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FoundTheVegan@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

That's.... not what the poster was saying. Prestige TV extends much farther than the mafia genre, sopranos was just the turning point when higher budget dramatic things were more commonly greenlit.

The Wire, Breaking Bad, Watchmen, The Expanse Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Mad Men etc all absolutely blow X files out of the water. And while I do love X files, the monster of the week format is not even in the same ballpark as those long form character dramas.

I think you might be letting nostalgia blind you to how great television has become.

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sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
bro you are seriously telling me walking dead is better than x files? I had to stop walking dead after 5 episodes because i couldn’t bare it anymore. Xfiles you get excited about every episode you watch. Don’t get me wrong i love zombies, but walking dead just aint it…

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- FoundTheVegan@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I mean, I am not a huge fan of the show and didn't finish it. But the first season was stellar. But that aside, reading your other comments it seems like you don't like a lot of modern shows. Which is fine, but personally I find older stuff I watched when I was a girl just sorta meaningless. X files had so many skipable episodes without serving the overarching plot. I'm honestly kinda baffled that you would prefer monster of the week instead of expanse and breaking bad, but you are allowed to think as you please. Just seems at odd with two of the most higely praised shows of recent history.
  
  And I don't super appreciate being called bro... >_>
  
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  - sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I don’t think it’s the monster of the week part. I definitely understood your opinion though.
    
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Skavau@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It sounds like the OP wants 'monster of the week' stuff

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magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Watchmen - holy shit. I decided almost on a whim that I’d give it a try and I was totally unprepared for the awesomeness. It took a few episodes to kick in, but once it did, I was like OH MY GOD THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I’VE EVER SEEN WHY DID IT ONLY GET ONE SEASON THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

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