Jᴀᴄᴜʀᴜᴛᴜ - Tʜᴇ Cᴀsᴛ Oᴜᴛ

TV junkie here. More specifically, TV on DVD. I like to digest my TV in
large, predetermined chunks.

Ok, so I just picked up the first season of Mad Men. Visually stunning, love
the attention-to-detail 60's vibe going on with this show. Anyway, I was
really grooving to this show until it became known that the big, main partner
in the firm dude is an Ayn Rand freak. I am still watching this show but now
with a cautionary eye.

I also just "liberated" both Dune miniseries from Netflix. Preliminary take is
that they are marginally better than Lynch's steaming pile of worm dung.


EDIT: I didn't bother researching the threads to see if this one already
exists, so feel free to move my post, Admins.

Oh, you bastard. I want to see the DVD set of Mad Men so bad. I've been dying to watch that series, but since I don't watch TV, I haven't been able to catch it.

I picked up a bunch of DVDs just recently. Hard Boiled, The Dead Zone, Lady Vengeance, and so on. I'm going to be watching those soon.

Nothing on the TV horizon appeals to me right now except the last half of Battlestar Galactica's fourth and final season. I dropped all the lame series like Heroes or Lost really fast and haven't followed them for years now. I hear 24 is desperately trying for another season; but that show peaked at season 2 and after season 3 I was gone. I would like to finish Deadwood and take a look at Rome, but that's all older stuff now that I have to catch on DVD.

Oh, and since we're on the subject of TV, if you missed the The Wire, you missed the best TV in the last 10 years.

GamePlayer wrote:Oh, and since we're on the subject of TV, if you missed the The Wire, you missed the best TV in the last 10 years.

Testify!

(And Rome and Deadwood are both worth an investment; both feature excellent writing. No KJAs were allowed anywhere near those shows)

TheDukester wrote:

GamePlayer wrote:Oh, and since we're on the subject of TV, if you missed the The Wire, you missed the best TV in the last 10 years.

Testify!

(And Rome and Deadwood are both worth an investment; both feature excellent writing. No KJAs were allowed anywhere near those shows)

I've heard lotsa good things about The Wire. Definitely on my short list. Before that, though, I have three seasons of Weeds to digest, but those are half hour eps and should go quick.

Rome and Deadwood are EXCELLENT.

Ive been DVR'ing a show called Life, which I love, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Life on Mars. Ill get Lost and BSG when they both return. Ill watch the last season of The Shield when that comes out on DVD. Ive been wanting to watch Rome for some time, but my buddy down the hall has not brought the disks to loan to me yet. I tried to watch a few episodes of The Wire, but did not get into it. The one episode I caught that I can rememer a bunch of police captains sat around debating police tactics. Boooooooring! Weeds? No interest at all. Same with Big Love. My kids love it when I sit down with them and watch Yo Gabba Gabba and my sweet little daughter is in love with a show called Little Bill, by Bill Cosby, so I catch that stuff sometimes. Not looking forward to the next installment of 24. I think someone told me that he saved Africa in two hours, real-time in that TV movie last week.

I've heard incredibly good things about The Wire. I keep meaning to hunt it down.

Omphalos wrote:Ive been DVR'ing a show called Life, which I love, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Life on Mars. Ill get Lost and BSG when they both return. Ill watch the last season of The Shield when that comes out on DVD. Ive been wanting to watch Rome for some time, but my buddy down the hall has not brought the disks to loan to me yet. I tried to watch a few episodes of The Wire, but did not get into it. The one episode I caught that I can rememer a bunch of police captains sat around debating police tactics. Boooooooring! Weeds? No interest at all. Same with Big Love. My kids love it when I sit down with them and watch Yo Gabba Gabba and my sweet little daughter is in love with a show called Little Bill, by Bill Cosby, so I catch that stuff sometimes. Not looking forward to the next installment of 24. I think someone told me that he saved Africa in two hours, real-time in that TV movie last week.

I like "Life" for the long arc story, but the day to day stuff is only just holding my attention. "Weeds" was great for the first season and I lost interest.

I'm still digging "Californication" even though it is shown at about midnight over here. We watch "Bones" and "NCIS" for no-brainer mystery/csi type viewing.

I was big into "house", but it is getting pretty repetitive.

nothing that inspirational at the moment. we are so far behind the states. I hope you guys are sending over something good soon!

Now?

Sherlock Holmes movies.

If I time it right on the DishTV, I can pretty much keep The Family Guy on all the time.

Hee Haw's on RFDTV twice a day now, so there's that.

Rome sucks.

Pretty weak story surrounded by gratuitous breasts.

BSG and Lost are both back in January, though I'm pretty sure both will be thoroughly disappointing. I always try to catch The Office and 30 Rock, but The Office is also slipping, in my opinion. Remember when it was a somewhat realistic comedy in which only Dwight and Michael were morons? Now, every character on that show is totally retarded. I just hate how overly-quirky they all are. Yet I watch anyway...

I recommend 30 Rock. I've never particularly liked Alec Baldwin until this show, and now I love him. He's much better suited for comedy.

Drunken Idaho wrote:Rome sucks.

Pretty weak story surrounded by gratuitous breasts.

I...I...I...have no answer to that.

Spicelon wrote:

Drunken Idaho wrote:Rome sucks.

Pretty weak story surrounded by gratuitous breasts.

I...I...I...have no answer to that.

Rome sucks.

Pretty weak story surrounded by gratuitous breasts.

...and your point is...?

Well, with two kids in the house now, TV is at a very low level of interest : Dora the explorer, her cousin Diego, Sleeping beauty,etc...

So i'm in hibernation until BSG makes a mother-frakking come back...

Spicelon, a lot of upper management types are Ayn Rand freaks, she appeals to Wall Street exec's big time, justifies their selfishness and greedy behavior.

I've recently watched:

Rome seasons 1-2
Veronica Mars seasons 1-3
Dead Like Me seasons 1-2
Big Train seasons 1-2
Black Books seasons 1-3
Weeds seasons 1-2, 3 is on its way
Nip/Tuck seasons 1-4 totally fucked up & perverse I love it!
The L Word seasons 1-5 lesbians nuff said
Big Love seasons 1-2 polygamy drama
The Avengers Complete Emma Peel Mega set Diana Rigg yummyness
Entourage seasons 1-2

From netflix I have the first season of the Wire and Carnivale and some anime shows waiting. Need to add Mad Men.

Rob

this has been bothering me for awhile, and I'm just drunk enough to post about it

I've learned alot recently from you folks about this internet thing,
as I've told you - my experiance has been real basic, get what I
need and get out - with this stuck in the house thing, I've had time to
learn. One thing I picked up is how you link to emoticons from other
sites - like the breasts above. I found that one and several others from
this board, and the original site is onegreatguy.net

So I finally got around to seeing just what that site was, and well ....

I'm not realy judgemental, but it's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
I'm just wondering, not saying anything here, but who found the site in the first place ?

I used to be a big fan of 24, but not so much any more. But the first season of that show has my favorite moment of TV ever. Jack and some guy who was about to die were pinned down by snipers in a parking garage. They kill one baddie, and before escaping Jack says, "Hold on while I go ID that guy." He makes his way over to the body where you think he will fingerprint the guy, but no. He pulled out his pocket knife, cut the guy's thumb off and stuck it in his pocket. I was hooked after that.

I guess I've seen enough real-life violence and death in my life,
I sometimes get bothered by casual killings in entertainment.
The body count in "kid-friendly" Star Wars movies is kinda
staggering. Not that I'm advocating censorship or anything
like that. It's just a personal thing - I'll watch a drama or
comedy long before action movies. I've really been disturbed
by the popularity of Crime Procedurals, tho - for one, they seem
to be exploiting American's fear of random crime in their neighborhoods
and are not very realistic in the portrayal of police or forensic work.

Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" has a great sequence tho, where
he thinks "maybe the movies are responsible for the immense amount
of gun murders in the US", then goes to Canada and talks to kids who
watch just as many violent movies, but don't kill each other at the rate
American kids do. ("it must be because Canadians don't have guns
like Americans do" he thinks, then goes to Canadian gun stores - nope,
they sell guns & ammo at Wal-Mart just like down here)(turns out, it's
the Culture of Fear perpetuated by the US Government and Media)

Baraka Bryan wrote:michael moore is a genius and really knows how to dig as deep as he must to find the absolute, unbiased truth behind the evils of the republicans.

You were reading my mind there, MMoore is so unbiased it's truly awesome.

ya'll seen his films, have ya ?
ya'll wanna have an in-depth discussion about 'em ?

Michael Moore's favorite subject is Michael Moore.

My part in the discussion is over. I'm glad I could contribute.

SandRider wrote:ya'll seen his films, have ya ?
ya'll wanna have an in-depth discussion about 'em ?

I would. I personally think that Bowling for Columbine was one of the best thought out and presented documentaries of all time, but I certainly would not call Moore unbiased. He is highly biased, but in the things that he speaks out about, I think that a biased voice is needed to add some balance. Its like the teeter totter is swinging so far one way that when Moore comes along a lot of weight (no pun intended) is needed to life that end back off the ground and move it more towards center balance.

The only good thing to come out of Michael Moore and his BS is "Team America Ate My Baby"

GamePlayer wrote:The only good thing to come out of Michael Moore and his BS is "Team America Ate My Baby"

You did not think that the arguments in Bowling for Columbine were well thought out and presented? In not asking you if you agree with his politics, but as a documentary artifact you did not like that film?

An unbiased documentary isn't much of a documentary, unless it's presented in a cinema verite (fly-on-the-wall) way, a la Don't Look Back. But this doesn't apply to Moore's films because he's always talking about politics on a broad scale.

His films are pretty good, especially Columbine, but the new Slacker Uprising is pretty shitty. But then again it was free so I guess you get what you pay for.

I do find myself agreeing with him most of the time.

Omphalos wrote:

SandRider wrote:ya'll seen his films, have ya ?
ya'll wanna have an in-depth discussion about 'em ?

I would. I personally think that Bowling for Columbine was one of the best thought out and presented documentaries of all time, but I certainly would not call Moore unbiased. He is highly biased, but in the things that he speaks out about, I think that a biased voice is needed to add some balance. Its like the teeter totter is swinging so far one way that when Moore comes along a lot of weight (no pun intended) is needed to life that end back off the ground and move it more towards center balance.

Ditto.
And I understand BB's bias - Moore is an abrasive character, but Omph's
right, Bowling for Columbine is an important film. Plus, it makes Canadians
look real good. So there's that for ya ....