Westworld comes to mind for me
The obvious examples for me are Altered Carbon, The Terror (although its anthological and a third is in production) and Westworld.
The Terror had a second season!? I really liked the first season and had no idea it was going to continue as an anthology. I take it the second season doesn’t measure up to the first?
It’s considered bad. I haven’t watched it. It’s set in a Japanese internment camp during WW2.
Dang. Hopefully third season redeems it, but I won’t hold my breath.
altered carbon. Season 2 was so cheap in comparison
Joel Kinnaman. Accept no substitute.
First season stayed close enough to the books, second season strayed too far after coping with first season changes and deviating from the actual plot
I only watched a bit of True Detective season 2 but I could tell it was not going to be nearly as good as the phenomenal first season
I enjoyed seasons 2 to 4 of True Detective, but they’re not even close to the level of season 1.
TD Season 2 has to be one of the biggest falls from grace I’ve ever seen in a TV show.
As weird as it sounds, I liked season 2 TD a lot and on some level I think it’s even better than season 1.
I initially watched season 1, then season 4 (skipped 2 because of the seemingly bad feedback) and then watched season 2.
I really liked that season 2 was more down to earth and had more of a realistic-gritty vibe. I really liked the ending as well. It felt real.
Season 1 was great, but in comparison to season 2 it was more about style. I liked the setup of season 4 (and it was cool to see Jodie Foster), but I didn’t like the ending.
But yes, I do think season 2 of true detective was better than season 1.
Not hating, but I think that’s truly worthy of a post in !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world lol
I should post it. I feel like there will be a lot of feedback. 😄
To be fair, it was the highest possible bar to clear. True Detective season 1 is arguably the best TV has ever gotten, it was just perfect from story to pacing to acting and cinematography
Heroes was great at the start, but that didn’t even last a whole season. The “Save the cheerleader, save the world” arc might be the best superhero TV ever made (10 or 11 episodes, I think?) then it rapidly went downhill to mediocre then terrible.
Altered Carbon
Firefly. After the first season everything that made the show great is just missing.
This but unironically. I hated that movie.
HEROES. It died an ugly death because of a writer’s strike. It’s unfortunate, but I support the writers.
Weeds
A.P. Bio. They slowly tied to normalize it and it lost all its edge.
Welcome To Flatch. Season 1 was awesome! Season 2 they tried to make it a “normal” show and it was awful.
glenn howertons show, no wonder he went back to ISAIP, couldnt hack it outside the show.
Cobra Kai
Every successive season forgets harder and harder that grown men having karate feuds is embarrassingly juvenile.
Replacing the bigger black girl with the hot babe did it for me.
Squid Game. The Mandalorian maybe?
We won’t know on Squid Game until Season 3 comes out. 1 was more iconic than 2, but still good.
Friday Night Lights
The US version of The Killing.
i heard walking dead, and lost. most animes are pretty bad after the 2-4 seasons. hence why some japanese ones only go through 2 seasons max.
