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nikolino840

nikolino840

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Just one
Not necessarely the serie you watch more...but that one you have said... Amazing!

I Say "homicide:Life on the streets"
 
"Just one"

Sorry, can't limit myself like that.

Drama:

1) Breaking Bad
2) The Sopranos
3) True Detective S1 (2 sucked, not seen 3 yet but looks promising)
4) Hannibal
5) Fargo (only seen S1, really need to get back to this one)

Comedy:

1) Seinfeld
2) The Simpsons S1-10
3) Community (S1-3 are excellent. 4 was average, 5 was pretty good. Not seen 6)
4) Arrested Development (S1-2 excellent, 3 really good, 4 decent)

Anime:

1) Cowboy Bebop
2) Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion (the two Rebuild movies are also excellent, but dreading seeing 3 based on its reception)
3) Fullmetal Alchemist 2003/FMA Brotherhood (both have their strengths to me)
4) FLCL (original, Progressive was pretty good but definitely not on par with original, not seen Alternative yet)
5) Baccano!

Cartoons is tough, I can't really rank my all-time favorites (I know Simpsons stands out among the live-action comedies, but I had to acknowledge it). I love Batman TAS, Justice League/JLU, Beast Wars, Rugrats, OG Looney Tunes, Avatar TLA/Korra, Young Justice, Adventure Time, Over the Garden Wall, Samurai Jack, Bojack Horseman, Gravity Falls, Green Eggs and Ham*, etc. I think it's more difficult since I've been watching cartoons my whole life. I've only been an anime fan for 12 years now, and all the drama/comedy shows except for Seinfeld I never saw until after high school. Since cartoons have always been there with me, it makes it more difficult to acknowledge some and not others, they all wowed me in one way or another.

*for real on this one, yes there is a modern Dr. Suess adaptation that is not only competent but downright excellent. I hope any future adaptations of his work be handled by people this creative and not the always-aim-for-genericness group that is Illumination (still can't believe after decades of refusing any more adaptations after the clusterfuck production of the 90's Mario movie that it's Illumination that Nintendo agreed to let adapt their series. Please look forward to an underwhelming and forgettable Mario movie, SO worth the wait...)
 
mekes said:
Hannibal was great. I wish we could have had a few more seasons of that.
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The show did never great in the ratings, so I give kudos to NBC for keeping the show alive for as long as they did, not to mention not giving a shit about how fucked up some scenes got (hell, apparently an executive arrived on the set when they were filming the totem pole scene, and told them they had to fix it. The film crew thought it was because of the graphic imagery, but actually the executive's only issue was a corpse's ass was totally visible. They said they could cover it with some blood and such, and the executive was fine with that. Always cracks me up that some of the fucked up shit like the "angels" in the hotel room was a-okay, but a visible ass isn't)

Also, apparently the rights to Silence of the Lambs was owned by another company, so since they said that book was going to be the basis of a hypothetical Season 4 (with 5 being an original arc to wrap everything up), that meant they might not have been able to get the rights to see Clarice and Buffalo Bill. So there was some other issues besides the ratings that was hurting them from moving the show forward, hence it was a good call to end Season 3 with an ending that could be seen as conclusive but certainly open to a return if they were able to.
 
Doom85 said:
The show did never great in the ratings, so I give kudos to NBC for keeping the show alive for as long as they did, not to mention not giving a shit about how fucked up some scenes got (hell, apparently an executive arrived on the set when they were filming the totem pole scene, and told them they had to fix it. The film crew thought it was because of the graphic imagery, but actually the executive's only issue was a corpse's ass was totally visible. They said they could cover it with some blood and such, and the executive was fine with that. Always cracks me up that some of the fucked up shit like the "angels" in the hotel room was a-okay, but a visible ass isn't)

Also, apparently the rights to Silence of the Lambs was owned by another company, so since they said that book was going to be the basis of a hypothetical Season 4 (with 5 being an original arc to wrap everything up), that meant they might not have been able to get the rights to see Clarice and Buffalo Bill. So there was some other issues besides the ratings that was hurting them from moving the show forward, hence it was a good call to end Season 3 with an ending that could be seen as conclusive but certainly open to a return if they were able to.
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I didn't know that about the rights to SotL, so the show had even more going against it than I knew. I remember it always being a nervous wait to find out if the show would be renewed for another season. I'm very happy with what we got and tried to convince as many people as I could to watch the show. It was crazy the imagery and scenes that they got away with, it was a dark dark show at times for your standard midweek evening viewing!
 
The OA has been forever on my mind since Part II released. Such an unreal series. I don't know if it's my "best"--really, it's hard to label anything with that unless it's run its entire course, and never had a bad season. And most of my favorite TV seasons were followed by either cancellation (The OA, Utopia), or seasons that didn't nearly hold up to previous episodes (Dexter, Game of Thrones).

So uh... idk. Maybe Breaking Bad's the best show I've seen. Since I've been able to see its full story, and it was a brilliant ride all the way through. And damn, even managed to hit a home run with its spinoffs. El Camino's one of my favorite movies of the (last) year, and though I'm behind on Better Call Saul, it's been wonderful so far.

I watch plenty non-serialized shows as well, but my favorites are always serials.
 
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Elektro_Demon said:
How can a normal man watch that?
I'm curious.
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I'm not normal, i'm exceptional.

The writing is top drawer, for the most part and Lauren Graham isn't dull for a single moment. The back and forth between Rory, Lorelei and Emily is great and the Netflix season is the best 'revival' I've ever seen. Bonus points for the hilarious, yet touching homage paid to Edward Herman
 
I'd say The Shield overall.

Special mention to The Simpsons, seasons 1 to 8, we don't speak of the others.
 
Breaking Bad

Nothing else has peaked my interest as much, or even comes close to the quality/cohesiveness of each and every episode, from start to finish. It's the GOAT, in my opinion.
 
Patriot.

It's a dark comedy on Amazon Prime. 2 seasons - both great. John Locke from Lost and Red Foreman from that 70's show, are both in this, and they are absolutely fantastic.
 
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Doom85 said:
"Just one"

Sorry, can't limit myself like that.

Drama:

1) Breaking Bad
2) The Sopranos
3) True Detective S1 (2 sucked, not seen 3 yet but looks promising)
4) Hannibal
5) Fargo (only seen S1, really need to get back to this one)

Comedy:

1) Seinfeld
2) The Simpsons S1-10
3) Community (S1-3 are excellent. 4 was average, 5 was pretty good. Not seen 6)
4) Arrested Development (S1-2 excellent, 3 really good, 4 decent)

Anime:

1) Cowboy Bebop
2) Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion (the two Rebuild movies are also excellent, but dreading seeing 3 based on its reception)
3) Fullmetal Alchemist 2003/FMA Brotherhood (both have their strengths to me)
4) FLCL (original, Progressive was pretty good but definitely not on par with original, not seen Alternative yet)
5) Baccano!

Cartoons is tough, I can't really rank my all-time favorites (I know Simpsons stands out among the live-action comedies, but I had to acknowledge it). I love Batman TAS, Justice League/JLU, Beast Wars, Rugrats, OG Looney Tunes, Avatar TLA/Korra, Young Justice, Adventure Time, Over the Garden Wall, Samurai Jack, Bojack Horseman, Gravity Falls, Green Eggs and Ham*, etc. I think it's more difficult since I've been watching cartoons my whole life. I've only been an anime fan for 12 years now, and all the drama/comedy shows except for Seinfeld I never saw until after high school. Since cartoons have always been there with me, it makes it more difficult to acknowledge some and not others, they all wowed me in one way or another.

*for real on this one, yes there is a modern Dr. Suess adaptation that is not only competent but downright excellent. I hope any future adaptations of his work be handled by people this creative and not the always-aim-for-genericness group that is Illumination (still can't believe after decades of refusing any more adaptations after the clusterfuck production of the 90's Mario movie that it's Illumination that Nintendo agreed to let adapt their series. Please look forward to an underwhelming and forgettable Mario movie, SO worth the wait...)
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Is hard pIcking one i know,but i think there Is Just one that you thought "i have never seen something like this"

For example the mine"homicide" i see lot of crime/Police series that i Adore but i have never seen something like homicide that seems a work from Tarantino where characters chit-chat and you laugh even with cruel crimes in the background
 
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