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By: Tom B

Tom B — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:40:39 +0000

Kiley, I can appreciate your opinion of Serenity – it certainly has a very different tone to the series, which got it spot on. Maybe Whedon was protecting his own, but he also said that he wanted to have a climax where all bets were off as to who would survive. I’ve also hear Alan Tudyk speak about further shows, despite his character being last seen with a telegraph pole through his chest.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:06:15 +0000

I’ve been thinking of trying ‘Brisco County’ – I tried a few minutes of ‘Jack of All Trades’ but found it too broad for my tastes, (though I will give them credit for anticipating the pirate craze of a couple of years later), + it does have one of the greatest title sequences of all time.

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By: kiley

kiley — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:24:31 +0000

i dunno…Serenity kinda borked it all up for me…i figure joss whedon did what he did to his characters so no one else could market them later, but i could be being very cynical…also, if you like cheese-filled tv adventure/comedy (and who doesn’t?), try the very limited series ‘The Adventures of Brisco County Jr’

By: Tom B

Tom B — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:23 +0000

Thanks for the info regarding The Wire Phil and Jett. Given that there is a finite number of episodes I may give it a go still, boxsets can usually be picked up cheap.

Us Firefly fans will always live in hope of a resurrection – but maybe that time has already passed.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:35:34 +0000

+ Firefly is a lot of fun though slightly cheesy in parts. Part of the reason for the incredibly dedicated fan-base is the sense of nostalgia that permeates the show – it’s as if we’re watching things not in the future – but in some distant past – and there’s a real sense of ‘home’ – of finding a place to be, to be accepted. I think Fox really screwed up here – they had a gold-mine franchise that would have made them tons of cash over decades, (as in Star Trek), but didn’t see it.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:34:01 +0000

Yep ‘The Wire’ is over = 5 seasons.

Season 1: Brilliant
Season 2: Not quite as good
Season 3 and 4: The best thing that U.S. television has done, period.
Season 5: A great wrap-up.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:12:17 +0000

Unfortunately, Tom, the Wire is over with.

The good news is, it’s only 5 or 6 seasons long, so not too many shows you’d have to watch.

But I’ll confirm what Jett’s been saying: it’s one of the best shows ever.

As far as 24, I watched season 2, liked it OK, then stopped after the first episode of season 3. However, I wished I had seen it more recently if only to see Jack Bauer sporting the most fake beard in television history during the season 4 or 5 finale.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:22:04 +0000

Sorry, that should be ‘quite’ rather than ‘quiet’!

By: Tom B

Tom B — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:21:00 +0000

You keep mentioning The Wire Jett. I really must try and catch it at some point. Hopefully it’s only in it’s first or second season. Nothing puts me off a show more than if I have 100 + episodes to catch up with!

And speaking of highly recommened shows, I have to name check Firefly (only 14 episodes ever made before some idot exec at Fox canned it). It’s creator, Joss Whedon talks about being quiet deliberate in his cinematic framing of shots. I think my list of praises for this show is as long as yours for The Wire, although possibly for completely different reasons!