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Anyone else ever do this? It's a pretty jarring process with The Sopranos, because of the years between the series and the way that you see the characters grow old incredibly rapidly — like those sped up films of blooming flowers etc— but it's also a pretty great way of watching TV because it really intensifies your relationship with the characters. My reasons for doing this were 1) unemployment and 2) not being able to get regular TV in my flat, which means I have to download everything I watch 3) wanting to see what was the better series: The Wire or The Sopranos. I'm actually siding with The Wire, but there's really not much in it. All thoughts on TV-viewing strategies and The Wire vs The Sopranos throwdown welcome...
heh this is funny to read--i don't watch TV at all, and mob movies and shows weren't allowed in my house when i was kid, so i never saw sopranos the first time around.
so my boyfriend and i started watching it a few weeks ago and we're just up to the fourth season. it's, of course, amazing. i love love the overly Freudian therapist and the subplot that forms around his relationship with his therapist/therapy.
RE the Wire, that show has been described to me as the most accurate portrait of american culture and law enforcement that's ever been filmed, so i really want to see it