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what are some of the most /lit/ tv shows?

>> No.17504461
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>>17504458
Its not very cinematic but it gets the job done

>> No.17504463

The adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz is pretty good

>> No.17504467

>>17504458
UC Gundam
Patlabor

>> No.17504469

you posted it

>> No.17504484

>>17504469
yeah but I can't keep rewatching it forever no matter how good it is.

>> No.17504514

>>17504467
Gundam is lit af for sure

>> No.17504518

>>17504458
Unironically seasons 1 to 8 of the Simpsons

>> No.17504520

>>17504463
/lit/ hasn't even heard of the book.

>> No.17504526

>>17504458
No jaw having motherfucker

>> No.17504869

>>17504458
The first season of True Detective. Show would be almost perfect if we removed all the blacks.

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>>17504458
based don

>> No.17504925

NO CUNT HERE BETTER SAY BLACK BOOKS

YOUSE CAN FUCK OFF BACK TO PLEDDIT

>> No.17504972

>>17504526
You need to stop going to incel forums buddy.

>> No.17505016

>>17504458
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/02/27/mad-men-reading-list

This is unironically a great list FYI - lists every book Don reads

>> No.17505021

>>17504458
The Soprano's.

>> No.17505035

>>17505016
>Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver.

>> No.17505051

>>17504458
Mad Men

>> No.17505165

>>17505051
thanks I haven't heard of it.

>> No.17505170

>>17504520
There's at least one German who shills it often enough that someday this may change

>> No.17505221

>>17504869
>Show would be almost perfect if we removed all the blacks.
Don't be racist. Many blacks have written great books.

>> No.17505802

>>17505221
Good joke

>> No.17505823

>>17504467
I've been meaning to watch the Patlabor movies but I think Gundam has too much to watch to get into. Does UC Gundam require knowledge of the franchise

>> No.17505845

>>17504869
The first season of True Detective fucking sucked. I heard the second season was worse.

>> No.17505868

>>17505221
Racism doesnt exist, blacks dont write great books.

>> No.17505875

>>17505845
>The first season of True Detective fucking sucked.
lol filtered.

>> No.17505894

Twin Peaks
Dark (on netflix, german show, references faust a lot)

>> No.17505956

>>17504458
>>17504461
These two, that's it.

>> No.17506024

>>17504869
Bullshit, the ghetto scene was kino.

>> No.17506137

>>17504458

Not Mad Men.

>> No.17506154

>>17505894
>Twin Peaks

Only the first season and the first 9 or 10 episodes of the second (out of 22), I don't know about the third.

>> No.17506240
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Hannibal

>> No.17506251

>>17506240
oh god no lol
this was terrible

>> No.17506337

>>17506251
it is objectively a fantastic show

>> No.17506388

>>17506337
>this is my design
come on, please. I'm not saying you are wrong for enjoying it but it was objectively complete and total garbage

>> No.17506389

>>17506240
>>17506251
>>17506337
I only watch the first (and maybe second?) season but I enjoyed it. The cooking scenes were very fun, the "psychology" discussions felt a little pretentious when drawn out.

>> No.17506399

>>17506389
The writing is just really bad. If you like the dumb corpse pyramids ok, but nothing about it is /lit/ at all

>> No.17506402

>>17505170
I'm Mexican

>> No.17506466

>>17506388
>>17506399
some of it, in retrospect, is funny out of context, but in the context of the show it's intentional. And before you go "saying it's supposed to be bad just means it's bad", the entire show is dramatic and dreamlike. You think slow motion montages of people being lovingly murdered is supposed to be realistic or something? That's like watching the opera and then complaining that real people don't break into song after being stabbed.

>> No.17506467

>>17506399
I'm not the guy who say it's /lit/ I just wanted to chime in about the cooking scenes. You must admit that they are lovely: they're nicely shot with some pleasant music—I'm a bit peckish just thinking about it. The meat looks so good
https://youtu.be/0eMdF92g17w

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>>17504520
I see it mentioned here from time to time. In such cases I recommend Bright Magic as I find it more lyrical, less alienating for most readers. In any case, while it's not mentioned as much as Infinite Jest, it comes up. Sorry to deflate your ego.

>> No.17506826

>>17505823
Patlabor TV>>>Patlabor movies
And no. Just watch from the beginning. Main story line is 0079>Zeta>ZZ>CCA. Then watch whatever.

>> No.17506852

>>17504458
>character is reading a famous book
wow so /lit/. If all you're looking for is surface level details like that, try Lost. The characters are named after philosophers. It's so deep.

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>>17504458
(You)

>> No.17506912
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Red Shoe Diaries is unironically one of the most lit and aesthetic shows ever made. Teenage coomers just couldn't appreciate it.

>> No.17506920

>>17505894
>dark
Teeny drama garbage

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>>17504458
>The Twilight Zone
>Alfred Hitchcock Presents
>The Prisoner
>Black Books
>Legend of the Galactic Heroes
>The Midnight Society/Are You Afraid of the Dark
>Twin Peaks Season 3

>> No.17506973

>>17506389
Even if the writing isn’t particularly stellar, I found the premise of the show and some of the dilemmas it presents to be compelling:
>The interaction between ethics and aesthetics
> The presentation of unethical action in an elevated, aesthetic manner (reminiscent of Lolita perhaps)
> At what point does aesthetics overtake ethics?
> How the exercise of “actualization” may often be an amoral process (I.e. Hannibal acting as handmaiden to Will’s authentic violent fundamentals)

>> No.17506989

>>17504925

Black Books is great, you're just mad you're not funny.

>> No.17507009

>>17506989
how do i become funny?

>> No.17507012

>>17504518
>you can’t take revenge on an animal, that’s the whole point of Moby-Dick
Lmao Lisa got filtered by the non-narrative chapters

>> No.17507065

>>17506912
Californication

>> No.17507102

Brideshead revisited
Lexx
Riget

>> No.17507124

I’d say The Wire and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Both are long format and handle the topics they choose with depth and broad casts of characters, most of which have some adequate depth. LoGH was even based off a move series. The Wire was written by journalists. Both of them take their respective medium and inject them with literary prowess that elevated them to the peaks of their medium. I’m not sure many other TV programs have done as good a job at maintaining quality all the way through. I can think of a few shows that almost hit that greatness but fumbled it by the end. Though, I know there will be plenty of anons who disagree with be because it’s anime and black people.

>> No.17507131

>>17507065
Not at all like red shoes.

>> No.17507132

>>17504458
Evangelion
Better Call Saul
Deep Space Nine

>> No.17507142

>>17506898
they should do more with the /lit/ side of it

>> No.17507160

>>17504458

Mad Men feels pretty clumsy at times, especially the first season where they're really laying the "it's 1960" on thick, but it's p. good.

>> No.17507239

>>17505956
based

>> No.17507306

>>17507160
S1 is definitely too on the nose trying to set the scene. 3 and on are probably some of the best, if not the the best, seasons of television I've ever watched.

>> No.17507344

>>17504518
Correct.

>> No.17507356

TV is garbage, all of it. Episodic storytelling is old-fashioned and insulting to the audience.

>> No.17507397

>>17507356
>storytelling
plot is for brainlets

>> No.17507463

>>17506154
Third season is on par with the first imo

>> No.17507478

Evangelion could’ve been great literature , but I’m glad it’s an anime

>> No.17507486

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKgPTkIulEI

>> No.17507494

>>17506826
Go for the 0079 movies and skip ZZ though.

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>>17507102
>Riget
Absolutely based

>> No.17507689

>>17504925
I like Black Books it's very funny

>> No.17507697

>>17507494
watch both the tv series and the movies. and zz is good fuck off.

>> No.17508333
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LOST:

https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Literary_works
https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Philosophers

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17508947

Fargo

>> No.17509616

>>17507356
retard

>> No.17509634

Portlandia

>> No.17509760

>>17504458
Matador (DK)

Had it been a book it would've become a classic

>> No.17509808

>>17509760
whas DK stan for? donkey kang?

>> No.17509863

>>17509808
Denmark

>> No.17509878

>>17506240
Pseuds: the show

>> No.17509911

This entire thread is shit. There is only one good TV show, and that is Six Feet Under. Depth in character development and philosophical themes being touched upon subtly. Superb acting and masterful direction.

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>>17509911
>This entire thread is shit. There is only one good TV show, and that is Six Feet Under. Depth in character development and philosophical themes being touched upon subtly. Superb acting and masterful direction.

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>>17509760

>> No.17510230

>>17508333

I feel retarded for not realising that John Locke and Boone Carlyle were paired together as contrasting literary allusions, I thought Boone was just a spoiled rich kid but I guess the idea was in Thomas Caryle fashion he had a sense of heroic duty (saving his sister and ultimately everyone else on the island, humbly looking up to John Locke as a mentor), despite being born into a position where he had no expectations because of his pampered background. Meanwhile, John Locke himself was the opposite, being seen as special his whole life, and rejecting anyone telling him what he can and can't do (and ultimately dying for nothing as a result).

>> No.17510242

>>17510124

I can't take him seriously after seeing Riget

>> No.17510545

xavier renegade angel

>> No.17510762

>>17506965
Stopped at Twin Peaks Season 3 (First 2 are much better).

The rest are brilliant.

HOW COME YOU FELLAS LIKE SEASON 3, WHAT IS IT /LIT/ ABOUT IT ANONS, EXPLAIN PLS ;(

>> No.17510770

>>17507494
>skip ZZ

and miss the greatest OP of all time?

>> No.17510785

>>17507463
for sure

>> No.17510808

Are there any older TV shows prominently featuring authors themselves? The only thing I can think of is Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, but surely some other authors had shows at some point

>> No.17510814

>>17504458

Garth Marengi's darkplace is /lit/ af:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1jzDx1PXBk

>> No.17510842

>>17510814
>dreamweaver

>> No.17510849

>>17507356
>Episodic storytelling is old-fashioned and insulting to the audience.
So... I'm guessing you don't like books that are separated into chapters then.

>>17509911
I don't know, man. I remember being really into that show for a bit and then it just devolved into soap opera bullshit.

>> No.17510909

>>17510814
kino

>> No.17510964

>>17510814

Darkplace > Twin Peaks any day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r09xxJbk60A

>> No.17511085

>>17510814

Where can I buy this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXN7ekKUvc

>> No.17511271

>>17504458
Legend of Galactic Heroes

>> No.17511535

>>17510762
I didn’t like 3 at first, it took me a few episodes to appreciate it. The appeal is completely different from the original show, it’s less soap opera and more sci fi comedy (although the original was comedic as well)

>> No.17511827

>>17504458
The show Dark was pretty underrated. It's only 3 seasons so be sure to finish the whole thing before passing judgment (it has some slow parts)

>> No.17512111

>>17504461
What this

>> No.17512244

>>17504925
>BERNARD...BERNARD...BERNARD... BERNARD...LOOK...LOOK BERNARD.. LOOK...BERNARD

>> No.17512264

TV shows are not and never will be /lit/. Go back.

>> No.17512357
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17512357

Why in the fuck is the leftovers not mentioned in this thread yet.

>> No.17512392

>>17504458
Deep Space Nine is a great show.

>> No.17512560

>>17512357
One of the best dramas of all time.
Hands down most underrated show I've watched.

>> No.17512583

>>17504972
Start mewing.

>> No.17512635

>>17510808
Goosebumps

>> No.17512652

>>17506137
Lucid women

>> No.17513214

>>17504869
I love True Detective, but it really isn't all that /lit/. It's well done for what it is, but there's hardly any nuance or craft to it, it's just a lot of information being withheld from the viewer. It isn't very rewarding. I know I'll get some flack for this, but I think Better Call Saul is much more /lit/, and there's no dispute about Mad Men.

>> No.17513226

>>17504458
Monkey Magic

>> No.17513236

>>17512111
The Sopranos

>> No.17513246

>>17505802
Dumas

>> No.17513247

>>17504458
Lodge 49

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>>17510762
Unironically.

>> No.17513263

>>17506154
Damn, I gave up about halfway through the second , shit gets real silly real quick

>> No.17513265

>>17506240
idk why anyone would say it's /lit/ when the show is so visual.

>> No.17513303

>>17508947
First couple season are very fun.

>> No.17513367

>>17504458
verrens reje, the Danish show about the troubled preacher and his family. Season one is peak kino.
also tiger king.

>> No.17513397

Nobody replying to low rent pop-culture posts is allowed to complain about religion, politics or philosophy ever again

>> No.17513473

>>17510230
He died after convincing Jack that he needed to get everyone back to the island.

>> No.17513703

>>17510814
>>17510964
holy based.

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>no one has mentioned I CLAVDIVS yet

>> No.17514009

>>17506154
I'm just watching the third one and it's my favourite. It's the most experimental. It's very patient as well. Lynch sometimes just does an entire episode that feels just like an art show. It's like you're on drugs, but not (necessarily) on drugs. Really dreamy. Please see it if you liked the Twin Peaks before. It's made 25 years after them so it's meant to be watched after some break, doesn't have to be immediately.

>> No.17514025

>>17514009
You can basically feel that Lynch is having fun and goes all out doing whatever he wants

>> No.17514296

>>17505956
Same writing team (more or less)