Uh, that series was, actually, INTENTIONALLY funny. It says so here.Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Uh, that series was, actually, INTENTIONALLY funny. It says so here.
The Simpons is in a league of it's own and I don't think it would be fair to any other tv show to have to compete with them so for the sake of my list we're just going to assume that the Simpsons don't exist.
1. LOST
2. The Sopranos
3. The Wire
These 3 shows are some of the best television ever. I think in a few years the show Breaking Bad is going to become 4th on that list.
Very true. The Simpsons has become such a cultural phenomenon that it's kinda hard to consider it with most television.
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
These days I am all for South Park!Impolite and crazy mockery of just about every other thing but definitely interesting!
Somebody recommended According to Jim to me as well. I wonder if anyone of you has got anything to say about it.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
For me I have to begin at the witty, fast talking Gilmore Girls.
After that my list on tv shows goes like this (though it always changes):
2) How I Met Your Mother
3) 30 Rock
4) Friends
5) Veronica Mars (I don't care that it only got three seasons and the last season was not that great)
6) Big Bang Theory
7) The Office (both versions, they involve the same people anyway)
The new Sherlock is pretty good.
Eggheads anyone?
Judith - a class act.
Daphne - the blue rinse assasin
CJ - fighting his camp side
Chris - not quite of this world.
Kevin - Mr personality.
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But only three episodes!They must bring it back - please, Beeb, please.
What did you think of Moriarty? A bit too young? But I like the idea of a 'consulting criminal' like Sherlock's 'consulting detective'. And someone please kick LeStrade's nasty little sergeant, 'Freak', indeed.
Dr Watson needs a Good Woman - I'd volunteer but I'm too old for him.
I spend the last few months watching stargate sg1 and stargate atlantis. Well i am a sucker when it comes to sci-fi, but these two series are really good
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
No, you're not. We are just alike, and we're not suckers at all. We both have a very exquisite tasteWell i am a sucker when it comes to sci-fi, but these two series are really good
A succinct appraisal.
Whenever I've watched it the eggheads always seemed to get an easy clincher.
Anyway, I'm sick to death of quiz shows.
I liked the running joke about worthwhile hobbies - stamp collecting etc.But only three episodes!
What did you think of Moriarty? A bit too young? But I like the idea of a 'consulting criminal' like Sherlock's 'consulting detective'. And someone please kick LeStrade's nasty little sergeant, 'Freak', indeed.
Dr Watson needs a Good Woman - I'd volunteer but I'm too old for him.
Moriarty was a bit young, but they're after a young demographic I suppose.
The only thing I didn't like was the class thing with Sherlock being an upper class fellah, Dr. Watson being Middle, and the grammar corrected pleb in the last episode representing the working class. even though Sherlock's clearly a borderline psycho.
I'm taken with BBC's new Sherlock as well. It has such a stunning youthful look and great music. The writers (Steven Moffan!) seem very familiar with their source material and I love all the sly allusions and liberties they take with the stories. After the first episode, I wasn't sure how much I liked the fact that Holmes was using a Blackberry and blogging, but now I've adjusted and it seems to be working. "The Great Game" was a fantastic episode.
Ecce quam bonum et jocundum, habitares libros in unum!
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They've announced a second, longer series!But only three episodes!
I was rather fond of it - it took me an episode to get sold on the character of Holmes himself ("But David, he IS you!" - my housemate Lola), but then I really found myself enjoying watching him. I thought Watson was excellent from the get go - they didn't do the usual thing of turning him into a bumbling imbecile.
I'm still not convinced by 'Jim', but I'm willing to have my mind changed. In many ways, it would have been better not to include Moriarty - he is far too over-exposed in Holmes media. I also rather liked Mark Gatiss' campy Mycroft - I'd half-hoped he would turn out to be Moriarty.
Still, good stuff!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
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The new Entertainment Weekly came today and it's all about the fall TV preview. I haven't read every word of it just yet, but so far the only new show that has me a little interested is that one with Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire" I think. Other than that, it will be nice to see some of my favorite shows come back: Mad Men, V, and Futurama (What? What d'ya mean Futuruama's not coming back till next summer? Why, God? Why?)
Edit: also note that Mad Men is many weeks into its new season already, and that I've watched most of the episodes -- I watched the latest one, in fact, just last Sunday. I dunno... I think may be going nutsy!
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