EPTSherlock you can easily get into and watch single episodes for their own sake from time to time.
Rick & Morty is imho kinda futuramaish.
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Velr
Switzerland10665 Posts
Sherlock you can easily get into and watch single episodes for their own sake from time to time. Rick & Morty is imho kinda futuramaish. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20008 Posts
BBC Sherlock is easily one of my favorite shows ever, and Luther is similarly awesome. Go watch both of them now. I have no idea how you haven't seen house of cards yet, go watch that now too. House of lies is also awesome. I really enjoy Arrow in spite of itself. The writing and acting are pretty bad IMO but it doesn't fall into the trap of just battling a different villain every episode while barely doing anything with the overall plot so I keep watching even though I'm facepalming half the episode. | ||
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Lylat
France8575 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On August 30 2016 13:51 decafchicken wrote: Suits and Silicon valley are both fun and enjoyable shows. Something to watch without getting to invested in. BBC Sherlock is easily one of my favorite shows ever, and Luther is similarly awesome. Go watch both of them now. I have no idea how you haven't seen house of cards yet, go watch that now too. House of lies is also awesome. I really enjoy Arrow in spite of itself. The writing and acting are pretty bad IMO but it doesn't fall into the trap of just battling a different villain every episode while barely doing anything with the overall plot so I keep watching even though I'm facepalming half the episode. I dunno, I'm a very quality over quantity kind of person, because I feel like every extra show you watch, the less you'll like the next one. I guess it's that the less you understand about the process, the better it is, at least for me. Generally speaking, whenever I visit a forum to discuss a TV show, particularly GoT or Walking Dead, I start relying on other people's perceptions instead of mine, people criticize things to amplify what wasn't bad, or there was an actual reason for it being the way it was without them thinking about it... Or simply things that I wouldn't notice and don't bother me when I'm watching get brought up. So it's for all these reasons I just want to stumble upon a good show while knowing about it, while at the same time, not watching any bad show. Unsurprisingly, very difficult to do... Man, that time someone recommended me to watch Arrested Development, worst time waste of my life. It's a bit of the I get invested into the show even if it's trash, and a bit of I want to give it a benefit of doubt, and see if this was a build up towards something grand. So suggesting 6-7 TV shows at once generally isn't very good to me, since it looks like you have the quantity approach S: I suppose I'll give House of Cards a try. I ready online that if you don't like the first episode you wont like it, so seems like a fail safe approach. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20008 Posts
Sense 8 (netflix) and The Night Of (hbo) would also be worth looking into. | ||
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coverpunch
United States2093 Posts
On September 01 2016 10:21 FiWiFaKi wrote: I dunno, I'm a very quality over quantity kind of person, because I feel like every extra show you watch, the less you'll like the next one. I guess it's that the less you understand about the process, the better it is, at least for me. Generally speaking, whenever I visit a forum to discuss a TV show, particularly GoT or Walking Dead, I start relying on other people's perceptions instead of mine, people criticize things to amplify what wasn't bad, or there was an actual reason for it being the way it was without them thinking about it... Or simply things that I wouldn't notice and don't bother me when I'm watching get brought up. So it's for all these reasons I just want to stumble upon a good show while knowing about it, while at the same time, not watching any bad show. Unsurprisingly, very difficult to do... Man, that time someone recommended me to watch Arrested Development, worst time waste of my life. It's a bit of the I get invested into the show even if it's trash, and a bit of I want to give it a benefit of doubt, and see if this was a build up towards something grand. So suggesting 6-7 TV shows at once generally isn't very good to me, since it looks like you have the quantity approach S: I suppose I'll give House of Cards a try. I ready online that if you don't like the first episode you wont like it, so seems like a fail safe approach. You should just follow college football if you never want to be happy about anything ever. | ||
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lord_nibbler
Germany591 Posts
There is no perfect thing is this world and especially TV series are very subjective to begin with. So do yourself a favor and learn to try out shows for a couple of episodes, there are so many 'hidden gems' out there that are not hyped but may very well fit your taste to the tee. Also, I see your list did not contain the best TV ever, The Wire  Seriously, I know it is a big task, taking weeks to binge watch but it will forever change your view of serial police shows and politics. And for your information, people only criticize Dexter so vehemently because the first 2 seasons were fantastic and you should absolutely watch them. But you should also definitively stop by season 4 at the latest because by than they had switched authors and the show fell to such low standards it was truly mind boggling. | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
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kju
6143 Posts
On September 02 2016 13:50 lord_nibbler wrote: And for your information, people only criticize Dexter so vehemently because the first 2 seasons were fantastic and you should absolutely watch them. But you should also definitively stop by season 4 at the latest because by than they had switched authors and the show fell to such low standards it was truly mind boggling. Season 4 was actually the high point of the series, season 5 was ok but don't watch beyond that. I recommend utopia as a pretty decent viewing experience (unfortunately discontunied after season 2 but most story arks were solved pretty much) | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23066 Posts
On September 02 2016 19:37 Tachion wrote: This show is such a mind-fucking dance of fuckyness. I have absolutely no idea what to expect next and that is fantastic. I think this show has done better at this than most, I have no idea what to expect episode to episode. Seems like we're trying not to spoil things for people just finding the show/thread so... + Show Spoiler + Who's under the table/couch or whatever at that Ecorp woman's house? | ||
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parkufarku
882 Posts
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
It looks like he's heading toward a breaking point and will eventually need serious medical help. | ||
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Hider
Denmark9366 Posts
On September 03 2016 05:36 parkufarku wrote: I think the 2nd season the show dwelled too much on Elliot's inner demons - I like the aspect of it but I don't want to hear him combat it over and over and over again. Would like to see more of Elliot doing his magic - hacking, because that's what this show is essentially about. I haven't finished the 2nd season but first season was much better imo. Agree with this. I think the writers became wayyyyy too fancy (for lack of a better word) in the second season. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On September 03 2016 05:36 parkufarku wrote: I think the 2nd season the show dwelled too much on Elliot's inner demons - I like the aspect of it but I don't want to hear him combat it over and over and over again. Would like to see more of Elliot doing his magic - hacking, because that's what this show is essentially about. I haven't finished the 2nd season but first season was much better imo. That's where I disagree. I initially had the impression that it's about hacking, but at the end of the day, the TV is a psychological thriller. Yesterday and today I ended up binge watching the 2nd season... And yep, a bit disappointing, even though I surprisingly didn't expect the episode 7 twist. My main gripe is how it's so out of touch from reality. Like even though I wasn't a fan of the drug stuff earlier on, okay okay, I can at least I can kind of relate and understand what he's going through. But now they are portraying him having some condition that doesn't exist in the real world, or if it does, a very poor representation of it. Realism is always a big thing for me in TV shows, but the show has been using a lot more of "it's just how it is" to make the situations work. Like having cameras everywhere but Evil Corp building, having FBI so stupid that just divulge all their plans, also very conveniently withholding information from us. But anyway, yes, it's a psychological thriller. I don't think I've watched any besides Hannibal, and for me, the execution is extremely similar, though I probably have a slight preference for this one, as the basis is more interesting to me, it's more entrenched in real society (I appreciate the contemporary society references), and the girls are cuter. Either way, for a while this story has gotten into fantasy land, and take it for what it is. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On September 02 2016 13:50 lord_nibbler wrote: Seriously, if you are that picky about TV shows that you can not be asked to at least try a couple for first episodes and only want the highest quality recommendation, you are almost making the experience disappointing on purpose. If the entry bar is set that high that you only watch 'universally loved' stuff and it turns out to just be above average for you, as it more often than not ends up to be, you ruined the enjoyment for yourself. There is no perfect thing is this world and especially TV series are very subjective to begin with. So do yourself a favor and learn to try out shows for a couple of episodes, there are so many 'hidden gems' out there that are not hyped but may very well fit your taste to the tee. Also, I see your list did not contain the best TV ever, The Wire Seriously, I know it is a big task, taking weeks to binge watch but it will forever change your view of serial police shows and politics. And for your information, people only criticize Dexter so vehemently because the first 2 seasons were fantastic and you should absolutely watch them. But you should also definitively stop by season 4 at the latest because by than they had switched authors and the show fell to such low standards it was truly mind boggling. I didn't watch too many TV shows until relatively recently, hence why I didn't go back to some of the older classics, instead of what's focusing on what's out now. To me, some shows just didn't age well, one that comes to mind that everyone recommended to me was The Sopranos. I watched two episodes, and it didn't click for me, it wasn't bad, but it was the same themes I've seen time and time again, not sure if it's the nostalgia factor for some people. Stuff like Better Call Saul is really a breath of fresh air on this crime drama genre. Kind of the reason why I haven't bothered to watch Dexter or The Wire, just more and more crime dramas, it's like damn where is the creativity. In every of these TV shows, all the not primary and secondary characters act the exact same way, the way you'd expect them to, only the main characters are making out of the ordinary choices. Pardon my ignorance, but from the few episodes I've seen, on surface they are different, but then it's just reoccurring themes over and over. Hence why I like other genres, where it's a different environment but still grounded in human logic. Medieval European history is also a heavily overused genre for dramas, but Vikings, GoT, and Rome were still different enough imo. I know it's extremely tough to create a world complex and chaotic enough while still being grounded in human logic, without borrowing from today's society, or very closely from history, not to mention very expensive on the budgets, but it's by far my favorite genre. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On September 01 2016 13:01 decafchicken wrote: Lol thought i was pretty clear about which ones are quality shows :p You probably won't like suits/silicon/arrow/house of lies. I've never heard ANYONE say a bad word about Sherlock, and I've probably watched every episode 5+ times. Luther is probably just as good, but not a very well known show from my experience if you want something more under the radar. First season of House of Cards is absolutely stellar. Slight downhill from there but still really good, hard to top the first season. Sense 8 (netflix) and The Night Of (hbo) would also be worth looking into. Thank you for the extensive advice. House of Cards and Sherlock will be my next two I try, after reading up a bit on them, they do sound like they'd suit my taste. Thirdly, I'll try Silicon Valley, a bit skeptical, but I had a light chuckle from the Season 1 trailer, so I'll see. Oh, I also looked at a few Newsroom trailers, read a few reviews on it, and so forth, kind of reminds me of the US politics thread here on TL, so I've had enough of that for now S: Anyway, I've done more than enough to derail the thread, so looking forward to watching the last three episodes for the season. Not sure what they're plan is at all, but I do hope some big events happen, as in terms of moving the story forward in Season 2, it seems like most of it was build up to something big. edit: Opps, meant to edit above post, not create a new one, sorry for the triple post. | ||
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lord_nibbler
Germany591 Posts
On September 03 2016 07:19 FiWiFaKi wrote: Kind of the reason why I haven't bothered to watch Dexter or The Wire, just more and more crime dramas, it's like damn where is the creativity. I am sorry, you can of course like/dislike anything you want, but please be fair. These two shows are sooo not the usual crime TV and lumping them together is painfully wrong! Dexter is a story about a psycho serial killer from his perspective and it is totally unapologetic about it. To this day it is hard to believe such a bold premise ever got green lit. And the Wire is only "another crime drama" for people who just watched the pilot (or really stupid viewers). It is a deep and lasting commentary on society, politics, schools, police work and the world we live in. One could actually make the point, that the crime stuff gets deliberately pushed into the background. Even the average viewer is not interested in "getting the bad guy" anymore after some time... | ||
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KingPJohn11
Philippines7 Posts
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
Socially awkward main characters in hoodies with mother issues used as unreliable narrators, hackers meeting in subways, Ritalin in combination with multiple personality disorder, Scandinavians in positions of power, heroes working with dangerous foreign hacker groups. Clearly there was some sharing of ideas going on | ||
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coverpunch
United States2093 Posts
Also shooting up FBI agents is the least realistic part of this. There's no way they just let that slide. | ||
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