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I haven't been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there's a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I'd give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).

Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some "absolute cinema" TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?

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[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My Fiancee and I just over the last couple of weeks binged the series 12 Monkeys for the first time. Easily one of my favorite shows period, and it's a show that ended as intended.

If you've seen the movie, from other people's observations (I haven't watched it), the first season of the show vaguely follows along a similar idea, but it absolutely is not the same afterwards.

It's 4 seasons and 46 episodes so it's not a huge commitment, but the payoff is so worth it.

The show is one of the rare ones where it only gets better as it goes on, up to the very last episode. Truly underrated and overlooked.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dystopian Sci-Fi. Time travel Adventure

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

4400 is that scifi show, although its an old show form the late 2000s. dystopian future that have time travel sublpot, mixed with "superpowers" given to normal humans plucked out of random points in time. i think the show has too much going on for it to continue, 3 large concepts : time travel, superpowers, preventing future events.

[–] gukleszl4hs48ughgxhr5xgd@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, shit. Love the movie, don't know how I missed that a tv series was made lol. Thanks for the comment!

[–] Ftumch@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Personally I only really started enjoying the TV show when I stopped comparing it to the movie. I enjoyed both, but for different reasons.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I binged that show a few years ago and loved it. One thing that I couldn't stop thinking about though - it's been 25 years since the apocalypse; where are they getting all the booze, cigarettes, fuel and bullets from? There's presumably no manufacturing going on, and looting would have used up existing stocks pretty quickly.