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re: Greatest all time drama series
Posted on 6/27/18 at 7:52 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 6/27/18 at 7:52 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Hilarious that you folks think that great dramas began with the Sopranos.
It's true that comparing older "episodic" shows (and I'm not denying that Hill Street Blues, for example, was a great, great show - clearly it was) with modern, threaded dramas is tough.
Likewise for the fantasy/sci-fi shows which are also horses of different colors. Just taking things like Star Trek, Star Trek:DS9, Babylon 5, TNG, etc. - while great shows, it is difficult to compare them to the modern drama Renaissance that more or less began with HBO and The Wire/The Sopranos around 20 years ago.
Frankly, for my money, I hold the somewhat conflicting opinions that The Sopranos is both overrated AND one of the greatest dramas of all time. Folks who are huge fans of it have difficulties seeing some of its flaws. But Gandolfini delivers one of the best characters of all time - film, television, novels, etc., so that makes up for them to a large degree.
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