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Pardot posted:I'm trying Babylon 5 with some other people. So far we've made it through the first movie and the first dvd — 4 episodes. I've heard so many people say it was great that I want to give it a shot. So what episode should I make it to before making the decision to give up or not? Episode 8 (And the Sky Full of Stars) is the first one I consider particularly good and clearly is setting up story arcs, the show really starts to take off with Episode 13 (Signs and Portents).
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I bought the complete Six Feet Under last month and am now on series 5. I do love it a lot, even if its obsession with being hip, ironic and precious sometimes makes it a little predictable (oh look, three fatties and a trim guy on a set of treadmills! I wonder which one's about to die!!). But seriously, it has some of the best writing and acting in history. The episode with Michael Weston as a kidnapper is nothing short of a masterpiece. Oh, and also FlashForward just for some weird sense of completion. What a horribly tragic waste of a good premise and great cast. Although I do love Courtney B Vance and Joseph Fiennes hamming it up, makes for some weirdly great chemistry.
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Jun 21, 2010 19:11
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Oh, please come back to tell us your reaction to the SFU finale.
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Jun 22, 2010 02:06
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Indecline posted:
What the gently caress man, its genius.
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Jun 22, 2010 02:21
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True Blood - went through 1 and 2 over the weekend. I'm terrible about binging. I'd like to recommend to anyone who hasn't binged through an amazing series to give The Shield a shot.
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Jun 22, 2010 02:22
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LE0N posted:What the gently caress man, its genius. I don't know, there was just something about it that rubbed me the wrong way. The laugh track didn't help, but I can tolerate it in plenty of other shows. I did only watch 3-4 episodes so maybe I'll give it another chance.
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Jun 22, 2010 17:38
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Thanks to this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3310927 Me and my wife have been going through Wonderfalls, it's by the same guy who did Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies. Wonderfalls unfortunately got completely screwed over by Fox when it was originally on, only got the first few episodes shown before getting completely pulled. The whole 13 episode season is readily available on Netflix (unfortunately disc only) and all the other normal sources. The show was way ahead of its time, and honestly IMO, it's far better and more cohesive then Dead Like Me. Quirky and tons of hilarious moments. Well worth checking out.
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Jun 22, 2010 19:12
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Weeds. It's the only show I wanna watch. Almost caught up. Andy is one of my favorite TV characters ever.
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Jun 24, 2010 20:30
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Just finished binging through Six Feet Under. Gonna go cry now. e: I actually thought the episode where Nate dies was more powerful than the finale, though the finale was great. Dave Grool fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Jun 25, 2010 |
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Jun 25, 2010 04:33
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Been binging through "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" over the last three days. Watched half of it today as I recovered from another binge of the drinking variety; one to celebrate the end of the last examination and thus in turn the summer vacation commencing. Specifically the laughable pretentious manner in which everyone articulate themselves, no matter background, in the series is one of its cornerstones (which I'm feebly trying to capture here). The others being sex, violence, combat, "honor", treachery and the ever so random tit or cock. Extra highly recommended hangover TV. Not recommended for people that have chosen a life of being ever offended. 
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Jun 25, 2010 21:25
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Aatrek posted:Oh, please come back to tell us your reaction to the SFU finale. Ah I should have been clearer - I've seen the whole series before! The finale really is impossible to overstate, though. I think that what I love most about SFU are the really understated, human moments - The one that affected me most was Nate, terrified about his make-or-break brain operation, sobbing into Ruth's arms as she says "I'll never let you go" over and over. I mean, Nate is one of television's best-written characters and it's a drat shame he becomes such a dickhead in series five.
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Jun 25, 2010 22:18
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I watched season 1 of Sons of Anarchy this past week. It was amazing, and quickly became one of my new favorite shows. I hope season 2 is as good.
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Jun 25, 2010 23:30
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So I hear that this Breaking Bad show is rather good. I mean, nothing could live up to all that hype, but AMC did pretty well with Mad Men, so I guess I'll just pop in the first disk andHOLYMOTHEROFGOD
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Jul 1, 2010 02:57
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Ratatozsk posted:So I hear that this Breaking Bad show is rather good. I mean, nothing could live up to all that hype, but AMC did pretty well with Mad Men, so I guess I'll just pop in the first disk andHOLYMOTHEROFGOD Haha, did you just finish the first episode? Some of the grossest stuff I've seen on TV.
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Jul 1, 2010 03:07
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Mu Zeta posted:Haha, did you just finish the first episode? Some of the grossest stuff I've seen on TV. Finished 1-3, and liquified humans are certainly up there with unpleasant stuff.
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Jul 1, 2010 03:11
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Just over half way through Community. It's now my goal in life to be more like Abed. 
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Jul 1, 2010 19:09
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I just watched all of Lost. My head hurts a little. The threads here are a bit of a clusterfuck, so I haven't read through all of them, but what's the popular opinion season quality? I really enjoyed 5, but 6 seemed a little too chaotic. Followed it up with V, which I really enjoyed, in spite of the bad rep that it seems to get. Need something else to watch now.
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Jul 2, 2010 12:54
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Patrovsky posted:My head hurts a little. The threads here are a bit of a clusterfuck, so I haven't read through all of them, but what's the popular opinion season quality? I really enjoyed 5, but 6 seemed a little too chaotic. I think most people were torn on the flashes in season 6, but started to get more interested in them when they started connecting to the main arc a bit. However, there was a huge division over their ultimate meaning - some people loved it, some people hated it, and some people flat-out never understood it. Some of the people who loved it thought that the people who hated it never understood it, while in fact many of the people who hated it understood it just fine and thought it was a complete cop-out.
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Jul 2, 2010 14:35
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Trig Discipline posted:Some of the people who loved it thought that the people who hated it never understood it, while in fact many of the people who hated it understood it just fine and thought it was a complete cop-out. I'm in this camp. I wasn't pleased with how it wrapped up, but I still enjoyed the show. I just think it's funny at this point that anyone who actually cares enough about the show to still be discussing it, yet hasn't read one of the 8 billion "Listen, this may or may not have happened, but here is what definitely DID NOT happen" articles that clear up the main points of the ending. (Not the little debatable stuff, but the MAJOR stuff.) I know some hardcore Lost fans that steadfastly believe that everyone died in the original plane crash and it was hell/Jack's dream the whole time. (I spoiled that incorrect theory because it definitely has heavy implications for the fate of the characters in the ending.) These are the same people that are still absolutely convinced that Tony Soprano gets shot in that last scene, in spite of having the moment explained to them by other fans.
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Jul 2, 2010 16:34
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Yeah, I'll never get how some people never understood the ending to Lost. It seemed pretty straightforward to me. I didn't like it much because I felt that the fact that they were dead lessened the impact of some of the reunions/resolutions that went before, but it's not like it ruined the whole show for me. The thing I found obnoxious was that the people in the SA thread who did like the ending automatically assumed that anyone who didn't like it had failed to understand it, as though it were impossible to both understand and dislike the ending.
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Jul 2, 2010 17:20
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Ratatozsk posted:Finished 1-3, and liquified humans are certainly up there with unpleasant stuff. It gets better, its like a 30 hour movie, yo.
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Jul 2, 2010 19:56
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Adrianics posted:But seriously, it has some of the best writing and acting in history. The episode with Michael Weston as a kidnapper is nothing short of a masterpiece. As for now, I'm almost finished with season 1 of Fringe. Once I finish it I'll probably watch the last 2 seconds of Damages cause I stopped after season 1 for some reason. Then The Shield and Sons of Anarchy. Druck fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Jul 3, 2010 |
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Jul 3, 2010 01:38
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I dunno if anyone's been watching the Sopranos recently, but I started binging through it and this time around it seems like there's a lot more slang I notice. I probably included some words that weren't in there and probably forgot some that were."here posted:agita – heartburn/indigestion (aciditá) [AA-jih-tuh]
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Jul 4, 2010 23:21
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I finally started watching the Wire. Finished season one last night. It's pretty drat good.
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Jul 4, 2010 23:22
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Trig Discipline posted:I finally started watching the Wire. Finished season one last night. It's pretty drat good. I just finished the Wire today, and I'm feeling sad right now because I don't know if there is anything out there that can match it. I have seen most of the good HBO dramas (Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Big Love, Rome, and now The Wire). So what else is there for me? I tried to start Deadwood a couple years back, but I didn't really get into it for whatever reason. I was considering buying The Shield, but I'm afraid a lesser police show won't hack it after I just finished The Wire. poo poo. True Blood? Is that any good? Surely not.
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Jul 4, 2010 23:51
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Can I Phaser You posted:I just finished the Wire today, and I'm feeling sad right now because I don't know if there is anything out there that can match it. Have you seen Breaking Bad yet? It's pretty amazing. I've seen all of BB and only one season of the Wire, but so far I actually like BB better. It's the difference between awesome and awesomer, though.
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Can I Phaser You posted:I just finished the Wire today, and I'm feeling sad right now because I don't know if there is anything out there that can match it. True Blood isn't anywhere near on the same level as the other shows you listed. It's a trashy and fun show to watch, but don't expect greatness. Have you see David Simon's other stuff? He has Treme, The Corner, and Generation Kill.
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Jul 5, 2010 02:18
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Mu Zeta posted:True Blood isn't anywhere near on the same level as the other shows you listed. It's a trashy and fun show to watch, but don't expect greatness. I haven't seen any of those yet. Haven't gotten into Treme because I prefer to watch dvd sets rather than wait each week for a new episode, but I might give it a shot anyway (same for Breaking Bad). The other two are intriguing too--I just know I'll finish them really quickly since they're miniseries.
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Jul 5, 2010 03:36
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Breaking Bad's on hiatus right now if that helps. End of the third season was a couple of weeks ago, and was excellent.
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Jul 5, 2010 04:21
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Can I Phaser You posted:I just finished the Wire today, and I'm feeling sad right now because I don't know if there is anything out there that can match it. The Wire is only sort of police show to begin with. I'd say that it's simply a show that happens to have some police as characters in it. The Shield is an excellent police show that has some of the strongest season and series story arcs out there. The first season is a bit rougher, but the seasons get better and better with the series finale giving The Wire a run for its money. Recognize, though, that it's a very different show from The Wire. It centers almost exclusively on the police, and beyond a few glimpses, there's much less of the humor you'd find in The Wire. On the other hand, there's a heck of a lot more action. There's also Homicide: Life on the Streets, based on Simon's book, which was pretty strong at first. And finally, there's the black sheep of Showtime, Brotherhood. It's all wrapped up with 3 short seasons and is very similar to The Wire in tone.
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Can I Phaser You posted:I just finished the Wire today, and I'm feeling sad right now because I don't know if there is anything out there that can match it. True Blood is a pretty decent serial drama. It takes a while to get going and the second season is better (though it drags in places as well). It's not in league with the stuff you mentioned but it's several grades above the typical dreck on television and worth watching. The Shield is loving awesome and is often mentioned with The Wire as being the definitive great television of modern times. So you shouldn't hesitate to pick it up. People who watch The Shield and then move on to The Wire often have trouble because The Shield is an absolutely high speed, adrenaline, break neck pace show and The Wire is obviously very very slow. But you shouldn't really have any trouble if you've already seen The Wire. You should definitely give Deadwood another shot. It's really really up there with the others in terms of greatness. As is it's cousin Carnivàle, which is a personal favorite of mine and absolutely superb. I didn't see Breaking Bad mentioned in your post. If you haven't you should definitely watch it. You've got three juicy, wonderful seasons to watch. My mouth waters just thinking about binging through three seasons of this loving magnificent show for the first time. Breaking Bad is probably the best show not on a cable pay channel. Some other good shows that ended recently you can binge all the way through if you haven't seen them. Lost (but who watches TV and hasn't seen that), Battlestar Galactica, and 24 are some of my other favorite dramatic serials. Dexter is good, too, though it's still ongoing. As is Sons of Anarchy which isn't as great as The Shield but is still pretty good and by the same guy. One new show that doesn't get mentioned nearly enough is Spartacus: Blood & Sand which after a rough first few episodes became, in my opinion, the best new show of the season and I absolutely cannot recommend it enough. It's the height of unadulterated awesome. From the "lighter" comedy-drama serial category you should check out Weeds, Entourage, How to make it in America, and Californication. They're all 30 minutes long as opposed to the usual hour so they go REALLY quick but they still suck you into their stories so they're great for multiple episode binges. Finally a few lesser, but still good, honorable mentions are Sleeper Cell, The Riches, Prison Break, Friday Night Lights, and Damages. If you have archives access you can look through my old Fiending for something to watch recommendations thread. It's got plenty of great recommendations from a ton of goons. As for thread content, I just finished binging through Luther with Idris Elba. It was actually pretty good. I don't usually like BBC crime shows but this one has a special charm and Idris Elba is great. It's only 6 episodes so I recommend giving it a shot to anyone looking for something new. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jul 5, 2010 |
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Sort of a derail: Inspired by various animated gifs and short youtube clips, I am considering to get into Doctor Who. I think I caught a glimpse of the show during Ecclestones turn at the helm, but it was cancelled or put to death at an inconvenient timeslot back then over here (plus, it was the dubbed version, so I did not care that much in the first place). Is it safe to assume that I can skip the first ~25 seasons of oldschool stuff and get the "modern" series 1-4 without missing any important background information (if there is any?) Will I be ok just presuming that there is a whacky, time-travelling "Doctor" with a female companion going through some weird poo poo including aliens?
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mcbexx posted:Is it safe to assume that I can skip the first ~25 seasons of oldschool stuff and get the "modern" series 1-4 without missing any important background information (if there is any?) You can definitely start with the revival, and I'd advise you do so quicksmart, but the thing about the original version series is, it was made across 26 years, by about 15 different producers and script editors, only one of whom cared a single bit about continuity. If you look at the OP of the current Who thread, you'll see that you can jump in pretty much anywhere with the classic series, and all you need to know is that there is a time-travelling alien known as The Doctor, who travels around in a blue box that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, fighting aliens and being generally rather magnificent. Same goes for the revival.
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I was thinking about going through The Good Wife but I haven't heard much about it. What's the goon take on this show?
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I'm almost done with season 2 of Charmed. I like it. It's different from most shows in the fantasy genre ie. not male-centric, while not being as stupid and disturbing as twilight. Plus having the three leads be 20+ with, Shannon Dorherty's character pushing 30, gives it a decent mature bent. It may be girly, but I think its a must watch for any occult fantasy fans.
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Jul 10, 2010 13:03
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Roshi posted:I'm almost done with season 2 of Charmed. I like it. It's different from most shows in the fantasy genre ie. not male-centric, while not being as stupid and disturbing as twilight. Plus having the three leads be 20+ with, Shannon Dorherty's character pushing 30, gives it a decent mature bent. Charmed is the absolute worst television show I have ever seen. Terrible acting, terrible scripts, terrible effects just terrible.
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Jul 10, 2010 14:53
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Roshi posted:I'm almost done with season 2 of Charmed. I like it. It's different from most shows in the fantasy genre ie. not male-centric, while not being as stupid and disturbing as twilight. Plus having the three leads be 20+ with, Shannon Dorherty's character pushing 30, gives it a decent mature bent. I watch a lot of girly shows and I'm into fantasy but Charmed is literally one of the worst television series of all time. (Yes I sat through it)
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Jul 10, 2010 18:14
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I just got s2 of MASH on dvd for a pittance, more people should watch MASH, it owns vastly.
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Jul 10, 2010 18:49
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I ran out of new series' to watch, so I've been rewatching Supernatural.
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Should watch Hawkeye and Trapper John doing all sorts of Mad Antics.
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