nycineaste
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dont any of you DARE compare Breaking Bad to the sopranos. Breaking Bad, is without a doubt, one of the GREATEST shows to ever be on television. Im talking top 10 in the history of television, likely in the TOP 5.
I used to think the Sopranos was a clever existentialist exercise. The EXISTENTIAL theme was set up in one of the early seasons, when Tonys son got all, well existential. Now, looking back it was LAZY, IRRESPONSIBLE writing. The series well and truly romanticized/normalized the mafia. Tony is a SCUMBAG CRIMINAL. I repeat- HE KILLED, STOLE, HE WAS A SCUMBAG. Despite a large theme of the series being his therapy. HE LEARNS NOTHING.
The series ends with the creators being like "oh we dont wanna get into petty moralizing-were too slicka nd cool for that, so MAKE UP THE ENDING YOURSELF" . Again, I once thuoght it was a cool existental statement. On further thought, its lazy, lame, overratted crappy writing.
the sopranos was like SCOOBY DOO- every episode, the slate was wiped clean, and if you examine it, the only characters that got "whacked" were all PERIPHERAL characters anyway.
Think about this:
Walter White, in the pilot episode, for all intents and purposes, COMMITTED SUICIDE- reember that, when he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger but it wasnt loaded?. I was watching one of the newer episodes, totally blown away at how credible his going deeper is, and suddenly i was like holy cow remember the pilot?
The arc that were following, him becoming a crime lord, was basically SET UP in the PILOT, WHERE HIS OLD LIFE ENDED.
THATS how well written breaking bad is.
sopranos no comparison
I used to think the Sopranos was a clever existentialist exercise. The EXISTENTIAL theme was set up in one of the early seasons, when Tonys son got all, well existential. Now, looking back it was LAZY, IRRESPONSIBLE writing. The series well and truly romanticized/normalized the mafia. Tony is a SCUMBAG CRIMINAL. I repeat- HE KILLED, STOLE, HE WAS A SCUMBAG. Despite a large theme of the series being his therapy. HE LEARNS NOTHING.
The series ends with the creators being like "oh we dont wanna get into petty moralizing-were too slicka nd cool for that, so MAKE UP THE ENDING YOURSELF" . Again, I once thuoght it was a cool existental statement. On further thought, its lazy, lame, overratted crappy writing.
the sopranos was like SCOOBY DOO- every episode, the slate was wiped clean, and if you examine it, the only characters that got "whacked" were all PERIPHERAL characters anyway.
Think about this:
Walter White, in the pilot episode, for all intents and purposes, COMMITTED SUICIDE- reember that, when he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger but it wasnt loaded?. I was watching one of the newer episodes, totally blown away at how credible his going deeper is, and suddenly i was like holy cow remember the pilot?
The arc that were following, him becoming a crime lord, was basically SET UP in the PILOT, WHERE HIS OLD LIFE ENDED.
THATS how well written breaking bad is.
sopranos no comparison
