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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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    But I have to seek them out every time I finish one and the majority of them are garbage. Before, if I found a show I liked it would last me a while. I can only go back and watch Star Trek so many times.

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        I thinks that’s on purpose so they can keep producing this enormous amount of shitty shows to fill their catalog in order to justify higher subscription prices.

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          Seems like Netflix has resorted to filling these gaps with reality TV and foreign shows like K-dramas but even that is only a temporary solution.

    • Skavau@piefed.socialOPM
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      What tv do you like? (Other than Star Trek)

      Did you not have to “seek out” older series too?

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        Off the top of my head - Justified, Deadwood, Breaking Bad, The Last Kingdom, the first half of game of thrones, It’s Always Sunny, various Gundam series, Star Wars Clone Wars and Rebels. A few other animes - cowboy bebop, ghost in the shell, etc.

        I did have to seek them out but the point was that I didn’t have to do it as often because the show lasted longer. With these short series I have to basically always have “what am I going to watch after this” on my mind. They aren’t even long enough to get through an entire weekend if I don’t have anything else going on and binge it.

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          I like your TV taste. Other than the Anime, you and I could be good TV buddies.

          Try The Americans, Mad Men, and the Sopranos. If you liked The Last Kingdom, you’ll like Vikings, too.

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            I did watch Mad Men and the sopranos. I couldn’t finish mad men because I hated all the characters and the constant infidelity. I finished sopranos but was mid on it for the same reason.

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          Foundation is on its third series of tomorrow.

          Warrior (2019), Severance, Dark, Silo, For All Mankind, Dark Matter (2024), The Expanse all may appeal.

          Do you do live-action international series?

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            I haven’t heard of most of those. I’ll check them out. I think I did watch one season of the expanse and liked it.

            Thanks for the suggestions.