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Surprised no one’s brought up Futurama yet.
Unpopular Opinion: The endless reboots killed it for me.
My entire counterargument is the fast fashion episode. That one was brilliant.
Yup. Just the original series for me
I dont see them as endless reboots i see them as repeated assaination attempts.
This is a good analysis of the shows life cycle where its pretty clear the show was fucked over repeatedly by the networks hosting it and its just refused to die. A case of when fans love something by execs dont.
I was just about to comment Futurama! Really not sure what to think of the newer episodes though…
To me it’s like seeing an old friend from younger years. You’ve both changed so things are different from the good ol’ days, but it’s still enjoyable to spend time with them.
Still better than most new adult animated shows
I think the last two seasons were very much hit or miss. Some really good eps but also some really awful ones.
The Fox era was great. But the Comedy Central and Hulu seasons are subpar.
The Wire.
Gets better every time I watch it.
Arrested Development has such intricate humor that it takes multiple passes to absorb it all. For some jokes, the punchline for the set-up doesn’t come until some episodes—or even seasons—later. Just the first three seasons, though. Season 4 & 5 were made years later and aren’t the same.
+1 for arrested development. Took me until season 3 to realize the next episode previews were fake
Futurama
Also, Disenchanted
Arrested Development, Always Sunny, and Archer for me. Always reliable when you just want half an hour of laughs. Although I do then tend to get drawn into yet another full rewatch.
Oh man, I haven’t rewatched Archer is ages. Now I need to
Black Books
Babylon 5.
Every time I watch it I’m stunned at how relevant it still is.
I just finished watching the series for the first time the other day. I started out a little skeptical it would have aged well and there’s a few moments that reminded me it came out in the early 90s, but wow what a fantastic show. And what a time to be watching it, some of those newscast episodes hit close to home.
I think it’ll be on my rewatch list too now.
I sooo wanted to rewatch that. But I just cannot get past the special effects these days. I thought it was great when it was on, now it’s unwatchable for me. It’s like, Playstation 1 cutscenes: the show.
At least for me:
Dr. Who (First through Fifth Doctor mostly)
Original Star Trek
Star Trek: TNG
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: DS9
- Black Adder
- Adventure Time
- The Last Of Us
- The Expanse
- Community
- Friends
The expanse is top tier tv. Not sure how it wasn’t more popular. Community is gonna go down as one of the classics
The Expanse may be the best bit of sci-fi I have ever had the joy to watch and read.
I didn’t get that far into the show because I was bored and lost in the space battles. Action scenes are always shakey cameras and me being confused about who’s on what ship. I was extremely interested in the human dramas, politics, and especially the mystery of the fungal thing. The acting and dialects were really cool though, and I’d probably miss out on those unless the author does a good job writing them. Does it seem like I’d prefer reading it instead? I kind of feel like I just talked myself into trying the show again. :s
A lot of the issues you mentioned get solved in season 2. I think there was a network shift and the camera work got better. Later on Amazon pumped a lot of money into the show as well. It’s really worth the watch and I’d love to hear back from you if you do.
If you’re a gamer there’s a Telltale game that follows this account’s namesake. Carmina Drummer.
The writers did a fantastic job writing all the dialogue in the books. I would argue it’s on par or even better than the show. Which is hard, considering the writers for the books produced and even wrote the screenplays for the show.
As someone who shares a line of work with Bobby Draper and many other characters, the military jargon and quips are also spot on. Never have I heard such accurate lingo and expression in sci-fi.
Red Dwarf
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
IT Crowd
Mr. Robot
“It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere” is stuck in my head forever.
…and the jumping off a plane, riding on a crocodile, killing a nazi scene.
I love that show, saw it plenty of times from start to finish…
“It’s the last thing they’ll be expecting - a daylight charge over the minefield.”
I watch too much tv:
Ted Lasso
The Good Place
Parks and Rec
The Office
Brooklyn 99
Northern Exposure
Friends
Schitt’s Creek
Sherlock
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
This tells me I need to watch Northern Exposure, Schitt’s Creek, and Fawlty Towers.
And that you need to watch 30 Rock, Community, Scrubs, and Arrested Development.
Aah! I knew I forgot some! Excellent list!
Oh, formatting, no….
King of the Hill
- Friends
- Golden Simpsons Era
- Futurama
- Star Trek TNG/Voyager
- X-files
I have a hard time watching any sitcoms. I can do one watch through but then I feel like I know all the joeks already, which is weird, because that is not an issue with me for futurama for example. Have to agree about TNG
The Office
I just can’t get into it. It seems weird and it’s primarily the format that throws it off for me. The whole interview talking and stuff it’s just odd.
The documentary style quickly takes a back seat, but the interviews are always there and heavily used. Try Modern Family first and see of the Office doesn’t hit better once you’re used to the interviews there. They’re brief fourth-wall breaks and not diagetic.
e: I would say if you’re not having an absolute blast by the Dundees episode (I think that S2E1?), don’t waste any more of your time.
MASH
Stargate sg1
Or
M.A.S.H.
Hmm as a gen Z do I rewatch stargate or try mash?
Good question : sadly it’s flip a coin and watch one… Sorry you’ll have to burn the other one
Watch Mash.
Yes it will have some very cringe aspects you will have to get over.
But i still think it’s the best show ever produced and it is often just as relevant any time you watch it or rewatch it.
The reason is they really dealt with some very difficult issues in surprisingly well done ways.
I could go on for a long time but i do really do think this show has everything.
It’s comedy and then it fucking hits you right in the feels with no mercy
And the character development from many, though not all, is great.
But if you do watch it pay attention to the tone difference between them in the operating room and outside of it.
The show runners managed to get some concessions about when and where to use the laugh track and iirc they almost never have laugh track in the operating room.
Characters change and the show is set up that it just makes sense that the 4077 would be different at different times.
Hawkeye Pierce as lower ranked officer being the Chief Surgeon is proven many many times over in the show in spite of other characters that outrank him.
Another reason to watch it is to check out the sheer number of cameos, >!from pat morita, patrick swayze, leslie nielson and many more!<
Its a real cinephile experience seeing some actors before they got famous (though I’m not sure how obvious those cameos will be to too many people anymore)
And yes I’m incredibly biased as this is my favorite show of all time
My favorite show of all time as well, OP, if you see this, do yourself a favor and watch the entire show without the laugh track.
Additionally, The Ranch from netflix hit very similarly in how they mixed comedy and then shit getting real very quickly.
I’m not unhappy they removed the actor from the show, but it’s too recent for me to be able to recommend it given the problems with him. Rather unfortunate
