Battle of US TV. Rnd1 Heat 1

[Jedi Shrimper]

Breaking Bad (Pubey)
v
Band of Brothers (steveo)

A tough draw for Pubey's little known & new 'Breaking Bad' against steveo's nomination, Spielberg's WWII epic 'Band of Brothers'.

Please consider your vote carefully before casting it.

Off you go...

 

[Napster]

Not seen one and only seen bits of the other. Abstain.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Not seen one and only seen bits of the other. Abstain.

What he said.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

As Pubey isn't around I will make a case for his show or at least provide some info...

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable network AMC. It premiered on January 20, 2008, and completed its first seven-episode season on March 9, 2008. The show's 13-episode second season ran from March 8 to May 31, 2009. A third season was announced in April 2009.

Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad revolves around Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher with a teenage son who has cerebral palsy (RJ Mitte), and a pregnant wife, Skyler (Anna Gunn). When the already tense White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he breaks down and turns to a life of crime, and starts producing and selling methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in a desire to secure his family's financial future.

Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and Cranston's performance on the show, and won two Emmy Awards for its first season in addition to numerous other awards and nominations.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. It was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks after their successful collaboration on the Academy Award-winning World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998). The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO and is still run frequently on various TV networks around the world.

The narrative centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.

The events portrayed are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. A large amount of literary license was taken with the episodes, and other reference books will highlight the differences between recorded history and the film version. All of the characters portrayed are based on actual members of Easy Company; some of them can be seen in prerecorded interviews as a prelude to each episode (their identities, however, are not revealed until the close of the finale).

 

[blues_r_best]

Currahee!...

 

[canveyshrimper]

Not seen Breaking Bad, but have recently watch Band of Brothers again, and it's bloody goo, so gets my vote.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Watched all of Band of Brothers it was a great series.

Hadn't heard of Breaking Bad before, but want to see it now sounds interesting.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Abstainance I am afraid having never seen either of these.

 

[Shrimpersarmy]

Currahee!...

Flies spread disease...So keep yours closed!

 

[Pubey]

Band of Brothers is one of my favourite mini-series, so definitely no shame in losing to it. However I'd urge everyone to watch the first series of Breaking Bad... seeing the dad from 'Malcolm in the Middle' cooking up crystal meth really is something!!

 

[steveo]

Sorry Pubey, yours sounds good and ill try and see it but it wasa big ask taking on BoB in the first round:

Alex Penkala: I don't need to go back to no aid station!
Cpl. Eugene Roe: Well, you're in luck, Penkala... . we don't got no aid station!

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

With a few minutes left to go it seems fair enough to declare Band of Brothers the winner, B.o.B marches onto the second round.