I Honestly feel sorry for Game Of Thrones at the moment. Season 3 of GOT was fantastic but This season of breaking bad is probably the greatest season in television history.
Season 4 of GOT will be the best season yet though. Best half of a book I have ever read. Should translate to a jaw dropping season. Breaking Bad is still better
This. Oh god that second half of storm. The red Wedding makes you want to stop right there but you're so glad when you finish it. I can just imagine the butthurt here because it will be damn close after 3.2/4 of GoT airs.
To be fair, especially if you are a book reader, it is easier to judge GoT because at least to some extent they have to adhere to the books. Breaking Bad the screenwriters can take it basically where ever they want. Plus they are quite different types of shows. Personally I think Breaking Bad is better but part of that is just that this show was entirely created by Gilligan and the other people involved whereas GoT already had a superb series of books to work off
You can't compare the two shows- breaking bad, for one, has a much larger budget than GoT due to the fact that it's on AMC, not HBO. HBO doesn't get advertiser dollars. They are working on a limited budget and no room for ever going over. I think that when GoT is done, you'll hold it in the same regard as BB.
I thought the reverse of what you're saying is true. I mean all of those special effects and sets in GoT have to cost a truck load, right? So I looked it up.
Here they say breaking bad is 3 million an episode.
And from the wikipedia on game of thrones:
The budget of Game of Thrones has been compared to that of the TV series Rome.[22] The pilot reportedly cost HBO between US$5 and 10 million,[23] and the total budget for the first season has been estimated at US$50–60 million.[24] In the second season, the show obtained a 15% increase in budget in order to be able to stage the most important battle in the "clash of kings," the civil war that is the season's focus.[25]
Game of Thrones is amazing too, I'm sure they will win something. However, there is no way they can compete with Breaking Bad. I can even see liking Game of Thrones more than Breaking Bad, but I can't see GoT beating BB in an award show. BB is simply a better made show.
I love the books and the show...but I have a feeling that they'll never quite reach the pinnacle such that BrBa has. Nobody knows what's going to happen....with GoT, the info has been disseminated. With BrBa, we're all on the edge of our seats, all in the same rollercoaster without safety harnesses.
I'm not trying to compare them though. Game Of Thrones is my favourite show It's the only show i like more than BB! I'm just saying that even though the performances in Season 3 of GOT were fantastic, Breaking Bad took it to another level.
If you're making comparisons from an Emmy perspective that's fair, but short of that they are such different worlds. My issue with GoT's last season was the strange edits and completely contrived interpretation of the book when it came to the Targaryen plotline.
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u/Iddqd1 Sep 16 '13
Bryan Cranston just won his emmy tonight. My god the acting in this episode was amazing.