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 Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 09:52 Post subject: Out of Shows To Watch Goddamnit! |
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Well, I'm out of fucking TV series' to watch again, and need recommendations.
Somebody recommend me a show or two not on this list. I prefer sci-fi, but any drama/comedy is fine I suppose (NO REALITY TV BULLSHIT). IF it's sci-fi I'd like it to be a show that started no earlier than 2000ish, also preferably with at least 3 seasons would be nice.
Show's I've already watched recently...
V - (Cancelled)
SGU - (Cancelled)
The Cape - (Cancelled)
Caprica (Cancelled)
Sanctuary (Fucking Sucked - Didn't Finish)
Boardwalk Empire (Couldn't Get Into It)
Chuck - (Season Over)
Californication - (Season Over)
The Office - (Season Over)
The Big Bang Theory (Season Over)
Eureka - (Season Over)
Warehouse 13 (Season Over)
True Blood (Season Over)
The Walking Dead (Season Over)
Misfits - (Season Over)
Sherlock (Season Over)
The IT Crowd (Season Over - No New Info On S05?)
Battlestar Galactica (WAY OVER  )
Firefly (WAY OVER )
Sarah Connor Chronicles (WAY OVER )
First off, fuck the US media whores for never giving sci-fi shows a shot. Or fuck the public. Or fuck SOMEBODY. I'm sick of all my shows getting fucking canned one or two seasons in.
Secondly - props to you brits for making some awesome shows, but why the FUCK are your seasons so short? 6 x 20 minutes episodes in one season? I can watch that in one fucking sitting. Come on. How am I supposed to get a vested interest in the characters when it's over in an hour and a half. Really?
Anyway, throw me suggestions please...
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 10:12 Post subject: |
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game of thrones, entourage, modern family, the wire. a few that came to my mind.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 10:18 Post subject: |
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Have you tried with book, they can be entertaining too you know? 
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 10:57 Post subject: |
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Breaking Bad (new season coming up this summer, it's the best non-hbo series out there imo)
Arrested Development (3 seasons)
The Wire (5 or 6? seasons)
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 12:38 Post subject: |
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READ BOOKS
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 12:51 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 12:52 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 12:56 Post subject: |
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Your list is incomplete without Dexter and Deadwood
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:00 Post subject: |
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| tainted4ever wrote: | | READ BOOKS |
^ This!...
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:02 Post subject: |
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I second Deadwood and Breaking bad and like to add :
- Spartacus
- Farscape (If you havent seen it go watch it really fast) Little bit older 1999-2004
- How i met your mother
- Sons of Anarchy
- Heroes
- Lost
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:14 Post subject: |
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| tainted4ever wrote: | | READ BOOKS |
I'm probably going to catch a lot of flack for this but here goes - I see books as an outdated form of media. I read a lot as a kid, but once I discovered gaming I found it to be far more immersive (and with just as good a story, except without 90% of the filler found in most books). Hell, maybe I just have a poor mind's eye and am lazy, but I don't think so. Books had their golden age (and may have it again in the future), but right now I'm living in the digital age. 
| Perry Rhodan wrote: | Breaking Bad starts in july afaik but Warehouse 13 and Eureka start in june and if you like some nobrainer easy on the eyes show watch covert affairs
edit: forgot about True Blood, that also starts june 26th |
Didn't realize Warehouse 13 and Eureka were starting back up again.
I might check out Arrested Development and Camelot, The Wire doesn't seem to grab me off the bat (cop/mob drama bores me), but I may give it a shot given all the praise its gotten.
| DarkPassenger wrote: | | Try Dexter. |
I forgot to put Dexter on there. I think I got through Season 2, but it just started to bore me after a while. The plot was rehashed over and over (almost get caught, but not quite, and figure out how to narrowly escape detection).
| Lathieza wrote: | I second Deadwood and Breaking bad and like to add:
- Farscape (If you havent seen it go watch it really fast) Little bit older 1999-2004
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Will definitely check out Farscape - not sure how I missed it as I'm a sucker for sci-fi. Hopefully the 2000 era CGI won't be too off-putting (I still find today's quality CGI to be distracting)-
Also, just saw it has Claudia Black (Morrigan) - definitely going to watch it now. Looks like it had a good run episode wise too!
Thanks for the suggestions all!
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:31 Post subject: |
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Sopranos, Rome & Band of Brothers are all must see!!
As for books being outdated, just look at how many movies/series get their ideas, if not whole concept, from books. Very rarely the film is better than a book, it is more the exception than the rule.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:42 Post subject: |
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| Immunity wrote: | | Hell, maybe I just have a poor mind's eye |
Might be.
Because I'm probably one of the laziest persons that ever existed and I really like reading.
Reading a book and being able to form it within your mind sure as hell beats the experience provided by any movie or game.
IMO, of course
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:44 Post subject: |
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@Immunity
With Farscape be sure to watch the first 3 episodes at least because cgi in the first episode definitly sucks lol... but after that it gets way better.
Also note the movies that follow up each season i thought.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 13:50 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 15:00 Post subject: |
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I don't see Game of Thrones in that list, go and watch it naow 
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 16:37 Post subject: |
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I don't see The Wire and The Shield. What's up with that?
What about Jericho? Sleeper Cell?
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 17:20 Post subject: |
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Modern Family / Black Adder / Flying Circus / Bottoms / The Young Ones / Walking Dead / Fawlty Towers / Father Ted / Vicar Of Dibley / Absolutely Fabulous / Seinfeld.
These are old ones - but they are imo worth watching several times.
And as Inz said - The Twillight Zone. The old ones are pretty damn good. Lots of Cthulhu mythos episodes!
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 18:20 Post subject: |
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1959-1964 :X It's prolly good if you know it from childhood.. I absolutely doubt it would spark any interest in me for example and i love older sci fi, just not too old, like first BSG, Star Trek and Doctor who for example.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 18:26 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | | 1959-1964 :X It's prolly good if you know it from childhood.. |
Naw I'm enjoying it despite never seeing it (not properly, anyway, just glimpses here and there) before. I'd say it's worth it just to fully appreciate the IMMENSE effect the series has had on popular culture as a whole, not just sci-fi. Plus it's fun to spot young actors who'd later become famous, episodes that have been parodied or remade later etc.
I mean sure it's obviously dated and all, plus many of the plot twists and innovations of the time are today's cliches, but even that's part of the charm.
Not that I was saying Immunity should go watch it, specifically - just that he's missing out a lot of classic series from 80's and 90's alone.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 18:32 Post subject: |
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I might download a episode later and check it out.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 18:34 Post subject: |
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Detroit 1-8-7
The Killing (currently airing, but nine episodes out already)
The Walking Dead
Rubicon
Terriers
All of these are excellent shows.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 19:51 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: |
The Killing (currently airing, but nine episodes out already)
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 20:01 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 20:19 Post subject: |
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Oz.
Also, another mention of Deadwood since it can't be mentioned enough times. If for nothing else, watch it for Ian McShane.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 21:33 Post subject: |
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Ah yes, Deadwood is also great!
Also,
The West Wing
House
Dead Like Me
Lost 
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| Posted: Sat, 28th May 2011 23:18 Post subject: |
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@Laurentiu499
Awesome chart! However I don't agree with Sanctuary being classed as Steampunk.
Already seen Dead Like Me, Band of Brothers, Rome, just forgot to list them since they're fairly old.
I tried House, couldn't get into it, that guy annoyed the fuck out of me
Lot's of praise coming for Deadwood, although I never really enjoyed westerns (Firefly was Sci-Fi first and Western second so it was ok ). Might give it a shot though.
As for not liking older sci-fi - I think it's due to a mix of it coming off as incredibly cheesy compared to modern stuff, coupled with the visual effects of the era. For example, I'm a diehard fan of the modern Battlestar Galactica, but I couldn't get more than 3 episodes in into the original series. It was just...ugh. I think it's a case of having to see it during it's time to fully appreciate and enjoy it. Kind of like playing Deus Ex or Diablo for the first time today vs. when they were released.
I always wrote off Heroes as being campy filler for the masses, was I incorrect in that assumption? Never watched a full episode.
Also might try watching Xena. Only caught glimpses of it back in the day, but there were always nice looking chicks in leather armed to the teeth, so maybe it had something going for it!
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