Right up there with breaking bad? You mean, around #35 or so of the best television shows of the past 10 years? What a ringing endorsement...
The reason breaking bad is so popular is due to teenagers who only have access to cable television shows. It's a good show and I enjoyed it, but it's SOOOO slow... if done properly, an entire breaking bad season could be condensed in to a single 1-hour episode (of course, on cable you have to account for commercials though)...
I tried to watch all seasons a 2nd time, but like I said it's so slow, and once you've seen it , you remember everything that happened and you don't notice anything new, because each episode only has like 1 major scene that pertains to, or progresses the story. In contrast, something like Deadwood is so well thought-out, and there are so many storylines, sub-plots, etc, that one could watch it 50 times and still notice new details each time because of its complexity...
Shows like Lost, The Walking Dead, etc, are decent, but if you think breaking bad is deserving of its higher IMDB rating than game of thrones, the sopranos, the wire, etc, then you're quite simply insane. And like I said, this is only due to teenagers and young adults who have never seen the shows I just mentioned, and only watch the cable television shows that their schoolmates and teenage friends talk about
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derekbd1966
9 years ago
People who proclaim their opinions as fact are not worth paying attention to.
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outofmana
9 years ago
So then you're not going to provide a counter-argument, or explain why i'm wrong and you're right? People who just throw stones rather than explain their position are not worth paying attention to.... sound familiar?
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derekbd1966
9 years ago
I didn't think more explanation was necessary, but here you go:
I didn't say you were "right" or "wrong"; you simply stated your opinion, which is fine, but your wording indicated (to me) that your views were "the facts".
I know it can seem redundant or silly to feel one always needs to type "IMO..." or "I think that..." but just saying it once in your post of five paragraphs, would have in my opinion helped you to seem less patronising (especially when saying someone is "quite simply insane"). Your attitude would have seemed less of a blanket condemnation of all the people who praise Breaking Bad or other series just because they're "...teenagers who only have access to cable television shows..." or "teenagers and young adults who have never seen the shows I just mentioned...".
There are percentage breakdowns in the categories of IMDb voters for each entry (male, female, under 16, over 45, etc) but those specifics of not having seen other certain shows or only having access cable tv shows are not provided.
I hope that's clear.
All the best,
derekbd
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