Quote (Kayeto @ Apr 17 2018 03:31pm)

yea, and HBO even passed on Breaking Bad. That could have been good in their hands.

They would have been able to show nudity in Jane's final scene where she choked to death on her vomit. Would have been soooo hot. shame.

Quote (Kayeto @ Apr 17 2018 11:31am)

yea, and HBO even passed on Breaking Bad. That could have been good in their hands.

They would have been able to show nudity in Jane's final scene where she choked to death on her vomit. Would have been soooo hot. shame.

Quote (fuzzy159 @ Apr 17 2018 01:23pm)

It's amazing how much the word fuck can change a scene. It also helps make shows feel more realistic. People swear a lot irl.

Look at that walking dead scene where Rick says "fucking" in the unrated version versus "screwing" in the one aired on TV. It is ridiculous how much that changes the feel and impact of that line. Another good example is the few times they say fuck in Breaking Bad. All of them are some of the best scenes in the entire series. Having that freedom to add in whatever the fuck you want helps tremendously and I guarantee any show runner would agree that HBO is hands down the best in the business by far.

Quote (jadeoshbogosh @ Apr 17 2018 11:26am)

What makes NO sense to me, is how no one has even gotten fucking close though. They're on an entirely different level, and it's honestly just embarrassing for the other players. There have been a handful of okayish shows on other premium channels (American Gods is giving me hope, that might finally be the first one that matches with HBO), but most of them have fell off hard after a season or two. Sneaky Pete seemed to have A LOT of potential and the first season and almost the entire second season was pretty fucking great, but then the ending to the second season ruined the entire season, and I honestly don't even know if I'll watch a third season if/when it gets renewed. It should since it did just as good critically and viewer wise as the first one did. Ash v Evil Dead is okay for a gimmick kind of show. I know people put a lot of stock into Netflix, but they're just barely above network tv imo. They had a couple of shows that seemed great, but just like network shows, they REFUSE to fucking end them, and it just ends up completely ruining it. House of Cards should have ended at season 4, instead they gave us 3 horribly mediocre/boring seasons, and now they're trying to continue without the main fucking character... come on? All the Marvel stuff is meh at best (DD S1/Punisher) and horrible at worst (Luke Cage). They did the same thing with Narcos, and I've been really enjoying Stranger Things, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they do the same fucking thing and end up ruining it by trying to squeeze it for longer than they should. Network television has had a few hits, but even the best of the best still falls short of even the lower tier HBO shows.

HBO is the fucking GOAT and they probably always will be. We're losing GoT next year, but GoT is honestly the show I'm least excited for out of their upcoming lineup lol. Westworld is just fucking :drool: , a Watchmen show by HBO is going to be fucking stupidly good, I don't care what the doubters out there think, Silicon Valley is one of the best comedies ever made, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is like the daily show in it's prime, but even fucking better (higher budget +more free range to say wtf they want) and since Dark Tower bombed so hard in theaters, they're just abandoning that plot entirely and going back to the books and making a TV show that goes through the whole dark tower series, and for those who haven't read those books, they're FUCKING AMAZING! My son is named after the main character lol. Dark Tower, Watchmen, Westworld, Silicon Valley, John Oliver and those are just what's CURRENTLY airing, this doesn't even take into consideration all the fucking epic previous or upcoming shows they have in store. I love you soooooo much HBO.