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Yeah it's my favourite for sure. I guess depending on how game of thrones ends, it may be a high contender. Breaking bad was amazing too, but the wire just felt

Yeah it's my favourite for sure. I guess depending on how game of thrones ends, it may be a high contender. Breaking bad was amazing too, but the wire just felt so real.

BoiledCabbage 9y ago
> I guess depending on how game of thrones ends, it may be a high contender. I don't think you can really compare the two. The wire was literary and so authentic, Game of Thrones cinematic and epic. They are the two best television shows made - but in different spaces. Breaking bad was good but sat in the middle and not as good as either. But usually the literary honest film holds up better over time than the epic special effects one.
- RodericDay 9y ago
  I think The Wire was okay, and that Game of Thrones is really bad, so I'm just gonna weigh in and emphatically disagree with your assessment that "they are the two best television shows made".
  - Matachines 9y ago
    Was there any point to this comment other than letting us know what you don't like?
    - RodericDay 9y ago
      Yeah, letting other people know that it's okay not to like those shows. I enjoy and upvote when people voice dissenting opinions, so I like to do it too.
      - johnfn 9y ago
        This is Hacker News, my friend. Anyone who has a negative opinion is showered with praise and upvotes for being a contrarian and a bold ideologue. (Unless that opinion is about Rust, or, apparently, TV.) Don't just take my word on it- go see any product launch here, from the small leagues all the way to Musk's latest work, and watch as people crap on it. (And get upvotes.) To be honest, I'm not impressed with people who are contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. Like yourself, it triggers some circuitry in the brains of many HNers that cause them to enjoy it, even if the actual content of the post is not as high as an equivalent, non-contrarian post. If you understand this circuitry is being fired, you can see the contrarianism for what it really is.
        Boothroid 9y ago
        A contrarian to the contrarians!
        johnfn 9y ago
        I know, right? This clearly proves I am more special and intelligent and... aw, crap. In all seriousness though, the constant contrarianness on display here is tiring. Not sure how else to put it.
- adamlett 9y ago
  I enjoy GoT too, but it's not close to being in the same league as The Wire. GoT is ultimately nothing other than escapism. The Wire is so much more than that.
- misiti3780 9y ago
  Sopranos is up there also -no ? Sopranos is/was better than Game of Thrones (IMO)
douche 9y ago
Game of Thrones had the potential to be a contender, but the showrunners dumbed it down too much and massacred the plot.

Yeah it's my favourite for sure. I guess depending on how game of thrones ends, it may be a high contender. Breaking bad was amazing too, but the wire just felt so real.

BoiledCabbage 9y ago

> I guess depending on how game of thrones ends, it may be a high contender. I don't think you can really compare the two. The wire was literary and so authentic, Game of Thrones cinematic and epic. They are the two best television shows made - but in different spaces. Breaking bad was good but sat in the middle and not as good as either. But usually the literary honest film holds up better over time than the epic special effects one.

RodericDay 9y ago
I think The Wire was okay, and that Game of Thrones is really bad, so I'm just gonna weigh in and emphatically disagree with your assessment that "they are the two best television shows made".
- Matachines 9y ago
  Was there any point to this comment other than letting us know what you don't like?
  - RodericDay 9y ago
    Yeah, letting other people know that it's okay not to like those shows. I enjoy and upvote when people voice dissenting opinions, so I like to do it too.
    - johnfn 9y ago
      This is Hacker News, my friend. Anyone who has a negative opinion is showered with praise and upvotes for being a contrarian and a bold ideologue. (Unless that opinion is about Rust, or, apparently, TV.) Don't just take my word on it- go see any product launch here, from the small leagues all the way to Musk's latest work, and watch as people crap on it. (And get upvotes.) To be honest, I'm not impressed with people who are contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. Like yourself, it triggers some circuitry in the brains of many HNers that cause them to enjoy it, even if the actual content of the post is not as high as an equivalent, non-contrarian post. If you understand this circuitry is being fired, you can see the contrarianism for what it really is.
      - Boothroid 9y ago
        A contrarian to the contrarians!
        johnfn 9y ago
        I know, right? This clearly proves I am more special and intelligent and... aw, crap. In all seriousness though, the constant contrarianness on display here is tiring. Not sure how else to put it.
adamlett 9y ago
I enjoy GoT too, but it's not close to being in the same league as The Wire. GoT is ultimately nothing other than escapism. The Wire is so much more than that.
misiti3780 9y ago
Sopranos is up there also -no ? Sopranos is/was better than Game of Thrones (IMO)

douche 9y ago

Game of Thrones had the potential to be a contender, but the showrunners dumbed it down too much and massacred the plot.