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I enjoyed watching many TV Shows so i always find it hard to pick 1 of them as greatest of all time.

My Top 5 picks:

The X-Files
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
The Walking Dead

Your picks?
 
I have seen very few but till date, mine has to be Breaking Bad.

Season 1 to 4 were absolute masterpieces. Season 5 was good but not upto its usual standards.

Didn't watch Game of Thrones yet.
 
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Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones

Haven't watched Wire yet. Heard some great things.

Used to love Sitcoms and would have rated Sienfeld and Frasier a few years ago, but I no longer enjoy sitcoms

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By the time it ends,Better Call Saul would be as good as if not better than Breaking Bad. I already think it is phenomenal.

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Breaking Bad is quite easily the greatest TV show of all time in every way. The perfect TV show.

Followed by The Wire and The Sopranos. Game of Thrones could have been here because of its amazing first 4 seasons but season 5 was boring as hell and the first 2 episodes of this season have been garbage.
 
EliteCynical said:
By the time it ends,Better Call Saul would be as good as if not better than Breaking Bad. I already think it is phenomenal.

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Same here. Im loving it so much but for me Breaking Bad is still easily the best show of all time
 
Lost was amazing for the first 3 seasons but then it became a convoluted pile of rubbish
 
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TM Riddle said:
The Wire
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
the shield
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Your choices are similar to mine so I think I may enjoy the Shield. Mind sharing what it is about?

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EliteCynical said:
By the time it ends,Better Call Saul would be as good as if not better than Breaking Bad. I already think it is phenomenal.

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Better Call Saul Season 1 started off great with Tuco's episodes but kept losing track.

Season 2 has been great.

But compared to Breaking Bad, its nothing mate.

Breaking Bad is several leagues above. :D
 
Worst TV show ever = Bates Motel

Horrible horrible horrible show.

Started watching The 100 first episode today.

Crap acting and execution. Not gonna put myself through that torture.

Marco Polo was fun. Not a great show in terms of drama but it keeps you engaged and the visuals are GREAT. Waiting for Season 2. The character "One Hundred Eyes" is simply legendary.
 
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EliteCynical said:
By the time it ends,Better Call Saul would be as good as if not better than Breaking Bad. I already think it is phenomenal.

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I am really enjoying Better Call Saul because in Breaking Bad i always wanted to see more of Saul and Mike my fav characters and that wish is becoming true in this one. I would love to see Gus in upcoming season.
 
Breaking Bad

Death note

Samurai X


Nothing comes anywhere near to these three awesome shows :D
 
WebGuru said:
I am really enjoying Better Call Saul because in Breaking Bad i always wanted to see more of Saul and Mike my fav characters and that wish is becoming true in this one. I would love to see Gus in upcoming season.
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Totally agree with you.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Better Call Saul Season 1 started off great with Tuco's episodes but kept losing track.

Season 2 has been great.

But compared to Breaking Bad, its nothing mate.

Breaking Bad is several leagues above. :D
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Yes, so far BCS (Season 1 and 2) < BB (Season 1,2,3,4,5)

I would wait and watch. BTW did you see my question above? Any guesses?
 
I am surprised to see not many people here rate House of Cards it's one of the best TV Show ever IMHO and the way Kevin Spacey performed this negative role was mind blowing.

Although i really hated him for some scenes in House of Cards like pissing on his father's grave and spitting on Jesus face in church. I think they followed Game of Thrones way of going to extreme and putting unnecessary and offensive stuff otherwise both shows can do fine without all these extreme insulting and anti-religious scenes.
 
[MENTION=133397]WebGuru[/MENTION] [MENTION=139150]aliasad1998[/MENTION] Any guesses with that question i posted about Better call Saul?
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Better Call Saul Season 1 started off great with Tuco's episodes but kept losing track.

Season 2 has been great.

But compared to Breaking Bad, its nothing mate.

Breaking Bad is several leagues above. :D
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The fact that you have to create a story woven before the timeline of BReaking bad, without affecting continuity as well as project Saul as an independent character who can run the show on his own, plus maintaining the same taut suspense via some phenomenal writing just blows me away
 
WebGuru said:
I am surprised to see not many people here rate House of Cards it's one of the best TV Show ever IMHO and the way Kevin Spacey performed this negative role was mind blowing.

Although i really hated him for some scenes in House of Cards like pissing on his father's grave and spitting on Jesus face in church. I think they followed Game of Thrones way of going to extreme and putting unnecessary and offensive stuff otherwise both shows can do fine without all these extreme insulting and anti-religious scenes.
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House of Cards is another excellent show, I agree. Spacey just rocks. The climax of the last season was mind numbing, however, I will still rate it below Sopranos and BB.

Narcos Season 1 was phenomenal. Cannot wait for next
 
Vince Gilligan started his career as writer with ATG TV Show The X-Files and than he created gems like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
 
EliteCynical said:
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The answer to the Anagram is "FRING IS BACK" and I cannot wait for the next season.
 
EliteCynical said:
House of Cards is another excellent show, I agree. Spacey just rocks. The climax of the last season was mind numbing, however, I will still rate it below Sopranos and BB.

Narcos Season 1 was phenomenal. Cannot wait for next
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I am also thinking of watching Narcos i heard its a Netflix series just like House of Cards?
 
WebGuru said:
Vince Gilligan started his career as writer with ATG TV Show The X-Files and than he created gems like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
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That is where he picked BRyan Cranston from. HE was impressed with his performance as a freaked out guy in one of the X Files cameos
 
EliteCynical said:
[MENTION=133397]WebGuru[/MENTION] [MENTION=139150]aliasad1998[/MENTION] Any guesses with that question i posted about Better call Saul?
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haha i guess you solved it already in the post above?
 
EliteCynical said:
That is where he picked BRyan Cranston from. HE was impressed with his performance as a freaked out guy in one of the X Files cameos
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Yea i remember it. I wish they had created a separate TV Show for Cigarette Smoking Man from The X-Files back in 90s he really deserve a show of his own just like Saul both were unique characters. William B Davis was amazing in that character but now he is too old for that character.
 
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Battlestar Gallactica
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Vikings
The Sopranos
House of Cards
The Walking Dead
Arrested Development
Friends
The Big Bang Theory (first 5 seasons)
The Simpsons
Rurouni Kenshin
Fullmetal Alchemist
 
EliteCynical said:
Your choices are similar to mine so I think I may enjoy the Shield. Mind sharing what it is about?

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Cop drama.Real top notch show.
HBO makes some really fine shows.Some other good ones include 6 ft under, deadwood, boardwalk empire etc .
 
aliasad1998 said:
Same here. Im loving it so much but for me Breaking Bad is still easily the best show of all time
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BB is class without a doubt but I would still place The wire above it because of the it was more realistic and there was hardly a dull moment in the whole series.While with BB one would sometimes get bored with Skylar's constant whinging about everything and Walter being grumpy all the time.Still a great show though with one of the greatest endings of all time.
 
WebGuru said:
I am surprised to see not many people here rate House of Cards it's one of the best TV Show ever IMHO and the way Kevin Spacey performed this negative role was mind blowing.

Although i really hated him for some scenes in House of Cards like pissing on his father's grave and spitting on Jesus face in church. I think they followed Game of Thrones way of going to extreme and putting unnecessary and offensive stuff otherwise both shows can do fine without all these extreme insulting and anti-religious scenes.
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House of Cards could have been legendary.It had all the ingredients of making of a successful tv show with great actors to awesome script but they really botched it up in last couple of seasons.It lacked direction and most of the time felt like they were just dragging it for the sake of it.Hugely disappointed.
 
Surprised to see no mention of friends yet.Perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time?
 
TM Riddle said:
Cop drama.Real top notch show.
HBO makes some really fine shows.Some other good ones include 6 ft under, deadwood, boardwalk empire etc .
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Boardwalk is another awesome show. Heard great things about Deadwood too. I love True Detective as well.

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A big shout to Dexter. A show I used to love a lot. But have now grown out of it.

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TM Riddle said:
Surprised to see no mention of friends yet.Perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time?
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Nope. IMO Sienfeld is number 1 and Frasier number 2. Or vice versa. Friends is no doubt the most popular one

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Friends was insanely good.

I was upset for 3 days when I finished watching it. :))

Heard Seinfeld was better than it though.
 
The flash. No one comes closer. Great acting. wonderful story.
 
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Monica was ok but it was Phoebe who stole the show among girls.Fabulous performance.I really hated Ross.He was the only weak link me thinks.
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Different people different tastes. Felt Ross was hilarious when he got into his zone.

There are some insane fan fights that go on amongst the fanbase of these 5 characters.

Chandler fans vs Joey fans vs Ross fans......Rachel fans vs Monica fans vs Phoebe fans
 
Fringe
Game of Thrones
The Blacklist
Battlestar Galactica
The Flash
Daredevil
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Worst TV show ever = Bates Motel

Horrible horrible horrible show.

Started watching The 100 first episode today.

Crap acting and execution. Not gonna put myself through that torture.

Marco Polo was fun. Not a great show in terms of drama but it keeps you engaged and the visuals are GREAT. Waiting for Season 2. The character "One Hundred Eyes" is simply legendary.
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I kinda agree on The 100 however and this is the thing - the first season is rip roaring horrendous but the show starts picking up by the middle of the second one.

I watch it - it's horrible but it's improved or maybe I've gotten used to it.

The Shanara Chronicles on the other hand, starts with a powerful plot and continues to get worse. So bad that ultimately you question how low an intellect do you require to like this.


Category wise top shows from my perspective


A: Comedy

1. Arrested development. (If this doesn't make you laugh, nothing ever will)
2. Community
3. Friends / Seinfeld (very close - both are kinda outdated if you watch now but still fun)

B: Epic / Adventure / History / Mystery

1. Game of Thrones
2. Vikings
3. Penny Dreadful
4. Being Human (British version)

C: Zombie Apocalypse

1. Survivors (again British) - I do not rate The Walking Dead at all.

D: Crime

1. The Sopranos
2. Breaking Bad (personally, I didn't find it an enjoyable read)

E: Science Fiction

1. Start Trek (Deep Space 9 + Voyager) Although Picard is famous, I don't like that Series
2. Firefly (I don't know why and who canceled it. Greatest mystery of television for sure)
3. Knight Rider (for the mere impact on pop culture, nothing matches it)

F: Animated

1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Archer (Don't know why it's so underrated.)
3. Full metal Alchemist (Death Note's first few episodes were beyond brilliant but overall its just meh)
4. Avatar (Original), Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, etc (Japanese Pop culture. equally good)

G: Kids

1. Full House + The fuller House
2. Adventure Time (It shouldn't be here but anyway let's just put it here as it's shown on CN)

H: Political + Detective + Serial Killer

1. Sherlock (The British Version)
2. House of Cards
3. True Detective (Dexter was good but it frittered away slowly)

I may remember some after this but for now this looks kinda complete to me.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
I kinda agree on The 100 however and this is the thing - the first season is rip roaring horrendous but the show starts picking up by the middle of the second one.

I watch it - it's horrible but it's improved or maybe I've gotten used to it.

The Shanara Chronicles on the other hand, starts with a powerful plot and continues to get worse. So bad that ultimately you question how low an intellect do you require to like this.


Category wise top shows from my perspective


A: Comedy

1. Arrested development. (If this doesn't make you laugh, nothing ever will)
2. Community
3. Friends / Seinfeld (very close - both are kinda outdated if you watch now but still fun)

B: Epic / Adventure / History / Mystery

1. Game of Thrones
2. Vikings
3. Penny Dreadful
4. Being Human (British version)

C: Zombie Apocalypse

1. Survivors (again British) - I do not rate The Walking Dead at all.

D: Crime

1. The Sopranos
2. Breaking Bad (personally, I didn't find it an enjoyable watch)

E: Science Fiction

1. Start Trek (Deep Space 9 + Voyager) Although Picard is famous, I don't like that Series
2. Firefly (I don't know why and who canceled it. Greatest mystery of television for sure)
3. Knight Rider (for the mere impact on pop culture, nothing matches it)

F: Animated

1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Archer (Don't know why it's so underrated.)
3. Full metal Alchemist (Death Note's first few episodes were beyond brilliant but overall its just meh)
4. Avatar (Original), Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, etc (Japanese Pop culture. equally good)

G: Kids

1. Full House + The fuller House
2. Adventure Time (It shouldn't be here but anyway let's just put it here as it's shown on CN)

H: Political + Detective + Serial Killer

1. Sherlock (The British Version)
2. House of Cards
3. True Detective (Dexter was good but it frittered away slowly)

I may remember some after this but for now this looks kinda complete to me.
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How the hell did I miss "The Office".

Also some off beat shows for comedy.

1. An Idiot Abroad
2. Top Gear (the greatest of them all TV show in all categories)
3. Mind your language
4. Fawlty Towers
5. The Ricky Gervais Show (It's based on a podcast and is animated version of their podcast)
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
I have seen very few but till date, mine has to be Breaking Bad.

Season 1 to 4 were absolute masterpieces. Season 5 was good but not upto its usual standards.

Didn't watch Game of Thrones yet.
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Season 5 of Breaking Bad is the greatest season in TV history. Frickin 99 on metacritic
 
aliasad1998 said:
Season 5 of Breaking Bad is the greatest season in TV history. Frickin 99 on metacritic
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Sure there were some great scenes in season 5 but the season wasn't as great as the prev episodes.

It looked greatest due to the build up of the prev seasons.

Not because of its standalone quality. It was still damn good but not the level of prev ones.

The whole Nazi group thingy...you knew things were gonna go predictably rogue way before it happened. Plus the last episode, White easily breaking into his billionaire friend's house was simply lazy writing.

Till the end part of season 4, Breaking Bad was an insane masterpiece. Almost flawless in its concept, writing & execution.

The ending of Season 4 was hurried and movie like which could have been better.

Anyways, maybe you felt different way which is fine.

As for critics, don't take them too seriously. Some of them are damn good but their collective judgement isn't always right.

Here's an example of what they are:

Rotten Tomatoes:

Breaking Bad Season 1 - 78% fresh (meaning 22% rated is NOT low but rotten - lower sample set but still)
Breaking Bad Season 2 - 100% fresh (meaning 22% rated is NOT low but rotten)
Breaking Bad Season 1 - 100% fresh (meaning 22% rated is NOT low but rotten)
Breaking Bad Season 1 - 100% fresh (meaning 22% rated is NOT low but rotten)
Breaking Bad Season 1 - 100% fresh (meaning 22% rated is NOT low but rotten)

How did that transformation happen? :))

Simple. BB was so widely acclaimed that it would look foolish to rate it rotten by season 2. In season 1, there was no peer pressure and these critics ran amok.

Critics are the ones who rate Hitchcock's Vertigo as CRAP when it releases and they swoon over it a few decades later.

Not saying they are always idiots but their collective judgement can't be always trusted.
 
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Having watched and finished Breaking Bad about 3 years ago, I think people tend to overrate it a tad.

Looking forward to watching The Wire.

And damn it I wish they never cancelled the Hannibal series, it was awesome.
 
Suleiman said:
Having watched and finished Breaking Bad about 3 years ago, I think people tend to overrate it a tad.

Looking forward to watching The Wire.

And damn it I wish they never cancelled the Hannibal series, it was awesome.
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Its worth the hype bud.

It was not directed but SCULPTED to perfection.

From season 1-4, I was mesmerized by both the story and the way it was directed.

The magic lies in the execution of the scenes.
 
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Names which are not mentioned yet are

Person Of Interest
The Shield (Best ending to a series IMO)
House MD
 
You lot are so Americanised!

1. Fawlty Towers
(a vast, vast gulf then to the next one)

2. The Sopranos

3. Our Friends in the North

4. Seinfeld

5. The Inbetweeners
 
starbuck said:
Names which are not mentioned yet are

Person Of Interest
The Shield (Best ending to a series IMO)
House MD
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House MD was one of my favorites for a while. great show but nothing beats The Flash.
 
Atm I'll go with

Drama

The Wire
Game of Thrones
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos

Reality

Survivor
The Ultimate Fighter
Man vs Wild
Masterchef
The Apprentice

Comedy

The King of Queens
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Community
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Its worth the hype bud.

It was not directed but SCULPTED to perfection.

From season 1-4, I was mesmerized by both the story and the way it was directed.

The magic lies in the execution of the scenes.
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I beg to disagree.

Breaking Bad is very much overrated. Let me explain

1. The character development was reserved for only one character.

2. The main story started well but became dull too soon. Saul was a more interesting character than Walter.

3. Good was so white - Bad was so black; where were the grey areas?

4. Too many story errors: King pin Mafia boss coming up because two of his men died ... bleh

I can go on and on but since you like the show to bits, it won't change anything.

Yes, a lot of the show was very well constructed and there were some good reveals but overall the show gets overrated because it's fashionable to say that it's the greatest show on TV.

And yes, you are right about the 5th season - It didn't even live up to the standards of the first four seasons.

Grandpa Mike and Saul though - good characters.
 
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Yep, my twelve year old daughter greets us each morning with "Morning, b*nders!"
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Speaking of,one thing I noticed that in British comedy shows they tend to use a lot of mother and sister jokes which are almost non existent in the american ones.Is it because of cultural difference or what because some of them are downright offensive and could get you in a lot of trouble in other countries and esp in subcontinent.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
I beg to disagree.

Breaking Bad is very much overrated. Let me explain

1. The character development was reserved for only one character.

2. The main story started well but became dull too soon. Saul was a more interesting character than Walter.

3. Good was so white - Bad was so black; where were the grey areas?

4. Too many story errors: King pin Mafia boss coming up because two of his men died ... bleh

I can go on and on but since you like the show to bits, it won't change anything.

Yes, a lot of the show was very well constructed and there were some good reveals but overall the show gets overrated because it's fashionable to say that it's the greatest show on TV.

And yes, you are right about the 5th season - It didn't even live up to the standards of the first four seasons.

Grandpa Mike and Saul though - good characters.
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lol what

1. The character development is not a yardstick for how good a show is. It depends on the way the show is structured. A show like Friends needs equal character development but a show like BB only needs to development of characters as per their importance to the show.

Walter White's development was nothing short of brilliant.
Jeese Pinkman evolved a lot.
Skyler evolved.
The evolution of the hank from a jolly fellow to a bitter guy (after accident) to a man on mission was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
The whole character of Gus Fring was amazing.

So there you go.

2. Main story got too dull?

I have nothing else to say mate. It didn't. It kept getting better.

Season 1 was all about Walter and Jesse getting going by finding their way. The frustrated interactions between those two from time to time was unbelievably executed well.

Season 2 was all about Walter and Jesse moving one setp forward and two steps backward. BB was crafted SO WELL that you were rooting for them to freaking sell meth but they kept running into some roadblocks. It was like you were going on a journey.

Then the Gus fring episodes. The tension reached the crescendo when Walter had to scramble and get the meth delivered on time. Then came the whole Walter helping Jesse but he himself got into trouble. Then came cartel whose episodes were fun and finally season 5 were Walter had to clean up the slates.

The story KEPT ON moving which is why people were crazy about it. Sure they may have been a few rare boring episodes but it was very very very uncommon.

3. Grey areas? The whole show was grey. No one was perfect.

4. Don't know which error you are talking about. A few small liberties are fine in the larger context.

Maybe its fashionable for some to say the show was greatest (there are people who do that) but from a pure writing, directing & execution point of view, BB is just fantastic and deserves all the hype.

What separates average shows from the great shows is NOT the story or character or details.

All those are important but it does not elevate a show.

What separates is how well each scene is directed, how much TENSION is imparted, how the energy flows in from one scene to the other, how the suspense builds up....basically the magic lies in the execution of simple scenes.

Those are building blocks of great movies or shows.

And BB has excelled in that.
 
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Uganda ji - Didn't you say in another thread you fast forward every show and watch it at supersonic speed?

If you did that, you are missing out a lot mate.
 
SL_Fan said:
Atm I'll go with

Drama

The Wire
Game of Thrones
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos

Reality

Survivor
The Ultimate Fighter
Man vs Wild
Masterchef
The Apprentice

Comedy

The King of Queens
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Community
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
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Also Parks and Recreation under comedy.
 
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sensible-indian-fan said:
lol what

1. The character development is not a yardstick for how good a show is. It depends on the way the show is structured. A show like Friends needs equal character development but a show like BB only needs to development of characters as per their importance to the show.

Walter White's development was nothing short of brilliant.
Jeese Pinkman evolved a lot.
Skyler evolved.
The evolution of the hank from a jolly fellow to a bitter guy (after accident) to a man on mission was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
The whole character of Gus Fring was amazing.

So there you go.

2. Main story got too dull?

I have nothing else to say mate. It didn't. It kept getting better.

Season 1 was all about Walter and Jesse getting going by finding their way. The frustrated interactions between those two from time to time was unbelievably executed well.

Season 2 was all about Walter and Jesse moving one setp forward and two steps backward. BB was crafted SO WELL that you were rooting for them to freaking sell meth but they kept running into some roadblocks. It was like you were going on a journey.

Then the Gus fring episodes. The tension reached the crescendo when Walter had to scramble and get the meth delivered on time. Then came the whole Walter helping Jesse but he himself got into trouble. Then came cartel whose episodes were fun and finally season 5 were Walter had to clean up the slates.

The story KEPT ON moving which is why people were crazy about it. Sure they may have been a few rare boring episodes but it was very very very uncommon.

3. Grey areas? The whole show was grey. No one was perfect.

4. Don't know which error you are talking about. A few small liberties are fine in the larger context.

Maybe its fashionable for some to say the show was greatest (there are people who do that) but from a pure writing, directing & execution point of view, BB is just fantastic and deserves all the hype.

What separates average shows from the great shows is NOT the story or character or details.

All those are important but it does not elevate a show.

What separates is how well each scene is directed, how much TENSION is imparted, how the energy flows in from one scene to the other, how the suspense builds up....basically the magic lies in the execution of simple scenes.

Those are building blocks of great movies or shows.

And BB has excelled in that.
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The death of Gus Fring was Farcical at best. Half of his face falling away while the other remaining there - and he walking out of the door with half the face. Yes. Surely super believable.

A crime boss like Gus who wants to cover up his trail isn't known to 13 people. Flaw in the story. He didn't even need it. A guy like Mike could have handled all the details.

Now let me come to the grey areas

Not a single corrupt cop or official. In a city where there are crime bosses the size of Antarctica, not a single insider in the show.

That Nazi gang too was horrible at best.

Pinkman remained pinkman all through the show. Learned nothing - went no where. His entourage continued to remain stupid - just junkies who refused to change with the money. Criminals aren't stupid - they are sharper than the rest of us and they just continued to portray them as teenagers who went into the wrong field and were innocent wall flowers.

I do not for one second deny that some moments were brilliant beyond belief and I had to stand up and applaud but overall, the show gets more praise than it should.

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sensible-indian-fan said:
Uganda ji - Didn't you say in another thread you fast forward every show and watch it at supersonic speed?

If you did that, you are missing out a lot mate.
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I do speed up shows but unfortunately, since I saw this show with someone, I didn't have the option to speed it up. Also saw it at a time where I wasn't really adept at speeding up shows.

Now I can watch stuff at 1.5x with ease and at 2x with subtitles.

A man is busy ... A man wishes to watch lots of stuff
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
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The death of Gus Fring was Farcical at best. Half of his face falling away while the other remaining there - and he walking out of the door with half the face. Yes. Surely super believable.

A crime boss like Gus who wants to cover up his trail isn't known to 13 people. Flaw in the story. He didn't even need it. A guy like Mike could have handled all the details.

Now let me come to the grey areas

Not a single corrupt cop or official. In a city where there are crime bosses the size of Antarctica, not a single insider in the show.

That Nazi gang too was horrible at best.

Pinkman remained pinkman all through the show. Learned nothing - went no where. His entourage continued to remain stupid - just junkies who refused to change with the money. Criminals aren't stupid - they are sharper than the rest of us and they just continued to portray them as teenagers who went into the wrong field and were innocent wall flowers.

I do not for one second deny that some moments were brilliant beyond belief and I had to stand up and applaud but overall, the show gets more praise than it should.

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I do speed up shows but unfortunately, since I saw this show with someone, I didn't have the option to speed it up. Also saw it at a time where I wasn't really adept at speeding up shows.

Now I can watch stuff at 1.5x with ease and at 2x with subtitles.

A man is busy ... A man wishes to watch lots of stuff
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1. That's why I said till ending of Season 4. The ending of Season 4 was movie esque.

2. Pinkman's character WAS stupid. Evolution does not mean stupid people become intelligent. Evolution of character means either change of approach or attitude or thinking ....Jesse's inner conflict and transformation to a guy who has lost hope was a damn good character development.

3. Pinkman was a mediocre meth producer who was pushed into the game by Walter. The whole premise of the show is about 2 guys dealing with stuff they shouldn't be dealing with.

4. Nazi gang was season 5 which took the sheen off BB a bit (which I said before too - season 5 was not as good) but still it was a marvellous season nonetheless.

5. Corrupt cops is all random criticism. BB does not become good or bad bcos they are in it. Plus the main focus was not with these guys dealing with the cops (unlike the case of Narcos).

That's why I explained what makes a movie or a TV show great. Its not these stuff but how EACH and every scene is crafted. In that area, BB wins big time.

I will give you an example.

One of Hitchcocks's highest ever rated movie is 39 steps.

Of all his movies, 39 steps is the most masala with a lot of hard to believe scenes.

Yet people rave about it and I believe it is Hitchcock's greatest movie (among the ones I have seen) because of the way he constructs each scene and makes the story flow. Amazing direction inspite logical flaws.
 
Star Trek original series
Hill St Blues
NYPD Blue
Cardiac Arrest
This Life
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Line of Duty
True Detective season one
 
Comedy programmes..... all British.

Dad's Army
Fawlty Towers
The Young Ones
The Day Today
Brass Eye
Green Room
The Office
 
In no particular order:

24
Luther
Mind your language
Fawlty Tower
Desmond's
Friends
Twin Peaks
Sherlock
Fraiser
The Office (US)
One Tree Hill
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Now I can watch stuff at 1.5x with ease and at 2x with subtitles.

A man is busy ... A man wishes to watch lots of stuff
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But how can you enjoy it at that speed bro? Watching lot of stuff without enjoying i don't think it's a good deal you are missing some really good stuff.
 
WebGuru said:
But how can you enjoy it at that speed bro? Watching lot of stuff without enjoying i don't think it's a good deal you are missing some really good stuff.
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I think I have ADHD or something like that because I'm multitasking even when I'm watching a show.

I watched the whole Parks and Recreation in a few days - And I enjoyed it too.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
I think I have ADHD or something like that because I'm multitasking even when I'm watching a show.

I watched the whole Parks and Recreation in a few days - And I enjoyed it too.
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You got some latest powerful processor installed in your brain i wish i can multitask ;)
 
WebGuru said:
You got some latest powerful processor installed in your brain i wish i can multitask ;)
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Attention span problems.

Right now - I'm on twitter, Pakpassion, studying a little, random chats on another social forum, and some other things as well like playing a flash game and so on.

Not a good thing to have :(
 
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