Author Topic: Good TV series. What do you watch? I used to watch Lost to unwind need successor (Read 109,332 times)

CleverCat · « **Reply #75 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:48 AM »

Mum and I find Australian Series and Movies excellent! Real people...

Innuendo · « **Reply #76 on:** December 06, 2009, 03:00 PM »

Quote from: CleverCat on December 06, 2009, 07:48 AM

Mum and I find Australian Series and Movies excellent! Real people...

How can you keep all the characters straight when they all talk & look like Crocodile Dundee?

And that's just the women! :: ducking and running ::

Grorgy · « **Reply #77 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:55 PM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 06, 2009, 03:00 PM

Quote from: CleverCat on December 06, 2009, 07:48 AM
Mum and I find Australian Series and Movies excellent! Real people...

How can you keep all the characters straight when they all talk & look like Crocodile Dundee?

And that's just the women! :: ducking and running ::

Some of them don't, some look more like the crocodile

Ehtyar · « **Reply #78 on:** December 07, 2009, 01:45 AM »

Ouch...good thing most Aussie women have the good sense not to hang around here

Ehtyar.

Innuendo · « **Reply #79 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:13 AM »

Quote from: Ehtyar on December 07, 2009, 01:45 AM

Ouch...good thing most Aussie women have the good sense not to hang around here

Well, to be fair...the most famous of all Aussie women, Elle MacPherson & Nicole Kidman, looking nothing like Paul Hogan or crocodiles.

CleverCat · « **Reply #80 on:** December 07, 2009, 07:58 AM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 06, 2009, 03:00 PM

Quote from: CleverCat on December 06, 2009, 07:48 AM
Mum and I find Australian Series and Movies excellent! Real people...

How can you keep all the characters straight when they all talk & look like Crocodile Dundee?

And that's just the women! :: ducking and running ::

Being in South Africa for many years helps decipher the accent! Plus we lived down under for 4 years!

If u want a real challenge, watch Taggart (UK series based in Glasgow Scotland) - now there's an accent!

MilesAhead · « **Reply #81 on:** December 07, 2009, 05:48 PM »

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If u want a real challenge, watch Taggart (UK series based in Glasgow Scotland) - now there's an accent!

On some of the BBCA shows here they have English subs for the characters with heavy dialects.

mouser · « **Reply #82 on:** December 07, 2009, 05:50 PM »

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On some of the BBCA shows here they have English subs for the characters with heavy dialects.

i love it

-- are there any other languages where you have to subtitle in the same language they are speaking because the accents are so thick?

housetier · « **Reply #83 on:** December 07, 2009, 06:09 PM »

Low German needs subtitles too for the others. But you rarely get to hear it these days, it's a dying language...

I have seen German subs for heavy swiss (Schwyzerdüütsch) accents too.

sunlitlaz · « **Reply #84 on:** December 07, 2009, 07:59 PM »

First off, Firefly is always first, no exceptions.

As for non-canceled shows:

NCIS - Another nod for this one as it's already been mentioned.
Lie To Me - This one is turning out to be great.
White Collar - I have been enjoying this one as well.
Burn Notice - This one is just plain awesome!

I like the IT Crowd too, but it's a whole different genre/show from Lost or the above.

housetier · « **Reply #85 on:** December 07, 2009, 08:55 PM »

Back then I liked Profit.

JavaJones · « **Reply #86 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:13 PM »

+1 for FireFly! In fact, it's been a while since I watched that show, and now I have it in High Definition. Woo!

- Oshyan

Innuendo · « **Reply #87 on:** December 08, 2009, 04:32 PM »

Quote from: JavaJones on December 07, 2009, 10:13 PM

+1 for FireFly! In fact, it's been a while since I watched that show, and now I have it in High Definition. Woo!

That show got screwed over so badly by the network that I didn't even know it existed until well after it was cancelled and SciFi (now SyFy) was showing it. That was a very well-written show that didn't get a fair chance to succeed.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #88 on:** December 09, 2009, 01:15 AM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 08, 2009, 04:32 PM

... now SyFy ...

Oh grief no ... it sounds like some sort of STD !

Clive · « **Reply #89 on:** December 09, 2009, 01:46 AM »

We finally gave up & turned the subtitles on for "The Wire" - all that,mostly unintelligible, Baltimore argot meant that my partner was constantly asking me "what did they say?". Still one of our fave shows tho'.

40hz · « **Reply #90 on:** December 09, 2009, 03:24 AM »

Quote from: Carol Haynes on December 09, 2009, 01:15 AM

Quote from: Innuendo on December 08, 2009, 04:32 PM
... now SyFy ...

Oh grief no ... it sounds like some sort of STD !

To me it sounds more like somebody's trying to register a trade name and 'sci-fi' is already in the public domain.

Innuendo · « **Reply #91 on:** December 09, 2009, 11:30 PM »

Quote from: 40hz on December 09, 2009, 03:24 AM

To me it sounds more like somebody's trying to register a trade name and 'sci-fi' is already in the public domain.

That and they no longer show really good sci-fi. They've gone to 'sci-fi lite'...ergo, SyFy.

(Though Battlestar Galactica is one of the best TV shows you will *ever* watch...even if you hated the original version or even if you hate science fiction.)

40hz · « **Reply #92 on:** December 10, 2009, 12:01 AM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 09, 2009, 11:30 PM

That and they no longer show really good sci-fi.

When they show sci-fi at all.

Last night SyFy channel was running an hour of "pro" wrestling on my DirectTV box.

Looking at the program schedule, it appears that ECW Smash-Ups is going to be a regular feature every Tuesday @ 10:00pm going forward. Oh well...at least it was a hour's respite from the rest of the day, which consisted of 11 hours worth of:Scare Tactics Repackaged; Scare Tactics Repackaged S1; Scare Tactics Season 3.5; and Scare Tactics Season 3.

Quote from: Innuendo on December 09, 2009, 11:30 PM

(Though Battlestar Galactica is one of the best TV shows you will *ever* watch...even if you hated the original version or even if you hate science fiction.)

It wasn't bad even if I never became much of a fan. But IMHO anything would have been an improvement over the original series.

But for military-themed space opera, I'd still have to give the nod to Space: Above and Beyond. Clips are up on YouTube if anybody's interested.

AndyM · « **Reply #93 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:25 AM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 09, 2009, 11:30 PM

Though Battlestar Galactica is one of the best TV shows you will *ever* watch

2nd that

Innuendo · « **Reply #94 on:** December 10, 2009, 05:07 AM »

Quote from: 40hz on December 10, 2009, 12:01 AM

Looking at the program schedule, it appears that ECW Smash-Ups is going to be a regular feature every Tuesday @ 10:00pm going forward.

Going forward? Where ya been? ECW has been in that time slot for the last two years. Sad, but true.

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But for military-themed space opera, I'd still have to give the nod to Space: Above and Beyond.

That show was ahead of its time. It'd do a lot better today than it did at the time. That was another show Fox sabotaged by screwing around with its time slot.

40hz · « **Reply #95 on:** December 10, 2009, 05:27 AM »

Quote from: Innuendo on December 10, 2009, 05:07 AM

Quote from: 40hz on December 10, 2009, 12:01 AM
Looking at the program schedule, it appears that ECW Smash-Ups is going to be a regular feature every Tuesday @ 10:00pm going forward.

Going forward? Where ya been? ECW has been in that time slot for the last two years.

Mostly not watching SyFy - for obvious reasons.

If my GF wasn't a semi-fan of Warehouse 13, I doubt we'd be watching it at all.

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Note: FWIW, WH13 is a "one-trick pony" show concept if there ever was one. But the cast is attractive and likable. And the interaction and dialog is witty, so it's enjoyable even if it's not very original or challenging. (I also must admit a certain ...um...liking for Joanne Kelly...for obvious reasons.

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Innuendo · « **Reply #96 on:** December 10, 2009, 04:17 PM »

Quote from: 40hz on December 10, 2009, 05:27 AM

Note: FWIW, WH13 is a "one-trick pony" show concept if there ever was one. But the cast is attractive and likable. And the interaction and dialog is witty, so it's enjoyable even if it's not very original or challenging.

It *is* a one-trick pony. Everything about the show screams 'hokey' and 'lame'. However, once you sit down and start watching it the cast really makes the show work. And I have to give them kudos on their season finale. The last few minutes of that episode were just...."Whoa...".

MilesAhead · « **Reply #97 on:** December 10, 2009, 06:33 PM »

Hmmmmmm, speaking of "one trick pony" shows... after the success of All In The Family and other spin-offs, Norman Lear tried gender reversal in All That Glitters. In this show the women are the bosses and men are secretaries who are admired for their "pecs" and get their asses pinched by the arrogant women bosses. It took me 1/2 hour to find it on google. I couldn't remember the name. The show was one joke. It was funny for the first episode.

housetier · « **Reply #98 on:** July 14, 2010, 06:42 PM »

I enjoy Mythbusters, because they often do things I've always wanted to do myself.

wraith808 · « **Reply #99 on:** July 14, 2010, 08:14 PM »

^ Blow things up in creative ways in the name of 'Science'?