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12 monkeys is absolutely the best time travel show
Yeah movie was good but show not so much.
It's funny, I'd argue the weakest season of 12 monkeys was season 1 where they were loosely following the plot of the movie. Season 2 onward is where they started doing their own thing and it became really good. One of the best finalies for a show too!
Why not?
Just didn’t have the same feel to the movie. Maybe if you never seen the movie it might be better. I find most remakes fail without at least some original cast.
If that makes a difference to you, the show was written and pitched as its own thing. The network had them turn it into a 12 Monkeys thing because some of the themes were familiar (using time travel to try to stop a virus that nearly wipes out humanity), and the movie was so good
If you ignore the association with the movie, the show and characters stand really well on it's own, despite reusing some names you may recognize
The show did a fantastic job of coming back around to all the mysteries, in some cases taking all four seasons to get there. I echo the parent post, this show does time travel better than any other show I've seen.
I haven’t seen the movie or show. Which would you recommend watching first?
Probably the movie, if you plan to watch both. It's very good, and I love Terry Gilliam as a director. But while it still holds up, it's certainly a little bit dated.
But I would stress again, don't watch the show as something related to the movie. They have completely different stories, messages, styles, and emotional impacts.
Noted. Thank you