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High Quality Lesser Watched TV series

posted 5 months ago by Skavau (15993)
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Babylon Berlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAn3RXeCrLg&t=26s

A political/crime noir set in 1920s Weimar Germany a few years to the rise of the Nazis - one of the most fascinating historical periods of the 20th century.

Warrior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79rtcCnaeyo

A Bruce Lee inspired martial arts/gangster period drama set in 1870s San Francisco dealing with the issues of Chinese immigration to the city. Pretty fictionalised.

Balkan Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjvemFdrbRk&t=34s

A bit rough around the edges, but a noir period drama set in 1930s Yugoslavia (or now modern Serbia). Similar to Babylon Berlin.

Counterpart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRuaNHLp6OU

A sci-fi espionage series set in an alternative present where the earth split into two worlds in two different universes in the 1980s, separated by a tunnel. Every single person alive in the 1980s was effectively cloned, or born in two separate worlds as they diverged.

I'd add a few Korean ones too, but man the trailers for them are bad: Arthdal Chronicles and Happiness.

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[–] Zarkoff (2137) 5 months ago

Open Range on Amazon is all right. Made by someone who seemed to really love Twin Peaks and Westerns.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Outer Range. Yeah. Unfortunately it got cancelled.

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[–] Zarkoff (2137) 5 months ago

Did it? They made a second season. I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

I know it almost didn't get a second season.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Yeah, third season was cancelled.

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[–] Zarkoff (2137) 5 months ago

I'll have to watch second season before deciding whether I'm bothered by that. After the first season, I felt like this could go totally off the rails and turn into total nonsense. Or they could bring it all together and end up being pretty cool.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

It was okay. The first season was better-developed.

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[–] Bloodshot77 (13969) 5 months ago

Warrior is great.

Signed, million man

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39228) 5 months ago

Travellers - Sci-Fi.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Is that episodic or serialised? I had heard it has a 'monster of the week' type writing style.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39228) 5 months ago

Episodic - I’m a real sci-fi lover and this was surprisingly good.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Did you ever watch Farscape?

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39228) 5 months ago

No I haven’t.

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[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Probably a must for a sci-fi fan. It's a mixture of episodic and serialised.

I'd also ask: Battlestar Galactica, or The Expanse?

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39228) 5 months ago

I’m going to finish off the current season of Star Trek: Discovery and Brave New Worlds, having caught up on Nu-Nu-Who and I will watch Farscape after the new season of The Umbrella Academy.

I don’t have Amazon Prime (yet), so haven’t seen The Expanse, but when I do I’ll be watching The Man In The High Castle and The Boys first.

Battlestar was a firm favourite with me.

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[–] RoboReCop (3353) 5 months ago

I really like the show; I just rewatched it a few weeks ago.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (39228) 5 months ago

I was surfing Netflix and I thought I’d give it a try - I’m glad I did.

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[–] nyctc7 (43943) 5 months ago

One of these days I have to get around to watching 'The Prisoner'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287

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