Fave TV program...

[PaleDuke]

Well ? What show has the pull strong enough to tear you away from the 'puter ?

Me ? "Law&Order"

edit: SVU is perhaps even better than the original series.

[ 05-25-2001: Message edited by: PaleDuke ]

[ItsNoot]

TV has gone pretty wayward for me since Seinfeld left. However. My wife watches ER, and while I start the show from the computer room, I always end up finishing it on the couch.

Noot

[MonotremeMed]

Hockey.

Followed shortly by any good war documentary on the History channel

And, of course, Iron Chef.

But, more than anything, the Simpsons.

[ 05-29-2001: Message edited by: MonotremeMed ]

[Pretty Hate Machine]

Footie!!!

Preferably, a Liverpool game :D

[Slacker]

The Simpsons
Futurama
The West Wing
Law and Order
Ed
Boston Public
The Practice
ER

Word...

[Flash]

Ed is the only TV show I watch every week, that and maybe South Park.

[JaimeJenn]

ED
ER
Who's Line Is It Anyway?
Third Watch
Will & Grace
Trading Spaces (TLC)
Law & Order
Law & Order SVU

[ 05-26-2001: Message edited by: SierraMist ]

[PaleDuke]

Slacker,,,((((CRIUS!)))),,,and Sierra, with all those shows having the power to tear you away from the 'puter how can you maintain your elite hacking skills ?

[ 05-27-2001: Message edited by: PaleDuke ]

[Roland Trembo]

Walking with the dinosaurs.

oh and any formula 1 grand prix on tv.

nothing in the last few years seem to interest me.

Films on the other hand are another matter, while I dont watch much tv if any, I watch many many films every week, not on the computer, mainly on cable and DVD, in addition to the theatre.

but tv programs I used to watch in the pre-PC days were "a-team" "knight rider" "battlestar galatica" "Quantum leap" and of course my all time favourites "Monkey" & "Tales of the golden monkey"

[Drakkenfyre]

Originally posted by Roland Trembo:
Walking with the dinosaurs.

I have Walking with Dinosaurs on DVD, it is a 2-disc set, with the original show, and "The Making Of", but you probably already have that, lol,

-Drakk )))

[melchy]

These tend to drag me from the computer

Babylon 5 :)
Stargate
Farscape
Buffy
Angel
The Simpsons
Red Dwarf
Blackadder
Mr Bean
One foot in the grave
Have I got News for you
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

The X-File used to but not any more :(

[ 05-28-2001: Message edited by: melchy ]

[Pretty Hate Machine]

Yeah, apart from the footie, Red Dwarf is guaranteed to pull me away from anything :D

Blackadder, Bottom, The X-Files, South Park, Sabrina (not a word, you lot :p), 3rd Rock, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and They Think It's All Over are more shows that I'm quite partial to :D

[melchy]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

How could i forget bottom, the young ones and south park

[Cop]

-Simpsons/Futurama
-X-Files
-Stargate (when it was still on over here)
-Some movies I haven't seen before
-Have I got news for you (BBC) and the Dutch version of that same show...

[czorhanz]

ME LIKES ANGIE HARMON :eek: :eek:
I WILL KILL JASON SEHORN :)

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[$hortyDaPimp]

-Simpsons
-ER
-Who's Line?

[AMD-Tech]

Simpsons
Seinfeld
Law & Order
The West Wing
The X-Files
Dark Angel
Buffy
Who's Line Is It Anyway?

[msan_msw]

Don't watch much TV but I'll flip on:

Who's Line Is It Anyway?
MASH
Stargate
Croc Hunter
X-Files (I used to be addicted... then one day I just stopped cold turkey :eek :)

I pretty much just leave it on for the noise on the comedy channel or discovery channel.

[Pretty Hate Machine]

Originally posted by Copkiller:

-Have I got news for you (BBC)



Haha, nice one Copkiller...another one I completely forgot about. :eek:

Drop the Dead Donkey's brilliant, too. :)

[ 06-03-2001: Message edited by: Pretty Hate Machine ]

[Ambience]

Animaniacs....secondly, Pinkey and the Brain.

Narf!

[czorhanz]

anytime football, hockey, baseball,or basketball is on ;)

[Datalyss]

Not including re-runs, I currently watch Flash Gordon, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, ...Jay Leno,...Conan O'Brian, and The Sarah Conner Chronicles looks very promising.

Looking forward to new eps. of Supernatural (Jan. 31st), the final two season 1 eps. of Chuck (Jan 24th), and season 2 of Torchwood (Jan. 26th).

Doctor Who season 30 airs this Spring on the BBC in the UK, so I guess SciFi will air it around mid-August.

Hoping for the return of my Heroes, The Bionic Woman (tho doubtful), and season 6 of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

[1badjedi]

wow talk about a necro. this thread has phm and ambience in it. :O

[czorhanz]

Somone was doing some thread fishing wow. my favorite shows have changed since 2001. anything on the military channel,speed channel or history channel.

[1badjedi]

there is a science channel and the international history channel that is close to the military channel and i click between all 3 if i watch at all. the science chan is way cool tho. they actually had video from inside a tornado yesterday that was realy tight to see. 30ft tall trees being snapped like matchsticks. :ugh:

[Cop]

-Simpsons/Futurama
-X-Files
-Stargate (when it was still on over here)
-Some movies I haven't seen before
-Have I got news for you (BBC) and the Dutch version of that same show...
Lol, X-files has been gone for years, and Stargate I gave up on after the first season (which I guess was showing when this thread was posted originally). Movies I've completely stopped watching on TV (DVD only).

But strangely enough, the rest is still pretty much the same. I still love both Simpsons and Futurama (even though I don't watch them on TV anymore, only DVD), but I can also add Family Guy and American Dad.

Have I got news and the Dutch version of that show are still about the only thing I still turn on the TV for and will even tape when I can't watch them live...

[Datalyss]

Also, the Mythbusters are back with a new one tomorrow night.

I also forgot to mention L.A. Ink.

[Datalyss]

wow talk about a necro. this thread has phm and ambience in it. :O

phm?

[Datalyss]

Somone was doing some thread fishing wow.

Just tryin' to keep the board alive. :)

[HumanBeast]

South Park
Mutual Of Omaha's Wildlife programs

[Hawk]

phm?

one of the people's names who posted in this thread

[Datalyss]

Another one that looks quite promising IMO:

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[Datalyss]

one of the people's names who posted in this thread

Oh, you mean Pretty Hate Machine. Just noticed it.

[Mole]

The Office

[Cop]

:lol: @ new Knightrider...

[Datalyss]

:lol: @ new Knightrider...

why do you find it funny?

[bt_refugee]

Lol, X-files has been gone for years

New movie comin' soon...

Fave Progs ATM:

Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Wire
The Shield
Doctor Who
Bruce Parry's "Tribe"
Family Guy

[5_day_forecast]

Walking with the dinosaurs.

oh and any formula 1 grand prix on tv.

nothing in the last few years seem to interest me.

Films on the other hand are another matter, while I dont watch much tv if any, I watch many many films every week, not on the computer, mainly on cable and DVD, in addition to the theatre.

but tv programs I used to watch in the pre-PC days were "a-team" "knight rider" "battlestar galatica" "Quantum leap" and of course my all time favourites "Monkey" & "Tales of the golden monkey"

Hey - Welcome to the boards! I've apparently got like 70 rich and dead relatives in your country who're all dying to send me their inheritence!

Couldn't resist the joke. Welcome aboard!!!

[1badjedi]

phm?


petty hurt machine. :bigthumb:

[EG]

The Food Network.

[1badjedi]

The Food Network.

whoda thunk it. :D

[Cop]

why do you find it funny?
It's gotta suck. How could you still have a believable futuristic series about a talking car at this day and age? That worked in the '80-ies, it isn't going to work now...

The only way they could've made it still work was if they made it into a movie and gave it the Starsky & Hutch treatment. Very tongue in cheek...

[1badjedi]

The only way they could've made it still work was if they made it into a movie and gave it the Starsky & Hutch treatment. Very tongue in cheek...


oh yeah that'd work. the hoff could even make an appearance or 2 with a witty quip or be the butt of a joke. :D

[bt_refugee]

I totally forgot Entourage... sat watching Season 2 now :lol:

[opus512]

Only show I really give a crap on right now is Lost, if it ever comes back on, meh.

[bt_refugee]

Lost Interest... LOL :lol:

[Datalyss]

A new season of American Chopper premeires in 4 hours. SQUEE! :D

[Datalyss]

OT: The board's time seems to be slow by about 6 minutes. Also, the board seems to be going down from time to time.

[Cop]

Also, the board seems to be going down from time to time.
You don't say? Now there's something that has never ever happened before...

[Apoch003]

Doctor Who

Giving Torchwood another chance after the shite first season. I hope they pull their collective heads outta their asses and start being competent.

New Futuramas

Mythbusters (can't get enough of Adams goofyness).

UFO files on the History Channel. Stupid, but entertaining.

[Datalyss]

You don't say? Now there's something that has never ever happened before...

Hey. I'm new ok, I didn't know this was an ongoing problem. Gimme a break.

[Babel-17]

Hey. I'm new ok, I didn't know this was an ongoing problem. Gimme a break.

Yeah, it takes a while to grok that on SC that kind of teasing is actually affection, a sign that you are a regular. lol, it's only when your posts and threads get totally ignored that you have cause to wonder "wtf?".

Oh, and Cop, I forgot to mention the other day, most porn from europe ain't worth the bandwidth. Seems to be made by either ridiculously pretentious "auteur" wannabe's or thuggish euro-mafia types (it's as if Christopher from the Sopranos was directing and Paulie Walnuts was holding the camera, coked up whores courtesy of the Bada Bing).

And I really respect and admire Cop. :D I rep him long time.

[EG]

whoda thunk it. :D


I learn to cook things from it and eat good in tha hood....:bigthumb:

[Datalyss]

Yeah, it takes a while to grok that on SC that kind of teasing is actually affection.

Well I consider teasing to a personal attack. Don't piss me off, and I'll try not to piss you off.

[Mole]

lol he said piss.

[Datalyss]

I give up. Being angry is no fun if you can't scare people.

[5_day_forecast]

I give up. Being angry is no fun if you can't scare people.

Talk politics with EG and Opus sometime. You want flame, y'got it! Just mention the words Bush, Global Warming, Health Care, and say FUCK a lot.

[Cop]

Oh, and Cop, I forgot to mention the other day, most porn from europe ain't worth the bandwidth. Seems to be made by either ridiculously pretentious "auteur" wannabe's or thuggish euro-mafia types
At least the girls look great, not like many of those American porn 'stars' that all seem to try to look like one another. Even the ones that start out pretty eventually evolve into these typical trailerific porno bimbettes...

[Babel-17]

At least the girls look great, not like many of those American porn 'stars' that all seem to try to look like one another. Even the ones that start out pretty eventually evolve into these typical trailerific porno bimbettes...

:) True enough

Back on Topic:

Damages

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914387/

Didn't think I'd be very impressed and I didn't think I'd be able to avoid snickering at all the baggage this type of show has to deal with.

I was wrong. :) Glenn Close takes her role to a whole other level. Ted Danson delivered a really nuanced performance. The "babe" of the show, Rose Byrne, sinks her hooks into the viewer and really makes you care what happens to her.

Sooooo many pleasant surprises ...... e.g. Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske, he plays Ted Dansons lawyer. At first we think we're just going to get a performance from an excellent character actor but then we see his role steadily evolving.

It's still "just" TV but it really challenges conventional thinking as to what the limits are of that format.

Edit: I agree with the critic who said that you need to give the show a chance, it's the second episode that lets you know the ride is getting started.

[ManxMan]

Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis)
Battlestar Galactica
Moonlight
Scrubs

[Drakkenfyre]

Woah, woah, woah, they are doing a new Knight Rider? WTF?

One of my favorite series of all time, and I miss this new version? What? Lol.

The "Knight Industries Three Thousand" ? There was already a Knight Industries Four Thousand, but it was in the terrible, terrible Knight Rider 2000 movie, lol. And a Mustang? WTF? There are still Firebirds out there morons! 2002 Firebird. But a Mustang? Barf, lol.

http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/02firebird.jpg

The scanner, while looking interesting, is too changed from the original. Double-sweeping isn't needed.

David Hasselhof has been trying to get a Knight Rider movie done for years. Last I heard he wasn't happy with one particular studio because they wanted KITT to NOT talk at all.

As for my favorite shows.

Stargate SG-1
Stargate: Atlantis
MythBusters

Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis were the only reasons I watched SciFi anymore. The channel has sucked for years. Going so far as showing ECW Wrestling. The CEO Bonnie Hammer openly said years ago she hated "scifi and space shows", so why the !@#$ would you be the CEO of a network dedicated to it? SciFi "Originals" are absolutely pieces of trash, and the few shows that do go over big they !@#$ over anyway (Stargate SG-1, FarScape.)

-Drakk )))

[Babel-17]

Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis)
Battlestar Galactica
Moonlight
Scrubs

I just started watching Moonlight on youtube, some of the episodes are incomplete but, wow, I'm loving this show.

Out of the hundreds of crappy things they could do to frak the show up they barely do any of them. (The show is going to remind people of Forever Knight).

And they get so much very right. Really good music choices, great casting and editing, quite decent scripts, a decent infusion of humor, and a fairly fresh take on what is a much traveled theme.

:bigthumb: More than just a guilty pleasure.