Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

#1

Post by wanobi » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 9:54 AM UTC

Can be anything - podcasts, interviews, video essays, movies, series

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Post by jgrahamc » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 10:17 AM UTC

Bad Sisters on Apple TV.

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#3

Post by aszantu » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 10:33 AM UTC

Some of the healthygamergg dialogues.

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Post by mindcrime » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 10:51 AM UTC

TV series:

- Dark Angel. I somehow missed this during it's original broadcast run, and only just now went back and watched it. I don't think it's streaming anywhere legit, so I went the bittorrent route. I really enjoyed it. Season One is definitely stronger than Season Two, but it kept me pretty engaged for the entire series.

- Max Headroom. I'd seen the entire series before, but I went back for a re-watch. I love this show.

- Person of Interest. Same deal, I'd seen the entire run previously, but did a complete re-watch.

Movies:

I don't think I watched any contemporary movies this year. I mostly watched old cyberpunk movies and "cyberpunk adjacent" sci-fi. Not sure anything I watched was exactly great but a couple stood out as interesting at least (in various ways)

- 964 Pinocchio

- Tetsuo: The Iron Man

- New Rose Hotel

Also saw an interesting psychological horror / thriller titled "Open 24 Hours" that wasn't bad. And a movie titled "Synchronic" that was pretty good.

Informative / educational videos:

- N.J. Wildberger's "History of Mathematics" series

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#5

Post by chistev » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 10:56 AM UTC

Justin Gaethje vs Max Holloway.

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Post by scottmcdot » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 11:25 AM UTC

Bald and Bankrupt's recent coverage of the situation in Syria.

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#7

Post by ndsipa_pomu » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 11:30 AM UTC

Mr Inbetween- Australian series about a hitman whose life is caught "inbetween" his family and his job. The main character (Ray Shoesmith) is played by Scott Ryan who created and wrote the series which is based on an earlier film he made called "The Magician" which is a documentary based on following the same hitman around. Scott Ryan's performance in Mr Inbetween is amazing considering that he's not an actor and his grin is one of the scariest things that I've seen.

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Post by deadlast2 » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 11:31 AM UTC

- Anora: really good movie. Bit rude at the start but leaves you thinking about it a long time after. Also ended up arguing a lot with my whife what it was actually about. - The Return: not bad a bit long but a good rendition. - Day of the Jackal: This was good series.

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Post by TacticalCoder » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 12:06 PM UTC

> Can be anything ...

Watching Trump defiantly raise his fist in the air right after his assassination attempt.

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Post by ndsipa_pomu » Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 12:10 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #4

TV series: - Dark Angel. I somehow missed this during it's original broadcast run, and only just now went back and watched it. I don't think it's streaming anywhere legit, so I went the bittorrent route. I really enjoyed it. Season One is definitely stronger than Season Two, but it kept me pretty engaged for the entire series. - Max Headroom. I'd seen the entire series before, but I went back for a re-watch. I love t…

Interesting cyberpunk choices - I certainly hadn't heard of 964 Pinocchio and it's not easy to get hold of by the look of things. Also had never heard of "New Rose Hotel" which is surprising as it has A-list actors in it.