Jan 5, 2015

 

Dec 29, 2014

Breaking Bad was better in...

• It's protagonists performance.
• It's best episode, in my view, towers above anything else.
• It's fifth and second seasons (The forth is incredible and the first is on a par.)
• It's supporting characters are, in the long run, better.
• It's use of sophisticated literary techniques.
• It's incredibly written plot arc.
• Shock value and ability to throw in twists (see Face Off, Ozymandias, Dead Freight, Half Measures, ABQ, Phoenix and Full Measure for proof.)
• Focusing on very few characters it masterfully tells its tale through the eyes of a character who transforms stunningly.
• Its looks, set pieces, clothing, attention to detail and its slickness.

While The Wire was better in...

• Realism.
• Cultural significance and worldly relevance.
• It has the best season ever.
• Dialogue and pacing.
• Nailing different factions of society and presenting them in a neutral light to its audience.
• Its multi-layered world is spectacular.
• It's representation of drug gangs and street life.
• It gives you a better idea of social predicaments of these people and people like them in the real world and their standing in the world.
• It's ambition.

 

Jan 11, 2015

I loved every single episode but those last three? Yeah, man....







"I don't."

 

Jan 10, 2015

everytime i read someone say season 5 sucks...i get boiled up inside

the last 3 eps were brilliant

 

Jan 10, 2015

Rewatched season 5 this past week. Objectively, 4 is the best season but 5 is hands down my favorite season. I've always enjoyed the newspaper characters(Scott >>>>), I love McNulty and the serial killer storyline(no idea why so many have a problem with it) and obviously Marlo and Omar are both in rare form.

Hands down my favorite season.

 

Dec 31, 2014

The Wire is the best written TV crime drama of all time. Breaking Bad is great too but the overall story and message of The Wire trumps it. As far as the video is concerned, S2 and S5 of The Wire are great. I haven't heard as many people complain about S5 as S2. The series finale is one of the greatest finales of all time. S2 was great and when you look back, they needed to do that season to establish how the drugs were being brought in. It also showed that d--- dealing isn't just a Black problem. The scope of The Wire is much larger than Breaking Bad.

 

Dec 29, 2014

the wire and if you vote breaking bad you should feel bad about your life

 

Jan 9, 2015

Also in my opinion The Wire is much much more rewarding in a rewatch. This s--- is even better the second time through, I swear. You pick up on all kinds of little details like Rawls extra police work, s--- like that.

 

Jan 8, 2015

the wire, not a single doubt in my mind. Soprano vs The Wire would be more fair in my opinion

 

Dec 31, 2014

Caught a lot of the episodes during the marathon the past few days. I really need to do a full rewatch soon. I've always said this but I'll never understand the hate for season 5 of The Wire. For me it's second only to season 4 in the series.

 

Dec 29, 2014

Personally I love both shows, and its difficult to decide, they're both from different eras, with amazing cast, story, cinematography, realistic, acting, real-world connections, etc...

but since Complex mag did they're 10 reasons...lets see what section.eighty forum has to say



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