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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I did not like LOTR as much as most. It was meh, for me. But I learned to read on the Hobbit and read the series before I was 11, so, I do not know if anything would have made me happy there.
I don't think reading it early makes a difference as I read it pretty early to. I did not reread it much the way other fans did though. I mean I can't even say I was a fan. I liked tolkein but there are many authors I would rather have in a desert island situation.
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I just really love comedy. I mainly watch television to laugh.
My favorite comedies are the single camera sitcoms of the 2000's and 2010's, in this order:
- Arrested Development
- 30 Rock
- It's Always Sunny
- The Office
- Community
- Brooklyn Nine Nine
- Parks and Rec
- Veep
- Silicon Valley
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Seinfeld (not single camera but still great)
- Abbott Elementary is climbing the list for me, too
I also love the weirder stuff:
- All the Nathan Fielder produced stuff that is kinda unscripted (Nathan for You, The Rehearsal, How To With John Wilson)
- Review (the Andy Daly one, never saw the original Australian one)
- All the Tim Robinson absurdity: I Think You Should Leave, Detroiters, The Chair Company (Friendship if we're counting movies).
- Broad City isn't quite as absurd as some of the others, but it was the right kind of quirky.
- Adult Swim animation, including the early low budget shows like Sealab and Aqua Teen, through Frisky Dingo, Tim and Eric.
- Peep Show
- Mainstream/network animation, like South Park, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty. I've fallen out of love with Futurama and Simpsons, but used to love those shows.
I enjoy sketch comedy: SNL, Key and Peele, Chappelle's Show, and MadTV all have plenty of sketches that have stayed in my brain forever.
Even with more serious shows, I like comedic elements:
- Fallout is legitimately hilarious at times
- Patriot is the most underrated show of this century
- Fargo is just great, and happens to have had occasional moments where I unexpectedly just blurt out with laughter.
- Is Atlanta a dramedy? Or just a comedy? Either way, it's funny to me.
There are a bunch of shows I once loved but never went back to rewatch, either:
- The League
- Scrubs
- The New Girl
- Mindy Project
- The Good Place
I imagine they still hold up, though.
I'm working my way through Hacks and Righteous Gemstones while I have an HBO subscription, and suspect they'll be in my "liked it but probably won't rewatch" category.
And overall there are probably dozens or hundreds of others I liked well enough. I just like to laugh.
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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.
I see. I'll have to re-watch it. First season was absolutely memorable, but I have forgotten the rest, as it became increasingly unhinged. But I'll give it a second watch to the whole thing...with my gf, who hasn't watched it.
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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).
I don't recall what the ending was. I have forgotten most of the second season and completely the third. I need to re-watch the whole thing again I guess.
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The ncuti episode with the social media wonks needing to be talked to safety struck me as absolutely and completely perfect. I am in awe of it. It's so uneven, though, other episodes are awful.
i watched the clips, but the only watachable ones are the villians(rani, toymaker, etc), not the doctor, or his campanion, she seems more of a background character. i think the dude overacts too much.
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The wire is still my all time favorite.
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I really want to watch orphan black!!!
yesss it is well worth it!
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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.
The writer has another TV show with a bit similar tone, if different style/plot?
Down Cemetery Road. -
Patriot is one of the few shows I've bothered rewatching. Still great.
Didn't it get cancelled? Does it have an ending?
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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?Yes. Go For All Mankind. Takes a bit...to get used to the alternate universe in which the USSR won the moon race (no big plot reveal here, this is the first 5min in the first episode). But it keeps building on that universe, and the subsequent technological races...and it's absolutely hooking. By all means, go for it. Apple TV is on a stride with their TV shows, honestly some of the most risky ideas are being shown there.
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Didn't it get cancelled? Does it have an ending?
Yes, they wanted to make a third season. That said, it didn't end on a cliffhanger, and the ending wraps up the main plot points in a way that I found satisfying enough.
