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Mr. Nemo posted:Is there any master list of everything that aired this year? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_American_television?wprov=sfti1 Kind of biased for the US though You can navigate from there E: nevermind I don’t think that’s complete https://www.imdb.com/list/ls569222920/ This might work better QR Code Geass fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Dec 23, 2024 |
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Mr. Nemo posted:Is there any master list of everything that aired this year? There's not to my knowledge, no. Or, at least, I've never found one that I like very much. That IMDB list is mostly okay, but it's just too long to navigate and there's at least one show there that fully aired in 2023 (Three Women) The following list is pretty far from perfect or comprehensive, but it's a compilation of stuff either I liked very much or goons appeared to like a lot, all of which either completed or will complete airing in 2024. Tone and content varies, there's at least one show in the list which I reckon is awful, a few I didn't finish and probably some obvious missing releases that I never actually got around to starting, so this isn't necessarily a list of recommendations. However, you might find some interesting things here and there. Arranged in alphabetical order: quote:Abbot Elementary
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I put my favorite at the top the rest in no particular order interview with the vampire(the reveal that the interview itself was a manipulation by louis to suss out the truth is some god tier writing/acting) From Fallout Baby Reindeer A gentleman in Moscow house of the dragon Shogun The penguin Interior, Chinatown (i havent finished this but i like it enough to put it here arcane* (i havent watched s02 but im putting it here anyways) dishonorable mentions: Dune prophecy for all mankind (hack poo poo) true detective(couldn't stop laughing at Jodie foster in that role so i dropped it) Rings of power(not calling it lotr gently caress you) masters of the air(this wasn't bad it just sucked because it should have been great with all that money and talent)
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Dec 23, 2024 04:36
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shirunei posted:the rest in no particular order pretty sure they have to be in some order to have points properly attributed to them for the final tally
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ShoogaSlim posted:pretty sure they have to be in some order to have points properly attributed to them for the final tally They also need at least brief justification, and probably for the goon in question to have actually watched them (though the rules don't stipulate this). 
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lol yeah that too
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Dec 23, 2024 07:42
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You're free to put them in whatever order you like, but without numbers or justification I can't count them. If you're fine with that, go nuts (everyone else, please do not take this as an invitation to place your rankings in random order or something).
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Dec 23, 2024 16:56
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Open Source Idiom posted:There's not to my knowledge, no. Or, at least, I've never found one that I like very much. That IMDB list is mostly okay, but it's just too long to navigate and there's at least one show there that fully aired in 2023 (Three Women) Anyway, thanks for this, I'm going to put this in the "reserved" post under the OP.
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Two brief notes, before we begin: Normally Fargo, season 5 would have made my list, but it mostly aired in late 2023, and only the final three episodes aired in 2024. As a result, I did not rank it this year, but it did make my Top Ten TV Shows of 2023. English Teacher, season 1 would have made my list, until I read this Vulture article from December 17, 2024, about the behavior of the show's creator and star: https://www.vulture.com/article/brian-jordan-alvarez-allegations-jon-ebeling-english-teacher.html I can no longer recommend or even watch the show in good conscience. Finally, here we go! 10. Interior Chinatown, season 1 (Hulu) - This was such a pleasant surprise! It's a twisty crime show, a parody of Law and Order, and a deconstruction of Asian-American identity, especially in terms of assimilation and representation. But it was also something more -- something far weirder and harder to explain. I always appreciate metafiction, breaking of the fourth wall, and stories that confound your expectations, ending in complete different genres than they began. If you are patient and willing to suspend your disbelief, this might be a show for you. Also, it was nice to see Chloe Bennett from Agents of SHIELD again, even if I kept thinking she looks like Aubrey Plaza in every shot. 9. Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 12 (HBO) - It helps that my brother, my wife, and I started binge-watching this show for the first time in late 2023, catching up just in time to watch the series finale when it aired in April 2024. The cantankerous curmudgeon Larry David is a comedy genius who elevated two sitcoms to legendary status: Seinfeld and Curb. After finally getting around to watching Curb, it was clear Larry was the brains of the operation and the creative force behind Seinfeld back in the '90s, with how hacky Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up has always been, and how bitter and humorless he seems these days. Larry (on TV and in real life) might be an anhedonic altacocker, but he can spin laughs from the most awkward, unpleasant situations and create lasting catch-phrases and hilarious situations like nobody's business. Even though I still have all 12 seasons and 24 years of Curb fresh in my head, the final season that aired in 2024 did not disappoint or drop the ball. 8. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, season 1 (Amazon Prime Video) - I am a giant Donald Glover fanboy. I've seen him live twice -- performing stand-up comedy in Miami Beach in 2012, and holding a sold-out arena in the palm of his hand as Childish Gambino earlier this year in Tampa. He is The Man, so I was going to watch and enjoy this show no matter what. It will be interesting to see if it continues, and if so, if he'll be back. I was more intrigued by the larger world that was hinted at than most of the "missions of the week," but I don't want to say too much to spoil anything. Like Glover's previous show Atlanta (which I absolutely loved), it was often strange, but understated at the same time, creating a very unreal-feeling reality. 7. Hey! (EW) (YouTube) - The most obscure thing on this list, Hey! (EW) is a free, short, weekly Internet show where comedian/raconteur/former professional wrestler R.J. City interviews different AEW wrestlers, sometimes for just ten minutes at a time, but usually (hopefully) longer. Sometimes they stay completely in character, sometimes they "break kayfabe" and reveal a bit of their everyday personalities, and sometimes they threaten him. R.J. is one of the funniest people out there -- quick and sarcastic with a razor-sharp wit, and excellent at improv -- and he is constantly needling these wrestlers, forcing them to break character, cracking them up, challenging them, or pulling them along in weird and inspired conversational directions. He is also a writer and producer behind the scenes at AEW, using his encyclopedic knowledge of classic cinema to shape and mold some of my favorite storylines (including a feud between female wrestlers Toni Storm and her protégé/betrayer Mariah May, inspired by Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve). I love how Hey! (EW) pulls back the curtain on the wrestling business and sets some of that seriousness aside, but it wouldn't work without R.J. City. He is better at his job than any of the big name talk show hosts and funnier than the vast majority of professional comics. Plus, he also trash-talked the tired, washed-up, MAGA-supporting Undertaker, so he gets even more cool points from me. 6. X-Men '97, season 1 (Disney+) - A nice introduction to radical politics disguised as superhero action and melodrama, with plenty of rousing moments for all your favorite characters. As a teenager, I gave up on the original '90s animated series after the first season, but I appreciated how modern, relevant, and allegorical these new stories were (as X-Men stories should always be), while still fitting perfectly into the original continuity. Even if you've never seen a previous X-Men cartoon or any of the movies or read any of the comics, you could probably watch this first season of X-Men '97 and get everything. If you did grow up with the original animated series (which was responsible for shaping and forming the sexuality of a bunch of people I know, and probably people you know too), rest assured that X-Men '97 is definitely written for that same audience, only paying respect to the fact that we are adults now. It went hard at various points -- harder than it had to, and props to the creative team for that -- but I appreciated them writing with grownups in mind and remembering that the X-Men don't uphold the status quo like other superheroes, but fight the good fight against it. "The name is Gambit, mon ami. Remember it." 5. Fallout, season 1 (Amazon Prime Video) - Usually post-apocalyptic shows are so dour and dire, but Fallout was ridiculously fun by blending much-needed, tension-breaking humor with all the action and horror. I've never played the video games, but I have a feeling I would like them, since I loved the first season of the show so much. The retro-futuristic aesthetic and 1950s soundtrack differentiated Fallout from so many similar stories, and the actors brought their A-game. Kyle McLachlan already played one of my favorite TV characters of all time (Special Agent Dale Cooper on Twin Peaks), and Walton Goggins has played at least a couple of them (Boyd Crowder on Justified and Uncle Baby Billy on The Righteous Gemstones). They were great here too, but Ella Purnell knocked it out of the park as the lead -- sweet, innocent, wide-eyed, and naďve, but able to fend for herself and kick rear end as needed. Okey-dokey. 4. The Girls on the Bus, season 1 (Max) - This light, refreshing dramedy about four female reporters covering a presidential campaign was so much fun in an ugly, exhausting election year. I am a sucker for stories about crusading journalists solving mysteries and uncovering corruption, and while The Girls on the Bus served up plenty of that, it also focused heavily on the female friendships. Melissa Benoist (best known as Supergirl) was delightful as always, and my favorite actress of all time (and celebrity crush), Carla Gugino, brought the gravitas as the most experienced and successful political journalist. By the way, I met her this year and told her my wife and I loved this show. It's a drat shame it was already canceled, ending with at least one major unresolved plotline, but don't let that stop you from giving this show the chance it deserves. 3. Everybody's in L.A., season 1 (Netflix) - The late-night talk show is such a tired, outdated format, but this show proved it could be fun, hilarious, and even exciting by shaking up the ancient formula. Find a great host (John Mulaney, one of my favorite stand-up comics ever), surround him with celebrities who are either funny or have good stories (not just there to hype their latest projects), also interview regular people who have interesting jobs or are experts in unique fields, bring on cool bands playing their beloved hits, show off a truly singular American city in remote, pre-taped segments, and film the whole thing live. I've been lucky enough to travel to L.A. for work a few times now, and I marked out for some of the hyper-specific local references that I actually GOT. It made me feel like an honorary Angeleno! I believe Mulaney will be hosting more talk shows for Netflix in the year to come, so I'm glad this wild experiment was so successful. 2. Sugar, season 1 (Apple TV+) - This was 100% my poo poo: a stylish neo-noir set in gorgeous Los Angeles, starring a protagonist who is a morally upstanding, noble, empathetic hero -- the kind of character who does good because he is good. Private detective John Sugar transcends the pantheon of two-fisted, hard-boiled film noir gumshoes, many of whom are morally ambiguous antiheroes. Instead, I'd rank him alongside the aforementioned Dale Cooper, Superman, Captain America, Captain Christopher Pike, and even Ted Lasso, all uncomplicated good dudes. I could watch mensches like this all day -- protecting the innocent, standing up to bullies, and throwing down when someone pushes them too far. Just be forewarned: Sugar has a pretty major twist that may have been spoiled for you already, but if you don't know what I'm talking about, I implore you to watch the show without researching anything about it beforehand. I'm begging you to take my word for it, and you'll have a much richer experience. 1. Bad Monkey, season 1 (Apple TV+) - This was also 100% my poo poo: a fun, sunny crime comedy set in Key West, Miami, and the Bahamas, based on a novel by one of my lifelong favorite writers, the legendary Miami Herald columnist and crime fiction author Carl Hiaasen. Like his contemporary, the late, great Elmore Leonard, Hiaasen excels in writing likable, down-on-their-luck protagonists and hilariously stupid, occasionally vicious criminals. Bad Monkey was a blast -- a great mystery that kept us guessing and laughing, thanks to showrunner Bill Lawrence (of Scrubs and Ted Lasso fame). The entire cast was on point, but Vince Vaughn as the loquacious lead has never been better, and the otherworldly Jodie Turner-Smith needs to be cast as Storm in a GOOD X-Men movie right away.
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Here we go! As you can probably tell I didn't have Disney+, HBO, or Paramount. We also watched fewer non-English / subtitled shows than we usually do. Still, a pretty nice set of releases this year. Best show I watched for the first time from a previous year: maybe S1 of Preacher? Unpopular Opinion of 2024: Constellation (AppleTV+) had a couple of the best episodes of TV all year, even though the show overall and its finale were disappointing. Falling out of ranking this year: What We Do In The Shadows (FX) I know this is a favorite of a lot of people here... I didn't hate it but I also think if this season didn't exist I wouldn't miss it that much. The finale pretty decent though. Shows 12-25, Unranked Sugar (AppleTV+), Shrinking (AppleTV+), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime), Bad Monkey (AppleTV+), Inspector Ellis (Acorn), Man on the Inside (Netflix), KAOS (Netflix), Brokenwood Mysteries (Acorn), Sunny (Netflix), The Diplomat (Netflix), Three Body Problem (Netflix), Brothers Sun (Netflix), The Rings of Power (Amazon Prime), Fallout (Amazon Prime) 11) Troppo (Amazon Prime). I hate to leave this show off my Top 10. The darkly comedic tone, plus music and swampy visuals created a thick atmosphere you could cut with a machete. This show features an unlikely pair of misfit detectives- former a disgraced former policeman falsely accused of a crime, and a female outsider PI freshly out of prison – teaming up in a rural Australian town. The camera really loves both of them, and it's nice to see Amanda with hair this season. Both were basically at rock bottom in the first season, but in the new season is less of a challenge to watch as we get to see their partnership strengthen and act a little less prickly with everyone. The season follows them stubbornly tracking down leads in their case while also attempting to put their own lives together and both have a nice arc. 10) Far North (Acorn). I'm sneaking this one in at 10 as a show that probably not many people have checked out. If you like inept but mostly likeable criminals failing hilariously, this might be for you. The show is set in northern New Zealand, where a local gang seeks to land a large meth delivery but are in way over their heads. It's not the most ambitious show, but I thought it did a great job with what it was attempting. The fact that it's based on a true story with a known outcome helps keep it mostly fun and low-stakes. 9) Bad Sisters (AppleTV+) I had Season 1 of this show at #2 on my list for that year. It didn't need a second season, but I'm glad they tried. Season 2 fell well short of the perfection of the first season but the This season lacked the perfectly hateable villain of S1, but the banter and relationships of the sisters, the new investigator duo, and a wonderful turn by Fiona Shaw, still makes it a great watch. 8) Only Murders In The Building (Hulu) Our oddly-matched scoobies have another murder to solve while their story gets ready for the big screen. This season the show skewers Hollywood, so say hi to Zach Gallifanakis Eva Longoria and Eugene Levy as the actors ready to play Martin, Short, and Gomez in the Only Murders movie. The show continues with its slickly absurdist vibe through one twist after another, and if you've made it through the earlier seasons you'll probably find enough to like in this one as well. 7) The Bear (FX+) This season felt a bit like half a season, and the overall movement of the plot was not that impressive. This show is really a series of moments and if you can sit back and enjoy the struggles and triumphs of our kitchen gang without worrying about how it fits, this show does deserve all the hype. This season we get a phenomenal flashback episode with Tina's hiring and some great mother-daughter scenes between Natalie and Donna, plus the usual push and pull between restaurant leads Carmen, Sydney and Richie. No sane people would go through all of this for the sake of a restaurant, but who wants to waste their time watching logical people do logical things? The Bear continues to be compelling and intense and unlike anything else on TV. 6) Slow Horses (AppleTV+) I love this show but I don't think this was the strongest season. Even so, Slow Horses remains one of the funniest and most clever action/espionage/intrigue shows out there, to the point it seems to be spawning a new generation of intelligence thrillers (see The Diplomat, Black Doves...). It's not really a farce – the humor comes from the way our crew of Slough House misfits fail and/or give the finger to the rest of the intelligence establishment while evading some peril or assassin. Oh, and Gary Oldman. 5) Interior Chinatown (Hulu) This was undoubtedly the most creative show in my top 10. There's so much going on here, I'd just encourage everyone to watch it. Take a bold-faced satire of police procedural shows, add Boots Riley or Jordan Peele social commentary and Everything Everywhere All at Once imagination, carried by Jimmy Yang and Ronnie Chung comedy. Major themes of navigating white establishment spaces as a non-white plus sexual and racial identity and the role of mass media and establishment institutions. This may sound like it would make for a preachy and boring watch, but it's not, the show is fun and funny as hell. I don't want to spoil much about it since it's surprising twists and journey are part of the fun. It gets weird too, and occasionally felt clunky or try-hard. I'm not sure I loved the ending as much as the build-up. 4) Silo (AppleTV+) This ranking is pre-finale, and also definitely due to me having read the books, and also because I didn't watch the first season in time to add it to that year's top 10 list. The books are good and I think this TV adaptation makes them much better and fits the TV format well. Steve Zahn was a great choice for the new character and plays really well against Rebecca Ferguson's Juliette, and there are enough moving parts to the main Silo plot to keep it interesting at least for the first 2/3 of the season. 3) Manhunt (AppleTV+) This show rises to #3 mostly because it so greatly exceeded expectations for me. I don't know how far it strays from reality, but this take on the investigation of Lincoln assassination was a fun and exciting watch all the way through. It works equally well as a historical drama and crime thriller, and Tobias Menzies was compelling as lead investigator and secretary of state Edwin Stanton. 2) Ripley (Netflix) A limited series shot in stunning black and white, making great use of Italian architecture. The cinematography elevates the show to number 1 for me -- you almost don't need dialog to follow along since the visual language of the shots are so powerful and well thought out. Andrew Scott is amazing as you'd expect. 1) Shogun (FX). Clearly the most ambitious show to come out this year. This is a sweeping story of war, politics, and strangers and outcasts navigating a bewildering society. Beautiful landscapes and sets plus gorgeous costumes show the care that went into the show. The characters are mostly compelling too. This year we've mostly avoided subtitled shows but this one was a must-watch for us. I don't know that it needs more seasons but I'll be there for them.
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Dec 25, 2024 23:53
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I really wanted to add Ripley to my list but couldn't put it above the others, glad to see it making other's lists though. It looks beautiful, I love the setting, and Ripley as a character has this fascinating repulsive appeal to watching what he does, like some kind of insect: alien and disconcerting and extremely creeply.
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Dec 26, 2024 11:54
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I was tempted to give Interior Chinatown a shot, but ever since Silicon Valley i've had an irrational hatred for Jimmy O. Yang
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Dec 26, 2024 17:39
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Oasx posted:I was tempted to give Interior Chinatown a shot, but ever since Silicon Valley i've had an irrational hatred for Jimmy O. Yang I'm enjoying Interior Chinatown and I hated his character on Silicon Valley, if it helps
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Oasx posted:I was tempted to give Interior Chinatown a shot, but ever since Silicon Valley i've had an irrational hatred for Jimmy O. Yang You like Chloe Bennet, yeah? You'll be fine.
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Oasx posted:I was tempted to give Interior Chinatown a shot, but ever since Silicon Valley i've had an irrational hatred for Jimmy O. Yang Why did you hate Jimmy O. Yang?
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10) Ronja the Robber's Daughter So, not only did Netflix decide to adapt a beloved book, they decided to adapt a beloved book that already has a beloved adaption and then lastly they had already hosed up one adaption of the book. And yet this works. The forest is as scary and wondrous as it should be, the cast is almost perfect and the harpies is just the right amount of scary and sexy (they're basically big murder birds with boobs). 9) The Sympathizer  There's a lot to say about how the Sympathizer deals with memories. How they shape us, how they breaks us and how they trick us. But to me the appeal of the Sympathizer is that it represents a return to form for HBO. Back when they weren't chasing the next Big Thing but concentrated on just telling good stories. When the opening cackle of the logo was a guarantee that no matter what came next it would a result of dedication and effort. Sadly it seems like it was the last gasp of the dying corpse that is Max now, but all the same it good while it lasted. 8) What We Do in the Shadows  A remarkable show in that it has never had a bad season, not an episode I didn't enjoy and a finale that didn't suck. It's what you get when you put a bunch of really talented comedians in a room together and actually give them a good script and tell them to go nuts. 7) Arcane  The plot went a bit esoteric in the final season but it still never lost sight of what was important: Relationship and how they will save you or destroy you. Even in the trippiest sequences that was still the core of the show. Plus, even if you fail to keep with hexgates, parallell dimensions and who's loving who right now, it was still the prettiest and most stylish show you could watch this year. 6) Fargo  "So, for this scene I want you to walk." "Just...walk?" "Yes, in a straight line." "Should I say or do something?" "No. Just..walk." "Okay..." "Trust me, it's gonna be great." And he was totally right too. 5) We Are Lady Parts  A show about a muslim punk band trying to make it. A show that deals with big issues like how it is to be queer and muslim, the restrictions that religion puts on you and how to be popular without selling your soul. And it manages to deal with those issues and still be really funny. Plus, minimum one good song per episode. 4) The Penguin  There's a moment at the start of the show where I knew I was going to enjoy this. The Penguin is struggling with carrying a corpse down a staircase and I thought "why doesn't he jus throw it down instead?" and seconds later that's exactly what he did. It's Colin Farrell desperately trying to show that he can actually act (and he really can loving act). It's a portrayal of an absolute poo poo human being with no redeeming qualities. And also it has Clancy Brown as a mobster. 3) Agatha All Along  I honestly wasn't a big fan of Wandavision. I think to appreciate it you have to have grown up with american sitcoms and to me, as a non-american it just comes off as cheesy reenactments. But Katrhyn Hahn was great in it. And here she gets an entire show where she can ham everything up and instead of toning the rest down they got Aubrey Plaza to try and outdo her. Plus it got one of the greatest twist this year. The kind of twist that rewards re watches and actually makes sense within the show:It really was Agatha all along. 2) Shogun  Just overall quality. The kind of show that has big battles, detailed design and is filmed by people who knows their poo poo. But at the same time the kinda show where a conversation between two or more characters is just as engrossing as a big fight scene. 1) Baby Reindeer  It's a shame that the point of the show got drowned in all the controversy about who the characters was based on, because this should be most important show of the year. In how it deals with rape, mental illness and abuse of power. It's just an emotional nuclear bomb of a show. The kind of show that is so draining that you can't binge it, you have to take breaks. I don't think I can watch it again, but everyone should watch it once. Alhazred fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Jan 26, 2025 |
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Dec 26, 2024 19:28
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Open Source Idiom posted:You like Chloe Bennet, yeah? You'll be fine. I wouldn't be much of an Agents of Shield fan if I didn't, I didn't know she was in it so I'm definitely giving it a shot now.
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Alhazred posted:
Glad someone included this. Definitely one of the best things on Peacock.
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Oasx posted:I wouldn't be much of an Agents of Shield fan if I didn't, I didn't know she was in it so I'm definitely giving it a shot now. Plus the Asian cop from Peacemaker is in the show too.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Bennet is really fun in her role. It's good to see her in good roles again. Her IMDB is kind of dire. I see that Brett Dalton's Hallmark movie period was at least pretty short, I was getting worried. Both him and Bennet seemed like good choices to become stars.
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Thanks to whoever mentioned The Franchise, had never heard of it before and binged it all, really good. I could watch like five seasons of that since I love behind-the-scenes stuff.
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TURTLE SLUT posted:Thanks to whoever mentioned The Franchise, had never heard of it before and binged it all, really good. I could watch like five seasons of that since I love behind-the-scenes stuff. Arguably the best Armando Iannucci show since Veep.
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Back to the editing room.
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Dec 28, 2024 22:58
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I think there are a few here that didn't air in 2024.
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Dec 28, 2024 23:05
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I got all excited thinking Dr. Katz was back on 
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Dec 28, 2024 23:17
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for my money, i think this poll should allow tv shows from whenever.
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Dec 28, 2024 23:46
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ShoogaSlim posted:for my money, i think this poll should allow tv shows from whenever. We have this conversation most years and the arguments still haven't changed. It is what it is.
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Dec 28, 2024 23:49
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Wait wait wait. I didn't put Detroiters or Kevin Can F*** Himself on my list because I thought it had to have aired this year. If that's not the case I'd like to amend mine because I just found out about/watched them this year. e: oh, it's been noted okay
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Dec 29, 2024 00:27
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I'm still rummaging the shows of this year through my head. Can you add The Brothers Sun to the list at the start? That show ruled, but I wasn't sure when that aired (January fourth). I bet other people forgot about that as well. Between that, Blue Eye Samurai and Interior Chinatown, there were some really good Asian-American shows this year. cant cook creole bream fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Dec 29, 2024 |
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TURTLE SLUT posted:Thanks to whoever mentioned The Franchise, had never heard of it before and binged it all, really good. I could watch like five seasons of that since I love behind-the-scenes stuff. You're welcome, I was this close of making it my Number One, I really love the constant anxiety overriding the series, and then the comedy just showing up almost like a valve on a pressure cooker to just ease everything. I just love the idea of the Kevin Fiege stand in on the giant LCD screen like a monolith, and trying desperately to rehearse his behind the scenes videos where he wants to nail the "sparks will fly" delivery
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BetterLekNextTime posted:
Thanks for mentioning this one, I hadn't heard of it. Halfway through the first season and I like it!
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I finally realized why Conkaffy looks so familiar in this, he's Miller from the Expanse, and playing a somewhat similar character.
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Dec 29, 2024 22:59
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I was happy to double check the OP and see that the deadline is January 19th, 2025, at 11:59:59 EST. Already got all my shows written down, ranked my top 10, picked and wrote about 5 honorable mentions, and I'm currently a little less than halfway through writing my top 10 justifications. At this point I may wait until I watch Squid Game 2 juuuust in case, but otherwise looks like there's still plenty of time for me to get this finished up. Same goes to you, goon reading this! Participate, it's fun! 
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Hey guys! Happy New Year! I'm still alive. Sorry I went MIA - I was just popping in now to say I'm happy to run it again this year but it looks like Arist may have stepped up. Let me know if you'd like a hand. Hope all is well with everyone and I look forward to seeing what everyone on here has liked as I don't think I've been on this forum all year.
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Hi Looten, glad you're alive! 
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Dec 31, 2024 23:03
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Glad you’re still around, Looten 
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I think 2024 was a good year for tv, and there were probably 4-5 shows more I would have felt good with putting on the list. I figure that I will be the only one putting half of these shows on my list, but I figure part of the fun is discovering new stuff that people like. Honorary mentions Doctor Who We got a new Doctor, and this is the best the show has been since the Tennant days, there have been one or two weak episodes but the first season has started off very strongly. Halo Halo season one was mediocre at the best of times, but by some miracle, it got a new showrunner in the second season and improved vastly, never have I seen a show become so much better over such a short span. It got cancelled but I give it props for becoming genuinely good. Masters of Air Masters of Air gets a lot of criticism and I agree with all of it. But when the show is actually doing air scenes it's great and there is nothing else like it. I wish we could have gotten a better story in this last part of the WW2 trilogy, but what we got was still worth watching, and on occasion spectacular. 10. Rings of Power It doesn't have the story quality of the Lords of the Rings movies, but this is a good and epic story about the earlier days of Middle Earth, and it looks amazing. 9. Dead Boy Detectives I had mixed feelings about this show, but around halfway through I came to really like the characters and world they embody, it's a shame that it got cancelled. 8. Star Trek Discovery Ever since Star Trek The Next Generation people have been trying to "fix" Star Trek, they will tell you that they like it, but it just needs to be grittier, funnier, more grimdark, more action-packed. Exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations has been put on the back burner and the idea of humanity improving is something many people in charge of making Star Trek is more than happy to ignore. Star Trek Discovery has flaws, mostly an annoying protagonist who gets all of the attention over much more interesting characters, but the love of actual Star Trek is evident, this is a continuation of ideas started in TNG, and the only other Star Trek that tries to embody the spirit of those ideas. 7. Manhunt Not being American the murder of President Lincoln is an event I was only vaguely aware of, so it was interesting seeing this show about the hunt for his murderer. It was also good to see Patton Oswalt in a serious role. 6. Agatha all along Agatha was a highlight of Wandavision, but I think we were all wondering whether she could carry her own show, turns out she could! It helped that the show had a bunch of good actors all having fun, the highlight was of course The Ballad of the Witches' Road, sung in several different versions on the show, all great. 5. Mr Bates vs the post office Based on a true story. In the early 2000's a fault in a new IT system caused the system to make up losses in the accounts of subpostmasters running the postoffices in England, and they are forced to either pay use their own money to balance the accounts or be accused of fraud and potentially jailed. A former subpostmaster spends the next twenty years trying to prove that the fault is with the IT system. At the time the series premiered, there were still subpostmasters suffering the consequences of the IT fault, but thanks to the attention of this tv show the matter has more or less been solved, and people have gotten financial compensation. 4. The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin Noel Fielding plays the highwayman Dick Turpin. If you like Fielding's brand of comedy (which I do), then this is a must-watch. 3. From Spooky monsters and incredibly dumb humans. People keep comparing this to Lost, which is a bit unfair. It is the best Lostlike by far, but Lost has infinitely better characters and writing than From. But when From is spooky, it's really spooky. Season three was uneven but the story seems to finally be kicking into gear. 2. Shardlake Taking place in 1537, a hunchbacked lawyer (excellently played by Arthur Hughes) is sent to solve the mystery of a murder at a monastery, assisted by an attractive man with a sword (played by Anthony Boyle). This was the surprise hit of the year for me, and I hope we get a second season. 1. Evil Evil is a show I came to appreciate a lot more after binging it before the last season, it is a show that definitely improved as the actors got more comfortable in their roles, the show leaned into the supernatural and religious angles and stopped dismissing them out of hand at the end of each episode.
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10) Tokyo Vice Season one was merely good, but season two was great! The guy who wrote the original book apparently made a bunch of stuff up, but the show is clearly fiction, so who cares. An American journalist single-handedly takes on multiple Yakuza groups, corrupt politicians, and dirty cops, and it all just works. The Yakuza guys also get goofy humanizing moments, like singing Backstreet Boys karaoke. 9) Sugar  I love noir stuff, so how could I resist Colin Farrell as a detective who sees the world through noir tropes, constantly comparing events to clips from old movies? Farrell’s character is the chandlerian modern knight detective archetype who always does the right thing while the show constantly hints that something is up with him. I would have preferred having the twist happen a bit earlier, so we had more time to explore the implications, but still good stuff. 8) Agatha All Along  I was originally a bit disappointed that this took place in such a limited setting, but this turned out to be the right decision because the show is basically a character study of a group of people who bond while working through a series of challenges. Everyone brings their acting a-game, and the final twist recontextualizes everything, so you want to start a rewatch as soon as you’re done. 7) Shogun  What can I add to what has already been said? A great, high-quality production with both stunning set-pieces and more quiet character moments. My biggest issue is that I was a big fan of the original Richard Chamberlain adaptation and couldn’t help but compare them in my head. I liked how Japanese is actual Japanese, but Portuguese is just people speaking English and agreeing that it's Portuguese. 6) Interior Chinatown  I love meta-fictional stories, so this was right up my alley. A Chinese waiter learns that he is a side-character in a police procedural and has to find a way to break out of his pre-defined role while investigating what happened to his brother. The deliberately two-dimensional side-characters gradually receive more depth as they, too, grow tired of their formulaic lifes. 5) Shardlake  Criminally overlooked show that I can’t convince anyone else to watch. A historical murder mystery with a hunch-backed master detective investigating a murder in a secretive monastery full of intrigue and secret passages. The twist is that the protagonist is working for Thomas Cromwell, portrayed by Sean Bean, and under explicit instructions to find dirt on the monks so Cromwell can shut down the monastery. A great spin on the historical mystery genre. The Guardian review is spot on:  4) Fallout  I think what makes this so great is that it really feels like you’re watching an open-world game, with three different character builds taking different paths to the climax and getting distracted by colorful side-quests along the way. They managed to capture the chaotic feel of playing the game, and that’s rare in a tv adaption. 3) Fargo  After the wet fart of season 4, season 5 was a great return to form. Not quite on the level of season 2 but about even with season 1, making it share a spot with season 1 for second-best season in my estimation. The ending, as many people have pointed out, was a heart-warming subversion of a common trope. 2) Den Sorte Svane (The Black Swan)  I don’t think this is available outside of Scandinavia, but the rules don’t say anything about that! A Danish documentary crew convinced a criminal lawyer* to wear a wire and hidden cameras for ten months and edited the juiciest parts together into a real-life Better Call Saul. Featuring a colorful cast of Tucoesque biker assassins, money launderers, and corrupt lawyers, the results are as entertaining as they are wildly unethical and irresponsible. The protagonist blatantly participates in criminal activity to maintain her cover and also tried to stop release of the final product, but they were like “haha, gently caress you, have fun living in hiding for the rest of your life!” Just as you start to feel bad for her, a stunning plot twist reveals that she had been playing the documentary crew from the start and operating a separate crime office for actual friends. A supposed enemy who threatened her on hidden camera is actually her boyfriend. Was the documentary crew mere pawns in a fight between organized crime factions? They never figure it out. The End. Anyway, definitely watch this if it ever receives an international release. It has received some international attention, so it might happen. * Actually, a mere “Jurist”, who isn’t a member of the bar, but I won’t bore you with details of the Danish legal system. 1) Interview with the Vampire  Mind-blowing genius that exceeds the movie in every way. The decision to make the show about a second interview that recontextualizes the first one was genius. Making Louis a black man living in 1920’s New Orleans adds a whole new facet to the story. Has some of the best acting I’ve seen in anything ever. Watch the trailer for season 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KcYh0umT8U
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Man I just completely forgot to watch season 2 of Tokyo Vice, and I keep meaning to watch Interview with the Vampire but getting sidetracked by other stuff. That's another reason this thread is so good, I'm reminded or discover shows I should be watching - Shardlake sounds loving delightful. Everybody else post some lists!
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