Have there been any actually great TV shows in the last ten years?

[LingerLonger]

Can you folks really sit through a series anymore, so much filler episodes that do nothing

No. When you watch older shows like Sopranos, Oz, The Shield, Vice Principals, Eastbound, you can see how tight the pacing is compared to modern shows. Every single episode is its own movie in quality. Also older shows on HBO were made without commercials in mind. Now every single show is shot for ad tier streaming garbage and have tons of scenes clearly shot to introduce an ad break or come back from a commercial.

 

[aRTie02150]

Nathan For You legit one of the funniest shows ever

The pants pulling down in front of children event made me laugh several times.

 

[JohnnyDoh]

Generation Kill, shit that was 2008. True detective season 1, shit that was 2014. Shows like everything else have gotten more diluted.

 

[ミスタースパーコル]

The Dark Crystal sequel series, Age Of Resistance.

A curse upon Netflix for not only cancelling it, but also destroying the puppets & sets and hanging on to the IP so no-one else can continue it on-screen until or unless they say so. The story is consigned to rubbish books, comics & games indefinitely, now.



What I love about it is how it's much darker, bleaker and more messed-up than some assume or give credit. not afraid to venture into big complicated uncomfortable themes. At root, it was about an organised authoritarian-ordered genocide, that must have an unhappy ending if the prequel/original movie still makes sense as canon. Not a kids' show, even if it does have cute elfy puppets living in a hippy fantasy land.

Seladon is my favourite character, she's completely insane and she had her reasons.

This guy jerks off to the girl puppets.

 

[TheGhostOfBernellTrammell]

Check out ZeroZeroZero, it's just 8 episodes so it never goes to shit. Its about the cocaine trade and has three different narratives from buyer, smuggler, producer. Cartel violence, mafia drama, international smuggling.

 

[Turk February]

I liked The Boys. Homelander is a fantastic villain.

 

[PogromStallone]

Dark is probably the greatest show made in the last ten years. My Brilliant Friend is a runner up. Pachinko as well. Vice Principals is the best comedy.

These are great too.

The Dark Crystal sequel series, Age Of Resistance.

Twin peaks season 3. Also, The Devil’s Hour was decent

 

[nasty twp]

This guy jerks off to the girl puppets.

The fit one is the buff meathead guard/sidekick puppet called Gurjin.

He’s voiced by the young Brit actor who played the dom lad in Babygirl that was making Nicole Kidman drink milk and crawl around like a cat or whatever.

 

[Goddamn! Baboon]

Another shout for Black Sails, also I liked Catch 22, a WW2 mini series that had George Clooney in the first couple of episodes.

 

[DooDooBrown]

Nathan For You legit one of the funniest shows ever

The Rehearsal was also excellent. The Curse was weird, I loved it but it’s definitely not for everybody.

 

[Patrick O'Neal]

We're two guys who think TV shows ... were better back in the day!

 

[Safka's Enticer]

Edit: sorry wrong picture

 

[Safka's Enticer]

Dark is probably the greatest show made in the last ten years. My Brilliant Friend is a runner up. Pachinko as well. Vice Principals is the best comedy.

These are great too.

How do you have time to watch fucking everything?

 

[PogromStallone]

The fit one is the buff meathead guard/sidekick puppet called Gurjin.

I actually got Netflix just so I could watch the Making Of-documentary of this show since it was not available for piracy anywhere online.

 

[PogromStallone]

How do you have time to watch fucking everything?

Well, I only named 4 shows so I'm not sure that's everything.

 

[Leonard Rhomberg]

24 watch pretty good. It shows the resiliency of America to get nuked 7 times in 10 years and always come back stronger than ever each time

I watched The Americans a while back and I think that was pretty good

 

[Leonard Rhomberg]

Can you folks really sit through a series anymore, so much filler episodes that do nothing

Once shows start a kissing/sex scene it’s an automatic mashing of the fast forward button because it’s always 5 minutes long or some ridiculous shit like that

 

[PogromStallone]

24 watch pretty good. It shows the resiliency of America to get nuked 7 times in 10 years and always come back stronger than ever each time

I watched The Americans a while back and I think that was pretty good

24 is 24(!) years old. The Americans is 12 years old.

 

[Leonard Rhomberg]

24 is 24(!) years old. The Americans is 12 years old.

I didn’t really read the title and I also thought 24 was stupid.

12 years isnt that far off

 

[nasty twp]

I actually got Netflix just so I could watch the Making Of-documentary of this show since it was not available for piracy anywhere online.

The docu was mint tbf, really fascinating to see how The Creature Shop created such an immersive world with props essentially. Jim Henson Co. are pfg, even if they did inflict Elmo upon the world.


The show itself is now on archive.org for free download in hq, if you still needed or wanted to see it.