Again, the title says it. There are a number of threads on best movies, worst movies, and a few comments about the recent release of the movie Get Smart (dreadful remake of a classic clever 60s TV series) which prompted me to start this thread.
So, guys and gals, what TV series "reached" you? What about one you loved as a kid, and never missed? Or one that ambushed you as an adult? The stuff that you would cancel appointments to watch (I write that as someone who never learned how to operate a VCR; somehow, it felt like the sort of knowledge I didn't need to really know this side of the grave; yes, I expect reprimands, especially as I am quite clued in on many other techie areas. Actually, on the rare occasions something really grabbed me, I'd cancel, or reschedule appointments, rather than miss a show. Embarrassingly, last year, I rescheduled classes I was teaching at night to a different night in order to be able to watch Life On Mars uninterrupted. Fortunately, perhaps, I don't actually watch much TV; reading and internet usually do it for me.)
Okay, some favourite TV series:
As a kid, Star Trek (as an adult, too, and TNG, DSN, and Voyager, never got the hang of the last one, the Enterprise series).
Get Smart; The Avengers.
Others included Secret Army, Foyle's War, Hill Street Blues, Life On Mars, Ashes to Ashes; I quite liked Band of Brothers, too.
I'm sure many more will occur to me, but I would be interested in what the forum community really liked.
Cheers and good luck
So, guys and gals, what TV series "reached" you? What about one you loved as a kid, and never missed? Or one that ambushed you as an adult? The stuff that you would cancel appointments to watch (I write that as someone who never learned how to operate a VCR; somehow, it felt like the sort of knowledge I didn't need to really know this side of the grave; yes, I expect reprimands, especially as I am quite clued in on many other techie areas. Actually, on the rare occasions something really grabbed me, I'd cancel, or reschedule appointments, rather than miss a show. Embarrassingly, last year, I rescheduled classes I was teaching at night to a different night in order to be able to watch Life On Mars uninterrupted. Fortunately, perhaps, I don't actually watch much TV; reading and internet usually do it for me.)
Okay, some favourite TV series:
As a kid, Star Trek (as an adult, too, and TNG, DSN, and Voyager, never got the hang of the last one, the Enterprise series).
Get Smart; The Avengers.
Others included Secret Army, Foyle's War, Hill Street Blues, Life On Mars, Ashes to Ashes; I quite liked Band of Brothers, too.
I'm sure many more will occur to me, but I would be interested in what the forum community really liked.
Cheers and good luck
