I haven’t been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there’s a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I’d give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).

Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some “absolute cinema” TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?

  • Summzashi@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    It’s biggest problem was the arguably not so good first season I think. Also the ending is kinda eh.

    Other than that, it’s my favorite series since TNG. I absolutely loved it and I pity the people that couldn’t see past the first season

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      15 days ago

      It’s biggest problem was the arguably not so good first season I think.

      I thought the 1st season of The Expanse was good, but the 2nd season was so bad that I stopped watching in middle of episode 2. The difference was pretty stark, almost as bad as the difference between the great season 1 of Spooks/MI-5 vs its god-awful season 2.

      I’d recommend the first 2 seasons of Okkupert, and Firefly.

      While I think Chernobyl is a great fiction series, there’s a huge amount of completely unnecessary lies in it, including the intro and outro about lies.