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The Friday Question - TV Series

Mike April 4th, 2008 Television

This week I’ve finally gotten my wife to start watching Battlestar Galactica, and it was her own choice, but I’m sure my constant oogling over it had some effect.

So far we’ve gotten through Season 1 and 5 episodes of Season 2, and she’s enjoying it. I knew she would. However, she wants to make sure YOU ALL KNOW it’s still a science fiction show, even if I try to tell you all that it’s way more than that.

The only bummer is that she wont be caught up for tonight’s Season 4 premiere, but I’m sure we’ll catch up sometime next week.

On the subject of TV series and watching them on DVD comes this week’s Friday Question.

What TV series do you want to start watching on DVD that you haven’t seen before?

We love to watch TV shows we’ve never seen before on DVD, because you can just rip through them and not miss important stuff. BSG has been great, because I’m catching stuff I missed before. We also just checked out the 13-episode season of Kitchen Confidential, which was pretty entertaining.

For me, my answer is The Sopranos. I’ve heard it’s awesome, I know it’s awesome, but it’s a daunting SIX seasons long and I’ve not found the time to just sit down and start watching.

What about you? What’s next on your list for TV shows on DVD?

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Jason 4 months ago 1 point
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You can put me down for pretty much all of the HBO series that everyone said was good, The Sopranos included. I haven't seen any of them.

I've seen a lot of the episodes from Enterprise but I didn't see much from the last few seasons so I've been thinking of sitting down and watching the whole series in order. So, I guess Star Trek: Enterprise would be my pick.

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Steven 4 months ago 1 point
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Man, I guess I will have to be unoriginal and say Galactica because I can't think of another show I would want to watch on DVD right now. The only problem is, a few of the twists/surprises have been spoiled for me because I was an idiot and watched part of the SciFi Channel special on it last week. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

And guys, check out The Sopranos. I watched the whole series on DVD. Except for a few hiccups, it is incredible and one of my all time favorites. Once you start watching it you will forget that you have six seasons to get through.

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Kory 4 months ago 1 point
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Definitely, Entourage. We have seen a few episodes over the years and liked it. However, since we do not have HBO, we never got on the bandwagon. Sopranos would be next.

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The Trousered Ape 4 months ago 1 point
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I saw a few of the Soprano's and thought there were terrific and would love to see those from the beginning, so that's one.

The New BSG is another along with FireFly (which we have on DVD, but haven't taken the time to start going through).

Heroes and Life were a couple of others that I had heard good things about. I think I can catch up on both of those on Hulu, but I'm not sure if they have all the episodes posted yet.

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Steven 4 months ago 1 point
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Completely forgot about Entourage. That would have to be at the top of my list.

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Mike 4 months ago 1 point
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Entourage is worth it and it's a quick one because of the 30 minute format, so you can rip through those quick.

Firefly, BSG are good ones of course :)

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jina 4 months ago 1 point
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Okay... I have a few. The Sopranos, of course. Also Sex and the City (haven't seen them all). Runners-up would include: How I Met Your Mother and House.

Oh, and "but IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m sure weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll catch up sometime next week". Next week! That's a lot of BSG watching between now and then! I better take my anti-radiation medicine!

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Mike 4 months ago 1 point
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If you can get through like 30 more episodes in a week, I'll think yer a Cylon...and like Helo, it will NOT be a problem for me :)

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Kory 4 months ago 1 point
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Tracy watches How I met your mother. She says it is pretty decent.

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Frank C 4 months ago 1 point
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I'd only buy a TV series DVD if I had seen it before hand. Since these sets are usually quite expensive I can't see throwing down $100+ for them even with a good rep.

However, I have been catching several series I missed the first time around now that they're on Hulu. This includes Chuck, Burn Notice (sadly, no longer on Hulu), Firefly, Kitchen Nightmares (Gordon Ramsey reminds me of Vic of Blogger Unleashed!) and a few others. I've even been catching up with shows like Time Tunnel I vaguely remember seeing as a kid.

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Mike 4 months ago 1 point
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You could also just RENT them Frank, you don't have to buy :)

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nicky 4 months ago 1 point
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jina, i can't believe you gave in.
i can't really think of any series i want to watch that i haven't yet. i didn't watch all the seasons of the soprano's or sex and the city though since i had to cancel hbo on my poor college student budget. so i'd like to finish those!

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Cap'n Schwartz 4 months ago 1 point
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@ Jason Enterprise season 3 was the best... this series was cut way too short!!!

@ Jina watch a whole season in whole day, thats what the Cap'n did!!!

@ Frank C, crap!?!?! Burn Notice isnt on Hulu anymore?!?! Doh! My parents wanted me to watch that .... ruh roh...

But my pick for a series is.... Jina picked it for me, Lost. She picked up BSG, so I agreed to catch Lost....

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Mike 4 months ago 1 point
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Can't wait to see what you think Cap'n....you got a lot to catch up on. And I think Lost has more episodes per season than BSG :)

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Cap'n Schwartz 4 months ago 1 point
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I just cant imagine its BSG-esque, but I will try to not have any expectations, will probably be able to start it in about a week, I'll give you and Mrs. Mo updates...

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R.A. Porter 4 months ago 1 point
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Lost for me, but at this point I'm just going to wait until it's finished up and watch it from the start (relatively) unspoiled. Other than I know there was a four-toed statue and a hatch. :)

I refused to watch it the first season because I'd seen what J.J. was like before. He could put together a smashing one, or one and a half, seasons of a show and then run out of ideas and steam. Little did I know at the time that Carlton Cuse would be brought on to showrun. Oh well.

The other show I never watched (because I'm too cheap to pay for HBO just to get two series and endless showings of Norbit) was The Wire, so I'll need to rent season one of that and see if it really is the "Best Show Ever" TM. If so, I'll probably buy that, too.

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Burn Notice is awesome - I actually think that Michael can kick Jack Bauer's butt if it came down to it. He is way cool...

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Jason 4 months ago 1 point
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What the crap?

Take that back!

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R.A. Porter 4 months ago 1 point
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I disagree with The Trousered Ape. Michael would send Jack Bauer to his room without any dinner instead. Even he would feel bad beating up someone so...Leprechaun-like.

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Lol - Michael is Bauer 2.0 - new and improved.

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Jason 4 months ago 1 point
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Please. Michael who?

The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.

Most people would need months to recover from 20 months of Chinese interrogation. Jack Bauer needed a shower, a shave and a change of clothes.

There are three leading causes of death among terrorists. The first two are Jack Bauer, and the third one is heart attack from hearing Jack Bauer is coming for them.

Jack Bauer would have this Burn Notice dude for breakfast.

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