The end of Boardwalk Empire is WAY worse than GoT. and I acknowledge that the end of GoT was not good.
After Sunday we need to decide what The Film Room’s GOAT prestige drama tv show is (poll ends FRIDAY)
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No, I'm not buggin'. And are we ranking these shows off of narrative structure or cultural impact?
Like, I don't care about how it moved the entire media culture when the last two (shyt, THREE) seasons fell of a cliff on the writing side. It straight up doesn't belong with those other shows off that alone.
in that case cheers, the office, big bang theory, seinfeld anything that was popular should be on the list.
GoT fell off hardcore, most people recognize it, it's not pantheon.
well none of those are prestige dramas so they ain't even listed
i hear you, respectfully disagree, and honestly its borderline irrelevant because when the poll is made its still top 14 even with that seasonNo, I'm not buggin'. And are we ranking these shows off of narrative structure or cultural impact?
Like, I don't care about how it moved the entire media culture when the last two (shyt, THREE) seasons fell of a cliff on the writing side. It straight up doesn't belong with those other shows off that alone.
i think you're penalizing shows with 'one bad season' too harshly. There are almost NO dramas with no bad season. Boardwalk empire's bad season does not bring it down an entire letter grade...as a show it was still fire. And Ozark...that show was just fukkin good breh
MajesticLion
Veteran
You are going to want to rethink this. Yes, Justified is good enough to drop everything else in your current lineup.
Succession? Meh.
ppl have posted a lot of clips from that show and I still have yet to see anything that’s compelled me to want to watch it…not saying that means it’s not a good show but I need to see something that compels me to want to invest the time it’s going to take to go thru 6 seasons of television…with a lot of shows that I jumped on late or revisited after I bailed early in the series there was usually a scene or two that made me say ok damn lemme go (back) and watch this
If y'all open it up to Sci Fi, these were revolutionary to me
And Hannibal (NBC) - that show was great...but same dude from Am. Gods didn't finish this either.
Good topic
- Utopia - The BBC version, not the Amazon bs
- Black Mirror - The BBC episodes, not the Netflix BS
- American Gods - Starz and Unfinished
And Hannibal (NBC) - that show was great...but same dude from Am. Gods didn't finish this either.
Good topic
Majestyx
Duck Season
@ sons of anarchy being on any list outside of the “fukkery” list
Sons of Anarchy had some incredible casting but def falls into the
category
Black Mirror and Hannibal the only ones I could see adding to this list.
I fully get people being soured on Game of Thrones. That said, that show is the last, and also in the running for the biggest, water cooler show of all time. That's why I brought up Lost before. Shows that everyone (for the most part, before streaming) watched at the same time and couldn't wait to talk about to their coworkers, friends and, fam the next day. Their impact is far too much to ignore.
Justified deserves mention. Some of the best dialogue ever (not sure it's seeing Deadwood, doe). There's shows/anthologies that have been mentioned that just can't compete because of length, pause, as well.
Game of Thrones is the ultimate case of blowing it.
The final 3 1/4 episodes are so bad it prevents it from even being top ten. It's easily worse than any downfall a decent Showtime series has and almost makes the show pointless to watch for newcomers.
I binged it last year and that ending made me mad all over again. And I don't usually care about shyt like that.
Anyway, answer is The Wire. It'll always be The Wire. I'm big on Better Call Saul for the cinematography and high level acting. Leftovers had 2 final seasons that can't be replicated imo, but the first season is just okay. Mad Men was amazing too.
I do think highly of Succession just because it's a black comedy at heart. It's hard to intertwine what is basically a parody with serious drama. No other show does it that well, even Barry which is more of a straight comedy with suspense.
The final 3 1/4 episodes are so bad it prevents it from even being top ten. It's easily worse than any downfall a decent Showtime series has and almost makes the show pointless to watch for newcomers.
I binged it last year and that ending made me mad all over again. And I don't usually care about shyt like that.
Anyway, answer is The Wire. It'll always be The Wire. I'm big on Better Call Saul for the cinematography and high level acting. Leftovers had 2 final seasons that can't be replicated imo, but the first season is just okay. Mad Men was amazing too.
I do think highly of Succession just because it's a black comedy at heart. It's hard to intertwine what is basically a parody with serious drama. No other show does it that well, even Barry which is more of a straight comedy with suspense.
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