Favourite TV Shows

Captain Awesome · 10-12-2009, 04:32 PM

I found flashforward to be decent so far, i think it was overhyped but it's still entertaining enough to keep you watching. I didn't really get hooked in until the second episode. Hopefully it continues to get better.

Astronomer · 10-12-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

What's the consensus on Flashforward? I think we are only a couple of days behind the U.S with this and the 3rd episode is on tomorrow. Of course the premise is far fetched but it's watchable and the fact that it's based on a book gives me hope that they won't run it into the ground like Lost.

I haven't watched any episodes of Flashforward but from what I've been hearing it doesn't seem that great. What have you thought of it? And aw I don't think Lost has run into the ground...

jackhammer · 10-12-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

I haven't watched any episodes of Flashforward but from what I've been hearing it doesn't seem that great. What have you thought of it? And aw I don't think Lost has run into the ground...

As I said, the premise is somewhat preposterous and with the plot twists already shown a number of things seem to be ruled out already, although the paranoia regarding the populations future visions gives the series a little more gravitas.

As for Lost I just hope that the myriad sub plots are tied up and I have a feeling that if you rewatch the whole lot (once it has ended) you could probably pick holes left, right and centre.

Molecules · 10-12-2009, 06:21 PM

well this WAS a TV show back in the days when British telly was a duopoly - BBC the publicly-funded channel, ITV the commercial one. Both believed in public service television and you got some really groundbreaking dramas and documentaries, i have been borrowing the DVD of this much-imitated classic, it is an amazing window into the past.
Later in the series, one of the participants (a scouser who is actually the sharpest, funniest little kid in the early stages) ends up homeless and sleeping rough, only for one of the wealthier, more priveleged participants in the show to intervene and get him a job

Mojo · 10-12-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

What's the consensus on Flashforward? I think we are only a couple of days behind the U.S with this and the 3rd episode is on tomorrow. Of course the premise is far fetched but it's watchable and the fact that it's based on a book gives me hope that they won't run it into the ground like Lost.

I meant to watch the first one when it aired but never did. I aim to get round to watching it online. It was the far fetched plot that intrigued me really but unless its done well it has disaster written all over it i guess.

boo boo · 10-19-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

As for Lost I just hope that the myriad sub plots are tied up and I have a feeling that if you rewatch the whole lot (once it has ended) you could probably pick holes left, right and centre.

I have over-analized the crap out of Lost, I can't really find any real plot holes, the show is so vague that it avoids that problem.

They have answered a LOT of things so far, so I'm hoping and expecting them to explain things in the last season.

Some things like Libby's backstory and the reason for kidnapping Walt seem to have been forgotten, but I hope the last season will give us some answers.

DoctorSoft · 10-25-2009, 10:01 PM

Freaks and Geeks
How I Met Your Mother
Undeclared
The Office
Firefly
The Boondocks

Those are pretty much the only TV shows I like.

Piss Me Off · 10-27-2009, 10:27 AM

Every other american drama i've seen pales in comparison, hilarious and ridiculous in a good way.

debaserr · 10-27-2009, 10:33 AM

its a dramedy. i love that show also!

you didn't like The Sopranos?

Piss Me Off · 10-27-2009, 10:42 AM

I don't think i've ever seen it!

10-12-2009, 04:32 PM	#261 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	I found flashforward to be decent so far, i think it was overhyped but it's still entertaining enough to keep you watching. I didn't really get hooked in until the second episode. Hopefully it continues to get better. __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

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debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	its a dramedy. i love that show also! you didn't like The Sopranos? __________________ Last.FM

10-27-2009, 10:42 AM	#270 (permalink)
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10-25-2009, 10:01 PM	#267 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	Freaks and Geeks How I Met Your Mother Undeclared The Office Firefly The Boondocks Those are pretty much the only TV shows I like.