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The special efx haven't gotten more expensive, cameras haven't risen in price, writers don't seem to be demanding particular high prices, netflix takes anything that you can pitch without saying the word disney.

So what in the world happened? X-files was an amazing show and watching it you are not only entertained but you care about mulder and scully. The show is genuinely a great time. Why did they stop making them like this?

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[–] sighofannoyance@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The Expanse

Funny, this is another one of those shows I hated after watching an episode.

maybe it's me. maybe I should move on to maybe comics or cartoons or something idk anymore

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The expanse starts with very little background in my opinion, they barely give you enough info to figure out what is going on.

I'd recommend trying to stick out a few more episodes if you like sci fi, it gets really good.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I've also only watched a few episodes, but I hated every single character. Does that get better?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

The Expanse spent the first three episodes setting things up; it got much better after that, although eventually it stopped being as good to me; kind of like Battlestar Galactica in the day.

Give The Expanse another try; it does truly get good before it gets derivative in later seasons.

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

You have to give The Expanse a chance. I had no idea what was going on for most of the first season, but I really enjoyed the world-building and character development. It pays off later.

I don't have Netflix anymore, but there are some good cartoons on it. I can't recommend Kipo enough.

S1 is good, though a bit rough imo. Later seasons (after Bezos bought the rights, said “finish the story”, and threw money at it to make it happen) do have a much more polished feel. Overall, I found it to be a very good adaptation of the source material.

The books are excellent - can’t recommend them enough.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

A lot of people didn't like season 1 of the Expanse (I enjoyed it) and said it got much better after that. I will say the Amazon seasons aren't too great either as it looked and felt more like a low-budget soap opera.

Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad were both made by Vince Gilligan who worked on X-Files as well so they're a good choice assuming you're one of the few who haven't already seen them.