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Karen Smith9 said:Exactly... and which one is that? Berlin Alexanderplatz is a 13-episode series—Fassbinder's vision of Döblin's novel. It's a masterpiece with no real TV equivalent. And Dekalog was this massive screenwriting undertaking by two writers, Kieslowski and Piesieiwicz. Honestly, American TV is just laughable when you look at it through that lens. Even our local wild boar productions are better than The Wire.
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I’ve actually struggled to get through The Wire several times; it felt like such a chore even though the quality is clearly there. On the other hand, The Sopranos just clicked for me instantly.
That Berlin Alexanderplatz sounds absolutely fascinating 👍
The X-Files and The Twilight Zone are absolute classics that I feel most modern shows will struggle to ever truly match, aren't they? They remain by far the most influential series ever made, though I suppose Star Trek is up there too, even if it lacks that specific, singular quality found in those two masterpieces.
And Karen Smith9 makes such an excellent point, doesn't she, when she mentions how The X-Files was this incredible byproduct of global paranoia and that "trust no one" mentality that defined the dark atmosphere of the 90s? It really was the perfect show arriving at the exact right moment in history.
As for The Twilight Zone, it just has so many twists, doesn't it? Every single episode feels like a complete turn of events, which makes me wonder why anyone would bother with those modern remakes that just don't seem to pay off.