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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 137 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
Answer 1: As long as it's popped on the stove and has real butter! NO microwave stuff <shiver> Fair enough. I agree.  Quoting Kathy: Quote:
Answer 2: Have a piece of machinery fall and get your left arm crushed.  I'll be fine but I miss working! Ouch! I'm sorry about the accident, I hope you have a fast recovery.  Quoting Kathy: Quote:
My question - where's YOUR list?! Well, I've never been much into TV series. There's something about the format that I dislike, which is the cliffhanger. The only two series I have in my collection are Amazing Stories and Tales From the Crypt, both cheesy but fun in their own way. I usually avoid watching series because, as a writer, the temptation to take something from here and there is too high! (But we don't say that in the business, we say it pollutes our creative cells  ) I rather write them than watch them. However, I'd say that the only one which I've been completely hooked on has been Twin Peaks. So that would be my recommendation. I also liked a few episodes from Dead Like Me, but that is mainly because I thought the concept was wonderful. | | | Funny, these cookies don't taste anything like Girl Scouts.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,741 |
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Battlestar Galactica (new)
When I heard they were replacing Dirk Benedict's character, Lieutenant Starbuck, with a woman, well, it completely turned me off to the new series. Starbuck pretty much defined Battlestar Galactica for me back in the late 70s.
I haven't seen any episodes of the new series so unless a fan of the original series can convince me that the remake is worth my time and money, I doubt I'll make the investment. I was a great fan of the original and of Dirk Benedict/Starbuck/Face; but you cannot compare the old series with the new one. Except for the outline they are totally different and Starbuck rocks! It's a really great story and the characters have much more depth than in the old series especially because nobody is perfect (In the old series everybody was practically flawless). Around here you get the 3 hour mini series for 7 Euros and it's really worth a try. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
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Battlestar Galactica (new)
When I heard they were replacing Dirk Benedict's character, Lieutenant Starbuck, with a woman, well, it completely turned me off to the new series. Starbuck pretty much defined Battlestar Galactica for me back in the late 70s.
I haven't seen any episodes of the new series so unless a fan of the original series can convince me that the remake is worth my time and money, I doubt I'll make the investment. Agreed with you regarding Starbuck. Even after watching the Miniseries I wasn't hooked. About half way through the 1st season I was about to stop watching. Just couldn't get used to the fact that Starbuck was a woman. Also the Cylons looking like humans didn't win me over. I then started looking at it as a completely different series and stopped comparing it to the original (since there is no comparison  ) As a show in it's own right it is a really good show. Not one I have to see as soon as it's aired (record everything I watch) but usually I'll watch it within 24 hours. IMO - If you watch it forgetting everything you remember about the old series you will like it. It's certainly worth the price of the DVDs. Or wait another year and get the what will soon to be coming "complete series" box set. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 813 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought I read on a few sites it was. Next season is it. We know how TV is though.... especially American TV |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 813 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hmmm, just found this - seems pretty official.  Here's hoping that Caprica gets the go ahead! Now back on topic... some stuff I missed off my list: 24 Prison Break Star Trek Blackadder Life on Mars (can't wait for Ashes to Ashes) Andromeda The Good Life Dark Angel Maybe some more in another 3 pages... | | | Andy 
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
| | Posted: | | | | Bones
Dead Like Me
Family Guy
Criminal Minds
Dexter
Spaced
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
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How long have you got???
I just bought a friends collection of 500+ DVDs - mostly box sets and TV series. I'm not quite sure where I want to start. I'm off from work for a few months so I have a lot of time for movies! So are any of the ones we listed in that collection? If Buffy is there, that's where you need to start. Ignore what everyone else tells you is apparently "the best"; Buffy is it.  Especially season two. Television was invented for Buffy Season Two. When John Logie Baird switched on the first TV, he was secretly hoping to see a short blonde girl kicking the heck out of vampires. Maybe that's just a bloke thing ... | | | Jon
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I rather enjoyed the original series and I still have fond memories of running to the TV whenever I heard the theme song start playing.
Likewise, I didn't like the idea of casting Starbuck as a female but the new Starbuck won me over in staying pretty much true to the original Starbuck (except hits on men now).
Watch the mini-series and let that decide for you. If you don't like it, you only lost 120 minutes out of your life. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Last official word I heard from the producers was that this next season is going to be the last season but it'll be a full season (not this 10-11 episode crap). They are also making a TV movie about what happened to the Pegasus after the initial Cylon attack which will air prior to the new season.
They said they wanted to end the series the way THEY wanted to end it, not keep going until Sci-Fi rips the rug out from under them.
Concerning Dark Angel - pretty good series. Sucks they canceled it. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | John Doe
Really, REALLY frackin' awesome show though canceled after the first season (pissed me OFF). |
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
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John Doe
Really, REALLY frackin' awesome show though canceled after the first season (pissed me OFF). Yea i really enjoyed that show. Prematurely cancelled  |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
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How long have you got???
I just bought a friends collection of 500+ DVDs - mostly box sets and TV series. I'm not quite sure where I want to start. I'm off from work for a few months so I have a lot of time for movies!
So are any of the ones we listed in that collection? If Buffy is there, that's where you need to start. Ignore what everyone else tells you is apparently "the best"; Buffy is it. Especially season two. Television was invented for Buffy Season Two. When John Logie Baird switched on the first TV, he was secretly hoping to see a short blonde girl kicking the heck out of vampires. Maybe that's just a bloke thing ... I just finished alphabetizing the recommendations – thank you everyone! I’m also sorting and organizing the DVDs today. Once I get that done, I’ll post them. I’m really excited because there are soooo many on everyone’s favorite list. I really will have a hard time deciding where to start! (Already own and have watched all of the Buffy seasons - I like seeing women kick butt too! ) |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 93 |
| | Posted: | | | | Oh my, oh my...
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Smallville
24
Alias
Lost
Heroes
Battlestar Galactica
Bones
The 4400
Prison Break
House MD
Numbers
Supernatural | | | | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | X Files
Firefly
Buffy
Angel
Red Dwarf
Millennium
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'll post mine later but this is what everyone has posted so far:
3rd Rock from the Sun
24
The 4400
Alias
Allo Allo
Amazing Stories
Andromeda
Angel
Ashes to Ashes
As Time Goes By
The Avengers
Babylon 5
Bewitched
Battlestar Galactica
Blackadder
Black Books
Blake’s 7
Bones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
CSI
Carnivale
Charmed
Cracker
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark Angel
Dead Like Me
Deadwood
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Die Zweite Heimat (The Second Home)
Doctor Who
Emergency Room
Eureka (or A Town called Eureka)
Extras
Family Guy
Fantasy Island
Farscape
Firefly
Friends
Ghost Whisperer
The Good Life
Hart to Hart
Heartland
Hell's Kitchen
Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Honeymooners
Hotel Babylon
House MD
Hustle
I, Claudius
Inspector Morse
J.A.G.
Jerico
John Doe
Life on Mars
Lost
MacGyver
Magnum PI
MASH
Millennium
Mission Impossible
Miss Marple
My Name is Earl
NCIS
Nip/Tuck
Numb3rs
The Office
On the Lot
Peep Show
Persuaders
Pretender
Prime Suspect
Prison Break
Quantum Leap
Red Dwarf
Rescue Me
Riget
The Rockford Files
Rome
Shark
Seinfeld
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
The Simpsons
The Singing Detective
Sliders
Smallville
Sopranos
Southpark
Spaced
Special Unit 2
Spooks
Star Cops
Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis)
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: DSN
Star Trek: TNG
Star Trek: Voyager
Supernatural
Taggert
Tales from the Crypt
Torchwood
Tinker Tinker, Soldier, Spy
Traveler
Tripping the Rift
Twin Peaks
V
Veronica Mars
West Wing
The Wild Wild West
Wire in the Blood
Xena
The X-Files
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Thanks to all! |
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