What’s the antithesis of Arrested Development, Firefly or The Big Lebowski? Those may never have ‘found their audience’ but over time seemed to recognised by everyone. What are the deep cuts that you liked but it feels like everyone has completely forgotten they even existed.
Mr. Freedom should be more widely known.
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Clerks: The Animated Series
It was a show pitched to ABC and was cancelled after only a few episodes. It’s a masterpiece of adult animated comedy that I consider far superior to Family Guy and the Simpsons. It’s not on Rick & Morty’s level but almost nothing is, however I’d confidently place this show in between R&M and the other shows I’ve watched as far as ranking.
You may watch this show and not enjoy it, that’s okay. For me though, this show was a big part of my childhood and defined a lot of my humor as an adult. The way the jokes are structured and even some of the phrases said in the show are still in my vocabulary to this day. I thank the writers for putting together so much comedy gold in a show that barely saw the light of day.
It’s absolutely worth watching at least the first episode if you’ve never seen it before. If you do, please let me know if you liked it as much as I did. I’d be interested to hear if you didn’t find it enjoyable as well.
This was the last show I thought I’d read on this thread! If you’re able to get it on DVD, highly recommended for the bonus features.
“This here’s an m80, it’s like a quarter-stick of dynamite. Tape four of these bad boys together, it’s like half a stick of dynamite!”
That show deserved better, as did the Clerks comic series. My father was so fucking proud the day he brought home the DVD, and we watched it over and fucking over. “Bear is driving, how can that be?!” lives right up there with “Haha! Cookies on dowels!” in my head.
Hell, I’ve wanted to do the “Is it safe?” bit before when doing overnight/early morning stocking in a store. Sometimes you get that one person who comes in the moment the store opens, and somehow manages to get in the way.
I showed my wife the first episode of the show just so she understand the “is it safe?” joke I use with my friends time to time. She didn’t enjoy the show much but she liked that joke a lot 🤣
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I never heard anything about ‘Crashing’ on HBO before just stumbling on it in the HBO app.
It’s a pretty funny show about a standup comedian trying to make it in NY while dealing with a divorce. It kind of feels like Louie if the protagonist had a positive outlook on life.
It’s not the greatest show ever, but it blows my mind that I’d never heard of it at all
I have vague memories of watching this years ago. It was amusing but not very memorable.
Pete Holmes is a treasure
Not enough people understand how great of a show Bojack Horsman was.
It’s popular and well-loved, but I agree - I always say that the penultimate episode of the final season is the greatest episode of television ever made.
I still think the finale of The Good Place beats it, but the competition is close!
It would be if they hadn’t chickened out with the last episode. Unfortunately that kind of tarnishes the impact of the penultimate episode in hindsight.
Interesting I thought the last episode was the perfect ending. Cause it’s so grounded. No cheesy happy end, no sensational bad end, just a very grounded “yea shit happens in live and you gotta keep on living and deal with it”, cause that’s how live actually is for most people.
Absolutely love that show. I kinda have to be in a good headspace to watch it though, cause it has definitely had a negative impact on my own depressive thoughts before. But that show can be so damn cathartic and just a great watch overall
I’m going to throw out 2 series that were canceled early that I’m still salty about: The River that was on track to rival Lost in quality, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which is another case where Summer Glau got screwed. Lena Heady has said if SCC didn’t get canceled, she wouldn’t have gotten Game of Thrones, which hits a lot different now than 10 years ago when GoT was good.
I loved SCC, it was such a great show that didn’t get the attention it deserved.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again,
Only two seasons and it ended before it ever had a chance to get bad. The acting is phenomenal, sets are well designed, the background music choices are very unique for what you would expect in that time period. But it works! Cannot recommended it enough! If you can find it or “acquire” online I think it would be worth your time.
Absolutely! An amazing show.
Did it end prematurely or is there a conclusion?
There’s a conclusion, it wraps up nicely. Give it a watch and decide for your self :)
The good place. It’s fairly short and starts out more of a comedy but evolves into a real ethics lesson. One that a lot of people need to hear.
The Good Place might just be my favorite TV show. It’s just so well done on every level and is one of few sitcoms where the main characters aren’t just terrible people. They’re not perfect or anything, but it’s just nice to see characters earnestly carrying for others and trying to be better people.
Parks and Rec is another show like that (also by Michael Schur) that I just love.
There’s a subreddit for discussions.
Darklands (Video game)
It came out in 1992. Set in the 15th century Holy Roman Empire / Germany. It’s a 4-character party isometric game that featuring real time combat, party members who aged and would die from old age, perma death, and fantastical elements based on historic folklore, Catholic saints, and alchemy.
Wow sounds super interesting. A bit like a precursor to Diablo?
It’s an open world RPG with a main quest. Games like Dragon Age: Origins or Baldur’s Gate and whatnot are probably more similar. GoG has it for $7 configured in a DosBox.
Nofair Fight has a let’s play of it
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I really enjoyed Equilibrium (2002). Is it derivative of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451? Absolutely. But so was V for Vendetta.
It’s a B level film that still packs a punch today, particularly in a dystopian era of politics. The message of learning to connect continues to be relevant in a hyper connected, but shallow relational landscape.
If I could get a version of the movie with the swish sounds removed then it’d be 10/10. I love that movie
not without incident.
Don’t forget that it’s riding heavily on the cinematic style of The Matrix. Doesn’t matter though, still an excellent movie, especially if you watched it as a teenager!
Person of Interest - it not only anticipated NSA mass surveillance (with some SciFi elements but anyway) but also ethical questions about AI, the singularity of human intelligence and human nature in general. All while being a well told crime show with comedic and heartwarming moments.
More people need to watch Wheel of Time. Go. Watch it now. Season two comes out in less than a week.
Horrible abomination to anyone who read the books.
Make sure to go watch the Sword of Truth series so that your disappointment can continue.
The climax in book one was really well done, in the series it just… misses the point entirely
That show should come with the disclaimer to avoid the season finale at all costs. Just terrible.
I have to disagree with you so hard on this. The show started OKish, but by the end was just bad. I was hoping they would just drop it. Hell, even the old Billy Zane version of the show was better.
Better Off Ted is still my favorite sitcom. Corporate came along and tried to pick up the mantle, but I still prefer Ted.
I would upvote this fifty times if I could. Better Off Ted was an absolute gem.
Yes! I was thinking of this when I wrote the question. I feel like it was great and just totally disappeared.
I kept thinking about it’s parody ads when all those ‘we’re in this together’ ads kept playing during the start of the pandemic.
The hair is up. That’s all they hear.
I often quote “deal with it, Ted”
Yeah! Deal with it!
Deadwood.
I agree with the Mr. Robot take in this thread but nothing matches the infectious dialogue and energy that takes place throughout the entire Deadwood series. I never hear or see it talked about online or in my friend groups.
I was in Deadwood SD this summer, I’ll have to check out the series. Thanks for the suggestion!
Literally one of the greatest TV shows of all-time. You won’t regret it. Enjoy your first watch; I envy you.
Yeeees. I’ve tried to get so many people to watch it. “It’s like literature in TV show form, you’ve just gotta!” Nobody has. It’s so, so, so good. I’ve watched it multiple times and, weirdly, it’s become comfort TV, despite how heavy it gets.
It took me a few tries to get through the first episode, but once it clicked I was hooked. The flowery vulgarity is such a great style of writing. It’s since become one of my favorite shows.
About a year or two ago, through a weird six degrees type situation, I got a surprise phone call from Leon Rippy, the actor who played Tom Nuttal. He spent hours chatting with me that night and over the few days that followed. He was so amazingly friendly and full of great stories about Deadwood and all the other shows and movies he’s worked on.
I grew up playing the 3D version of Centipede on the Sega Dreamcast. The game was a fundamental part of my childhood.
For whatever reason, I’ve never spoken to even a single other person who has ever played it (aside from my brother).
The level design was crazy. Tons of replayability, a low barrier to entry, but so difficult in the later worlds I never got close to finishing it. Soundtrack and sound effects I never got tired of hearing. Yet, no one seems to have heard of it.
Dreamcast games are very easily emulated, fyi, if you haven’t played it in awhile. The Dreamcast is probably my favorite console of all-time. So many unique, warm and fuzzy late-night memories staying up with that bad boy.
Good shout. Been at least a decade since I tried emulating Dreamcast. Just need to make sure I buy a USB adapter for the controller, for the complete experience.
