TV List

[theatokos]

Netflix has done me in. I watch a god-awful amount of tv now. Almost all of it on dvd. But now I am sucked in to two shows on actual network tv. Oy. My tv list is as follows:

Currently on dvd:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - mid-season 7. This is the show that will not die.
The West Wing - early season 2. Aaron Sorkin is god.
Arrested Development - I think we have one last episode in season 2.
Veronica Mars - season 2 finale is all that we have left...

On tv:
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - terrible title, but it is an Aaron Sorkin show. So far, so good.
Veronica Mars- season opener tonight!! Whee! I'm throwing a party for it. We're watching that last season finale and then segueing into the "live" show. I hate commercials. SO MUCH. But I love Veronica Mars.

Other shows that are in the netflix cue:
Sports Night - Adam has never seen this early Sorkin wonder.
Mary Tyler Moore - feminism on tv! or so I've been told.
Dead Wood
Entourage
Battlestar Galactica
More West Wing (only through season 4 - after which Sorkin stopped writing) and Arrested Development.

No Six Feet Under, which I hear is amazing. Dead Like Me was also another one recommended to us. Oy. I've become addicted to tv without commercials!

Okay this is like the most boring post ever. I can't believe I'm over 30 and just posted an entry about my tv list. I looked through some of my earlier ramblings, from when I was in grad school, and there were occasional deep thoughts, sometimes a nice turn of phrase made an appearance. Now, not so much. Sitting behind a desk all day is turning me into mush.

Must go file something.

Comments

[hillpagan.livejournal.com]

Deadwood is amazing. And good for your mushbrain, because it will teach you some cool new turns of phrase.

We just started watching dvd tv too- starting with Weeds, which was OK. Definitely do Six Feet Under! Don't watch it on Bravo with commercials and no nudity or cursing!

Another good one was Rome...

[riotdontdiet.livejournal.com]

TV on DVD is really the only way to go.
I don't have even basic TV, so it is nice to get a good old dose of pure TV.
My only problem is that I eat up a DVD box set like a total addict.
I think I watched 8 episodes of Carnivale in one day. Don't even get me started on Buffy... I have this weird cycle where I go through all the Buffy seasons in one year starting around now. Halloween time always gets my to start season 1 and then I am trapped till the spring! Maybe this year I will resist and pop in My So Called Life instead (at least there's only 1 season!)

I don't think this is the mot boring post ever. TV is pretty crappy in many, many ways, but at least it is a common denominator through which people can relate to each other, and that good? right? or maybe that's ultimately sad that people have to relate through a fake reality. hmmm...I'm going to stop thinking about this before I get depresso!

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Wow, all of Buffy in one year!? You are a ca-razy lady! Adam and I are slowly working our way through season 7. I think it's taken almost 2 years to get through the whole thing. It's really addictive. Even when it's really bad, and it certainly can be just awful. What do you think about all of the comparisons between Buff and Veronica Mars?

[ginger-root.livejournal.com]

I also recommend Weeds.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

I've heard mixed reviews about it. But it seems to be another one people recommend.

[goddessofmercy.livejournal.com]

i kind of know what you mean. i am watching more shows this season than i have in the last 5 years, and i'm thinking about renting the office season 2. it's really messing up my schedule.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Which Office? I saw a preview for the American Office and it just looked so bad. I watched almost all of the British Office in one night (5 hours in front of a tv - oy.) and I think I pulled muscled in my belly from laughing so hard. Steve Carrell is a funny man, but I just have a hard time imaging that the American version could be as terrible (in that oh so good way) as the British version.

[goddessofmercy.livejournal.com]

either one actually, although i originally meant the american version. most of my flist is obsessed and one of my friends made me agree to at least give it a try. she said to avoid season 1 of the american version, but that season 2 is great. i'm cautious because that kind of funny generally makes me uncomfortable after a while, but i did kind of promise her i would at least watch some eps.

everyone.everywhere.everthing.ends.

[(Anonymous)]

Six Feet Under is incredible.
I'm on season five - only six shows before it ends... such grief.
It mixes the morbid with the sacred, the funny with the tragic. There are moments of emotional expectation that are just left to hang in the air - no bells, no strings, no happy ever afters.
It's just like life.
Amazing.
If you were on this side of the Atlantic, I'd start from the beginning - we could have six feet under parties - everybody wears black and brings a sad story.
Pád.

Re: everyone.everywhere.everthing.ends.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Okay fine! I'll add it to the queue! (isn't queue the greatest word ever? It's fun to say *and* spell!)

Yes, if only we were on the same side of the world.

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

My over thirty can beat up your over thirty with one hand tied behind its back. Just sayin', man.

[voidoidandroid.livejournal.com]

wasn't felicity huffman on sports night.. haha

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Yes she was!