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09-14-2017, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: St. Louis
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Mount Rushmore: HBO Original Series
The Wire: Hands down #1, sort of like Lincoln up there on Rushmore.
Deadwood: Too short but maybe like the British shows that is what is necessary so you don't pull a Homeland season 12 of the same crap. Band of Brothers Curb Your Enthusiasm: Could be because I'm a huge Seinfeld fan but this show is my sense of humor with the R-rated stuff Seinfeld couldn't do. Omissions: I left off Game of Thrones just because it hits at about 75% but I just can't get into 25% of it. Never had that problem with the Wire or Deadwood. (OK maybe the Kima and Jimmy home life stuff but that was like 5 minutes) Also left off the Sopranos. Never could get into that show either which is weird because I love Ray Donovan which is basically just a cheap Sopranos knock-off. Honorable Mentions: The Leftovers Season 1 True Dectective Eastbound and Down/Vice Principals combo Rome |
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09-14-2017, 07:27 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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The Wire
Curb Your Enthusiasm Game of Thrones Sopranos AINEC edit: Actually, Oz is definitely bordering on close. Last edited by Logan : 09-14-2017 at 07:27 AM. |
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09-14-2017, 07:36 AM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Game of Thrones
Westworld (I know... kinda early.) Curb Your Enthusiasm .... Edit: Need to watch The Wire at some point... Last edited by Kodos : 09-14-2017 at 09:38 AM. |
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09-14-2017, 07:50 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Game of Thrones
Sopranos Deadwood The Wire
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09-14-2017, 08:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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The Wire
Band of Brothers Rome Game of Thrones |
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09-14-2017, 08:17 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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The Wire
The Sopranos GoT Curb Your Enthusiasm
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09-14-2017, 08:25 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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The Wire
The Sopranos Curb Your Enthusiasm The Leftovers Easiest Mt Rushmore ever for me. |
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09-14-2017, 08:56 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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Deadwood
GOT Sopranos The Wire |
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09-14-2017, 09:37 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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When I saw this I legitimately thought that there was a new HBO miniseries called "Mount Rushmore", and figured to get its own thread, it must be particularly noteworthy or controversial in some way.
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09-14-2017, 09:58 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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The Wire Season 1
The Wire Season 2 The Wire Season 3 The Wire Season 4 no love for OZ? |
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09-14-2017, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2017
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Game of Thrones
Sopranos Curb your enthusiasm The Larry Sanders show |
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09-14-2017, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2017
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Dammit....forgot about Oz. I might have to revise my list now. |
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09-14-2017, 10:40 AM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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The Wire
The Sopranos Game of Thrones Curb Your Enthusiasm If the MR question is "greatness" rather than "your personal favorites," then I think this is pretty clearly the list. |
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09-14-2017, 10:40 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Oz was great and I could have given it credit for being a pioneering show and dropped Curb for it. The other three on my list are, IMO, 3 of the 5 or 6 best television shows of all time.
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09-14-2017, 10:44 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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The Wire
Band of Brothers The Sopranos The Leftovers |
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09-14-2017, 10:57 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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That's why Game of Thrones wasn't even in contention for me. Great in moments, but just good overall. It'd end up somewhere in the 7th-9th range overall for me I think. |
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09-14-2017, 11:47 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Larry Sanders
Silicon Valley Curb Your Enthusiasm Dexter (Showtime is LIKE HBO) |
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09-14-2017, 12:02 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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The Wire
Sopranos Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry Sanders Edit: Six Feet Under be 5th. Last edited by Suicane75 : 09-14-2017 at 12:03 PM. |
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09-14-2017, 12:25 PM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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The Wire
Game Of Thrones The Leftovers Veep
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09-14-2017, 12:31 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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...but "greatness" isn't the same thing as "goodness." I'd argue that GoT has created a niche in culture significant enough to absolutely cement its slot here, regardless of where it lands on the quality continuum between good and great. The Rolling Stones aren't great because they're good, they're great because they're the fuckin Stones, man. |
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09-14-2017, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I have my frustrations with the last couple of seasons of Game of Thrones but I don't see how it gets left off of any Mount Rushmore of HBO shows. I don't think its cultural impact is matched by any show on HBO and the first 3-4 seasons were brilliant.
Game of Thrones Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry Sanders The Wire Last edited by Atocep : 09-14-2017 at 12:39 PM. |
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09-14-2017, 01:07 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SF
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The Wire
Real Sports GoT Last Week Tonight As far as what I think are the great/most important: Sex in the City Sopranos Got The Wire Last edited by AENeuman : 09-14-2017 at 01:09 PM. |
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09-14-2017, 01:09 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Fair enough, I see it differently though. You could argue that the Walking Dead has done the same thing currently, but its a downright bad TV show. Does GoT get on a list because its just good enough + impact? In my view, that's why I have Oz higher up. Great for a few seasons then became pretty flawed. But Oz was completely groundbreaking, and without Oz, I'm not sure the Sopranos, The Wire, or Breaking Bad exist. so Oz gets bonus points for me because that kind of impact is far more meaningful than GoT's in my mind. |
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09-14-2017, 01:13 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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The Sopranos
Deadwood The Leftovers Veep edit: I forgot Deadwood... sorry Six Feet Under
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09-14-2017, 01:14 PM
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In that case, how does one leave off "Sex and the City" from their lists? It's niche in the culture was pretty significant itself.
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09-14-2017, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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Boardwalk Empire
Rome Last Week Tonight Band of Brothers/ The Pacific
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09-14-2017, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Entourage had the potential but slowly killed itself...I'll have to think on my list.
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09-14-2017, 02:12 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: sans pants
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The Wire
The Sopranos Game of Thrones Taxicab Confessions
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09-14-2017, 02:15 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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Good point. Vies for the CYU slot, I guess. |
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09-14-2017, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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Yeah, as much as I love Veep and Silicon Valley, there's pretty much zero argument here. |
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09-14-2017, 03:16 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
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I think Sex and the City edges out Curb, but that's entirely for the cultural niche part.
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09-14-2017, 03:18 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Yeah, Sex and the City was a cultural phenomenon every much as big as Game of Thrones. There are some that argue that it basically created 'brunch' culture.
Curb has always been, IMO, seen in the wider culture as Seinfeld 2.
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09-14-2017, 03:32 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Game of Thrones
Sopranos Band of Brothers The Wire Really wanted to put Deadwood on there, but I just can't replace any of the above with it. |
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09-14-2017, 04:02 PM
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Completely agree though I'm not surprised it was overlooked on this board. |
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09-14-2017, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Tennessee
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Deadwood - Hands down number one.
Game of Thrones Soprano West World Rome gets an honorable mention. |
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09-14-2017, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones The Wire Curb Your Enthusiasm Rome - If not for the sped up Season 2... Entourage - Loved it, but was always a step below the greats. Oz, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos - Gonna have to get around to watching these at some point Honorable Mention for VICE and Last Week Tonight - the issue with these, for me, is rewatchability. Their content out dated pretty quickly. My four MR picks get rewatched regularly, especially Band of Brothers. |
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09-14-2017, 08:25 PM
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The thing that turned me off from Deadwood is that that they tried to build the hardware shop guy up too much too early and that every other word in the show is c***s*****. It gets kind of tedious.
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