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the last time i was interested in a show was breaking bad and to a certain extent the walking dead and better call saul. those r the only shows that draws me in with actual humans. as for cartoons, i enjoy futurama and king of the hill. the humor in those shows r subtle an adult would understand those jokes. some of the things that hanks says is funny, about how bobby made hank so mad that he almost got his trucks gasoline indicator to turn red. i find this kind of humor more funny than direct jokes intended for laughter.
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the last time i was interested in a show was breaking bad and to a certain extent the walking dead and better call saul. those r the only shows that draws me in with actual humans.
So you're into character-based dramas?

Me too, in a big way. Try Orange is the new black, Sopranos, and Mad men for starters.
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Mad men starts slowly and if you're not into character-based drama and looking for a lot of plot development then it's not gonna be for you. It's intelligently written and there's a lot of lovable characters which is the cornerstone of any good TV show. To each his own, but saying Mad men has poor writers is madness, especially if you're comparing it to the Americans which is mediocre at best.
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i just started "True detective" it allrady has sucked me in:) i really like it...any other fan here?
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Of course :D Imo True detective is the best show of the past 5 years at least.

Season 2 looking solid so far, although nothing beats the Marty &' Rust combo
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im just at season 1 episode 7 :) so no spoilers please :D facing a 4 hours train juourney in a few hours where i plan to finish season 1....but yeah Marty &' Rust OP....even if Marty looks and acts kinda dumb sometimes :D but its gettin interesting...in some ways it reminds me of Twin Peaks, but i think its not gonna get to play in the same league (Linch OP) :)
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i saw some parts of episodes of mad men, but when i watch a show i have to start from the first episode in order to get interested in it. i heard its a good show but i never really considered watching it. when i first heard about breaking bad i thought it would be boring having a high school teacher team up with a former student making drugs, seems far fetched, but the action is just too much to miss. definitely in the top 5 list of shows, while walking dead in the top 10. walking dead got boring last season until the last 2-3 episodes.
i dont really like mafia shows, but mafia movies r a lot better. donnie brasco, casino, goodfellas, and basically all of the robert deniro movies r mafia movies

@niedhalf did u see the movie ravenous?
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niedhalf wrote:im just at season 1 episode 7 :) so no spoilers please :D facing a 4 hours train juourney in a few hours where i plan to finish season 1....but yeah Marty & Rust OP....even if Marty looks and acts? kinda dumb sometimes :D but its gettin interesting...in some ways it reminds me of Twin Peaks, but i think its not gonna get to play in the same league? (Linch OP) :)



I didnt like twin peaks at all :/
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No?!? Why? I liked it a lot...atleast thill they figuere who was posessed by bob but yeah De gustibus non est disputandum...:) it sure is on the top 3 of my faw series
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ravenous is a good movie if u like cannibal movies, but its also very metaphysical. it really gets u thinking on what u would do in ur life, would morals come first or instinct?
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drlegend wrote:I can hardly remember the last time I laughed or thought "that''s a good point" while watching a South Park episode. And I don''t think it is due to getting older because if I watch old episodes for the first time they are still funny. What is the funniest of all South Park moments in the newest season?

Southpark never makes me laugh. The crazy but ingenious plots just entertain me, and the slightly ironic criticism on the modern day society adds greatly to its plot.
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Idk guys, alot of shows were never mentioned and likely my favorite show all time was only mentioned once, Okay so, 24 I think is my favorite show of all time, im really into cop dramas and this one just has you on the edge of your seat through all 8 seasons and the extra season that aired last summer. After this, you got entourage, homeland, true detective, Game of Thrones, and i really also like NCIS. Prison Break was also pretty good but the plot kind of gets a little bit too stretched out and unbelievable. **If you guys havent seen the HBO series Entourage, I really would recommend to watch it, it follows the life of an american movie star trying to make it in LA, it is pretty awesome if your into having a good time and that LA life style
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Heh, I never really posted a list here but if I had you would've seen all of those shows on it, except entourage and NCIS.

But better late than never. Here's a list of most of the shows that stood out to me, I say most of because I'm definitely forgetting at least a couple. Alphabetical order.
24 (drama)
Archer (comedy)
Arrested development (comedy)
Band of brothers (drama)
Better call Saul (drama/comedy)
Black books (comedy)
Black mirror (drama)
Bloodline (drama)
Boardwalk empire (drama)
Breaking bad (drama)
Brooklyn 99 (comedy)
Californication (comedy)
Community (comedy)
Curb your enthusiasm (comedy)
Dexter (drama)
Family guy (comedy)
Fargo (drama)
Firefly (drama)
Flash forward (drama)
Flight of the conchords (comedy) special mention for these guys look them up on youtube.
Freaks and geeks (drama)
Friday night lights (drama)
Friends (comedy)
Game of thrones (drama)
Homeland (drama)
House of cards (drama)
IT crowd, the (comedy)
It's always sunny in Philadelphia (comedy)
Justified (drama)
Katanagatari (drama)
Lost (drama)
Louie (comedy)
Lucky Louie (comedy)
Luther (drama)
Mad men (drama)
Modern family (comedy)
Office, the (UK and US) (comedy)
Orange is the new black (drama/comedy)
Orphan black (drama)
Parks and recreation (comedy)
Peaky blinders (drama)
Prison break (drama)
Rectify (drama)
Rome (drama)
Seinfeld (comedy)
Shameless (drama/comedy)
Silicon valley (comedy)
Six feet under (drama)
Sons of anarchy (drama)
Sopranos, the (drama)
South park (comedy)
Spaced (comedy)
Spartacus, blood and sand (drama)
Suits (drama)
Supernatural (drama)
Treme (drama)
True detective (drama)
Twin peaks (drama)
Walking dead, the (drama)
Weeds (drama/comedy)
West wing, the (drama)
Wire, the (drama)
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One of my friends told me that in black mirror a guy fuck a pig
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gibson wrote:One of my friends told me that in black mirror a guy fuck a pig
Yeah in the first ep which is one of the worse ones. If that''s all your friend had to say about the show then he either hasn''t watched past ep1 or has no taste. It gets really special after that, futuristic but uniquely realistic and despite its sci-fi themes remains a series of very human stories. Note that every episode is a completely new story, it''s more like a set of 1 hour movies.

Watch these eps, in this order:
White christmas (season 3 christmas special)
Be right back (s2e1)
Entire history of you (s1e3)
White bear (s2e2)
Fifteen million merits (s1e2)

Heads up it''s pretty dark, but so damn good.
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I WILL FUCK YOU LIKE A PIG
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calmyourtits wrote:
gibson wrote:One of my friends told me that in black mirror a guy fuck a pig
Yeah in the first ep which is one of the worse ones. If thats all your friend had to say about the show then he either hasnt watched past ep1 or has no taste. It gets really special after that, futuristic but uniquely realistic and despite its sci-fi themes remains a series of very human stories. Note that every episode is a completely new story, its more like a set of 1 hour movies.

Watch these eps, in this order:
White christmas (season 3 christmas special)
Be right back (s2e1)
Entire history of you (s1e3)
White bear (s2e2)
Fifteen million merits (s1e2)

Heads up its pretty dark, but so damn good.
He loved the show and watched the whole thing. He was just saying that in reference to a conversation we were having about how culture has a skewed perspective about "bad" content in movies. He used it as an example juxtaposed to the new avengers movie in which many people die, Yet for some reason the man fucking the pig is considered "worse" then many people dieing. Yet which is worse, the deaths of people or a man fucking a pig? Anyway, why watch the show in that order rather then the order its meant to be watched?
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Ah then it's k. Anyway there's no order in which it's meant to be watched, like I said every ep is a new story which has no relation at all to any of the rest of the series. I just listed the best eps, because some of them weren't as good (looking mostly at you ep 203, although even that is some spot on commentary on society and politics).
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i only saw commercials about archer, but it looks entertaining. i dont find any shows to be stimulating enough to continue watching. south park is just too drawn out. king of the hill is good for dry humor, but i know many ppl dont have that kind of humor, but i like it. futurama as well. it takes a different sense of humor to watch these two shows.
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Daredevil (Netflix) is ok. 7.5/10 (watched only 4 episodes though)

Peaky Blinders 6/10 (gotta watch again with subtitles this time...)

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