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Then maybe something else ;o.
24 S8
The pacific
Flash Forward
Boston Legal (If you groupie girls want a man check out Alan Shore from this series. At first you'll be like *eww* but when you saw him in court you will be humping your keyboard, promise.)
Arrested Development (Best thing ever, only 3 seasons tho and I finished them already)
Want to start with Fringe, V, and some day I'll start Breaking Bad, How I met your mother and Lost
:thumb: Great show.
Xx
Shameless Series 1.
The Wire Season 5.
that's another one. bought the first series and my mum stole it.
I'm still watching Lost, too, even thought I've pretty much lost interest now because I need to know how it ends.
Outnumbered
Desperate Housewives
Flashforward
Neighbours
Big Bang Theory
currently watching it from series 1
Oh I LOVE firefly and serenity but unfortunately it was way way way to short!
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I've got the lot of them on DVD. It's so good. Seen them all but will have to start watching them over again.
I know, right? Gonna get myself season 3 now. Got bored with everything else already.
and I probably said it in some post before: But everyone really needs to check out Arrested Development. It is the best series I ever watched. It is simply fantastic.
I like it too, what made you a fan?
I like that the world is similar to but distinct from ours and that the character Inara is a companion, which is a highly respected profession. And that this position of respect is questioned but not disrupted by Mal.
I instantly feel in love with it though, I'm a huge fan of westerns so seeing a series that explored the same themes, with similar sytlistic touches, was great fun. The sense of people creating their own morality in a constantly shifting universe was cool to see, along with the themes presented by Inara and Mal's relationship.
The idea of the respected prostitute has occasionally played in westerns, as one of the remaining worlds where it was publicaly accepted in Western nations. There's similar scenes and themes throughout Deadwood, though that's obviously a far more brutal world than anything seen in Firefly.
However it's pretty unusual to see a more adult presentation of a relationship with a character like Inara, and that acceptence and respect on Mal's part plays a big part, for me, in establishing why he's so impressive as the lead in the show.
The Reapers (at least in the series the replacement for Native Americans - though by the time of the movie they're probably a bit too specific to play that allegorical role) were a nice touch. The sense of dread at their appearence worked really well at creating the 'bigger picture' in the universe.
The Civil war backstory was a nice touch as well. Always nice to have a character whose turned his back on the assumed moral order, striking out to find something better. It's pretty classic Western stuff but works well and works great in space.
The sense of a relatively adult show also made it an impressive and important work. Despite being such a huge failure, it's DVD sales clearly helped other masterpieces, such as BSG, get made. Of course that's not really a reason why it was good, but it's certainly a great result.
In the end, it's a shame it's so short and that Serenity was a pretty much 'popcorn' version of the show. It naturally couldn't be anything else but I'd have loved to see where the series would have gone with four or five years to develop.
Overall I guess this probably means that it was the themes and characters that appealed the most. Wheadon playing with those western stereotypes, with the option to throw in cool space stuff whenever he wanted, damn, it was a shame when it didn't work out.
Don't suppose you like Lexx too do you?
The Man they call Jayne!
Oh, He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne.
Our Jayne saw the mudders' backs breakin'.
He saw the mudders' lament.
And he saw the Magistrate takin'
every dollar and leavin' five cents.
So he said: "You can't do that to my people."
said "You can't crush them under your heel."
So Jayne strapped on his hat
and in 5 seconds flat
stole everythin' Boss Higgins had to steal.
Oh, He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne.
Now here is what separates heroes
from common folk like you and I.
The man they call Jayne
he turned 'round his plane
and let that money hit sky.
He dropped it onto our houses
he dropped it into our yards.
The man they called Jayne
he stole away our pain
and headed out for the stars!
(Here we go!)
He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne...
You know, I liked what I saw of Lexx but it always made me feel like I was inside some kind of Cronenberg fever dream, all psycho-sexual fuckery and wierd sci-fi notions without any link to reality.
I remember enjoying it but being pretty confused trying to piece together, given it was before the internet, what the hell was going on.
Reckon I might give it a watch again tonight.
However DS9, Voyager, Babylon 5, Farscape all seemed to move forward towards greater quality, whereas more traditional dramas without Sci-fi's scope for the epic, seem more prone to stagnation. Certainly Deadwood, The Sopranos, Weeds and similar shows seem less able to avoid repetition and stagnation. However that might be due to the audience expectations for Sci-fi to develop into something that doesn't tread water being stronger than it's ever been.
And on that topic, anyone watching Lost, I'm loving these final episodes
It is also argued that cutting a series short, or not producing more episodes is just the right condition for producing 'cult' audiences. The untied off ends allow for fan fiction, different interpretations to suit different audiences, and tails. Big massive fuck off tail when you make a movie from a TV series.
Hellfire: Is the song from an episode?
Yup S1EP7 Jaynestown, my favourite episode, but I