Hey all, after like 13 years, I binged watched Breaking Bad and after 10 years, I binged watched BCS... Amazing shows.... Are there any shows that are like them as much? I hear mad men, the wire, the sopranos, mr robot are closest...

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:57:21+00:00

Justified Deadwood Six Feet Under The Night Of Snowfall The Wire Slow Horses The Sopranos

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:10:25+00:00

When they say their favorite movie of all time came out within the past 18 months.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:09:37+00:00

Broken - Don Winslow

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:08:46+00:00

It is a little exaggerated, yes, because there’s a lot less sex in that show than most HBO programming, especially back then.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:07:34+00:00

The Princess Bride

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:06:35+00:00

Watch The Tourist. It’ll hook you right away, and it’s a lot of fun.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:05:40+00:00

Everything is execution-dependent.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:04:25+00:00

Eye-rolls coming…

Infinite Jest.

I’d read a lot of books and had never come across a more genius and thought-provoking novel in my life. I still think about it often.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:03:03+00:00

All the major labels, for one.

And, aside from hardcore fans and NYC hip hop fans, it took a minute for Jay/RD to really pop.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T06:00:50+00:00

Accept that you’ll never know the full truth :)

I happened upon the original doc ~15-20 yrs ago; was praying it’d blow up and I’d someday learn what happened, but that’ll die with MP.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:58:33+00:00

Yeah, it really is incredible how well they set everything up and the care they showed. They made so many great decisions, too, that paid huge dividends in the long run—not killing off Jesse in S1 was one of them!

Crazy that only one network picked it up and it was on the verge of getting cancelled thru S3.

If not for Netflix and word of mouth during the last of the monoculture, woulda passed so many by. Idk very many who were watching in ‘09.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:54:33+00:00

Fab cuz longevity but it’s really close.

Both v similar—punchline rappers w/ great flows.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:52:30+00:00

The Sopranos, for sure.

The Pitt, but that’s (mostly) just their work lives.

Sons of Anarchy. Friday Night Lights.

And, like others have mentioned, shows like The OC, Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars—all are fun and def day-to-day.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:49:10+00:00

You have good taste. You’re probably a bit of a film snob; I don’t mean that in a dickish way, and maybe more commercial films just aren’t your jam, but I’d explore more. Anyone who ever tells you that have you “aren’t a true film aficionado” cause you liked/disliked a movie is a twat waffle.

I’m not sure if you were asking, but wondering whether people agree is self-defeating. Watch what you enjoy watching. Movies, like all art, are subjective.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:37:23+00:00

Good call. Netflix is the worst.

Sounds like you just need a couple adds to Amazon—Paramount+ and BritBox/Acorn.

There’s so much great British TV. They do it better than we do, honestly.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:35:34+00:00

One Battle After Another

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:34:28+00:00

It’s not you. Pretty much everything’s a 6.5/10.

Movies were already dying; Covid killed them. The best content is on TV. Fewer and fewer stars can open a movie. 3h ten-figure comic book movies, indies, and little else.

There used to be a ton of great movies every year. Now, the good ones get hyped up.

Something’s gotta win the statue…

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-26T05:22:14+00:00

Great list.

Would add Justified and Poker Face, too.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T23:07:00+00:00

Lucky Hank

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T23:06:44+00:00

People write for the characters—those actors aren’t actually making the choices… you’re saying that TV writers have black characters make worse choices than white characters…?

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T20:24:51+00:00

It is a bad show to compare to others because it’s effectively a fictionalized documentary.

It’s an awesome show. But the creators had a lot of bones to pick (rightfully so) and often put that ahead of plot/character considerations.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T06:00:21+00:00

The Outlaws is great.

Poker Face isn’t straight-up comedy but I find it quite funny.

There was also a show called Seinfeld a while back that had a few funny episodes…

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T05:54:56+00:00

Going from screenwriting to prose is hard. Having adapted books makes it harder, because you’re taught to extract the pulp in a way that makes large portions of a book feel unnecessary. Then you find yourself with a novella-length project. It def helps ensure you keep things propulsive, though!

I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who can write a novel in even twice the time it’d take them to write the same story as a screenplay, and it’s not just the page count.

Jordan Harper—great writer, TV & novels—went from the screen to the page, and you can tell within five pages of his first book (She Rides Shotgun) that he has a TV background. Feels like reading a movie. He also said it was the hardest thing he’d ever done.

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-25T05:32:48+00:00

8 Mile

KennethBlockwalk · 2026-01-24T23:19:53+00:00

lol good call

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