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LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

For example, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are two series I could watch on repeat. Absolutely solid.

First few seasons of Orange is the New Black (really ran out of steam after that imo)

Now, sci-fi specifically … it’s been a while since I’ve seen a good one. Some people I know really, really like The Expanse, though for me it just didn’t connect. Black Mirror is hit and miss, but when it hits, it’s amazing (the stinker episodes are real stinkers though).

I mean … Game of Thrones. Just not the finale lol

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sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The Expanse

Funny, this is another one of those shows I hated after watching an episode.

maybe it’s me. maybe I should move on to maybe comics or cartoons or something idk anymore

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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The Expanse spent the first three episodes setting things up; it got much better after that, although eventually it stopped being as good to me; kind of like Battlestar Galactica in the day.
  
  Give The Expanse another try; it does truly get good before it gets derivative in later seasons.
  
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- LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t have Netflix anymore, but there are some good cartoons on it. I can’t recommend Kipo enough.
  
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- gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  S1 is good, though a bit rough imo. Later seasons (after Bezos bought the rights, said “finish the story”, and threw money at it to make it happen) do have a much more polished feel. Overall, I found it to be a very good adaptation of the source material.
  
  The books are excellent - can’t recommend them enough.
  
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- ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  A lot of people didn’t like season 1 of the Expanse (I enjoyed it) and said it got much better after that. I will say the Amazon seasons aren’t too great either as it looked and felt more like a low-budget soap opera.
  
  Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad were both made by Vince Gilligan who worked on X-Files as well so they’re a good choice assuming you’re one of the few who haven’t already seen them.
  
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sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
edit2: I hate HATE HATE game of thrones with a passion, I gave it a shot twice! (2x) What’s worse is the entirety of society gaslighting you into it not being an awful show.

Admit got is no-where near as good a time as x-files. I just watched a humanoid leech escaping through a system of sewers. I witnessed alien abductions. Intrigue within the fbi. Secret allies, even more secret conspirators and classified government units on even more classified government missions.

got is like a bad off brand xenia warrior princess…

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- Skavau@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  got is like a bad off brand xenia warrior princess…
  
  It has nothing in common with Xena other than being in the fantasy genre.
  
  You may not like GOT, but that doesn't make it awful.
  
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  - FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It also relies on a great deal of tits to sell itself.
    
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    Skavau@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It still transcended that.
    
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  - sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You are right, my dislike of GOT in no way makes it an awful show
    
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- LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Things like good an awful are subjective, so yeah. Sometimes I feel like a lot of people insist something is good based on their own connection to the media, but nothing is really objectively good or bad.
  
  People warned me against playing Final Fantasy 15, the critics trashed it, yet it’s one of my favorite games in the franchise.
  
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  - sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    what’s so great about final fantasy 15?
    
    why in the world are there 15 games in that series???!??
    
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    LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    There are 16 actually, and that’s only including the mainline games.
    
    Each game is standalone, but shares certain attributes. Think similar to the Legend of Zelda series.
    
    For me, 15 was just a great escape. I often call it my “bro roadtrip simulator” because it’s a lot of driving around an open world and getting to know the characters.
    
    The last segment was rushed in development, and it shows, but for me it works because by the time I enter that segment, it’s because I’m ready to be done.
    
    I’ve played through it 3 times.
    
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sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I tried Breaking Bad - hated it. I never gave Better Call Saul a chance as there is nothing that seemed promising about it. I guess I could watch an episode of Better Call Saul, I just don’t see this being a good idea. Now I can’t hate it because I never watched, it once I watch an entire episode, I have a hunch I won’t remain so indifferent… :/

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- LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It might not be your thing, and that’s okay.
  
  Like I said, I’m surrounded by people who love The Expanse, yet it just isn’t my thing.
  
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  - sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    yeah it’s the worst when you hate something and society insists it’s the best thing since sliced bread…
    
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    0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ok then… can you explain (in detail prferably) what got you hooked oh X-Files, the things you live about the show?
    
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