The Last Dance on netflix, but do not google if they did it, I couldn't remember and is it absolutely brilliant, nostalgic and a peek into the way Michael Jordan motivated himself is fascinating.
Firefly. Farscape. Basically, any sci-fi beginning with 'F'.
Orphan Black. Worth the price of entry just for the acting chops of its lead. I really should get around to watching the last series.
Generation Kill. The David Simon HBO series no-one seems to have seen.
Yes, I watched it last year. Excellent series.
We Own This City is another one that nobody seems to have seen.
The Wire. The definitive HBO series really, from the writing, the setting, the characters, the story arcs, the no happy endings. I've gone back to rewatch the Sopranos, and checked out The West Wing, and they really haven't aged well; whereas the Wire seems kinda timeless.
Also noticeable is that a few of the writers and actors are in Bosch, and I think it shows tbh.
The Shield. I haven't gone back to rewatch it; and S2 has a weird ending halfway through the series, but it just went from strength to strength for me, building this underlying tension and dread before the most amazing finale. I'm kinda fearful of going back to rewatch it because I worry it may not be as good now.
I reckon I will evangelise about Bosch in the future, but most people already know about it.
Film: the Mist. Classic B movie feel, from a Stephen King short story; the ending ensures you'll never forget it
Dark – I know it is in German and is really tough to follow if you dont pay attention, but boy is it worth it. Ties up all the loose ends well, which TV can often fail to do).
Good to know! I haven't watch the final series yet, but bloody love it - subtitles or voice over? I go subtitles, and pretend I understand the German. utterly fantastic show.
Has no one mentioned Stranger Things yet (well, maybe first 2 series were the best)? The Good Place? And, yes, Farscape was one of my absolute favourites.
Also BSG from the 2000s. What a story arc, utterly fantastic.
Top prize goes to Babylon 5 however. amaze balls.
Generation Kill. The David Simon HBO series no-one seems to have seen.
I just rewatched it for about the 5th time. Its absolutely brilliant! The final scene is one of the most powerful scenes ever filmed. Stands as a comment on the whole Iraq shambles
And Ray is one of the best characters in any series ever
I'm sure I read once that SK said he'd wished he'd thought of that ending for his book! Won't say any more 😃Film: the Mist. Classic B movie feel, from a Stephen King short story; the ending ensures you’ll never forget it
For those that have seen the Wire - then the same writers (?) did The Corner and a series called Treme, i thought they were great also..
A series on US troops in Iraq called Over There, and another called Generation Kill.
Deadwood
Second, Band of Brothers and The Pacific and worth seeing now as third one Master of the Air, supposed to be coming this summer..
Tour of Duty as i used to love it as a lad, mostly due to Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones as title music..
subtitles or voice over?
Subtitles every time. Tried an episode with an American-sounding voice track on it, was beyond irritating.
Also BSG from the 2000s. What a story arc, utterly fantastic.
Final series, and one particular weird character arc took the shine off it for me TBH.
Deadwood, edging out The Wire which outstayed its welcome with S5.
The Station Agent. Nowhere near the "best" film nor even my favourite, but nobody ever seems to have seen it and it's a little gem of a movie.
The Wire
Green Wing
Spaced
Six Foot Under (I only knew one other person that was watching it at the time)
ER (when it was doing it right)
Back then ^^^^
More recently -->>>>
Better Call Saul
The Handmaid's Tale (although the last series feels like it is running out of steam).
Wayne
The Expanse
Films
I honestly wouldn't know where to start,too many to choose from and I like quite quirky movies.
If you're a man of a certain age, then Mortimer and Whitehouse Go Fishing. Just wonderful slow TV
Elsewhere and can't believe it hasn't been mentioned - It's a Sin.
Film would be "Leon"
TV series, going away from the obvious I love things like "Monk" "Psych" and "eureka"
I am tired of "overarching" plot lines and now just prefer something where you don't have to be invested in some massive plot about conspiracy and/or secret government departments, that keeps ramping up season after season, where the end of level baddy is exactly the same as the last one but somehow also bigger and badder.
Altered Carbon
Yup, Altered Carbon was very good.
Just looked at the front page,how could I have forgotten about Utopia and The Bear.
Oh,and the first series of Bloodlines.
Band of Brothers – just amazing and terrifying TV. Again the book is well worth a read
I agree with this one there are moments in it that hit you, the laundry scene where she reads all the names out not realising. But the baseball scene at the end, people surviving all that then getting killed by a taxi at home etc.
A total cliche but I can watch withnail and I over and over. And hotfuzz... with the various narations on the dvd.
yeah, I mean they have their place obviously but even sitcoms now have to have "story arcs" 🙄 Sometimes I just want to watch something you can just dip in and out of! I blame the X-Files. The "MOTW" episodes were great, all the story-arc conspiracy stuff just tiresome pants 😂 This is why "anthology" style shows like Black Mirror (which used to be more common) are so refreshing (and shows like Fargo, American Horror Story, White Lotus etc where at least each season is self-contained)I am tired of “overarching” plot lines
Has nobody mentioned "Detectorists" yet??
Green Wing
Ooh, niche choice! S1 and S3 for me; S2 was a bit... odd. I've got the DVDs somewhere, will have to watych it again when I dig them out
Schitt’s Creek. Some absolutely genius writing and acting, always funny, incredibly touching and the most positive same sex relationship I’ve ever seen in any medium. On Netflix.
Current favourite is Get Shorty on All4. Smart, snappy dialogue, great characters.
Movies that everyone should see: 2001 and Strictly Ballroom.
More recently, The Expanse
Older, Babylon 5
where to start, few old tv series Boys from the blackstuff and When the boat comes in, more recent would be the first series of True detective and Detectorists ,
french tv series braquo.....gritty nasty police thing where its proper edge of the seat tense in places, and everyone is a bit a b@#$!#d even the sort of goodies. Also ace that none of the actors are american drama pretty, but look like everyday folk that are having a hard time of it.
think you can get it these days on netlix or amazon
Generation Kill was brilliant. I can't listen to Tainted Love anymore without thinking of this series.
The Pacific was really good as well.
Also love it when I find out someone else is a fan of Toast of London.
Best British comedy of the last decade IMO.
These 2 TV Series...
The Wire
Justified
reeksy
Utopia, the C4 series.
is that the same as the Australian version of the same name?
Sorry I don't know, the one I've seen is British but there is a US remake.
It's about a conspiracy theory involving a graphic novel. But that really doesn't do it justice, at the risk of spoilers, this is a good summary of what i loved about it
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/07/utopia-one-of-the-decades-most-electrifying-and-criminally-under-seen-thrillers
Toast of London is superb, but the last series was a colossal let down.
Green wing is peerless, it's beyond criticism for me but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to everyone...
Ah Justified is excellent, like a big warm comfy jumper. But I don't know many folks that I reckon'd be interested in it, so I tend not to evangelise.
Current favourite is Get Shorty on All4. Smart, snappy dialogue, great characters.
Saw this was on there. Is it good? Obviously it's not the film (which was great, from when Travolta was watchable), but is it worth watching?
Toast of London is superb, but the last series was a colossal let down.
A massive disappointment.
It was "Toast of Tinseltown" though, so the legacy of ToL is intact. Kind-of.
Saw this was on there. Is it good?
Get Shorty is fab. Get watchin!
Maximum Bob (also Elmore Leonard) was a great, but shortlived series too.
Babylon 5. Remember the gradual realisation in the first series that something was going on in the background... in a world of episodic TV, the slow introduction of a story arc was genius.
Also BSG from the 2000s. What a story arc, utterly fantastic.
Top prize goes to Babylon 5 however. amaze balls.
I came back to add Babylon 5 to my list and I also enjoyed the new BSG.
Taskmaster....watched from first series on Dave and as far as we're concerned there's never been a bad series
Taskmaster, late to it but it is brilliant, the task where John Kearns infuriates Dara Ò Briain & Fearn Brady whilst sabotaging a task is superb.
Liked Justified but felt it lacked the edge The Shield and The Wire both had.
Spaced is as close to perfect as you can get - watched it many times.
Spooks is excellent, watched all of that a few times as well. Gets better towards the end.
Recently really enjoyed Counterpart, bit tricky to find online (on Starz channel):
+1 for Green Wing.
Film? Cabaret
TV series, Black sails, Band of brothers and Generation kill.
Films, A million ways to die in the west and The usual suspects.
yeah definitely. Just the perfect amount of surreal-ness (is that a word?) Everyone involved in it is brilliant & I don't think have ever done anything better (even Simon Pegg who's obviously had loads of success in Hollywood etc now)Spaced is as close to perfect as you can get – watched it many times.
don't know how they keep coming up with new stuff but they do. That particular one was a masterstroke, I agree 😃Taskmaster, late to it but it is brilliant, the task where John Kearns infuriates Dara Ò Briain & Fearn Brady whilst sabotaging a task is superb.
Update.....Although my head is turning to mince, through the afternoon this thread has had me thinking/remembering about a lot of stuff before streaming and catch-up,you know the ones,C4 or BBC2 would put them on once a week at 10.30pm ,so if you weren’t organised with recording they passed you by.
Two more that I remember ’staying up’ for was the first series of Skins and Misfits, again ,at the time nobody I knew or worked with was watching these .
C4 Utopia
The Spiral
Happy
Blackadder II
Life of Brian
Leon
Liked Justified but felt it lacked the edge The Shield and The Wire both had.
Love Justified, partly because it doesn't have an edge. It's pure entertainment, and the way they extended the Elmore Leonard characters from the books was great.
Others - The Expanse, Firefly, Buffy, Black Books, Parks and Recreation.
TV - one I've not seen on these pages yet is the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People with Alec Guinness. Absolutely brilliant and still great to watch today.
Film - Alien, for me it's cinematic perfection. The pacing, the design, the performances, everything just clicked. Blade Runner also (The Director's Cut obviously) as it ignited my imagination and set me off on my career path. Ridley Scott was imperious for a while there, sadly less so now. And the first 10 minutes of Up! It's incredibly moving, Pixar are absolute sods for gut punching the adults at the start of a kids movie.
Spooks is excellent, watched all of that a few times as well. Gets better towards the end.
it was superb I thought. until they made a film. that was almost a parody of the series.
Films:
the 1986 film Trick or treat, with ozzy as a vicar, gene simmonds as a DJ, etc
flight of the navigator.
I love the Nolan batman trilogy.
nothing recent that's realy stood out.
TV:
Wire in the blood.
Spooks
Ragnarok was really good, must've been as I really struggle with subtitles.
The boys, is just wonderful.
Anything David Attenborough does.