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I had the opportunity to watch an episode of Knight Rider recently. All I can say is that I must have been easily amused when I was younger...
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I forgot to add that Knight Rider is the show that first introduced me to critical thinking as a kid. It was the episode where Michael and Kit were chasing the bad guys through the streets and Kit hits a pedestrian and kills him/her (can't remember who the pedestrian was). I was just a kid but I remember thinking about what circumstances warrant police chases through residential neighborhoods and who was at fault if an accident occurred. I found an issue that resonated with me.
Airwolf was just cool—flying out of that canyon. The stories about the brother POW were enthralling. I have always wanted to see an episode, now that I am older, to see how stupid Airwolf really was.
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There was a show last year called Mr Spencer (I think) The writing was topnotch (certain deathknell). An unpolitical senator or representative that merely wanted to do good things for his constituency. He didn't always follow the good ole boy/girl rules. Only lasted half a season. Best television I'd seen in years. Oh well.
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OK, they've already been mentioned, but Star Trek: the Next Generation was the best Star Trek of all time. M*A*S*H*, of course, never gets boring, even after the 4th or 5th viewing. My show of choice these days? Alias. Other than that, I rarely watch TV. It's unappealing.
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Sports Night devotees: I didn't watch the show much, but from what I did catch -- not only was it well-written and funny, but it truly was what we here everyear one of the new fall shows is going to be -- a ground-breaking sitcom.
Ben: I totally agree about Titus. The humor was so brutal, but hilarious. And one of the only uses of first person narration where the narration was both funny and actually added to the drama and flow of the show. Plus of all the goofy, crazy brothers on sitcoms, the dude on Titus was the funniest and the craziest.
I don't think I really have any to add to those that have already been listed.
Oh, just thought of one: Andy Richter Controls The Universe.
And a throwback: Max Headroom. I'm not sure about the show per se -- but I loved the premise.
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Absolutely Wussy Actor! Sports night is in my top three favorite shows. I own the series on dvd and I swear to you I can watch every episode an infinite amount of times and still find it hilarious. Go buy it if you haven't, it's a great investment.
Rakeesh, thanks for backin up my seinfeld lovin', lately it seems "uncool" to like seinfeld.
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On a slightly related topic, not that i wish it were still on tv, but whats up with twin peaks. I never saw it when it was on tv, but I have the first season on dvd and they are not planning on putting the second season out. Whats up withthat? How can i never know what happened after all those cliffhangers? This will haunt me til the end of my days.
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The second season of Twin Peaks asks more questions then it answers, it sets up a lot of plot lines to develop, and then they never made a third season. So, if you actually don't want to be left hanging, the first season alone will be less frustrating.
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I agree. It is better to see the two seasons, but if you are looking at it arithmetically, I think season one has less plot lines it needed to resolve. I was so stoked to find out about the face in the wood, the owls, and so much more. I am so mad Kyle M. backed out of a third season. That show could have gone 1-2 more seasons easily.
I am glad we found out who the killer was. I did like season two better, but if you think watching season two will leave you satisfied, you are wrong. I think it was a stroke of genius that they could resolve the murder and make the show more interesting, not less.
But Alexa whats that about Kyle Mclachlan pulling out of it? I thought it was cancelled in the US because of poor ratings and a general panning by critics who didn't understand or never saw the pilot.
And um..... *spoliers*
What face in the wood? The Owls symbolised when someone from the Black Lodge was near - like Bob.
Whereas the shaking hands symbolised when a member of the White Lodge was near.
Remember fear and love open the two different doors. Thats why Cooper's hand shakes when he talks about Annie, Pete's does when Audrey and her fella confess their love, and the same with the random customer in the diner when Bobby tells Shelley he loves her.
I just wanted to see more on the White Lodge. To find out what happened to Ben Horne after he banged his head fighting Donna's father. If you remember he's seen at the end of the last episode but no mention is made of what happened to Ben.
Plus a couple of episodes from the end Ben is in his office, he follows Audrey to the door and as it closes a strange sound is heard behind him, he turns around startled with a look of fear/surprise (?) on his face. What was THAT about?
Oh and opinions on Fire Walk with me? *cough* Sorry, love Twin Peaks i'll let ye kids get back to these current day TV shenanigans.
*cough*
Even if Christopher Eccleston will make a fairly good Doctor Who.
*cough*
Bring back Futurama....and Space: Above and Beyond.
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Ooh, forgot about Space: Above and Beyond. Once you got over the pilot/ground pounder thing (even with their cheesy attempt to reconcile the two), that show was great. It was a shame they had to rush the conclusion - they ended up wrapping up too many loose ends all at once, instead of letting them play out more naturally. The "Guadacanal" episode was amazing.
I could be wrong as I have no source to back it up, but I heard that Kyle Mclachlan pulled out because he did not want to be type cast and he wanted to focus on movies. I must admit, I bought the VHS of both seasons years after it stopped showing on TV, so I watched them all at once.
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The face in the woods is..Chen? I forget her name--the Asian lady who takes the mill. It has been so long, I am now forgetting the circumstances, but she...can anyone help me out with this? What exactly did happen?
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The actress' name was ???? Chen and she played Josie Packard. When she died, Bob took her soul/ trapped it in the wooden chest of drawers by her body. It never elaborated on her fate but one can assume her soul is trapped in the wood of the bedside cabinet.
And with regards to Kyle M. He pulled out of the film Fire Walk with Me through fear of being typecast as Agent Cooper, he was going to have a bigger part but thats why Cooper is in such a small part of the prequel film.
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Lets see: Buffy (and i think except for a few episode each season was fairly good over all I would have been happier if they had flused out the last episode to about two hours or something simular) Angel Sliders (and forget that atleast seasons 4 and 5 ever happend mabey even 3) ST:Voyager EFC
Now for the cartoons: Voltron(the old not the newer) The old Transformers Ren & stimpy Pinky and the brain Gargoyles( I would be happy with DVD's)
And thats all I can think of right now.
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Dark Angel, if only because it was supposed to get a third season and it was yanked off because Gail is weird. And it is the first television show that I ever watched as a "fan."
Quality Trek. That pretty much includes everything except for Enterprise. Well. Parts of S1 and S2 ENT are on there.
Sports Night.
Aaron Sorkin's West Wing.
Snoops. Anybody remember that? That was cool.
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Another vote for Firefly. (Christian bashing? I didn't get that at all. Sure, there was the backwater colony village that wanted to burn River as a witch, based on scripture, but the Preacher Shepherd Book is a good guy. I really wish we'd gotten to find out more about his mysterious past, but then, the series only ran 15 episodes.)
Also: The X-Files Sledge Hammer!
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Sledge was great! Especially the vignettes at the end, like the time they filmed in black and white and colorized to show it looked perfectly natural.
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MEC, there's just no comparison between the OJ trial and the Watergate Hearings. The Watergate Hearings had explored the workings and wrongdoings at the very highest levels of government.
And the finale was a classic!
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Does anybody know what happened to the X-files? I stopped watching it fairly soon after the movie. Was there an end? I'm assuming it went out with a whimper.
From what I remember, the series ended with Mulder groping Scully under the pretex of finding God in her blouse.
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I got my grubby little hands on one of the unaired episodes of Wonderfalls, and now I'm possibly even more bummed the show got cancelled. This is precisely my kind of humour; there are very few shows that can have me laughing ridiculously while sitting alone in front of my computer. And Jaye is hot.
quote: From what I remember, the series ended with Mulder groping Scully under the pretex of finding God in her blouse.
So true. I loved the X-Files so much, I've seen every episode, but I still think it should have finished before it became an hour long parody of itself.
I'd rather loose a great show at it's peak than have to watch it slowly die. Mulder and Scully were given character transplants and they they killed my three favorite characters and brought them back as tacky, star Warsesque ghosts. For that, they can never be forgiven.
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Remember that series "V"...sci fi thing w/ aliens that ate gerbils and whatnot. Or was that a mini series? Either way, wouldn't mind seeing it again just because.
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I wish that they still had Babylon 5 on television, but only as re-runs. It would make me sad if Babylon 5 went as long as TNG. That was one of the big strengths of B5 -- it had a specific story with a beginning, middle, and end. When it was over, it was over.
But I wish I could watch re-runs on TNT every afternoon again.
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Because I don't watch that much TV, that's all I can think of. I want them to air the new Doctor Who's over here though.
And Avidreader, if you're still around, I can safely say that there is no Christian bashing in Firefly, although I think I might know which episode you saw.
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