Thanks to Pastry's topic on top 5 movies, I'm interested to see what your top 5 TV series are. These are mine:
The X Files (the earlier seasons with Mulder and Scully)
Game of Thrones
MacGyver (the original Richard Dean Anderson one)
Stargate SG-1
Alias
There's a lot more I could add, but I'll keep it simple for now :)
Lenny vs spenny, did you like Testees series that Kenny made?
Thanks for the heads up! I did watch it, but wasn't a huge fan. Kenny Hotz Triumph of The Will was better IMHO :)
Triumph of the will , I'll look out for it.
Great thread op, thank you! Already picked up so many shows from others.
This is just 5 off the top of my head that I love, so many more I could add.
Curb your enthusiasm (New season, perhaps the last ever starting October 1st)
Eastbound and down
Peep show
The thick of it *(Anything by creator Armando Iannucci is great)
Derek
Edit, I'll throw in 5 older ones that I love
Laurel and Hardy
Faulty towers
Police Squad
magnum Pi (Always wanted that Ferrari)
Not a TV show, anything by George Carlin, rest in peace my friend.
Gave you a + vote for Peep Show, such a great show. Can't think of anything that even compares to it.
"Who are you and how did you get in here"
"I'm a blacksmith, and I'm a blacksmith"
Police Squad was amazing.
Locksmith*
Vampyr, we would be great friends..
Pretty much my top 5,though I'd forgotten about Kenny vs Spenny tbh, so I'll give you my tip five that you haven't mentioned
Deadwood
The Mighty Boosh
Oz
Gravity Falls
Flight of the Conchords
Glad to see other mentions of Deadwood. Amazing show, shame it didn't do more seasons.
Firefly
Babylon 5
MASH
BattleStar Galactica
Blackadder
Firefly all day!
No order
Breaking Bad
Bones
Gilmore Girls
Nurse Jackie
Luther
Gilmore girls is so good!
have a up vote for Luther! IMO Idris Elba is better in TV shows than movies.
I agree..Seen him in a few movies and he's like 'ehh' but in TV shows he just comes across better..Not sure why.
Yeah Idris is great in Luther and as stringer Bell in The wire …… he's in the dark tower soon , i hope it picks up his movie career.
In no particular order:
Dexter
Narcos
GoT
Seinfeld
South Park
Simpsons (Seasons 1 - 12)
Seinfeld
Breaking Bad
Narcos
Curb
[Scrubs]
Suits
House m.d.
Batman Animated
Dexter
I never ended up finishing House past season 4 or so. Does it ever change up the formula dramatically or in an interesting way, or is it much more of the same season after season?
they do change it up a bit. House is part of a very short list of shows I have finished watching, I was pretty content with how it finished up.
House is mainly cause I like medical tv shows
im pretty sure its lupus
The Shield
Dexter
GOT
24
The Wire
I think you and I were separated at birth.
I'd love to see Jack Bauer sent in to fight off the white walkers whilst Dexter wraps Cersei to a table in Cling wrap and Vic Mackey rips off the Iron Bank.
Awww
The ugliest twins ever
I need to know what other shows you like, so I know what else I must acquire. Thank you.
If you like Game of Thrones, definitely try out The Expanse. It's basically Game of Thrones in space. Definitely watch the entire first season before judging it as it is a slow-to-get-started show.
In no particular order;
Luther
Life On Mars (THEN Ashes to Ashes)
True Blood
Homeland
Marcella
Ray Donovan
Sherlock
River
Burn Notice
White Collar
You can find half of those on Stan & Netflix.
Awesome, thank you!
no order
West Wing
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Babylon 5 / Crusade
Sons of Anarchy
would have liked to squeeze Defiance in - should never have been cut!
Breaking Bad
Westworld
Friends
Stranger Things
Daredevil S1
Love Westworld, and can't wait for season 2. Can't believe more people have not mentioned it.
Me too, it was utter perfection in my eyes.
Blown away by Westworld
So was Sir Anthony
In no particular order;
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The Americans
Happy Valley
Mr. Robot
Z Nation
Better Call Saul
Family Guy
A Haunting
American Pickers
Can't believe Z Nation is on the list. Have you watched The Walking Dead?!
haha, No i havent. I enjoy the budget comedic side of z nation. It's so over the top that it's trash but at the same time there not trying to hide it.
While the Walking Dead spent an entire season sitting around on a farm chatting, Z-Nation was running over zombies with a giant chess wheel, and had zombie George R. R. Martin signing his books as they'd be worth a fortune once eBay got going again.
Z-Nation is awesome.
Band of Brothers
Scrubs
Breaking Bad
Avatar The Last Airbender
Rick and Morty
and a million or so honourable mentions…
Scrubs!! So good!!
Stargate: Sg1
Stargate: Atlantis
Stargate: Universe
Stargate: Origins (im assuming it will be awesome)
How I Met Your Mother
Tell me more please about Stargate Origins.
Thank you. It sounds very interesting.
isn't it like 10 minute webisodes or something lame
Universe was terrible :(
Stuck on a dark ship constantly, whiny cast members, lack of real action, barely used the stargate
The last ~5-6 eps were good, but that doesnt excuse the previous 35 bad eps. too little too late
I have high hopes for Origins
If lack of gate use was one reason why you didn't like Universe then Origin will suck for you.
They only opened the gate once before Daniel figured it all out in episode "The Torment of Tantalus" So i don't expect much gate use in the new show.
I listed more than one reason lol
Also, maybe Origins is about before the gate got buried, or maybe the second gate?
I agree, Universe was bad enough for me to stop watching it. SG1 was awesome, Atlantis was ok but Universe urrggh. Need to check out Origins, I kinda gave up on the whole franchise with Universe.
As much as I love Stargate, you cant pick a "show" which has 10 minute webisodes and hasnt aired yet! No doubt it will be awesome but still :P
Seinfeld
South Park
Vikings
Breaking Bad
Faulty Towers
Close Next;
Black Books
GoT
The Office
No order:
IT crowd
Fawlty Towers
Friends
Suits
House M.D.
No particular order bar the top one being the top
Mother (2010)
Jin
I, Claudius
Nodame Cantabile (Live action version)
Proposal Daisakusen
I would put Red Dwarf in there for Jin but I'm not sure it'd qualify as a "series". Rome could be there but was never finished, bastards.
would put Red Dwarf in there for Jin but I'm not sure it'd qualify as a "series"
Er … why?
Presume that's why not a series rather than why not Red Dwarf…………cos it really doesn't go anywhere, always hinting at a plot progression, even a resolution, but never actually does.
The Wire
The Shield
The Thick of It
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
The thick of it is absolute class. Anything by Armando Iannucci is pure gold. He also created veep and many others.
No order
Breaking Bad
True Detective Season 1
The Sopranos
Fargo
Game Of Thrones
True Detective season 1 was excellent. Hoping S3 is as good.
Im a huge fan of all 5 of your picks - closest top 5 to my own:)
Agreed season one true detective was sublime.
Season 2 of fargo was soooo good too.
I see these threads more as "suggest something for me to watch"
I've removed anything that's already been listed above
TV:
Ozark
Master of None
Louie (2010)
Utopia (UK, not AU or US, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384811/)
Misfits (UK)
Outcast
Preacher
Silicon Valley
An Idiot Abroad
The Moaning of Life
Vikings
Marco Polo (2014)
Rome
East Bound and Down
Plebs
Animated Series: (dont watch any of these if easily offended)
Brickleberry
F is for Family
Drawn Together
BoJack Horseman
The Life & Times of Tim
Archer
Ugly Americans
Rick and Morty
L&ToT is brilliant. Add Frisky Dingo to your last.
Breaking Bad
True Detective Season 1
Better Call Saul
Fargo
Narcos
El Chapo (no audio overdub)
True Detective S1 was very good. I started listening to The Handsome Family (they used 'Far From Any Road' as the theme) after I watched that series.
These Top 5 threads are tough. I'll bite on this one.
Black Mirror
Fargo
Game of Thrones
The Office (UK)
Entourage (Johnny Drama and Ari Gold FTW!)
That's just on the top of my head. Tough. I can belt out another 5.. and another 5.. and another..
In no order:
GoT
Breaking Bad
Suits
Big Bang Theory
Dexter
I'll go with
GoT*
The Wire
King of Queens
Breaking Bad
Band of Brothers
6-10
The Walking Dead*
The Sopranos
Better Call Saul*
Everybody Loves Raymond
Seinfeld
I'd think that my choices are very similar to your own TamTim.
For me it's;
X-Files (okay, maybe up to season 7) I actually liked the inclusion of John Dogget and I thought that Rob Patrick did a good job in the role but the continued Mulder's gone missing theme became a bit tiring. Monster of the week? Absolutely god damn right.
SG-1 (we'll ignore that weird season with Jonas)
-As an aside, I'll say that I think shows that make things too serious (military/police) in an attempt to make them more realistic go the other way. In shitty jobs like that you're going to joking off as much as you can (within reason) to ease the stress. I found that aspect of the series very convincing and enjoyable. These guys, this team is in a completely unknown situation, it's going to ridiculously stressful so you're going to try and lighten the mood as much as you can. The original movie was meant to be set shortly after Jack lost Charlie, so you can appreciate that the character is intended to be morose but I think by the time SG1 comes around it's sort of like a new opportunity for the character and it shows.
RDA version MacGyver (this was a massive favourite of mine as a kid), look I'll say it, MacGyver was a feel good show. RDA was a good guy, he was above board with the ladies, he treated people with decency but you know I thought and still think for young people, that MacGyver was a really enjoyable program. I'm not saying that we should dancing around with lollipops and rainbows but making every new bloody show dark and depressing is getting a bit old.
ST;TNG - I think I've said this before, TNG included a lot of references and stories about mental health. A lot of shows do that nowadays, and I'm sure they've always done so, but I really enjoyed TNG because I could relate to the characters (albeit, obviously not in the same circumstances).
The Simpsons - What can I say. Like putting on an old jumper. It's not that exciting, you know it inside and out but it's comfortable as hell and you just love wearing it on a cold day on the couch. Ok, maybe not the best analogy but it'll prob always be one of my favs.
Honorable mentions? True detective S1, Seconds From Disaster.
SG-1 (we'll ignore that weird season with Jonas)
The season itself wasn't very good but that character had a great introduction. He could've been good. A very quick learner with lateral thinking skill who has a tendency to freeze up dealing with emergency situations. Then they immediately abandon pretty much all of that and just make him Team Member #4, Vaguely Competent SGC Member in the majority of episodes. Which, funnily enough, was why Shanks left - he thought Daniel was getting too generic SGC soldier-y.
I agree. He did have a lot of potential. He is able to solve the overloading crisis through his quickly adapting intellect but this is only really eluded to. He has odd quirks which are referenced briefly but never fully fleshed out. I also think the character had more comedic potential. Overall I think Corin Nemec was reasonably versatile, though as you say I'm not sure he was given a whole lot to work with, but the season was too disruptive within the context of the series IMO. I agree with you though, I think if Corin had stayed that he'd have been able to offer more to the series.
Money was also a factor in why Shanks left IIRC, and I'm not sure he was entirely happy with the character taking less of a prominent role. They also changed the opening credits when Shanks returned, all seemed a bit weird, I'm not sure what the other actors thought about it all.
It's a bit of he said he said on the reason for his departure. Shanks is incredibly convincing when he talks of it. Producers like Rob Cooper seem iffy. But then they always seem iffy on production, it's part of their job, keeping the show's secrets.
If Shanks had taken 3 years to come back I'd be more inclined to believe it was bullshit on his part. That it only took one year makes me believe him to a degree.
Although I'm sure both stories have some legitimacy.
I started liking Jonas. felt sad when he left.
Star Trek (all of them)
Doctor Who
Quantum Leap
NCIS New Orleans
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Finaly someone with taste :D (Star Trek)
Peaky Blinders
Taboo
Poldark
New Tricks
Midsomer Murders
I forgot Taboo in my list, very good series!
Breaking Bad.
Rome
GoT
The Office UK and USA.
Suits.
Fargo
Breaking Bad
The Leftovers
Bates Motel
Better Call Saul
For me:
Stargate sg1 (obviously ;p)
Spartacus
Seinfeld
Breaking bad
The big bang theory
Breaking Bad
The Shield
The Wire
Fargo
Rick and Morty
My favs, in no order
Star Trek next gen
Star Trek ds9
La femme Nikita
Red dwarf
Fake or fortune
Game of Thrones
Suits
Vikings
Spartacus
Star Trek Voyager
No order
Archer
Suits
Arrested Devlopment
My love from a star
Unbreakable Kimmy
No Order
Shameless
Banshee
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Luke Cage
MASH
Hill Street Blues
Band of Brothers
Babylon 5
The World At War
No order:
Buffy
X-Files
Twin Peaks
Killjoys (current)
Absolutely Fabulous
Scrubs gets an honourable mention
ST:TNG and DS9 used to be in there but they have not aged well.
No where man
Odyssey 5
Sherlock
House MD
Sarah Conor chronicles
Honourable mentions.
Tng
Rick and morty
Life on mars
Got
Medium
Hannibal
Gotham
I'm glad no one listed sons of anarchy or some yuppy crap like that.
(No particular order)
The Wire
GoT
Kenny VS Spenny
Breaking Bad
Curb