Of the stuff I’ve watched, the only ones I’d push back on you about are The Sopranos and The Wire. There’s violence in them, but it’s more incidental, it’s part of the nature of the story that’s being told. But they’re really character pieces, and ultimately are holding a mirror up to modern American capitalist society, which obviously hits home for me.
Btw, what shows do you actually enjoy?
ETA: both those shows are also 20 years old at this point, I think they deserve some credit for being some of the first (and still best), before “prestige tv” was even a term, long before the industry just started devouring itself and churning out show after show of the kind you describe.
Rome didn't predate the Sopranos, it came out near the end of the Sopranos run and when HBO was trying to use the Sopranos as the formula for prestige tv.
Of the stuff I’ve watched, the only ones I’d push back on you about are The Sopranos and The Wire. There’s violence in them, but it’s more incidental, it’s part of the nature of the story that’s being told. But they’re really character pieces, and ultimately are holding a mirror up to modern American capitalist society, which obviously hits home for me.
Btw, what shows do you actually enjoy?
ETA: both those shows are also 20 years old at this point, I think they deserve some credit for being some of the first (and still best), before “prestige tv” was even a term, long before the industry just started devouring itself and churning out show after show of the kind you describe.
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Rome didn't predate the Sopranos, it came out near the end of the Sopranos run and when HBO was trying to use the Sopranos as the formula for prestige tv.
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BCS is great, it might be better than breaking bad tbh
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It is, of only because it has a sense of humor and likeable characters. Trying to amp it up and match the tone of BB towards the end was a mistake