12 Monkeys the TV show. I’ve never met anyone that has even heard of it, and I really enjoyed it! Same main characters as the movie, more or less, but a more involved story. Very satisfying, tidy ending.
I forgot to add on my first post:
Dare to Believe - Weird UK sketch show
Pushing Daisies
The pie maker is happy to be included
Paul Reuben’s cameo in Pushing Daisies is a lovely part of an even lovelier show.
Really any Brian Fuller show
Dead like me
Reaper
Truth Seakers
I was trying to remember the name of Reaper the other day, thanks! Loved the guy who played The Devil.
Lexx, a show about a giant dragonfly spaceship that destroys planets and the creepy cowardly idiot who somehow lucked into becoming the single person in the two universes that it obeys. And an undead assassin-warrior-poet. And a woman who survived a botched “love slave” transformation. And a weird robot head.
It’s outrageously strange and strangely horny and hornily gross. Highly recommend if you like weird TV.
The woman was called Xev Bellringer. But don’t google it because you’ll find something else.
wow this is some boring porn
Different strokes for different strokers.
Lexx is brimming with campy nonsense!
But it has moments when an actor delivers a heartfelt performance that tells a meaningful story.
And then those moments are followed by a robot with a saw arm chasing some folks through a cardboard maze before a planet gets blown up.
My cat was named after the undead-assassin-warrior-poet.
Great show in that it is so strange and offbeat that you don’t really know why things are happening but they certainly are happening.
Tell your cat I said yo-way-yo hum-va-ray!
I would if I could but he went with my ex while I kept the dog, who is named after the god emperor of the known universe.
Lexx resulted in my marriage (at a lan bash, we’re all sharing the ol’ yar har haar me maties, a certain young gentleman browses the wares, goes “holy shit Lexx, who has all of Lexx i must find this person” and 20 years later we have matching rings, a house and cats. )
Actually just finished snagging the 1080 rip, makes my dvd boxset look like poo
I loved Lexx. It was one of those weird science fiction series that were popping up in the 90s as a response to the success of ST: TNG and Battlestar Gallactica. I haven’t watched it in decades, I have to go find it.
I always mention this one, but The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
It’s got Bruce Campbell in it (Army of darkness) And he plays a cowboy as the lead character where he goes on wacky steampunk-filled hijinks and adventures through the Old West.
it came out in the early 90s and you can watch it for free on tubiTV.
Fun fact, a lot of the old timey western movies used a particular set and the Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was the last show to use that set.
When they finished it was torn down.
Another fun fact, you’ve heard the theme song.
It’s now used in the Olympics when America plays.
It’s a fucking amazing show.
I still remember my favorite character from that show: Bowler.
LORD Bowler.
I think that was the first show I watched that got cancelled and I was waiting for the next season wondering what the fuck happened.
Unfortunately not available on Tubi right now
If you like Severence, you really need to see Dollhouse. Only 2 seasons, complete story. Slow start, but it doesn’t go where you expect, it’s a complete story, and Dichen Lachman (Gemma Scout) plays basically the same role.
I feel like the end of season 2 got wonky because they found out they were getting cancelled. They did make it work with the little time they had left.
As far as I can remember, Dichen Lachman has never been in anything that wasn’t science fiction. Altered Carbon, The Last Ship, Dollhouse, and Severance. I’d check her imdb but it would ruin my wierd fanboy theory.
Agents of SHIELD. That counts.
Forgot that. She murdered Admiral Adama
Dead Like Me
It was pretty much all over the place but I liked the tone and premise. IMO, I really doubt anyone would’ve been able to make that kind of story work any more than the original folks did but yeah. I don’t think the writing was that good but I liked the cast. That alone would’ve sold me. Also maybe throw in the fact that I found the show while I was kind of starting out on my own during college and so in ways, I related to the main person. Yada yada yada.
Just don’t watch the movie that followed the series. It’s not worth it.
I rediscovered this again recently. I watched it when it was new a long while back, and had totally forgotten about it until seeing it pop up while browsing MAX.
Scavenger’s Reign and Pantheon
Scavengers Reign is great.
I hope you have watched Common Side Effects. Joseph Bennett (co-creator) is also the co-creator of Scavengers Reign. It’s excellent. Mike Judge is also EP and voices some roles. It was renewed for a second season last week in advance of the season finale, which aired Sunday night.
I’m in season 2 of Pantheon. It’s quite good.
Wow how could I forget Common Side Effects?? I’m happy it’s getting a second season but sad Scavengers Reign wasn’t so lucky :( something tells me CSE is going to hit mainstream popularity though.
I love Joe Bennett’s (what I call) “American Chibi” style soooooo much. Such weird big heads and little bodies but it works so well.
Bennett also illustrated Joe Pera’s bathroom book. “A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape”
https://www.amazon.com/Bathroom-People-Pooping-Peeing-Escape/dp/1250782694
I really enjoyed Scavenger’s Reign. Never heard of Pantheon, but if you mention both in the same sentence I’m intrigued!
Edit: It was already on my watchlist
Get ready for a little existential crisis after watching Pantheon (at least that’s what happened to me). I loved it!
LOVED Pantheon it’s one of my top shows easily
News Radio.
Miss that.
Miss Phil.
Fuck Andy Dick.
Yes, but also fuck Joe Rogan.
I can put up with Joe Rogan from that era, he wasn’t a POS back then as far as I know, unlike Andy Dick.
Dave Foley and Stephen Root are also excellent in Newsradio
Foley and Hartman, that comedic tension between them was gold.
Spaced
Early Simon Pegg / Nick Frost / Edgar Wright collaboration, sitcom style.
I think you are right in the sense that this may be under the radar now, but this was a big hit at the time. Made the careers of all the people you list, plus Jessica Hynes. Fantastic show.
You might enjoy Black Books, if you haven’t seen it. Another one is The Royle Family.
Loved Black Books, thanks I’ll check out Royle!
Mrs. Davis
Dirk Gently’s Detective Agency
Space: Above & Beyond
Earth 2
Lucy: Daughter of the Devil
Final Space
The Lone Gunmen
The Maxx
The Oblongs
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Regime
The Secret Life of Machines
ETA: if you want a more recent one, Deli Boys is pretty great
Both Dirks. The BBC was a little closer to the books but both are great. And if we’re going in an Elijah direction, the US version of Wilfred.
Cancelling Space: Above and Beyond was tragic. With a couple more seasons it could have become an enduring cult classic. If it has been made later, it would have thrived in the streaming era.
Mrs. Davis is one of my favorite shows period. That was a masterpiece.
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
Coolness
I kept waiting for Jonas Quinn to say “synchronize swatches” on SG1
At least throw us a few “Whoooooooa” sfx here and there.
I second Dirk Gently. Amazing show.
I used to have nearly all The Maxx comic books, and gave them away to a friend when I moved across country.
Of those I’ve only seen Dirk Gently and Maxx. The later was cool to young me, but the former I just can’t get into. It feels too over the top random, like they’re forcing it too hard. Too bad, Dirk’s books are my favorite from Adams.
I found Dirk Gently to be fine, with the glaring exception that the main fucking character made it almost unwatchable.
Same for me except for the “almost” part. I quit midway through episode 2.
The American one, or the BBC one with Stephen Mangan?
Utopia - The UK version though, fuck the American remake.
Monkey Dust - Obscure UK animation.
Utopia was so wild. I’m ready for a nice little show with silly people having a bit of fun, and suddenly I’m up to my neck in total insanity.
Monkey Dust is great is you’re cool with black humor - well, humour!!!
Utopia was too violent for my taste. Not really thrilled with hearing children shot even if it’s offscreen. Gave up after that episode.
Aye, that scene probably caused quite a stir at Ofcom.
Probably a contributing factor to the third season getting axed
First, monkey dust was amazing. Legit surprised to see that one mentioned (Mr hoppy!)
Second. Australia version of Utopia is the best version of Utopia. Hands down.
Didn’t even know that Australia did their own version, I’ll check it out
Dark
Idk, Dark has a pretty big fanbase in Latin America at least. Most Netflix types I know have given it a go
I feel like a surprising number of people know about this show, but I suspect because it’s German it doesn’t get the same attention - there was a period where Dark seemed popular in my circles, though.
One of the best modern series I have seen. Incredibly compelling, mysterious, and they manage to wrap it up in a thoughtful way. It’s a must see if you like sci-fi.
Great show with a complex story. Wouldn’t recommend it to everyone though.
Better Off Ted
I forget the name of it, but you might enjoy the show rob lowe is currently doing on Netflix can’t remember the name
Edit Unstable is the name of the show
Station Eleven
It’s absolutely criminal how little attention HBO gave this show. It wasn’t even brought to Europe, so you can’t watch it legally over here. But IMHO it’s one of the best TV shows of the past few years, and it’s a complete story so no cliffhangers. It’s also one of the rare cases of a show being better than the book it was based on, and the book was already a bestseller.
I love it. Have watched it three times. Cried during the last episode the first time I saw it. The book was pretty good, but I agree on the show being better.
Wasn’t released at the same time as covid? It had a bad timing sadly.
Yeah it was, and the first episode hits quite hard on the heels of covid. I’m sure not everyone was ready for something that apocalyptic, but still.
I also enjoyed it, but couldn’t convince my wife to give it a try because she was already stressed as fuck with all the situation.
