I hate the garish bbc 3 comedies two pints, lunch monkeys, coming of age.
also not a show but just watched wall street 2, utter utter garbage.
I have to agree with Nat about the wire though, in my opinion it is the pinnacle of american television I have never been fond of dramas but devoured all 5 series in 3 days.
I have watched the corner too which I also thought was awesome.
Quote: Adam Singleton @ November 7 2010, 5:32 PM GMTbut devoured all 5 series in 3 days.
Say whaaat?!
I like marathon episodes but that's just bonkers. Bonkers, I say.
Wait, all five series in 3 days? Aren't they 12 1 hour episodes per season? That's some serious commitment.
The Wire is good but I can think of loads of shows that are better. 24. The Sopranos. The Shield. Battlestar Galactica. Alias. Oz. Boston Legal. Etc.
Oz is one of my favourites ever.
Quote: Leevil @ November 7 2010, 6:12 PM GMTOz is one of my favourites ever.
Yes, I like a good shanking too.
Battlestar is amazing! Caprica, on the other hand, as Nil would say, is pants.
Quote: Leevil @ November 7 2010, 6:12 PM GMTOz is one of my favourites ever.
Even though you cry when the flying monketys appear
Quote: chipolata @ November 7 2010, 6:08 PM GMTThe Wire is good but I can think of loads of shows that are better. 24.
24 is approximately .000000001x as good as The Wire.
Quote: DaButt @ November 7 2010, 6:42 PM GMT24 is approximately .000000001x as good as The Wire.
The writing maybe better in The Wire, but 24 is a darned sight more exciting. Sure, it was slightly ridiculous, and was like a rightwingers wet dream, but it was edge of the seat stuff.
24 totally lost me yonks ago
It jumped the shark when they had a made boredly cleaning aroom.
Whilst outside the window there's a mushroom cloud
Quote: chipolata @ November 7 2010, 6:43 PM GMTThe writing maybe better in The Wire, but 24 is a darned sight more exciting. Sure, it was slightly ridiculous, and was like a rightwingers wet dream, but it was edge of the seat stuff.
There's a theory the Bush administration went for torture after seeinh how the public accepted it in 24
Quote: sootyj @ November 7 2010, 6:44 PM GMT24 totally lost me yonks ago
It jumped the shark when they had a made boredly cleaning aroom.
Whilst outside the window there's a mushroom cloud
Yeah, it got increasingly outlandish and kept having to outdo itself, but it was still an adrenlin-pumping show.
First season was aces
I like more downbeat and convincing spy series
I quite liked Caprica, but boy did it drag in the end and I hated all the characters
I watched the first two series of 24. Was too much after that.
I liked the show but it would have been better with 4 6-hour plots or 6 4-hour plots.