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One of the major problems with TV that I've noticed is that you can have a great premise and great starting season, then the show gets cancelled for some stupid reason. I often find movies to have higher quality than TV. What do you think?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Care to share? I'm a bit bored.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My favorite example is still The Wire (or even before that Twin Peaks).

A more recent example is Dark.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Wire is really not what I'd enjoy watching. I got to the point where the cop and the gang had some confrontation and the cop was intructed by his superior to lie and claim that he "feared for his life". At that point I just fucking can't continue watching. Too real for my liking. I want to watch tv for escapism, not to be reminded how shitty real life is.

[โ€“] taladar 2 points 1 year ago

Some recent series I have enjoyed are Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Foundation, Wednesday and The Mandalorian.

Some older ones I would recommend are Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek DS9, Community, The Good Place,

Out of all of those I would say Babylon 5 has the best long term story and character development in a way that just isn't possible in something that is as short as a movie (especially the characters Londo and G'Kar).