TV shows you still love. And those you don't anymore - Page 7

dissention · #91 11-10-2004, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Serrart

Bette

"Look, look! All the glamour of a leather bar without the two drink minimum!"

dissention · #92 11-10-2004, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

because I am sure someone overseas (ie-China) has bootlegged versions of American Gothic on DVD.

Brian j.

I JUST BOUGHT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It set me back almost $60, but it's worth it.

estranged4life · #93 11-10-2004, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I JUST BOUGHT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It set me back almost $60, but it's worth it.

just saw one for $45 plus $6 shipping in Wisconsin.

DeadliestPoison · #94 11-10-2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal

Buffy T.V.S.
Angel (Axed before its time

)

Yay!

I think Buffy sort of outstayed it's welcome, though. IMO, it should have ended when it was SUPPOSED to -- at the end of the 5th season. Of course, then we wouldn't have seen the musical episode (the one good episode of Season 6, aside from Normal Again) and the only good episodes of Season 7: Selfless, Conversations With Dead People. Of course, IMO. That didn't stop me from getting Season 6 on DVD, though. And I won't be able to survive without a shiny S7 DVD set to stand with all the other seasons. And can I just say right now that I HATED HATED H.A.T.E.D. the series finale? And Spike? Spike should have impaled himself on a chairleg or something after Season 2. Because, really. Why. Why do they torture me. He chewed the scenes. The show became All. About. Spike. And LEST WE FORGET. He has a soooooouuuulllll noooooowwww. www.stfu.omg. Die, Spike. Plz. Plz die. And then he had to go over to Angel? Gah. Someone hates me.

I came into Angel late. I started watching when it first started out, then lost interest. I came back in during the last few episodes of Season 4 and my GOD was it good. Hot damn. I remember when they thought they got Angel's soul back? And surprise! Dupe'D. That owned. I actually GASPED. I think there was an "AWESOME." or "HOMAHGAH." in there, too. And how cool was Illyria in the last season?

But anyway. I don't watch TV much anymore, now that Buffy and Angel are gone. I do watch and LOVE Dead Like Me, though. Hot damn that's a good show. They're sort of making everything up as they go along, but that's fine because it keeps us (the audience) guessing. Like when, on Halloween, they busted out the "Oh, by the way, on Halloween, people can see what you really look like" card? Insane. And when George goes to see Reggie and REGGIE SEES HER OMGWTFBBQ. I love that show so muchz0rzZzZzzz.

So. In short: Bye, Buffy. Bye, Angel. I LOVE YOU, DEAD LIKE ME DJKAHSKJDGSA. <3<3<3

dissention · #95 11-10-2004, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

just saw one for $45 plus $6 shipping in Wisconsin.

I got mine from England, but it's a seller I've bought from before. I love the "Buy It Now" feature, I hate waiting.

I remember bidding on a Korean DVD of Dogville with Nicole Kidman and it took forever from the time I bid and had it in my hand. Drove me absolutely bonkers. But I love the weird stamps that Korea has.

estranged4life · #96 11-10-2004, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I got mine from England, but it's a seller I've bought from before. I love the "Buy It Now" feature, I hate waiting.

I remember bidding on a Korean DVD of Dogville with Nicole Kidman and it took forever from the time I bid and had it in my hand. Drove me absolutely bonkers. But I love the weird stamps that Korea has.

option is the only way to go...

Brian j.

Neal · #97 11-10-2004, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

Yay!

I think Buffy sort of outstayed it's welcome, though. IMO, it should have ended when it was SUPPOSED to -- at the end of the 5th season. Of course, then we wouldn't have seen the musical episode (the one good episode of Season 6, aside from Normal Again) and the only good episodes of Season 7: Selfless, Conversations With Dead People. Of course, IMO. That didn't stop me from getting Season 6 on DVD, though. And I won't be able to survive without a shiny S7 DVD set to stand with all the other seasons. And can I just say right now that I HATED HATED H.A.T.E.D. the series finale? And Spike? Spike should have impaled himself on a chairleg or something after Season 2. Because, really. Why. Why do they torture me. He chewed the scenes. The show became All. About. Spike. And LEST WE FORGET. He has a soooooouuuulllll noooooowwww. www.stfu.omg. Die, Spike. Plz. Plz die. And then he had to go over to Angel? Gah. Someone hates me.

I came into Angel late. I started watching when it first started out, then lost interest. I came back in during the last few episodes of Season 4 and my GOD was it good. Hot damn. I remember when they thought they got Angel's soul back? And surprise! Dupe'D. That owned. I actually GASPED. I think there was an "AWESOME." or "HOMAHGAH." in there, too. And how cool was Illyria in the last season?

But anyway. I don't watch TV much anymore, now that Buffy and Angel are gone. I do watch and LOVE Dead Like Me, though. Hot damn that's a good show. They're sort of making everything up as they go along, but that's fine because it keeps us (the audience) guessing. Like when, on Halloween, they busted out the "Oh, by the way, on Halloween, people can see what you really look like" card? Insane. And when George goes to see Reggie and REGGIE SEES HER OMGWTFBBQ. I love that show so muchz0rzZzZzzz.

So. In short: Bye, Buffy. Bye, Angel. I LOVE YOU, DEAD LIKE ME DJKAHSKJDGSA. <3<3<3

While you obviously have great taste in general

, I totally have to disagree with you on Buffy S6!!! The whole Dark Willow thing was probably one of my favorite arcs of the whole series!!!!

And while I thought Spike worked well on Angel, he was definitely overused on Buffy's last two seasons...

Have you since caught up on Angel via dvds/reruns?? Seasons 2-4 are absolutely fabulous! As good as (if not better than) Buffy at its best...

And Dead Like Me rocks.

markolas · #98 11-10-2004, 07:22 PM

I used to love, but am now over:

The Cosby Show (Ozzie & Harriet for the '80s)
Will & Grace (it's become nothing but an endless series of "fag" jokes)

I've always loved:

The Golden Girls
Dallas (up until the season where they killed Bobby off)
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Jeffersons
The Addams Family
Bewitched
Frasier

Used to not really like, but now enjoy:

Roseanne (up until the season where they won the lottery)
Sanford and Son

I never really liked:

Soap
Diff'rent Strokes

Johnny Stew · #99 11-10-2004, 07:45 PM

As much as I love John Ritter, I have to be in the mood to watch 'Three's Company.' Sometimes I'll come across an episode and enjoy it, and other times I can't make it through the whole thing.
I definitely tend to prefer the earlier episodes with Suzanne Somers though. The ones I turn off are almost always the ones with Jennilee Harrison (the Gena Lee Nolin of her day) or Priscilla Barnes.

A couple years ago, somebody was playing 'Alice' in the afternoons. I think it was Spike-TV, back when they were still TNN (The Nashville Network/The National Network).
I loved it as a kid, but couldn't manage to sit through it as an adult.
Still loved the theme song though!

I had trouble tolerating 'The Greatest American Hero' when it was running on fX, too... but loved it as a kid.

I can still watch 'Wonder Woman,' 'The Incredible Hulk,' 'Bionic Woman,' 'Dark Shadows' (the 90s revival), and quite a number of old sitcoms.

Johnny Stew · #**100** 11-10-2004, 07:48 PM

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That's my problem with the Simpsons now... it's TOO joke-y, and they've turned the characters into such farces of what they used to be. Homer used to have a heart, and was so much more than what he is now- a one-dimensional idiot. I haven't watched the Simpsons in years, I feel dumber when I do.

That's been a huge complaint within the Simpsons fan community for several years now, and the current writing staff, etc., has been trying to gradually bringing it back to something closer to what it was before.

I still enjoy it immensely, but it is better to see less buffoonery and more heart. They used to do a brilliant job of walking that tightrope, and I think they can again.

dissention · #**101** 11-10-2004, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

A couple years ago, somebody was playing 'Alice' in the afternoons. I think it was Spike-TV, back when they were still TNN (The Nashville Network/The National Network).
I loved it as a kid, but couldn't manage to sit through it as an adult.
Still loved the theme song though!

That reminds me, you know what they should bring back for reruns? "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." That was a GREAT show. That one where Martin Mull just stared into the camera for 15 minutes straight was priceless.

Johnny Stew · #**102** 11-10-2004, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

American Gothic SO needs to be put on DVD, all 22 episodes.

Man, did I ever love that show. Every minute of it.
I was SO bummed when they cancelled it. I think that was the season directly after they cancelled 'Dark Shadows' (which was on Fridays, too, but on NBC), which I was already very disappointed about.

Johnny Stew · #**103** 11-10-2004, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

That reminds me, you know what they should bring back for reruns? "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." That was a GREAT show. That one where Martin Mull just stared into the camera for 15 minutes straight was priceless.

You know what though, TV Land played a couple episodes of that last year (or the year before), and I didn't get into it like I did when I was younger (sometimes I was allowed to stay up to watch Late-Night TV for a treat if it wasn't a school night).

amber · #**104** 11-10-2004, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

but it is better to see less buffoonery and more heart.

What?! From the Simpsons? Heart? geez...ok, i'll stop now, but...HEART? from the Simpsons?

dissention · #**105** 11-10-2004, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Man, did I ever love that show. Every minute of it.
I was SO bummed when they cancelled it. I think that was the season directly after they cancelled 'Dark Shadows' (which was on Fridays, too, but on NBC), which I was already very disappointed about.

The new Dark Shadows took awhile for me to get used to, but it was pretty good. But American Gothic was an immediate favorite. I've been praying for years that we'd get a movie or even a TV movie, considering that Sam Raimi was behind the show. They wrapped it up pretty well, but there are still lots of things left unanswered.

Another one I loved was "Friday the 13th: The Series."