We're experiencing a flood of new subscriptions - many of them default via topics, I understand that - but all the same: New users - what are some of your favourite TV series?
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The ones that really blew my mind were Firefly, Game of Thrones (first 4 seasons), The Expanse and The Last Of Us.
I guess I like gritty fantasy/SciFi with a focus on realism.If anyone has recommendations, I'd be very thankful.
Is For All Mankind good?I think that one episode of The Last of Us might have been one of the single best episodes of television ever made.
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I think that one episode of The Last of Us might have been one of the single best episodes of television ever made.
I don't know which one you mean, but my mind instantly went to the one with the prepper couple and the strawberries.
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Patriot is one of the few shows I've bothered rewatching. Still great.
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My favourite of all time is Netflix's DARK. Only 26 episodes in total; everyone a work of genius.
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My favorite is probably still Breaking Bad, lately I've been watching Fallout and re-watching The Boys before the new season drops.
When is the new season coming?
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Fallout has been fantastic so far. Also can't wait for new episodes of f is for family
I've been watching it too. Good stuff.
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Luther is probably one of my favorites, as far as cop shows go anyway. Idris Elba was excellent there.
At the moment I'm loving Fallout. I've also been watching The Hunting Party, which is OK, but it's been kind of getting monotonous.
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April last time I checked
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off the top of my head: The Terror (S1), Interview with the Vampire, Extraordinary, Black Sails, Righteous Gemstones, Kingdom (the korean one not the lars von trier one), The Last Kingdom (unrelated to previous yet both involve swords
), Orphan Black, Taskmasterlike many here i am still enjoying Fallout as well. and looking forward to Paradise coming back this month too. i think i also want to try getting onto Spartacus (yes more swords) because i heard good things about House of Ashur
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Patriot is one of the few shows I've bothered rewatching. Still great.
I got recommended it when I was looking for something similar to Fargo. It's so good but came out during a time when Amazon wasn't that far into streaming, so didn't get proper marketing to make people aware of such a gem.
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I like Apple’s Slow horses (although as the series progressed my excitement went down a bit)
Yeah the plot becomes a bit more unhinged every season. I still watch it though, friggin Gary Oldman in one of his acidest roles.
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My favourite of all time is Netflix's DARK. Only 26 episodes in total; everyone a work of genius.
It was left unfinished if i recall correctly, right?
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firefly tops my list. for movies its lotr and for tv its firefly.
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I like Apple’s Slow horses (although as the series progressed my excitement went down a bit)
I felt the same. Especially the very end of season 1.
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Firefly was mind-blowing, back in the day. So was Stargate SG-1. CSI, for all its faults, was fascinating at the time. Blue Planet was gorgeous. Fullmetal Alchemist. Pushing Daisies. Dead Like Me. The Middleman. Wonderfalls. Numb3rs. The Last Detective. Have Gun Will Travel.
I have a soft spot for Dr. Who, and the old Star Trek stuff. Loved House. For all it's flaws, Sherlock was excellent. Dexter was fantastic for a little while. The X Files - so much wrong with it and honestly hard to care because of the acting. One Punch Man. The Expanse. Poirot. MASH. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Wire in the Blood. Babylon 5. Titus.
I liked Hogans Heroes. Highlander: the Series. Airwolf, when I was young and uncritical . Forever Knight.
There were some middling shows with exceptional episodes - Supernatural, "jump the shark", others that were good.
I haven't watched much tv lately. It's hard to like fiction as much as I used to.
I certainly would not call kripke the best but he sure knows how to keep a series going without it going completely to shit. I found supernatural entertaining right to the end even with its best days behind it. Hard to believeI started watching it with smallville. Its not the same thing but kinda reminds me of john doe. It wa entertaining enough to watch but once firefly was canceled not decent enough to be sitting down and catching the episodes. I think streaming saved supernatural and that it was a bit better than john doe. Still if I could not catch it whenever I wanted I think I would have missed a few episodes and then that would have been that.
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It was left unfinished if i recall correctly, right?
Are you confusing Dark with 1899? After Dark performed so well, the creators started working on 1899 (which had similar vibe and was also a sci-fi mystery). However, it was cancelled after just one season. To my knowledge, Dark was not cancelled and did have a complete story (although admittedly I didn't finish the final season so I could be mistaken).
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I like Apple’s Slow horses (although as the series progressed my excitement went down a bit)
I binged the series this past year, so while there were ups and downs during the five season run, I felt it was fairly consistent overall. I'm looking forward to the next season, especially catching it as it airs.
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Oh, you want Pluribus.
I rewatched Pluribus with a friend this past weekend after watching it week to week originally. It was a totally different show, but also the same ultimate conclusion.
Week to week I was left with so many questions and not fully expecting what would come next. Watching it in a binge the season felt so fast paced. Whenever the current time would come up it was almost impossible to really understand how little time had actually passed.
Some episodes only a few hours would pass, but what an hour. Other episodes weeks would pass, but it felt like an hour.
::: spoiler Timeline spoilers
By the last episode ~75 days have passed, but it feels like forever.
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My favorite is probably still Breaking Bad, lately I've been watching Fallout and re-watching The Boys before the new season drops.
Have you watched Gen V? I really enjoyed it, but it had a weird off screen arc between season one and two since we had a season of The Boys, which shifted where the universe was.
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It was left unfinished if i recall correctly, right?
Nope, it definitely finished, and it also nailed the ending, despite me being so utterly lost by S3E5 that I couldn't see how they'd possibly wrap it up in a logical and satisfying manner. Season 3 was a complete mind-fuck and I nearly stopped watching; in hindsight it was incredible. It's the sort of show which is actually better on a second viewing, where you know the basic plot and can focus on the characters and foreshadowing.
Sadly, the follow-up 1899 was cancelled after one season, so we were left with a massive cliffhanger.
