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OK, what's everyones favourite show ever (bar Firefly)?

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Saturday, November 12, 2005 4:27 AM

BLUEMANHANDS

The Shield, I love the kick-assery that goes on in that show.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:11 PM

EISVIXEN

Did anyone ever watch Wizards and Warriors? It came out forever ago on CBS. I was just a wee one I swear. The men were hot though

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:25 PM

CAT1620RD

Lost/Buffy
and also I SO USED TO LOVE DARK ANGEL!
stupid tv with their stupid cancelling of great shows... idiots!

ohhhh... I forgot Stargate SG-1 I love it I so love it!!!
anybody like Friends? cause I think thats a damn good show, you know for a sitcom.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:15 PM

REGINAROADIE

I'm glad to see there are some fans of 24 here. I made two blog posts out of this, but I'm just going to restate it.

24 is the most addictive thing on tv. As a visual experience, this is probably the eqivalent of cocaine. Constantly moving forward, and very rarely taking a breather, puts you on the edge of the first minute and with each hour slowly notches it up until the very end where sometimes it literally explodes. "DAY 1: 11PM-12AM" is, IMHO, the most riveting hour of suspense ever made. Shootouts that outdo Peckinpah and Woo and suspense that would make Hitchcock proud. But it's more than just an action series. I read somewhere that 24 has taken the mantle of THE X-FILES in that it taps into societies fears and turns them into entertainment.

Also, in no way, shape or form does anyone match Keifer Sutherland in the BAMF (Bad Ass Mother Fucker) department. Mal Reynolds still has things to lose. Jack Bauer, on the other hand, has nothing. And when your protagonist has nothing left to lose, he is more dangerous than the bad guys.

I'm surprised some people on here don't like it. Has plenty of Whedon vets on it both in front of and behind the camera, so should be a fan fave by default.

As for the lack of humor on it, it's there, but it's understated. Each season has what I like to call a black humor moment. In Day 1, it was at 6PM with the Palmer's sitting down at the table for dinner. The tension is so thick that any interruption is funny. And in Day 2, when they're escorting Nina to the plane in the armored car, Nina looks over to the other guy and goes "How you doing, Mike?" As if they're in the break room getting coffee. And in Day's 3 and 4, Chloe's attitude is very acerbic. She's like a office temp version of Cordelia or Jayne. Also, in Day 3, in the deleted scenes, there's more of Dave Herman's character Dalton that shows that there would have been some funnier moments in the show.

Mind you, when you're on the edge of your seat and your heart feels like it's in a vice, sudden humor would seem inappropriate.

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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:52 PM

LIGHTMEDARK

I know I'm going to be angry with myself for forgetting some.

12 oz mouse ! - new show on cartoon network's adult swim...amazing
Seinfeld - uh, no mention of this?
Battlestar Galactica (TNS)
My Name's Earl - i love a mindless fun filled show
The Office - i'd like to see the British version sometime
Invader Zim, yes! - good pick whoever said that earlier
Samurai Jack - love the style
The Wonder Years - classic
Ahhh, there are so many more but I can't seem to recall them all right now (and time to go home)

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inch towards daylight

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Friday, December 9, 2005 2:53 PM

LOUGOJIRA

The only show that I've ever been as passionate about as much as I am about Firefly is Macross, and I was in middle school when I got to see this. Sure, they butchered it so they could air it in that Robotech series, but I completely fell for the storyline, the characters, the mech designs, the Zentradei...all of it! I've enjoyed other shows, but never got as interested in them, and figured there'd never be another Macross for me...until now. Thank God for Firefly!

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:08 AM

CBY

Don't forget what you loved as a child. This one is an all time classic:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284735/

In one episode they showed the act of procreation as little sperms with helmets and laser guns shooting at the ovule to be able to enter it. So cute...

And for the adult shows: "24", especially season two. Rough, relentless and partially cencored in German tv.

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 8:03 AM

VIKING

i am very suprised more peeps havent said B5 it was and is the best sci fi show ever

and it also was the show that used long story arcs and in that way show that one cuolde use that in tv

making it forrunner for all the arc based tv shows we see today both mainstream and not

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 8:14 AM

JAYTEE

favorite show ever bar Firefly? Hmmmm....
Stargate SG-1 Seasons 1 through 8. Season 9 without Richard Dean Anderson just plain sucks.
Babylon 5
Star Trek (original series)
The Prisoner
West Wing

In that order.

Jaytee

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:32 AM

MRSKBORG

Kinda toss up between Babylon 5 and Farscape.

At the moment though I gotta say I'm hooked on the insane but brilliant Lost and also House. Who knew Hugh Laurie could be so damn brilliant?

Apart fromm them:-
The Tripods
Ultraviolet
Star Trek DS9
Space Above and Beyond
American Gothic
X-File's - seasoms 1&2
Veronica Mars
Joan of Arcadia
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
and of course the Battlestar Galactica which is simply awesome.

And Carnivale. Bloomin fantastic that was.

and for all the children in us, a BBC production for kids "Shoebox Zoo" which is just amaxing.

I also loved Battle of the Planets.............

"This movie may be a beautiful butterfly, but I loved that damn caterpillar." Joss Whedon.

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:24 AM

ACESANDEIGHTS

Its no toss up for me, besides Firefly, Babylon 5 is probbably my favorite.

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Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:38 PM

CYBERSNARK

Favourite non-Firefly show:
InuYasha: Shows are made by the bad guys, and InuYasha has not one, but four of the most awesome, compelling, and downright frightening villains I've yet seen. Plus I tend to sympathize with InuYasha to a probably unhealthy degree (we're both cynical loners who were made that way by a world intent on kicking our asses hard enough to break our hearts. Only real difference is that he's got Kagome, and I'm still pinned to a metaphorical tree).

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Originally posted by LouGojira:
The only show that I've ever been as passionate about as much as I am about Firefly is Macross, and I was in middle school when I got to see this. Sure, they butchered it so they could air it in that Robotech series, but I completely fell for the storyline, the characters, the mech designs, the Zentradei...all of it!

Not exactly Macross, but. . .

May I assume you've tracked down the Jack McKinney (a.k.a. James Luceno and Brian Daley) Robotech books? They start out as novelizations of the Robotech (and Sentinels) series, then go back (in later books) to fill in back-story and bridges. They read much smoother than the chop-job cartoon series (being text, they don't have to adhere to pre-recorded animé, so we can get Macross' Max Sterling face to face with his grown-up daughter, Southern Cross' Dana).

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Sunday, December 11, 2005 5:53 AM

LOUGOJIRA

Quote:
May I assume you've tracked down the Jack McKinney (a.k.a. James Luceno and Brian Daley) Robotech books? They start out as novelizations of the Robotech (and Sentinels) series, then go back (in later books) to fill in back-story and bridges. They read much smoother than the chop-job cartoon series (being text, they don't have to adhere to pre-recorded animé, so we can get Macross' Max Sterling face to face with his grown-up daughter, Southern Cross' Dana).

Yeah, I've read a few of those, and they were cool enough, but now that I can see Macross subtitled, with no re-writing to fit it into the Robotech storyline, I'm a lot happier with that. Like you say, the novels were good...but me personally, I'm so into Macross itself, being a bit of a purist, that I don't want anything touching...no talk about the Super Dimensional Fortress belonging to Zor...no battles between the Masters and the Invid...none of that.

Sadly, the sequels to Macross have all been poop...with the slight exception of Macross Plus. Everything about that series was superb, but then they just shot it all in the butt there at the end with that lack-luster ending. Oh well...can't have it all I suppose.

Thanks for the recommendations though!

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Monday, December 12, 2005 3:45 PM

HAYWARD79

I'd have to go with the following choice shows:

Futurama (please bring it back FOX)

Star Trek: TNG

24

Six Feet Under (possibly the best TV show ever created)

Also, one that I have not yet seen mentioned yet -

*** MILLENIUM *** (another FOX show that only lasted three seasons but was aboslutely amazing during its run. Lance Henriksen was damn-near perfect in this show. Honestly, I would recommend this series to anyone. If you haven't seen in, and you have some extra money, go out and buy the first season on DVD. You will NOT be disappointed).

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:40 PM

BLACKLILY

Right now, there seems to be (IMHO)absolutely nothing on TV that's really worth watching.

However, back in the good old days when the stuff on TV actually made me smile, there was:
Daria Cynical teenager with so many ineresting opinions on people( and on life in general). Sometimes she reminded me so much of myself it was eerie.
Gargoyles One of the only Disney-related shows that actually made me go "Damn. This is really GOOD.." The characters actually had emotional depth, and the tragic elements, Shakespearan allusions and moving love-stories were such tear-jerkers it was astonishing.(Especially considering it was a cartoon)

Inuyasha Angsty, mythical, deeply complex. Like Gargoyles, it had alot of intellectual and emotional fodder, but at times it was alot darker and more shocking. The characters also managed to strike some sort of kindred chord with me, particularly Inuyasha, because he often feels so isolated and alone.
Roswell Conspiracies There's just something about this show that has me coming back to it again and again. Probably because it was my first introduction to the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre. I loved all the characters and almost cried when the show got cancelled. (By the way Cybersnark, how's the list coming along?

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Buffy My first introduction to the genius that is Joss Whedon. Buffy had surprising depth for a show with such a silly title. And it dealt with alot of real-life problems through metaphors, something which I really liked.
Dark AngelWhat can I say? I'm a sucker for flawed, quippy, butt-kicking, tough-girls?
Xena I really liked all the mythological elements in the storylines. Greek and Roman legends have always fascinated me. Plus, I've always loved the Celtic music the played at the beginning of the show.

Do other girls fall for your lines?

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:59 PM

SHINYTALENT

Ok so we are talking fave shows of all time bar firefly.
Well there's Daria if I only consider cartoons.

There's Due South and Northern Exposure- oh and China Beach does anyone remember that? All are excellent 90's TV shows with quality plots and actors.

Then of course there is Buffy- I love my Blondie Bear *squeal!*

Yeah I can't pick especially when I haven't even thought of Star Trek in all it's glory!

The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:20 AM

CYBERSNARK

Quote:
Originally posted by BLACKLILY:
Daria
Gargoyles
Inuyasha
Roswell Conspiracies

Dammit, get outta my head!

Quote:
(By the way Cybersnark, how's the list coming along? )

I'm working on it. Schedule's been too ruttin' full lately (my work had their Christmas party yesterday, so we'll be closing up for the holidays soon. Should have time then).

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:25 AM

ARCLIGHT

Kung Fu, the original series. Because of that show I've spent 30+ years in martial arts training. That program broke all the established rules and blew everyone doors in.
Also the original Star Trek.

arclight

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:25 AM

MTNSCOTT

On TV For Now... ARRESTED DEVELOPEMENT

Dead Dove, Do not eat.

Only the half mad are wholly alive!
E.A.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:43 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

It's a tough choice. I'll have to list a few. Starting by agreeing with Cybersnark and Blacklily:

Inuyasha. The best show still on the air on this side of the pond. (No longer airs in Japan.) This show has the perfect mix of fantasy, action, humor, romance, and excellent characters.

Futurama. Another great show axed by Fox. ("I'm having one of those things - a headache with pictures." LOL.)

Simpsons. Sheer genius. Also tackles a lot of issues other shows won't - childhood obesity for example. Plus it's just plain funny. ("I'd want to come back as a butterfly." "Why?" "Because no one suspects the butterfly!")

Veronica Mars. Joss likes it - need I say more?

Buffy/Angel. Well duh.

Yup, that's about all I can think of, though I haven't seen a lot of shows mentioned above, and now must do so.

"Sir, you actually said 'wink, wink'. I don't think that -"
"Oh, you'd be surprised."

"Yes, the new plan will STILL involve rocket skates."
"YAY!"

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to find out how to buy mine!

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:28 AM

QUAISIOR

Farscape is my favorite show.
Others I love are:
Babylon 5
Twin Peaks
InuYasha
Fullmetal Alchemist
House
Monk
Waking the Dead
the new Battlestar Galactica

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:55 AM

PAINTINGTHIEF

Buffy
Angel
Veronica Mars
24
Arrested Development

and i might just have to check out a few of the commonly chosen ones from this thread..dark angel and farscape seem to be pretty popular choices.

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 2:57 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
What I will say is that if Farscape is watched contiguously IT ROCKS! If you just watch an episode a week or here and there its easy to become uninterested. Thats the beauty of DVD sets, the story arc is much easier to follow.

It's the same with Babylon 5.

I'm one of that rare subclass of human who tuned into the 2-hour pilot and never missed a single episode when it went to series.

I mentioned B5 in a sci-fi chat room years ago, and somebody jumped in with, "Babylon 5 sucks! It's just a wannabe Star Trek!" It transpired that this individual has only watched one or two episodes here and there.

This was at a time when TNT was airing B5 weekday afternoons, so I told the person to watch 5 episodes in a row.

A week later, I was gifted with, "You were right about Babylon 5! It's AMAZING! I'm gonna watch the whole thing now!"

Ahhhh, it's so nice when people listen to you.

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 3:10 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
...and can do Patrick's 'dolphin kick' very well (but it's hard on the lower back).

Not with swim fins, it's not!

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:32 AM

DAMROD

Series ended: Babylon 5

Present series: BSG

Have a better one!!!

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 3:47 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
...and can do Patrick's 'dolphin kick' very well (but it's hard on the lower back).
Not with swim fins, it's not!

That would be cheating, Elizabeth.

Mark Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:09 PM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
That would be cheating, Elizabeth.

Mark Chrisisall

So would webbed hands & feet!

The rest of us have to compensate!

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MAN FROM ATLANTIS Cheat Sheet
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Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:22 PM

CHRISISALL

Thank you, sincerely, for that post X-Mas present.
That was a blast from the past; I'm SO waiting for the show on DVD, I even have the Marvel comics adaption of it from WAY back...

(Fred Karlin's music was a big part of my memory of it, after Westworld and that he seemed to disappear...)

Chrisisall, lost in TV sci-fi memories

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:09 PM

CHRISISALL

Fred Karlin, Michael Kamen, and Jerry Goldsmith
RIP
Modern day Beethovens
Can't stop the signal.

Love, Chrisisall

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Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:31 PM

JUMPY

The West Wing
Cowboy Bebop
Arrested Development
Scrubs
Family Guy
The Simpsons (except for the last few years)
Futurama
Smallville
Wolf's Rain
Invader Zim
Frasier
Seinfeld,

meh...and probably like 100 more, couldn't really choose a favourite

__________________________
There's no show I'd rather see, than the one with Serenity.
You can't take the sky from me...

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Monday, January 2, 2006 6:28 PM

BR0WNC0AT

I have to say that my fave show would be the Band Of Brothers series...

Star Wars also rocks.

A bear named Whinnie rocked... i cried, and im a dude.

thats about it really.

-BR0WNC0AT

When you cant run, you crawl...

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:39 AM

KHEI

Hmm.. Bar Firefly..

Well after Firefly comes a show I bet nobody here has ever even heard of. Heck I shouldn't even have heard of it being only 25yrs old.

Land of the Giants is still my all time favorite show. Sure the FX aren't up to today's standards but they were top of the line at the time. If you can watch a Godzilla movie for what it is you should be able to watch LotG and enjoy it too.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:56 AM

HUMBUG

Obviously, being british, and growing up with this show, I love Doctor Who. I can remember being so scared by it as a little kid that I had to hide behind the sofa at the scary bits & I used to get my Mum or Dad or brother to watch it with me, it was SO SCARY!!!! The new doctor is excellent!!!! Yea!!!!

Along a Western theme (Firefly / Serenity being a scific western), I have the R1 DVD box set of "Into The West" by Spielberg. Being a Western & US History buff I LOVE this show. And being by Spielberg it is an expertly crafted piece of tv entertainment. I defy you not to be a soggy, weepy mess by the end!!!!

I also adore Without a Trace and the British equivalent, Waking the Dead. And I am a diehard fan of E.R. (I watch it with subtitles so I can decifer the US medical Jargon - you do pronounce words in a different way from us Brits!!!!)

I loved Friends, and the British comedy Coupling. And of course, Monty Python is Hi-larious!!!

But I think my all time favourite sitcom is The Good Life. It was made here in Britain in the 1970's. If you can get a hold of it, I heartily recommend it. If you're British, it is repeated so often on BBC, you'll know it already!!!

Humbug

"She's startin' to damage my calm!" Jayne, BDM

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 10:31 AM

JAYNECOBBTHEHEROOFCANTON

My favorite shows, barring Firefly? It's a toss up among a few. All seasons of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek (all of them), Farscape, and Battlestar Galactica. Of course, I have many more, but they are almost too numerous to mention here.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 2:13 PM

TORTIMER

Buffy
Angel
Twilight Zone (original series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (original series)

IMO Buffy is the best TV series of all time. The funny thing is I didn't watch Buffy or Angel until I was a fan of Firefly.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:29 PM

EGS

Im almsot scared to say Lost. I think only 5 people have listed it. Im surprised actually, as the first season at least really created some great Characters. This is what initially drew me to Firefly. Then again I am a Lostie, and Ill stick by it as much as Ill stick by Firefly/Serenity.

I also loved Carnivale...another show that was given the short leash and wasn't able to finish, which was sad. I wish they would bring down the almsot 100 price tag on the DVD set, but then again it was HBO!

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Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:41 PM

OMELET

Like EGS, I am totally hooked into Lost and have developed tons of theories how the hell that island came to be. Besides Lost, I really enjoyed the X-files and the show that comes after Lost, Invasion. Maybe its because I live in FL. Hmmmm.

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!

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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:06 AM

CRISTELLE

Hum, fav TV-Show... So hard to say...

1. Battlestar Galactica (the new series)
2. Jeremiah (an other show who died to soon)
3. Alias
4. Lost
5. Highlander

--- In hope and desperation, I'll find my only light ---

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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 3:26 AM

GLOBLABSURDITY

Many of these are from years ago--don't watch mutch TV besides the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and HGTV--lol. I prefer movies & reading books.

*G-Force!--(now it's Gatchaman)--anime from my younger years.
*Ren&Stimpy--amusingly absurd
*Land of the Lost--again, from childhood
*Battlestar Gallactica--the old! (haven't seen the new)
*Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends--never fails to crack me up.
*Spongebob--I just love Gary's "meow"--absurd
*Saturday Night Live
*Adult Swim's various adult cartoons
*24
*S-Cryed
*Tales from the Crypt
*The Twilight Zone

Hmmm...perhaps I need to grow up--"Nah"! lol

*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:36 AM

IVY

I am a lover of cancelled shows (as you will see from my list of favorites). Firefly would definitely first....

Sports Nite (I saw 2 others who had it also!)
Twin Peaks
Max Headroom

I'm also very fond of Voyager and the new BSG.

Ivy

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:57 AM

SHAMBLEAU

Buffy.

Nothing else close.

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Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:55 AM

BROMGREV

The one, the only, the original Firefly prototype ...

Blakes 7!!!

http://www.btinternet.com/~blakes.seven/main/

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Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:38 AM

HAWK

Contenders include:

Buffy: Very little like it on television, before or since! Whedon brings to the speculative genre on TV a basic humanity that for some reason is commonly missing- the stilted performances of Gerry Anderson's Space 1999, the cheesy original Battlestar posse, the rather odd acting in the original Star Trek and the rather dull Stargate SG1/Atlantis crews. Why IS that?

Angel: Like some kind of Buffy +! Darker and less, dare I say, cheesy than its mother show, it also had a gobsmacking sense of humour. Though the plotting went down some very wierd and occasionally irritating avenues (Connor, demon Cordy) nothing could make me turn off such snappy writing, and fleshed out, truly lovable characters.

Dark Angel: I was a bit of a fantasy fascist when this came out first; sci-fi wasn't really my scene at the time! Fortunately, Jessica Alba's face proved to have a hypnotic effect, and while I was held in a trance I noticed the programme was actually pretty good. Of course, the most notable aspect of the show is its shift in tone from gritty future vision, to a simpler but also fun freak-of-the-week format, but that forms part of its appeal for me!

But overall I'd have to go for:

Doctor Who:As a small child, this was unspeakably compelling. The mysterious and ever changing figure of the Doctor gambols through time and space, flipping the bird to authority and duking the fecal matter out of all manner of alien beasts, made all the more frightening by their garish and often cheap loking appearances. Time passed, and I forgot the Good Doctor, until the BBC finally recommissioned it with a far bigger budget. From the first sight of the trailer, all the old feelings came flooding back, and I am a fan again! The new series is witty, hugely exciting and as inventive as ever it was, and most importantly, its getting legions of young fans too!

Possible future contenders:

New Battlestar Galactica: So little to do with the original they might as well have started a new franchise with this fully immersive and adult space drama.

Lost: The definition of a slow burner, but the characters are so diverse and the situations so gloriously offbeat and insidiously creepy that it could be on every week until the end of time and not get old as far as I'm concerned!

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Friday, January 13, 2006 6:46 AM

ISTHISFORTHEFREEDOM

Scrubs - definately my favorite Sitcom

Futurama - Family guy is a close second Animated

Veronica mars - Just watched so good

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:18 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:25 AM

SICKDUDE

As long as this thread has been bumped....

Quote:
Originally posted by Humbug:
But I think my all time favourite sitcom is The Good Life. It was made here in Britain in the 1970's. If you can get a hold of it, I heartily recommend it. If you're British, it is repeated so often on BBC, you'll know it already!!!

In the US it's called Good Neighbors. And I agree, it's up there. I can watch it over and over again. (Plus, a crush on Felicity Kendall never hurts.)

As to cop shows/ procedurals, I would add DaVinci's Inquest. It's a Canadian show that is terrific!!!

"It's a cow."

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:42 AM

JWALDRUP

This is a difficult question for me to answer... My all time favorite shows would have to include:

1. Twin Peaks

2 - X in no particular order:
Carnivale (HBO)
BtVS
Deadwood (HBO)
The Daily Show with John Stewart
Spooks (The British series called MI-5 in the US)
Red Dwarf
Sports Night

And I'm sure there are others that I can't think of at the moment.

You can't take my toes from me. -- Joss Whedon

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 9:40 AM

GRIMJACK21502

Quote:
Originally posted by Cristelle:
Hum, fav TV-Show... So hard to say...

1. Battlestar Galactica (the new series)
2. Jeremiah (an other show who died to soon)
3. Alias
4. Lost
5. Highlander

--- In hope and desperation, I'll find my only light ---

Thank you for mentioning Highlander.

That is definitely my "trainwreck" show.

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 9:41 AM

SANDS

Arrested Development (Yet another show I want them to bring back.)
24
The Office (American version, have yet to see the British one.)
My Name is Earl
Invader Zim! (Again bring it back.)
Samurai Jack

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Thursday, February 9, 2006 1:55 PM

BROWNFIELDCOAT

#1 Doctor Who
Mostly the fourth incarnation. However, the third and fifth were not too bad either. Our local PBS dropped it not long after the sixth. How many incarnations are they up to?

Others (in youth):
Battlestar Gallactica
The Dukes of Hazzard (it's all the General Lee)
The A-Team
Magnum PI
Simon&Simon
Voyagers

Recently:
Lost
Invasion
CSI (Vegas and Miami)
NCIS
Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis)
Battlestar Gallactica

Be seeing you . . .
in time and relative dimesions in space

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