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Apple TV is actually killing it. Besides the ones mentioned they have the two best scifi shows running right now: Foundation and For All Mankind

by rapsey 3y ago

dublinben 3y ago
Severance is much better than either of those.
- TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
  In a crowded field filled with things like The Boys/Gen V, Blue-Eyed Samurai, Shogun, Invincible, Stranger Things, and Chernobyl, Severance is literally my favorite. thing. ever. Hands down. No question. I'm dying for another season, and I desperately hope that there's a single, definitive story they hope to tell within a another season or 3, and then stop.
  - fooblaster 3y ago
    As much as I love severance, a show like it will never come to a satisfying ending. Half the appeal is the complete mystery. Any revelation will be absurd and unsatisfying, as nothing coherent could ever explain all the strange things shown in the first season. I think this is how many people felt about lost as well? Seems like there should be a term for this class of storytelling.
    - criddell 3y ago
      I don't think they really need to try to explain everything. The HBO show The Leftovers never really spent much time explaining the central mystery and (IMHO) was better for it.
    - TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
      As a show about a mystery, it bears some similarities with Lost. To the frustration of everyone, Lost explained _nothing_, and raised more questions than answers in its last forsaken season, and ended the worst, cheapest, and dumbest way possible. Because of this, I spent a lot of Severance screaming at the screen, "ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION!" And they did! And those questions got answered along the way! It gave me hope that there's a central idea at work here, and they're not just making it up as they go along, hoping the show gets popular enough to demand a huge retcon in the finale. They don't have to answer every question, or explain every plot device; I'm just hoping they finish telling a cohesive story.
  - listless 3y ago
    I agree and would rate it one of the top sci-fi series of all time. The office aesthetic is so well done and there is not a single bad role or actor. I keep waiting for season 2. Nothing else measures up.
- bl0rg 3y ago
  Severance is one of the best shows I've ever watched. I can't think of a single thing I dislike about it.
- qgin 3y ago
  I hate to say this at risk of seeming like I'm over-exaggerating but Severance belongs on the list of best TV shows of all time.
david38 3y ago
Really? I thought Foundation was an embarrassment
- rapsey 3y ago
  S2 is very good.
  - te_chris 3y ago
    It's really not. It's fine, at best. The exapanse is so much better
- __rito__ 3y ago
  Foundation is an embarrassment. It has nothing similar to Asimov's books. And focusing on the series only, forgetting the books, it's mediocre at best, and total cringe at worst. Didn't feel original or new. The storyline is just like some cheap movie that no one remembers or watches.
kstrauser 3y ago
For All Mankind is just about my favorite show ever. I couldn't tolerate its stress level if it weren't so darn good.
te_chris 3y ago
For all mankind is bad now, sorry. S1 and 2 were great, once it hit the 80's it all went to hell.
- themikesanto 3y ago
  They seem to have stopped training new astronauts in the later seasons. I can't believe Ed is still a character, let alone in command of a mission in deep space. I agree the whole show has gone off the rails since season 2.
  - kstrauser 3y ago
    I think Ed's arc is plausible in its frustration. Office politics are a big deal IRL. A global hero like that could use his political capital to talk his way into the role of his choice, even if he really shouldn't be there.
    - lamroger 3y ago
      Same world, different time period / technology
- gyrovagueGeist 3y ago
  Yep, it went from compelling problems to everyone is an idiot to drive drama real fast.
mdasen 3y ago
What I love about Apple TV+ is that the stuff on it feels like it was made for more than just "do we think this will drive some metric." I'm not saying that you'll like any given program on Apple TV+, but when I open up Netflix I'm bombarded by a bunch of low-rent reality stuff, Disney+ seems to be focused on finding new ways of churning out as many iterations of the same franchises as possible, Max (Warner Bros) is canceling their content, Paramount+ is for Star Trek, and Prime Video is all about showing me content that isn't actually included so I can buy Prime channels. When I open Apple TV+, I get choices like CODA, the story of a child of deaf adults. Whether you like the movie or not, it's something new and different. I get things like For All Mankind which just feels so much better than anything I've ever watched before and meaningfully different from other stuff I've seen. I love TV and movies. Not everything has to be grand or new. But there's something nice about opening up Apple TV+ and having a bit of a different experience from what a lot of the apps are pushing.
__rito__ 3y ago
Silo is really good, too.
haunter 3y ago
>Foundation As long as you haven't read the books. It's pretty much has nothing to do with them.

Apple TV is actually killing it. Besides the ones mentioned they have the two best scifi shows running right now: Foundation and For All Mankind

by rapsey 3y ago

Apple TV is actually killing it. Besides the ones mentioned they have the two best scifi shows running right now: Foundation and For All Mankind

dublinben 3y ago

Severance is much better than either of those.

TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
In a crowded field filled with things like The Boys/Gen V, Blue-Eyed Samurai, Shogun, Invincible, Stranger Things, and Chernobyl, Severance is literally my favorite. thing. ever. Hands down. No question. I'm dying for another season, and I desperately hope that there's a single, definitive story they hope to tell within a another season or 3, and then stop.
- fooblaster 3y ago
  As much as I love severance, a show like it will never come to a satisfying ending. Half the appeal is the complete mystery. Any revelation will be absurd and unsatisfying, as nothing coherent could ever explain all the strange things shown in the first season. I think this is how many people felt about lost as well? Seems like there should be a term for this class of storytelling.
  - criddell 3y ago
    I don't think they really need to try to explain everything. The HBO show The Leftovers never really spent much time explaining the central mystery and (IMHO) was better for it.
  - TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
    As a show about a mystery, it bears some similarities with Lost. To the frustration of everyone, Lost explained _nothing_, and raised more questions than answers in its last forsaken season, and ended the worst, cheapest, and dumbest way possible. Because of this, I spent a lot of Severance screaming at the screen, "ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION!" And they did! And those questions got answered along the way! It gave me hope that there's a central idea at work here, and they're not just making it up as they go along, hoping the show gets popular enough to demand a huge retcon in the finale. They don't have to answer every question, or explain every plot device; I'm just hoping they finish telling a cohesive story.
- listless 3y ago
  I agree and would rate it one of the top sci-fi series of all time. The office aesthetic is so well done and there is not a single bad role or actor. I keep waiting for season 2. Nothing else measures up.
bl0rg 3y ago
Severance is one of the best shows I've ever watched. I can't think of a single thing I dislike about it.
qgin 3y ago
I hate to say this at risk of seeming like I'm over-exaggerating but Severance belongs on the list of best TV shows of all time.

david38 3y ago

Really? I thought Foundation was an embarrassment

rapsey 3y ago
S2 is very good.
- te_chris 3y ago
  It's really not. It's fine, at best. The exapanse is so much better
__rito__ 3y ago
Foundation is an embarrassment. It has nothing similar to Asimov's books. And focusing on the series only, forgetting the books, it's mediocre at best, and total cringe at worst. Didn't feel original or new. The storyline is just like some cheap movie that no one remembers or watches.

kstrauser 3y ago

For All Mankind is just about my favorite show ever. I couldn't tolerate its stress level if it weren't so darn good.

te_chris 3y ago

For all mankind is bad now, sorry. S1 and 2 were great, once it hit the 80's it all went to hell.

themikesanto 3y ago
They seem to have stopped training new astronauts in the later seasons. I can't believe Ed is still a character, let alone in command of a mission in deep space. I agree the whole show has gone off the rails since season 2.
- kstrauser 3y ago
  I think Ed's arc is plausible in its frustration. Office politics are a big deal IRL. A global hero like that could use his political capital to talk his way into the role of his choice, even if he really shouldn't be there.
  - lamroger 3y ago
    Same world, different time period / technology
gyrovagueGeist 3y ago
Yep, it went from compelling problems to everyone is an idiot to drive drama real fast.

mdasen 3y ago

What I love about Apple TV+ is that the stuff on it feels like it was made for more than just "do we think this will drive some metric." I'm not saying that you'll like any given program on Apple TV+, but when I open up Netflix I'm bombarded by a bunch of low-rent reality stuff, Disney+ seems to be focused on finding new ways of churning out as many iterations of the same franchises as possible, Max (Warner Bros) is canceling their content, Paramount+ is for Star Trek, and Prime Video is all about showing me content that isn't actually included so I can buy Prime channels. When I open Apple TV+, I get choices like CODA, the story of a child of deaf adults. Whether you like the movie or not, it's something new and different. I get things like For All Mankind which just feels so much better than anything I've ever watched before and meaningfully different from other stuff I've seen. I love TV and movies. Not everything has to be grand or new. But there's something nice about opening up Apple TV+ and having a bit of a different experience from what a lot of the apps are pushing.

__rito__ 3y ago

Silo is really good, too.

haunter 3y ago

>Foundation As long as you haven't read the books. It's pretty much has nothing to do with them.