What's one youve had?
What's one youve had?
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You can't take the sky from me.
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I'll be in my bunk.
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"Define interesting." "Oh god oh god, we're all gonna die?"
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Love that the top 2 comments are different versions of the same.
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Babylon 5 is great for those looking for a series.
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I've been watching that and Deep Space Nine.
DS9 is the more well known, but I think Babylon 5 was more hard sci-fi
They're both good
Farscape was also on TV way back then right after so it was amazing
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The Penn and Teller episode was amazing. I can't think of a better use of comedy in science fiction. There may be funnier shows, but this one actually dealt with humor as a part of people's culture.
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DS9 was Babylon Five Lite.
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Yes! B5 is awesome!
What seems to start as a cheesy Star Trek monster of the week ripoff turns into amazing character development and years-long plot developments from an era where that's not what TV was.
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I stopped B5 after the resolution of the shadow wars. which apparently only needed a plucky American to explain that that whole thing was pointless and they all just went away.
Seems pointless to continue after that.
Should I continue?
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Yes. And do so knowing that the whole thing was supposed to be a five season arc, then they got told "no you get four" so hastily wrapped up the war only to be told "have another season!"
So they pulled an entire season out of their arse on the fly and in this year it is very. Very relevant
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That arc is great. The followup is the earth civil war arc which is pretty great. You won't enjoy the last season, even though I find a lot of it good.
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Firefly, of course.
On the plus side, what Joss Whedon did to Wash in Serenity made me hate him long before the revelations of what an asshole he is came to light.
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Hey, how do reavers clean their harpoons?
They run 'em through the Wash... 😢
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Haha I hate you
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Top 3 hated deaths for me. Not even sure anything else quite takes the number 1 spot.
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Better Off Ted is just so good. Only 2 seasons but tbh I doubt they could have kept the pace past maybe a third season anyway. As much as I want more it's kinda nice it burned brightly and shortly
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My favorite part is when the octochicken comes down from its web.
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For me it's when Veronica gives deposition in as little words and meaning as possible while technically not refusing to answer. It was perfect.
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Farscape. I never heard much, if anything about it in Denmark, but it's amazing. Good sci-fi great humor.
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surprisingly dark too, especially in the latter seasons. they just keep making the main characters fail and suffer and betray each other and get tortured and have their friends and family die in front of them after failing to escape the body horror mad scientist that wants to steal your organs and trap you in the matrix...
i actually had to stop watching it towards the end over the continuous concentrated negativity. it's not a very happy show very often. still good, i just can't deal with shows that never turn on the lights. like bojack horseman and mr. robot. two other shows that are just too depressing for me to watch. i resonate too hard the consistent downward spiral with no positive moments, then the feeling sticks with me. all three are really good shows that i had to turn off for my own wellbeing.
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I saw it a lot many years ago, and I agree that its good, don't know how much it holds up today though
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thematically it holds up fine. productuon wise it's about what you'd expect from 90s scifi. it even has early cg aliens, with a tv budget. lots of big rubber suits or people with skin paint and wigs.
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I left his in another comment before seeing yours but yeah, last time I watched it was quite some time ago and I still really enjoy it. One of the few times the 'rose colored glasses' didn't apply.
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I'm currently through Season 1 and starting Season 2. Last time I saw it was in high school and the show holds up amazingly well. I've enjoyed it as much if not more.
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Stargate S-G1 is the shit. If you love sci-fi, that show is god tier.
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Where do I watch it?
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Your fav private tracker.
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Prime video and Pluto both have all 10 seasons right now. HBO max has 1-3, and mgm+ (didn’t know that was a thing) has 1-4. So Pluto might be the best option since it’s free. But the show is truly epic. The characters are amazing, the storylines are heartwarming at times, bonkers at others, but it’s a very well made show. Plus macguyver is the lead.
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It's good, but I'd hardly call it "god tier sci-fi". It is much more an actioney, comedy, adventure show than it is a serious sci-fi show. It's not the kind of show that really challenges the viewer in any way. The "sci" part of the "sci-fi" is basically fantasy. It has some great characters, lots of fun adventures, a little bit of danger, but you know basically things are going to be wrapped up at the end of the episode.
It's one of my favourite shows to re-watch, but I put it on when I'm doing other things because I know it's going to be some fun adventures and fun interactions between great characters without any deep thinking or deep emotions. Meanwhile, there are other shows that I don't rewatch often because they're not well suited to being background entertainment.
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Let me talk to you about the wire and how it is the perfect series. (Even when it got squirely in season 5)
The deconstruction of the failure of every institution in the city of Baltimore.
How good people can get lost in systems. How they can attempt to fight. How the systems inevitably prevail.
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Awesome series but niche? It's an HBO series that's on pretty much every list of the best series of all time. I'd hardly call that niche.
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Why did Season 5 fall off a bit? Was there a change in writers/producers?
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Oh, it's great. Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror's creator) called it the best show of all time, with honorable mentions to Deadwood and The Shield (which I didn't rate much)
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I didn't realize that ran for 100 episodes. I dropped it after one, but it must have gotten better.
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I just remembered I never watched the final episode of that show...
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Came for it and it was not disapointed! Perfect show with a perfect ending.
Cant say the same about my sweet x-files... they have murdered, dismembered and then piss on its guts. Never forget this once amazing show
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Better off Ted deserved more seasons
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I'd like to upvote you twice.
It's much better than silly Silicon Valley, or the Office.
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Thks reminds me to rewatch Daria.
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Daria is great! It's classic 90s and it's so good
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WKRP
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Loved it as a kid and just started watching the whole series this week. Tried to get my wife to watch the Turkey Drop last night and she didn't look up from her phone once.
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With God as my witness….
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My only memory of this show is the episode where Johnny gets progressively more intoxicated and his reaction time improves. I've modeled my life after that episode.
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That's pretty much all I watch and they've all been top notch!
B5
DS9
TNG
Farscape
Magicians
Nirvana in fire
Beyond evil
Trek Disco is getting close to being dry aged enough to finally finish / revisit
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No love for BSG? After TNG DS9, I'd say it's the best SciFi show out there
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The original or the remake?
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Love DS9
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Ah that little known niche series...
Star trek
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I finally got around to watching Dark. The show is insane. Im not sure if its niche but I have never heard any of my friends talk about it before.
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Yeah I'd consider it pretty niche. Most people I gushed to about it didn't want to give it a chance because it was dubbed, weirdly enough. Their loss. This reminds me I need to do a rewatch...
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Twin Peaks
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Max Headroom.
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I just got Kimmy Schmidt from the library. Any kind of Tina Fey show is going to be absolutely hilarious, looking forward to this one!
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If you loved 30 Rock as much as I did (which is a lot), you’ll like Kimmy Schmidt. I like 30 Rock more, but it’s still really funny.
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Season 1 was fantastic. I couldn’t make it through the subsequent seasons though.
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It's got its moments, but the landlady character... her line delivery and the way characters react to them is so odd, like the director truly believes everything she says is hilarious, but... its really not at all
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Wilfred...
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Holy shit I totally forgot about this show.
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Am still upset that Colony never got another season or two. Or at least a proper ending.
Otherwise? The Expanse.
Columbo, maybe?
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If you like Columbo, Poker Face is a spiritual descendant. It's honestly far better than I expected, and sometimes there's camera work that is intentionally straight from the 70s.
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I've not confirmed this, but apparently there is a large time shift in the books at roughly the end of the show, so they sort of left the door open for continuing it when the actors have realistically aged.
Or maybe I'm just coping.
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I got into Jericho. A bunch of my friends got into Carnivale.
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I fucking came here to say Carnivale
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Carnivale is best
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We could try the whole "Nuts" thing again for Jericho but it's unlikely to work a second time.
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man ive been wanting to each carnivale for maybe a decade now but havent been able to find a link. maybe ill have another look tonight.
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Firefly all the way!
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Twin Peaks!
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Did you see the reboot? It lost me when it went full Lynch I was there for the homely stuff
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I loved it! But def need to rewatch it, I saw it when it came out and it warrants another go.
I tuned in for the full Lynch, Fire Walk With Me was very good and scary. Depictions of transcendental evil hook me every time. I love cosmic horror, and I love Twin Peaks
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Not a reboot. It's a direct continuation. It just has a different feel since there's no studio reigning Lynch in.
Personally, I liked the extra level of crazy he added.
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Spaced. TV series starring Simon Pegg, what's not to like?
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Skip to the end...
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Have not seen anyone mention "Dead like me"
It's highly worth it.
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Bryan Fuller is the pinnacle of this question. I would add pushing daisies to that list as well.
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Don't sleep on Wonderfalls either
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Killed by a de-orbiting toilet seat.
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Don't watch the movie. Only good part is the daughter asking which hand should hold the steering wheel.
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The Lost Room. A forgotten SyFy channel gem.
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Syfy had some decent to good mini series.
In addition to The Lost Room, I really enjoyed Tin Man (Wizard of Oz reimagining) and remember liking Alice (Alice in Wonderland reimagining)
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Seriously thank you, I remember watching this when it aired and occasionally have wanted to look it up but forgot the name.
You also reminded me of the uproar when "The Sci-Fi Channel" rebranded to SyFy lol
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Never heard of this one, it sounds fascinating! Thanks for mentioning.
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ah! I loved it. one of the earliest things I pirated. felt like it could have worked for a full season.
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Looooove this show. Only available in DVD quality that I've found. Still worth the watch.
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Was about to comment this... Didn't know there were other connoisseurs
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Our Flag Means Death
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Is it officially over now?
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Currently rewatching Mr. Robot
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I want to re-watch that one soon. IMO it's by far the best hacking TV Show / Movie ever made.
I just re-watched Hackers because it's the 30th anniversary. There are definitely things I like about it. Matthew Lillard gives an amazing performance. The soundtrack of that movie is amazing. The costumers and set designers had so much fun with it. But good gawd, the hacking was so terrible. Basically every time anybody touches a computer in that show it's awful. And for a movie about hackers... that's a lot. What's amazing is that clearly they had some very knowledgeable person/people involved, because parts of the script definitely reference real things that "non-hackers" wouldn't know about. But, I guess they just ignored these experts when it came to anything involving someone touching a computer.
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Six Feet Under (HBO). It's hilarious. It's devastating. You'll loathe and love each character. Probably my favorite finale of a show, ever.
Terriers (no idea where to find it right now, it aired on USA I think?). Quirky private investigator show that should have been given more than a season.
Patriot (Amazon). Spy meets depression, meets hilarity. Worth it just for the rochambeau.
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Patriot is as incredible as it is unknown and I’m happy to find it mentioned here! Some of the most engaging, poignant, absurd, hilarious yet devastating TV I’ve watched.
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John, what do you know about non-sexual, same-sex cuddling?
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Red Dwarf, I used to watch it with my dad while he was alive.
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It's cold outside...
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There's no kind of atmosphere
I'm all alone, more or less...
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Have you read the books? The first two make the show look like a pile of wet garbage, and I love the show.
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Warehouse 13
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Reddit and Firefly ca. 2013
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Ah old reddit...it used to be so good...
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Barney Miller.
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Night Court
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I’m one of the 135 worldwide Farscape fans. I will love this show to the very end.
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2 more in my household. My husband is always saying he wishes we could find another show like that, when he isn't saying he wishes we could find another one like Scavenger's Reign.
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Frell yeah
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Over The Garden Wall.
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I watch that show yearly when fall comes around.
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It's so good. And the soundtrack is great too, except IIRC it's missing the thrilling chase music or something.
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firefly
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Even the movie wasn't enough, damn you Fox.
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Well, since niche in this thread seems to mean anything that came out more than 2-3 years ago and is less popular than GoT or the office, I'll just nominate Chuck, Derry Girls and Banshee. If I were to stretch it even more I'd also say After Life and Ted Lasso(I've already watched this 3 times in the last 2 years.. and I could watch it again without problems but I don't wanna get sick of it)
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Derry girls is great! I'm a uk 90s girl so it's perfect for me
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Recently?
Lucifer
Grimm
Leverage
Timeless
Lost in Space (2018)
Series that my family rewatch about every 3 years or so:
Stargate SG-1
Farscape
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Travelers. It's such a great show
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I have never seen House so I was thinking of starting that.
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its funny and engaging, well written "old white guy asshole who knows everything" character. some episodes deal with themes it is waay too immature to handle, but on the whole petty good.
i did not get past the first ep of season 4, it shat the bed so fucking hard i really don't know how.
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They literally have a shark jumping joke in one of the episodes
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well written "old white guy asshole who knows everything" character.
It’s a medical procedural Sherlock Holmes, which isn’t a bad thing at all.
Edit: I should save I never made it past season 2 when it originally aired before cancelling cable TV back in the day.
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Nice
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The whole show is wonderful and worth a watch or five. Only three seasons and the episodes are usually 10-11 minutes, with the occasional 20-minute double episode. It packs some surprising depth and is just a treasure.
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Since my #1 show was already guessed (Terriers), I think Awake is worth a mention.
A man is in a car accident that splits his life in two. In one reality his wife dies, in the other his child. What happens next?
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i just stumbled across Becker, and its great! classic 90s sitcom fare!
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Hey mind letting me in know where you are watching it? I used to luv that show and tried finding it without success. I'm in the US by the way.
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It's on Stremio and 1337x.to but you should use a VPN if your ISP is a dick.
You can also stream it here: https://www.cineby.app/tv/4477
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I was just talking with my brother about that show! We used to wait for the reruns to come on when we were kids, even though it was already off the air and we were not the age demo.
It's just great television! And looking back now it was very progressive for its time.
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The Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy
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I'm about to jump into The Twilight Zone from 1959.
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Where will he go next? This phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare. Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there's hate, where there's prejudice, where there's bigotry. He's alive. He's alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He's alive because, through these things, we keep him alive.
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Such a cool quote. Rod Serling was an awesome writer.
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I've always been meaning to go through and do a serious watch of that in order.
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Same, it's a cool piece of art I never appreciated as it deserves..
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Are You Being Served
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Oh my God.
I've dug into these threads so sooooo many times over the years and I always have to look at suggestion after suggestion after suggestion, hundreds of excellent television shows. Then I reach the end. No one has mentioned Terriers. It is my time to comment.
But here! Today! Terriers is alive. I'm confident I've over hyped it by now but.... TERRIERS! A silly name for a television show, but a wonderful story.
And for those wondering, it's just one season and whole the whole the ending isn't what you want, it is one you can accept. Did Terriers deserve a second season? Yes. But did the story come to a point where I can dream of a future? Also yes.
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Dead like me
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Heck yeah! I watch this one every once in awhile, as I managed to get the DVDs back in the day. Always loved the imaginative deaths, the emotional hits, and how much they made me really like every character somehow.
Still never prepared for some deaths, honestly. The bagel chopper one still makes me cringe.
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Full series? Not niche enough. Need to obsess over the might have beens of pilots. Like Korgoth of Barbaria or Heat Vision and Jack.
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the amazing screw-on head
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Veronica Mars!
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I really enjoyed the premise and start of Jericho. What a pity it went off the rails in to feelgoodism so quickly.
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Stargate SG-1, then the others lol
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Finally! Scrolled far enough. Love that show.
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Moonlighting with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis makes me feel alone & lonely & yearning to re-plant myself into a glorious time in the past that no longer exists.
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Are You Being Served?
Father Ted
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The Fast Show
Big Train
Jam
The Day Today
Brass Eye
League of Gentlemen
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While he was alive my brother used to watch The Fast Show with me, which was nice.
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The OA
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Six Feet Under
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Corner gas!! Basically "Friends" with different people in Canda.
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Corner Gas is so much better than it needs to be. I always think of it as “Seinfeld on a Prairie.”
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I agree ha!
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I cannot fucking believe how long I slept on Supernatural
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Gumby! I'm looking forward to the new Gumby in the way I look forward to a planned car wreck. Excitement and concern!
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Original MacGyver holds up fairly well for the most part. There are some episodes where certain portrayals might be charitably described as "good for their time" but I think they did all right, generally speaking, when the plot touched on sensitive social issues.
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Band of Brothers. I'm not obsessed with per se, but it is a show etched into my brain forever.
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I thoroughly recommend Masters of the Air. Not as good as BoB obviously but I fucking loved it
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And "The Pacific" for the trilogy. Band of Brothers is by far the best, but they're all worth watching.
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Braindead was great
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Who knew it was a real documentary.
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Jpod. It's such a good show that no one seems to remember. Not sure where you'd find it but it's worth a watch (only one season because it's based on a book)
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Woah, there's some synapses that haven't fired in forever. Will need to find it, I remember liking the book quite a bit (remember nothing else about it other than it involving video game devs). Knew they made a show but only vaguely remember some commercials on CBC.
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Jpod is SO GOOD. I found a decent copy on the high seas and I'm holding onto it forever.
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Law and order criminal intent? MAS*H? Im not obsessed with them though
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Detectorists
Infinity Train
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Keen Eddie, Better Off Dead, and of course Firefly.
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The Sopranos. "Gabagool? Over heeeeere."
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I have heaps of my own classics, that I regularly rewatch. More recently, though, has anyone seen Kevin can fk himself, holy crap that was perfect. Short but written to be short, and ties up perfectly. There was just a harmony to it. I was yelling at the telly, I know they're good when I start yelling at the telly.
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I didn't finish it before it left my stream, really interesting
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15 Storeys High
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Barney Miller
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Pushing Daisies! I love it so much.
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Oh man, that was a good one
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There was a British (I believe, been a minute) kitchen comedy called 'Whites' that was fantastic. Only had 1 season that I could ever find.
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Yes that was the name and yes it needed a few more series
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Will & Grace?
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I remember that show! Jack and Karen amused me
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Dark Shadows 🧛
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I rather enjoyed Hung from HBO
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For me, it's got to be the original 'The 4400' which also has a recent reboot, but that isn't as great. It's only a few seasons since it was unfortunately canceled.
I started watching it on a whim and was surprised by how in-depth some of the sci-fi ideas and moral quandries are, and the character development is fairly solid as well. When you consider that most of the actors aren't big names or unknowns (at least at that time, as it includes young Mahershala Ali), it makes it feel extremely liminal. Like most shows of the early 2000s, they tend to go for that 'creature of the week' format but also manage to have an overarching narrative.
Ended way too soon! :(
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Fringe, life on mars(both American and British versions)
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Finally started watching Mindhunters after years of reading glowing reviews and.... totally get it. Can't stop watching.
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I keep hoping that one gets revived... I know it won't but I love it so!
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Leverage. It's the feel good show for people who want to see powerful assholes get what they deserve.
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The sequel series was decent enough but not good as good as the original
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Haibane Renmei. For a show that's 23 years old with only 13 episodes, I manage to hear new and unique opinions about it like once a week
It's a perfect anime for people who like anime, but not, like, anime anime. No fight scenes, no sci-fi, no spellcasting, just a girl with amnesia trying to get used to the strange walled town she recently woke up in. There are not enough superlatives to describe how much I love this show
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A girl with Amnesia and a halo and angel wings if I remember correctly, it had a unique quiet vibe
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I am sending this to my kids, who have crushed hard on:
X files
Bones
Supernatural
Killing Eve
Friends
Probably ten more I am forgetting
Honestly I think they have watched more 1990/2000s TV than I ever did, I was too busy raising them & their siblings.
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Undergrads, it's a damn shame they only made 13 episodes
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I'm just slowly going trough OG Star Trek. I would not exactly call that niche tho.
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No, although it is difficult to watch by modern TV standards
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Wise Guy with Ken Wahl.
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The Littlest Hobo
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That's an amazing show
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Dark angel from James Cameron, I wish I had a good version of those to watch
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Heroes
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Save the cheerleader, save the world!
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Was going to be my second pick after the considerably more niche VR.5. Which involved the MC entering the minds of people via modem because it was 90s scifi about virtual reality. It also tended to be trippy as hell in a way that is just amazing. Also basically impossible to find without sailing the seven seas, and not easy even then.
Was going to throw Kindred: The Embraced in as a third choice. Also considerably more obscure than Heroes, it was basically a White Wolf Vampire: The Masquerade TV series.
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Canada's Worst Driver....
And Canada's Worst Handyman.......
Honestly I'll watch anything hosted by Andrew Younghusband at this point
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Is Penny Dreadful considered niche?
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Someone else said Friends, so I think Penny Dreadful counts
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I know there used to be niche shows, but then covid happened and we all had nothing to do
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The 4400 went off the air too soon!
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They rebooted it already and cancelled it again. You probably shouldn't watch the reboot.
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Hannibal!
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Yes, what a great time for escapism.
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Not exactly niche, but I like to watch the red green show when I can catch it on
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I believe it is on Tubi, free to watch with some adds.
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3%. It's a Netflix series that's the best from the survivor-game-show genre that I've ever seen.
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Hindsight.
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The Pink Opaque!
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Anybody for "Caprica"? The Battlestar Galactica spin-off?
It's the origin story of the cylons. I am not obsessed with it, but I was surprised at how good it was.
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I guess I was technically late to BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! if you can call band anime niche.
as far as obsession goes that probably tops the list. there is no other show (but it's 2nd season earlier this year) where I will watch other people watching it or watch video essays on character psychology and motivation.
edit: everyone else in this thread recommending things I watched air ... fuck I'm old.
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The Aspones; It's like Brazilian The Office but on a government office instead of a private company.
Its not really that good, but it was nice for its time.
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NBC shouldn't have cancelled The Pretender days after that explosive cliff hanger!
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Or movies like apocalypse now...
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The Blacklist.
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I have decided to see all Star Trek series.
I have gone through The Original Series. The Animated Series and now doing The next Generation about half way through season 5!
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Better Off Ted and The Joe Schmoe Show:
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Firefly was nice. So was the OA. And the one following up after Dark. Good stuff, killed off too soon.
Came here to say I just started Firefly!
Lucky, you get to see it for the first time.
Shiny!
One of today's lucky 10,000
I don't know if it was really good or just how I remember it, but the first season of Heroes was great. It was such a shame they fucked it up so bad in the next season.
I also have good memories of Heroes in the beginning, real shame how it ended up
Not as old, but cancelling American Gods was a shame
idk, that had already changed the basic nature of how gods work from the book.
they also tended to go for cheap shots where the author really thought a lot about how to use certain gods.
for example:
in the epilogue of the anniversary edition of the book gaimam talks about wanting to incorporate Jesus, but deciding that the scene he wrote for him wasn't good enough to capture what Jesus was to Americans. but he includes the scene in the post script anyway. it's a quiet scene where Jesus comes and offers guidance in one of shadows most desperate hours.
in the show Jesus gets shot trying to cross the Mexican border. which is the absolute lowest hanging fruit when it comes to Jesus. i have made that joke before. I've heard others make that joke before. "if Jesus actually was alive right now he'd get shot at the border for being brown and communist". they clearly just wanted shock value at the lowest intellectual price.
i don't hate shows or movies just for adapting a story to a new medium. for example, the new dune movies really aren't actually capturing the point of the books very well so far. that's because the dune books are mostly people thinking about what people think it doesn't adapt into visual mediums well. what villenuve has made is a great movie series regardless. the shining is another great example of that. i had a Stephen King fan try to tell me that Stanley kubrik was a hack for not following the book better. I'd argue that Stanley Kubrik is a better filmmaker that king is an author. the shining is an all time great movie regardless of what it was based on or how much it changed that material. that said, i do hate adaptation that add story elements and change basic rules of reality without putting thought or effort in to making it worthwhile. these two examples are great because kubrik and villenuve are masters of their craft that made these movies with immense amounts of care and effort.
deviating from the source material isn't inherently a sin, but making a much worse story when you started with a good one that was already written and loved and using its name to draw people in is worse than just making a bad show. a bad show is easily ignored, but a bad adaptation will put people off of the source material you love. or worse, will supplant the source material in the cultural zeitgeist and you'll forever have to specify "i mean the book, not that terrible movie they did". i think tv American gods was... just ok. it completely failed to capture what i liked about the book, but others seem to like it well enough. it has gotten multiple people i know into the book, so i can't hate it entirely.
similar to the Witcher show. i hated it. it had nothing of the books in it. it was schlocky and the plot BARELY made sense. they just went off and did entirely their own thing after season 1 and it was shit. but everyone who hasn't read the books seems to still like it so maybe I'm just a hater.
Ouch, that hurts. Didn't know it was cancelled.
The one following after dark? 1799? The one with the ships?
Yeah the ship stuff. Was nice! I could imagine what they’re gonna do in the next two seasons!
Oooh, I loved the OA! But I'm just a fan of Brit Marling in general, She's got some interesting ideas going with everything she does.
That’s the writer or director?