Will there be anything left to watch in 5 weeks?

POSTED BY: Delia
UPDATED: Monday, April 26, 2004 16:44
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RUXTON

Thursday, April 22, 2004 7:21 AM

Gilmore Girls is hilarious and filled with excellent acting and very good writing.

Smallville is highly entertaining, and has great casting, particularly Michael Rosenbaum, who was most likely born to play the young Lex Luthor.

The Masterpiece Theater is sometimes good, always great because of no commercial interruptions, and so is the Mystery Theater, tho that is not always on.

And then there's New Yankee Workshop!

That's followed by the This Old House hour, much improved with the new host Kevin O'Connor.

But I digress....

.......Ruxton

SHADOWVESSEL

Saturday, April 24, 2004 8:46 AM

They're making new episodes of Farscape? Where can I get info' on this?

Sadly to say, the only live action shows I'll have to watch are Smallville, Stargate SG1, and Stargate Atlantis. Hopefully the latter won't suck. I've noticed the downfall in good episodes of SG1. They really should've just made the movie finale, which was F'n awesome. You could really tell the quality difference between it and the rest of the season.

Now over on Cartoon Network... shut up, YOU're stupid... the Adult Swim line-up keeps me plenty entertained. You've got plenty of comedy and Cowboy Bebop. Of course you can buy all the stuff I watch on DVD now. Except for Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law and Sealab 2021. I also try to catch new episodes of Justice League. Say what you will, it's good stuff, and I really can't do anything about what you say anyway.

I've thought about disconnecting my cable, too. Everything I watch will eventually be on DVD anyway and I can pay the same amount for one boxed set than for what I'm paying a month for like four episodes. But, my wife is kind of stuck at home all the time now, so it's for her more than it is for me.

I'd love to watch The Simpsons or Malcolm in the Middle again, they were on my list of recordables every week, but I can never break the blood oath I made over a year ago to never watch Fox again after canceling Firefly.

Tell me you never made a blood oath before. Shyeah, right.

"I'll be in my bunk."

DELIA

Saturday, April 24, 2004 4:29 PM

ShadowVessel,

There's a miniseries for Farscape on Sci-Fi this fall. I think you can find details on their website.

I'm trying to get into it (and enjoying what I've see), but I keep managing to misset my VCR and not tape it correctly. Why is this show on at 5 am? It's the one time of day I'm NEVER up -- I've either finally given up on all the homework and gone to sleep, or I haven't woken upo yet!

Delia

SHADOWVESSEL

Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:54 PM

Sweet deal, Delia. Thanks.

Wish I could help you out with the VCR situation but it's really one of those things that has to be done in person or talked through step by step.

"I'll be in my bunk."

LINDLEY

Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:09 AM

If you're looking for something to get into right now, rather than next season in general, Stargate SG-1 is your best bet (presuming you get the Scifi channel).

They just restarted it from the beginning last week, so you should be able to catch up via downloading very quickly, and then just watch it on TV.

Stargate episodes are somewhat standalone, somewhat not. There's no question that one gets far more enjoyment from the series watching it in order than not, but unlike B5 or 24, its not required to watch it in order to understand.

The premise is well-explained by the pilot; basically, its like Star Trek, except based around the US Air Force, and set in the present day.

Scifi has several rotations of Stargate; the one which just restarted is their Monday, 7-11pm rotation. That's four eps per week, every Monday. The first five seasons run in that rotation.

If you want to catch that, download the following:

"Children of the Gods" (2 hr version includes nudity, 2-part version does not, but is also missing other scenes)
"The Enemy Within" (follow-up to the pilot)

And optionally, you can also download:
"Emancipation" (I say this is optional because its standalone, and it is possibly the worst ep of the entire series.)

Then, starting this Monday (4/26), you can watch season 1 from "The Broca Divide" onwards. Be warned that like most first seasons, SG1's isn't nearly as good as what comes later.

DELIA

Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:09 AM

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Originally posted by ShadowVessel:
Sweet deal, Delia. Thanks.

Wish I could help you out with the VCR situation but it's really one of those things that has to be done in person or talked through step by step.

The sad thing is that I actually know how to program it. What messes me up is that I don't trust my clock to match their clock, so I always try to set things to tape from 2 minutes before the hour to 2 minutes after. The problem with Farscape is that I keep getting confused and taping four minutes, rather than an hour and four minutes. Sigh. (Or I forget, or I mess up Daylight Savings Time, or . . .) I've never had this much trouble getting anything to tape!

But thanks for the offer.

Delia

DELIA

Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:43 AM

Lindley,

Thanks. I'll try to catch it this Monday, but I'm 2 weeks from the end of the semester and all the work I've put off (hell, the work I'm putting off even as I type this) is about to come due, so I may have to try to catch it next time around.

Delia

SHADOWVESSEL

Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:23 AM

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Originally posted by Delia:
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Originally posted by ShadowVessel:
Sweet deal, Delia. Thanks.

Wish I could help you out with the VCR situation but it's really one of those things that has to be done in person or talked through step by step.

The sad thing is that I actually know how to program it. What messes me up is that I don't trust my clock to match their clock, so I always try to set things to tape from 2 minutes before the hour to 2 minutes after. The problem with Farscape is that I keep getting confused and taping four minutes, rather than an hour and four minutes. Sigh. (Or I forget, or I mess up Daylight Savings Time, or . . .) I've never had this much trouble getting anything to tape!

But thanks for the offer.

Delia

Oh hell yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. Ever since DST I haven't been able to get all the clocks to match up. But, the other day I finally sat down and solved the problem. With the VCR, anyway. If you can get the time to sit down, turn the display with the clock on and wait for the show to start. Once you see the time differential, set it accordingly. I still set my programming 2 minutes before the hour and 3 minutes after out of paranoia, though. My cable's WB has been pissing me off the past two Wednesdays, however. During the last two episodes of Angel the signal's been getting all blitzy in 1 to 2 second segments of the show when the most crucial sh*t is going down. Lindsey's information to Angel, Connor's fight with Sahja, it's F'n aggravating!

Well, I didn't mean to go off on a rant there. Guess I needed to get it off my chest is all.

Thanks for being there.

"I'll be in my bunk."

DELIA

Sunday, April 25, 2004 7:30 AM

ShadowVessel,

Rant away. Lord knows sometimes you just need to, and that's got to be at least part of the purpose of these boards, right? At least here, people will understand why you're needing to rant over what the uninformed might call "just a TV show."

The problem with setting the clock to match the start time (more or less) of a show is picking the show to match.

Delia

LISSA

Monday, April 26, 2004 4:44 PM

Does anyone else watch American Dreams? It's actually pretty good. It's not too happy-go-lucky (really it can be quite depressing at times, like when Sam's mother died) and it has good writing, acting and direction. David Semel is a producer and James Whitmore Jr. has directed at least a couple of times. Unfortunately, it already had its season finale. Hopefully NBC will start rerunning the season soon after sweeps!

~lissa, spwhore

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