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I have gotten into buying TV shows on DVD even at 45$ for some of them.
For one thing? I like being able to watch them without commercials, and not miss chunks if my schedule varies week to week, which it does all the time...
The shows i have liked best and recommend (these all have a Libertarian-living theme) are Jericho; Firefly; (and the follow up movie, Serenity) and for this season i really like Stargate Universe...
I am a big fan of Sci-Fi and stargates has alwys been (only) fairly good, but also fairly pulpy... Heinlen originally wrote a teenager pulp sci-fi story called Tunnel in the Sky, which may have been the first stargate sci-fi (i am not sure that it was the first but it was early)
In any case, Satrgate Universe has some great writing and characters that are likeable and hateable all at the same time... I like it much better than th eother Stargate series- Stargates are now one of, if not the most successful sci-fi series of TV show of all time...
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: I have gotten into buying TV shows on DVD even at 45$ for some of them.
For one thing? I like being able to watch them without commercials, and not miss chunks if my schedule varies week to week, which it does all the time...
The shows i have liked best and recommend (these all have a Libertarian-living theme) are Jericho; Firefly; (and the follow up movie, Serenity) and for this season i really like Stargate Universe...
I am a big fan of Sci-Fi and stargates has alwys been (only) fairly good, but also fairly pulpy... Heinlen originally wrote a teenager pulp sci-fi story called Tunnel in the Sky, which may have been the first stargate sci-fi (i am not sure that it was the first but it was early)
In any case, Satrgate Universe has some great writing and characters that are likeable and hateable all at the same time... I like it much better than th eother Stargate series- Stargates are now one of, if not the most successful sci-fi series of TV show of all time...
Good choices glass. I have always Liked Firefly...and Serenity was a great conclusion to the storyline. And I was also happy with the improved writing and pace on SGU this season. Because....it....reallllllyyyyy....draggggggeddd....befooorrrrreee....thhhhiiiis ss......yyyyeeeeaaaarrrrr. Always took forever to get to the meat of the story. They could still speed things up a bit....but it is a huge improvement over last year IMO. I still hate that mid-season hiatus they do though.
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I do the same thing Glassman...Work schedule makes it impossible to follow a TV show week to week...Sons of Anarchy and Entourage are two that I always buy when they come out on DVD...
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Dexter,, Boardwalk empire,, Diary of a call girl are ones that i enjoyed..plus Sopranos and entourage and for some nostalgia I got the Dean Martin show and the DeaN mARTIN ROASTS
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More of a Crime story guy my self I bought the 2 seasons.
I also like a lot of dry shows Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy and Smiley's People were for me master pieces
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Oh cmon I know SOME of you remember the great Alfred Hitchcock...one of my favorite old shows!
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i have the hitchcock collection. he was a genius, and maybe the most influential director of all time... so much of his stuff requires you to get deeply involved in the movie that i think it's lost on alot of people today...
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quote:Originally posted by Ace of Spades: I just download the Torrents..
I use thepiratebay.com or demonoid.com
Even if they aren't released on DVD yet...someone recorded and uploaded it.
here's the "thing" about that...
the Firefly series was canned by thenetwork way too soon... it seems to me that alot of th eshows i like are. by buying them i am showing finacial support to artists... i am an artist myself...
there is no better way to support art than to buy it.... all this grant crap just leads people to make garbage and pass it off as art IMO.
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Btw Glassman...they cancelled SGU. Only 10 episodes left...and that's all she wrote.
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