I heard the new Lord of the Rings show on Prime has a even bigger budget than Stranger Things.
Apparently most expensive show ever to be made.
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Apparently most expensive show ever to be made.
That season doesn't disappoint. Easily the best season of that series so far.
Both Eddie and Vecna are amazing additions to the show.
Great show. I gotta eventually watch the spin-off show "1883" one of these days. Heard really good things about that as well.
Correct, $58.1 million per episode for LOR vs. $30 million for Stranger Things - the 2 most expensive TV shows of all time:
The Rings of Power's cost per episode makes it most expensive TV series ever
The Rings of Power always promised to have an eye-watering budget but its cost per episode makes it the most expensive TV show by far.
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So basically what the Duffers are saying is they are not going to be having the same production costs on season 5.
I did think the viewers got their money's worth from the increased production costs of season 4 of ST. Whether season 1 of LOR gets a similar return of investment and viewer satisfaction from their expenditure of $58.1 million per episode is for you guys to decide. I haven't see LOR yet.
I will probably get into House of Dragon maybe a few seasons in. Just like Game of Thrones as I didn’t get into it until around Season 6.
LOL. I didn't get into the Game of Thrones until I saw a few clips of King Joffrey on youtuve and I hated his guts. Then saw the Purple Wedding and that became the first point that sparked my interest. The second was getting acquainted with Tyrion and his brilliance and quick witty comebacks.
LOL. I didn't get into the Game of Thrones until I saw a few clips of King Joffrey on youtuve and I hated his guts. Then saw the Purple Wedding and that became the first point that sparked my interest. The second was getting acquainted with Tyrion and his brilliance and quick witty comebacks.
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Yeah but did you enjoy the films/books before that?Hum...i watched first episode LOR.....way way toooo much for me.
Actually, the show that really changed the TV narrative was The Sopranos (1999)...nine years before Breaking Bad (2008).
And it's still arguably the best TV series ever. I love Breaking Bad as well...but can't beat the GOAT, imho.
Others have mentioned Mad Men, and The Wire as the best TV series of all time. I think those 2 shows certainly belong in any objective top 10.
If this question was asked back in around 1980, many people felt that "All In The Family" was the best TV show of all time through that date. I would say that either that show or "MASH" were the top shows of the 1970s.
For the 1960s, in addition to "Star Trek", which was an iconic show, I would mention 2 others: The Fugitive, and The Prisoner. The final episode of The Fugitive in 1967 was the most watched episode in the history of television for a very long time. The Prisoner only lasted 1 season/17 episodes, but it's a truly brilliant show and the final episode was among the most discussed final episodes of all time. Batman was the first TV show to combine live action and animation and was quite creative, though it was campy and not taken seriously by TV critics at the time, but is now considered creative for its era.
The Cosby Show was probably the most successful TV show of the 1980s, but nobody will say that now because of the demonization of Bill Cosby for his various alleged criminal behaviors which came to light years later.
For the 1990s, Seinfeld and X Files.
For the time period 2000-2022/21st century, I go with Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul. Regarding the Sopranos, as I never got HBO, I never watched it, but it is my father's favorite TV show of all time, and he has seen all the ones I mentioned, so it has to be on the short list. I did see the Netflix Sopranos spin-off "Lillehammer", all 3 seasons, and I enjoyed it.
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I couldnt get into Game of Thrones. I have so many complaints about the show. Like..
I can't stand how there's so many dislikable characters on the show. There's noone to root for, which killed my interest in the show.
Yeah I wasn't much of a fan of the show for a good while and I just couldn't get into it for a few years because it was so darn complicated and people I know who got into it had to take notes. I am like WTF? Not my kind of show.
Then I discovered this on youtube. I am like okay this is some deep stuff and I could learn a thing on two surprisingly. That was how I truly got into it. 3 Psychological Tricks To Get What You Want - YouTube
Then comes Season 8 and I am like talk about ruining something great.
Also...my 2nd complaint of Game of Thrones is that many characters in the show use modern cursing words like fuck, shit, etc and this is supposed to be a medieval fantasy show.
I doubt curse words like that existed in those times. That issue bothered me with the show.
Star Trek (the original series) was a game changer for sure, in terms of television (I'm a huge Trekker). But I was talking more in terms of @GaryH's post about how television has reached the quality of movies and in some cases has even succeeded it.
A lot of people consider The Sopranos to be the show to break the stigma about television being "less good" than films in terms of production values, acting, etc. I'd put The Sopranos in the same category as Goodfellas and Casino any day.
And of course, now we're getting shows with great special effects we normally see in movies. It started with Game of Thrones, and now we get it with Westworld, the new Star Wars/Trek series', etc.
These shows are definitely comparable to The Sopranos. But they also came afterwards as well. The all time debate is whether The Sopranos or The Wire is the best show of all time. Both shows are amazing, but for me it's The Sopranos.
Mad Men is great. In fact the showrunner (Matthew Weiner) was a writer and executive producer for The Sopranos before that.
You definitely should @EagerBeaver. Not only is it one of the best in terms of crime drama, it also can be pretty damned funny too.
Lillehammer has absolutely nothing to do with The Sopranos apart from the character in Lillehammer is played pretty much the same way as the character he plays in the Sopranos. It's not a spin-off.
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