The Big TV Post
Thinking about the loss of TV Torrents made me realize that for somone who “doesn’t like to watch TV” and doesn’t have cable (and gets pretty lousy reception) I sure watch a lot of TV.
Current obsessions
- Gilmore Girls: Sure the witty banter is just a little too witty, but this show is fantastic.
- Farscape: This is our current NetFlix watch-the-whole-series-from-beginning-to-end project.
- Stargate: Atlantis: I’m too far behind to watch SG-1, so I thought I would start fresh with Atlantis. Season 1 wasn’t too bad, but we’ll see how things develop.
- Battletar Galactica: The best sci-fi show on TV (not that there are many), and possibly one of my favorite shows of all time.
Current not-quite-obsessions
- Lost: I like shows where the writers are clearly thinking ahead.
- Arrested Development: Painfully funny.
So good we bought the DVD
- The Simpsons: Thanks to these DVDs I will soon be able to recite every Simpsons episode from memory (great to watch while doing the dishes).
- Futurama: Only volumes 1 and 2 so far.
Previous obsessions
- Previous NetFlix projects include Star Trek: Next Generation, Deep Space 9, and Voyager (well, we watched Voyager more out of a sense of duty than anything else).
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This is the show that got me hooked on BitTorrent.
- Firefly: Joss Whedon is my master now.
- Smallville: Not as interesting as it once was.
- Enterprise: I loved season 3, and parts of season 4 were OK, but I lost interest before we even got to the series finale.
- The Amazing Race: Having Rob and Amber on last season (plus the deplorable skill demonstrated by the other teams) has weakened my interest considerably.
Also, cnet recently turned TV Tome (aka IMDb for TV) in TV.com and so far I’m not digging the new site. A lot of info got lost in the transition, the shows are harder to link to (http://www.tvtome.com/Farscape/ became http://www.tv.com/farscape/show/1029/summary.html), and there are a LOT more ads.
not to add to your obsessions, but if you like literate banter, check out the hilarious and dramatic sportsnight. it takes 2-3 episode’s to hit its stride, but after that it’s 2 seasons of pure wonderfulness.
I had forgotten about that show. I remember hearing good things about while it was on, but that was when I didn’t actually own a TV. Of course, I don’t actually watch much TV on my TV now that I do own one. Anyways, I’ll have to add it to the Netflix queue.
Heh, I’m the same way: I don’t watch too much TV, unless you count what I watch through the computer, and then.. um…
My brother and his girlfriend are really into Gilmore Girls; I may have to start watching it.
And second Sportsnight. I had a roommate who got the whole thing for Christmas and we used to watch it all the time. It’s the same guy who wrote (writes?) The West Wing, and a lot of people like that series too.
Glad to see you’re still chipping away at Farscape. How’d you like Season 3? Don’t forget “The Peacekeeper Wars” when you’re done with 4.
I just sent you a new Lupin movie recommendation in NetFlix. They’ve been adding them slowly so do a search on it from time to time.