TV

[desh]

A list of TV shows that I haven't seen yet, or have only seen a tiny amount of, that I might eventually watch, in order of likelihood:

1. Freaks and Geeks
2. Firefly
3. Dollhouse*
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. 30 Rock
6. Always Sunny In Philadelphia
7. The Wire
999. Every other freaking Whedon show that people keep talking about

* Because my roommate's watching it anyway, so it's easy; would probably be bumped to 5 or 6 otherwise

And this doesn't even count the 5 current shows I follow (NCIS/House/L&O/L&O/L&O) and the Arrested Development catching up I still have to do.

Plus, Degrassi: TNG. Let's not go there.

So, nnaylime and the rest of y'all who love BSG so much, here's the problem: It's competing for my TV time with 6 things I'm already hooked on (5 current and 1 on DVD), whatever sporting events I watch, and 4 other series that are either 30 minute shows or are fewer than 25 total episodes and are therefore less daunting. Still, one day...

Comments

[atthe-algonquin.livejournal.com]

BSG: Don't watch it all at once. I basically crammed 2.5 seasons into a month and it was, uh, not good. It's not what you'd call a cheerful show. (And there's so much depth to it, it's worth not racing through it. Although it's so damn good that's all you'll want to do.)

And, actually -- if you do wind up waiting a year or two (or more) to watch it, I'll be curious as to how it's aged. And, arguably, you'll be watching it under different cultural circumstances than I did -- I'm curious to see how it'll stand up to time.

BSG

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

that's a really good point. i stopped watching after season 2.5 (life got in between), and i wonder just how much i enjoyed it because it was in many ways cathartic in regard to the political situation in the US at the time; one could watch it as pure allegory.

i hear lots of people bitch about the finale, implying the writers didn't have a plan after all. oh well. :) i got my money's worth out of it already.

mmmh, lee with/woops/with towel.