Posted on 10/01/2024 5:54:52 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
When it comes to prestige and quality, a television show originating from Home Box Office, better known as HBO, is as close to a guaranteed stamp of quality as viewers are likely to find. Home to some of the most enduring, influential, and beloved series of all time, the American television network arguably has no equal.
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Rome
Vice Principals
Eastbound and Down
Finally someone mentioned My Brilliant Friend!
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“Band of Brothers”
That’s all.
Definitely “Band of Brothers”, especially Episode 9 “Why We Fight”. No combat, but great television.
ping for later
Chernobyl is the only one I’d ever re-watch. The rest I’ve seen a few youtube clips. Watching ugly people doing ugly things isn’t my cup of tea to say the least
Oh how could I forget! Rewatched John Adams about five times now!
The mayor’s solo speeches were very Shakespearean.
End of list.
OZ is the daddy of modern drama. And a great introduction to an all star cast. JK Simmons (Schillinger) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Adebisi) were astounding.
Every big hitter show from Sopranos to Game of Thrones owes a massive debt to Oz.
And, the theme music is awesome.
+1
Re “The Black Mirror:”
I’ve watched some here and there, but my favorite is the one called “The Black House.” Some truly twisted sci-fi in that one!
re: True Detective I watched and enjoyed every season of True Detective. Kamala speak..... It was well done, acted, and written. None of the seasons were vanilla pap, they had a vision and stuck with it. It was a masterclass in building of characters, and melding them into storylines. LOVED IT, to say the least. It was much better than the Sopranos, which was a slog to get through.
Exactly, Chernobyl is why I pay for the MAX app.
I would add:
Band of Brothers and The Larry Sanders Show
Deadwood? It is just a practice set for black culture. HOW TO CURSE 101-102 and Master class. Too much cursing, and I doubt the people of that time cursed in that manner. It was pap mixed with bile and feces.
Boardwalk Empire was an A+, Sopranos was a C-, the equivalent of Happy Days. If you were there when it came out, you watched and enjoyed it, until Fonzie actually jumped the Shark. Sopranos was not immersive, and the characters were very similar. I watched front to back in the course of about 3 weeks. It is not “all that”, unless you mean something besides good.
I think of The Sopranos more as a dark comedy.
Don’t forget The Pacific.
After seeing the episode were the firefighter were getting interviewed I resolved that if we were ever attacked with nuclear weapons I want it to land dead on me. What a horrible way to go.
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