I’ve been rewatching my favorites (Mr. Robot, Andor, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and I’m curious: What is your favorite show of all time? What makes that your favorite?
Star Trek TNG. Without a doubt.
Macgyver is up there, so is Westworld.
I do love MacGyver! Grew up on that, Quantum Leap and Wings!
I’m genuinely curious how you rate the seasons of Westworld, the first season is absolutely one of the best things I’ve ever watched, and I still enjoyed the second season, but it really declined from there in my opinion
Encounter at far point is one my favorite sci-fi movies of all time.
Firefly/Stargate/expanse
Gonna go with something differrent here
Adventure Times
Quite long running series that starts super silly but actually does explain all the weirdness that you see from the beginning over its runtime. You think its just a cute strange setting with candy people, some magic and a planet half destroyed that looks a bit like Earth. But there’s a whole story behind it and it slowly unfolds more and more over the seasons.
wow. did a ctrl-f and firefly did not come up. Normally I find the first person to say firefly and reply to it. guess im that guy today. anyway. yeah. im one of those firefly folks. firefly for tv and lotr for movies.
Replying to your Firefly comment.
That’s currently 83 comments and the post is 17 hours old. Your comment was made an hour after the post was made. How many comments were there?
The top comment right now lists Firefly
im not sure. I mean enough I had to scroll a bit.
Cowboy Bebop (the animated ver) - Just absolute cinema the whole time. Never watched the live action, probably never will. Soundtrack goes so hard and the voice acting in both English and Japanese are unparalleled imo. Such an imaginative and realistic depiction of the future, especially for the time. Thanks a million to Adult Swim for introducing me to my fav show of all time.
I really liked the live action Cowboy Bebop. But then, I never watch the anime. Then again, I don’t mind remakes and format changes, so long as it is still well made.
I’m no particular order:
Dramas:
- The Wire (truly incredible TV, maybe the best Shakespeare ever told through Baltimore drug trade)
- Succession
- Damages (legal drama)
- True Detective (wish I could go back and experience watching this for the first time again so bad)
- Mad Men
- Widow’s Bay (apple TV and absolutely hysterical horror)
Comedies:
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Arrested Development
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Veep
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Silicon Valley
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Schitt’s Creek
Regularly on in the background:
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Futurama
- 30 Rock
- The Good Place
The Good Place had no business being as good as it was.
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This. This is a rock solid list, dude.
Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I was thinking that I didn’t have one, but Avatar is one of the one’s I rewatched the most, so it has to be up there. It’s probably between that and The Office.
Rewatching this for the nth time right now.
Does a version that doesn’t look like crap exist? Seems like it’s very low res everywhere I can find it, even through the seven seas.
Honestly the one I’m streaming now looks like crap too. I had torrented a really high quality one a couple years ago, so probably on TPB?
I think Trailer Park Boys up to the end of the Swayze Express arc
all 3 stargate series. oldtrek mostly, nutrek is just not even close, other than prodigy and lower decks, snw i find its still not good considering what other people are saying. use a different showrunner.
maybe spn although its through comprehensive videos of the seasons which fans graciously posted on youtube, mostly s1-5. inuyasha, not yashime or whatever it is, because fans made it weird, by making it a grooming situation rin+ sesshomaru. blue gender, Fullmetal alchemist, the og series. the new one is somewhat all over place. pre-disney takeover of marvel shows. gifted, runaways, AOS.
grimm might be up someones alley, it has a spn spin to it, and it ended as it should, and not dragged on forever like with supernatural.
a short series, DAMAGES, with glenn close, if you ignore the network changes that included sex scences for some reason.
medical drama: House, ER just not the last few seasons, which one of the actors became the showrunner of pitt. not any of those new ones with nobody actors i keep seeing on youtube.
bio shows, like monsters inside me.
netflix original: CASTLEVANIa, the first series one. the 2nd one is currently in limbo, as netflix sees which shows to cancel.
sandman and blood of zeus if they hadnt rushed to cancelled these series.
Twin Peaks. It’s one of the most original shows I’ve seen, and I think it manages to strike a perfect balance between mystery, drama, comedy, and general quirkiness. The third season in particular is a goddamn masterpiece imo. Also Dale Cooper has to be one of my all time favorite characters. It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of coffee though
The Return is thoroughly good. 💯
Battlestar Galactica ( the newer one)
MASH
I was going to post BSG as well
I always struggle to name one best thing at anything. Best movie? IDK, plenty of them are great, can’t say which is the best. Favourite colour? Depends on context. Best car? Different each week, as my mood swings. But if I had to pick one tv show and crown it the best, it would be:
Red Dwarf
Hands down the most viewed thing for me. That absurd British humor just clicks with me, just as Monty Python or Black Adder or Black Books did. I used to watch it to fall asleep for years, especially at the college. It was many years ago but I still remember a lot of replicas word by word.
If you haven’t seen it, look up the German sci-fi comedy show Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot. There’s a fan translation of the first season and official English subtitles for the second season. It’s got a really good off-the-wall energy, and I don’t think it’s well enough known outside Germany.
Red Dwarf is such good comfort TV. I don’t even generally like British humour but that show just fills me with warmth. It’s probably mostly the Cat for me if we’re being honest, but it is just a good show.
I’m the same. Red Dwarf is the only favorite thing I really have. I still manage a watch nearly everyday and have seen it through so many times I’ve lost count.
Better call Saul. It was the show breaking bad tried to be.
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There will probably be a lot of recommendations for Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, etc., and they’re all great.
One that tends to fly under the radar is The Americans, about a family of Soviet spies under deep cover in suburban DC. A top FBI counter-espionage agent moves in across the street, and they become close friends.
Great writing, acting, everything. One of the very best finales I’ve ever seen.
