It’s tough picking one.
But that’s why I’m asking. It’s easy to do a top 3, even easier to a top 5.
But when you have to choose a singular show? When you’re forced to pare it down? What sticks above the others for you?
Babylon 5 for me.
It’s got plenty of issues but it’s still my darling and despite all the behind-the-scenes BS it’s still the best long-form sci-fi story I’ve seen onscreen.
Edit: Screwed up the title. Bad Dalacos.
I’d have chosen Firefly, I never get tired of it, and I just love it.
So many other amazing shows though, a few already mentioned in other comments, like BSG would be a close second to Firefly.
But there are some shows that haven’t been mentioned and I think they deserve it just as much. And because having to choose only one would make me regret losing these other ones, here they are:
Breaking Bad, it absolutely fascinates me and I just can’t get over the character development and the writing and acting from the whole cast.
And probably the newest show that for me is on the very top, and actually I must admit it might have gone past the other ones (except firefly), Arcane. Everything about it, I love. The writing, the animation, the music, the characters, the world building, the character growth, …
If I choose Firefly, I’d regret not choosing Arcane, but I just can’t not choose firefly.
I read Schuiten and Peters graphic novels in the 80s, and Arcane seems like such a rip-off that it just turns me off
Interesting, I didn’t know them and it seems like I might enjoy it. I’ll have to check it out.
The animation studio of Arcane is a small French company, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the artists have grown up reading those graphic novels and were inspired by them. Rip-off sounds a bit harsh though, or is it more blatant than what I could see on a quick search?
I think arcane s2 had some great stuff but a lot of it made very little sense or was outright bad imo. This is from someone who’s deeply immersed in runeterra (which might be a bad thing in this case)
Oh? I’m surprised, I think your comment is the first negative opinion on Arcane that I see (to be fair, I wasn’t really searching for them either). So I’m curious if you don’t mind explaining further, what for example did you find outright bad or making no sense? I would love to hear your opinion, also about season 1 as you specifically mention season 2, was the first better for you? I personally cannot say there was a lot bugging me and usually plotholes or characters acting against their role and background and personality just for the story’s sake bother me plenty.
For context, I did know about runeterra and a bit of the stories from before Arcane came out, but I would never consider myself versed in it. I did read some of the background stories officially posted by Riot, some of the comics, and played a bit of league and legends of runeterra, but of course there’s not that much story in the games anyway.