Sopranos, The Wire, Band of Brothers

davro at the palladium - special guest**from x factor

marvellous stuff sparky

The Sopranos is best drama ever produced and Paulie Walnuts is just quality! Here some of his best scenes.

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=Paulie+Walnuts&hl=en&client=firefox-a&emb=0&aq=f#

hes already seen it ffs

house

The Sopranos beats The Wire hands down no contest.It's good for sure but not as good as it thinks it is.Sopranos always felt quite "real" but apart from the city hall scenes which are v good indeed the "street" scenes in the Wire are laughable for their cleanliness and utter lack of people/extras.

Band of brothers is very good as well

The Sopranos beats The Wire hands down no contest.It's good for sure but not as good as it thinks it is.Sopranos always felt quite "real" but apart from the city hall scenes which are v good indeed the "street" scenes in the Wire are laughable for their cleanliness and utter lack of people/extras.

Band of brothers is very good as well

Lost next IMO

may i suggest Boys from the Blackstuff, quality.

yep,get lost

Mad Men is quality.

I've seen and enjoyed all the above
The only program that I'd recommed that is as good and in some episodes much better is

The West Wing

I;d love to watch Big Deal again,, dont think it ever made it to DVD though ????

dexter

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Deal-Complete-BBC-DVD/dp/B000FL79JY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254066979&sr=1-1

For Fishman

brilliant cheers

DandyFirmButtocks 27 Sep 16:29
The Sopranos beats The Wire hands down no contest.It's good for sure but not as good as it thinks it is.Sopranos always felt quite "real" but apart from the city hall scenes which are v good indeed the "street" scenes in the Wire are laughable for their cleanliness and utter lack of people/extras.

How many times have you been to Baltimore?

I believe they asked a few low level Baltimore gang members about The Wire and one said that the only thing that was unrealistic about the characters in the show was that they weren't watching The Wire.

As has been mentioned, Dexter is worth a watch. It's really well written and Dexter is one of the best tv characters in recent years.

i wonder what The Manageress with Cheri Lunghi would be like now,, used to love that, probably a bit dated

Sopranos differeent class to the Wire

Actually i thought the scenes with the cops in The Wire were less realistic, and very derivative of countless Movies/films

i love both Sopranos and Wire, but Sopranos is on of best programs ever made

Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time

Just watched The Wire again and enjoyed it more the second time around. More idea what was going on and who was who.

thanks for the suggestions guys, might give the west wing or dexter a try next. Any other tips much appreciated..

Seriously Sopranos great series. I don't even know The Wire. What's it about?

Checkout The Wire here - http://www.starpulse.com/Television/Wire,_The/Summary/

Thanks

Banquo

As for how many times have i been to Baltimore.I worked for Hilton group there for a year in Maryland 2 locations(before the rather better Vegas) 1 being downtown.Though my old hotel is now a convention centre as well.Sure white boys wouldnt often venture to the badlands but they dont portray the squalor or the hustle and the filth,the crack heads and the tramps.It just looks like an empty sound stage in a huge studio(which of course it isnt)

Dont get me wrong the huge production budgets us shows get usually ensure a v realistic backdrop to most shows.Problem is they film the scenes at 6am in the TBD projects so they have light and buildings but i guess getting real life extras from that community is not so easy.

Just my take on it.I enjoy the show ,some cracking characters ,but for me it's just "good" The luvvies seem to salivitate over it though and i imagine the many readers have wet around 3 beds prior to one of it's nightly showings.

The boxsets are relatively cheap as for some reason they had a shortish copyright royalty period.Well worth an addition to anyones collection though.

Mad Men should be next imo. Excellent series.

Just been googling, Mad Men, yeah think I'll give that go next, thanks for that..

Homicide Life On The Street

i would suggest arrested development, a comedy box set would be a nice change of pace, three series, and it is a master piece. any one i have loaned it to has never said a bad word about it. comedy writing as it should be.

The Wire is over-rated by many in my view. The Sopranos is better.

"Sure white boys wouldnt often venture to the badlands but they dont portray the squalor or the hustle and the filth,the crack heads and the tramps"

Really? Because the scenes shot on the projects of the Westside of Baltimore in The Wire seem to portray that very well. Look at the character of Bubbles for example and the environment he lives and works in. Look at the boarded up vacant houses a lot of the kids live in, particularly focused on in the 4th series. Or are you saying it's even worse than it's portrayed?

The Shield

pure quality

A bridge too far
The longest dsy
Zulu

madmen a great call

Prison Break and Dexter

The West Wing and Mad Men!

prison break a must mate, superb! 24 is also good viewing.

24 (the first season)
Lost (1st season)
Fantastic show on ITV on sunday evening a couple of years back called Jericho nobody watched it but good stuff but got a DVD release. Detective noir with Robert Lindsey and a big effects budget.

if you like a good, dirty and gritty Western with loads of swearing and great acting then ' Deadwood' is what your looking for, imo.

The Shield is ok buts gets very far-fetched at times.

looking forward to the new mini-series from the creators of band of brothers, called the pacific, not out till next year though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99B80crU3E

PRISON BREAK - INCREDIBLE ON THE SEAT STUFF

I watched the seasons 3 times over, just class

end of fred

Thanks for the suggestions all. Decided on buying the Homicide Life on the Street boxset this week, that should keep me going a while but Mad men and possibly the Shield on the shortlist after that. Cheers

p.s. have seen deadwood, it was good too, as per onewheel's summary

Another ive just thought of, not to everyones taste, i bought the first series for the missus, but if you like sci-fi the new version of Battlestar Gallactica is as good as it gets, 4 box-sets i think.

Underbelly season 1 better than all the above and a true story to boot. . . .

Sounds a bit soft...

WOW, another Underbelly fan - been banging on about this show for god knows how long and nobody listens, Series one is the best tv you will see, series two not quite as good but still worth a watch.

OZ

Prison Break Series 1 and 2 (3 was crap)

24 (although last 2 series haven't been great), but first 5 are awesome.....

True Blood (new series, u may need to use knock off Nigel to see it)

Dexter

6 feet under

The Shield
Prison Break (still on series 1 so it may go downhill but I like what I've seen so far)
Dexter

All excellent imo.

True Blood is about to start on Ch4, so just record it imo.

Someone else above recommended BSG if you like scifi.

My mate's wife hates sci fi and loved it, so I don't think liking scifi is essential, but it probably helps. If you hate sci fi with a passion then you will hate the setting enough not to enjoy it.

I havent gone through all the responses, so if this has already been mentioned, I make no apologies...as this is the best series I have watched and I have seen it 5 times now

The West Wing

all 7 seasons are available for around £50 brand new if you shop around

Great value indeed

Not so sure about Prison Break myself... I started watching this a while back and got through 13 episodes before I gave up. Too unrealistic and the acting was like watching Eastenders... boring and predictable for me.

Band of Brothers was superb but not seen the other two mentioned but will definitely trial them after reading these comments.

Oops, forgot one: Deadwood

You want a great baltimore cop show go for homicide rather than the wire.

Like Eggs, 'The West Wing' was the only DVD Box Set,
out of the many mentioned on here,
that I got a little sad, as I got into the 2nd half of the set,
because I knew I was nearer the end, than the beginning.

(and that was with about 70 hour episodes still to go!)

I found The West Wing incredibly boring after a while

the first 2 or 3 series of 24 were superb but the 'terrorists threatening biological attack on the US aided by a traitor in the government' storyline becomes a bit tiresome and you start to realise all Jack Bauer does to get the baddies to comply is shout at them

The Unit is excellent and is being repeated on Bravo & Five USA


These may be a bit dated but great nonetheless:

V, Tour Of Duty, Crime Story

looking after jojo
great tv series starring robert carlyle

Thanks all for the recommendations. I bought myself the shield boxset and the first series of homicide life on the street. Don't think either can replace the sopranos void, but both decent enough. More action and faster pace in the shield although less plausible than homicide. cheers

Thanks all for the recommendations. I bought myself the shield boxset and the first series of homicide life on the street. Don't think either can replace the sopranos void, but both decent enough. More action and faster pace in the shield although less plausible than homicide. cheers

first few series of 24 very good, but dont watch them back to back as they get a bit samey and lowers the enjoyment....

I highly recommend Boys from the Blackstuff

OZ

The big deal

Underbelly beats all these dramas hands down.Its based on the drug wars 93-99 in Melbourne. . .

What even the big deal ?????

probably not what you looking for but the world at war for 20 quid at play! cracking deal I paid nearly 100 quid many years ago

ttt for 2.5

ttt for 2.5

Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter Dexter, Dexter

breaking bad !!!

look it up, great reviews, and a great show. currently half way through season/series 2

For me you have to watch the Shield. Only one as good as the Sopranos. Dexter really good aswell and like the Unit , though im upset it has been cancelled. Thinking about trying the West Wing myself.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/12208778/The-West-Wing-The-Complete-Box-Set-S...


For £50 you cant go wrong

You can get the entire box set of The Sweeney for around 30 quid. Pure class. I think it's about 50 episodes.

World At War a great call. Surely the greatest documentary that will ever be produced.

Red wine with Chinese food?

Good Lord :|