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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088595/
https://robotech.com/
being watched
action shows
All posts tagged action shows
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592154/
A really shitty attempt at thieving from the La Femme Nikita – (1990 movie) character and universe.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975856/
Time travelers recruit an everyman to help save their world.
Crude and un-funny.
- Apparently inspired by The Last Starfighter – (1984 movie)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80097140
Pseudo-immortality is reached when alien technology allows humans to save their consciousnesses to reusable disks, and a criminal’s disk is brought online from deep storage, for him to investigate the crime against an ancient and powerful man.
Finally, a science fiction show with real depth and darkness. Highly recommended.
I forgot season 1 and so it basically goes to confusing shit in season 2 so I gave up.
- Based on Altered Carbon – (2002 book), by Richard K. Morgan
- Altered Carbon – season 1 notes
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/
https://www.hbo.com/the-pacific
Follows some Americans in World War 2 Pacific.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/
https://www.hbo.com/band-of-brothers
Follows a unit in the 101st Airborne Division during World War 2.
Quite a good story. It’s full of faces I know. Great acting and spectacular realism.
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Note: This video style is shaky.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190198/
(archive of the original website)
A military unit is sent on missions in a future where all of humanity is at war with alien insects.
The show is animated, and not “anime”. As such, it has not held up well with time. The music is fantastic, though. Truly. However, its other high points do not make up for the visual issue I have.
While it doesn’t do it for me, I would recommend this for fans of the movie or movie series who can also handle the visual style and jerky movement that to me is reminiscent of ReBoot – (1994 show).
- Properly titled Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Ran from 1999-08-30 to 2000-04-03
- Based on Starship Troopers – (1959 book), by Robert A. Heinlein
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Based the movie Starship Troopers – (1997 movie), and is definitely not a sequel to it.
I’d need to re-watch this to add proper notes.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118276/
A highschool cheerleader, learning she is imbued with the spirit of the Vampire Slayer and her school was built on a Hellmouth, is trained by an ancient order of Watchers to fight vampires and other monsters from ending the world.
An astonishing series, and I don’t say that lightly. The characters and story are outstanding. While this is a fast-and-loose show, it matures. It spinoff/partner series, Angel – (1999 show) is even more adult. This show is well worth the time, even if its initial episodes put the viewer off with its childishness. It’s not a series that “grows on you”, it really does get better and better, building upon and maturing out of its initial impressions.
Mandatory viewing.
- Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer – (1992 movie), which is neither mandatory nor recommended viewing.
- See also Angel – (1999 show), which is set in this universe and shares significant-enough elements that crossover-viewing is largely considered mandatory. See Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel viewing order
- Inspired a comic book sequel.
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See also Supernatural – (2005 show) for a similar premise.
Highlander: The Series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103442/
to re-watch
I don’t know if I’ve seen this complete show..
