Stumpokapow
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Kraftwerk said:
Babylon 5, BSG (2003), or Deep Space 9 would probably be your best bets.
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Babylon 5, BSG (2003), or Deep Space 9 would probably be your best bets.
iAmMaximus
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Going to start watching S1 of Justified. I've been hearing great things about it.
Cornballer
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Be patient with it at first. It starts with a few standalone episodes that are well crafted, but seem a little unfocused initially. It all comes together in the back end of the season when they hit the main narrative arc, and S2 has been fantastic so far.The Int3rsect said:
MentallyCritical
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finished watching Band of Brothers the other day one of the best war based show ever made.
btw is the pacific some how related to this ?
watch it if you don't have anything better to watch.
i personally was turned off by it after 2 episodes but then i gave it another try for zach while rest of the tv shows had off seasons it was actually quite decent.
btw is the pacific some how related to this ?
Eye Drop said:
watch it if you don't have anything better to watch.
i personally was turned off by it after 2 episodes but then i gave it another try for zach while rest of the tv shows had off seasons it was actually quite decent.
The Lamonster
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I have been watching a lot of Buffy/Angel recently and posting my thoughts in this thread if anybody is interested.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
poppabk said:
Sort of. A lot of people did not like season 4 or the back half of season 3. I can't say I agree (I haven't finished the show, I'm like 5 episodes away, don't spoil shit jesus).
There is an episode called "Scar" in Season 2, though, that is just so obviously the worst episode of the whole series.
i'm still watching nip/tuck, which i'm enjoying very much. i'm in season 2 right now and damn,
. great stuff. the last episode was a bit on the weak side, though (the one with
); i felt the
bit dragged on way too long.
i have such a crush on kimber.
sean is so cold whenever he's taking to julia
getting her face fixed after her accident
alternate universe
i have such a crush on kimber.
The Librarian
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big ander said:
Maybe I need to rewatch season 3, but honestly, that's the way I recall it. My memories tell me the season was just so... uneventful.
In any case, I only have three episodes left of season 4, and holy shit it has been great so far. As everyone seems to be saying, "The Suitcase" was a fantastic episode; the combination of great character drama and some excellent humor was a joy to watch. When Duck prepared to drop a doody in Don's room, I almost choked out of laughter.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
BSG Season 4, circa episode 16: When Laura Roslin's cancer
comes back a second time, why the hell can't they just inject more Cylon blood? I'm guessing that the first time around it's some sort of magic embryonic concoction that's apparently impossible to get out of any of the live Cylons? Okay, great, so why don't they take embryonic blood out of Caprica-Six's pregnancy when that came up later?
Gary Whitta
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I'm working my way through The Andy Griffiths Show on Netflix. Never seen it before!
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Eye Drop said:
Its a brilliant show, both seasons are awesome.
Got Blu-Rays of the three seasons of Deadwood. Completed watching the first season and really enjoyed it. Ian Macshane is the backbone of it all! On the 4th episode of season 2 and loving where its going so far. The image quality is so fuckin good and the sound is amazing as well.
Also started with The Norm Show. The first episode was great, looking forward to more of it.
Also started with The Norm Show. The first episode was great, looking forward to more of it.
The Librarian
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The show doesn't make a lot of sense toward the end.Stumpokapow said:
VGChampion
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Started watching Scrubs through Netflix. Always thought it was some medical drama show but hey, it isn't. And I actually enjoy it.
randomlyrossy
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VGChampion said:
Scrubs is one of my favourite comedies ever, it's absolutely hilarious. It walks a pretty fine line with its drama aspects but for the most part I think it works really well.
Word of advice, do not watch Season 9. Just stop at the Season 8 finale, it's perfect.
A ton of the cast left, including Zach Braff, and they brought in some new people. It's not the same at all and doesn't have quite the same heart. It sullies the Season 8 finale quite a bit as a result.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
One of the only times I'll ever agree with the whole "stop watching showX beyond this point" logic.randomlyrossy said:
started watching undeclared and i'm dissapointed. i went in hearing it recommended highly as a followup for fans of freaks and geeks from the same creators and am finding little in there to match what i loved about that show. there are glimpses, i appreciate some of the awkwardness of the lead trying to change himself from a dork to cool guy as he moves into college and find his character endearing, which puts it above the leads in later apatow stuff i've seen, but the show is way too centered around irritating and forced "kooky" characters, very typical sitcom joke setups and doesn't do much interesting with its setting. so far it lacks the depth and resonance that came out of how grounded and thoroughly well constructed each character in freaks and geeks was for me, which gave that show so much heart, and nor does it seem to have ambitions to match the refreshingly bleak and honest portrayal of school in that show, where it took well trodden and what would seem cliched storylines, and sparked new life into them through just plain well thought out, mature storytelling. my thoughts on this show seem to have dovetailed into reviewing f&gs which basically sums up my problem with undeclared, it's operating within the shadow of something i truly adore and can't stack up, even if it's not necessarily bad at all and has some solid sitcom writing and some entertaining characters (and i sure love jason segel!), it's just ordinary.
And I would still disagree. Season 9 (I'd prefer to call it Season 1 of Scrubs Med School, and Lawrence did and still does too) was the worst of the show, but a lot of it was still good.Catalix said:
My problems with it:
-way too much focus on the original cast. After the season 8 finale, all you really want is a new group of people to watch. Instead, huge chunks of the first several episodes are devoted to characters that we already had closure with. It's just awkward and pointless, and was an unfortunate result of network meddling.
-The security guards, who try to fill the role of the janitor but just end up doing lame slapstick that was forgettable and unfunny.
But what made season 9/Med season 1 good:
The new cast. Hell yes, they're great. Each character is fresh. Lucy is filled with anxiety, but is never really too vulnerable. She takes charge plenty. Cole gets a ton of development and becomes not only the funniest character in the season, but also one of the most sympathetic. Drew has a lot of the traits of a young Cox, but is less abrasive and is actually more neurotic at times. He's hilarious and his relationship with Denise (who was also funny in the season) was well done and sweet.
In the end I'd say it's more than worth a watch. The first half of the season will feel wrong. But in the second half, hopefully you'll realize (like I did) that if it had just been a new show, it would have been inviting.
I'm only about 6 episodes in, but I think I'd mostly agree. Freaks was a masterpiece of TV. This is less serious and the characterization isn't anywhere close to as well-done. But I'm still finding it fairly funny, and already loving a lot of the cast helps.Empty said:
I think Season 9 of Scrubs is pretty good. Probably best to think of it as Season 1 of Scrubs Med School like big ander said. I love Denise and some of the characters are quite good especially Drew. Personally it hasn't really sullied the Season 8 finish much for me at all. I still love that as much as ever. Heck I still think of the S8 finale as my favorite series finale ever because like I said I kind of think of Season 9 as a new show.
For all The Wire folks up in here, an interesting new interview with David Simon: http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/2530/simon_4_1_11/
Powered through Firefly and Serenity this past week. I f'ing love the space cowboy feel that show can have sometimes. I can see why people were so bummed that it had such a short life. I'm very happy that they got the ability to make Serenity to bring closure to the series. Still. I grew to care for each character on that ship.
I guess I should finally watch Dollhouse s2. Seems the right thing to do.
Also next on the todo: Dexter
I guess I should finally watch Dollhouse s2. Seems the right thing to do.
Also next on the todo: Dexter
poppabk
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I watched both these shows recently. Dollhouse s2 is much better than s1, so if you had any interest in it through s1 I would recommend carrying on. It has a twist ending that you is a little too far out of left field, but they knew it was ending so they had to wrap it up quickly.Niblet said:
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Just finished S3 of Breaking Bad, been marthoning it from S1-3 lately.
Fantastic show, wish season 4 was out not used to waiting to watch it
Fantastic show, wish season 4 was out not used to waiting to watch it
afternoon delight
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Thank you, going to repost it in the LTTP: Wire thread of singularity.
i'm two episodes into the wire. even though i'm enjoying it, it hasn't exactly blown me away yet. maybe my expectations were set too high because i was expecting/hoping it'd top sopranos. i'll keep watching, but i'm seriously hoping there's more to it. i mean, it hasn't really grabbed me so far.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Not an uncommon reaction. Just keep going, I've no doubt it'll "click" eventually.bud said:
i know it's just two episodes, people. i've already said i'll keep watching! i just didn't think it'd take atleast a bunch of episodes to click with me. shrug.
edit: it's good to know it's a slow burner. i feel a sense of relief. for a second there, i thought something was wrong with me.
edit: it's good to know it's a slow burner. i feel a sense of relief. for a second there, i thought something was wrong with me.
I just finished the first season of Fringe.
I'm glad I stuck with it because it turned into all kinds of awesomeness after about the 10th episode. Some of the revelations were fantastic-even though I was kind of spoiled by one of them.
I cant wait to start the second season.
I'm glad I stuck with it because it turned into all kinds of awesomeness after about the 10th episode. Some of the revelations were fantastic-even though I was kind of spoiled by one of them.
I cant wait to start the second season.
roosters93
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Report back after a few more episodes. Hopefully you'll get it. (not as in understand the plot, but get why it's called the best tv show)bud said:
I can't recall when in the arc it was, but somewhere in the first season there was a "holy shit" moment for me, when I realized I was watching something truly great and incredible storytelling.
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