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What are your favorite shows and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships. I also like sci fi and weirdness. For these reasons, two of my favorite shows are The Expanse and Severance. In both, by the end, I felt like I was “part of the team” in some way.

What are a couple of your favorites? What kind of itch do they scratch?

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[–] cave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The Magicians. It's like a more mature and dark Harry Potter/Chronicles of Narnia crossover. It has really good character development and isn't afraid to have fun with things like musical numbers and self aware plotlines. The first season is the weakest of the bunch, but it's still pretty good. So give it a chance past then if you are still on the fence.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have you read the books? And if so, how does it compare? At least with the books I added a touch of Catcher in the Rye to HP & Narnia to describe it. Because really, Quintin can be a moody little git a lot of the time.

[–] cave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I've not read the books, but that does describe Q decently, though I think the show probably toned it down a bit from things I hear others say.

[–] Snowyday@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I read the books and lined them up The show deviates from the books and should be considered “inspired by” That said, the show is made by people who also truly loved the books and characters, and they did a great job making an adaptation