quinta-feira, 19 de março de 2009

Better than The Wire?

«You've finished The Wire box set? You'd like something else that is just as good as "the greatest show ever in the history of television" (© all Guardian journalists) but you're not quite sure where to go next? How about a series that's as passionate and intelligent as The West Wing when debating war and terrorism, or as emotionally articulate about death, loss and love as Six Feet Under, or as trippy, mystical and deliciously baffling as Twin Peaks? A series that's not afraid to take you on an epic, existential journey during which you'll grow to love characters who are wrangling with metaphysical issues such as the nature of humanity and god? A series that does all this while never losing sight of the idea that television should be entertaining? But what's that? You don't do spaceships? Oh ...»