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I'm currently going through How I Met Your Mother. I just went through the first three seasons over the past two weeks and I'm currently tackling the fourth. It's a very binge friendly show, however I'd after to say the middle of the second half of the third season is a little slow and hard to watch.
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I've been going back through Deadwood and I had almost forgotten how brilliant the dialogue in this show is. "Thank you for allowing me my full range of expression!" Ellsworth 
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Jul 7, 2009 19:59
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doctor thodt posted:I've been going back through Deadwood and I had almost forgotten how brilliant the dialogue in this show is. It's really been one of my favorite shows thus far to binge through. You know it's good when the credits hit you out of nowhere like 5 episodes in a row. BTW, the fight in 3x05 between Dority and Hearst's Captain is loving awesome. Leviathan fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jul 7, 2009 |
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Jul 7, 2009 21:34
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doctor thodt posted:I've been going back through Deadwood and I had almost forgotten how brilliant the dialogue in this show is. Indeed. You get used to it, then everything else sounds so dull.
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Jul 7, 2009 21:50
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Jedi posted:We do not praise The Wire - we merely bask in the recognition that "The Wire" is the greatest hour long drama of all time. Be warned though, it can start slow. However, if you are strong of heart and pure of faith, you too can join our ranks. I wouldn't call it "slow" it's just a different pace than what you're used to. (pretty much any drama on NBC/CBS) I remember watching the first few episodes just thinking "So wait... this is it? This is the best show ever? Uhh... ok..." But really you can't judge the show until the very end of Season 1 at least. The show has a very high replay value, and episodes/seasons just get better the more times you watch. If I were to give any advice on watching the show it's that the pilot should be watched immediately after seeing the season 1 finale. I recently started going through the 24 seasons again. Just started season 2. It's quite funny in retrospect knowing how pretty much everyone in a given room is dead where the show currently is (season 7).
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Jul 8, 2009 01:29
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Cart posted:Yeah the new guy never stood a chance. Yeah, I binged through it in a couple of days, it was fantastic. Really clever scenarios.
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Jul 8, 2009 01:33
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Just finished binging through Freaks and Geeks, possibly the best cast show I've ever seen. Fantastic show.
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Jul 8, 2009 07:50
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the aftermath posted:Just finished binging through Freaks and Geeks, possibly the best cast show I've ever seen. Fantastic show. About four weeks ago I did the same. I couldn't believe I had missed that show for so long. It only had one season, but at least it didn't have a cliff hanger ending which I always loath.
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Jul 8, 2009 09:37
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So, I just binged through all of Daria, and the same thing happened to me that happens to all cartoons (or shows in general really) when I watch the series finale. In this case, the movie "Is It College Yet?". Perhaps it's just me, but after watching the series finale of a show that I love, especially if the finale is very very good, it leaves me in sort of a slump for a little while. I know it's just TV, but I actively feel downtrodden for a little while afterward since I know that there's never going to be any more episodes or adventures with these characters. It especially rings true in Daria where the series finale actually sets up such an awesome premise of Daria and Jane in college, I could just imagine all the plot devices that they never got a chance to use. Of course, it would mean dismantling the main characters other than Daria and Jane, since they'd be away at college while other main characters like Quinn, Brittany, Kevin, Jody, etc etc would all be at other places. Still, it depresses me a bit that that's IT. Ah well, there's always fanfiction. 
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Jul 8, 2009 10:02
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SteelAngel2000 posted:So, I just binged through all of Daria, and the same thing happened to me that happens to all cartoons (or shows in general really) when I watch the series finale. In this case, the movie "Is It College Yet?". The creators originally intended the finale to be the "Boxing Daria" episode. I loved it, but I'm also convinced they ended the show at just the right time. Now if only one could buy the complete DVD set and/or they would re air the original versions of the episodes instead of the wattered down versions that have been aired on some other channel (I don't live in USA and don't know the name of that channel).
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Jul 8, 2009 11:01
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I just finished Jekyll last night. It's on Netflix instant watch if anyone wants to give it a go. I really liked it.
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Jarl posted:The creators originally intended the finale to be the "Boxing Daria" episode. I loved it, but I'm also convinced they ended the show at just the right time. Now if only one could buy the complete DVD set and/or they would re air the original versions of the episodes instead of the wattered down versions that have been aired on some other channel (I don't live in USA and don't know the name of that channel). The dvd will be released in 2010. They had major issues getting all the music licensed, but I'm guessing all the grunge artists are a little less picky about it now.
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Jul 8, 2009 16:18
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I binged through Jekyl thanks to this thread, I loved the horrid horrid American accents. Really enjoyed the show, and especially the secret behind Jekyl's formula.
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Jul 8, 2009 18:16
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I had DVRed Band of Brothers a couple of weeks ago, and I honestly can't stop watching it. Everything about it is amazing, from the scenery to the cinematography to the acting. I can't wait for Pacific next year.
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Jul 9, 2009 07:44
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Holy gently caress. I just finished the season 2 finale of Chuck. Greatest loving episode of any TV show.
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Jul 9, 2009 21:05
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Just finished Deadwood, and I am tremendously disappointed there'll never be any new episodes.
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Jul 9, 2009 21:43
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SMP posted:Holy gently caress. I just finished the season 2 finale of Chuck. Greatest loving episode of any TV show. Correct. The final few episodes of S2 of Chuck were nothing short of spectacular, and the last two particularly were mindblowing. Can't wait for it to return, too bad it won't be until 2010. As for me, I've just gone through episodes 1 through 11 of Harper's Island. Cool little mystery show, just waiting for the finale now.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:So, I just binged through all of Daria, and the same thing happened to me that happens to all cartoons (or shows in general really) when I watch the series finale. In this case, the movie "Is It College Yet?". I can't remember who it was, but some goon's father was the head writer for the entire run of Daria. I always thought that was cool. He wound up working for The Colbert Report, I think. Also, I loved Daria. There was a girl who went to my high school that was the spitting image of Quinn, down to the looks, the hair, and the vacuous tone of voice. It was downright eerie.
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Jul 10, 2009 00:36
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I just started watching Eastbound and Down and I must say this is a pretty funny show.
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After binging through Six Feet Under I decided I needed something that didn't throw me into day-long fits of depression. Accordingly, I just finished watching all of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Best cartoon ever.
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After rewatching all of "Arrested Development", the first three seasons of "It's sunny in Philadelphia", and the first season of "How I met your mother" I started watching "Rescue me" for the first time for some toned down comedy with a hint of drama. I wasn't hooked immediately, but now, 5 or 6 episodes in, I really like it. Season 2 is already waiting in the shelf.
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I've been watching season 1 of Dexter. I just saw the episode "Seeing Red". The scene at the end was... terrifying.
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Jul 10, 2009 19:07
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Just finished The Sopranos. Very enjoyable show, but I must say that ending really just
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I've just begun watching in treament In Treatment it's pretty good so far. It does feel pretty episodic based on the patients though. Which brings me to a question for anyone else who has watched the show all the way through. Would it mess anything up or be a problem if I watch the episodes in order of the patients storylines instead of the normal order of the main characters week? The problem I'm having right now is that I'll watch an episode and I'll be getting into their storyline and then the next episode will be a different patient and won't have anything to do with the one I just watched. So what I'm asking is, for example, could I watch all of Melissa George's episodes back to back without spoiling any of the episodes from the other patients? And then when I get done with her storyline I can go back and watch all of Blair Underwood's storyline. Would this work or would I end up getting spoiled? -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jul 10, 2009 |
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Blazing through How I Met Your Mother. Neil Patrick Harris is loving hilarious and Alyson Hannigan is annoying as poo poo. She's a bad actress.
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-Blackadder- posted:Would this work or would I end up getting spoiled? No, it's not going to work.
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mcbexx posted:After rewatching all of "Arrested Development", the first three seasons of "It's sunny in Philadelphia", and the first season of "How I met your mother" I started watching "Rescue me" for the first time for some toned down comedy with a hint of drama. Lots of people say season 4 is all over the place in terms of quality but stick it out because the current season 5 is really awesome.
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what are some good non-cable series airing right now? There isn't much during the summer and heroes doesn't start until September. 
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There's Kings, but it's almost over
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Lots of people say season 4 is all over the place in terms of quality but stick it out because the current season 5 is really awesome. Season 3 has just been released in the UK last month and I will probably wait until it drops to bargain price levels at amazon as I did with the first two seasons. But that's ok, I still have 6 seasons of "The Shield" to plow through (for 14$ a pop)...
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I flew through the rest of How I Met Your Mother. I want more.
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I am now on the final stretch of the second season of Rescue me. God drat, that was some great tv. I am amazed by how the writers managed to create tons of flawed characters and making me like each and everyone of them, without exception. Cheaters, homophobes, whiny wives... there is not a single one I don't care for some way or the other. And jesus christ, Milena Govich (Candy/Danielle, Shea's escort/girl friend) is easily the hottest and cutest human being on the planet (hot and cute at the same time, those are the worst!). Edit: Ok, Sheila's lover is the only one I don't like... Aaand I am done with season 2. That was gutwrenching. Poor Lou... but hey, that was way too good to be true. It smelled like a long con, but I was kind of hoping for his sake that they would not go down that road. Crazy cat lady also was to be expected, but Connor... drat. Season 3 is on it's way from Canada. Can't wait. mcbexx fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jul 12, 2009 |
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Jedi posted:Lemme know if you get past Season 8. I've tried twice, but every time Doggett shows up I just completely lose interest. It wasn't as good as the earlier seasons (obviously), but I'm up to mid-season 9. I'm really disappointed Duchovny, and then Anderson, started showing up less and less. I'm still going to end up finishing the show, but it's not as great.
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I finished Heroes this past weekend and then started Six Feet Under - talk about a huge change of pace. Oh well. Six Feet Under is pretty good so far, I'm about half-way through the first season.
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Just finished The IT crowd (all three seasons) and am now half way through Chef! Really funny shows. Really disappointed that Chef! is only three seasons.
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Minimaul posted:I finished Heroes this past weekend and then started Six Feet Under - talk about a huge change of pace. Oh well. Six Feet Under is pretty good so far, I'm about half-way through the first season. Can't bring myself to start watching Six feet under right now, I don't think I could handle a massive onslaught of  right now. On a scale from 1 to 10, how depressing is the show? I am guessing 12.So it's back to comedy for me. Currently rewatching Extras again (Ricky Gervais). The episodes with Kate Winslet and Patrick Stewart are magnificient. Especially Winslet is hilarious. I guess because she has never done comedy, at least not as far as I remember. "Eternal Sunshine..." comes as close to "comedy" as it gets. Andy Millman: "I think, you know, you doing this is so commendable - you know, using your profile to keep the message alive about the Holocaust." Kate Winslet: "My God, I'm not doing it for that. And I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been? You know, we get it - it was grim, move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust - guaranteed Oscar!" Fun fact: When Extras was shot (2005), Winslet had been nominated for an Oscar once again (for "Eternal Sunshine..."). Merchant and Gervais were crossing their fingers for her NOT to win that year, because it would have killed the Winslet episode... The outtakes from those two episodes are solid gold, too. I had no idea that Patrick Stewart was a last minute addition to the series, since it appears Jude Law had jumped ship due to scheduling issues and Gervais and Merchant could not get in touch with Leonardo di Caprio ("Searching for Leo" is also in the DVDs extras...). Thank god for Captain Picard.... "make it so!". mcbexx fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Jul 13, 2009 |
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I'm powering through Criminal Minds now, not sure why I never watched this show before. Before that I finished watching the 3rd Season of Dexter, I had stopped watching when it was airing cause I thought it was dumb for some reason. I also finished Friday Night Lights a couple weeks ago, great show. edit: Totally agree about Veronica Mars. The first two seasons were awesome, but Season 3 was kinda bleh. I still liked it cause it was Veronica Mars, but there was a definite dropoff. I loving hated the new guy she started dating too. Interesting about the college thing. OTH tried to get around this by just skipping 4 years ahead, but I feel like it didn't work. The show is still alright, but not nearly as good as it was before. I still think it was a stupid idea, even given the college issue. Nodoze fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Jul 13, 2009 |
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mcbexx posted:Can't bring myself to start watching Six feet under right now, I don't think I could handle a massive onslaught of So far, I haven't really found it very depressing at all. I was kind of hoping it would be cause I've been in a "wallowing in misery mood" for a week or so. But, strangely, I'm not sad when I watch the show. There was a couple parts that are kind of sad, but there not really a focus of the show or main plot, just part that moves the story along or starts each episode. So, it doesn't tug at the heart strings like you'd think. Then again, maybe it does and I'm just early in the series so it hasn't found its stride yet.
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Just finished a 4-month burn-through of The West Wing. Having watched through The Sopranos, The Wire and ER, and being a big fan of House, 24, Breaking Bad, and tons of other really good shows, I really don't think that I've been as attached to them as I have to The West Wing because I don't think I've felt an attachment to a show like I did to this one. Oh well. Time for something new (oh and I can start getting to bed at a decent hour because I'm not up 'til 2AM watching episode after episode). I think I'll go through The Wire again.
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illamint posted:Just finished a 4-month burn-through of The West Wing. Having watched through The Sopranos, The Wire and ER, and being a big fan of House, 24, Breaking Bad, and tons of other really good shows, I really don't think that I've been as attached to them as I have to The West Wing because I don't think I've felt an attachment to a show like I did to this one. Oh well. Time for something new (oh and I can start getting to bed at a decent hour because I'm not up 'til 2AM watching episode after episode). I think I'll go through The Wire again. What did you think of the last few seasons?
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