And +1 for BSG, I've always loved the show. I actually just watched the first two episodes again this past week, but for the first time I decided to smoke some weed first.
Holy shit I get WAY more into the show when I'm baked... Like I was trying not to cry when the 60 FTL capable ships left the other 20ish behind and they focused on the little girl playing with her bear as the nukes detonated...
And hearing everyone go from a solemn, muttered "so say we all..." to a strong, purposeful "SO SAY WE ALL!"
chef's kiss
I really like the bits of the Expanse I've seen. I absolutely love how realistic they portray space life, especially combat. After a few episodes I realized it was one long continued story, and the series was still being worked on, I lost all drive to finish it.
I'll pick it back up eventually, it just feels like sitting down to watch a 200 hour movie, rather than a TV show.
Also, the trilogy is set 30 years after Babylon's Ashes, so even if I'd have liked the TV show to continue after book 6, it finished in a way that doesn't leave any major cliffhangers.
I'm still hoping they'll simply continue the show 30 years after the last season, so that all actors have the right age. Although
::: spoiler Spoiler for book 7
Duarte hasn't aged because of protomolecule treatment, so that one would still need another actor or a lot of makeup
:::
+1 for Voyager. I’m almost finished a watch through now and I’m kicking myself for not watching it as a kid. I watched so many reruns of TNG and DS9 after school but somehow missed Voyager.
And The Expanse is well worth the watch. The books are phenomenal and some of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
The start of BSG is so good. One of the best, if not the best, starts of any show. 33, in particular, is so strong. It really makes you feel the pressure that they're being hunted.
Sadly the end of the show isn't nearly as good. It's not a Game of Thrones ending, but it's a drop in quality from the start, but I don't know how you'd end it with the same level as it starts.
I ALSO had to wait for every new episode of ds9 and voy. I wasn't of watching-and-following age for most of tng. So I had to wait for re-runs. And hope they were aired in order since sometimes they only aired half a two-parter.
I need to get them moved over to my hard drive, I think I have all the dvds...
The bulk of those I also had to wait. Same for Voyager... Honestly I couldn't watch early Voyager because of the UPN network... Lol
But yeah all on my Plex server now too. The wife and I are in DS9 and I'm watching through the expanse in 4K. This is my first time watching.I figured I needed to watch it after I read the series.
Most people that I have talked to prefer Better Call Saul, because Breaking Bad has the stigma of a terrible drug hanging over the premise. It's harder for Joe Everyperson to watch Breaking Bad because it feels dirty. BCS has a more familiar swindly feeling because that's who Saul is and Saul represents a lot of people. But so does Walter.
They're both great companion series, my point was to make sure anyone reading this would watch Saul after breaking bad. It doesn't work the other way. Watch it as it was released. Hell, they overlapped at the end (iirc)
I’m on board here. Didn’t hate hate BCS, but if you’re gonna get into the style of Vince Gilligan, you need to start with breaking bad before you get into better call Saul, because it’s extremely heavy and takes a bit of patience to get through.
Plus, even though BCS is a prequel, there’s a lot of references to breaking bad, so you should watch breaking bad first.
I've watched it quite recently. It lives up to the hype. But don't bother with Better Call Saul. It's nothing like Breaking Bad. I've found it boring and annoying.
I was really hearbroken when they cancelled but it got 5 excellent seasons. It felt like it was written just for me sometimes.
Its a very specific kind of niche. Those of us that grew up in small mountain towns but ended up in the city can really see the love and detail. I used to watch it with my buddy and we would just be blown away by all the little touches. Really, anyone that spent a significant amount of time in their life in 'cabin country' would get a hit of cozy that they didn't know they needed.
It was so worth it though. The writing was superb with seemingly throwaway plot points coming back years later in full force. It may have taken years to write but the pacing and story was nearly perfect every season.
The original BBC radio version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is absolutely incredible. It's a radio play read by Douglas Adams, so its a step up from a normal audio book and they do a fantastic job on all the voice acting, sound effects and music. This isnt an adaptation either - the series started as a radio sitcom, and was adapted into books, TV, movies, etc.
Agreeing with the other response. Yes, absolutely recommending them! But the first season is better than the second. Second isn't bad, just isn't quite as good. That said, the voice actor for Felix came back for the second season and that alone is enough to make me recommend it. Having those two back together again was magical.
5 is a really important look at money in politics, the dysfunction of bureacracy, and the decline of journalism (20 years later, the Sun is now a conservative rag)
i'll die on the hill that it's still great tv but it does lack the edge that the earlier seasons had since its premise is about wrapping up the crimes of season 3 and 4, not introducing new ones
I looked it up for the previous comment because I always confuse it with father Ted, and I was surprised to see it’s still on the air. I don’t think I saw it after Sid left. It’s too bad it went downhill, I was excited to check them out. I’ll give them a chance, but I really liked Sid.
I recently started watching The Blacklist. It's totally silly, but it's worth it just to watch a couple of James Spader monologues every episode. They're silly, too, but he's so fucking fun to watch.
The Americans was an amazing show that many people missed. Right up there with Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, etc.
Also Star Trek: Next Generation, ST: Deep Space 9, ST: Voyager, ST: Strange New Worlds. Star Trek: The Original Series is super campy and fun, but it's not great, but it is is great.
I'm convinced black sails is the reason why "Long John Silver's; The Restaurant" remains open.
People used to say it was a front for money laundering (because they only truly get business during lent) but I say, it's because of the show.
Next time you run across hushpuppy heaven, ask for "the fritter fratter", they'll take you to the basement. Yes, every location has a basement...
Anyway,
After you get down there, a person in full leather will fall out of the ceiling from above. Dust them off, then say "let's get at er"
The leather clad greeter will then seat you and give you the actual menu.
Ask for "The Peg-Leg" and your server will appear, dressed as a parrot; and lead you back upstairs to the fryers in the kitchen, dumping everything into the same grease.
Explaining to you why this is how it has to be, your server will then take you by the hand to the bathrooms, the very last stall, and shall point at a glory hole with the sharpie inscription "here be Long John"
I recently watched through The Mentalist after I got tired of Monk (I've been on a Holmes-like kick for a while now) and really liked it. Currently seeing if Columbo holds up.
It does imo, but you get out of it what you put in. If I’m on my phone or cooking while watching, I will miss enough that I find myself losing interest. If I pay attention, it’s incredible.
Battlestar Galactica anyone? I've just watched it a month ago, still have a few of the prequel movies (The plan + blood and chrome) and maybe Caprica (although I heard most of these are shit :/)
I loved the first season and wish they had left it at that. Season 2 was fine and I still smiled throughout. 3 episodes into season 3 I was exhausted by the premise. I can't imagine season 4 being any better than season 2 was.
Often when binging a series, the creators tend to pad the season with unnecessary down time and crap. Also Netflix has admitted to “massaging” the format to keep certain types of viewers engaged which has led strange story telling decisions.
Likely going to work on setting up something more robust in the coming months, but a Debrid subscription + Streamio has served me pretty well with only two failures to date (this one included).
Despite being simpler and cheaper, that does have its drawbacks. For example, you can't transcode the stream if you have a slow connection. Also, good luck watching old movies with that. Some I downloaded recently took like half a day to download.
The expanse
Babylon 5
Trek - tng and ds9
Batman TAS
Battlestar Galactica 2003
I'll add Voyager to that trek list.
And +1 for BSG, I've always loved the show. I actually just watched the first two episodes again this past week, but for the first time I decided to smoke some weed first.
Holy shit I get WAY more into the show when I'm baked... Like I was trying not to cry when the 60 FTL capable ships left the other 20ish behind and they focused on the little girl playing with her bear as the nukes detonated...
And hearing everyone go from a solemn, muttered "so say we all..." to a strong, purposeful "SO SAY WE ALL!"
chef's kiss
I really like the bits of the Expanse I've seen. I absolutely love how realistic they portray space life, especially combat. After a few episodes I realized it was one long continued story, and the series was still being worked on, I lost all drive to finish it.
I'll pick it back up eventually, it just feels like sitting down to watch a 200 hour movie, rather than a TV show.
Yeah the expanse book series is apparently three duologies and a trilogy.
But that mindset helped me frame the story better.
Also, the trilogy is set 30 years after Babylon's Ashes, so even if I'd have liked the TV show to continue after book 6, it finished in a way that doesn't leave any major cliffhangers.
I'm still hoping they'll simply continue the show 30 years after the last season, so that all actors have the right age. Although
::: spoiler Spoiler for book 7 Duarte hasn't aged because of protomolecule treatment, so that one would still need another actor or a lot of makeup :::
+1 for Voyager. I’m almost finished a watch through now and I’m kicking myself for not watching it as a kid. I watched so many reruns of TNG and DS9 after school but somehow missed Voyager.
And The Expanse is well worth the watch. The books are phenomenal and some of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
The start of BSG is so good. One of the best, if not the best, starts of any show. 33, in particular, is so strong. It really makes you feel the pressure that they're being hunted.
Sadly the end of the show isn't nearly as good. It's not a Game of Thrones ending, but it's a drop in quality from the start, but I don't know how you'd end it with the same level as it starts.
Letterkenny.
You’re so lucky. I had to both wait for each of these to debut, but also for a WEEK for each new ep! For ALL of these series!
All of which I now have on my Plex server, and frequently binge, lol!
11pm on channel nine. Teenaged me perfected the art of sleeping through ad breaks
I ALSO had to wait for every new episode of ds9 and voy. I wasn't of watching-and-following age for most of tng. So I had to wait for re-runs. And hope they were aired in order since sometimes they only aired half a two-parter.
I need to get them moved over to my hard drive, I think I have all the dvds...
The bulk of those I also had to wait. Same for Voyager... Honestly I couldn't watch early Voyager because of the UPN network... Lol
But yeah all on my Plex server now too. The wife and I are in DS9 and I'm watching through the expanse in 4K. This is my first time watching.I figured I needed to watch it after I read the series.
I keep trying to get into the expanse but it's just not latching. Weird as hell 'cos i'm a massive scifi nerd.
It's really slow you can't think of it as seasons you have to think of it as story arcs
And the first season is a slog.
I stopped watching it because it was so slow and read the books.
The expanse is great, I started watching the show then I read the books and then I never finished the show 😄
AI slop
Look at how the headphone connects to the phone, for example.
and mice hate white bedding, it ruins the aesthetic they prefer with their linens
Bro Stargate SG1. it really hits its stride in Season 4. 10 freaking seasons, babayyy
I started my... 5th rewatch last week.
They really don't make shows like they used to.
The episode where jack and teal'c switched bodies and the actors had to impersonate each other hits hard.
2 solid spin offs, and a small handful of extended universe content as well
And several movies to tie up storylines!
Yes, but my god they put the dvd releases straight to Netflix in all its pixelated glory. No HD remaster like STTNG unfortunately…
Just started S6. It's soooo fucking good.
I loved Jonas. Also how Corin Nemec sounds way more alien than Jonas.
Season 3. Don't know why it seems to be under rated, but there's barely a bad episode imo.
Any day now I'll start watching Breaking Bad
I tried.
But... nothing happens.
Hours go by to nothing happen.
It was too slow for my taste
Thank god, I thought I was a cretin as I didn't get thro a season of it
Haha, the Fly episodes is my favorite one...
I thought it was entirely unrealistic how his wife acted like he practically murdered his son for smoking weed, I've since met her IRL though.
Start with "Slippin' Jimmy' ;), then watch BB, then El Camino, then Better Call Saul.
Rinse & repeat.
Disagree. Breaking Bad should be approached cold.
Yes. Most people aren't aware that 'Slippin Jimmy' is a real show. I mean, it's animated.. and it's terrible. Vince hates it.
I agree. Start cold with Walter in his Walter tighty whities.
Hard disagree. BCS is nothing like BB. I loved Breaking Bad, hated Better Call Saul. I couldn't even force myself to watch the final season.
Most people that I have talked to prefer Better Call Saul, because Breaking Bad has the stigma of a terrible drug hanging over the premise. It's harder for Joe Everyperson to watch Breaking Bad because it feels dirty. BCS has a more familiar swindly feeling because that's who Saul is and Saul represents a lot of people. But so does Walter.
They're both great companion series, my point was to make sure anyone reading this would watch Saul after breaking bad. It doesn't work the other way. Watch it as it was released. Hell, they overlapped at the end (iirc)
Wow. Seriously? Maybe people would feel differently if they knew Hal was truly the villain, not the hero.
I’m on board here. Didn’t hate hate BCS, but if you’re gonna get into the style of Vince Gilligan, you need to start with breaking bad before you get into better call Saul, because it’s extremely heavy and takes a bit of patience to get through.
Plus, even though BCS is a prequel, there’s a lot of references to breaking bad, so you should watch breaking bad first.
I've watched it quite recently. It lives up to the hype. But don't bother with Better Call Saul. It's nothing like Breaking Bad. I've found it boring and annoying.
Before you get downvoted into oblivion for desecrating a great show, would you like to take a moment to tell the audience what your favorite show is?
Bob's Burgers.
I perfer The Great North.
I was really hearbroken when they cancelled but it got 5 excellent seasons. It felt like it was written just for me sometimes.
Its a very specific kind of niche. Those of us that grew up in small mountain towns but ended up in the city can really see the love and detail. I used to watch it with my buddy and we would just be blown away by all the little touches. Really, anyone that spent a significant amount of time in their life in 'cabin country' would get a hit of cozy that they didn't know they needed.
You can cross this bridge.
.... be careful, every season you'll be forced to do a musical...
Slop
The Venture Bros.
Waiting for new seasons back then was exhausting.
It was so worth it though. The writing was superb with seemingly throwaway plot points coming back years later in full force. It may have taken years to write but the pacing and story was nearly perfect every season.
The original BBC radio version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is absolutely incredible. It's a radio play read by Douglas Adams, so its a step up from a normal audio book and they do a fantastic job on all the voice acting, sound effects and music. This isnt an adaptation either - the series started as a radio sitcom, and was adapted into books, TV, movies, etc.
Here’s a link if anyone is interested in a lot more
I felt this when I found out about Corner Gas. Six seasons and a movie and then four more as an animated series. Chef’s kiss
Have a heart!
You can tell me that your dog ran away!!
There's a movie!?!?
Yeah it’s like an extra long episode not like a big wrap up or anything but it’s not the kind of show that needs a big wrap up.
Corner Gas: The Movie
Dr Who. 26 seasons.
Came here to post the same! Doctor Who is always a treat.
Watch Silence in the Library or Waters of Mars to get a feel for the series.
If you watch silence in the libray or waters of mars you will not get a feeling for 26-season-who.
david tennant wasn't in the 26 season run.
ai
Orphan Black.
Have you listened to the sequel podcasts?
Ooooh. No.
I presume you are recommending them?
The first season was really good, and Tatiana does her thing perfectly. The second isn’t as strong but it wraps up the story.
Agreeing with the other response. Yes, absolutely recommending them! But the first season is better than the second. Second isn't bad, just isn't quite as good. That said, the voice actor for Felix came back for the second season and that alone is enough to make me recommend it. Having those two back together again was magical.
Why does the headphone only has one ear and why does the cable not connect to the side of the phone and instead goes in front of the screen?
I'm sorry, are you from the past?
I'm just going to put this "The IT Crowd" quote over here, with the rest of the nonsense...
The Wire
1-4 yes. 5 you can take or leave.
5 is a really important look at money in politics, the dysfunction of bureacracy, and the decline of journalism (20 years later, the Sun is now a conservative rag)
i'll die on the hill that it's still great tv but it does lack the edge that the earlier seasons had since its premise is about wrapping up the crimes of season 3 and 4, not introducing new ones
I would still recommend watching all 5 seasons, but McNulty was close to shark jumped territory in the last one.
if you liked The Wire, you should check out the other shows from David Simon and the rest of them. Especially Generation Kill and The Deuce.
And the original, Homicide:Life on the Streets. What a great show
I binged both Parks and Rec and Community after they were finished.
Game of Thrones had finished all but their last season when I started. (Perfect up until the last season.)
Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Murder She Wrote.
The greatest though is Columbo. 13 seasons with 6 to 10 movie length slow burn episodes. Fucking incredible acting and writing.
You should check out Father Brown, if you’re a fan of the rest of those.
I have and like some of it but when they trade Sid for Bunty it felt sleazier and lost me.
I looked it up for the previous comment because I always confuse it with father Ted, and I was surprised to see it’s still on the air. I don’t think I saw it after Sid left. It’s too bad it went downhill, I was excited to check them out. I’ll give them a chance, but I really liked Sid.
I recently started watching The Blacklist. It's totally silly, but it's worth it just to watch a couple of James Spader monologues every episode. They're silly, too, but he's so fucking fun to watch.
The Americans was an amazing show that many people missed. Right up there with Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, etc.
Also Star Trek: Next Generation, ST: Deep Space 9, ST: Voyager, ST: Strange New Worlds. Star Trek: The Original Series is super campy and fun, but it's not great, but it is is great.
ST:Enterprise, and ST: Discovery suck.
Also Twilight Zone.
firefly:(
Where you just rewatch one season eight times =[
Just hit season 12 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia after binging it for about a week
The Bear
Deadwood
Joe Pera Talks With You
Deadwood does not fit this meme :.(
Yeah fantastic show but you can burn through it in a weekend without much trouble.
Well, I gave three shows, so they technically total like 9 or 10 seasons of varied excellence. Plus a movie.
I've watched it all at least three times, so you have to count that. I cry evrytim
For me, it was Black Sails. Yum
I'm convinced black sails is the reason why "Long John Silver's; The Restaurant" remains open.
People used to say it was a front for money laundering (because they only truly get business during lent) but I say, it's because of the show.
Next time you run across hushpuppy heaven, ask for "the fritter fratter", they'll take you to the basement. Yes, every location has a basement...
Anyway,
After you get down there, a person in full leather will fall out of the ceiling from above. Dust them off, then say "let's get at er"
The leather clad greeter will then seat you and give you the actual menu.
Ask for "The Peg-Leg" and your server will appear, dressed as a parrot; and lead you back upstairs to the fryers in the kitchen, dumping everything into the same grease.
Explaining to you why this is how it has to be, your server will then take you by the hand to the bathrooms, the very last stall, and shall point at a glory hole with the sharpie inscription "here be Long John"
Although I’m a New Yorker, I happen to be living in Florida right now, and there’s a bunch of Long John Silvers down here.
Your shitpost has not fallen on deaf ears, lol. You have shivered me timbers— yar har har
Sighs with relief
I'm in Missouri, currently. I get it. Missouri is the Florida of the Midwest, as you probably know.
Stay strong & thank you for branching out to inform me that my joke wasn't seeded for
naughtknot. I reallydodew appreciate it!Happy cake day!
Oh snap, I haven't heard that term in a long time..
..cake day is a thing on Lemmy!?
As seen on Voyager, iOS
Nice to know
You have a little cake icon next to your username (Mlem app, iOS)
Sync for Android on Pixel does not (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Adventure Time and SG1 for me
BBC Classics: Are You Being Served and Lovejoy.
I recently watched through The Mentalist after I got tired of Monk (I've been on a Holmes-like kick for a while now) and really liked it. Currently seeing if Columbo holds up.
It does imo, but you get out of it what you put in. If I’m on my phone or cooking while watching, I will miss enough that I find myself losing interest. If I pay attention, it’s incredible.
Battlestar Galactica anyone? I've just watched it a month ago, still have a few of the prequel movies (The plan + blood and chrome) and maybe Caprica (although I heard most of these are shit :/)
That's a frakking good show.
Regular Show
Bones
Ted Lasso is damn near perfect TV
I’m actually insulted they’re making a fourth season. If it doesn’t live up, which is a high bar, it will be upsetting.
I loved the first season and wish they had left it at that. Season 2 was fine and I still smiled throughout. 3 episodes into season 3 I was exhausted by the premise. I can't imagine season 4 being any better than season 2 was.
I'm rewatching E.R. for exactly that reason.
Me with Stargate SG-1 when it arrived on Netflix recently.
Bookmarking this for recommendations. Keep posting people!
there is no way in hell this isnt about house md
Many many great House episodes. But the later seasons became a parody of itself. The whole series is worth a watch if someone hasn't seen it before.
IASIP
Midwest Safety on youtube.
I can't stop watching. I'm so glad I'm not those people.
red letter media - best of the worst series
Canal Boat Diaries?
Checks notes
Nope. 2019.
How 'bout 'High Maintenance' (both the original & HBO series combined?)
Also when they don’t pad seasons with bullshit or force unnecessary shit on the audience…
What unecessary shit be you referring to there laddy.
Common binging stuff… “champagne problems”???
Often when binging a series, the creators tend to pad the season with unnecessary down time and crap. Also Netflix has admitted to “massaging” the format to keep certain types of viewers engaged which has led strange story telling decisions.
Ew, you watch TV shows on that tiny little itty bitty thing?
Lynch would be disappointed.
YOUR SCREEN REMINDS ME TODAY OF THAT OF A SMALL, MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA.
(Just finished a rewatch of the OG Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me, currently miffed I can't watch The Return via my usual streaming method)
My usual streaming method (tailscale+jellyfin+arrstack+qbittorrent) never fails, can recommend.
Likely going to work on setting up something more robust in the coming months, but a Debrid subscription + Streamio has served me pretty well with only two failures to date (this one included).
Despite being simpler and cheaper, that does have its drawbacks. For example, you can't transcode the stream if you have a slow connection. Also, good luck watching old movies with that. Some I downloaded recently took like half a day to download.
When I was a kid, we had nothing. NOTHING! This little screen is a goddamn miracle.
Cloud 9
I would say The Shield, but season 4 was garbage.
Goddamn door!
DARK
8 qn the info
You shouldn't do it, as it is worse than the heroine
That is a rare occasion
cute photo
Friends, Modern Family, Broad City, Grace and Frankie, Curb your enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny