I haven’t been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there’s a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I’d give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).
Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some “absolute cinema” TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?
Sci-Fi is an extremely broad genre, and I was mostly trying to keep things vague and spoiler-free; but
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this series did two main things that I’ve never seen at this level: creating a real sense of someplace “alien”, something that is so far from human comprehension that the characters AND the viewer are both totally at a loss; and I adored the way it recreated the visual style of classic Sci-Fi visual artists (mostly Bande Dessinée, including the likes of Moebius, Jodorowski, and the Métal Hurlant crowd).
Yes. so much this!
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Too often the aliens just feel like green humans, and the worlds are just “earth but only the deserts” or “earth, but more water”. I guess that’s because it won’t sell well if the audience can’t relate enough with the world and its inhabitants. But still…