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The Wire or Breaking Bad?
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I'm from Baltimore so I may be a bit biased but The Wire is the greatest television show ever made.
The Wire may have some insight but Breaking Bad is acually an entertaing show.
Going to annoy some people and say GOT series 1-4 is better than either.
Going to annoy some people and say GOT series 1-4 is better than either.
The Wire, easily. It's one of the few shows I can constantly rewatch. On my third now, just started season three.
Breaking Bad easily, but I expect The wire to take it on Era.
EDIT: Of course. So predictable, lol
EDIT: Of course. So predictable, lol
Came here to post this haha.
Didn't watch The Wire yet though. Have to do it someday. Not the biggest Breaking Bad fan but I enjoyed the show. I actually like Better Call Saul more.
Season 3 and 4 of the wire put it up on a pedestal that few shows can touch, including breaking bad.
I guess you could say Breaking Bad might have higher highs because of it's more bombastic approach to storytelling/filmmaking but perhaps that's not really fair.
either way, gun to my head, I'm rewatching The Wire.
I guess you could say Breaking Bad might have higher highs because of it's more bombastic approach to storytelling/filmmaking but perhaps that's not really fair.
either way, gun to my head, I'm rewatching The Wire.
The Wire is more ambitious, structurally complex, and has more to say. Breaking Bad is tighter, better paced, more entertaining, and more rewatchable. There's no performance on The Wire on Cranston's level, and Breaking Bad does more visually. Its shots are beautifully composed with an artistic flair similar paintings & photographs. David Porter's OST is tremendous as well, extremely underrated.
Mad Men is the GOAT, though
Mad Men is the GOAT, though
The Wire brings the feel of urban crime novels to TV and that's a really hard thing to do. It's willing to be boring, like those great Richard Price and George Pelecanos novels, to set up all of the details that make the story pay off in ways TV almost never does.
It's also full of stiff acting and not really cinematically ambitious at all, two things Breaking Bad is much better at.
I have to go with The Wire. It's much more audacious and a richer experience overall. Breaking Bad ultimately slots among several other flowery Complex Man shows like The Sopranos (which remains the best by far, seriously, rewatch it) and Mad Men, and to me has been outclassed by its own prequel. Saul is a more compelling tragic figure and the characters/actors around him are really strong. Walter was basically a total sociopath from day one who only seemed sympathetic because of his shitty life situation.
It's also full of stiff acting and not really cinematically ambitious at all, two things Breaking Bad is much better at.
I have to go with The Wire. It's much more audacious and a richer experience overall. Breaking Bad ultimately slots among several other flowery Complex Man shows like The Sopranos (which remains the best by far, seriously, rewatch it) and Mad Men, and to me has been outclassed by its own prequel. Saul is a more compelling tragic figure and the characters/actors around him are really strong. Walter was basically a total sociopath from day one who only seemed sympathetic because of his shitty life situation.
this thread's existence is insulting to the wire
at least pit it against the sopranos or something
at least pit it against the sopranos or something
I don't have an issue with most of your post but I think saying there's no performance in The Wire on Cranston's level is a bit unfair to The Wire because of how the shows took two vastly different approaches to casting. Breaking Bad was pretty much the Walt and Jesse show. The Wire on the other hand had an ensemble of dozens of different characters who played big roles and there wasn't really one "main character". Cranston may have put in the best performance from either show but it's not really an apples to apples comparison imo.
The Wire S1-S3 is better than Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad is better than The Wire S1-S5.
D'Angelo explaining economics is brilliant.
Breaking Bad is better than The Wire S1-S5.
D'Angelo explaining economics is brilliant.
Agreed. Both shows are worth watching, though. Cranston's performance in Breaking Bad is incredible to watch.
The bizarre mix of smugness and condescension over one of the most acclaimed series in history being...shock...liked.
Why are you reading any condescension or smugness in the post? Where do you get me having any issues with it being liked?
My post is simple:
- I like Breaking Bad more (which says nothing about my opinion on The Wire)
- I know Era likes The Wire more, and I expect it to win the poll
- I see that predictably enough, The Wire has won the poll
The Wire for me and it's not even a contest. I enjoyed BB but it doesn't come close and feels like a more basic show in comparison (though, to be fair, most shows do in comparison to the Wire).
I'm almost done with the Shield and I have to say, this show deserves to be in the conversation with the Sopranos and the Wire and I have no idea why it isn't talked about more. I guess because it isn't an HBO series it doesn't have that level of prestige attached to it, but it's seriously incredible television.
GOT (1-6) is the best and the most ambitious thing that happened on television. What a great, rewarding arc.
The Wire edges Breaking Bad out for me.
Also, GOAT tiering;
The Wire
Six Feet Under
Breaking Bad
Band of Brothers
When They See Us
Chernobyl
True Detective S1
Expecting Mindhunter and Dark and Haunting Of to join this list eventually. Black Mirror's first 3 or 4 series also could qualify.
Also, GOAT tiering;
The Wire
Six Feet Under
Breaking Bad
Band of Brothers
When They See Us
Chernobyl
True Detective S1
Expecting Mindhunter and Dark and Haunting Of to join this list eventually. Black Mirror's first 3 or 4 series also could qualify.
Saying that an influential television series that had universal critical acclaim and was a cultural zeitgeist in its last season isn't "important" is quite hilarious to me.
The Wire is more important.
Compared to The Wire it is just entertainment. Fantastic entertainment though!
Compared to The Wire it is just entertainment. Fantastic entertainment though!