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  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    15·
    2 days ago

    These are all contemporary turn-of-the-century comedy TV series where each pairing shares at least one cast member:

    • Spaced - You’d probably want to be reasonably familiar with UK pop culture of the time to truly appreciate it, but it’s still somewhat entertaining even without that.

    • Black Books - Sister series to Spaced. Probably not in the same universe, but shares some of the same cast. A bit more surreal and doesn’t require so much pop culture knowledge.

    • Green Wing - Turn the surrealism up yet another notch, add in a teaspoon of darkness, then set it in a hospital.

    • JAM - Turn the surrealism dial fully around to the black setting, to the point of being outright disturbing and wrong.

    • Big Train - Turn that dial back into silly and relatively light hearted… though you can tell there’s something a bit troubling going on at the same time.

    Outside that stable, but you may have watched:

    • Babylon 5 - Top rated sci-fi. Some episodes can be a bit meh, but the ones that aren’t are amazing.

    • The Animatrix - Apocryphal short animations of various stories set in the universe of The Matrix, which you might want to rewatch first.

    Yes, I have been under a rock since the turn of the century. I like it under here.

      • hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        2 days ago

        It’s delightfully weird, but be warned that it can get kinda bloody at times. Not like splatter but more, uh… disturbing in some ways I guess – hard to get more specific without spoiling things.

    • THB@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 days ago

      When I had Amazon this was a surprise favorite! The title and marketing images looked like some rah-rah-USA b.s. but it’s so not that. Just an incredible show

        • WildPalmTree@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 days ago

          Never heard of Soarpunk before. Clearly seen it and this made it click. Thanks a lot for the new word and the concepts it brought with it. Makes me feel oddly inspired.

      • quetzaldilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        It yielded excellent discussions between my partner and I. Our theory was that The Hollow and Kamen represented a codependent relationship, whereas Levi & Azi were a representation of adapting to a new environment and embracing change & independence.

        And I don’t necessarily mean romantic relationships. I am talking about relationships between people and also the relationships we have with our environments.

        The planet is not hostile to humans. It’s simply that humans are alien to it, thus it’s more likely that humans will fail to thrive unless they learn to adapt.

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
    6·
    2 days ago

    The Man Who Knew Too Little.

    Great Bill Murray movie that I never see anyone talk about.

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    The film and its follow-up set of miniseries:

    From the same writer/director (Shane Meadows), I also recommend The Virtues (2019) miniseries.

    Both projects are semiautobiographical. They can be a tough watch in certain episodes, so check doesthedogdie.com for possible triggers.

    One of Shane Meadows’ earlier films is often recommended, so it’s probably one you’ve already seen, but Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) is worth a look if it’s new to you.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    Letterkenny! The humour takes a few episodes for you to understand, but it’s absurd sort of in the Seinfeld way but way more subtle.

    What We Do In The Shadows is HILARIOUS.

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago
    • The Shield (Corrupt Police)
    • Battlestar Galactica (SciFi)
    • Star Trek - The Next Generation (SciFi)
    • Ozarks (Drug Cartel)