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Which Tv shows would you consider to be well-written?

>> No.4145811

Good:
Breaking Bad
Arrested Development

Bad:
Dexter
Californication

>> No.4145813

Twin Peaks

>> No.4145818

Rubicon

>> No.4145816

>>4145789
What is this I don't even

>> No.4145814

The Wire

>> No.4145819

>>4145811
>Good
>Arrested Development

Jesus.

>> No.4145820

>>4145811
Why are those badly written?

>> No.4145821

>>4145789
>Breaking Bad

>>4145814
>The Wire

So deep.

>> No.4145823

>>4145813
I like Dale Cooper but the rest of the characters are boring as hell and so is the story.

I liked Broadchurch and Breaking Bad.

>> No.4145826

>>4145820
>why is Dexter badly written
HahahahahahahahahahaseriouslyIcan'tstoplaughing.gif

>> No.4145830
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4145830

Mad Men

>> No.4145832

lel ten/ten best new /tv doge is kek inside yellow

six feet under and homicide life on the street have the best writing ive seen in a tv show, televisions is pretty shit in general though so whatever the fuck

>> No.4145834

>>4145826
I haven't watched it so I was curious.

>> No.4145838

>>4145832
>lel ten/ten best new /tv doge is kek inside yellow
what are you attempting to convey bro?

>> No.4145840

TV writing is really personal. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Wire, are all mediocre written shows but because of their style and content (sex, drugs, violence) they're a lot more well-regarded.
It's sad that most people aren't able to discern quality from edgy aesthetics you find from your usual crap HBO show

>> No.4145844

>>4145840
>Mad Men
>full of sex, drugs, and violence
>edgy

>> No.4145845

Arrested Development
Check it Out with Steve Brule
Xavier: Renegade Angel

>> No.4145850

>>4145834
Basically it started pretty entertainingly and then became truly, truly awful. Everybody involved stopped giving a shit.

>> No.4145858

Top of the lake
Dekalog

>> No.4145864

>>4145858
>Dekalog
Yeaaaaah, Kieslowski

>> No.4145872

>>4145811
It's too bad for Californication. They had some cool literary references and Moody had potential to be a good protagonist but they went too far too stale

>> No.4145876

>>4145840
wtf, man. I just know you haven't watched Mad Men. At most you watched an episode and then invented shit in your mind

>> No.4145879

>>4145872
I think they tried to get the hipster faggot audience by having the protagonist be an author

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>>4145876
I personally watch Mad Men for the ultraviolence.

>> No.4145882

The Simpsons seasons 2-9 were excellent

>> No.4145885

>>4145879
I don't know, man. Perhaps. Having an author protagonist is not a problem in itself though. The dialogs just became increasingly moronic. Perhaps the first and second episode were decent and the series... I just can't understand why Mulder left the bureau

>> No.4145887

>>4145882
and season 1 was just sad

>> No.4145897
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4145897

Currently watching Mad Men and House of cards, both of which I enjoy mainly due to the writing.
Thinking of starting Breaking Bad but I'm worried its just gonna be too centred on plot without much care given to dialogue. Thoughts?

>> No.4145899

>>4145882
6 is the cut-off point of excellence.

>> No.4145900

>>4145897
you would be right. dialogue is decent but nothing special at all

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4145912

>I will profane your fucking remains, E.B.
Not my remains, Al!
>Gabriel's trumpet will produce you from the ass of a pig.

>> No.4145927

The thick of it:

>> No.4145938

>>4145844
>>4145876
Mad Men isn't full of affairs and sex? Don Draper isn't an edgy character teenage boys idolize? It's all style no substance though, so my point still stands. There isn't much good writing in Mad Men to distinguish it from other soaps.

>> No.4145940

what the fuck is happening in that gif

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4145942

>/tv/ shows
>well written

Breaking Bad is considered the holy grail by most and it is full of cringeworthy bad writing. The only good /tv/ shows are Fanny and Alexander and Scenes from a Marriage

>> No.4145945

>>4145897

Breaking Bad is all plot. The dialogue is cringe worthy at times

>> No.4145947

>>4145942

>hasn't seen Berlin Alexanderplatz

A true plebeian.

>> No.4145950

>>4145945

And a plot full of holes and conveniences at that.

>> No.4145952

>>4145947

It is true Is it really good? Also Dekalogue is good

>> No.4145954

Evangelion

>> No.4145958

>>4145952

It's fantastic. Agreed on Dekalog.

>> No.4145963

>>4145947

>trying to be elitist about literary adaptations

Get a clue you witless pleb.

>> No.4145965

The Wire
Friday Night Lights
Mad Men
Louie

Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
House of Cards
Homeland
Breaking Ba

>> No.4145967

>>4145965

>Louie

It is a poor mans Woody Allen and is super inconsistent, but some episodes are brilliant

>> No.4145972

>>4145942

>Breaking Bad is considered the holy grail by most

The Wire is.

That show reached Tolstoy heights of scope.

>> No.4145978

>>4145912
this. Deadwood had great dialogue and characters.