TV

[snugglekitty]

You know what I've been into for the past few years?

Watching TV series on DVDs.
I mean, you know, when you can't really do anything else. I would almost always rather choose to read, walk, talk to a friend, but you can't always, you know?

And it's nice. There are no commercials. If there's a cliffhanger, you can go right to the next one. Best of all, if you're feeling crappy, you can watch them for hours and hours and hours. And they're not mentally demanding.

I'm telling you, it's great.

Since tafkar loaned me Firefly, the Avengers, and other delights, I've been really into it.

I've watched a few seasons of b5, the first season of Roswell, and most recently, the first season of Highlander. Not to mention the ever-present Buffy and Angel.

But perhaps I should expand my horizons. What's your favorite TV show of all time?

Comments

[rekling.livejournal.com]

I also like TV shows on DVD because they are shorter than a movie. If you want to spend the night watching a movie, you can watch a few episodes. But if you just need something mindless for a little bit, then you can just watch a single episode.

I really like West Wing. I've never watched a lot of TV, so I don't have much to offer. The library does have the first four seasons of West Wing on DVD, though... I've in the past been fond of Law and Order and also the now-departed Homicide.

-Rek

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-I'll second West Wing. The dialogue is brilliantly witty.

[zevinboots.livejournal.com]

Yes, West Wing!

[cutieperson]

Gilmore Girls! Freaks & Geeks is pretty good too, and for ultimate guilty pleasure i like Desperate Housewives.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh. I can't narrow it down to just one. I will recommend a couple:

1. Farscape. Because, OMG, the fabulous plots and the overt kink and the leather. It suffers a bit from first-season syndrome, but not that badly.
2. Stargate SG-1. It's just basic, good, solid science fiction.
3. Blackadder, especially "Blackadder the Third". I may have *actually* wet myself from laughing, watching this one.

[rantfaery.livejournal.com]

I am *so* into Six Feet Under. :-)
Also, for pure silliness, That 70's Show has been a fave around here, and a friend turned me on to Wonderfalls.
I second Freaks & Geeks as well.
Yeah, we watch lots and lots of TV shows on DVD> Joe llikes 24 but I've never really gotten into it, despite Kiefer Sutherland in all his hotness. *shrug*

[hir0protagonist.livejournal.com]

For stuff that I know is on DVD I'd say MacGyver, Red Dwarf, the first 6 seasons of the X-Files, and more recently Lost are all worth pursuing on DVD.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

MacGyver! I want those so bad! And Quantum Leap, too, that's the other one that came out recently that I want to get.

[hir0protagonist.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I didn't know Quantum Leap had been released yet. I also recommend Quantum Leap. Also the complete series of Space: Above and Beyond is out on DVD. I believe it's 2 seasons of eps at most, Another good SF show killed dead by Fox.

[abilouise.livejournal.com]

I got really addicted to Sex in the City and watched it really quickly during a bout of serious insomnia. Jake & I have been watching Babylon 5 but have just run out of free borrowed DVDs of it until we find another source. My co-worker is getting me addicted to Scrubs.

[heresiarch.livejournal.com]

this is why i love netflix :). i'll second both the West Wing and Six Feet Under as shows that are wonderful to watch on dvd.

[catskillz.livejournal.com]

I absolutely loved Forever Knight when I was younger. It was like a proto-Angel series - vampire Nicholas Knight works as a homicide detective in Toronto, trying to make up for 800 years of evil. I recommend season 2 on DVD. Nick's vampire master, especially, rocked the house.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm supercraving Twin Peaks. But the second season isn't out on dvd yet and I can't watch the first season without having the second season right there to move on to!!

Also Star Trek. If we ever get married we're putting all the star trek dvds on our registry.

And Northern Exposure. I *loved* that show when it was on. I recommend just netflixing it, though, since the dvds are ridiculously expensive and come packaged in an orange parka. Oh, and the original Battlestar Galactica. And we've gotten into watching Old School cartoons on dvd lately, like He-Man and Batman and Transformers. And Futurama and Samurai Jack are awesome cartoons you can get on dvd.

This comment is longer than I thought it would be. Maybe I should get some new hobbies. Sigh.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I *love* TV shows on DVD. I'd recommend: Carnivale, Dead Like Me, Six Feet Under, Alias (just for the cheesy outfit-porn, since Jennifer Garner looks like someone different every week), the first few seasons of The West Wing, and the first season of 24.

owned

[trouble4hire.livejournal.com]

We have the first season of Carnivale and many seasons of West Wing. Our rates are more reasonable than Netflix (eyebrow wiggle) and our return policy is less harsh than the library (looks innocent, totally non-shifty).