PropJoe421

PropJoe421 t1_j9qivkg wrote

I usually defend streaming services but I actually think they are mostly responsible for this.

They could make it explicit when they sign the deal that it's a limited/mini series. But they don't because they want hits that they can do 8 seasons of.

Mini series are the way, give you more time than a movie to flesh out a plot, but also gives you a beginning, middle and end. But neither the creative nor business side wants it, actors and writers want the stable work, business wants 100 episodes of hit content, not 10.

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PropJoe421 t1_j5pqp27 wrote

I think I enjoyed Sopranos more, a little more fun, a little more episodic than BB. I like it's wide cast of characters vs the more focused 5-10 characters of BB.

BB had the better writing and cinematography.

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PropJoe421 t1_ixioo1k wrote

It's not the best of the early HBO shows, but it's my favorite, just batshit craziness in every episode. Looking back, I'd argue it has the best cast out of any of the early HBO, Perrineau, Simmons, Meloni, Winters in the main cast with so many minor/guest characters rotating in and...out: Guzman, Falco, Margolis, Carnavale, Cathey, Reddick, Perry BD Wong, Rita fucking Moreno.

So many actors who are probably best known for cop roles also got to play criminals too, anytime someone brings up L&O:SVU, I always ask if they have seen Stabler in Oz.

Best prisoners

  1. Adebisi
  2. Ryan O'Reilly
  3. Keller
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PropJoe421 t1_iu6br12 wrote

So many quotable lines that everyone repeated and parodied to death. Show me the money, help me help you, you had me at hello, who's coming with me, I'm not gonna do what you think I'm gonna do.

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