Any suggestions for DVD dramas to watch?

**HenryDorsetCase** · 19th May 2010, 23:01

Originally Posted by Drunken Monkey

If you liked Sopranos that much, you might enjoy Mad Men as well. It's produced by Matthew Weiner (who wrote for Sopranos and produced seasons 5 and 6). Very much a show about superficial style and the dark side of ordinary peoples' character.

Indeed, plus they have BITCHIN' suits and hats. and drink hard liquor at the drop of a hat.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th May 2010, 23:14

Television... boring... crap and all that much more fun living it... and the riding away from it

**MaxB** · 19th May 2010, 23:32

You might want to give the 'reimagined' series of Battlestar Galactica a spin. Much better than you'd think and picked up a couple of awards on the way.

House is good too.

If you like the Wire and the Shield then Homicide Life on the Streets might be worth a go. It was the forerunner of the Wire and made by the same people. Probably in the bargain bins by now!

**HenryDorsetCase** · 20th May 2010, 09:37

The successor to The Wire (David Simon etc) is Treme. Its airing season 1 in the US at present. Up to about E6 I think. Its very good: Its New Orleans three months after Katrina, ensemble cast. The music tracks alone make it worth watching.

**Usarka** · 20th May 2010, 09:42

+1 Breaking Bad

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 20th May 2010, 10:14

Originally Posted by MaxB

You might want to give the 'reimagined' series of Battlestar Galactica a spin. Much better than you'd think and picked up a couple of awards on the way.!

Overal the whole series is Pretty Damn good... and the New Series Caprica isn't to bad either...

But you have to watch it as a whole... not as individual eposides

**Tank** · 20th May 2010, 10:18

Desperate housewives FTW!

**HenryDorsetCase** · 20th May 2010, 13:02

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Television... boring... crap and all that much more fun living it... and the riding away from it

broadcast TV in this country, absolutely agree. The shaved chimps that program the dreck that is fed to the masses all need to be chained up and made to watch the shit they inflict on the proles until they gouge their own eyes out and use their eyeballs to plug their ears. But in terms of TV SHOWS, there are some absolute gems being made at present, most of the good ones are mentioned in this thread. Thank goodness there are options for those who cannot stomach what is broadcast. That and the 25% advertising content in broadcast tv. Fuck that. I pay for tv shows every time I purchase a product, I dont need or want to see commercials. The reason TV is so good is that it is VERY hard to get a film made, and hugely expensive. Even a cheap film is millions of dollars and takes a lot of time, so a lot of talented people now do TV.

In fact, have a read of Kurt Sutter's blog entry about it: insiders view and all that.

http://sutterink.blogspot.com/2010/0...ve-middle.html

**Winston001** · 22nd May 2010, 14:37

Here is quite a good list from The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...evision-dramas

I've also tried House and Outrageous Fortune, both of which were enjoyable but somehow didn't grab me enough. House was positively formulaic and written for advert breaks plus after a few episodes the plot outline became predictable. Interestingly The Shield is becoming a bit like that too but I'll persevere for the moment.

Might add Shameless to the list - its amusing and nasty from the couple of episodes I glimpsed. Boys From the Black Stuff is as dark and compelling as British drama can get.

**Fatt Max** · 22nd May 2010, 16:22

Sharpe - Sean Bean at his best and some good old fashioned aggro

Spooks series 1 & 2, classic stiff upper lip British dirty tricks dept at it again

House of Cards - If you can find it, this is a great series about the chief Wip in the British Government and all the skull diggery that goes on. As I said, hard to find but worth the effort

Space 1999 - just been re=released, classic moon caper

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - say no more

**Winston001** · 17th June 2012, 21:57

Time for an update methinks.

I rate The Sopranos and The Wire as supreme.

Deadwood is excellent, it sort of exhausted me and I had to put it down for a while. Seeing Lovejoy become Al Swearengen is simply disturbing. Pure nasty.

So...I'm wondering about Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire. Whaddya reckon? I watched a Boardwalk episode recently but didn't get it. However I'm acutely conscious of seeing one Sopranos episode out of context and didn't get that either.

Haven't read the book(s) but I imagine Game Of Thrones could be good too.

**EJK** · 17th June 2012, 22:08

Spartacus - Blood and Sand.

Spartacus - Gods of the arena.

GO!

**pete376403** · 17th June 2012, 22:59

Boardwalk Empire is really good but you need to 1, watch it from the first episode and 2, watch it from DVD or (dare I say) download because the adverts in the broadcast version completely destroy the continuity.

Game of Thrones been mentioned yet?

Also another very good, but short, English series was The Fixer - IIRC only 12 eps over two seasons

A follow up of sorts to The Wire is "The Corner" - more of a mini series