I’m re-watching The Magicians with my wife, since she’s never seen it. It’s been long enough since I watched it last that I don’t remember a lot of things that happened, so there’s a lot of “I forgot got that!” moments for me, which is fun.
Futurama, which is basically on an endless loop before bed. It is just so clever and a great comfort show, with a bit of different animation and storytelling styles through the reboots and revivals.
Except the most recent season, it doesn’t work for me so when it kicks in I switch back to season 1.
That’s one of my bedtime / fall asleep to shows.
Also South Park, Simpsons, Rick and Morty.
I’ve got American Dad playing during the night. It’s being streamed on a loop from a channel on twitch (for now). It’s nice background noise to fall asleep to.
Yeah for some reason cartoons help me sleep.
Community! It’s still streets ahead.
I couldn’t find a Community community on Lemmy, so I made one. Come join me and the one other person who’s subscribed so far.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !community_tv@lemmings.world
I just noticed this and joined … thanks for making this … Great idea!
And if anyone hasn’t watched Community through at least 5 times, they’re streets behind.
Pierce, stop trying to coin the phrase, “Streets ahead”.
Trying?? Coined and minted. Been there, coined that!
Star Trek: The Next Generation
It’s my comfort show so I’ve probably watched it all the way through dozens of times, but it’s still the best tv show ever put to screen.
I’m rewatching DS9!
I just Finished Voyager like a bit over a week ago, now I’m watching TNG, gotten up s5. (ofc seen both previously)
Next up, probably rewatching DS9 then. In like, three-four days (tomorrow is going to go to Dune Two)
Just recently finished rewatching House MD.
Hugh Laurie is ridiculously handsome. Olivia Wilde is beautiful beyond words.
And Jesse Spencer’s hair, by the gods.
All up, the show meandered and was formulaic (by design). Parts of it aged terribly, but was a good rewatch
It is really formulaic. But in my opinion they really stirr it up nicely with some episodes where he‘s hallucinating while detoxing or being in a ketamine coma. Really liked the mindfuck.
My SO hadn’t seen House so we’re doing it now. It’s going slow because while it’s a great show, it’s a little too formulaic to be binge-able. We’re in the next to last season now.
I recently finished a Frasier rewatch which actually made me realize I’m not sure I EVER finished the last season. Still a great show but I doubt I’ll watch the reboot.
Avatar: The last airbender
Because it’s good.
Same!
Theoretically it was in preparation to watch the new Netflix series.
After finishing the first season; before starting season two I put on the Netflix series. I made it about 5 minutes into Ep1 before deciding I’d just finish my rewatch of the original series instead.
Man, that Netflix show is bad…
I found it to be… fine. The actors and your expectations settle in after a couple of episodes. The Zuko actor is actually pretty good, Iroh is a different take but damned if Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s enthusiasm for every goony-ass genre part he does isn’t infectious, and Sokka and Katara grow into their show personas. Aang… eventually gets less distracting.
The production design is authentic to the show, and Appa, Momo, and June’s mole-wolf-horse thing are all well done. I don’t think this show was necessary at all, and parts of it are stubbornly weak, but if it gets a new cohort of fans into the universe and watching the cartoons, it could be a net positive.
The thing that bothered me the most is how Aang sounds exactly like Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle
LOL. Fair enough. No two ways about it, he’s a weak link, and that’s a BAD part to have as your weak link, but eventually I found him to be okay. I think they cast him for his look and his ability to play “earnest,” and he does that fairly well. I would have preferred they went with somebody who could pull off the mischief side more convincingly.
I liked the first episode of the live action show well enough. I might add it to our rotation.
Moderate your expectations, but it’s fun enough if you are not expecting it to recreate the joy of first watching the cartoon.
It’s like a big budget Ember Island Players. :-)
Everything you say sounds reasonable. I might give it another go but something about the whole universe my brain was just fine with accepting in animation but it just absolutely bounced off of in live action.
I am not going to lean in too hard on recommending it, LOL. It’s deeply flawed, including too many costumes having that “straight from the wardrobe department” sheen, but with time and lowered expectations, I think there’s some fun there.
Well I’m going to at least push it until I see Uncle Iroh. I didn’t know Paul Sun-Hyung Lee was in the show and TBH that was the real selling point of you’re reply 😂
Agreed, holds up ridiculously well. What a great show, funny, emotional, mature, but appropriate and accessible for kids
Rewatching The Wire right now. I started clicking on a bunch of clips and my algorithm kept feeding me more so I figured I might as well just watch it all again. Never gets old for me anyway.
It’s so condensed with the way the scenes are edited together with no transitions. It really doesn’t hold your hand with the slang and jargon either.
I watched it last year but I feel like I should rewatch it just to understand it better.
I’ve just gone through it again. Must be the sixth time. And, as always, I spot something I’d missed.
The slang… My god that’s amazing :)
Got that paaaandemic
Schitt’s Creek - about halfway through the second season where things really start to gel. I unabashedly want all of Moira’s outfits.
Highly re-watchable. It starts off good and just gets better.
I return over and over to Community, Fringe, and Justified.
With Fringe it’s very easy to notice new things each time through since there are just so damn many Easter eggs.
Community is just comfort food, kinda like Justified. Not deep and intricate plotting, but simple fun.
Community is streets ahead.
Justified is coming up on my list to watch for the first time.
It’s a great show, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Very well written and acted.
Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins are fantastic but there’s also a recurring character, Wynn Duffy, played by Jere Burns, and I love almost every scene he’s in.
There’s also a weird amount of cast overflow between my three shows in minor supporting roles. Maybe that’s true for most shows and it’s just that these three I return to.
Goggins is a treasure. Between Righteous Gemstones, I’m a Virgo and Invincible he’s killing it all over right now.
Can’t wait for the community movie.
Wait, what?! I had no clue Community was getting a movie - you’ve just made my day!
Yep, all the cast are on board except for Chevy Chase of course. They start shoots this year.
Currently I’m rewatching Stargate SG-1. It has held time surprisingly well. Lets see if I agree with concurrent watching of Atlantis when I get to those seasons, which I thought a little silly at the time.
Atlantis is a little silly, but in a campy way that never takes itself too seriously. SG-1 does a better job at keeping the tone pretty serious throughout, but with comedic intervals whereas Atlantis definitely tries for more humor. Both are really good though.
I love both, but I actually prefer Atlantis’s ongoing series arc over the more episodic/season arc structure of SG-1.
Possibly unpopular opinion (?): Universe was a fantastic show that got cancelled right as it was getting really good. Stargate’s answer to Voyager and Battlestar Galactica. Really wish we could have gotten more of it. With the way they left things, it’s not too late to revive it if they can get actors on board. They can easily explain cast aging or not returning with the final cliffhanger.
Universe is my favorite, with SG1 close behind. I feel like Universe tried too hard to be Battlestar Galactica at first and the network wasn’t impressed when it didn’t hit it off like BSG. I would have loved another season.
Me and my daughter are (re)watching Samurai Jack. It’s a lot of fun and the art style is still gorgeous.
We’re going to skip the last season though. That one was definitely a lot darker and she’s still too young for that.The game is really fun, if you haven’t tried it then I would suggest that.
Loved that cartoon! So cool that you’re watching it with your daughter.
Going through The Expanse again. Such a good show that unfortunately got soured towards the end by a bad egg in the cast. But I’m enjoying it regardless, the work everyone else put into that show deserves praise. They found such a good balance point on the hard vs. soft sci-fi spectrum. Just enough realism and scientific accuracy to make the setting feel authentic without getting in the way of the story.
And Dominique Tipper as Naomi effortlessly code switching as she interacts with Inners and Belters is astounding. Not just her, all the Belter actors do such a great job with their dialects, but because of her screen time and back story it’s a lot more varied for her.
who’s the bad egg?
The guy who played Alex turned out to be a creepy guy toward younger women iirc
Cas Anvar, one of the main cast. Between the filming and release of the 5th season a massive wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations came out about him. He was dropped from the show for the final season in response to an investigation of the claims.
Babylon 5.
I rewatch it every few years, this time with the SO who finally caved and decided to watch it with me. Despite having seen the entire series half a dozen times I’m still finding things I never noticed before. And while it’s always been rather timeless, a lot of its themes are so much more applicable now than ever before. Cannot recommend it highly enough.
Other recent rewatches shared with the SO and found to have stood the test of time: Gargoyles, Batman TAS, Brisco County Jr, Daredevil, Star Trek TNG.
I just finished Babylon 5 and now I’m re-watching it’s copy, Star Trek Deep Space 9.
Stargate SG1
Schitt’s Creek. Only watched it (the series) one other time. Big fan.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I’m near the end of Season 3 now. I just love the chemistry of the cast and how the early seasons have a real DIY and loose feel to it all
I’m not sure there has ever been a show that has clicked for me quite the way that early Always Sunny did. I had never even heard of it before and I randomly caught the musical episode. I loved it so much that my broke ass immediately bought the first 3 seasons on dvd.
