For example, The Americans being marketed as a cold-war era spy drama/thriller but actually being more of a character study or Buffy the Vampire Slayer being reduced to a cheesy teen drama but actually being full of metaphors.

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    DS9 - a deep study of war and chaos

    Babylon 5 - a tale fit for Rome

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      I am really looking forward to watching all of B5 but I keep kinda hoping someone will redo those mid 90s effects. I remember watching as a kid when it came out and the effects were rough then.

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        I doubt that’ll happen anytime soon tbh, but there is a very crisp 4:3 HD release out there somewhere which made it much easier to watch for me (none of that fake 16:9 stretch/crop). The effects are rough, but easy to ignore. Most of the important bits are character-driven anyway, which is why the show still holds up so well.

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          Yeah the 4:3 works better for the live action as well. It was shot in 16:9 but framed for 4:3 tv broadcast so everything looks so packed into the center on widescreen.