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if your into scifi, sg1, sga, SGU you might want to hold off on that, because you might get disappointed in more than 1 ways. STAR trek tng,to ds9 to voyager, and maybe enterprise. just none of the nutrek. maybe ISAIP, but the consensus seems to be only from the crowd that watched it when it aired in the 2000s to 11th season, the newest seasons13+ is just super wierd and not like the old seasons, genz and younger apparently have no idea who the actors are so just be warned.
some pre-disney marvels, like gifted, AOS,etc.
Mr. Robot
These are all contemporary turn-of-the-century comedy TV series where each pairing shares at least one cast member:
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Spaced - You’d probably want to be reasonably familiar with UK pop culture of the time to truly appreciate it, but it’s still somewhat entertaining even without that.
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Black Books - Sister series to Spaced. Probably not in the same universe, but shares some of the same cast. A bit more surreal and doesn’t require so much pop culture knowledge.
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Green Wing - Turn the surrealism up yet another notch, add in a teaspoon of darkness, then set it in a hospital.
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JAM - Turn the surrealism dial fully around to the black setting, to the point of being outright disturbing and wrong.
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Big Train - Turn that dial back into silly and relatively light hearted… though you can tell there’s something a bit troubling going on at the same time.
Outside that stable, but you may have watched:
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Babylon 5 - Top rated sci-fi. Some episodes can be a bit meh, but the ones that aren’t are amazing.
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The Animatrix - Apocryphal short animations of various stories set in the universe of The Matrix, which you might want to rewatch first.
Yes, I have been under a rock since the turn of the century. I like it under here.
Jam is a great shout (as are the others!). Such a messed up show.
Could maybe throw in The Day Today and BrassEye as well.
+1 for Spaced
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The film and its follow-up set of miniseries:
- This is England (2006) (The film)
- This is England '86 (2010)
- This is England '88 (2011)
- This is England '90 (2015)
From the same writer/director (Shane Meadows), I also recommend The Virtues (2019) miniseries.
Both projects are semiautobiographical. They can be a tough watch in certain episodes, so check doesthedogdie.com for possible triggers.
One of Shane Meadows’ earlier films is often recommended, so it’s probably one you’ve already seen, but Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) is worth a look if it’s new to you.
This is England is one of my favorites! Thanks!
Utopia, the original UK Channel 4 series not the godawful piece of shit US remake
Fantastic!
It’s delightfully weird, but be warned that it can get kinda bloody at times. Not like splatter but more, uh… disturbing in some ways I guess – hard to get more specific without spoiling things.
How are we supposed to know what you have or have not seen?!
- The Iron Giant
- Succession
This. 👆
Also:
- Dark
- The Leftovers
- Barry
Barry
Not to be confused with Fried Barry, which is… uh… a trip.
Sounds right up my alley though. Thanks. And watchlisted.
Hmmm I think i’ll give Barry a watch!
You can take your chances!
Pretty nice, but i’ve seen them :///
Letterkenny! The humour takes a few episodes for you to understand, but it’s absurd sort of in the Seinfeld way but way more subtle.
What We Do In The Shadows is HILARIOUS.
Farscape.
The Man Who Knew Too Little.
Great Bill Murray movie that I never see anyone talk about.
So funny. It had a terrible trailer probably why it bombed.
Patriot it’s on prime and it’s incredible. Not a single bad episode, outstanding tv show that nobody has watched
When I had Amazon this was a surprise favorite! The title and marketing images looked like some rah-rah-USA b.s. but it’s so not that. Just an incredible show
Yep I was devastated when I saw it was cancelled. The acting, cinematography, dialogue etc was all flawless
In Bruges, a spiritual predecessor to The Banshees of Inisherin. It’s dark, dry humor.
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace
I know people who use subtext, and they’re all cowards.
- Scavengers Reign
- Beef
- Adolescence
Scavengers Reign was odd, but good. I still didn’t know how to describe it to anyone.
Solarpunk body horror sci-fi.
Never heard of Soarpunk before. Clearly seen it and this made it click. Thanks a lot for the new word and the concepts it brought with it. Makes me feel oddly inspired.
It yielded excellent discussions between my partner and I. Our theory was that The Hollow and Kamen represented a codependent relationship, whereas Levi & Azi were a representation of adapting to a new environment and embracing change & independence.
And I don’t necessarily mean romantic relationships. I am talking about relationships between people and also the relationships we have with our environments.
The planet is not hostile to humans. It’s simply that humans are alien to it, thus it’s more likely that humans will fail to thrive unless they learn to adapt.
Adolesvence was very good! Beef seems interesting!
Beef is fabulous. Utterly nuts, and some much fun.
Bet you haven’t seen The Way of the Gun.
Go in raw like I did. It’s a unique movie.
I actually haven’t