Best TV shows

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I just noticed they now have Millennium available on DVD. I remember liking it back then, but I don't recall enough of the show to know if I would like it now. Any thoughts?

I haven't seen it yet but most folks I know like the series!

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Originally Posted by Bababooyee

It seems like something that would be right up your alley. Maybe not "horror" enough, though!

I prefer fantasy to sci-fi usually, I loved Star Trek in it's day and reincarnations and Firefly of course (but Firefly was a space western really with no aliens). I want to catch up with Battlestar sometime too!

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Originally Posted by Bababooyee

It seems like something that would be right up your alley. Maybe not "horror" enough, though!

And...to be clear, I like suspenseful horror, not blood and guts stuff. Never cared for Texas Chainsaw Mass or Devils Rejects type stuff. I like Buffy type horror...Hush for example. Forever Knight is very dark and has it's share of blood (hard to do vampires without blood) but doesn't rely on sensational violence and visual shock...it's horror is more in the mind...and to me, that's 1000x more scary!

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Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I agree 100%. I don't like the gory for the sake of gore stuff. I think the recent influx of Japanese horor films is good (as compared to the Saw franchise), but the stories seem a little shallow...and there is not always a "happy ending" (which is ironic considering... ) or closure.

Well, Forever Knight has an ending that is well, I wouldn't say happy...it's left open a crack but pretty much, Lacroix goes on alone, perhaps Janette is somewhere and the rest...well, I guess it comes down to faith. Buffy had a happy ending (to be continued soon), Angel was left to conjecture but certainly there was death, Charmed was happy, Dark Angel had zero closure...I guess endings, especially once you've become vested in characters, are never satisfying!

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Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I just noticed they now have Millennium available on DVD. I remember liking it back then, but I don't recall enough of the show to know if I would like it now. Any thoughts?

Baba,
I read this blog entry this morning, the writer pretty much echos my feelings about TV, he includes Millennium (esp the first two seasons) on his list...based on his other entries, I suspect Millennium is a show I will watch at some point...just thought you might find his take on the series interesting:
http://numero57.net/?p=102

[ddthetide]

how about Hawaii 5-O and Hill Street Blues?

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Originally Posted by ddthetide

how about Hawaii 5-O and Hill Street Blues?

Both good shows...I tired of HSB in later seasons but it was a good show, always liked Jack Lord in Hawaii 5-0 but found it a bit bland...good guys chase and catch bad guys... To me, Crime Story had a sharper edge, the "Bald Wonder" excelled in Kojak and Peter Faulk was great in Columbo.

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

Baba,
I read this blog entry this morning, the writer pretty much echos my feelings about TV, he includes Millennium (esp the first two seasons) on his list...based on his other entries, I suspect Millennium is a show I will watch at some point...just thought you might find his take on the series interesting:
http://numero57.net/?p=102

Baba,
As a follow-up regarding Millennium...I got the DVD's today (3 seasons) and am watching the pilot now. As soon as I saw the characters I remembered it, I did see a few episodes and enjoyed it, don't recall what happened that I stopped watching, either there was something else in the time slot or my schedule changed. In any event, this is a very dark show, not sure of the depth yet but Frank Black as I recall is an interesting main character. I'll watch and see how I feel it compares to Forever Knight...the show I've recently fallen in love with. Carter is often compared to Joss Whedon based on his success with the XFiles...most of the reviews claim this show is better...I hope so as the XFiles left me flat.