coffee_rules Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) I had to finally watch it, had to know what the fuss was all about. Some thoughts, - Still consider Breaking bad as the best of all time TV shows. It was better written - This is a great show, has all the drama, shock n awe scenes, great acting and good writing till the end of season 6. - show goes downhill in the last two season, the makers did not have any reference (half or incomplete book), so all the characters built in earlier seasons went bizarre as the writers made up stories. - humor was pretty good, some of the characters like The Hound (Sandor Cleagon), Tyrion Lannister, Bronn are crowd pleasers -Some of the best characters played on TV - Cersei, Jamie, Tyrion, Jon Snow, Ned Stark, and Sansa. Reminds a lot of Mahabharata and Chanakya. Dark and interesting chars, trying to outdo each other. Some have feel of a Greek tragedy. Didn’t like some of the stereo typical like Arya, Samwell, Euron, High sparrow. The whole saga of Samwell and Brandon stark is most boring Best villains - Joffrey, Baelish, Ramsey, Cersei What are your favs? Cersei and Tywin wins hands down. Transformation of Jamie and Sansa are good. They didn’t manage Daenerys (mother of dragons) very well. Looks like they wrote the ending and did reverse engg. All together, a great watch, I don’t think it is the best ever as rated by some Edited September 10, 2021 by coffee_rules Mariyam, Indwin and Lone Wolf 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 I agree breaking bad and my personal favorite Sopranos are still better than GoT. That said GoT is a great show for all the listed reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Well Breaking Bad is undoubtedly the best series I ever watched. GoT had its moments not denying that. The big budget & everything made it riveting. Battle of the bastards was Iconic. Action wise it falls well short to Vikings whose First 3 season make GoT look like Nothing. Joffrey Tyrion Jaime Little finger Ramsey bolton & Tywin lannister were my favorite. Cersie was fantastic as antagonist. @zen Feel free to check out Succession best thing to watch on TV right now. Third season will be dropped in couple of months. coffee_rules and zen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cliff Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Somehow this show has never interested me. Just looks like LOTR with nudity. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: @zen Feel free to check out Succession best thing to watch on TV right now. Third season will be dropped in couple of months. Thanks, will look into it. Just finished watching "Tehran" on ATV+. Lone Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: Somehow this show has never interested me. Just looks like LOTR with nudity. I used to think that. But watch the first 6 seasons, there is more drama. But you have to like some fantasy stuff to begin with. The turmoil of chars is better than in LOTR Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 49 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: Well Breaking Bad is undoubtedly the best series I ever watched. GoT had its moments not denying that. The big budget & everything made it riveting. Battle of the bastards was Iconic. Action wise it falls well short to Vikings whose First 3 season make GoT look like Nothing. Joffrey Tyrion Jaime Little finger Ramsey bolton & Tywin lannister were my favorite. Cersie was fantastic as antagonist. @zen Of all the battles, they messed up the long night. Built up over all series, it was shot with a lot of confusion , darkness and loopholes. Whatever the dragons did in the last episode, they could have done it easily. Battle of bastards - the tension built, the war and aftermath were truly iconic. Lone Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Lost interest when Jon Snow was brought back from death.It was then they ran out of books so started going by popular demand. Still finished it ofcourse. Overall 8/10 coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Of all the battles, they messed up the long night. Built up over all series, it was shot with a lot of confusion , darkness and loopholes. Whatever the dragons did in the last episode, they could have done it easily. Battle of bastards - the tension built, the war and aftermath were truly iconic. Yeah it was the worst ending really.. The Night king stuff had a build up from season 1 & its effect in the end was minimal. Like wth was the point.. Arya Stark turned explorer & all the training she had prior in season 6 & 7 was basically useless & seemed like a filler in the end. They failed to connect dots in season 8. Gold standard of action TV is Vikings Season 3 Paris seige.. All the planning & build up is top tier. It ruined GoT for me literally. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyD. Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 The Wire > * Vickydev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Lone Wolf said: Well Breaking Bad is undoubtedly the best series I ever watched. @zen If you enjoyed breaking bad then give Me inbetween a go. It's an Aussie crime dark humor show , haven't seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 2 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said: If you enjoyed breaking bad then give Me inbetween a go. It's an Aussie crime dark humor show , haven't seen anything like it. Thanks will check it out... Better Call Saul is also a excellent prequel to BB & some amazing characters return.. Final season is in works. Ozark is another one on same Money laundering & drug cartel thing. Highly engaging stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 7 hours ago, ThirtyD. said: The Wire > * Yup nothing further to add to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 4:45 AM, coffee_rules said: Still consider Breaking bad as the best of all time TV shows. It was better written at its peak i think GOT was at par with breaking bad, neways always found comparison unfair as it was so different GOT had multiple stories and a lot to conclude whereas breaking bad followed story of one character . coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Till the time they had book they were good once they ran out of it they struggled Both creators were good at adaptation but not writing original coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I couldn't go beyond one season of breaking bad. This I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 14 hours ago, Lone Wolf said: Thanks will check it out... Better Call Saul is also a excellent prequel to BB & some amazing characters return.. Final season is in works. Ozark is another one on same Money laundering & drug cartel thing. Highly engaging stuff. Yup. Seen both Ozark is an underrated show. Now even more confident you will like Mr inbetween. Lone Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, rkt.india said: I couldn't go beyond one season of breaking bad. This I did. I watched first season twice and had given up. This time I watched the whole series and I liked it Edited September 13, 2021 by coffee_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: I watched first seat twice. This time I watched the whole series and I liked it Have you seen Sopranos ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said: Have you seen Sopranos ? Bits n pieces. Next in my bucket list. Fav genre as a Scorcese fan. I like such movies like Good Fellas, Casino, Serpico, French Connection etc. will watch soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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