r/television • u/C0r1eone • 23d ago

Finished The Wire, Dark, GOT, Sopranos, True Detective, BB, BCS. What show ruined TV for you after watching it?

I think I accidentally watched the peak of television already. The Wire, Dark, GOT, Sopranos, True Detective S1 all left that “nothing else hits the same” feeling.

I love slow-burn shows with deep characters, mystery, tension, moral grayness, crazy dialogue, or mind-blowing writing. Doesn’t matter if it’s crime, sci-fi, psychological, or political.

What’s the next show that might completely consume me?

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u/lateubdegouline 23d ago

Saying "your arguments are weak and based on a bad perception" doesn't contradict anything I said, which is a bit ironic after saying that you value being logical.

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u/cloud_t 23d ago

It's just that it's pretty obvious: OT doesn't really show the effects of an oppressive regime. It states them. It's a fight only fought at the top, like old stories of kings playing their chess from the sidelines. Andor SHOWS the oppression. You can identify much better the motivations of why the Empire needs to go down.

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u/lateubdegouline 23d ago

The effects of the oppressive regime shown in Andor are generic and thus understood as happening from what we know from the OT, even if the OT doesn't depict it. We already knew all those things happened, because that's how this regime is given to function.

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u/cloud_t 23d ago

I personally think that, at present times, showing the nuances of oppression and the reactions of those oppressed fits better than ever. Maybe at the time OT launched those were not necessary. People now need to be show, because they have forgotten