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Jul 1, 2011 - 2:57 PM
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Joe E.
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I'm currently watching a lot of Doctor Who with my girlfriend. I first encountered the show as a kid in the '70s, when Tom Baker starred, and I grew up with a vague general awareness of it and some passing interest in getting around to following it one day, but over the years - decades! - I never really pursued it, until just the last year or so. What I'd really like to do is start at the very beginning and watch everything that's still available, but that's not a readily available option to me; I did watch the first several episodes from the very beginning (William Hartnell era), though, at the house of a couple friends who love the show and have a lot of the series (I'd just watch all of it there, but we live in different cities a couple hours' driving apart, so I don't get to see them as often as I'd like). I'm therefore currently just trying to watch the entire "modern" era (starting from the revival in 2005, going up to the present) with my girlfriend via Netflix streaming on the Wii. I've been through all of the Doctor's ninth incarnation and am well into the tenth (Eccleston to Tennant), and have just done the first few episodes with Martha Jones. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series (and the spinoffs!). I keep hearing high praise for Matt Smith, and I'm very looking forward to his portrayal, but I also love David Tennant in the role and I'm not quite looking forward to seeing him leave it.
My girlfriend and I also watch Jeopardy! regularly, and fantasize about competing on the show. A friend of ours from our gaming group was actually on just a couple years ago - he didn't win, alas, but at least he performed pretty well, I think.
We also watched the first season of The Walking Dead together, and are very much looking forward to the second.
Aside from these, most of the shows that interest me most aren't ones currently running. There are several recent science fiction shows I'm interested in but have seen little or nothing of them yet. There are also some not-so-recent ones, notably the various Star Trek series. For a while I Noreen and I were recording reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation so I could show them to her - she loves the original series but had seen almost nothing of any of the spin-offs until I started showing her a few of them. We haven't watched many of these in the last few months, though. We also watched a lot of Frasier reruns for a little while, though we're currently taking a bit of a break from that as well. I also showed her the entirety of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (followed by the four movies) not too long ago.
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Aug 16, 2011 - 3:22 AM
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Michael24
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Just streamed the first season of Coupling. Strangely enough, it seemed like the odd-numbered episodes were the funniest, but they were all good, with many laugh out loud moments. My favorite episode was "The Girl with Two Breasts," in which one of the characters strikes up a conversation with a girl who doesn't speak a word of English. I loved the added touch of replaying the entire scene of their conversation a second time, but letting us hear what the girl was saying and discovering how they completely misunderstood each other.
I've read that it was hyped as an English version of Friends, but I actually got more of an "English Seinfeld" vibe. Jeff, the lead character's best friend, is definitely the equivalent of Kramer, right down to the old fashioned style of clothes he wears and his somewhat-wild hair. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
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Aug 26, 2011 - 7:51 PM
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Michael24
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Mary Shannon is a U.S. Federal Marshal who places people in the witness protection program. Some people are innocents who just happen to witness a crime, while others are criminals themselves, testifying against other criminals in exchange for a chance at a new life.
Even more than cop shows, I've always been drawn to shows/movies about US Marshals and had meant to watch this when it first started in 2008, but I missed the premiere, fell behind, and never got around to it. Until now. I've streamed the first two seasons from Netflix, and I have to say I love it. Mary McCormack is excellent as Mary Shannon. She's smart, tough, driven, and can kick major butt. Some people seem put off by Frederick Weller as her partner, but I find him hilarious. They have good chemistry together, and while sometimes he can go a few episodes without really getting much to do, he's always there for her at the end of the day and has gotten to take charge on occasion. I was initially put off by the family drama of Mary's personal life, involving her alcoholic mother and slightly-troublesome sister, but their story lines quickly took off beyond the premiere, and both have been given interesting developments that I've enjoyed watching them go through. The second season ends with a shocking finale when Mary is shot and remains unconscious in the hospital, with all the people who care about her torn emotionally, and her partner and boss determined to find the man responsible.
USA has already announced next year's fifth season will be its last, so it's a shame I'm just now getting into it. But I've still got the third and fourth season to catch up on, and hopefully I can watch Season 5 as it airs.
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Aug 26, 2011 - 10:26 PM
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Mr. Jack
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Awesome! I had no idea. I have a bunch of points I've been accumulating, so I'll have to look them up and see if I have enough to redeem for them. I'm not sure about the ratio, but I'd guess it was produced 1.33:1 and simply matted for widescreen if it was ever shown that way.
You'll have to give up a whopping 1750(!) points for them, but for 51 episodes of a TV series, that seems reasonable. Plus, both sets will give you 125 DMR points back.
In case you weren't aware, there's also two movies. The first is Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time, and the second is Kim Possible: So the Drama. The latter was originally going to be the series finale, but Disney ended up renewing the show for a fourth season.
Sitch In Time is split into three individual episodes on the season two set. Once I'm through watching that season, I'll probably watch the rest of the episodes on YouTube (better than nothing) and Netflix So The Drama
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Reruns of NAKED CITY, which remains better than any show currently on television.
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