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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?
'What we do in the shadows' if 'the real world' house was set in the 'vampire: the masquerade' setting, but everyone is just as petty and cringe despite being 500 year old vampires. Spun off from feature film of the same name.
'Bojack horseman' whip smart surrealist comedy/merciless knife twisting too-real drama about a washed up actor in 2010s hollywood. Revels in clever tounge twisters, word play, and sprinkling dry humor on the cringe-horror. Animated, brutally real, suffused with a quiet desperation that can be painful to watch while making the jokes no less funny.
'The good place' what if moral philosophy 101 was a funny joke? But like really funny. All four seasons. some of the pop culture references aged a little, but the core premise is rock solid and about half the jokes are about people who have been dead for centuries or mythologies originally inscribed on stone.
'King of the hill' and 'silicon valley' borderline anthropological studies of turn if the century small town Texas and 2010s silicon valley from the guy who made 'idiocracy'. Affectionately mocking and mercilessly vicious, respectively. They haven't aged perfectly, but they're still brilliant insightful and funny. Some of the bits are timeless, the characters are amusing even if some look different from post-2020, and the depth of understanding mike judge gives these people is truly stunning.
'Reno911' a parody of 'cops', cops, and the city of reno centering on members of the reno police department. Has aged far too well. Watch an episode or two if you're swamped in copaganda. I have no fucking clue how this got made. Having lived in reno for a year in my youth and interacted with police, I can say I didn't know it was scripted for the entire first season.
'Madoka magicka' just a really good twee magical girl show from a feminist perspective. Pay no attention to the quiet girl with the shotgun, the uncanny architecture, or the twee magic pet thing's choice of food.
'Kill la kill' the sexualization of young girls is a problem. You, young girl, must save us by dressing extra slutty and doing lots of violence. This one is fine for kids.
'Ghost in the shell: stand alone complex' its old cyberpunk, so it's aged a bit, and is somewhat copaganda, but is still remarkably good. Season two is like a different thing and not any good.
'Doom patrol' people with big superpowers and bigger mental illnesses spending basically all their time in every part of comic book nonsense absolutely not allowed in an 'avengers' movie-too smart, too weird, too gross, too subversive, too hostile to expectations. A self aware ontologically queer street is a major side character, and that doesn't even stand out. You need to watch it.
03's 'battlestar galactica' a sequel to an older show of the same name that didn't really matter. Keeps coming up and I endorse, even if its kind of genx shitlib sometimes.
'Better off ted' basically likable upper manager at The Evil Company circa late 2000s.
Not sure if I wanted to include it here, because it's so god damn basic, but 'breaking bad' really is spectacular. The acting, and the way they use death as a motif is really fucking cool. But if you can't with basic-bitch white heteros, you shouldn't bother. The spinoff 'better call Saul' is also very good, and less cringeily basic-bitch.