TV Show/Series Appreciation Chat

[Zentetsuken]

Did a quick search and didn't see any other threads like this, so here.

Recommend and circlejerk and nerd out about TV series and stuff.

I just finished West World and I don't know anybody else besides my wife who has watched it so please somebody tell me that they love it as much as me so we can nerd out a bit.

[Jalpha]

Carnivàle

[MagicManICT]

West World

I saw the movie many, many years ago... good movie. Didn't necessarily expect much of the series except that HBO doesn't produce total crap like most of the major networks... was amazingly surprised and it goes soo much deeper than the movie.

If you don't mind (or even like) the sex and want more of a crime/cop drama, The Duece is great. True Detective is pretty solid, too. If you want something that's a bit older, Fargo was amazing (3 or 4 seasons, FX). Watch the movie first before you watch the series. You don't have to, but it's like one big long story. If you don't mind bouncing over to Showtime, Dexter was amazing, too, though I think the series ran a bit long.

I have a long list of shows I've loved, but I won't post them all at once.

(edit: sorry for the lack of links... being lazy this evening)

[Dakkan]

Better Off Ted: A 2 season comedy about a single father working for a very evil science company, Veridian Dynamics. Supporting characters include his immediate boss played by Portia de Rossi (my favorite character), a whole team of weird research scientists, and more. This is up there for one of my favorites, it is very quotable. It isn't serious at all though, so don't expect that.

The Lost Room: A 3 episode (I think my version was broken into 6 episodes) "action, fantasy, mystery" I guess is what IMDB calls it, but I just like it for the world and rules it builds around the weird supernatural stuff that is going on. Good overall story too. Hard to describe it without taking away from being dropped into the world, like the main character is.

Death Valley: A series I think was on MTV of all places? It's basically COPS, if COPS took place in a world where monsters were real. Occasional zombie outbreaks, werewolf citizens required to self-quarantine, vampires. It was fun.

Jericho: Small town, midwest USA setting, and the US gets nuked. It's just how the town works together to deal with the various problems from there. (DO NOT BOTHER WITH SEASON 2)

Kolchak The Night Stalker (1974): Strong source of inspiration for The X-FIles. A reporter who likes digging into strange cases. Probably not as serious of a show as X-Files, and they had less of a budget, but damn good characters. And the actor who played Kolchak even had a little cameo in a later X-Files episode, Agua Mala (the one with the hurricane and people going missing).

Night Stalker: A modern remake, it also had a few fun episodes and I actually liked the characters.

Farscape: It's very frustrating that more people don't know about this one. IMDB puts it nicely, "Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew." Tons of fish-out-of-water comedy moments, plenty of serious stuff as the show goes on, and the character goes through a fantastic character development from bumbling to badass, all because of various experiences along the way. And it has a goddamn ending, so you won't get Firefly'd. And they weren't afraid to make much more alien aliens, not just some stupid bumps on the forehead. Depending on where you go and watch this, the order of episodes 2-6(ish) might be screwed up, so be careful. Also forgive episode 2 for looking visually bland and exactly like Earth, I'm pretty sure they blew a ton of their budget on the pilot and cut costs for that episode then.

[bitza]

i'm generally not into tv shows overall but recently i've become hooked on "The Expanse". its set in a distant dystopian future where earth, mars, and the mining colonies on the asteroid belt all become locked in a political struggle along with troubles with space terrorists and a detective uncovers a grand conspiracy connecting all the plot lines while looking for a missing person. it has amazing atmosphere, lots of action and drama, and a ton of characters.

before that i was watching "Vikings" which started off great but really took a nosedive after 3 or 4 seasons imo. you can watch the first 3 seasons or so and still have a great time with it

[MightySheep]

the expanse is pretty good, try altored carbon too

I havent into tv shows for a few months now, watched every possible decent tv show so i went back to anime

[MagicManICT]

Gah... you remind me of why I didn't want to drop cable: Syfy, USA, and a couple others. I got through two seasons of The Expanse and have missed the last season of The Magicians.

If you can, pick up the first three seasons of Mr. Robot the next few months. The main character(s) is/are black-hat hacktivists with the goal of taking down the most evil corporation in the world and the fallout of such actions.

[DragoniteFlight]

I recently finished The Haunting of Hill House. Very interesting TV series, I recommend to watch!

[IngloriouslyBad]

If you like space age stuff then definitely firefly, darkmatter, farscape, star trek

If you have netflix or can find alternative sites and like country western small town sheriff mysteries you'll find no better than chuck norris a series called Longmire. Loved it. Had me dragging ass into work due to no sleep for a long while.

[jordancoles]

I don't watch much netflix or TV but I recently got through One Punch Man and I liked it a lot