Succession (HBO) TV Show • Page 101

yeah idk kendall is absolutely right up there with the pantheon of other great tv characters imo, the writing is insane

 

The Sopranos is my all time favorite show, so me preferring Soprano/Gandolfini may be a biased take but, I certainly wouldn't call you crazy for preferring White/Cranston.

 

Walter White didn’t even end up being as good as Saul Goodman!

 

Alright I promised myself years ago I wouldn’t get worked up about subjective opinions especially in fan threads on this website. I’ll see myself out

 

These are silly comparisons because I don't think this show revolves around Kendall in the same way that Sopranos/Breaking Bad revolve around Tony/Walter (moresso BB/Walter)

 

we arent talking about the actual characters. its the performances.

 

in a very large way, a good majority of this show does revolve around Kendall though, sometimes indirectly but, yes Brian Cox is the 'main star' or main character, but Kendall is at the forefront of nearly everything that is going on.

 

Oh I thought we meant the characters themselves here. Performance-wise I think they're all damn good, though I do agree with the tweet that I see those actors as Tony and Kendall, whereas with WW I was thinking "Man Cranston is a great actor" haha

 

My favorite show is The Sopranos so idk, I’m biased. I’m not sure the character of Kendall reaches those heights. In moments, sure, I’m often wowed by Strong’s performance; while with Gandolfini, he had this encompassing presence no matter what he was doing on-screen. The emotional and intellectual depths to his character and the performance to match, it felt pretty limitless while watching. His performance led to some iconic (dare I say legendary) cinematic moments and artistic portrayals of human complexity. People consider Tony’s goodness even when he’s at his most depraved and vice-versa. He’s unknowable while constantly showing you who he is. I’m not sure I can say the same for Kendall.

 

it’s splitting hairs a bit. putting him in the convo, to me, is not a crazy thing. he is, at worst, a top 5 tv performance. ever.

 

idk man Boyd Crowder > Kendall Roy
Got a lot of hills to climb before you reach Tony Soprano in my dumb personal list

 

i personally agree but he’s also over tony for me lol

 

He's no Baby Billy Freeman I think we can all agree

 

it’s safe to say that any goggins character is in its own category

 

George Costanza > Tony Soprano > everyone else

 

Lee Russell, what a character.

 

No one posted the Jeremy strong article yet? Lol

 

The really good GQ one from a few months back?

 

Minus the third season finale (to a degree), I'd say Kendall's been the show protagonist and it's mainly his story. I'd be surprised if the finale didn't center around him, for good or bad.

 

am i really the dumbass that watched this whole series thinking roman was the youngest child?

 

You can add me to that list. Hahah

 

Who is it, Shiv?