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Because every time I start watching it, it's so fricking unbearably over the top dramatic shit.
It's literally the pagliacci joke reiterated over 6 entire seasons with the Goodfellas chick and Anthony "ayyo Toney, where's the gabagool" Soprano going
"Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Gabagool is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…I am Gabagool.' Good joke. Everybody laugh. Doctor gets r*ped. Play the rolling Stones' Thru and Thru. Footage of waves. Cut to black."
What the frick was their problem? Did the writers, directors think that just because it was mobslop (the goyslop version of the 90's) people would just automatically praise it? (And it worked too). But it looks so comedic now.
How is this not seen as an overly melodramatic piece of shit? 
How is this even a top 25 show of all time, let alone compare with The Wire, Chernobyl or Band of Brothers?
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It's a product
of its time. Youre watching 
a show that debuted at the end of the last millennium and judging it by the standards of 25 years later.
A lot of what made this show great
is now standard across all of television 
and perfected. 90s dramas just are bad based 
on the standards of today.
@DaddyReagan stand with Israel
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Sopranos: Ran from 1999 to 2007
The Wire: Ran from 2002 to 2008
Band of Brothers: 2001
Extra, I don't consider this to be a contender of the greatest, but still a landmark
Spaced: 1999 to 2001
There's no way of justifying this was just a product of the time
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Spaced is great. Even I found myself wanting them to end up together in the end
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The wire started filming in late 2002 and band of brothers
was a mini series 
and probably the ultimate war mini series 
we will ever see. Most shows today 
aren't as good a band of brothers 
which had the largest budget of any mini series 
made up to that point. 125 million. The first 
season 
of the sopranoes had a budget of 2 million 
to put that in perspective.
So 3 years after the sopranoes released they started making the wire. It probably owes it's existence to the sopranos
success.
@DaddyReagan stand with Israel.
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Rome, once again forgotten.
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Hey sexy, why are you posting so quickly? 😊 You almost forgot to include
I stand with Israelin your comment 😈. Slowww down and remember to postI stand with Israelnext time 😉 if that doesn't make sense stop by sometime and we can talk about it for a while 🥵Jump in the discussion.
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Could you explain to me why current era foids still love watching friends?
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It's a good show with a lot of episodes. Very upbeat and low stakes issues.
One day romcoms are going to realize that girls don't like intense interpersonal conflict as their rising action and will dominate movies for a decade.
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This reminds me of a story of a father who found out his daughter only liked bedtime stories where nothing bad ever happened.
Apparently the whole concept of conflict in a story is a man made creation.
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I won't say conflict is unnecessary, but the formula of every story having conflict is insane. Some stories are about a conflict. Some stories are about two people meeting and growing together. Them having a misunderstanding for no reason that they will get over 20 minutes later to check off a narrative box is asanine.
That's not to say there shouldn't be goals that the people are striving to achieve or things happening. I just don't see the point of the massive rug pull most conflicts are in that genre.
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If it is so asinine then why does it sell so much
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The same reason trucks that don't give you blowjobs sell so well. The better alternative doesn't exist.
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Based.
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