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Which format of video entertainment do you like better: Television Series or Movies?
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I find the opposite. Good TV series tend to have much, much higher quality story telling than even good movies, mostly because a movie is the length of a short story.
Care to share? I'm a bit bored.
My favorite example is still The Wire (or even before that Twin Peaks).
A more recent example is Dark.
The Wire is really not what I'd enjoy watching. I got to the point where the cop and the gang had some confrontation and the cop was intructed by his superior to lie and claim that he "feared for his life". At that point I just fucking can't continue watching. Too real for my liking. I want to watch tv for escapism, not to be reminded how shitty real life is.
The Americans was boring af. Stopped watching early on.
I already finished Dark, I loved it, although the "You can't change fate" type of theme is a bit annoying. I watched 12 Monkeys (the TV show, not movie) which is anothet time-travel series and the atmosphere was not as dark (pun intended), and much more "chill" to watch.
The genres I like are: Science-Fiction, Alt-History, Political (but not too "real")
I liked watching:
Some movies I liked were:
Some recent series I have enjoyed are Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Foundation, Wednesday and The Mandalorian.
Some older ones I would recommend are Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek DS9, Community, The Good Place,
Out of all of those I would say Babylon 5 has the best long term story and character development in a way that just isn't possible in something that is as short as a movie (especially the characters Londo and G'Kar).