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queensthiefThough of course we're avid readers around here, I imagine a lot of us enjoy the occasional TV series too. What are some you've found that you think would especially appeal to MWT's fans?
Today it occurred to me that the Nickelodeon series Avatar: the Last Airbender would likely qualify (*not* the Shyamalan movie everyone hates). Fun, smart, action-packed fantasy world, usually mild enough for kids but with enough creativity and cleverness (and shipping opportunities) to hook adults too.
I've just started Merlin, and I like it so far--I've seen it mentioned around here, so I assume it has overlapping fans with MWT's.
As you can guess from my icon, I am a Buffy (and Angel) fan too, though that's more flippant and modern-world in most ways despite its paranormal tone.
Other ideas?
Today it occurred to me that the Nickelodeon series Avatar: the Last Airbender would likely qualify (*not* the Shyamalan movie everyone hates). Fun, smart, action-packed fantasy world, usually mild enough for kids but with enough creativity and cleverness (and shipping opportunities) to hook adults too.
I've just started Merlin, and I like it so far--I've seen it mentioned around here, so I assume it has overlapping fans with MWT's.
As you can guess from my icon, I am a Buffy (and Angel) fan too, though that's more flippant and modern-world in most ways despite its paranormal tone.
Other ideas?
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Date: 3/3/14 04:54 am (UTC)For QT fans, I'd definitely rec Leverage and White Collar, both are heist dramas.
"Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys." :) Leverage is about a former insurance investigator who puts together a team of expect thieves and starts a Robin Hood-esque agency that helps individual's who has been victimized by the rich and the powerful.
White Collar is a Catch Me If You Can inspired drama following Neal Caffrey's, an expert thief and art forger, work release to the FBI's white collar crime devision in Manhattan. It's smart and clever, and Neal is a gentlemen thief character I think fans of Gen will really like.
BBC's Sherlock (the one with Benedict Cumberbath and Martin Freeman) is a modern day retelling of the classic Sherlock stories with new genius twists, awesome characterization, and great dialogue. So addictive! Sherlock is presented as a sort of half-crazed, misanthropic anti-hero that I think QT fans will really enjoy.
Pretty Little Liars... Yeah, I know, but it's more then a guilty pleasure, I promise! :) I think QT fans would really enjoy the thriller feel to this show and the rapid twists and turns.
Lastly, Doctor Who, because if you haven't seen it, you're are missing out on the best show in the universe! :D
I will link to trailers in a separate comment, because LJ will probably decide I'm spamming. -_- Checkers can unlock it for us, though. :)
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Date: 3/3/14 05:08 am (UTC)Veronica Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCwJyqIO3E)
Leverage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZcqzcVt3MU)
White Collar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8y8fJm5kNY)
Sherlock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj7ZSUkTTVI)
Pretty Little Liars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUO8B47XtGY)
Doctor Who (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRjNhLSHlM) - slightly spoilery season one-five trailer
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Date: 3/3/14 06:37 am (UTC)Um, White Collar often lets me have fun pondering what Gen would get up to in modern day real life. Game of Thrones has the general feel and character actor quality and production value I'd want a Thief movie or series to have, though with more blood. And titties. Jorah of Mormont could totally be Pol.
....After that I feel like I'm just listing things I like, rather than things I know everyone else would like.
Crime-ish: BBC Sherlock, Traveler, Castle, Pushing Daisies, White Collar, The Prisoner, Hannibal. And if you want slightly less excitement and originality than BBC Sherlock but slightly more win in the woman and PoC area, Elementary.
SciFi: Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow. ....Teen Wolf *crumples up in shame*
Period/Fantasy: Game of Throoooooooooooones, Xena (the best show ever to grace television tbh), Merlin
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Date: 3/4/14 04:07 am (UTC)I've seen and liked a goodly number of these, but need to catch up on others! Glad to have more fun ideas for Netflix nights. :)
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Date: 3/6/14 06:50 am (UTC)Favourite mystery series ever: probably Jonathan Creek series. He is a trick designer for a magician. Most of the murders are locked room sort of mysteries and focus on *how* the crook did it rather than *who*.
Amazing period drama/adaption/romance: BBC Pride and prejudice miniseries (the colin firth version). North and South (similar to P&P but with a social conscience.
Decent comedies: US office, scrubs, black books, red dwarf, the it crowd, mr bean, malcolm in the middle, others I forget
Historical/military: Hornblower (navy), Sharpe (army), Scarlet Pimpernel (erm.. being a dandy.. this is the 90s version but there is an 80s version with Ian mckellan which is amusing)
More recent shows:
Elementary is fun. It has good lines, I love JLM and Lucy Liu, Sherlock is not a psychopath and Watson is not a kicking bag and holds her own. When I compare it to Sherlock it wins, though the latter is much more flashy/stylish and some of the secondary characters are funner.
Suits is a legal procedural set at a NY law firm with a lot of scheming, bluffing and powerplay. Can't say I loved the most recent season but the first two were okay.
I like Almost Human, but then i like Karl Urban. also Michael Ealy is beautiful. Him+ Hiddleston could probably read anything, no matter how awful, and I would purchase the audiobook just to listen to their voices~~ >_>
The guild (online webseries): if you ever played an mmo before it is worth checking out.
I don't have a whole lotta suggestions because I am a very lowest common denominator sort of person when it comes to TV. I like my crime procedurals/murder mystery (Castle, Law and Order, Bones, Poirot, many more), and I like my shirtless men (True Blood, Arrow, etc).
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Date: 3/6/14 05:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 3/6/14 05:34 pm (UTC)We watched the four-part finale in one sitting, because how can you stop at that point? I was so impressed at the beauty and smarts of the whole series: world-building, mythology, cool animals (SUCH cool animals), morality without being preachy, humor, and totally moving character interactions of all sorts. e.g., Iroh and Zuko: ahh, so much love for them! And yes--some kisses and lots of opportunity for romantic shipping too. ("My first girlfriend turned into the moon." "That's rough, buddy.")
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Date: 3/6/14 05:36 pm (UTC)Castle is one I should particularly look up. I keep hearing about it, and I do like Fillion.
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Date: 3/8/14 05:54 am (UTC)Most of the Jane Austen miniseries are great (as are both North and South and Wives and Daughters) - I have a special fondness for the Emma and Sense and Sensibility from the late 2000s (instead of the films from the mid 1990s).
Almost Human is fun, though I love Dorian the Awesome Robot best, and the scifi is usually very interesting.
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Date: 3/8/14 05:58 am (UTC)I like the first few seasons of Burn Notice quite a bit, especially because of the blend of wacky humor and desperation that often characterizes Michael Westen - a combination that Gen and his country often share.
The Jeremy Brett television series of Sherlock Holmes from the 80s and 90s is wonderful, and has a very thoughtful yet passionate quality that I love in The Queen of Attolia.
As mentioned below, I'm a big fan of Jane Austen miniseries in general, but especially Emma 2009 and Sense and Sensibility 2008. Little Dorrit and Bleak House are also particularly powerful, the former especially.
Elementary and Sherlock are both excellent in their way. The cast of both, particularly, are phenomenal and moving, often elevating the weaknesses of both shows.
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Date: 3/8/14 08:27 pm (UTC)Legend of the Seeker
While I don't think it's mind-blowingly good in pretty much any areas of film production I still quite enjoyed it! There were even some quite refreshing elements you don't usually see in a fantasy series.
I also second the previously mentioned Supernatural and Battlestar Galactica. :)
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Date: 3/9/14 04:37 am (UTC)Anyway, edward elric is basically eugenides. Short, has a braid, has a temper, very snarky, lazy, missing limbs, etc. I recommend it.
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Date: 3/9/14 11:56 pm (UTC)I do love BBC-ish lit adaptations. Those are nearly always reliable.
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Date: 3/10/14 12:04 am (UTC)I should definitely dive into Battlestar Galactica. I loved the movie version that set everything up. (At least, my understanding was it set up the series basically? I forget now...) Ha, I've seen some episodes of Supernatural, and it's cool and well done, but scared the hell out of me. I am a wimp about ghosts. :D
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Date: 3/10/14 06:47 am (UTC)"Princess Tutu," is another fantasy anime series, but very different from Moribito. A more fantastic world, not as serious, but also with some interesting themes about fate, free will, and metafiction.
--Handmaiden
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Date: 3/17/14 05:32 am (UTC)MWT FANS LOVE…(they're really right up our timey whimsy twisty ploty alleyway)
BBC's SHERLOCK
BBC's DOCTOR WHO
also other shows I watch…
PLL (not that great any more)
COMEDIES (NEW):
The Mindy Project (LOVE LOVE THIS)
Modern Family
Old COMEDIES:
The Office (LOVE)
Friends
Hope that helps!
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Date: 3/17/14 10:04 pm (UTC)And I totally agree about the series being a bit less grim than the books. The writers of the show seem to have included a bit of humor to off-set all of the terrible things that go down, and a number of characters seem to have a genuine camaraderie, like Tyrion and Bronn, Arya and Gendry, Jon and Sam, and Jaime and Brienne. I also love that they have Ygritte say something other than "You know nothing, Jon Snow." If I were Jon, that would have gotten old quickly.
I think it also helps that HBO has the budget to shoot in some impressive locations, utilize well-done CGI, hire fantastic actors (especially the children - I'm looking at you, Maisie Williams), and put said actors in well-made costumes.
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Date: 3/19/14 09:39 pm (UTC)Samwell is so sweet! He goes a long way toward offsetting the gruffness of a lot of the other guys.
And OMG, yes, gorgeousness in scenery and costumes, and amazing actors. I want to adopt Maisie Williams and Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran).
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Date: 3/23/14 01:58 am (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-abY6EBnvPA
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Date: 3/30/14 07:28 pm (UTC)I have to admit I'm also a fan of Teen Wolf, but it's somewhat of an aquired taste. It's not as smart as Veronica or Buffy, and it's more concerned with interesting visuals and chemistry-filled character interactions than a tight plot, but it does get a lot right, too. Especially, the most authentic parent-child relationships on a teen show I've ever seen, and some excellent comedy and acting. So that's quite fun. And I appreciate a supernatural show that can allow the magic to be a little mysterious.
And there's always Ouran High School Host Club. I found the ways the characters are deepened with snippets of backstory and bits of character insights to be miraculously good, almost at the level of MWT. I don't know how some books and shows can drop surprising hints about characters and have it deepen the character rather than muddy them. Really good.
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