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• Clark, how would I watch any of those HBO shows? - PdL 15:00:37 04/21/05 (3)
  In Reply to: "Network televison can't make anything even remotely close in quality to The Sopranos." Untrue! posted by clarkjohnsen on April 2, 2005 at 15:04:33:

  As I mentioned in my original post, I don't have HBO. But just for the record, no, I have never seen Sex in the City or Arlen. As far as current network television, there is not a single show I would go out of my way to see. I only watch a couple hours of tv a week, and its usually 20-30 minute bites of news/discovery channel/history channel or nature channel. I watch two or three (DVD) movies a week though.

  NYPD Blue was a good show. I think I have seen most of those via re-runs. Never a big fan of Homocide though.
  
  

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  • "There is not a single show I would go out of my way to see." But if you don't see them... - clarkjohnsen 07:17:05 04/22/05 (2)
    In Reply to: Clark, how would I watch any of those HBO shows? posted by PdL on April 21, 2005 at 15:00:37:

    ...how do you know?

    clark
    
    

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    • Ridiculous argument. - PdL 09:53:13 04/22/05 (1)
      In Reply to: "There is not a single show I would go out of my way to see." But if you don't see them... posted by clarkjohnsen on April 22, 2005 at 07:17:05:

      Without sticking a steak knife into your arm, how do you know its going to hurt?

      
      
      

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      • Total non sequitor. nt - clarkjohnsen 06:53:38 04/23/05 (0)
        In Reply to: Ridiculous argument. posted by PdL on April 22, 2005 at 09:53:13:

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• Homicide! - mishmashmusic 06:50:48 04/21/05 (1)
  In Reply to: "Network televison can't make anything even remotely close in quality to The Sopranos." Untrue! posted by clarkjohnsen on April 2, 2005 at 15:04:33:

  That was my all-time favorite. It lasted longer than anybody expected, but it was a sad day when that show was finally pulled...
  

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  • Re: Homicide! - rico 08:20:47 04/21/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Homicide! posted by mishmashmusic on April 21, 2005 at 06:50:48:

    I found that the first couple of years were superb but over thime after that the editing became too frenetic for me. The best episode
    was the early one where the lead put earphones on his partner who was in a coma and played Miles Davis.
    
    

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• Re: "Network televison can't make anything even remotely close in quality to The Sopranos." Untrue! - Daryl Zero 17:24:20 04/20/05 (3)
  In Reply to: "Network televison can't make anything even remotely close in quality to The Sopranos." Untrue! posted by clarkjohnsen on April 2, 2005 at 15:04:33:

  I agree that there is some excellent network shows but they were pretty sparce. For the record, I thought Homicide was one of the best things ever on tv. HBO does have a bunch of good shows: The Wire, Deadwood, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Oz and some good made movies too.

  What is really sad is that these series are much better than 95% of the movies released out there.
  
  

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  • Can't disagree with you, except that you're cherry-picking the best on HBO -- - clarkjohnsen 11:28:58 04/21/05 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: "Network televison can't make anything even remotely close in quality to The Sopranos." Untrue! posted by Daryl Zero on April 2, 2005 at 17:24:20:

    -- and quite ignoring the best the networks have to offer, in series that go twenty-two episodes per year, year after year. HBO? Twelve, maybe, every year. Hardly fair!

    clark
    
    

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    • Re: Can't disagree with you, except that you're cherry-picking the best on HBO -- - Daryl Zero 21:25:42 04/25/05 (1)
      In Reply to: Can't disagree with you, except that you're cherry-picking the best on HBO -- posted by clarkjohnsen on April 21, 2005 at 11:28:58:

      Certainly not all of network tv goes to that standard. There is still network tv which betters most movies. I don't watch a lot of non HBO series and I don't watch any of the reality shows but Arrested Development for one. A few years ago Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel were pretty darn good. Some people swear to West Wing, 24, Alias and others (I haven't caught any of these). The point is that the talent in acting, writing and directing seem to be in tv. Maybe its because there are more inexpensive things you can do now with tv. Maybe its because the movie system is pretty well geared to blowing things up and trying to make blockbusters while ignoring characters and stories. Frankly, the best movie I saw last year was "The Incredibles" and the oscar movies all were pretty second rate.
      
      

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      • I'll tell you my rule on TV vs. movies - clarkjohnsen 07:48:55 04/26/05 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: Can't disagree with you, except that you're cherry-picking the best on HBO -- posted by Daryl Zero on April 25, 2005 at 21:25:42:

        A movie is like a short story, a TV series is like a novel.

        Each has its adherents and fans.

        clark
        
        

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