Indirectly asking for recommendations on what to watch.
The Haunting of Hill House
Fall of the House of Usher
I know it’s less scary than the others, but I also really fucking love Bly Manor.
Also, I recently rewatched Lake Mungo and saw a lot of similarities with Nell’s story from Hill House. Turns out Mike Flanagan has said that Lake Mungo was an inspiration!
Can’t forget midnight mass
Really anything from Mike Flanagan is worth a watch.
Fall of the House of Usher I enjoyed the other stuff by this director, so we were for-sure watching this series. but DAMN it was even better than I’d expected it could be. it’s fucking Great.
The Owl House
Yeesssssssssssss
1. FROM (got hooked during the second season. third season is being filmed now. feels reminiscent of LOST but with darker undertones. so far, a frustratingly few answers have been provided, but i’m really rooting for this mystery series. rich characters, great performances and a plot that leaves you trying to figure it all out for days after.)
2. The Killing (surprisingly intelligent cop drama with excellent character dev and great tension)
3. The Terror (first season - based off the 1845 arctic voyage in search of a viable northern passage shipping route and the ship’s subsequent abandonment after getting by stuck in the ice. the end jumps the shark a bit but the acting is excellent. the concept, environment and mood throughout is captivating.)
4. Nathan For You (loved The Rehearsal and The Curse too, but i don’t think he will ever top NFY. plus, he graduated with really good grades)
5. Mrs. Davis (a lucid acid trip down modernized mythology)
6. On Becoming a God in Central Florida (brilliant satire)
7. 12 Monkeys (2015 series. vibrant, gritty sci-fi)
8. The Bridge (original Danish version)
9. River (cerebral detective drama starring Stellan Skarsgard)
10. Waco / The Aftermath (absolutely love Michael Shannon in this respectful retelling of a highly controversial series of events that had a profound impact on american society)
11. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (hard to watch but such an important story. feels like a love letter from past to future generations)
forgot to include:
- The Chosen One (2023. subpar reviews but unique, cinematic and worth the watch imo)
- Midnight Mass
- Midnight Gospel
- The Jinx (an unexpected season 2 is now in production)
I really like FROM. I’m always worried about it getting canceled before they answer my questions!
FROM is the new LOST. it’s wonderful.
Young Sheldon. I was expecting a crappy spin off family sitcom, but it’s pretty good.
And no laugh track!
You’ve probably already watched it, but Avatar The Last Airbender. Also Years and Years.
almost all of them
except the really bad ones, of course
Man, the bad one sucked.
Yeah, remember that one bad one that was really bad?
I kinda liked that one, to be honest. But I wouldn’t recommend it to others, no.
ARCANE!!!
I’m over here thinking: Oh, League of Legends fans are all overreacting over getting something that’s probably decent at best…
My friend, let me tell you, they were not overreacting.
Westworld. Turns out it’s so much more than I imagined!
Dark on Netflix. I had started it once and gave up after 2 episodes, but came back years later and finished it. It’s now one of my all time favorite time travel stories. Lots of big, cascading mysteries kind of like Lost, but the ending was so satisfying!
DUDE! You, me and literally EVERY SINGLE PERSON I know that watched it, bailed after an episode or two, but every one of us came back to it and all were blown away. So weird.
One of my favorite show from the last 10 years, if not last 40 years
I can’t recommend dark enough.
Oh man. I loved it. The complexity made me feel smart and I absolutely loved how everything tied together in the end. At one point I was certain they had over convoluted the story and there was no way they were going to make it coherent again, but I was wrong.
You both might want to check out 1899.
Same production company and one of the main character actors is from Dark.
Should feel familiar even if you dont like it as much.
I loved 1899, I knew it was the same couple that did Dark and watched it right when it cam out and then 2 days later heard it was canceled wtf 😾
Netflix has performance anxiety. Just can’t finish good projects sometimes
Battlestar Galactica. I sort of knew about it in a vague sense and once I finally watched it was pretty impressed
I recently saw a few scenes again and realised I had forgotten how good it was. All because of the deeply disappointing ending.
I mean, the series ending is not incredible, few are. But it’s not Lost-levels of disappointing!
Or was extremely underwhelming, doubly so if you consider how good the best moments of the series were.
Honestly, the radioactive wasteland earth ending was better.
Frieren
Each episode feels so heavy that I can’t stop thinking about it until I watch the next one.I used to watch a lot of different anime during late teens for some years. All of Naruto, Death Note, Monster, Bleach, Code Geass, Sword Art Online, Cowboy Bebop, Madoka, One Punch, Steins;Gate, Samurai X, Attack on Titan, Full metal alchemist, , etc, are just the ones that come to mind.
Recently I thought back on this, and how many shows came out season after season, that I really enjoyed. I wondered how many shows must have come out in the last ten years since I stopped paying attention because of, life.
The first one I thought of giving a go was Frieren. I don’t know if it’s me that changed, or that it just isn’t for me. Either of which are fine. But I just couldn’t get into it. It seemed so utterly boring.
Not sure what my point is… Maybe to ask if it makes sense regarding Frieren, and whether it gets good after some episodes, or of it just isn’t for me any more.
Maybe also to ask for other recommendations from anyone who might feel the same.
Frieren is a slow burn for sure. I understand it is not for everyone, and that’s okay.
To me, it’s the best anime I’ve watched in a while. The slower pace lets scenes breath and the melancholic undertones resonate with me right now. Isekai has really flooded the market right now and to me this is such a breath of fresh air.
I think with the anime you listed there is definitely an anime in the current or recent seasons that will speak to you. I recommend Mashle. To me it’s One Punch at Hogwarts.
Thanks! Much appreciated. I’ll check out Mashle.
Everything you listed is mostly carried by action scenes (except steins gate), while Frieren is drama. I also mostly watch action anime, and I need the right mood to watch drama or slower show.
Since you enjoy action anime, here are some recommendations similar to your list: Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Black Clover, Chainsaw Man, Hell’s Paradise.
Also check out dubbed versions as they improved a lot last ten years.
I feel rhe exact same way about Frieren. It’s just too boring to me but so many people praise it. You should watch “The Eminence in Shadow”
I know it’s a good series but all the memes make me not want to watch it.
Fargo TV show was mind blowingly good.
Personally I wasn’t a huge fan of Season 4. It wasn’t bad it just didn’t feel like Fargo at all.
Yeah, the even numbered seasons didn’t draw me in quite the same as the odd ones. Still a fantastic show altogether
Nah I loved season 2. It was only the 4th one since it didn’t take place anywhere in Minnesota that bugged me. Again, not a bad season at all, but it didn’t feel like a season of Fargo.
The good place
It’s such a good show, the ending is absolutely perfect.
It’s not just that the ending is perfect (though it absolutely is). It’s that at every point, in every season, when they could have chosen the easy, dumbed-down route for continuing the show, they… didn’t. They didn’t do that, and it’s hard to express what a difference that makes.
For example (without spoilers), the way season 1 ended set up, for a lesser show, an easy rehash for season 2, where the same characters get up to slightly different versions of the same season 1 hijinks.
Instead, the show runners packed that painfully obvious concept into the first half of the first episode of season 2, then moved right past it. They could have milked the concept for a whole season, but they didn’t want to. So instead they acknowledged it in the most hilarious possible way, then got on with the actual story.
Goddamn, now I want to watch it again. It’s just so good.
Thanks for the insight, it’s one of the few shows I’ve rewatched.
There’s an official podcast with the showrunners and the cast members where they do post episode discussions. It’s a great listen after watching an episode.
Michael Schur’s book is also on audible and quite entertaining. And it adds context to the next rewatch
Season 3 and Season 4 both had endings that leave me bawling every time.
Also, I know the show didn’t invent it, but Chidi’s presentation of the wave idea just slips under everything for me and is really good.
Yes! That show melted my heart and soul.
I’m here just to upvote the correct choice.
Forking good show!
The humor is great, writing and acting are top notch.
But it hit atheist me on a spiritual level and awakened a thing I didn’t think existed.
That’s pretty fuckin rad.
Maximum Derek
Agree.
oh dip
The American version of shameless. I didn’t like the English version but the American one was really entertaining.
The Wire
