Well I haven't seen Scenes from a Marriage yetOriginally Posted by NickAdams
I haven't seen Fanny and Alexander yet.
Well I haven't seen Scenes from a Marriage yetI haven't seen Fanny and Alexander yet.
The Moments of Dominion
That happen on the Soul
And leave it with a Discontent
Too exquisite — to tell —
-Emily Dickinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4
Oh, that's a good one too! Very emotionally exhausting...as most of his films are I suppose but it seems like this one was a little more wrenching.Well I haven't seen Scenes from a Marriage yet
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Idk, but for some reason I was kind of suprised to learn about this mini-series. The fact that this had enough supernatural elements in it to inspire Stephen King to base a mini-series off of it doesn't sound like Von Trier (even though he did make Antichrist). Though I'm sure it's good. And even though I can hardly imagine a Von Trier limited by television censors, I will definitley have to check it out some time. The sepia tone and wry "Twin Peaks style" humour makes it sound interesting.
The Moments of Dominion
That happen on the Soul
And leave it with a Discontent
Too exquisite — to tell —
-Emily Dickinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4
The original Twilight Zone. My heart is a-flutter just thinking about it. I love it to death.
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
-Kurt Vonnegut
I have a framed photo of Rod Serling hanging on the wall beside my bed.The original Twilight Zone. My heart is a-flutter just thinking about it. I love it to death.
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
Do you kiss him goodnight before you fall asleep each night?
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
-Kurt Vonnegut
Haha, I don't want to make the glass all grubby, but it makes my day better when his is the first face that I see in the morning.
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
Only Fools and Horses
Steptoe and Son
Mash
Poridge
The Good Life
"Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis".
I love the Office, that show has had the best writers in television for a while now. The characters are amazing and it is so hilarious, pure genius.
"Buffy"
"Profit"
"X-Files"
"Twin Peaks"
Charm is the name of a beauty ignoring its own power.
On the sea, beneath it, in the air, and in all the parts of most of the lands, I have gone a-hunting in quest neither of fame nor of fortune, but the vindication of the act of living.
Gosh yes! We should all watch Degrassi. If those aren't life lessons, I don't know what is. Don't forget about Kids of Degrassi Street (and the first 5-6 seasons of TNG).For nostalgia's sake, the original Degrassi Jr. High and Degrassi High for those of you in Canada
For my favourites:
Gilmore Girls (speed talking and references to everything)
Veronica Mars (Twin Peaks meets Nancy Drew; "Veronica Mars is smarter than you")
Alias (the first of many J.J. Abrams show addictions: LOST, Felicity)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (love vampires and Joss is a genius)
Smallville (love Superman)
I wouldn't argue that they would be on the best list of everyone, but they're my favourites.
"And the singers, they wear rhinestones - and rhinestones, you see, are already parodies of diamonds, so you can't parody rhinestones."
SEINFELD
*end of thread*
"Smooth seas rarely make skillful sailors."
Arrested Development! I can't believe that I've been missing this all these years! Hands-down, the BEST sitcom of the 2000's and I am willing to fight to the death for that. Never have I laughed as much within 22 minutes of an American television show (I exclude England for reasons being Fawlty Towers and Monty Python). This is television at its finest, cleverest and smartest. The inside-jokes and self-reflexitivity are comparable to that of The Simpsons and its narcissistic characters comparable to that of Seinfeild. And jeez is this show infinitley quotable and endless in its brilliant moments of insanity. (WMD's turn out to be balls, Michael's fiancée is actually a MRF, GOB's pitiful magic tricks) And I must not forget the spot-on narration by Ron Howard which is consistently self-referential.
Sadly, the genius of this show lasted only three seasons after a cancellation due to a lack of ratings, despite vivid and almost unaminously positive critical praise. The very fact that a show like Two and a Half Men, which started its run around the same time, is still on-air is a mark of shame on the television industry.
Must-see episodes: Top Banana ("Oh my God! It's a fire sale!"), Pier Pressure ("And that’s why you always leave a note."), Good Grief! ("Here he comes. Here comes John Wayne. “I’m not going to cry about my Pa. I’m going to build an airport— put my name on it.”"), Mr. F (Tobias is a "mole").
The Moments of Dominion
That happen on the Soul
And leave it with a Discontent
Too exquisite — to tell —
-Emily Dickinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4
For me, it'd be:
The Black Adder
Only Fools and Horses
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. Oscar Wilde
Lol, I can't believe someone agreed with me 2 months ago and I didn't notice. Degrassi is classic moralizing melo-drama and I love every last second of it. Even the dreadful last 2-3 seasons of TNG.
PBS recently put up the first season of Degrassi Jr. High on youtube. Anyone with an interest in bad teen acting must watch! Apparently, no one working for public television has the sense to number the episodes or organize them in a playlist though. (Oops, apparently someone did have the sense all 26 episodes in order in a playlist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI9RNOGHqYY
Edit: As an aside, only the CBC in Canada agreed to run this episode, PBS in the US and the BBC refused to run that episode during the shows original run.
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- Margaret Atwood
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