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MattG
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As a huge Futurama fan, it pains me to say this but...I can honestly say that I don't think I laughed once at the newest movie. They just haven't been that funny, and this one was one of the worst. The first four seasons will always be funny, and the first movie was decent...but these last few movies, just not funny. I don't know, maybe I need to watch again.
I know they're supposed to be coming out with new episodes after these movies, and I can only hope that they'll return to being as funny as they used to be. Maybe it's just no good in a movie format?
Okay, I've watched the entire Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series and also all of Season 1. I am 2 episodes into Season 2, and I must say - I'm hooked! It is a very good show with a lot of depth and things going on.
I love comparing it so Star Trek - BSG is much more realistic, the way small details carry on into future episodes. For example, Starbuck's knee injury etc.
It's not the best show for cheering one up though!
Due to the recommendations here, I'm going to start watching Two and Half Men also, as that is comedy related.
Perhaps also Dexter and Burn Notice. If someone could tell me briefly what each show of these shows are about? I looked up Dexter on Wikipedia, but it didn't make the show sound very appealing!
I love comparing it so Star Trek - BSG is much more realistic, the way small details carry on into future episodes. For example, Starbuck's knee injury etc.
It's not the best show for cheering one up though!
Due to the recommendations here, I'm going to start watching Two and Half Men also, as that is comedy related.
Perhaps also Dexter and Burn Notice. If someone could tell me briefly what each show of these shows are about? I looked up Dexter on Wikipedia, but it didn't make the show sound very appealing!
charlesbronsen
macrumors 6502a
themoonisdown09
macrumors 601
Mike Teezie
macrumors 68020
petermcphee
macrumors 6502a
Winner. T&E came to my hometown, and I saw the live show. Well worth it. Hilarious.
Here is some info on Burn Notice:
When spies get fired, they dont get a letter from human resources.
They get BURNED...
The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. When a spy is burned, they are wiped off the "grid." They have no prior work history, no money; basically no identity. In some cases, the burned spy is actually killed. The television series is a first-person narrative (including frequent stream of consciousness voice-overs providing nuggets of exposition) from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan.
After fleeing a Nigerian operation blown apart by the sudden and unexplained non-cooperation of his U.S. contact, Westen finds himself in his hometown[4] of Miami, Florida, attended to by his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Glenanne, but abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts, under continuous surveillance with his personal assets frozen. Extraordinary efforts to reach his U.S. government handler eventually yield only a grudging admission that someone powerful wants him "on ice" in Miami; if he leaves the city he will "heat up fast", i.e., he will be hunted down and taken into custody, whereas by staying there he can remain relatively free. Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, Westen goes to work as an unlicensed private investigator, spy, or soldier of fortune for anyone in town who can pay him any money in order to fund his personal investigation into his own situation as a blacklisted agent. Throughout the series Westen battles and outwits an array of mobsters, con artists, contract killers, professional thieves, drug traffickers, sex traffickers, arms dealers, kidnappers and war criminals. The series makes frequent use of jury rigging, with the characters improvising devices to do the job of more expensive, and hard-to-obtain items.
When spies get fired, they dont get a letter from human resources.
They get BURNED...
The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. When a spy is burned, they are wiped off the "grid." They have no prior work history, no money; basically no identity. In some cases, the burned spy is actually killed. The television series is a first-person narrative (including frequent stream of consciousness voice-overs providing nuggets of exposition) from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan.
After fleeing a Nigerian operation blown apart by the sudden and unexplained non-cooperation of his U.S. contact, Westen finds himself in his hometown[4] of Miami, Florida, attended to by his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Glenanne, but abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts, under continuous surveillance with his personal assets frozen. Extraordinary efforts to reach his U.S. government handler eventually yield only a grudging admission that someone powerful wants him "on ice" in Miami; if he leaves the city he will "heat up fast", i.e., he will be hunted down and taken into custody, whereas by staying there he can remain relatively free. Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, Westen goes to work as an unlicensed private investigator, spy, or soldier of fortune for anyone in town who can pay him any money in order to fund his personal investigation into his own situation as a blacklisted agent. Throughout the series Westen battles and outwits an array of mobsters, con artists, contract killers, professional thieves, drug traffickers, sex traffickers, arms dealers, kidnappers and war criminals. The series makes frequent use of jury rigging, with the characters improvising devices to do the job of more expensive, and hard-to-obtain items.
basesloaded190
macrumors 68030
Never got into Mad Men so i can't comment on that, but Breaking Bad is absolute genius. Its a must watch show, one of my favorites.
Entourage is also a great show. Check both of those out
cycocelica
macrumors 68000
What I watch right now (some of this also are similar to the OP list):
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
Two and Half Men
Eastbound and Down (HBO)
24
The Office
30 Rock
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
Two and Half Men
Eastbound and Down (HBO)
24
The Office
30 Rock
As a die hard fan of 24, I have to agree. There is so much inference to other seasons, events and people that it for someone who has not seen previous seasons, they will not understand the meaning of certain things.
( I would give examples, but to do so would ruin everything)
Other shows to watch are
Big Bang Theory
Law and Order SVU
Okay, I've watched 6 episodes of the first season of Two and Half Men.
It occasionally makes me laugh, but it's no Frasier, or Will & Grace! It feels like there's a lack of characters or much going on. Does it get better?
I am loving Battlestar Galactica. The show has such a high quality finish, every episode is like watching a movie.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Breaking Bad. It's not my kinda thing.
MicBook - thank you for your indepth analysis of Burn Notice, but again, it doesn't seem like my type of thing.
I may have to look into 30 Rock - I do like Alec Baldwin. Also 'How I met your mother' and 'King of Queens'.
It occasionally makes me laugh, but it's no Frasier, or Will & Grace! It feels like there's a lack of characters or much going on. Does it get better?
I am loving Battlestar Galactica. The show has such a high quality finish, every episode is like watching a movie.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Breaking Bad. It's not my kinda thing.
MicBook - thank you for your indepth analysis of Burn Notice, but again, it doesn't seem like my type of thing.
I may have to look into 30 Rock - I do like Alec Baldwin. Also 'How I met your mother' and 'King of Queens'.
House
Heroes(though this season isn't very good imo)
Fringe( can't wait for it to come back on, stupid american idol bs)
No Reservations
Bizarre Foods
Lost
Reaper(kinda funny, just started its second season should be up your alley)
Better then Ted (just started this one seems funny)
True Blood(2nd season should start in the summer, great HBO show about Vampires)
Heroes(though this season isn't very good imo)
Fringe( can't wait for it to come back on, stupid american idol bs)
No Reservations
Bizarre Foods
Lost
Reaper(kinda funny, just started its second season should be up your alley)
Better then Ted (just started this one seems funny)
True Blood(2nd season should start in the summer, great HBO show about Vampires)
Don't panic
macrumors 603
i think MicBook (also known as wikipedia 😉 ) indepth analysis of Burn Notice doesn't channel the main aspect of Burn Notice, that is its funny cleverness and its great casting.
It's McGyver with comedy, sarcasm and better special effects. Also, so far, the quality of the show writing has kept pretty high through the seasons.
give it a shot.
two and a half men is horrid.
Dexter is just great. If you can give three hours of your life to charlie sheen, then you must watch the first two episodes of Dexter. If you're not hooked, then watch some more.
Dexter is just great. If you can give three hours of your life to charlie sheen, then you must watch the first two episodes of Dexter. If you're not hooked, then watch some more.
petermcphee
macrumors 6502a
The character development is nil. The writers seem to be pandering to an emotionally immature audience. Not my thing at all.
Hell's Kitchen and X-Files. iTunes has both for sale if you don't want to buy and convert yourself.