6 seasons were all building towards the ultimate end game, which S7 began. We're not likely in for episodes that bring us the great dialogue that previous episodes have brought (mainly for Tyrion...man Dinklage really nails his role). When looking at the big picture, there's been far more exposition in GoT than payoff, but now that we're nearing the end we're pretty much getting all payoff now.