Your TV Playlist
What are the shows you must watch (old or new) over the next few months?
For me...
1.) Battle Star Galactica
2.) Alcatraz
3.) Parks and Recreation
4.) The Office
5.) Arrested Development
For me...
1.) Battle Star Galactica
2.) Alcatraz
3.) Parks and Recreation
4.) The Office
5.) Arrested Development
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I'll probably watch the newest seasons of Chuck and Sons of Anarchy eventually as well.
2. ?
3. Profit
EDIT: To be fair, I also have some animu I've been meaning to watch. DAMN YOU, GROWING COLLECTION OF ANIMU. Oh, I didn't mean you, Fanservicey! You're my best friend!
I still have no idea how you managed to get THAT many more posts in that thread then me...
Anyway, my TV list consists of:
Doctor who
More Doctor who
Sherlock
Some more Doctor who
Star Trek:The Next Generation (rewatch)
Even more Doctor Who
I really like Profit too. Just a brilliant series. (trololololol)
Also, in case Coolsome is reading this because I think he asked a while ago; Netflix UK launched today, and the last five seasons of Poirot 'films' are included.
I just kind of browse the web, watch stuff on youtube, play videogames, and listen to music, or fiddle around on my guitar.
I watch the odd DVD/BluRay here and there.
But when I do watch TV, its usually what everyone else is watching.
Mum watches Corrie, Eastenders, and Emmerdale, and the occasional quiz show like The Chase or eggheads.
Dad, though an electrician, loves cars, and watches a lot of car stuff on discovery.
Things like wheeler dealers, A car is born, stuff that "teaches" him stuff he apparently already knows! HA! then if its not that its boring stuff like The Antiques Roadshow, or fishing programs.
Big bro records and watches movies, and sometimes when he's hungry or wants to cook, watches a cooking program, (though thats rare. He normally just plays Call of Duty/Forza/Gran Turismo, and its fun to watch him RAGE like a baby when he's playing those).
Little bro sticks to his room like a strong adhesive.
He normally watches kids TV or one of his vast collection of DVDs/BluRays (most of those being animated, especially Disney. He loves Disney), while browsing the web (which is either cartoon related, or a walkthrough to a random game that sometimes even I have never heard of! The occasional YTP or old pop music videos can still occur sometimes during the day, in which he always raises the volume to really high levels for the music even though he knows someone is immediately going to ask him to turn it down! XD) or simultaniously watching another DVD on the PC.
(Normally its Hamtaro or Sylvannian Families, which are both OK by me, as it used to be Care Bears and Popples, and I LOATHE THOSE!!! >: ( )
Just make sure it's really Hamtaro. There are some VERY child unfriendly imitators: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oruchuban_Ebichu
Nope. Its definately Hamtaro alright.
(I should know I've seen an episode or two myself when I was younger, and recently)
This is the interesting thing though:
He watches it in several different languages, (thats the odd quirks of Autism for ya!
In fact, he has managed to find copies of the Japanese movies, (never released outside of Japan), with subtitles all by himself, which is just impressive.
Also interesting to note was that at some point during the shows run, they redesigned the Hamhams.
They made them less realisitic. Well they weren't all that realistic, but I liked the chubbier, fatter bodies the early half had, rather than the clearly defined big head, little bodies look the later stuff had.
This is original look, which is just plain adorable:
Then there is the newer version which kind of ruins the appeal a bit:
Shows I'm currently watching:
Doctor Who (obviously) (the classics too, because if you don't watch the Classics then you are missing out at when Doctor Who was consistently excellent)
Sherlock (if you don't watch this I dislike you greatly)
Parks and Recreation (a show that became fantastic after it's sophomore season and has quickly become one of my favorites on TV)
30 Rock (yes)
Community (because I'm on the internet so therefore I like Community)
Shows I do Not Follow Anymore:
The Office - (I've created a personal canon where most of the events (read: The Good Episodes) of Seasons Five and Six occur and the series ends with New Boss, with said arc (which was awful) resulting from it not occurring and the show ending with Michael quitting his job. The show is dead to me after an awful last half-season last year, with the only episode worth watching from the last half of the year being Threat Level Midnight. Stopped with S07E26.)
Person of Interest - (Watched for Michael Emerson. He's still a lovely actor, but this show is so incredibly formulaic that it bores me. Every episode is 15 minutes of 'Why would anyone want to kill Mr. McCharity?' and then the unveil that it's Mr. McCharity that is going to kill someone! A neat concept that was ruined in it's repeated execution. Stopped with S01E04.)
Shows I Have Watched and Have Since Ended:
Profit - I'd find it unlikely you've heard of this series, starring Adrian Pasdar from Fox in the 90s. However, it is an utterly fantastic show from beginning to end and really, really deserved to live for as long as it's creator possibly intended for it. It is absolutely amazing, I'd kill for a copy of the DVD, but it's gone out of print. Just stunning. 5/5.
Arrested Development - What is there to say about this one? It deserves all the praise it gets, for a truly unique premise and style of humor. Looking forward, albeit cautiously given everyone involved in the show has done nothing but awful since, to the revival and film(s?).
24 - Another very unique show. This is nowhere near a perfect show, and suffers from being severely padded and boring in places, but this show is just such a solid experience that is very well presented. I am not looking forward to the film, and hope it stays in development hell forever, however, as I really enjoyed the way that this past series ended (I said the same after Season Seven, but Brannon Braga isn't a force to be reckoned with). 4/5.
Speaking of Brannon Braga...
Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Enterprise - Yes. There isn't much to say that hasn't been said. The original is brilliant, stage-like drama that explores the human condition and experience in better ways then the vast majority of other pieces, and stands on a golden pedestal of Classic Television. TNG, however, manages to take the formula of the original and give it a fresh spin, more or less defining the modern Sci-Fi show. Enterprise is on here because of the finale alone - I adore it. So very much. A brilliant send-off to a brilliant franchise. (Anticipation for movie: minimal.) 5/5
Firefly - Yeah. I enjoyed it, but I don't really adore it in any particular manner. The show as a whole I found average, but 'Out of Gas' and the final episode are just great pieces of storytelling, raising the score just a bit. 4/5
Lost - Not going to defend this one in depth, as it's more about your positions regarding the morals of the show, but it's a very unique show that is an exercise in telling a story out of order in a very effective way. Although I dislike portions of it, I find the show to be more than the sum of it's parts - 5/5.
The single exception I've made to this is Doctor Who.
Other shows, I generally try to do the week to week thing, but lose track at some point and end up reverting to marathon mode at the end of the season. But it's okay, I like this method. Managed to get through enormously long shows, like the original Doctor Who, Buffy, Stargate, and DBZ in a few short months rather than years.
Batman TAS
Millennium
Tales From The Crypt
Kids In The Hall
Mr. Show
...I think those are my favourites. I could write a big list of all the series I own, but eh.