Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 12:45:59 PM
I'll watch them in the order in which they stand on my shelves, so there's no secret master plan why one show comes before or after the next. ;)
As Kosh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosh) would say: And so it begins. (http://home.arcor.de/djdoena/upload/begins.wav)
Xena: Warrior Princess
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What's the show about?
The former warlord Xena has reformed and fights now for the good. She and her sidekick Gabrielle travel through the ancient world of Greece, North Africa and Asia. They fight with and against other warlords, demons and gods.
What happend before?
"Xena" is a spin-off of "Hercules" where Xena was introduced. Back then she was still a warlord until she lost her army due to a mutiny. After that she helped Hercules defeat a vicious monster.
"Sins of the Past"
Xena cannot escape her past even when she tries to. On the way to her hometown Amphipolis she saves a group of people - including a young girl called Gabrielle - from being captured and sold into slavery. The attackers are under the command of Draco. When she denies him a real fight he decides to destroy Amphipolis and kill everyone. Now Xena has to protect a town that does not want her to be there...
My Opinion
Since the character was already introduced in "Hercules" one doesn't learn much new about Xena in the pilot. Even if she had an affair with Draco remains unclear.
I always favoured "Xena" over "Hercules" because it was a bit darker and her enemies (Callisto, Ares, ...) were more interesting
But there is one thing that bugs me while I'm watching the show. While I grew up I read a lot of greek mythology. I've read the Iliad, the Odyssey, I watched every Hercules/Heracles movie there was. And I am still used to the german names of everything: Herkules, Achilles, Zeus, ... . While the spelling is only slightly different, the pronunciation is completely different. Everytime I watch Xena or Hercules and they pronounce greek names it sounds totally wrong. Period.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 02:39:47 PM
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What's the show about?
The crew of the Galaxy class starship Enterprise, designation NCC-1701-D, "explores strange new worlds, new civilizations and goes bodly where no one has gone before". Captain Picard and his men, women and android travel through the known universe and beyond, analyze space phenomena and negotiate peace or trade treaties.
What happened before?
TNG plays roughly a century after Captain Kirk's five year mission ("Star Trek") and about 70 years after the Kithomer conference ("Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"). Klingons and the Federation are no longer enemies.
"Encounter at Farpoint"
Captain Jean-Luc Picard has just taken over the command of the Enterprise. On the way to the newly-built Farpoint Station on the planet Deneb IV the Enterprise is attacked by a being that calls himself a "Q". It demands that the human race is to return to their own solar system. After a "trial" which seems to take place in a late-21st-century court room, judge Q decides to put the ship's crew on probation depending on whether they are able to solve the mystery of Farpoint Station.
My Opinion
When I watched the pilot for the first time back in 1990 or 1991 on german television I was thrilled. Star Trek was back on the screen! I devoured every new episode and I liked Q from the beginning. Since I wasn't born when the original series ran and I watched it only a few years earlier I was unprejudiced about the new show.
TNG is my second-favourite Star Trek show (directly after DS9).
Again I was surprised when I watched the show with english audio track. No one of the main characters is able to pronounce the captain's name correctly, not even the captain himself. ;)
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 02, 2008, 02:43:18 PM
Post by: Tom on January 02, 2008, 03:28:59 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 04:13:20 PM
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What's the show about?
Sam Backett jumps through time and space. But he does not do it with his own body and he cannot control where or when he jumps. But wherever he goes, something went wrong in the original passing of events and Sam has to fix it. His only help is Al, an admiral that lives in the time Sam came from and
presents himself to Sam as a neurological hologram that only Sam can see or hear.
"Genesis"
A man wakes up and does not know who, where or when he is. The only thing he does know is that he's not Captain Tom Stretton, but that's who is supposed to be. And Cpt. Stratton is supposed to fly an experimental mach-3-jet. Sam has lost practically all memories about him and his life and Al isn't allowed to give him his memory back because it would weaken the chances of successfully bringing Sam back. But the original Tom Stratton has died in the attempt of surpassing mach 3 and Sam has to survive this trip in order to return home.
My Opinion
I love this show because it's always fun to see how Sam has to adapt to his new body and environment, especially when he jumps into a non-white/non-male. I also thought that it was a great idea that Sam tries to contact his father again, when he has the chance to.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 07:47:04 PM
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What's the show about?
Mankind is not alone in the universe. An ancient race built a transportation system to connect thousands of planets throughout the galaxy. The entry/exit points of that system are the stargates. Earth sends units to other planets to initiate trade and looking for allies and possible threats. The first of the units is designated SG-1, consisting of Col. Jack O'Neill, Cpt. Samantha Carter (who also happens to have a doctorate in astrophysics), the archaeologist Daniel Jackson and the alien Jaffa Teal'c. Together they save the world more than once.
What happened before?
In the movie the stargate was a point-to-point connection to the planet Abydos. Daniel Jackson manages to open that connection and goes with Col. O'Neill to Abydos. As soon as they arrive they find a tribe who worships the egyptian sungod Ra - only that Ra is real and an alien. A few thousand years ago Ra abducted people from Earth and brought them to Abydos. But the people on Earth rebelled and buried the stargate. Daniel and Jack have to fight agains Ra and manage to kill him, but only Jack returns from Abydos.
For the concept to work they had to change a few things. For once, the stargate is now a multi-gate network. For another Ra was portrayed as "the last of his kind", not one of many Goa'uld god-impostors. Also there were no signs of the Goa'uld pouch on Ra's Jaffa.
"Children of the Gods"
A year after the events in the movie the project "Stargate" is practically shut down. But then a Ra-look-alike comes through the gate, kills several soldiers and abducts a female soldier. After that Colonol O'Neill's bluff is called and he has to disclose that Daniel is not dead and that Abydos was not nuked. After the team around O'Neill successfully returns to Abydos they learn that there is not only the Abydos and the Earth gate but also many thousands more. But then Abydos is also attacked by this new enemy and they kidnap Daniel's wife and Skaara, a friend of Jack's. And so a rescue mission is set up, which will lead to strange new places and to new friends...
My Opinion
Great show (sorry for the repeating comments, but if I wouldn't like my TV shows I wouldn't have them ;)) although it became a bit repetitive in later seasons. I loved O'Neill's comments and the countless references to Star Trek and other cultural references (from the pilot: "It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth").
Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 10:08:35 PM
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What's the show about?
As its predecessor it's about exploring a galaxy with the help of the stargates and fighting an evil and supposedly superior enemy. I've only watched the first season until now.
What happened before?
"Stargate Atlantis" is a spin-off of "Stargate SG-1" and started simultaneously with the 8th season of SG-1. It begins after the great battle against Anubis' forces over the Antarctica.
"Rising"
With the help of the Antarctica ZPM (zero point module) Stargate Command is able to open a Stargate to the Pegasus galaxy, to Atlantis. An international team consisting of military and scientists goes there in the knowledge that it might be a one-way trip. But soon after their arrival they get into trouble of all sorts. The Atlantis ZPMs are depleted and the shields cannot hold back the water much longer and the scouting party is attacked by a race called "Wraith", a race that seems to have wiped out the Ancients who built the stargate system and Atlantis...
My Opinion
I don't know... I never got really warm with Atlantis. Maybe I had an overdose of Stargate. But more likely is that I didn't like the concept of the Wraith. The Wraith are a race that has wiped out the Ancients and nonetheless the humans can pull up a good fight. The problem with unbeatable enemies is that writers have to find a way to make them beatable (take the Borg as an example what they were in TNG and what they became in VOY). You can go to a certain point before it becomes implausible. And the wraith are just another "über-enemy" in the line. In SG-1 we had Apophis, then Anubis, then Baal, then the Ori and somewhere in between the Replicators. And Atlantis? They haven't really arrived yet and meet the next über-enemy.
I just got trhe second season for a good price, let's see when I make the time to watch it.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 02, 2008, 11:14:49 PM
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What's the show about?
John Chrichton is the only human being in a strange part of the universe. There he meets the strangest of aliens and tries to find a way back home. The show never seemed to have a road map but instead seemed to base on the concept "what hilarious idea do put in writing for next week"?
"Premiere"
John Chrichton is an IASA astronaut and he tries to prove a theory. For that he conducts a low orbit experiment that goes wrong. He accidentally opens a wormhole that brings John Chrichton in a totally unkown part of the universe. He lands on a prison transport that has just been taken over by the prisoners.
My Opinion
That show is freaking hilarious. Loved every bit of it. I was really grateful that they made the fifth season, even if it was an abridged version.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 02:33:13 PM
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What's the show about?
4400 people have been abducted from Earth over the years - and suddenly they all return in a great ball of lightning. But somehow they've changed. They have no recollection of what happened to them but everyone seems to have a newly aquired special ability.
"Pilot"
1939. A little girl disappears. 1951. A black soldier disappears from Korea. 2001. A teenager disappears from a beach while his cousin falls into a coma. 2004. A comet is headed directly to Earth and it's coming in hot. Every try to shoot it down fails. But then it suddenly slows down and comes in for a landing. And it brings: The 4400. 4400 people suddenly return from ... where? No one really knows. They are released to the world and they have to find their way in it - except that some of them (all of them?) are different now and the world has changed, too...
My Opinion
I've only watched the first season (yeah, all 5 episodes! ;)) but I liked it, but wei'll have to see how long the Freak-of-the-Week concept is going to work.
Post by: Tom on January 03, 2008, 02:36:31 PM
My OpinionAs it originally was only a mini-series, they had to come up for another concept for season 2. Beginning with season 2 it has more of a story-arc than freak-of-the-week episodes.
I've only watched the first season (yeah, all 5 episodes! ;)) but I liked it, but wei'll have to see how long the Freak-of-the-Week concept is going to work.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 02:55:59 PM
Beginning with season 2 it has more of a story-arc than freak-of-the-week episodes.Thx, good to know. :)
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 04:16:50 PM
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What's the show about?
250,000 aliens from the planet Tencton are stranded on Earth. The aliens were bred to be slaves. They are stronger and often more intelligent than Humans and they have to adapt to the live among the population of Los Angeles. Five years have gone since their arrival on Earth. The Human cop Matthew Sikes and the Newcomer cop George Francisco solve cases both in the human and the newcomer community.
What happened before?
The TV show is loosely based on the movie, but the story of the movie is not connected to that of the show. In fact, parts story of of the movie are re-written for the pilot.
"Alien Nation"
The first "Newcomer", Sam 'George' Francisco, has become a detective and he gets assigned to a Human. Detective Matthew Sikes on the other hand has lost his partner, who was shot by a Newcomer. Together they have to solve a case of mysterious deaths that are somehow connected to Matt's old partner...
My Opinion
Can't wait to get my fingers on the five TV movies they've made afterwards. It was a really good show even when it lasted only one season.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 06:00:52 PM
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What's the show about?
Buck Rogers is an astronaut who's been frozen in his spacecraft for 500 years and is been resurrected in the late 25th century. Earth has seen a nuclear holocaust and mankind lives in a few shielded cities and depends on the trade with other worlds. Buck Rogers has now to live in this world and to adapt to this new culture.
What happened before?
It's a remake of the 1939s, but since I've never seen this, I do not know what they've taken over and what not.
"Awakening"
In the year 1987 Buck Rogers is send on a mission that should've lasted 5 months. Due to a cosmic accident he is frozens and awakes 504 years later on the Draconian flagship under the command of princess Ardala. Earth seeks a trade treaty with the Draconian Empire and Aradala's father who rules over 3/4 of the known universe. But Buck is suspicious whether the empire has the best interests of Earth in mind.
My Opinion
This is one series I just bought because of the pilot. I watched that show in the late 80s on television but only a few episodes because I had a regular appointment when the show was running. After I bought the DVD set, I watched a few episodes but it didn't interest me that much. That's also the reason why I haven't got the second season. But the pilot I could watch over and over again. I could laugh my ass off everytime Buck shows that Earth pilots how to fly in a dogfight.
Post by: Jimmy on January 03, 2008, 06:27:30 PM
I repeat :
Don't buy it ... you'll regret it
Don't buy, Save your money for something better like ............. anything else
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 07:43:25 PM
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What's the show about?
Captain Reynolds commands an old Firefly class starship called "Serenity", after the Serenity Valley, where a deciding battle in the Unification War has taken place. Reynolds and his crew smuggle stuff and loot abandoned ships as well as they do regular transports of people and cattle. And they try to avoid contact with The Alliance and the Reavers.
"Serenity"
While they're looting a ship an Alliance cruiser detects the Serenity and they can barely escape but now they've got a search warrant for them and their employer won't take the looted items. In a try to sell them elsewhere they take passengers to the planet Boros with a little detour...
My Opinion
To sad that the show only lasted for a dozen episodes. It was an interesting concept especially with all these different characters and the ambiguous captain.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 07:44:28 PM
Don't buy it ... you'll regret itAs I said, I'm only interested in the pilot. ;)
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 08:51:53 PM
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What's the show about?
People all over the world discover that they have special abilities. And somehow their destinies are connected and that they have a task to do: How to stop an exploding man?
"Genesis"
Tokyo, Japan. A man belives that he can stop time. Odessa, Texas, USA. A girl jumps 70 feet from a building and heals practically instantaniously. New York, USA. A man can paint future events. They all don't know what is happening but they know that something's changed...
My Opinion
Loved the first season. Haven't gotten around to watch the second.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 10:02:26 PM
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What's the show about?
Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille)
This is a german classic. It came out in the same year as Star Trek (1966). The fast space cruiser Orion 7 under the command of Major McLane protects Earth from any extraterrestrial threats, especially a race that the Humans call "the Frogs".
"Angriff aus dem All" ("Attack From Space")
Because of repeated insubordination McLane is transfered from the "Schnelle Raumverbände" ("fast space combat units") to the "Raumpatrouille" ("space patrol"). Additionally he gets a "babysitter": Lt. Tamara Jagellovsk from the GSD ("global security service"). What appears to be a routine mission developes itself into the first clash with "the Frogs"...
My Opinion
As I said: A german classic even if it only lasted for 7 episodes. The command style is not unlike that of a certain James T. Kirk and the Orion 7 crew is also very international - ok the actors are all german, but it's the idea that counts. ;)
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2008, 11:31:56 PM
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What's the show about?
Quinn Mallory and his friends travel through alternate universes. But there are a few catches. But they cannot control when they have to "slide" or where they are going to land. Nor do they find the way to their own homeworld. Every universe can be totally different from what they know or it's really close to their own reality.
"Pilot"
Quinn Mallory tried to invent an anti-gravity machine but came up with something totally different. Without knowing where his jump would end he jumps through a wormhole and ends up in his basement - right where he started. But he has soon to learn that this is not his basement - at least not his-his. After having successfully returned to his own reality he invites his professor for physics and his friend Wade for another trip...
My Opinion
I really liked the show until the season where the professor died and Wade disappeared. After that the show lost it's touch especially with the Kromaggs.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 01:06:50 AM
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What's the show about?
In the year 2063 we see the adventures and the fights of the 58th squadron, the "Wildcards", a United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry (USMC SAC) squadron. Until the beginning of the show mankind believed to be alone in the universe. But then everything changed and suddenly mankind is at war with a race they call "Chigs". Later it comes out that some of the Earth based companies knew that the Chigs were out there but they were arrogant enough to not to care and they desecrated the Chigs' holy grounds, which probably started the war.
"Pilot"
Humans believe to be alone in the universe. Nathan West was supposed to go on the Tellus mission with his girlfriend Kylen. But he must leave behind, while she goes. Nathan joins the USMC SAC to have a chance to see Kylen again because the USMC also protects the colonies. But then something goes wrong. Both the colony on Vesta and Tellus are attacked and completely destroyed by an alien race. Nathan becomes a hammerhead pilot. His comrade-in-arms have enlisted for several reasons and they are a wild mix, including an InVitro (humans bred in tanks to fight against the A.I.s).
My Opinion
This is a very dark show and that is meant both metaphorically and literally. Too bad it ended in a heavy cliffhanger.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 02:24:02 PM
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What's the show about?
It's about Babylon 5. ;) About the people that lived, loved, fought and died there. Babylon 5 is a human-built space station oribiting an (presumably) uninhabited planet in neutral territory. It's a port of call and a place to come together, to negotiate, to keep the peace in the galaxy. But in this it failed. Instead, it becomes the last, best hope for victory against an ancient and very powerful enemy.
"The Gathering"
A human space station called Babylon 5 was built in neutral terrritory between several star empires including the Minbari Federation, the Narn Empire, the Centauri Republic and the Earth Alliance. The construction finished ten years after the Earth-Minbar war where the Minbari nearly annihilated the humans but then surrenderd on the eve of victory. Now the station is complete to prevent such wars and every race sends an ambassador including the mysterious race called the Vorlons. But when the Vorlon ambassador Kosh arrives he is attacked and things get out of hands.
My Opinion
My marathon (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,362.0.html).
Babylon 5 is one of my top-favourite Sci-Fi TV shows. It has a great story arc and superb characters.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 03:14:12 PM
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What's the show about?
The crew of the Excalibur searches in the galaxy for a cure that the plague the Drakh left on Earth.
What happened before?
2267, 5 years after the 5th season of "Babylon 5" the Drakh a former ally of the Shadows attacks Earth. They leave a plague on Earth which threatens to kill all life within 5 years. One of two prototype starships is ordered to find a cure to this plague. This was seen in the TV movie "A Call to Arms".
"War Zone"
What's the pilot to this show? That's a really difficult question. The storyline started with the TV movie "A Call to Arms", but none of the characters of the series was present in that movie (except Galen and Lochley). But JMS (the producer of Babylon 5) considers "War Zone" in the logical order on place 13. I still take it because it introduces the crew.
Captain Gideon takes over the command of the newly-built starship "Excalibur", one of two prototypes equipped with Human, Minbari and Vorlon technology. Gideon's mission is to find a cure for the plague that is going to wipe out all life on Earth. But first he has to take a little detour to hunt down one of the Drakh ships...
My Opinion
I haven't come around to watch this show yet. In fact this was the first time I ever watched an episode of it. Mainly because the show was canceled before it was even shown to an audience. If I like it, I'll know it will only last 14 episodes and I am somewhat confused that the order of the episodes is not the chronological order and if you watch it in the latter order uniforms change and some dialogs don't match. I've got no idea what JMS was thinking. Originally Crusade should have a 5-year-storyarc just like B5.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 05:14:12 PM
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What's the show about?
Hercules, son of the father of the gods, Zeus, travels through the world and helps villagers who are in danger. He fights warlords, demons and the creatures created by his stepmother Hera, the queen of the gods.
"Hercules and the Amazon Woman"
It's not exactly a pilot, it's the first of five TV movies that were made before the actual series. But it's as good as a pilot.
A man comes to Hercules and Iolaus and asks for their help. His village is attacked by beasts. Hercules and Iolas accompany the man. But they are attacked by the beasts and Iolaus dies in it and Hercules learns that they are not beasts, but amazon warriors...
My Opinion
Hercules was a good show, although (as I said) I liked Xena more.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 06:50:12 PM
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What's the show about?
Kwai Chang Caine was a priest at a Shaolin temple, where his son Peter also lived and studied. The temple was destroyed and father and son each thought the other had perished in the fire. For many years, Kwai Chang 'walked the earth,' while Peter became a big-city cop. Finally, they are reunited and now together they battle evil, using wisdom, martial arts, and occasionally even Peter's pistol.
What happened before?
Kwai's grandfather, Peter's great-grandfather was the Kwai Chang Caine from the series "Kung Fu".
"Initiation"
A man comes to Chinatown of Los Angeles who looks like he stepped out of the movies "The Last Emperor". He prevents an assault on a chinese merchant but gets hurt in the process. Meanwhile the cop Peter Caine goes undercover to take out a Chinatown underground boss.
My Opinion
While I am not much into cop shows in general, I liked this one because I like martial arts. And this father and son are a great team. But the show hasn't been published here (except for the pilot).
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 04, 2008, 07:01:24 PM
My OpinionThe show needed a long time to gain momentum. I think it was around episode 10, when the story-arc finally picked up, but from then on, I loved it.
This is a very dark show and that is meant both metaphorically and literally. Too bad it ended in a heavy cliffhanger.
Too bad those FOX morons decided not to make the shortfilm-conclusion the series makers offered to do before the boxset came out.
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 04, 2008, 07:05:24 PM
Crusade
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What's the show about?
The crew of the Excalibur searches in the galaxy for a cure that the plague the Drakh left on Earth.
What happened before?
2267, 5 years after the 5th season of "Babylon 5" the Drakh a former ally of the Shadows attacks Earth. They leave a plague on Earth which threatens to kill all life within 5 years. One of two prototype starships is ordered to find a cure to this plague. This was seen in the TV movie "A Call to Arms".
"War Zone"
What's the pilot to this show? That's a really difficult question. The storyline started with the TV movie "A Call to Arms", but none of the characters of the series was present in that movie (except Galen and Lochley). But JMS (the producer of Babylon 5) considers "War Zone" in the logical order on place 13. I still take it because it introduces the crew.
Captain Gideon takes over the command of the newly-built starship "Excalibur", one of two prototypes equipped with Human, Minbari and Vorlon technology. Gideon's mission is to find a cure for the plague that is going to wipe out all life on Earth. But first he has to take a little detour to hunt down one of the Drakh ships...
My Opinion
I haven't come around to watch this show yet. In fact this was the first time I ever watched an episode of it. Mainly because the show was canceled before it was even shown to an audience. If I like it, I'll know it will only last 14 episodes and I am somewhat confused that the order of the episodes is not the chronological order and if you watch it in the latter order uniforms change and some dialogs don't match. I've got no idea what JMS was thinking. Originally Crusade should have a 5-year-storyarc just like B5.
Which Episode did you start with? The episodes are not in chronological order (similar to TOS), therefor please remember to watch the show in the following order:
1. War Zone (108)
2. The Long Road (107)
3. Appearances and Other Deceits (113)
4. The Memory of War (102)
5. The Needs of Earth (101)
6. Racing the Night (103)
7. Visitors From Down the Street (104)
8. Each Night I Dream of Home (105)
9. The Path of Sorrows (109)
10. Patterns of the Soul (110)
11. Ruling From the Tomb (111)
12. The Well of Forever (106)
13. The Rules of the Game (112)
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 04, 2008, 07:07:59 PM
My Opinion
While I am not much into cop shows in general, I liked this one because I like martial arts. And this father and son are a great team. But the show hasn't been published here (except for the pilot).
Eeeeer:
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-erste-Staffel/dp/B0007GDUDG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199470003&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-zweite-Staffel/dp/B000926SZK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199470003&sr=8-2
:tease:
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 07:10:45 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 07:12:15 PM
Not the old one, the new one the one I wrote about. ;)My Opinion
While I am not much into cop shows in general, I liked this one because I like martial arts. And this father and son are a great team. But the show hasn't been published here (except for the pilot).
Eeeeer:
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-erste-Staffel/dp/B0007GDUDG/
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-zweite-Staffel/dp/B000926SZK/
:tease:
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 04, 2008, 07:12:44 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_%28TV_series%29#Episodes
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 04, 2008, 07:14:45 PM
:headscratch:Not the old one, the new one the one I wrote about. ;)My Opinion
While I am not much into cop shows in general, I liked this one because I like martial arts. And this father and son are a great team. But the show hasn't been published here (except for the pilot).
Eeeeer:
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-erste-Staffel/dp/B0007GDUDG/
http://www.amazon.de/Kung-Fu-komplette-zweite-Staffel/dp/B000926SZK/
:tease:
I don't know any of them.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 07:42:40 PM
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What's the show about?
The show is about the woman of Wisteria Lane and how they live, thrive and survive. In the first season it's also about the death of Mary Alice Young.
"Pilot"
On the day our story begins Mary Alice Young decides to put a bullet through her head. In that week a plumber moved in the street that isn't what he seems to be, Bree Van De Kamp's husband wants divorce and Gabrielle Solis cheats her husband with the gardener.
My Opinion
The first season is build around the mystery of why Marie Alice shot herself and what Mike's (the "plumber") true intentions are. It's a funny show but I still haven't got aroudn to watch the second season.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 08:35:33 PM
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What's the show about?
Four teenagers - Velma, Daphne, Fred & Shaggy - and their dog, Scooby Doo, solve mysteries of spooky castles, ghosts and monsters that never are what they appear to be.
"What a Night for a Knight"
When the moon is full the "Black Knight" becomes alive again in a museum and the scooby gang investigates the disapearence of an english professor in such a night.
My Opinion
Loved the show (and all its successors) when I was a kid, especially Shaggy and Scooby. That was also the reason why I bought both movies.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 10:04:08 PM
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What's the show about?
R.J. "Hurricance" Spencer has built a very special boat. It is very fast, specially armored and has a lot of special features. He and his partner Brubaker go on special missions for their country.
"Thunder in Paradise"
Spencer is in financial trouble because of the boat he's built. And the hotel owner Megan Whitaker has the problem of finding a husband within two days. So they make a deal...
My Opinion
Of all the "super machine" series I've watched (and I watched them all ;) [Knight Rider, Airwolf, Street Hawk, The Highwayman, Viper, ...]) this one is the cheesiest. The internal measurements of the boat are way larger than the external measurements and the acting is not very good. Ok, what do we expect from a wrestler. ;) It's definitivly more a fun series than anything else.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2008, 10:41:13 PM
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What's the show about?
It'*s about the life of the Simpons - mainly Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie - in Springfield. It's always the same year in Springfield, Lisa is always a second-grader and Bart is always a fourth-grader. But they have the most incredible adventures one can imagine.
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Homer does not get a Christmas bonus and Marge has to spend all the money to remove a tattoo of Bart's. But Homer wants to have a nice Christmas for his family and so he helps out as Santa at the mall.
My Opinion
The Simpsons are a cult show. But I think I haven't seen half the episodes, there are simply to much out there. And for my taste "The Simpsons" is not a show where I can watch countless episodes at once (which might be due to the fact that every episode is practically a reset to the beginning). But I really like it and when I find the time I watch a few episodes.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 12:23:45 AM
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What's the show about?
At the request of the Bajoran government, Starfleet is to establish a Federation presence in their system following the withdrawal of the Cardassian forces. Deep Space Nine is a former Cardassian station that happens to be in the system that has the only known stable wormhole. And that wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant, to a point 70,000 lightyears away. But this wormhole is indirectly the reason for the greatest war the Alpha Quadrant has ever seen.
What happened before?
DS9 begins six years after the beginning of TNG and three years after Wolf 359. At Wolf 359 a fleet of 39 Federation ships fought one Borg cube - all were destroyed. Among the ships was the USS Saratoga and its XO, Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko, who lost his wife in that battle.
"Emissary"
Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko and his son arrive on the heavily damaged space station Deep Space Nine. Most of his crew hasn't arrived yet but he soon meets with his second-in-command, the Bajoran Major Kira. Sisko isn't sure he wants this assignment and his son to grow up here but then an extraordinary event takes place. They find the only known stable wormhole and suddenly the Bajoran system moves from "the outer rim" into the "attention center" of the Alpha Quadrant.
My Opinion
My favourite Star Trek show! It has a great story arc, even if it wasn't planned from the beginning as it was done with "Babylon 5". B5 and DS9 have many similarities which isn't that surprising since JMS (the creator of B5) has shown his B5 plans to Paramount. But they are also different since DS9 is anchored in the Star Trek universe.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 12:47:00 PM
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What's the show about?
After the destruction of the twelve colonies of Kobol the last remaining Battlestar, the Galactica, and a fleet of 220 ships are on the search for a refuge to go to, the thirteenth colony of Kobol: Earth.
"Saga of A Star World"
After a thousand years of war against the Cylons a peace treaty is negotiated. But the Cylons and their ally Baltar only want to put the colonials into a fals sense of security. The fleet and the colonies are completely unprepared when the Cylons attack and subsequently lose the battle and the war. The only surviving Battlestar is the Galactica under the command of commander Adama. They have not choice but to leave the colonies and take the survivors with them. Where? To the lost thirteenth colony of Kobol: Earth. But they do not know where exactly Earth is located...
My Opinion
I liked the old show because of their characters and the models. I still think that the old Galactica and the Cylon Raiders look better that the re-imagined ones. They were a good crew but now I like the new one better.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 02:05:21 PM
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What's the show about?
Captain Kirk and his crew aboard the starhip Enterprise explore the unknown parts of the galaxy and have dealings with the strangest aliens such as the Klingons or Trelane.
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
During the try of breaking through the galactic border the ships gets heavily damaged and several crewmembers get killed. But one man - Gary Mitchell, an old friend of Kirk's - was somehow altered. The question remains if whether he is now a threat to the ships security.
My Opinion
Kirk was simply a cool guy and the only man known that grows more hairs over the years instead of less. ;) "Star Trek" is a cult classic and most of the episodes are still watchable. But I liked the movies more than the series.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 03:44:00 PM
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What's the show about?
Does anyone really know that? Officially it's about the survivors of a plane crash who are stranded on a very strange island that is inhabited by even stranger people and "things".
"Pilot"
Oceanic 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles gets way off course and then crashes on an island. The survivors try to get in contact with the rescue party and make theirselves as comfortable as possible until the rescue arrives...
My Opinion
It's a very interesting show, but I have given up to figure out what the island is about, or the Others. For me it's now a great character survey and as that it still works great.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 04:07:42 PM
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What's the show about?
The 4077th M*A*S*H is a field hospital in the Korean War. The inhabitants of that hospital are a wild bunch of crazy people but they are also the best doctors and nurses on the front.
What happened before?
The series is based upon the novel "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors" and the 1970 movie "MASH" but there's no necessity to have read / seen this before.
"Mobile Army Surgical Hospital"
"Hawkeye" and "Trapper" have the plan to send the local boy Ho-Jon to medical school in the United States. For this they have to raise $1,000 by doing a lottery...
My Opinion
M*A*S*H is a great show, always good balanced between fun and seriousness.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 04:57:29 PM
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What's the show about?
Al Bundy sells (sometimes) women shoes. Peggy Bundy is a "housewive". They live together with their two children and lead a "normal" suburban life.
"Pilot"
The Bundys have got new neighbors: the Rhodes and Peggy decides to invite them over on the evening Al wanted to go to a basketball game.
My Opinion
MWC was a good show for its time, but I wouldn't watch it nowadays. I learned that lesson after I bought the first season.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 05:28:14 PM
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What's the show about?
It's about the life of Tim and Jill Taylor and their three children: Brad, Randy and Mark. Additionally it's about Tim's TV show "Tool Time". Tim stubles often into bad situations with his wife, because he's a bit insensible, but gets always rescued by the advice of his neighbor.
"Pilot"
Jill has a job interview and begs her husband not to touch the new dishwasher. But he does what he always does: he tries to improve it and blows it apart in the process.
My Opinion
Tim gives me always a good laugh. But it's another show where I can't watch too many episodes at once.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 06:02:42 PM
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What's the show about?
Sledge Hammer is a trigger-happy cop who solves his cases by shooting at everything and talks to his Magnum which he calls "Susie".
"Under the Gun"
After the mayor's daughter is kidnapped Hammer's suspension is lifted. On his way to work he shoots a Bazooka into a building that has a sharpshooter on his roof. After this happy incidident his day clouds a bit because he gets a partner assigned: a woman, Dori Doreau.
My Opinion
That is one crazy cop, but trust him, he knows what he's doing!
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 05, 2008, 06:30:29 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 06:59:49 PM
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What's the show about?
Doug Heffernan is a delivery man for International Parcel Service (IPS). His wife, Carrie, works as a secretary for a law firm. Both live in a house in Queens, New York and in the basement of that house lives Carrie's father Arthur. That living arrangement leads to all kinds of funny situations.
"Pilot"
Doug has just got his new TV which is placed in Doug's sanctuary - the basement, when Carrie's sister comes to the house to tell them that Arthur's wife (or girlfriend? - she does not seem to be Carrie's or her sister's mother) has just died. When Arthur tries to live alone he accidentally burns down his house and has to move into the basement of the Heffernan's house...
My Opinion
Another really good sitcom and this one I'll finish when I get the remaining seasons on DVD.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 07:32:09 PM
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What's the show about?
A group of mid-20 New Yorkers lives in close proximity and spends much time either at Monica's or at the nearby coffee house "Central Perk". We see how their life developes until the mid-30s.
"The Pilot" or "The One Where Monica Gets A Roommate"
Ross' wife has just moved out because she found out that she's a lesbian and Ross is devastated. The others (Monica, Phoebe, Chandler and Joey) try to chear him up but then Rachel steps in their life (again) who has just left her to-be-husband at the altar.
My Opinion
As I said before (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,516.0.html) I love that show and I will re-watch it definitively this year.
Post by: richierich on January 05, 2008, 08:18:17 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 08:20:38 PM
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What's the show about?
Ally McBeal is a lawyer and works at the Boston law firm "Cage, Fish and Associates". This firm represents clients in the most unusual cases. Additionally Ally works there with her former lover Billy who is married to another lawyer of that firm.
"Pilot"
Ally gets fired because a co-lawyer of her's makes sexual advances towards her but doesn't get fired because he is higher in the hierarchy. But then she meets Richard Fish with whom she has studied at Harvard and he offers her a job at his newly-found law firm. And Ally sues her former employer...
My Opinion
The series is from the same author as "Boston Legal" (David E. Kelley). In both shows funny and/or absurd cases are brought to court. I love funny lawsuits since the days of "Night Court".
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 09:53:06 PM
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What's the show about?
The JAG ist the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy. They are charged with the defense and prosecution of military law as provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. We follow the cases of Lt. Harmon Rabb jr., a former fighter pilot and his partner Maj. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie all around the world.
"Pilot"
The CAG of the aircraft carrier USS Seahawk and his female Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) shoot down two MIGs over the Adriatic Sea. In the night after that the RIO is being thrown overboard and killed. Lt Rabb and Lt. jg. Pike take over the investigation of the missing RIO...
My Opinion
This show had its highs and its lows. Being not an US-american the patriotism was sometimes a bit to much for my taste, especially when it came to the Iraq war. Also that "we are the best of the best of the best"-attitude was an overdose at times. But in the big picture I liked the show.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2008, 11:48:54 PM
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What's the show about?
The Battlestar Galactica leads a group of refugee ships away from the destructed twelve colonies of Kobol to what they hope to find: the thirteenth colony, a planet called "Earth". They are hunted by the Cylons, a race of Robots that were once created by the Humans.
What happened before?
The new series is a re-imagination of the old one, not a continuation, therefore nothing "happened before". There are however many similarities between both shows but just as many differences.
"Battlestar Galactica"
The Battlestar Galactica is about to be decommissioned, it was commisioned during the last Cylon War. But then the unbelievable happens: after an armistice that lasted 40 years, the Cylons attack the colonial fleet and all the colonies. They have access to the colonial defense systems and are able to disable any resistance. After a great deal of the fleet is destroyed, the Galactica is the last remaining Battlestar and Adama becomes the head of the remaining forces. Meanwhile the secretary of eduction Laura Roslin is sworn into the office of the President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Adama plans to strike back, but President Roslin has another point of view...
My Opinion
Really great show and I hope we are going to see the 4th season (that's currently uncertain due to the WGA strike). I'd hate to see that show be left open-ended, especially because they promised to bring the story to an end in the 4th season.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 11:32:52 AM
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What's the show about?
Clark Kent was raised by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas. But Clark is no ordinary teenager. Clark is Kal-El, an alien from the planet Krypton. He has super-strengt, super-vision and many other special abilities. Clark was sent by his parents to Earth because Krypton was on the eve of destruction. Here on Earth he lives the official life of a farm boy and the inofficial life of the rescuer of people who need his help.
What happened before?
I am not entirely sure, but I believe that Smallville is also a re-imagination of the Superman universe.
"Pilot"
A meteor shower hits a small town in Kansas: Smallville. But with that shower a spaceship arrives and it contains a small boy that is adopted by the Kents. 12 years later. Clark Kent, Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross are freshemens on the Smallville Highschool. And Lex Luthor, son of Lionel Luthor takes over the management of the Smallville fertilizer plant. But then an accident happens where Lex nearly gets killed - if it weren't for Clark. And a man awakes from a coma in which he had laid for twelve years...
My Opinion
Great show, lots of Freak-of-the-Week episodes but it has some great storyarcs, too.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 12:25:22 PM
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What's the show about?
Duncan MacLeod was born 400 years ago in the scottish Highlands and he is immortal - at least as long as nobody cuts his head off. He is not alone. There are more immortals out there like him and they all are waiting for the Gathering, when only few of them are left alive and they fight for The Prize.
What happened before?
For this series to work it has to be places in an alternate reality then the first Highlander movie (Why do I say "the first Highlander movie?" There is only one Highlander movie ;)). In the movie Connor MacLeod fought against Kurgan in the Gathering and won The Prize.
"The Gathering"
A young man breaks into Duncan MacLeod's antiques store and is mistaken for an immortal. But then the immortal Slan Quince enters and is going for Duncan's head. Additionally another immortal arrives: Connor MacLeod, the same clan but another vintage. ;) But Slan doesn't give up that easily, he wants Duncan's head badly...
My Opinion
I really liked the show especially with the flashbacks to former times. But it was really sad when Tessa died.
Post by: Najemikon on January 06, 2008, 01:57:53 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 02:00:46 PM
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What's the show about?
The A-Team is a former Vietnam War commando unit that is accused of commiting a crime they didn't commit. While on the run from the US military they help out people who are threatened by criminals.
"Mexican Slayride"
A good friend of the reporter Amy Allen disappears in Mexico. She tries to get in contact with an elite commando, called The A-Team. They are supposed to be soldiers of fortune but they are very hard to find. But she finds them and they agree to Mexico...
My Opinion
It's a 80s classic show. Practically every episode is based upon the same basic plot, but it's a fun show to watch - at least until they slightly changed the concept in the fifth season where the show went harder - and was cancelled. In germany the show still runs every weekend on free TV.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 02:01:40 PM
Didn't they come up with some dodgy way out of the logic in Highlander 2? They even bring Sean Connery back! I can't remember for sure because it's so long since I watched it, and I don't plan on ever watching it ever again... :laugh: Loved Highlander though...Yeah, the immortals are banished from a planet called Zeist. :redcard: :badidea:
Post by: Tom on January 06, 2008, 02:02:54 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 03:46:06 PM
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What's the show about?
Airwolf is a specially-equipped and -armored helicopter that can go supersonic. Stringfellow Hawke is the pilot of that gunship and he keeps it hidden from The Firm, a branch of the CIA who developed and built Airwolf. Hawke however uses the helicopter in missions for The Firm, mostly in Third-World-Countries and behind the Iron Curtain.
"Shadow of the Hawke"
Dr. Muffet is the creator of Airwolf but after a successful demonstrations he kidnaps the helicopter ti Libya from where he attacks french Mirages and sinks an US destroyer. Stringfellow Hawke is a former test pilot of Airwolf and he gets the assignment of returning Airwolf.
My Opinion
"Airwolf" is the total opposite to "The A-Team" when it comes to the death toll. Although I liked the show it became ludicrous when the Airwolf crew vistited "East Germany". But that can be said about almost every american movie/show in the 70s/80s, so I won't hold it against Airwolf.
Post by: Najemikon on January 06, 2008, 03:53:35 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 04:03:16 PM
Are you going to end this marathon with the first Angel and overlap it with an Angel marathon? :tease:I could. :tease:
Angel is indeed the last one on my list, but after that I wanted to finish my Xena collection (there are only two seasons left, though).
The remaining pilots are:
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 05:02:44 PM
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What's the show about?
The Duke cousins Bo and Luke live together with their other cousin Daisy and their uncle on a farm in Hazzard County. The Dukes were once moonshiners and they still can make a good corn whiskey. All of the Dukes often get in trouble with the corrupt Sheriff and Boss Hogg but they can always beat them.
"One Armed Bandits"
Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltraine try to smuggle illegal slot machines into Hazzard County. But Bo, Luke & Daisy hijack the "fertilizer" truck and use the slot machines to keep the orphanage open.
My Opinion
Did you know that they scrapped over 300 Dodge Chargers to make that show? The only season I didn't like was the one where just another pair of cousins came to Hazzard County and Bo and Luke went off to drive races.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 06:41:02 PM
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What's the show about?
Michael Knight works for Foundation for Law And Government. But he doesn't work alone. He has help in form of his car: The Knight Industries Two Thousand, KITT. KITT is a bullet-proof computer on wheels and it helps Michael on his missions to help people who need help.
"Knight of the Phoenix"
Michael Long works undercover until he is shot by the industrial espionage expert Tanya Walker. Luckily he survices the attack but his face is totally destroyed and has to be surgically repaired. After that Michael Long is officially dead and Michael Knight arises. His surgery was conducted by doctors paid by Wilton Knight who also gives him his new identity. Additionaly Wilton's engineers have done something to Michael's car...
My Opinion
Another 80s classic one simply had to watch back then. Oh gosh, I definitvly watched too much TV in the 80s. And the 90s. And now. :laugh:
BTW: There was a cultural reference in the pilot: When Michael sees KITT's interior for the first time he says that he feels like being in Darth Vader's bathroom!
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 07:33:52 PM
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What's the show about?
MacGyver is a very gifted man. He knows practically everything about mathematics, physics and chemistry. And he knows how to put that knowledge to practical use, he could build a bomb out of a ball-pen and a chewing gum. ;) He is sent out by the Phoenix Foundation to help out where he is needed.
"Pilot"
After reclaiming a targeting device from a crashed plane and the pilot from the hands of the Russians, MacGyver is needed in New Mexico. In an underground science laboratory happened an explosion. A lot of scientists are trapped within, among them two Nobel price candidates. Additionally an acid leaks threatens to contaminate the groundwater of the entire area...
My Opinion
What could I write without repeating myself? Magnificent show, especially with MacGyver's refusal to use guns. I'll rewatch it this year, after I've got all the seven seasons complete.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 09:07:04 PM
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What's the show about?
The ER is the Emergency Room of the Cook County Hospital in Chicage, Illinois. We follow the work and the private lives of the medical students, interns, residents and nurses who work at this oftern very chaotic place.
"24 Hours"
Dr. Greene is half-way through his shift when a building collapses and the ER has many incoming casualties. After hours of work handling this he has an appointment in a private practise. The third-year student John Carter has his first day. And then happens the inconceivable...
My Opinion
For me it's the show about John Carter. The show started when he started there and I had always the impression he was more focussed on than any other character. And I really like Carter. I've only watched the first 7 seasons so far but I know there are currently 14. But we'll have to see how long it will keep my interest, especially with most of the original crew having left in the last seasons or leaving over the coming seasons.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 09:49:49 PM
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What's the show about?
Jack Bauer works for the CTU, the Counter Terrorist Unit. He saves the United States more than once but he has only 24 hours to do so and not a minute more. And for this job he has to sacrifice everything: his family life, his health, his career and even his life.
"12:00a.m. - 01:00a.m."
Today is the day of the California presidential primary. Jack Bauer's unit has to prevent an attack on the black senator Palmer, a likely candidate for becoming the next president of the United States. Meanwhile Jack's daughter has sneaked out of the house and has disappeared.
My Opinion
24 is a great show even if the stories have become absurd lateley. They are fast running out of threats they didn't fight before. After watching the trailer of the seventh season I had the feeling it will be a mix of Die Hard 2 and 4, but I am willing to tune in. ;)
Post by: DJ Doena on January 06, 2008, 11:14:05 PM
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What's the show about?
Buffy Summers is The Chosen One, a teenage girl that was chosen by destiny to fight vampires, demons and other underworld beings. But she has help in form of her friends, her watcher and even vampires.
What happened before?
She lived in Los Angeles before. There she learnt of her status as The Chosen One and there she began to slay vampires until she had to burn down the school gym.
"Welcome to the Hellmouth" / "The Harvest"
Buffy and her mother have just moved to Sunnydale, California, after the events depicted in the movie. She wants to leave her Slayer days behind her but for that is Sunnydale the completely wrong place. Why? Because Sunnydale lies directly over a Hellmouth, an opening to the hell dimension and The Master has just been awakened...
My Opinion
Didn't like the show. Was very boring with that vampire-killing and so on. Yeah right! That's why I watched all 7 season within a month - and bought "Angel" afterwards. ;)
Post by: DJ Doena on January 07, 2008, 12:00:36 AM
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What's the show about?
To be honest, I don't really know since I haven't seen it yet. But I presume its about Angel fighting demons and vampires and saving the population of Los Angeles.
What happened before?
Angel left Sunnydale after the third season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" since there's no way of him being together with Buffy.
"City of ..."
After Angel has moved into his basement apartment he comes across Doyle, a half-demon. Doyle gets visions from The Powers That Be regarding people whose lives Angel must touch; true redemption lies not just in saving lives, but in saving souls as well. In an attempt to help a waitress who is harrassed by her former boyfriend he meets a powerful vampire...
My Opinion
Obviously I can't have an opinion - yet.
The End
Post by: Tom on January 07, 2008, 12:04:53 AM
My OpinionI would be interested what impression the pilot left for you. Does it look like the series is promising to you?
Obviously I can't have an opinion - yet.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 07, 2008, 09:31:23 AM
That depends heavily on what kind of cases they have to solve.My OpinionI would be interested what impression the pilot left for you. Does it look like the series is promising to you?
Obviously I can't have an opinion - yet.
Although I have to admit that I find the kind of scene changes (this flash effect) a bit disturbing. After Angel was shot he was suddenly at the gate and in his car. I was sure I had missed something and rewinded.
Another thing is this "holy mission" all of a sudden. It would have worked better if we haven't already known Angel. But he was over 3 years in Sunnydale and no one bothered him with such a mission and just when he returns to L.A.?!
But we'll see what they make of it.
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 07, 2008, 04:19:01 PM
My OpinionIt felt weird when McGuyver finally fixed the Stargate and startet shooting at people in strange costumes though...
What could I write without repeating myself? Magnificent show, especially with MacGyver's refusal to use guns. I'll rewatch it this year, after I've got all the seven seasons complete.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 07, 2008, 04:27:36 PM
MacGyver didn't fix the Stargate, Alan Shore did. ;)My OpinionIt felt weird when McGuyver finally fixed the Stargate and startet shooting at people in strange costumes though...
What could I write without repeating myself? Magnificent show, especially with MacGyver's refusal to use guns. I'll rewatch it this year, after I've got all the seven seasons complete.
Post by: Peter von Frosta on January 07, 2008, 05:29:19 PM
MacGyver didn't fix the Stargate, Alan Shore did. ;)My OpinionIt felt weird when McGuyver finally fixed the Stargate and startet shooting at people in strange costumes though...
What could I write without repeating myself? Magnificent show, especially with MacGyver's refusal to use guns. I'll rewatch it this year, after I've got all the seven seasons complete.
No wonder MacGuyver started shooting people...
Post by: DJ Doena on August 31, 2009, 04:53:51 PM
V (1983)
What's the show about?
A group of underground rebels fights against an alien race who have invaded Earth without making it appear as such. The resistance cell is a motley crew with all kinds of backgrounds and their goal is it to expel the aliens again. And their sign is the "V" - for "Victory!".
"V"
One day a number of huge space ships appear all over the world. But they don't come as enemies, but as friends. In exchange for a certain chemical the aliens give us cures for all kinds of diseases and improve our technology. But the aliens and their intentions are not what they appear to be.
My Opinion
The show comprises of the two mini-series V (1983), V: The Final Battle (1984) and the one-season-show V (1984). It has aged quite well, the storytelling stands out for a show of its time and the special effects don't look that bad, either. It's still very watchable and that the subject is still interesting is proven by the fact that a remake of the show will come to television land this fall.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 01, 2009, 02:48:56 PM
Gossip Girl
What's the show about?
Gossip Girl belongs to a group of students who live in Manhattan's upper east side and they are rich - really rich. The "outsiders" of this group are Dan and Jenny Humphrey who live in Brooklyn but go to the same private school as the others. It's a show about love, life and intrigues and the one person who blogs about all this: Gossip Girl. Nobody knows who she is, but she and her network of "informants" know everything.
"Pilot"
The new school year has begun and Dan is now a junior. And one event will change his life and that of the others forever: Serena van der Woodsen is back from her year on boarding school and she will go to their school again. S is D's big love but she doesn't even know he exists and S and Queen B have some unfinished business.
My Opinion
The show is very intriguing with all these characters that have their own agendas, with their love and revenge plottings and in the middle of it Dan who so doesn't really fit into this world yet is bound to become the ultimate insider. And I love Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) as the voice of Gossip Girl. I never watched shows like Beverly Hills, 90210 or The O.C. but this show I really like, I even bought (and read) the book by Cecily von Ziegesar on which the show is based on:
Post by: DJ Doena on September 01, 2009, 11:02:31 PM
House M.D.
What's the show about?
Dr. House leads a team of diagnosticians who have specialized in rare and/or extraordinary cases. House himself is a misanthropic cripple who doesn't like to handle the patients personally, basically because "everybody lies". He bounces ideas off his team and together they find the disease but not always fast enough to actually save the patient.
"Pilot"
A young kindergarten teacher is brought to the hospital because she has lost the ability to speak and five different doctors have made five different diagnoses based on the same evidence. House's friend Dr. Wilson tricks House into accepting this patient and he and his team try to diagnose her illness. And the hospital boss Dr. Cuddy forces House to do clinic hours, too.
My Opinion
It's not lupus. Whatever it is, it's never lupus. The case of the week follows a fairly regular pattern. Patient comes in, something makes it interesting for House, they treat, they mistreat, they treat again, they nearly kill the patient and then something totally unrelated to the case gives House the solution. Case closed, patient (maybe still) alive. For me that's not the reason to watch this show. For me it's about House himself and his friend Wilson and Cuddy and his three doctors and how they interact and what they do besides treating the patient. And even though the case always follows the same pattern, the position of the players (even House's) is constantly changing and will change again when the show goes into its sixth season this fall.
Post by: goodguy on September 02, 2009, 12:02:18 AM
House M.D.
Have you seen S5 and if so, how does it compare to the previous ones? I've read some spoilers I found pretty cringeworthy. IMHO, they always failed when they tried to shake up the formulaic structure of the show, worst so with the cop plot in S3.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 02, 2009, 12:12:53 AM
As far as I remember there are three big events in the fifth season, the first is the cliffhanger from the fourth and the third is the cliffhanger to the sixth.House M.D.
Have you seen S5 and if so, how does it compare to the previous ones? I've read some spoilers I found pretty cringeworthy. IMHO, they always failed when they tried to shake up the formulaic structure of the show, worst so with the cop plot in S3.
The second one (here comes a a slight spoiler followed by a heavy one):
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Other than those three I don't remember anything noteworthy.
Regarding cliffhanger to season six:
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Post by: goodguy on September 02, 2009, 12:26:27 AM
As far as I remember there are three big events in the fifth season, the first is the cliffhanger from the fourth and the third is the cliffhanger to the sixth.
Yeah, I remember reading about the last one and wasn't too thrilled about it either. But what really put me off was (spoiler follows):
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Anyway, I was asking on a more general note on how well S5 compares to the previous seasons and if it is still worth watching.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 02, 2009, 12:58:24 AM
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Regarding the overall quality: I think it's still very watchable and I enjoyed it and I look forward to the sixth season and it's changes (new round of powerplay in the hospital ;))
Post by: DJ Doena on September 02, 2009, 05:24:01 PM
Supernatural
What's the show about?
Dean and Sam Winchester are brothers. 22 years ago a yellow-eyed demon killed their mother. Since then their father has been on the hunt for all kinds of supernatural beings and phenomenon. Sam once tried to get out of the "family business" but after his father went missing and his girlfriend was murdered in the very same way his mother was he has rejoined with his brother. They fight against vampires, ghosts and everything else you dare not think about in the middle of the night.
"Pilot"
22 years ago. John Winchester has to evacuate his son Dean and infant son Sam out of the house after something pinned his wife onto the ceiling and set her on flames. Present day. Sam has stopped hunting two years ago and studies at Stanford now. But suddenly his brother Dean stands in the door and announces that their dad has gone missing while being on a hunt. Sam agrees to accompany Dean on this one thing to find their father - only 'til Monday.
My Opinion
I was never really into horror stories, but shows like Buffy and Angel brought me closer to the topic and since I liked Jensen Ackles in Smallville's fourth season I thought to give it a try. And it's a great show. Except for the fact that there's a monster of the week every episode is totally different due to the very nature of the supernatural being. There's also an overall story arc that includes the yellow-eyed demon, fallen angels and the apocalypse.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 03, 2009, 04:45:54 PM
Early Edition
What's the show about?
Every morning Gary Hobson gets his paper delivered by a cat. And if this weren't weird enough, it's not the paper from today - it's the paper from tomorrow. And every day Gary and his friends try to prevent any disaster he reads about and that are about to happen.
"Pilot"
Gary is a not so successful stock broker who lives in a hotel room. His wife has thrown him out and has filed for divorce. Then a cat "delivers" a paper, he reads it and throws it away. It takes a while for him to figure out that something was wrong - or very right - with that paper. Luckily for him, he gets a new one the next day. Now he can hit the race tracks. But he has overlooked more urgent news than the sports results...
My Opinion
I really liked that show. Kyle Chandler (now on Friday Night Lights) is a very likeable guy and they always found new twists to make his day an adventure. And I also liked his friends, especially Fisher Stevens (The Plague in Hackers) who always tried to make a little profit on the sideline but came through when he was needed.
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Post by: DJ Doena on September 04, 2009, 07:46:25 PM
Veronica Mars
What's the show about?
Veronica Mars is a high school and later college student who works part time for her father. He is a private eye who used to be the Sheriff of Neptune, a town that has no middle class. You either are a millionaire or you work for one. Aside from working for her father she also works for other students and solves their problems. And both father and daughter work on the biggest case in their life.
"Pilot"
Veronica used to belong to the "cool guys" but then her father (the local sheriff at the time) accused the richest man in town of murdering his own daughter. Now he and his daughter are outsiders and the Lilly Kane murder appears to be solved. But it is not, not in the eyes of both father and daughter. But she also has to rescue another student because he interfered with the business of the local biker gang led by Eli "Weevil" Navarro.
My Opinion
It was a great show that was unfortunately short-lived (three seasons). For the first two seasons they had this one big mystery per season (in the first season the Lilly Kane murder), when Veronica went to college they had two cases and some single episodes, maybe that was the reason it went under. And every episode had its very own case to be solved. The show had a great cast and a good supply of supporting characters and I enjoyed it a lot.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 04, 2009, 10:35:25 PM
Alias
What's the show about?
Sydney Bristow is a double agent. She works for supposedly covert branch of the CIA called SD-6 and for the real CIA. SD-6 is part of a larger group called The Alliance but only the high-level leaders know that SD-6 is not CIA. Field agents like Sydney are not supposed to know. Thus Sydney goes on whatever mission SD-6 sends her and the CIA gives her a counter mission to sabotage SD-6 without them knowing.
"Truth Be Told"
Sydney Bristow is a grad student who works part time at a bank. But the bank job is only a cover. She's an agent in a covert branch of the CIA and she hasn't told anyone about this. But when her boyfriend proposes to her she makes that fatal mistake. After she's come back from her next mission she finds him dead. SD-6 has killed him because he became a security risk. And when she doesn't come back to SD-6, they try to kill her, too. But luckily for her she has a father who also works for SD-6 and who saves her. After she's re-established her credibility with SD-6 she goes to the CIA and offers to work as a double agent.
My Opinion
I've only seen one season so far, but really liked it. There is a mystery element on the show in the form of artefacts the Italian inventor Rambaldi has built - in the 15th century (it's a J.J. Abrams show after all). Rambaldi has also made a prophecy and it is not clear yet whether it refers to Sydney Bristow or not (I assume that it will become clear in later seasons). Just like with Chuck I like it how they try to keep their public and their secret life apart and how it becomes more and more difficult to do that. But Sydney has also a cool number of disguises. :)
Post by: DJ Doena on September 07, 2009, 07:10:59 PM
Scrubs
What's the show about?
The staff of the Sacred Hearts Hospital is not like other hospital staffs. The show is told from Dr. John "J.D." Dorian's point of view but includes the lives of then medical school buddy now surgeon Dr. Turk, Dr. Elliot and other doctors, nurses and even the janitor of the hospital.
"My First Day"
First day at the Sacred Hearts teaching hospital. J.D. is nervous but the he meets his new co-worker, Dr. Elliot and everything seems to turn upwards. He also believes to have found a mentor in the form of the Chief of Medicine, Dr. Kelso. If it weren't for the attending, Dr. Cox and the janitor everything would be fine.
My Opinion
There's one German TV station (Pro 7) that could easily be called Scrubs TV. Whenever they cancel another program or don't know what else to send, they air another re-run of Scrubs. I watched a few episodes but couldn't really get into. But a friend of mine (the same one who suggested Friends) told me that I should start at the beginning and he was not wrong. I had a better connection to the characters when watching the first disc but I still don't know whether I will buy further seasons. Time will tell. But what I really like is that the authors didn't forget that it played in a hospital and that (not unlike M*A*S*H) they they also showed what it's about to be a doctor.
Post by: addicted2dvd on September 07, 2009, 07:49:09 PM
Alias
What's the show about?
Sydney Bristow is a double agent. She works for supposedly covert branch of the CIA called SD-6 and for the real CIA. SD-6 is part of a larger group called The Alliance but only the high-level leaders know that SD-6 is not CIA. Field agents like Sydney are not supposed to know. Thus Sydney goes on whatever mission SD-6 sends her and the CIA gives her a counter mission to sabotage SD-6 without them knowing.
"Truth Be Told"
Sydney Bristow is a grad student who works part time at a bank. But the bank job is only a cover. She's an agent in a covert branch of the CIA and she hasn't told anyone about this. But when her boyfriend proposes to her she makes that fatal mistake. After she's come back from her next mission she finds him dead. SD-6 has killed him because he became a security risk. And when she doesn't come back to SD-6, they try to kill her, too. But luckily for her she has a father who also works for SD-6 and who saves her. After she's re-established her credibility with SD-6 she goes to the CIA and offers to work as a double agent.
My Opinion
I've only seen one season so far, but really liked it. There is a mystery element on the show in the form of artefacts the Italian inventor Rambaldi has built - in the 15th century (it's a J.J. Abrams show after all). Rambaldi has also made a prophecy and it is not clear yet whether it refers to Sydney Bristow or not (I assume that it will become clear in later seasons). Just like with Chuck I like it how they try to keep their public and their secret life apart and how it becomes more and more difficult to do that. But Sydney has also a cool number of disguises. :)
Not to mention Sydney is just plain HOT! :drooling:
Post by: DJ Doena on September 07, 2009, 07:52:22 PM
Not to mention Sydney is just plain HOT! :drooling:
That may sound gay but if that's the only quality a show possesses I wouldn't watch it. I gave up on Charmed despite the three witches. ;)
Post by: addicted2dvd on September 07, 2009, 07:57:54 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on September 08, 2009, 12:31:33 PM
Doctor Who (2005)
What's the show about?
The Doctor is an alien, the last of the Time Lords and he travels with his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) to any point in time and to any planet he wants. The Doctor often travels with a Companion, most of the time a human woman. Wherever he goes, there's a mystery to be solved and sometimes the entire universe is at stake, in this dimension or another.
"Rose"
When Rose tries to close the shop she's working in she's attacked by the window dummies. At first she thinks it's a student prank until she gets rescued by a man who calls himself only The Doctor and the entire building explodes. This entire evening was so weird that she tells nobody what really happened until she gets attacked by a dummy arm again and is again rescued by him. A Nestene Consciousness tries to take over the world and only The Doctor can prevent it.
My Opinion
If one likes weird science-fiction stories (such as I) with way-out ideas thrown in for good measure then one should definitively give it a try. I've seen a few episodes of the old Doctor Who but not enough to make a valid comparison. But I really like the new series on its own, especially since they are not afraid to re-use old enemies without re-designing them. The Daleks look like from a 50s movie but that makes it so charming. Too bad that UK seasons are always so short.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 08, 2009, 02:50:49 PM
Chuck
What's the show about?
Charles "Chuck" Bartowski is a man who works is an electronic market in the "Nerd Herd". But he's also a spy - sort of. He carries all of the government's secrets in his head without having direct access to them. But from time to time he "flashes" on something and then he and he and his handlers Sarah and Casey go on a mission to save the country. But Chuck's main goal is it to get the Intersect data out of his head again.
"Pilot"
After 9/11 NSA and CIA have put their information together into a computer system called Intersect. It stores the data encrypted in a huge amount of images. One day the rogue CIA spy Bryce Larkin destroys the Intersect and sends this data to his former friend Chuck Bartowski who opens it and unintentionally loads all this knowledge into his brain. Both CIA (in the form of Agent Sarah Walker) and NSA (in the form of Major John Casey) try to get the data back but the computer gets destroyed and the only remaining Intersect copy is in Chuck's head. Additionally an east-european assassin wants to kill a high-ranking NATO general.
My Opinion
Granted, the basic premise of the show is a bit ridiculous, but the show is still great. Chuck is the typical late 20s nerd who lives with his sister and her fiancé "Captain Awesome" and loves to play video games with his friend Morgan and now he has to be a spy. Sarah and Casey try to protect him but naturally Chuck gets into trouble all the time and it's great fun to watch these three and the rest of the Nerd Herd.
Post by: Najemikon on September 08, 2009, 09:50:57 PM
Doctor Who (2005)
My Opinion
If one likes weird science-fiction stories (such as I) with way-out ideas thrown in for good measure then one should definitively give it a try. I've seen a few episodes of the old Doctor Who but not enough to make a valid comparison. But I really like the new series on its own, especially since they are not afraid to re-use old e
nemies without re-designing them. The Daleks look like from a 50s movie but that makes it so charming. Too bad that UK seasons are always so short.Quote
I know Rich said recently he preferred the old ones, but I can only agree in terms of atmosphere. It was powerful stuff. It was also complete bollocks in terms of characters. I don't think I liked any of the old Doctors, but certainly the new episodes don't have the menacing edge.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 10, 2009, 02:43:19 PM
Two and a Half Men
What's the show about?
After his wife has thrown him out, Alan Harper has moved in with his brother Charlie who is a ad jingle composer, a womanizer and lives on a beach house. On the weekends Alan's son Jake lives also there.
"Pilot"
Just when he was about to get laid, Charlie's brother Alan calls him and asks whether he can move in for a few days when he's already standing in front of Charlie's bedroom door. Alan's wife has thrown him out but he believes that it's just a phase - Charlie doubts it. And on the weekend Alan's son Jake also moves also in. Charlie's life is about to be turned upside down.
My Opinion
Charlie and Jake are a great team and Alan has a cool dry humour when it comes to Charlie's sex life and his behaviour towards women. But the supporting cast is also awesome: Bertha the housekeeper and grandma Evelyn and Rose - Charlie's personal stalker. ;D One of the funniest sitcoms these days and from the same producers as The Big Bang Theory.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 11:23:11 AM
Leverage
What's the show about?
Black King? White Knight? Nate is a former insurance investigator but now he works with a thief (Parker), a hacker (Hardison), a hitter (Eliot) and a grifter (Sophie) to help people the normal law can't or won't help. Nate is a master at Xanatos Speed Chess (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.XanatosSpeedChess) and he uses this ability to outmanoeuvre his opponents and get what he wants.
"The Nigerian Job"
The CEO of an airplane manufacturer hires Nate to be the boss of a gang of thieves to steal back blueprints that were stolen from him. But he has played them all and tries to get them killed. Now Nate is turning the tables. He hires a new face and old "friend" of his, Sophie, and together they are getting the prints back and the CEO in trouble.
My Opinion
It's a worthy successor of the 80's A-Team and basically as unrealistic - which didn't matter then and doesn't matter now. Back then B.A. welded some steel together and built some form of tank, today Hardison is manipulating any electronic device to get hoodwink the bad guy. The characters are funny to watch and two of them (Nate and Sophie) have an even more personal connection.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 01:16:13 PM
Dollhouse
What's the show about?
The Dollhouse is an institution that provides people. The so-called "actives" have a wiped memory, no clue about their former lives. When sent on an engagement they are imprinted with all the knowledge and skills they need for this. The engagement can be anything from a hot weekend orgy to negotiating a kidnapping. The actives are supposedly volunteers and they will get back their lives after five years of service. FBI agent Ballard is trying to expose this and the Dollhouse has problems of their own: The wipe is not as clean as it should be and one of their actives went rogue.
"Ghost"
After his daughter was kidnapped and he was warned not to involve the police, Mr. Crestejo engages an active. She's imprinted with the knowledge of the best kidnapping negotiators and is also given a background where she was kidnapped herself to become the best person for this situation money can buy. Meanwhile FBI agent Ballard still tries to find this mysterious "Dollhouse" but his superiors doubt it even exists and warn him to not to step on any more toes on this ghost hunt.
My Opinion
Most people (myself included) agree that it started out rather slowly with a engagement of the week pattern but in the second half of the first season it got better when they truly began to explore the Dollhouse itself and its inner workings. The ratings weren't good either and when Fox had to decide whether to kill Dollhouse or Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the cancelled the latter. I will definitively watch the second season and hope that the ratings go up.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 04:16:31 PM
Night Court
What's the show about?
Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone presides a night court in Manhattan where he and his team process mostly cases of solicitation, theft and other minor demeanours. Every night there are different whack jobs and weirdos that await their judgement and Harry is sentencing them unless he shows someone his newest magic trick.
"All You Need Is Love"
On the last day in office the mayor has appointed a new judge to the bench. Since it was a Sunday evening nobody was home - except for the man at the bottom of the list: The very young Judge Harold T. Stone. When he arrives there everybody is aghast and can't really believe that this man is a judge, especially since he doesn't behave that way. Instead he shoots can snakes out of a gun and shows magic tricks. But when he's in the court room he knows what he's doing even when it doesn't look like it.
My Opinion
It was a great team and I had many laughs long before Ally McBeal ever entered a court room. I especially liked John Larroquette in the role of the assistant DA Dan Fielding and Richard Moll in the role of the somewhat slow yet harmless giant Bull. The show also had a great number of known guest actors such as Michael J. Fox and Brent Spiner. Especially Spiner had a recurring role as a Yugoslavian hillbilly.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 08:06:05 PM
21 Jump Street
What's the show about?
Young cops in their early twenties - who look even more younger than they are - are going undercover in high schools to investigate crimes that happen there - drug dealings, extortion, car thefts, ... The unit works out of an old chapel on Jump Street. Sometimes they go into a school alone, sometimes as buddies, sometimes as enemies. But in the end they bust the bad guys.
"Pilot"
Officer Tom Hanson has a problem: He looks younger than he is and his colleagues and (what's worse) criminals don't take him seriously. Even though he has now a partner who is willing to work with him the captain can't risk his officers getting hurt or killed. But he has a solution: Hanson is transferred to an undercover unit where he meets his future partners: the officers Doug Penhall, Harry Ioki, the beautiful Judy Hoffs and their captain who was in Woodstock.
My Opinion
It was a cool show for its time but I bought the first season only for sentimental reasons. Now and then an episode is ok, but I wouldn't watch the entire show again. Still I enjoyed seeing Johnny Depp and Peter DeLouise in their early roles again. DeLouise (son of Dom DeLouise) has mostly stopped acting but instead became a director and producer, most notably on Stargate SG-1 where he has the occasional cameo.
And I don't think I have to say much about Depp:
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Post by: goodguy on September 11, 2009, 08:38:27 PM
Dollhouse
The ratings weren't good either and when Fox had to decide whether to kill Dollhouse or Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the cancelled the latter. I will definitively watch the second season and hope that the ratings go up.
I've recently read a very critical review of Dollhouse over at DVDTimes. But in the end, the reviewer agreed with Fox' decision, saying that TSCC had its chance and blew it in the 2nd season. Since you have most likely seen both through your usual channels, would you agree?
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 08:53:36 PM
I've recently read a very critical review of Dollhouse over at DVDTimes. But in the end, the reviewer agreed with Fox' decision, saying that TSCC had its chance and blew it in the 2nd season. Since you have most likely seen both through your usual channels, would you agree?
I've only seen a few episodes of the second season of TSCC so far (this week as it so happens) but I was never like "Ugh, I have to watch the next episode!". What bugged me most about the 2nd season so far was
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What also bothers me is that people and Terminator seem to be sent through time on a regular basis which turn a special event into something mundane and ordinary - and of course they have no regard whatsoever for time-travel logic. If I didn't know any better I'd say "the future" is a totally disjunct dimension that has nothing to do with the actual future.
I think I will watch it till the end but mainly because I know that there is an end at the end of this season, otherwise I'd probably drop it. I bought the first season blind and wasn't overly thrilled with it either (see my comments in the community marathon). So, yes, I think it was more fair to give Dollhouse a chance in a second season instead of giving TSCC a second chance in a third season.
PS: Have you a link to the review?
Post by: goodguy on September 11, 2009, 09:23:42 PM
PS: Have you a link to the review?
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/71453/dollhouse-season-one.html (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/71453/dollhouse-season-one.html)
I have to say that I liked S1 of TSCC (my review (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,3213.msg79784.html#msg79784)) despite its many flaws and I already know that I will get S2, whereas I'm still pondering whether or not to get Dollhouse. It's an expectation thing I suppose. When someone like Whedon makes something mediocre, it makes me sad. When someone unbeknownst to me does the same, I'm happy that it wasn't as bad as I feared it to be.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 09:37:11 PM
The IT Crowd
What's the show about?
Roy, Moss and Jen are the IT department at Reynholm Industries. Roy and Moss are the typical geeks while Jen has no clue about computers at all. But together they manage to live a rather quite life in the basement where they are only disturbed when some idiot upstairs has no idea how to work with a computer.
"Yesterday's Jam"
Jen has just been hired by Reynholm Industries to become the head of the IT department. She has no clue about computers but luckily for her neither has Reynholm. But when the actual computer guys Roy and Moss get wind of this they try to expose her.
My Opinion
The humour of this show is very British and might not appeal to everyone. It might come to mind but you can't really compare this show with The Big Bang Theory even though both are very nerdy. I hope that there will be a fourth season - or Version 4.0 as they call it.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 11, 2009, 09:41:28 PM
I'm still pondering whether or not to get Dollhouse. It's an expectation thing I suppose.
That's the reason I rarely buy a show blind and more often than not that turned out bad (e.g. Charmed) and that's also one of the reasons I test new shows through back channels.
Post by: Achim on September 13, 2009, 05:44:35 AM
The humour of this show is very British and might not appeal to everyone. It might come to mind but you can't really compare this show with The Big Bang Theory even though both are very nerdy. I hope that there will be a fourth season - or Version 4.0 as they call it.I may or may not have mentioned elsewhere that Graham Lineham (Writer & Director) mentioned that he can imagine to do at least two more series, provided the studio wants him to.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 16, 2009, 05:52:34 PM
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
What's the show about?
At some point in the future the computer system Skynet will become self-aware and start a nuclear assault on mankind. Only a few people survive this holocaust and fight against Skynet and its machines (e.g. the Terminators). The leader of that resistance is John Connor. But that is then, this is now. Now John Connor is a teenage boy who tries to survive attacks before the war has even started. At his side fight his mother, Sarah, and the reprogrammed Terminator called Cameron and together they try to destroy Skynet before it's activated.
What happened before?
The series takes place two years after the second movie and ignores the third one. It also shifts the time-table forward, making Terminator 2: Judgement Day take place in 1997.
"Pilot"
It's 1999 and Sarah and John Connor have once again moved to a new town. They live under the alias "Reese" but that's a fatal mistake since that's the name of John's birth-father and the Terminator called Cromartie finds them this way. Luckily for John one of his new classmates, a beautiful young girl named Cameron is also a machine and he protects him. But they have to flee and it's not a matter of where but of when. Cameron initiates a time travel and they find themselves in the year 2007, four years before Judgement Day.
My Opinion
I began to watch this show open-minded. I was never too invested in the Terminator saga, so a series that ignored a movie was not a problem for me. And I also liked all the major actors from both seasons (after which it was cancelled). But there were some plot issues I couldn't cope with. There was no time travel logic at all - i.e. even less than in the movies. People and Terminators travelled from the future whenever they wanted, no biggie. Still, at some point I seem to have accepted this because I didn't notice it that much in the second season. But the second season had this unsatisfactory three-dots-arc I didn't care for and in the end the only thing that wanted to make me watch a third season was the cliffhanger. But that's not enough.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 16, 2009, 07:28:57 PM
Roseanne
What's the show about?
The Conners are a working-class family with three children: Becky, Darlene and their son DJ. Dan is a construction worker and mechanic and Roseanne works at first in a factory but later opens her own diner "The Lunch Box". This sitcom follows the life of that family and those close to it.
"Life and Stuff"
A typical day in the Conner household. Dan tries to get a new job as construction worker but when this fails he helps his buddies working on a truck engine. Roseanne has to leave work early to go school and discuss Darlene's problems with her history teacher.
My Opinion
I always liked this show because like Married ... with Children they broke with the usual "happy family sitcom" routine. In addition the problems the Conners had over the years felt somewhat real and weren't always resolved at the end of the episode.
PS: Guess who was a regular guest star in the first season, many years before ER or Ocean's Eleven? Him:
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Post by: DJ Doena on September 17, 2009, 04:27:18 PM
SeaQuest DSV
What's the show about?
The SeaQuest is a Deep Submerge Vehicle and the largest submarine there is. Its task is to keep the fragile peace on Earth's oceans that have become farming grounds and mining fields for all kind of entrepreneurs and countries. The SeaQuest works under the mandate of the UEO - the United Earth & Oceans Organization and is only partly a military ship. It's also a research vessel and a lot of scientists live and work aboard it.
"To Be or Not to Be"
A year ago Commander Ford had to relieve Captain Stark of her command because she intended to fire nuclear torpedos on rivalling parties. Now the ship belongs to the UEO and Admiral Noyce is trying to convince Nathan Bridger to take command. He has designed the ship but after the death of his son he's also retired and has no intention to return to this world. But he agrees to take a look and when a pirate sub starts to attack underwater colonies he hasn't really a choice.
My Opinion
I liked this show, even the third season - which was different and where the SeaQuest had a new captain. The ship was an underwater version of the Enterprise but due to the environment they could tell new stories and old stories differently. Unfortunately large parts of the crew were replaced from season to season and they never had a real chance to become a well-developed team. Especially the more distinct members of the first season were replaced by younger people who didn't have the charm of the old ones.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 17, 2009, 07:15:59 PM
The Big Bang Theory
What's the show about?
The sitcom revolves around the lives of three physicists, one engineer and one waitress. The two physicists Sheldon and Leonard live across the hall from Penny the waitress. Leonard is in love with Penny but she hasn't responded yet. Sheldon and Leonard are often visited by their friends Rajesh and Howard (the latter one being the engineer) and when their world clashes with Penny's hilarity ensues.
"Pilot"
Leonard and Sheldon have just aborted a high IQ sperm donation when they discover that they have a new neighbour: Penny, a waitress at "The Cheesecake Factory". When Penny takes a shower in their apartment (and hopefully doesn't discover the Darth Vader shampoo or the Luke Skywalker conditioner) she asks Leonard for a favour...
My Opinion
One of my favourite sitcoms of all time. The five are so hilarious together with Sheldon being the heyday of most episodes. Sheldon is totally unaware of his rudeness and his arrogance and it's great fun to watch him and the others. I can't wait for the third season to begin next week and I am glad that the network has already ordered a fourth season.
Post by: Achim on September 18, 2009, 05:59:59 AM
I can't wait for the third season to begin next week and I am glad that the network has already ordered a fourth season.:yahoo:
Of course, I am only just about to order Season 2 myself...
Post by: Dragonfire on September 18, 2009, 06:59:01 AM
I'm sure I'll end up watching it again before too long..I've watched the first season like 5 times since I got it last year.
I'm so looking forward to the new episodes to start.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 18, 2009, 11:59:34 PM
True Blood
What's the show about?
Based upon the "Sookie Stackhouse" book series by Charlaine Harris. Sookie is a waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana and she can read minds. She's fallen in love with a Vampire who has been around since the Civil War. The Vampires have come out of the coffin since the Japanese have invented artificial blood and Vampires need no longer feed off of Humans. The new stuff is called Tru:Blood.
"Strange Love"
Sookie Stackhouse is totally excited when her first Vampire walks into the bar where she works. And the best part of it: She can't read his mind. The thoughts of all the people around her are constantly raining upon her but he is totally quiet. But she's not the only one who has identified him as Vampire. So have the Rattrays and they pin him down and try to drain him dry for his "V" - Vampire blood, an aphrodisiac for Humans.
My Opinion
A bit lengthy at times but otherwise very interesting and sometimes disturbing. The show is very open about a lot of topics and also very (very, very!) visual. And except for having Vampires living openly amongst Humans the show also shows other mystical abilities like Sookie's mind-reading and someone else's shape-shifting. The interesting part about this show is the fact that Vampires aren't a secret and how both sides try to deal with that fact (Vampire rights, racism, ...).
Post by: DJ Doena on September 22, 2009, 09:49:26 PM
Bones
What's the show about?
Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist and works in the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C.. On occasion she works together with FBI special agent Seeley Booth on cases where only a skeleton or parts of it were recovered from the crime scene. Bones's team consists of a number of specialists who all help to solve the current case.
"Pilot"
Dr. Brennan has just come back from Guatemala where she excavated mass graves from a genocide. Now she's back and she's asked again by the FBI to help in a case. She's worked with them before but was restricted to lab work. Now she wants to get in on the whole investigation. And while Special Agent Booth is not too thrilled about this, he agrees. They have found the remains of a young woman that has been missing for two years and back then it was Booth's task to find her.
My Opinion
Just like with House M.D. I am not overly interested in the actual cases because despite the show being created by an actual forensic anthropologist, in my opinion there's a lot of "Voodoo" involved when it comes to solving the crime. For example, Hodgins can take a sediment sample and his "dirt database" can tell him exactly where the sand is coming from - down to the square mile. Or the case where the bones were dissolved by a chemical reaction but the computer recreated an image of the bones and you could see where and how the knife was going through the ribs. :slaphead:
But I really like Bones and Booth and their development and I also like Booth's gut approach to the crime solving. And Hodgins and Zack are real fun when they try to experiment and fight for the "King of the Lab" trophy.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 23, 2009, 11:58:36 PM
How I Met Your Mother
What's the show about?
The title literally spells it out. In the year 2030 Ted Mosby tells his kids the story of how he met their mother. Ted's living with his best friend Marshall and his fiancé/wife Lily. They are also friends with Robin, a woman with whom Ted is madly in love with for a long time, and Barney "Legen - 'Wait for it!' [season break] - Dary!" Stinson.
"Pilot"
Ted's life is about to change. His best friend has just proposed to his girlfriend and she has accepted. And Ted meets a beautiful woman at his favourite bar. She likes dogs, Scotch, can quote Ghostbusters and does not like olives. She's perfect - until he tells her on the first date: "I love you!".
My Opinion
To be perfectly honest, the show had to grow on me. I watched a few episodes on TV and wasn't that thrilled. I still bought the first season on a hunch and watched the first disc. While funny, still no ground-breaking experience for me. Then 4 days ago I gave it another shot. I began with the second disc of the first season and roughly one hour ago I finished with the first episode of the fifth season. And while I enjoyed it very much, I'd still rate Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory higher. HIMYM is one really long romantic comedy movie where you don't meet the female lead (so far) and I really like this kind of movie - if done well. And HIMYM is done well.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 09:18:22 AM
Joey
What's the show about?
Joey Tribbiani is an actor living in L.A. who can't get a decent acting job. He's living with his nephew who is a college student and slightly smarter than Joey - and his sister drops in all the time.
What happened before?
Joey has been living on New York for the last ten years and he had a couple of friends there but life moves on and so did he.
"Pilot"
Joey has just arrived in L.A. but after a few days of shooting his new show it gets cancelled. Now Joey has no job and he's sitting in an empty apartment. And his nephew asks him whether he can move in, too, since he doesn't want to live in his mother's home anymore. Joey's sister Gina is not amused.
My Opinion
I watched a couple of episodes but never the whole season. It simply wasn't the same. Seeing Matt LeBlanc as Joey again was just a sad reminder that Friends is actually over and that there won't be new episodes with the six of them. So I don't think I am going to see this two-season series entirely.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 11:22:07 AM
Charmed
What's the show about?
Three sisters doing spells and stuff. Fighting evil. Looking gorgeous. That's all I know.
"Something Wicca This Way Comes"
After her mother has died the Halliwell sisters Prue, Piper and Phoebe move back into their family house and discover that they are witches and that they are destined to fight evil. Prue can move things with her mind, Piper can see the future and Phoebe can stop time and they have to defend themselves against an evil warlock who wants their powers.
My Opinion
Sorry, I tried, I really did. This is the third time I watched the pilot and I believe I once watched the second episode. This was a blind buy because I thought "What can go wrong: three beautiful ladies, witchcraft, battling evil - cool.". But it wasn't. The way they simply accepted their fate and never really questioned what has happened to them? Not freaking out? Sure, they toyed with a spirit board in their youth but they never even knew that there actually were paranormal events in the world. And yet "Cool, we're witches, let's fight evil!" - no sorry, can't accept that premise.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 03:38:29 PM
Due South
What's the show about?
Constable Benton Fraser from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) works as liaison officer in the Canadian consulate in Chicago. He also helps Chicago PD Detective Ray Veccio to solve crimes where he either was made aware of or where his unique skills are essential.
"Pilot"
"If you kill a Mountie, they'll hunt you to the end of the world." After his father was killed, Constable Fraser investigates this "hunting accident" and tracks down a group of hunters who wore new boots, drove a Jeep Wrangler and had big calibre rifles: Americans. He follows their trail down to Chicago and requests to be transferred there. The local police isn't really interested in the case but Detective Veccio helps to uncover that it was a hired hit and the trail leads back to the RCMP.
My Opinion
A cool buddy cop show from the mid-90s which was defined by the different lifestyles and ways of crime-solving of Fraser and Veccio. They were a great team and it was real fun to watch them, especially when Fraser put things in his mouth and Ray was disgusted every time. ;D And I loved the deaf wolf Diefenbaker who could read lips. :)
I can't remember though if I ever saw an episode with Veccio's successor, the new "Ray". But I definitively will do that in the foreseeable future.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 05:40:50 PM
Dragon Ball Z (Doragon bôru Zetto)
What's the show about?
Son Goku is the strongest fighter on Earth and pretty much anywhere. Still there are new enemies on a regular basis that threaten to destroy entire planets and Son Goku and his friends fight to prevent this. At first it's the Saiyans, then the Cyborgs, then Cell and in the end the demon Buu. Son Goku has also the help of the Dragon Balls - when all seven are put together, the eternal dragon Shenron will appear and grant wishes that can even resurrect the dead.
What happened before?
Son Goku has been fighting all his life, even in his childhood. He's competed three times in the Great Tournament and has won the last one. He's also defeated the Red Ribbon Army and the evil Piccolo Daimao.
"The New Threat"
A space capsule has landed on Earth and from it emerges the warrior Raditz and he's looking for his long-lost brother, Kakarrot. Humans have no chance when they stand in his way and even Piccolo fears him when they meet each other. Who is he and who is this "Kakarrot"?
My Opinion
I love the mangas this series is based upon. I've got all 42 volumes on my shelf and I read them from time to time. Back when I was in college we started to watch the original Dragon Ball series on a regular basis whenever possible. It was a group event. When I bought the books it happened that we sat in the back row of a boring lecture and we would read them in a row - five people with ascending volume numbers and when finished the books would shift. :whistle:
It also happened to be the first manga series in Germany where the original reading order was kept and when you read it on the train people would give you strange looks because you read a book from back to front...
But I always liked the earlier stories better. The volumes 1-16 are represented by the Dragon Ball series and the volumes 17-42 by Dragon Ball Z and the latter one became too repetitive. For example: A normal Human had a power level of 5. Piccolo had 322. When Son Goku fought against Frieza the latter one had a power level of 4 million! After that the power levels were dropped again because it became ridiculous. After all, Son Goku still had to beat the Cyborgs, Cell and Buu.
The earlier stories were more humorous and had more fantasy elements in it. And I definitively prefer the manga over the anime because in the series they dragged out the fights to eternity.
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Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 10:25:38 PM
The Fall Guy
What's the show about?
Colt Seavers is a Hollywood stunt man and he does all kinds of (dangerous) stunts. But since the movie business doesn't constantly pay, he has another way of getting an income: He's also a bounty hunter who hunts down bail jumpers which is sometimes even more dangerous than his stunt jobs. On both jobs he has help: His cousin Howie Munson and his assistant Jody Banks.
"The Fall Guy"
After he's done a stunt involving crashing an Indy race car into a wall and walking like a human torch, Colt's cousin Howie approaches him. Howie is supposed to be in college but has decided to become a famous stunt man just like Colt. Howie has no clue about real life and certainly even less clues about the stunt business. But Colt takes him under his wings. And their first job as a team is to bring a man back from a town he practically owns.
My Opinion
The Fall Guy was a great show and the best things were - naturally - all the stunts they did. There was only one topic of discussion on the school yard the day after an episode of "Colt" was aired - and I'm talking about East Germany where we weren't allowed to watch western television, let alone talk about it. But we did it and we imagined it was us doing all these stunts - and Jody was so hot!
Like with most of the 80s shows there's a lot of nostalgia involved and while it's still fun to watch I'd never watch more of a couple of episodes again. But I still cherish the memories and I always wanted to have a "Colt Siwas" (I had no clue how to spell that back then) truck. That thing still looks cool.
Post by: Jimmy on September 24, 2009, 10:40:24 PM
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I know a bikini picture would have been probably better, but she looks lovelly in this one.
BTW she's the only reason to watch and own Zapped! A movie I own 2 version of it, the english official release and a German only "bootleg" :laugh:
Post by: richierich on September 24, 2009, 11:28:20 PM
BTW she's the only reason to watch and own Zapped! A movie I own 2 version of it, the english official release and a German only "bootleg" :laugh:
See here - http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/zapped/zapped.jpg
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Post by: DJ Doena on September 24, 2009, 11:40:18 PM
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Post by: DJ Doena on September 25, 2009, 02:40:24 PM
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
What's the show about?
Clark Kent is one of the best reporters at the world-famous "Daily Planet" newspaper. But when the need arises he embraces his Kryptonian heritage and becomes the Man of Steel: Superman. And she is always at his side: Lois Lane, star reporter, working with the one man and falling in love with the other.
What happened before?
From the POV of the show, nothing has happened before. Lois, Clark, Jimmy and Lex all meet for the first time here. Superman appears for the first time here.
"Pilot"
Clark Kent has just come to Metropolis, but he doesn't get the job at the "Daily Planet" that he had hoped for. And Lois Lane is futily trying to get a one-on-one interview with the famous billionaire Lex Luthor. But Clark can be very convincing and when he gets the job he incidentally opens the door for Lois to get close to Lex.
My Opinion
While the effects may be outdated, the chemistry between Clark/Superman and Lois is still great. Both actors embodied their famous characters with a lot of charm and transported one of the oldest super heroes forward into the nineties. When it comes to Lois I am undecided whether I like Teri Hatcher or Erica Durance (Smallville) better but Dean Cain clearly wins over Smallville's Tom Welling. It's not Tom's fault actually because even after 8 years the writers are still make him angsty of everything. Dean's Clark is a self-assured man and I hope Tom's Clark will become one, too.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 25, 2009, 10:29:04 PM
Primeval
What's the show about?
All over the world anomalies are suddenly opening and reveal itself as a door to the past. Sometimes predators come through and have to be brought back and the government tries to keep this a secret. A team of scientists and members of the British Home Office work on these cases and try to find a pattern and a way to close these anomalies again.
"Series 1 Episode 1"
Eight years ago the wife of Professor Cutter disappeared without a trace in the Forest of Dean. Now something weird is going on in there again, it's either a huge animal or a giant prank. The professor has to check it out for himself. In the mean time not far from there: A family calls the local zoo because their son has found a strange lizard that must have been set free by someone.
My Opinion
This was another blind buy and I watched the first season today for the first time. At first I was intrigued by the general idea. Basically Jurassic Park without fences or island. But I was constantly thrown off by how these animals behaved. I am certainly no expert on animals but I've seen animal documentaries since the days of Jacques Cousteau and I also watched the amazing BBC documentaries on prehistoric life (great stuff!). And now this series has all these amazing predators that could cause a lot of havoc just by behaving naturally. But that wasn't enough - they had to behave in an un-animal way just to create tension and suspense with the characters.
The characters were OK, but also not exceptional (more stereotypes than individuals). I don't know if I will watch the second season I already own...
Post by: Najemikon on September 26, 2009, 01:53:43 AM
Post by: Achim on September 26, 2009, 12:10:05 PM
But that wasn't enough - they had to behave in an un-animal way just to create tension and suspense with the characters.Can you give an example?
I have some interest in this, as it was somewhat recommended elsewhere, but your statement has me concerned.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 26, 2009, 12:18:28 PM
But that wasn't enough - they had to behave in an un-animal way just to create tension and suspense with the characters.Can you give an example?
The animals are often attacking Humans ignoring all dangers and pains. In one episode there was a giant centipede who tried to bite one of the guys - not eat him, bite him. It got torched with a mini flame-thrower twice and it still continued to attack. On other occasions animals jump through all kind of walls and windows and hurt themselves to get to their victims. Once they've focussed on their target they ignore all instincts and chase it no matter what, even if they get badly hurt in the process - and what's even worse: they ignore even simpler prey in their pursue of their intended food.
Post by: Najemikon on September 26, 2009, 12:25:32 PM
One thing I meant to say before, once series 2 is under way, there's a tendency to use new creatures they came up with themselves and they are much better. The plot gets quite interesting too though and there's a handful of cool scenes to look forward to.
For instance:
Post by: DJ Doena on September 26, 2009, 12:29:12 PM
Post by: Achim on September 26, 2009, 12:30:37 PM
The animals are often attacking Humans ignoring all dangers and pains. In one episode there was a giant centipede who tried to bite one of the guys - not eat him, bite him. It got torched with a mini flame-thrower twice and it still continued to attack. On other occasions animals jump through all kind of walls and windows and hurt themselves to get to their victims. Once they've focussed on their target they ignore all instincts and chase it no matter what, even if they get badly hurt in the process - and what's even worse: they ignore even simpler prey in their pursue of their intended food.I usually file that under artistic license and go on with it. Not a show stopper for me, really. At least just by your description it seems to be what most movies of that sort do.
[...] and there's a handful of cool scenes to look forward to.That looked cool alright :clap: Only one instance where the CGI looked hokey.
For instance:
Post by: DJ Doena on September 26, 2009, 12:32:21 PM
I usually file that under artistic license and go on with it. Not a show stopper for me, really. At least just by your description it seems to be what most movies of that sort do.
Yeah and I don't really like any of these movies.
Post by: Najemikon on September 26, 2009, 12:48:54 PM
But I've heard that they replaced most of the cast in season 3 (after which it was cancelled anyway).
I hadn't heard that! I thought you were just recycling rumour until I looked it up. Pardon my French, but f***ing ITV need their collective heads examining. The viewing figures were strong, but of course, it's a drama not reality shit. So all we have to look forward to is sodding X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, that Jungle celebrity bollocks, and then the cycle starts again. Recession or no recession, ITV are rolling in cash from those. :redcard:
In that case, Karsten, there is no point bothering until you hear some sort of season four is commissioned, but no, the cast was not replaced. By the end of season 2 a major character has been killed. By the end of season 3, another one has gone, and an occasional arc started from the first season 1 episode is completed, though not without some freaky consequences. There are new cast members, but the show, the team and the story evolve nicely. If you've been given the impression the cast are being replaced for any other reason than story development, that isn't true.
The last I heard, not only would there be a season 4 (considering the ending of season 3, it was essential), the writers were creating a US version. Unlike other US remakes, this would be both a fresh story for new viewers, but would also tie-in with the British run. So you would have a sense of anomalies being an international problem. Maybe they'll be able to pick up where the British run left off.
Idiots. And so unfair, because it was really strong by the end and the final scenes show a lot of confidence. The nature of the story means a US team could pick it up though I expect that won't happen. :(
If they recommission bloody Demons I'll hit someone. :voodoo:
Post by: Achim on September 26, 2009, 12:54:38 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on September 26, 2009, 01:00:22 PM
Jon, after all your paragraphs I am still confused now. Is it canceled or not? Will there be a fourth season, or not? :stars:
Not as far as I know: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8100579.stm
Post by: Achim on September 26, 2009, 01:09:08 PM
Still, I prefer to get into series when I know where the end is rather than when they are still open. Like Lost, I am really glad I never bought any season sets of that.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 26, 2009, 01:13:21 PM
Still, I prefer to get into series when I know where the end is rather than when they are still open. Like Lost, I am really glad I never bought any season sets of that.
LOST will definitively end after the sixth season which will start to air in January.
Post by: Najemikon on September 26, 2009, 01:37:53 PM
Jon, after all your paragraphs I am still confused now. Is it canceled or not? Will there be a fourth season, or not? :stars:
Sorry, I was just angry. Wikipedia seems up-to-date as well...
Post by: Achim on September 26, 2009, 03:51:56 PM
LOST will definitively end after the sixth season which will start to air in January.In my opinion lost is dragging it out way too long. A maximum of 4 seasons is what they should have done.
Anyway, what I also meant was that I don't want to purchase something that's 6 seasons (or even more) long as I know I will have a hard time committing to it for the time needed to watch it (approx. somewhere around 100h time). The only 6 season show I own is 3rd Rock From The Sun, but that's a sitcom and the continuing story arc is not really very deep so you could watch that on-and-off as you please.
Post by: goodguy on September 26, 2009, 06:39:57 PM
Chuck
Granted, the basic premise of the show is a bit ridiculous, but the show is still great. Chuck is the typical late 20s nerd who lives with his sister and her fiancé "Captain Awesome" and loves to play video games with his friend Morgan and now he has to be a spy. Sarah and Casey try to protect him but naturally Chuck gets into trouble all the time and it's great fun to watch these three and the rest of the Nerd Herd.
I catched an episode on German TV today (Chuck vs. Sandworm). I don't want to say it is bad, because I only saw it dubbed, but... no, sorry, it is pretty bad. I don't mind ridiculous, but this such generic nerd stuff with a side of gross-out humor (I was about to turn it off at the beginning, during the refrigerator scene), kinda like Apatow + Big Bang Theory + Jake 2.0 = really, really not my thing.
Post by: DJ Doena on September 28, 2009, 12:05:38 PM
Burn Notice
What's the show about?
Michael Westen used to be a spy. But one day he got "burned" and was dumped in Miami. Ever since he tries to find out why he was burned and by whom. In the meantime he helps people the normal police can't or won't help. He has help, though: A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend, who used to rob banks for the IRA; another retired spy who has settled down in Miami and makes his "special lady friends" happy; and his mother!
"Pilot"
Michael Westen was about to finalize a deal with a local crime lord to protect a certain piece of land in Africa, but when he tries to get the money wired he's informed that the deal is off because he got burned. Although they beat the crap out of him he manages to escape. The next time he regains full consciousness, he's in Miami and his "emergency contact" (his ex-girlfriend) Fiona is sitting by his bed. He tries to find out why he got burned and how his mother had fount out that he was in town. Since his credit cards won't work anymore he takes a small job to find out who stole a number of paintings from a rich man's house.
My Opinion
In the beginning it was just OK, but it got better with every episode, especially when the "burn notice" arc fully kicked in. The characters are all great, especially when Michael's mother Madeline becomes more and more involved in Michael's cases and he has to deal with her and Fi at the same time. ;D The show is very humorous but it's still an action show and people get killed all the time - but usually not by any of the good guys: Michael is a master "chess player", he usually manages to make the bad boys kill each other, thus solving the problem.
So, that's all folks, no more pilots in the pipeline...
Post by: goodguy on September 28, 2009, 04:06:49 PM
Burn Notice
In the beginning it was just OK, but it got better with every episode, especially when the "burn notice" arc fully kicked in. The characters are all great...
Argh. Half of the time, I like the same shows as you do, the other half I really dislike them. So what do I take away from your review... :hmmmm:
Post by: DJ Doena on September 28, 2009, 04:22:49 PM
Burn Notice
In the beginning it was just OK, but it got better with every episode, especially when the "burn notice" arc fully kicked in. The characters are all great...
Argh. Half of the time, I like the same shows as you do, the other half I really dislike them. So what do I take away from your review... :hmmmm:
Watch VOX tonight at 22:05. But I've heard that the dubbing is no good again.
Post by: goodguy on September 28, 2009, 05:38:56 PM
Watch VOX tonight at 22:05.
Nah, that would be cheating. It's just theoretical musing on my behalf anyway, as I don't have the time to watch that many TV shows. For the entertainment section, I have TSCC S2 coming up, and probably House S5 afterwards. The next candidates there are currently Dollhouse, Saving Grace, maybe Breaking Bad. I will just add Burn Notice to the mix and then throw a dice. As for "serious" TV, I still haven't seen The Wire, and if I happen to like it, that would amount to 5 seasons! Somebody fire me, please.
Post by: DSig on July 24, 2012, 05:56:54 PM
Alien Nation
(http://doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/024543221692f.jpg)
I really love the HOME link on this site .. as it brings up random films / reviews like this one .. films that we have seen but sometimes get forgotten.
I remember when "Alien Nation" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Nation_%28film%29) came out .. saw it the theater. I remember how great I thought the film was and it was my first exposure to Mandy Patinkin ("The Princess Bride" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29) was a year earlier but hadn't seen it yet .. which then took me to the great novel by William Goldman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman) which segwayed to other things .. ).
But this random showing of this old review drove me to watch the original film again and will push me to get the series which I think did a very good job of re-creating the feeling of the original film.
Once again thanks to DJ Doena again for the review
Post by: DJ Doena on November 25, 2012, 03:16:18 PM
This is what I've done in the past:
The 4400 (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68893.html#msg68893)
21 Jump Street (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93745.html#msg93745)
24 (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69030.html#msg69030)
Airwolf (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69015.html#msg69015)
Alias (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93482.html#msg93482)
Alien Nation (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68899.html#msg68899)
Ally McBeal (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68983.html#msg68983)
Angel (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69036.html#msg69036)
The A-Team (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69005.html#msg69005)
Babylon 5 (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68916.html#msg68916)
Battlestar Galactica (1978) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68963.html#msg68963)
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68987.html#msg68987)
The Big Bang Theory (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93975.html#msg93975)
Bones (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94131.html#msg94131)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68901.html#msg68901)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69035.html#msg69035)
Burn Notice (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94561.html#msg94561)
Charmed (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94182.html#msg94182)
Chuck (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93606.html#msg93606)
Crusade (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68917.html#msg68917)
Desperate Housewives (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68930.html#msg68930)
Doctor Who (2005) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93605.html#msg93605)
Dollhouse (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93736.html#msg93736)
Dragon Ball Z (Doragon bôru Zetto) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94194.html#msg94194)
Due South (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94188.html#msg94188)
The Dukes of Hazzard (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69022.html#msg69022)
Early Edition (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93417.html#msg93417)
ER (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69029.html#msg69029)
The Fall Guy (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94212.html#msg94212)
Farscape (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68876.html#msg68876)
Firefly (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68903.html#msg68903)
Friends (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68981.html#msg68981)
Gossip Girl (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93295.html#msg93295)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68919.html#msg68919)
Heroes (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68907.html#msg68907)
Highlander (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69002.html#msg69002)
Home Improvement (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68975.html#msg68975)
House M.D. (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93331.html#msg93331)
How I Met Your Mother (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94167.html#msg94167)
The IT Crowd (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93756.html#msg93756)
JAG (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68986.html#msg68986)
Joey (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94179.html#msg94179)
The King of Queens (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68980.html#msg68980)
Knight Rider (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69025.html#msg69025)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68920.html#msg68920)
Leverage (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93734.html#msg93734)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94289.html#msg94289)
Lost (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68970.html#msg68970)
M*A*S*H (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68972.html#msg68972)
MacGyver (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69026.html#msg69026)
Married with Children (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68974.html#msg68974)
Night Court (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93739.html#msg93739)
Primeval (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94328.html#msg94328)
Quantum Leap (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68862.html#msg68862)
Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (Space Patrol) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68909.html#msg68909)
Roseanne (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93935.html#msg93935)
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68936.html#msg68936)
Scrubs (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93574.html#msg93574)
SeaQuest DSV (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93960.html#msg93960)
The Simpsons (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68945.html#msg68945)
Sledge Hammer! (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68976.html#msg68976)
Sliders (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68910.html#msg68910)
Smallville (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg69001.html#msg69001)
Space: Above and Beyond (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68914.html#msg68914)
Star Trek (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68965.html#msg68965)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68956.html#msg68956)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68857.html#msg68857)
Stargate Atlantis (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68873.html#msg68873)
Stargate SG-1 (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68866.html#msg68866)
Supernatural (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93373.html#msg93373)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93930.html#msg93930)
Thunder in Paradise (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68942.html#msg68942)
True Blood (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg94016.html#msg94016)
Two and a Half Men (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93679.html#msg93679)
V (1983) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93225.html#msg93225)
Veronica Mars (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg93467.html#msg93467)
Xena: Warrior Princess (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg68856.html#msg68856)
And this is what I'm probably going to do:
2 Broke Girls
8 Simple Rules ... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Anger Management
Ashes to Ashes
Batman: The Animated Series
Castle (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg160943.html#msg160943)
Come Fly With Me
Community
Cougar Town
Coupling (UK)
Dexter
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Glee
The Good Wife
The Guild
Happy Endings
Hogan's Heroes
The Incredible Hulk
Justified
Life on Mars (UK)
Lightning Point
Mad Men
Max Headroom
Melissa & Joey
Mike & Molly
Raising Hope
Rawhide
The Sarah Jane Adventures (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg163527.html#msg163527)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Sherlock
Spuk unterm Riesenrad (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg163528.html#msg163528)
Spuk im Hochhaus (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg163529.html#msg163529)
Spuk von draußen (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg163530.html#msg163530)
Strike Back
Suburgatory
Suits
Superman: The Animated Series
Torchwood
True Blood
Türkisch für Anfänger (Turkish for Beginners) (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,638.msg160935.html#msg160935)
White Collar
Young Justice
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2013, 10:48:44 AM
Türkisch für Anfänger
(lit. "Turkish for Beginners")
(lit. "Turkish for Beginners")
What's the show about?
The show revolves around a German melting pot family, consisting of Metin Öztürk, a German police detective of Turkish origins and his son Cem, a wannabe gangsta and his daughter Yağmur, who's living by strict Islamic rules.
On the other side you have Doris Schneider, a libertine psychoanalyst and her daughter Lena, whose BFF just left for America in a student exchange program and Nils, the baby in the family.
Now they try to build one family - but in actuality a war has just begun. ;)
"Die, in der ich meine Freiheit verliere"
(lit. "The One Where I Lose My Freedom")
Lena is happy to learn that her mother has stopped dating that "Albanian terrorist" when they announce that they are moving in together in a new home. Aside from the happy couple only Nils can see anything good in this and Lena and Cem almost instantly declare war on each other after Cem tried to bully Lena into wearing less "slutty" and more traditional clothes. For this he hires is "gangsta buddy" Costa which in itself is an odd combination since Costa is of Greek origin.
My Opinion
I love the show. Sometimes it gets a bit tiresome because Lena's and Cem's story is getting much more complicated and Lena's sometimes too egoistic and egocentric but in the end they all grow up.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 03, 2013, 01:54:38 PM
Castle
What's the show about?
Richard Castle is a thriller author and he has a new muse now: NYPD Detective Kate Beckett who will become Nikki Heat in Heat Wave and Naked Heat.
Thanks to his friendship with the mayor Castle is partnered up with Beckett and together they solve real-life murders.
"Flowers for Your Grave"
Richard Castle is a successful thriller author who's killed his last protagonist Derek Storm by putting a bullet through his head. There's no Reichenbach Fall in Storm Fall. His blood-sucking publisher and also blood-sucking ex-wife is waiting for the next manuscript but Castle has writer's block. That is until Detective Beckett approaches him because there's a serial killer out there who's mimicking the murders in Castle's books.
My Opinion
I love the show. The dynamics between "Caskett" work very well and the cases are interesting. There are underlying season arcs but most of the time it’s a case-of-the-week show and that’s just fine with me.
Although the most mysterious question on the show is how his daughter became so well-behaved with a father like that. ;)
Post by: DSig on January 03, 2013, 05:48:28 PM
I worried, and still do, that it would loose something after the consummation of their 'friendship'. That always spoils the shows (see so many but most recently Bones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_%28TV_series%29)). Part of their story is the funny way that the characters handle the frustration of the seeming unrequited feelings.
With the loss of Leverage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_%28TV_series%29), another great TV series of the caper genre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caper_film) we need to hold on to the really good shows we have.
Post by: Achim on January 04, 2013, 04:49:07 AM
DJ Doena I agree with you 100%. I really like Castle and look forward to it each week. I am glad that the "arc" of her mothers death has ended or at least played way back as most arcs in tv shows really do nothing for me.When did that arc end? During season 1 I was worried it would carry on too long. If it ends in season 2, I might consider given it a chance for one more season; partly because I am curious what that is all about... :hmmmm:
Post by: Dragonfire on January 04, 2013, 06:06:41 AM
I don't agree that shows are always spoiled when a couple gets together. It can if the writers screw it up, but it can also work. I think it is working in Castle. I like seeing them together and like that it isn't the big main focus of the episodes. There are just little things here and there while they adjust to the new relationship for the most part. I think it is worked with Bones too. The only thing that has really bugged me there is what happened at the end of last season - not tied to them getting together.
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Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2013, 07:18:49 AM
DJ Doena I agree with you 100%. I really like Castle and look forward to it each week. I am glad that the "arc" of her mothers death has ended or at least played way back as most arcs in tv shows really do nothing for me.When did that arc end? During season 1 I was worried it would carry on too long. If it ends in season 2, I might consider given it a chance for one more season; partly because I am curious what that is all about... :hmmmm:
Her mother's death arc is mostly a season cliffhanger episode. It became important again between 3/4 and 4/5. But for most of the season it's no topic at all.
Post by: Achim on January 04, 2013, 12:30:31 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2013, 12:37:30 PM
Post by: Achim on January 04, 2013, 06:32:44 PM
Quote
Yeah but it's not the dead mother arc that makes this show, it's the interaction of Rick & Kate on their cases.Oh, yeah, I agree whole heartedly. I enjoyed season 1 a lot and was my unwatched pile smaller I'd probably get season 2 and beyond quickly.
Just, that mother thing was so strong at the end of season 1 that I can only wonder what eventually became of that.
Post by: DJ Doena on January 04, 2013, 06:42:05 PM
QuoteYeah but it's not the dead mother arc that makes this show, it's the interaction of Rick & Kate on their cases.Oh, yeah, I agree whole heartedly. I enjoyed season 1 a lot and was my unwatched pile smaller I'd probably get season 2 and beyond quickly.
Just, that mother thing was so strong at the end of season 1 that I can only wonder what eventually became of that.
As I said the story of the mother is usually one for the last/first episode of the season and not every season as well. It had an heavy impact on the season 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6 cliffhanger but that's about it.
If you already have season 3 in your collection, just watch the first episode, it's a great example of what the show is really about. Or you watch the season 2 episode with Alyssa Milano, that was great as well.
Post by: Achim on January 05, 2013, 02:33:43 AM
There is already 6 seasons...? :o
Post by: Dragonfire on January 05, 2013, 04:24:12 AM
Post by: DJ Doena on January 05, 2013, 05:57:30 AM
There is already 6 seasons...? :o
Sorry, meant 1/2, 3/4 and 4/5, not 5/6.
The show is in its 5th season.
Post by: DJ Doena on April 04, 2013, 06:08:36 PM
The Sarah Jane Adventures
What's the show about?
It's the third show in the Whoniverse (after Doctor Who and Torchwood). In the UK Doctor Who itself is aimed at (older) children ("The story and the monsters for the kids, the Doctor for the mums and the companion for the dads" as the saying goes) but The Sarah Jane Adventures is aimed at young children (and those who stayed young ;)). Sarah Jane used to be a companion to the Third and Fourth Doctor in the 70s and she had a few adventures with the Tenth Doctor. Now she has adventures of her own with her adopted son and his friends and the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor visited her on her own show.
"Invasion of the Bane"
The kids of the neighbourhood start to notice that something weird is going on in Miss Smith's backyard because she's visited by what looks like fairies. Sarah Jane - she is a newspaper reporter by day - on the other hand investigates a factory that gives away free soft drinks to all the children that visit the factory. When she discovers that there's a young boy who appears to have been created in that factory, she knows that something otherworldly is going on.
My Opinion
I enjoyed the show. It took existing aliens from the Whoniverse and adapted them for the show (e.g. where the Doctor has to deal with adult Slitheen, Sarah Jane gets to deal with their offspring (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Slitheen.jpg)). But it also invented their own races and told stories about them.
Sadly the show came to an end when Elisabeth Sladen died from cancer a few years ago.
Post by: DJ Doena on April 04, 2013, 06:37:00 PM
Spuk unterm Riesenrad
(lit. "Spook under the Ferris Wheel")
(lit. "Spook under the Ferris Wheel")
What's the show about?
This is a children's show from East Germany. It was the first in the "Spuk" series. During the summer three kids spent their days on the fair grounds and mostly in the haunted house their grandparents run. Three of the life-size puppets come to life and cause havoc in East Berlin and later the Harz mountains.
"Die Ausreißer"
(lit. "The Fugitives")
One day a group of kids accidentally get three life-size puppets dirty: the witch, the giant and Rumpelstiltskin. When they secretly try to clean them in the river Spree the puppets come to life and escape. Their first mission is to get a broom so that they can fly away from this strange town they've woken up in, so they visit the next shopping mall and steal the next best thing to a broom: a vacuum cleaner.
My Opinion
When I was a kid I enjoyed this seven-part show. So when it became available on DVD I bought it purely for sentimental reasons. But if you're having small children, it's still a great story.
Post by: DJ Doena on April 04, 2013, 06:50:41 PM
Spuk im Hochhaus
(lit. "Spook in the High Rise")
(lit. "Spook in the High Rise")
What's the show about?
This is a children's show from East Germany. It was the second in the "Spuk" series. 200 years ago an inkeeper and his wife used to rob rich travelers until a police officer stops them. He curses them to do seven good deeds or else they won't rest in piece.
"Feuer und Wasser"
(lit. "Fire and Water")
After they've accidentally killed a police officer who tried to stop them robbing their customers both the innkeeper and his wife die when the inn burns to the ground. But since they had been cursed they don't stay dead. Now - 200 years later - they awake again and can only find piece when they do seven good deeds. But where their tavern used to be is now an apartment complex (in East Berlin) and a strange new world.
My Opinion
I can only repeat what I've said before: When I was a kid I enjoyed this seven-part show. So when it became available on DVD I bought it purely for sentimental reasons. But if you're having small children, it's still a great story.
Post by: DJ Doena on April 04, 2013, 07:52:00 PM
Spuk von draußen
(lit. "Spook from Out There")
(lit. "Spook from Out There")
What's the show about?
This is a children's show from East Germany. It was the third in the "Spuk" series. In the dark ages three aliens from the planet Obskura built a vacation home in the Erzgebirge mountains and only left a robot (disguised as "grandpa" Rodenwald) to guard it. Now a family from East Berlin has moved in and starts to notice the odd things going on in it. To make matters more complicated the three aliens have returned because they have to bring back the house (they actually stole the building materials from their home planet) and a filming team has arrived to shoot a movie about the tales from the dark ages surrounding the house.
"Das alte Haus"
(lit. "The Old House")
Originally the family Habermann had only planned to have a nice, quiet vacation in the small town of Bärenbach. But soon they really feel at home and decide to move into a house that the villagers claim is haunted. The only permanent resident is the old Rodenwald, everyone else quickly moves out again. And indeed, some strange things happen in that house and Rodenwald is a person cloaked in mystery.
My Opinion
And for the third and last time: When I was a kid I enjoyed this nine-part show. So when it became available on DVD I bought it purely for sentimental reasons. But if you're having small children, it's still a great story.