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Offline Ajzzz

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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #15 on: Jun 16, 2012, 08:08:57 AM »
I watch Damages, I dislike the going back and forward in time, but the show is great. On that note, The Firm is another good legal drama that's a little less serious but also has going back and forward in time. I tend to watch things that have Molly Parker and Callum Keith Rennie in them.

Danish shows, The Killing, The Bridge, and Borgen are great. French show Spiral. British shows Zen, Sirens, Hit & Miss, Silk, The Hour and Luther.

Freaks and Geeks, Veronica Mars, The Unusuals, has everyone heard of these? They weren't particularly popular when they were new.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #16 on: Jun 16, 2012, 01:10:32 PM »
Even if nobody has heard of Freaks and Geeks, surely they're familiar with it by proxy. That was the show that launched the careers of Seth Rogen and Jason Segal, not to mention James Franco. I'm almost positive Judd Apatow wrote for that show too.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #17 on: Jun 16, 2012, 01:50:28 PM »
I was a big fan of Freaks and Geeks.  Those were my peeps, man.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #18 on: Jun 16, 2012, 02:41:44 PM »
Judd Apatow created Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #19 on: Jun 16, 2012, 02:53:34 PM »
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I have a deep dislike for M*A*S*H, probably owing to the fact that it was on in my household for approximately 23 hours a day when I was growing up.


Oh my god, I thought I was the only one!
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #20 on: Jun 16, 2012, 02:55:50 PM »
Quote from: Neutral Milk on Jun 15, 2012, 08:23:44 AM
Seconding Damages! Excellent stuff. One of the best shows that I get the impression no one watches.


I love it too :)   It's not quite at the 'Mad Men' or 'Breaking Bad' level for me, but I thoroughly enjoy it ~ consistently intelligent writing and top notch acting.  And I LOVE that the 'guest stars' are there for the entire season.....

I was really skeptical of Martin Short coming on, but I thought he did a great job with Lily Tomlin in season 3 :)
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #21 on: Jun 17, 2012, 09:14:30 AM »
Quote from: AxeGrrl on Jun 16, 2012, 02:53:34 PM
Quote from: Johnny Slick on Jun 15, 2012, 12:05:09 PM
I have a deep dislike for M*A*S*H, probably owing to the fact that it was on in my household for approximately 23 hours a day when I was growing up.


Oh my god, I thought I was the only one!

I also got MASHed-out. Good writing overall, but no series should go on longer than the war that it takes place in.

I've long held the opinion that no war is truly over until someone makes a comedy about it.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #22 on: Jun 17, 2012, 09:45:02 AM »
Quote from: GodSlayer on Jun 15, 2012, 07:50:06 PM
Quote from: Neutral Milk on Jun 15, 2012, 08:23:44 AM
Seconding Damages! Excellent stuff. One of the best shows that I get the impression no one watches.

never heard of it

but that reminds me to put Boston Legal on the list.

such epic rants.

Boston Legal > South Park

I have never heard of Damages or Gilmour Girls either.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #23 on: Jun 17, 2012, 09:51:57 AM »
They couldn't be any more different.. other than that the main characters are women.

Damages is a lawyer show with extremely clever narrative. Each season is a case and typically you get a glimpse of how it will end in the very first episode and the season pieces together the puzzle in a way that leaves you constantly thinking you've got it figured out only to discover you were way off. Amazing writing and acting.

Gilmore Girls I can't really speak to. I've only seen the first three episodes so far. It's about a single mother and her daughter. The writing is witty. It's pretty much a family drama that has some very funny/clever dialogue.
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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #24 on: Jun 17, 2012, 05:31:13 PM »
Quote from: Neutral Milk on Jun 17, 2012, 09:51:57 AM
Gilmore Girls I can't really speak to. I've only seen the first three episodes so far. It's about a single mother and her daughter. The writing is witty. It's pretty much a family drama that has some very funny/clever dialogue.


I think one of the biggest compliments I ever got from one of my students was "you remind me of the mother on the Gilmore Girls" (said student wasn't talking looks-wise, unfortunately :)

I had never seen the show at that point ~ I thought the 2 main characters were sisters.

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Re: essential viewing
« Reply #25 on: Jun 17, 2012, 07:34:31 PM »
how is it that some people have managed to see 'the first few'?

I don't know how many of the first season I've missed ... turned on the TV one day, liked what I saw, tuned in regularly from then on (as with Dexter and House).
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