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People keep recommending new television shows to me. This season Heroes is the most frequent. Last year it was Lost and before that 24 and Alias. I don't want to watch any more television. I already watch too much. If any show that you recommend is that good, then one of my many DVD-collecting friends will likely buy it and gladly lend it to me. Plus, I have been disappointed with some of the intentional cliff-hanger shows like 24 that sacrifice character development and plot validity for artifical gasp-factor which succeeds only in pressing my "OMG, that's lame" button. I still want to see Lost but I refuse to watch it until the entire series has concluded. The shows that really appeal to me are brutally cathartic yet lush with detailed, dynamic characters and ironic, tragic humor. I'll go out of my way for shows like Battlestar Galactica and Firefly. However, the risk of cancellation and the resulting disappointment and anger have made me wary to try any new show before it enters its second season. Before the creation of the TV DVD market, this would have been impossible, so I'm not taking it for granted. I'm taking advantage of it by being more selective with my time. That being said, one of the shows that caught my curiosity was a short-lived HBO series called Carnivale'. It was cancelled after only two half-seasons. I was unable to watch it since we didn't/don't have HBO. The cast as well as the concept had me intrigued (yay for Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown). Have any of you seen this show? Is it worth watching even though it is dead? Tags: television Current Location: dining room, my house, Water Valley, MS mood: hungry and restless music: Jimmy's music (right now it's some obscure Tom Petty songs)
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From: mandis13 |
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October 18th, 2006 04:07 am (UTC)
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I am using our Netflix account to get solely TV series that I have missed or skipped. I started with many of the HBO series I didn't have time to watch in the past, and one was the aforementioned Carnivale.
Let me start here, the ending, while not a TOTAL cliffhanger, is a dark ending because of the series's cancellation.
Also, this show is a total mind-phuck. Be fore-warned.
These two things being said, I fookin' LOVED this series. The acting was universally awesome, the plot massively intricate, the characters so tragically flawed and human, and the series's final episode is one of my favorite episodes of television, EVER. Clancy Brown 4 life!
4-of-5 stars, and only 4 because of its short-lived nature. Definately worth some Netflix love.
Currently I am watching Deadwood (on season 2), and am loving it. I loves me some westerns, tho. :)
Any other shows you interested in? If I haven't watched them, I will be soon. :)
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Carnivale had me interested with its first advertisement I saw several years ago. I've been contemplating signing up for Netflix again because Water Valley has very little selection in terms of movie rentals. Plus, I like some pretty obscure movies which are hard to get anywhere but Netflix. I've heard fabulous things about Deadwood from our friends John & Liz. Sopranos sounded like damned-good drama, but I don't think it's a must-see life-will-be-forever-changed kind of show. I've got to finish up Farscape. I've seen it all except the last half of the last season and the mini-series capstone. I've borrowed the first season from haabda so I can rewatch them all in order and have it be fresh when I get to the few shows I haven't seen. However, zordac and alcamar say they want to watch them with me, but they'll never sit down consistantly enough to get pass the first six episodes. And I get chastened when I threaten to move on without them. I can't think of anything that's particularly calling to me show-wise besides Carnivale. Any recommendations?
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From: mandis13 |
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October 18th, 2006 11:24 pm (UTC)
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Lets see... Deadwood is great; I think ya'd like it. Great characterizations, awesome setting, lots of cursing.
Penn and Teller's Bullshit, is also awesome. Highly reccommended.
Scrubs. Some of the funniest TV EVAR. EVAR EVAR EVAR.
House is one of the top 3 best shows I have ever seen. In my whole life. Well, at least since I remember shows; I might have seen something as a baby that was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, but sadly, I can't remember it. Now I'm sad...
Rescue Me, with Dennis Leary, is NOT your standard drama, by any stretch. The characters are meaty, and the situations are the kind of things one can relate to. Almost won Leary an Emmy, for goodness sakes!
Finally, The Shield is another of my top 3. It is amazingly gritty, the characters are AWAZING and O so tragically flawed, and the plotlines are some really top drama.
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