{"id":1035,"date":"2014-07-14T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2015-01-06T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:59:06","slug":"5-cult-tv-shows-you-need-to-check-out-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/14\/5-cult-tv-shows-you-need-to-check-out-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Cult TV Shows You Need To Check Out (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s so much good stuff on TV nowadays that you could probably waste your entire life deciding what to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t bother: just check out our monthly guide to cult TV shows.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Firefly<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0O29rZiIRA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201d\u02dcCowboys in space\u2019 sounds like the kind of idea a lazy screenwriter would come up with before nipping off to the pub, but that is pretty much the premise of Joss Whedon\u2019s <i>Firefly<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The concept didn\u2019t strike a chord with viewers at the time, as <i>Firefly<\/i> didn\u2019t even make it to the end of its 1<sup>st<\/sup> season before biting the bullet. Only 11 of its 14 episodes were aired.<\/p>\n<p>So why are we recommending it? Quite simple, really: it\u2019s awesome. It shares the same witty dialogue and character development that made Whedon\u2019s <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer <\/i>a global hit, but the \u201d\u02dcspace cowboy\u2019 concept makes it a little harder to digest.<\/p>\n<p>The series was eventually revived for a movie called <i>Serenity <\/i>in 2005. There\u2019s also talk of <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2014\/02\/12\/firefly-limited-series\/\">a potential 2nd series<\/a> now that Joss Whedon has conquered Hollywood with <i>The Avengers. <\/i>Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Arrested Development<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y1_HPx6h1do\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Arrested Development <\/i> won&#8217;t be everyone\u2019s cup of comedy tea. Even though the premise is fairly standard \u201d\u201c a wealthy family goes bankrupt and the put-upon son has to pick up the pieces \u201d\u201c the actual comedy is far from it, with quick (and often quite dark) gags and in-jokes galore.<\/p>\n<p>But those who do find the show\u2019s brand of humour to their liking will undoubtedly fall in love with \u00a0its cast of eccentric but loveable characters, including Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), his son George Michael (Michael Cera), Gob and Tobias Funke.<\/p>\n<p><i>Arrested Development <\/i>was revived by Netflix for a 4<sup>th<\/sup> season last year, although there are no concrete plans for a 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Parks and Recreation<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jH-hg8FwOPE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Parks and Recreation<\/i> started life as a spin-off of <i>The Office <\/i>(the American version) but quickly became something different entirely. The humour and the mockumentary style remain the same but the show has developed a life of its own, with a warm-hearted humour based around the daily workings of a government department.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly,<i> <\/i>the 1<sup>st<\/sup> season of <i>Parks and Recreation<\/i> was panned by critics. However, a shift in style in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> season, and the emergence of one of the best comedy characters of all time in Ron Swanson, saw the show become one of America\u2019s best-loved comedies.<\/p>\n<p>If only<i> Firefly<\/i> was given such a chance&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjLne16FKmQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If the prospect of 31 <i>Terminator<\/i> mini-movies appeals to you, you should drop everything and start watching <i>The Sarah Connor Chronicles <\/i>now.<\/p>\n<p><i>TSCC <\/i>is a direct sequel to <i>Terminator 2: Judgement Day<\/i>, with Sarah Connor and a brand new pet robot protecting future leader of the resistance John Connor from all kinds of nasty robots.<\/p>\n<p><i>Terminator<\/i> nerds will also enjoy Sarah\u2019s trips to the future, which mark the only time Sarah Connor experiences the war she fights so hard to prevent (because, technically, she should be dead by that point).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Veronica Mars<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQmVmjqmLls\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Veronica Mars<\/i> is essentially a sleeker and sexier version of <i>Murder She Wrote<\/i>, with college student Veronica moonlighting as a private detective solving mysteries (one per episode, with one big one over the series).<\/p>\n<p>The show wasn\u2019t that popular at the time, but has had something of a cult revival thanks to the recently released movie. The movie was famously funded via Kickstarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2014\/mar\/13\/veronica-mars-movie-fans-money-pressure-return-kickstarter-funded-marshmallows\">with fans raising over $ 2 million in less than 10 hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you need a bit of cash to buy any of these box sets, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell some DVDs with musicMagpie<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget to take a look our previous <a title=\"5 Cult TV Shows You Need to Check Out (Part 1)\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/06\/16\/5-cult-tv-shows-you-need-to-check-out-part-1\/\">5 Cult TV Shows You Need to Check Out<\/a> either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s so much good stuff on TV nowadays that you could probably waste your entire life deciding what to watch. Don\u2019t bother: just check out our monthly guide to cult TV shows. Firefly \u201d\u02dcCowboys in space\u2019 sounds like the kind of idea a lazy screenwriter would come up with before &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3063,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/3063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}