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unkinhead t1_j5rwqmd wrote

I think especially in retrospect The Sopranos is just a more mature, deeper, show. I mean that as the highest compliment to the writers of The Sopranos who managed to make very real multudimensional characters come alive on screen. Breaking Bad is thrilling but comparatively seems to have an air of artificiality or cartoonyness to it.

Despite that added depth it never comes off as pretentious or showy and still manages to be remarkably funny, tragic, dramatic, even on rewatch. Breaking Bad has kind of lost its charm for me now that I've rewatched it a few times and the tension is gone, but Sopranos keeps delivering. BB is a great show, but there's a reason Sopranos is the GOAT.

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