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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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-- 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
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.
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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