Ragnarok (TV series) Puns

I'm looking for anything like the recent Netflix show, Ragnarok.

What I enjoyed about the show was the combination of the setting, Norway's mountainous region; and the plot, a thriller/mystery with slight fantasy undertones. The entire universe contained within the story sort of really resonated with me.

For anyone that has seen the show, I hope you could recommend me some other series with perhaps the same sort of feel?

So, for those of you who don`t know there is a trope created by TV Tropes called Complete Monster (also known as Pure Evil). They are regarded as the very worst of the worst characters from a certain franchise. There are a lot of requirements for these trope but the main ones are the following:

1. The character has ABSOLUTELY NO REDEEMING QUALITIES. Even if a character has some redeeming qualities at the start of the story he/she could still become a Complete Monster if he/she loses them. Even one single redeeming quality is enough to disqualify a character from this trope.
2. The character in question commits horrible, atrocious crimes that are presented seriously within the story and their actions are worse than the actions of most other villains in the story. We also take into account their resources and their ability to cause harm to other people. This means that if a character has more resources (if for example he/she is a ruler that commands thousands of people), then he/she needs to comit bigger atrocities in order to stand out. If a character has less resources to harm people (for example, if he/she is a lone serial killer), then he/she qualifies if their crimes are heinous enough considering their resources. If a character`s actions are not heinous enough by the standards of the story then he/she can`t be a Complete Monster. The character`s crimes must pass several different heinous standards in order for the character to count as a Complete Monster:

- The baseline standard - This is a common standard that all villains need to pass, no matter the work they come from. This means that the villain needs to commit crimes that are worse than animal cruelty, theft, abuse (unless the abuse is REALLY extreme but that rarely happens) and trying to kill the main characters (because this is something most villains try to do).

- The standards of the work - This means that the villain should be compared to other villains from the same work (or franchise) to see if his/her actions are bad enough to make him/her stand out. This means that a villain who comes from a lighthearted series like My Little Pony needs to be compared to other villains from My Little Pony and not to villains from grimdark franchises such as Warhammer 40000, A Song of Ice and Fire and Berserk. Similarly, a villain who comes from a work with high heinous standard should  be compared to other villains from the same franchise and not to villains that come from My Little Pony.

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Hey there!

You may have seen yesterday that I posted a survey asking people to rank all of the MCU films and TV series in order from favorite to least favorite. I already updated those posts with the results but I wanted to also make a new post for those who missed it. The survey included all of the theatrically released MCU films up to and including Spiderman No Way Home as well as WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki, and Hawkeye. It did NOT include What if..? or Agents of Shield (see the replies in the original threads for why)

I asked that only those who had seen ALL of those films and series complete the survey (again see my replies in the original threads for my reasoning for that). Participants did NOT have the ability to omit any films/series.

I will leave the survey open for now in case anyone new would like to participate. The results below are based on the first 192 participants but if there is enough interest I can post updated results later. Thanks for your time :)

Here's the full list in order of average ranking, from lowest to highest (average ranking in parenthesis):

1. Avengers: Infinity War (5.07)

2. Avengers: Endgame (5.41)

3. Spiderman: No way home (6.12)

4. Thor: Ragnarok (7.69)

5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9.29)

6. Guardians of the Galaxy (9.95)

7. Captain America: Civil War (10.03)

8. WandaVision (11.43)

9. The Avengers (11.95)

10. Iron Man (12.95)

11. Loki (12.98)

12. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (13.05)

13. Spiderman: Homecoming (13.23)

14. Spiderman: Far from Home (14.53)

15. Hawkeye (14.84)

16. Doctor Strange (15.15)

17. Black Panther (15.41)

18. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (15.82)

19. Ant Man (17.39)

20. Captain America: The First Avenger (18.90)

21. Avengers: Age of Ultron (18.91)

22. Ant Man and the Wasp (20.65)

23. Black Widow (21.95)

24. Eternals (21.98)

25. Iron Man 3 (22.74)

26. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (22.98)

27. Captain Marvel (23.06)

28. Iron Man 2 (23.46)

29. Thor (23.61)

30. Thor: The Dark World (27.39)

31. The Incredible Hulk (28.06)

Most 1st place votes:

Avengers: Infinity War (42)

Spiderman: No Way Home (38)

Avengers: Endgame (34)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (17)

Guardians of the Galaxy (12)

Thor: Ragnarok (11)

The Avengers (5)

Captain America: Civil War (5)

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (4)

Black Panther (3)

Spiderman: Far from Home (2)

Iron Man (2)

WandaVision (2)

Avengers: Age of

English isn't my native language (not even my second language).But I do love to watch british series in english and if available with subtitles(not often the case somehow). Imagine my confusion when a unrelated looking 30 year old calls the older women character Mom. Because it didn't happen to often on my viewings (maybe Ma'am isn't that common) I was confused but I put it always aside as me being not attentive enough. Only with the magic of subtitles was I able to understand how much of an moron I was.

He was tired of being pushed around

I'm always looking for new norwegian shows to get into. I've seen Lilyhammer, Norsemen, Okkupert, Beforeigners (looking forward to season 2 next month), Ragnarok, and I just finished Valkyrien.

You can tell I like thriller/drama and crime/comedy. I haven't watched many movies so suggestions welcome there too, the last movie I watched was Headhunters and Askeladden 1&2 just before that.

As a tangent, I hit a personal milestone in watching Valkyrien that I think means my ear is really attuned to the sound and rhythm of norwegian. I got up to fix a drink without pausing it and I heard a few sentences I understood not just completely but without having to translate in my head.

In particular the two lines were "En telefon fra meg..." "-ok, du er den sterkeste." So I feel like this has been helping me quite a bit.

Implied here is … no episodic series (eg Law And Order)

We enjoy Drama Crime, Nordic Noir, etc.

No SciFi or Fantasy Dramas

Subtitles are perfectly fine

Thanks

So my brother tonight is sitting down to watch Star Wars IV with his son for the first time and we were talking about shows that we wish we could see again for the first time.

So I ask you, what is the one TV series you wish you could rewatch but with fresh eyes for the first time?

Episodes 1-5 had me totally stoked. I was really excited that my favorite fantasy series was getting a decent adaptation. And then what the !@#$ happened those last three episodes? The series took a serious turn from decent adaptation to train-wreck. My main gripe was this whole "we'll take you all to the Eye to fight the Dark One and whoever isn't the Dragon is gonna die" with all the main characters being like, yeah alright that sounds fine to me. What justifies this? They had one Trolloc encounter and were all willing to throw their lives away for a Dragon that had zero prep/channeling experience? What the ever loving... Not to mention the travesty of whatever they did to Lord Agelmar/Loial/Moiraine stilling... come on. The sa'angreal ISN'T EVEN FAT.

Anyways. I might read EotW again just to reset my brain... So annoying because the justification for going to the Eye in the books, Rand's encounter at the Gap and everything else would have made so much more sense for the show to simply implement. :(

Something similar to Peaky Blinders, Hannibal or Breaking Bad would be ideal.

Edit: Thanks for the responses. After much careful consideration I have decided to go with The Wire

I don't know if this question has been asked before but I will ask it anyway. What movie do you think would have been better suited as a TV Series?

Some films try to cram wayyyyy too much into too little and feel overstuffed as a result, personally, I think the recent Matt Damon film Stillwater would have been better as a crime miniseries since there was just too much put into the film it felt overstuffed and questions were left unanswered

What films would you say?

I need a new tv as my current one doesn’t have 4K. Should I look at getting a tv with the 2.1 hdmi? Or with 120hz? I don’t know too much about TVs. Will a 4K 60fps tv do?

We just finished the second season and I feel like the second season is just as good if not better than the first season. I've read the books up to where they're at in the show. There's a lot of changes, especially in the second season, mainly expanding and adding characters (the broad strokes are still pretty similar), but I think overall they're more positive than negative. What does everyone else think?

I have a 13 year old Deaf sister. She's been Deaf all her life. We watch a lot of movies together. It's one of the things she can actually enjoy doing with other people. We've seen all the Marvel movies and series and she's watched them too. Anyway. When she saw Hawkeye was hearing impaired she beamed with a smile because she felt he was like her now. I too love how the show handles deaf and hearing impaired characters. It really gives representation to the deaf and hearing impaired people in the super hero world.

Just wanted to share as this was something that just made me smile.