Mainly curious as to what other people on this site enjoy, as I'm trying to get more familiar with the community.
The Wire : best overall serie, the characters and the story really goes in-depth Treme : amazing serie about New Orleans and it's cultural importance : jazz, mardi gras, food, community, how people try to get together after Katrina ruined the place Black Mirror (UK) : short-serie, independant episodes, about our relation to technology and how we might interact with it giving new possibilities. Makes you think True Detective : great serie, screenwriting, camerawork and amazing actors Utopia (UK) : another great short-serie, about climate change, conspiracy theory, does the end justify the means ? Amazing soundtrack too Breaking Bad : great serie over the span of 5 seasons. Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey : about science, space, humans and our history Deadwood : see bhrgunatha comment, I agree with him, it's an awesome serie Louie : a sitcom from the comedian Louis C.K. It makes you think about different issues on life and is pretty funny. Planet Earth : a documentary about our planet. Stunning images. Firefly : a short amazing sci-fi serie The Corner : a mini-serie (six episodes) which depicts the lives of drug addicts in Baltimore. From the same director of The Wire, it's based on a real story and is truly touching and humane. Game of Thrones : great fantasy story. Archer : a sitcom with animated characters. It's really funny. House of Cards : great political story with amazing actors. Luther : It's a mini-serie, you really feel for the main characters. It's a great short story Sherlock : Also a mini-serie, great independant episodes.
Black Mirror has some good pieces and some very heavyhanded pieces. Overall an enjoyable watch but sometimes it feels very tech-bad-fire-scary-talk-to-each-other-instead-of-texting.
Some SciFi choices: Babylon 5 - Hasn't aged the best, since it was one of the first shows to use CGI regularly, and it shows. They also lost the film in a fire so they can't remaster it. It has some of the best character development I've seen on TV though. Stargate - 17 seasons across 3 series is not an easy feat. Again, takes a little work to get into. Acting in the first season is stale. Once it gets going though, you can't stop. And of course there's Star Trek, but what no one tells you is that Deep Space 9 is the best one.
Welcome to the echo chamber. For me, it's been a really close race between The Wire, Breaking Bad, Carnivàle and Deadwood for a while now. As I'm working my way through re-watching them all though, Deadwood is my current front-runner. The plots are not necessarily complex, though they will take some concentration, but the way they intertwine and the different relationships between the characters and their impact on each other and how they evolve is so rewarding. The language is theatrical (some people have even said Shakespearean but I wouldn't go that far) and sometimes requires quite some concentration,. There's no dumbing-down nor any concession made with the language used. It's full and fruity right from the start and by fruity I mean almost everyone's a foul-fucking-mouthed cock-sucking heathen. The thing that does it though is the characters. No-one is clean nor innocent, it's just a matter of time before you come across everyone's weaknesses and flaws and the way those characters interact, each trying to find those around them they can control or abuse, or take relief or solace from. They all exist in a spectrum with their good sides and bad sides on display in various shades. And what a brutal, literally lawless place too. Set before getting incorporated into the United States, Deadwood the town is officially part of the native American's land as recognised by the government of the time. There's so much scope for the stories that unfold as the town works it's way into civilisation. Sadly it was unceremoniously dumped by HBO before the story was fully told, but there are hushed whispers of rumours of a movie deal being conjured up. Here's to Hope!
Hell on Wheels - I've always enjoyed a good western and this show has its moments. I'm just getting into season three, and if I had to make one complaint, it's that some of the main characters suffer from what I can best call power creep. Daredevil - I went into it thinking it was gonna suck. I'm glad I was wrong. It's gritty, well written, and we'll shot. It's the only show I've ever binge watched on Netflix and I loved every minute of it. Futurama - Well written, fun, and sometimes touching. A great series. Clarence - A cartoon series on Cartoon Network. It reminds me of me as a kid.
Looks like I'm pretty late to this and a lot of my favorites have already been mentioned but I'd like to add three more. Mr. Robot - It's the closest thing you're going to get (right now) to an authentic hacker type show or even movie. On top of that one stellar fact the story line is compelling and the cinematography is out of this world. Season 1 finished up a few weeks ago and I'd highly recommend this to anyone even if they're not into computers/tech. Rick and Morty - An over the top, out of this world (literally), raunchy cartoon with lovable characters and not a bad plot to boot. I mean who doesn't feel bad for Mr. Poopybutthole! You're the Worst - Centered around two selfish, narcissistic people who sleep together one night and end up falling for each other. Sounds pretty standard there but the show really does have a fresh spin on the standard sitcom.
Adventure Time - It's ridiculous at times, has some heavy moments, mixtures of emotions (like strange/gross/creepy/cute/etc) Black Books - U.K. amazingness~ go watch it now~ @u@ Community - College! woo~ Freaks and Geeks - When I was young, I resonated with the geeks, I watched the series recently and resonated with Lindsay and her friends, also their conservative parents/ family/ family friends Invader Zim - It's ridiculous and dark~ Death Note - Introvert battle of wits, world domination, adorable vampire guy living in a basement Azumanga Daioh - It's made of cute, and funny/ crazy/ subtle/ humour at times My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Because I'm a gay hipster man and why the hell not; is cute, I love some recesses of the community - first and only escapades into a fandom~ Black Mirror/ Walking Dead/ GoT - Holy crap, finally the s***ty TV bubble has burst, and companies are making something awesome and then having a monopoly on viewership and competing with whatever follows suit - these episodes are like movie-quality, awesome~ yay darkness, violence and feeling things ~
Adventure Time was one of my favorite shows when it came out (I think I was in 8th grade?) but since then, I feel like the adventurousness kind of dropped off and was replaced by romance. Community and Invader Zim are fantastic, and Death Note was decent, but I haven't finished the first season yet.
Trying to list shows that haven't been mentioned yet (because Breaking Bad is possibly one of the best shows start to end, ever made!). My all time favorites include: MASH Frasier Angel Mr. Bean Carnivale The Tenth Kingdom (miniseries) More recent amazing shows I'm obsessed with: Rick and Morty BoJack Horseman Mr. Robot
Not enough people know the show Carnival, it was a very good one. Too short lived. Good call. I'd like watch it again. "Brother Justin," still gives me the creeps.
Yes! The visuals blew me away. Prettiest show about the Great Depression. And supposedly very historically accurate in regards to the costumes and sets.
kleinbl00, have you ever seen Carnival? As I recall, you come from a family of dust-bowl era Okies. You'd dig it. -though I'm pretty sure I recall conversing with you about it in the past .... Maybe not tho.
Not yet. This notification came through 2 minutes after Comcast activated my account in Seattle and 2 minutes before they told me it was only temporary because they've decided my MAC address belongs to someone else so they're turning it off again after 48 hours and I need to buy a new modem. The Comcast adventure begins.
1) I didn't think of that, because the MAC address is printed next to the serial number. 2) As it turns out, you can't do that anyway, but I appreciate the suggestion. I wish I had thought of that last night. 3) Much as I enjoy hating on Amazon, they did refund me the money, 11 months later. So I have a new-in-box one showing up tomorrow, which should be soon enough.
If you're not using a router + modem combo, you can change the MAC on the router to whatever Comcast expects it to be. The modem can be set to act as a bridge and just forward along packets from the router. I discovered this in August after plugging my laptop directly into the modem. Two routers later, it's still set to lappy's MAC address.
I shoulda asked you guys first. Unfortunately the only viable computers at the moment are Macbook Airs, which have no ethernet ports (and the modem isn't a router, nor is it wireless). Fortunately, Amazon is sending me a new one. Comcast doesn't give a rat's ass about the router anyway, it's the modem they hate, and all sorts of internet warfare tells me that the SB6141 has an unalterable MAC address.
Stupid thing is I've got a FIOS box on the house. Unfortunately Verizon sold their operations here to Frontier, which will charge you $59/mo for 30mbps and won't refund your money when your internet stone cold stops for hours at a time. Comcast's hinkyness notwithstanding, at least it's on.