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Best HBO series

Hello,

What do you think is the best HBO series ever made?

Top 5 for me :

1)Band of Brothers
2) True Detective
3) Game of thrones
4) The Wire
5) The Pacific

1. The Sopranos

2. Oz

3. The Wire

4. True Detective

5. Silicon Valley

6. Brink

7. Curb your Enthusiasm

8. In Treatment

9. Bored to Death

6-Feet Under
The Wire (early seasons)
Sopranos
Game of Thrones (1st 2 seasons)
Super Dave
Tales from the Crypt

HBO are fucking quality.

The Sopranos is the definitive answer. i feel The Wire is great (loved season 2), but is overrated somewhat - it didn't stand up to multiple views like the sopranos does - it became a slog. The Sopranos stays electrifying, even though you know it inside out.

Oz is fucking awesome - the intro alone has more balls than most shows. it became the standard bearer for gritty and realistic shows. it was downright grisly.

there is a new HBO mini series just out made by David Simon of The Wire (and Paul Haggis) it's only 6 parts though, just started yesterday i believe - called Show Me a Hero.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2492296/

I loved 6-part Jinx documentary too.

1. The Sopranos
2. The HitchHiker
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. The Wire
5. 1st and 10
6. Tales from the Crypt
7. BoardWalk Empire
8. Oz
9. Arlli$$
10. Veep


honorable mentions
1. Not Necessarily the News
2. Fraggle Rock

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Originally posted by Scoops 9. Arlli$$

forgot this one. great show

1. cake farts

My fav would be Oz, definitely.

Oddly enough, I couldn't watch The Sopranos untill the end, I think I stopped during S04. Maybe I was a kind of "show nerd" and watched too many at the same time without enjoying one. Same goes for The Wire.

What am I missing ?

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Originally posted by bluegmt I couldn't watch The Sopranos untill the end, I think I stopped during S04

you have to live it to relate to it.. i did... it was/is part of life

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Originally posted by Serial Killer you have to live it to relate to it.. i did... it was/is part of life

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Originally posted by bluegmt

Game Of Thrones is really the only one I watch. Also Bill Maher from time to time. Used to be a fan of True Blood, but eventually stopped watching it. Also was a big fan of Ali G - can't recall what program it was on.

I generally prefer Showtime and AMC series over HBO series; namely, Homeland, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Ray Donovan. Looking forward to the new season of Homeland and Fear The Walking Dead, which begins next Sunday.

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Originally posted by Serial Killer you have to live it to relate to it.. i did... it was/is part of life

My father's best friend used to be a doorman for one of those exclusive Italian mob pubs like in the movie, Rob the Mob. Another good friend of his used to run various tasks for the Italian mob. The former would tell tales of how crazy it used to be in the early 90's, where he'd go out packed with two guns, occasionally getting into gun fights and whatnot.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred My father's best friend used to be a doorman for one of those exclusive Italian mob pubs like in the movie, Rob the Mob. Another good friend of his used to run various tasks for the Italian mob. The former would tell tales of how crazy it used to be in the early 90's, where he'd go out packed with two guns, occasionally getting into gun fights and whatnot.

Gunfights in the 90's. Riiight.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred My father's best friend used to be a doorman for one of those exclusive Italian mob pubs like in the movie, Rob the Mob. Another good friend of his used to run various tasks for the Italian mob. The former would tell tales of how crazy it used to be in the early 90's, where he'd go out packed with two guns, occasionally getting into gun fights and whatnot.

we don't talk about what happened.. too many nosy bastards running around these boards...

He never had the makings of a varsity athlete

Re: Best HBO series

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Originally posted by AkuhaMatuha Hello, What do you think is the best HBO series ever made? Top 5 for me : 1)Band of Brothers 2) True Detective 3) Game of thrones 4) The Wire 5) The Pacific

How is Sopranos not in your top five, Juan? Best show ever. I've probably watched it 10+ times by now. Never gets old.

I've been playing around with screenwriting recently. My DVD set includes director commentary, too. I've watched it to get a feel for how writers approach scenes and piece together story lines. Super interesting.

Anyways..

1) Sopranos
2) The Wire
3) True Detective (Season 1 is the series - Season 2 was shit)
4) Game of Thrones
5) OZ

Honorable mention: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (better than The Daily Show, IMO)

I've been meaning to watch Boardwalk Empire, but whenever I try something always distracts me.

Sopranos was great on all aspects. From the writing, to the acting to the music, to the themes; Sopranos nailed it!

from the scene to Ralphie beating Tracy to the scene where Adrianna admits to being an FBI informant to the scene where Tony is at the safe house laying down with the machine gun in hand

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Originally posted by Scoops He never had the makings of a varsity athlete

fucking brilliant. junior is the man.

sopranos is hands down the most quotable thing ever.

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Originally posted by Scoops Sopranos was great on all aspects. From the writing, to the acting to the music, to the themes; Sopranos nailed it!

Except Visiting Day

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Originally posted by Scoops to the scene where Adrianna admits to being an FBI informant

that moment Adriana knew she fucked up lol

Yeah, Sopranos was great. Another amazing scene (from the episode where Melfi is attacked): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAhJoa4BXo

...ever think what a coincidence it is Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease..?

Some of you guys forgot to mention 'Ballers'.

By the way how is HBO getting away with this?! All of these shows are BASICALLY famous because they have RECENT MOVIE STARS as TV show regulars!

I personally feel that these shows are famous ONLY because they get the big movie star names to appear LIKE THEY WERE JUST A FACE IN THE CROWD. In that sense, I would watch any of these as long as they keep the famous movie stars gonig in!

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Originally posted by Scoops ...ever think what a coincidence it is Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease..?

i don't think they rely on movie stars.

TV is where it's at now creatively. you talk as if movie stars are lowering themselves if they do TV.

obviously there's a difference between high end stuff that HBO puts out and garbage like CSI and NCIS.

if TV can put talented actors like frank vincent, that the vapid and vain hollywood machine has no use for anymore, to good use - then good! keep the good looking, talentless hacks in films.

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