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I'm middle-aged, and Xfiles was great, but some of the best shows I've seen have been in the last decade
like what do you recommend?
For example, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are two series I could watch on repeat. Absolutely solid.
First few seasons of Orange is the New Black (really ran out of steam after that imo)
Now, sci-fi specifically ... it's been a while since I've seen a good one. Some people I know really, really like The Expanse, though for me it just didn't connect. Black Mirror is hit and miss, but when it hits, it's amazing (the stinker episodes are real stinkers though).
I mean ... Game of Thrones. Just not the finale lol
Funny, this is another one of those shows I hated after watching an episode.
maybe it's me. maybe I should move on to maybe comics or cartoons or something idk anymore
The expanse starts with very little background in my opinion, they barely give you enough info to figure out what is going on.
I'd recommend trying to stick out a few more episodes if you like sci fi, it gets really good.
I've also only watched a few episodes, but I hated every single character. Does that get better?
The Expanse spent the first three episodes setting things up; it got much better after that, although eventually it stopped being as good to me; kind of like Battlestar Galactica in the day.
Give The Expanse another try; it does truly get good before it gets derivative in later seasons.
You have to give The Expanse a chance. I had no idea what was going on for most of the first season, but I really enjoyed the world-building and character development. It pays off later.
I don't have Netflix anymore, but there are some good cartoons on it. I can't recommend Kipo enough.
S1 is good, though a bit rough imo. Later seasons (after Bezos bought the rights, said “finish the story”, and threw money at it to make it happen) do have a much more polished feel. Overall, I found it to be a very good adaptation of the source material.
The books are excellent - can’t recommend them enough.
A lot of people didn't like season 1 of the Expanse (I enjoyed it) and said it got much better after that. I will say the Amazon seasons aren't too great either as it looked and felt more like a low-budget soap opera.
Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad were both made by Vince Gilligan who worked on X-Files as well so they're a good choice assuming you're one of the few who haven't already seen them.
I tried Breaking Bad - hated it. I never gave Better Call Saul a chance as there is nothing that seemed promising about it. I guess I could watch an episode of Better Call Saul, I just don't see this being a good idea. Now I can't hate it because I never watched, it once I watch an entire episode, I have a hunch I won't remain so indifferent... :/
It might not be your thing, and that's okay.
Like I said, I'm surrounded by people who love The Expanse, yet it just isn't my thing.
yeah it's the worst when you hate something and society insists it's the best thing since sliced bread...
Ok then... can you explain (in detail prferably) what got you hooked oh X-Files, the things you live about the show?
I like it too, but saying Breaking Bad is a bad show, just... IDK... doesn't sit right with me. And I don't watch just any show, I've probably watched like 5 or 6 in my entire life (I'm 38 BTW).
edit2: I hate HATE HATE game of thrones with a passion, I gave it a shot twice! (2x) What's worse is the entirety of society gaslighting you into it not being an awful show.
Admit got is no-where near as good a time as x-files. I just watched a humanoid leech escaping through a system of sewers. I witnessed alien abductions. Intrigue within the fbi. Secret allies, even more secret conspirators and classified government units on even more classified government missions.
got is like a bad off brand xenia warrior princess....
It has nothing in common with Xena other than being in the fantasy genre.
You may not like GOT, but that doesn't make it awful.
It also relies on a great deal of tits to sell itself.
It still transcended that.
You’re right there was also a ton of dicks.
You are right, my dislike of GOT in no way makes it an awful show
Things like good an awful are subjective, so yeah. Sometimes I feel like a lot of people insist something is good based on their own connection to the media, but nothing is really objectively good or bad.
People warned me against playing Final Fantasy 15, the critics trashed it, yet it's one of my favorite games in the franchise.
what's so great about final fantasy 15?
why in the world are there 15 games in that series???!??
There are 16 actually, and that's only including the mainline games.
Each game is standalone, but shares certain attributes. Think similar to the Legend of Zelda series.
For me, 15 was just a great escape. I often call it my "bro roadtrip simulator" because it's a lot of driving around an open world and getting to know the characters.
The last segment was rushed in development, and it shows, but for me it works because by the time I enter that segment, it's because I'm ready to be done.
I've played through it 3 times.
Did you just compare Final Fantasy and Zelda??
I'm sorry but i just can't stand the lack of imagination Zelda has gotten after Majora's Mask (which i absolutley love 🖤)
I didn't intend it to be a direct comparison. It's just that both are similar in that the games tend to be standalone experiences rather than sequential. They share certain characters, themes, and archetypes, but you can pick up any game and play it on its own.
In spite of my username, I actually haven't played LoZ since Wind Waker, though I did enjoy that one a lot
I get it, sorry if i was a bit rash.
But what really pisses me off about current Zelda is the incredible amount of missed oportunities it has.
Like, why can't we customize Link? (And if we can't, why don't they give him an actual dialog?)
Why can't we have mainstream titles with playable characters other than Link?
It's those kinds of things that prevents me from giving Skyward Sword and everything that came after a proper chance.
I love ALL Classic Zelda (yes, even Zelda 2 and the CD-i games for all the wrong reasons xD)
Not only the gameplay was fun, but you could see the developers really gave their best considering the limitations of their time.
Windwaker and Twilight Princess are... odd special cases.
The 2000s was a experimental era, and let's be honest, Nintendo shot themselves in the leg by limiting the Gamecube to 1.4GB size discs.
But once the Wii arrived there really was no reason to keep on the same "silent yet uncustomizable" main character trope.
I like videogames when they are fun, yes.
But showing a good, creative design is also a big part of the inmersion for me.
And that seems to be the last thing on the list for Modern Zelda.
People will say that Breath of the Wild had beautiful graphics and was wonderful design.
And to a point, they're right.
But when i see Windwaker, Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild side to side i can't avoid to think that they feel a bit... same-y.
I'm not saying i want a realistic Zelda, but again, i would either a customizable, path branching Zelda game, OR a Zelda game where Link has something other than button inputs on the script.
Firefly. Watch the one season before the Movie. Then there are 8 novels now and comics by both Dark Horse & BOOM! Much disagreement about BOOM!'s but they got canceled too. It's at least critical to read up on Wash's family history and more, I think, but whatever.
why ty, I will give firefly a try.
You like it enough, gimmie a buzz and we'll set up signal and video chat you into participating the original board game.
Here in a couple months or so I'll be excited to do exactly that as the decade celebration of the original publish of the game has been conducted to issue an upgrade with minor extension elements, a make on quality parts for the game, and some extra things like options for player ships and whatnot.
Then there's Firefly: Adventures which is a co-op game I got a friend who is excited to learn and play as I am seeing as we haven't gotten to do so successfully yet. I have all the extensions and all that for everything too.