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AmorRoark said:Changed my mind.. Six Feet Under.
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I think Claire Fisher is actually my Lux Lisbon
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Favorite Hbo Series ***(taking suggestions for new poll!)***
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You know it makes sense
I think Claire Fisher is actually my Lux Lisbon
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I would have said the Sopranos if you asked me six months ago, but Six Feet Under definitely affected me the most emotionally. The finale absolutely wrecked me. Sopranos is a close second.
As far as comedies, I love Mr. Show and Curb, but comedies don't usually affect me on the same level for me to put them ahead of a show like Six Feet Under.
As far as comedies, I love Mr. Show and Curb, but comedies don't usually affect me on the same level for me to put them ahead of a show like Six Feet Under.
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The Wire, by a huge margin.
The Sopranos was brilliant. Six Feet Under was brilliant. Oz was brilliant. Band Of Brothers was brilliant. Deadwood was brilliant.
But The Wire is in a different league to anything I've ever seen on a television screen. Where to start in my praise for this work of unmitigated genius?
As a treatise on the hardships, contradictions, disparities, injustices & moral conflicts of modern life in an urban environment, it stands alone as the most profound & thought-provoking example that television has ever produced.
As an examination of the power struggles, machinations, manoeuvrings, ebbs & flows within both officially organized institutions & criminal outfits, it's compelling in its insights.
As a slow-burning, densely-plotted, intricately-layered series of intertwining stories that steadfastly refuse to follow genre conventions & play out like surgically-crafted moral fables & epic Greek tragedies, it's humbling in its brilliance.
As an example of ensemble acting, in which no one character is ever bigger than the themes & commentaries of the tale itself, its peerless cast form the greatest collection of compelling protagonists to have graced any television show.
As a damning indictment of the abject failure & utter futility of the so-called "war on drugs", & of the hopeless prospects of those caught up in its too often inescapable web, it's more incisively cutting & chillingly insightful than anything I've ever seen or read, & almost certainly ever will.
As an observance of the rhythmic cadences that make up the language of the withering put-downs of the ghetto & the war-worn cynical jibes of the inner-city police department, it's incomparable in its authenticity.
And any show that can construct an entire scene using just the words "fuck" "fuck me" & "motherfucker" & yet still manage to convey a story & series of events in the past is worthy of praise far beyond anything my feeble language skills could possibly muster.
There's good television, there's great television, there's mind-blowing television, & then there's The Wire.
Not only the best of HBO - which is amongst the highest of praise in itself - but the best of anything.
The Sopranos was brilliant. Six Feet Under was brilliant. Oz was brilliant. Band Of Brothers was brilliant. Deadwood was brilliant.
But The Wire is in a different league to anything I've ever seen on a television screen. Where to start in my praise for this work of unmitigated genius?
As a treatise on the hardships, contradictions, disparities, injustices & moral conflicts of modern life in an urban environment, it stands alone as the most profound & thought-provoking example that television has ever produced.
As an examination of the power struggles, machinations, manoeuvrings, ebbs & flows within both officially organized institutions & criminal outfits, it's compelling in its insights.
As a slow-burning, densely-plotted, intricately-layered series of intertwining stories that steadfastly refuse to follow genre conventions & play out like surgically-crafted moral fables & epic Greek tragedies, it's humbling in its brilliance.
As an example of ensemble acting, in which no one character is ever bigger than the themes & commentaries of the tale itself, its peerless cast form the greatest collection of compelling protagonists to have graced any television show.
As a damning indictment of the abject failure & utter futility of the so-called "war on drugs", & of the hopeless prospects of those caught up in its too often inescapable web, it's more incisively cutting & chillingly insightful than anything I've ever seen or read, & almost certainly ever will.
As an observance of the rhythmic cadences that make up the language of the withering put-downs of the ghetto & the war-worn cynical jibes of the inner-city police department, it's incomparable in its authenticity.
And any show that can construct an entire scene using just the words "fuck" "fuck me" & "motherfucker" & yet still manage to convey a story & series of events in the past is worthy of praise far beyond anything my feeble language skills could possibly muster.
There's good television, there's great television, there's mind-blowing television, & then there's The Wire.
Not only the best of HBO - which is amongst the highest of praise in itself - but the best of anything.
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THE WIRE...."Omar's coming, YO!"
PinholeStar
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Everyone! As long as all you watch is the very best....
Daisybabe
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I think the poll needs to be edited to include Big Love. It wasn't around at the time of the OP but that show fuckin rocks.
And come on dude, no Fraggle Rock?? wtf.
Also gotta give love to Real Sex, America Undercover and Jim Henson's The Storyteller.
From the limited poll choices, I would go with Six Feet Under, Sex and the City and Def Poetry Jam, in that order.
And come on dude, no Fraggle Rock?? wtf.
Also gotta give love to Real Sex, America Undercover and Jim Henson's The Storyteller.
From the limited poll choices, I would go with Six Feet Under, Sex and the City and Def Poetry Jam, in that order.
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FTW!vibr8tor said:
Chicago66
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Wasn't there a Louis C.K. show on hbo at some point?
I would have to rate them like this
#1 The wire. most genius show I've ever seen in my life. It's SO realistic, it's scary.
#2 Da Ali G show. (Bruno is IMO a character with a lot of potential. Too bad everyone knows who he is now.)
#3 Curb your enthusiasm. It's just really funny. Nothing else to say about it.
#4 Oz
#5 Real Time
I either haven't seen enough of or any of the other shows on the list to form an opinion of them.
I would have to rate them like this
#1 The wire. most genius show I've ever seen in my life. It's SO realistic, it's scary.
#2 Da Ali G show. (Bruno is IMO a character with a lot of potential. Too bad everyone knows who he is now.)
#3 Curb your enthusiasm. It's just really funny. Nothing else to say about it.
#4 Oz
#5 Real Time
I either haven't seen enough of or any of the other shows on the list to form an opinion of them.
Chicago66
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wait and WHERE is flight of the conchords?
that show is fucking amazing.
that show is fucking amazing.
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i love entourage, when's the next season begin?
billywitchdoc.com
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1. the wire
2. the sopanos
3. entourage
all awesome shows though
2. the sopanos
3. entourage
all awesome shows though
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