On the search for a TV series or film to watch that:
A) doesn't have any weapons
B) isn't a romance
C) isn't a horror
D) will leave me feeling joyful and happy.
Seems very hard to find such a thing.
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@quixoticgeek "the station agent" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340377/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_85 - human centered, has depressed character situations but iirc no on screen violence, is largely chill paced and not a romance
@quixoticgeek @SRLevine I have four recommendations off the top of my head 😀📽️❤️
TV shows (mostly older)
• W1A (Hilarious, barely competent people at the BBC)
• Slings & Arrows (Funny, serious take on creativity, a Shakespeare festival, and more)
Movies
• Local Hero (1983, American oil exec tries to buy Scottish town)
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, A profoundly joyful trek with gay and trans characters
@quixoticgeek seen Schitt's Creek?
@noodlemaz what's it about? And any idea which streaming service has it ?
@quixoticgeek uh think we watched Schitt's Creek on Netflix (we don't use streaming services now).
It's about... People? It's not really set in this reality - it's not scifi or anything, it's just people in a town. But there is absolutely no flavour of queerphobia to the world. That sets it apart somewhat. It's mostly a comedy.
@quixoticgeek Almost Famous and many other music movies
@quixoticgeek Monty Don's "Big Dreams, Small Spaces"
It at least used to be on Netflix
It's a reality show in which regular people in the UK get advice on remaking their gardens/yards, and then they do
It is not a fancy instant backyard makeover kind of show (though some of the changes are quite impressive), and it's got a lot of the good, supportive, cheer-for-enthusiastic-amateurs vibes a la Great British Bake-Off without a lick of competition
@quixoticgeek I wonder if The Good Place would fit here? There are some elements of romance, and there are joking references to weapons (molotovs and such), but overall it's an awesome, happy, funny, philosophical thing. (Do not look up too much about it, lest you spoil yourself on the twist.)
@quixoticgeek @Anke any variant of the Great British Bake Off
@quixoticgeek great British bake off?
@quixoticgeek Are you open to German television? SWR’s “Handwerkskunst” is a slow, drama-less celebration of all kinds of trades and arts. I believe there are hundreds of shows, mostly 30 minutes.
@quixoticgeek
I was thinking of 'Unstoppable', but the police try shooting the train.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477080/
Clangers?
Ivor The Engine?
@quixoticgeek if you can get it, Chris Packhams Evolution is pretty amazing, it's not about what we've done to the planet, its about how six species came to be the amazing creatures they are. https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/evolution-chris-packham
@benjamincox @WizardOfDocs have run out of all original task master and all NZ task master.
@quixoticgeek Most of the things I can think of fail the first one.
InnerSpace is a great movie... but it fails your first test.
Star Trek TNG and Voyager specific episodes might help. The series as a whole has weapons, but various episodes have none.
@quixoticgeek Two lovely gentle things from Mackenzie Crook:
Detectorists: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/
Small Prophets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38504111/
