Simulwatch Brainstorm/Vote Thread: AMERICA! FUCK YEAH! BRITAIN! Fuck yeah? Edition
THE LINEUP
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Quick question: In the other thread you kept mentioning about it only beng 25 minutes out of our day, but the only things on TV that are 25 minutes are mostly sitcoms. While I have no problem with those, I'm sure some people would like to watch some dramas too, which can range anywhere from 40 to 60 minutes. So are these allowed as well, or are we only limited to sitcoms?
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I'm willing to watch a show that's an hour long if everyone else is. I'm curious if we're going for a show where each season is self-contained or if we should pick something that has a broad storyline over the entire series?
Maybe it's because I'm watching it obsessively right now that The Wire jumps into mind as my top nomination. Either that or Breaking Bad (I don't really need an excuse to rewatch it, but I'll take one). One season of The Wire works well enough on its own, but the whole show continues with the plot threads left dangling in previous seasons. Also working against it is that a five-season show where each episode is an hour is a big commitment. |
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It wouldn't end up being more than 25 on the animow side, but if people are willing to put up with a lengthier TV show I wouldn't have a problem with it. Quote:
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I fully support all of Devo's choices. So long as we skip season 1 of blackadder due to suck.
And I say we can go up to an hour, because frankly most good Amurrican tv is in the 44 minute club. |
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I'll beat nutty to the punch and suggest Life on Mars. The original British version, of course. Quote:
To add to Devo's list of British comedies there's something wrong with you if you haven't seen Red Dwarf. Quote:
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Don't even talk to me about British television without talking about LITTLE BRITAIN.
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Oh JESUS what is with you damn foreigners!!! Seconding The Wire, nominating:
http://cosmodromemag.com/files/oz.jpg bad ass prison show Oz, http://www.elahoffman.pl/wp-content/...er_contact.jpg My main man Dexter, http://anneelicious.files.wordpress....eds_poster.jpg this sexy slut in Weeds, http://iitv.info/gfx/six-feet-under.jpg and i've never seen Six Feet Under but I heard it's awesome as shit so it goes in. |
I've been interested in checking out Dexter, so I'd be down for that. Pretty sure that's streaming on Netflix too.
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Finally, some Merkin shit up in this AMERKA, FUCK YEAH edition thread. This ain't no Britain Wanker edition thread.
That out of the way, the first two seasons of Dexter are pretty excellent TV. First three seasons of Weeds are great. Six Feet Under is one of my all-time favorite shows. I would love to watch Oz. I never caught it when it was on and forgot about it after it ended. I'll second all of those nominations. |
If we want to continue with the british TV show theme, I vote IT crowd, because its awesome, but only has 6ish episodes a season, so dunno if it'd work here. Maybe coupled with a short anime.
American side, I'll think of some that people haven't seen yet. I'm pretty sure most have seen shows like Eureka. Wonder how many have seen Pushing Daisies though. |
Green Wing and The Fast Show on the british comedy show list, please. Or we could just watch Top Gear since judging by chat a lot of people have not watched it before the Reliable Robin episode recently linked.
The Wire is like the greatest US TV show ever, so everyone should have already watched it. Firefly? :3 |
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SUDDENLY POLLS. POLLS EVERYWHERE (thanks Acer).
This one is kinda complicated. Whereas animes are short, set in length and of a set number of episodes (usually 12-13/26) TV shows go on for multiple seasons and run for varied lengths. I've given an indicator of how many episodes total each show has and how long the runtime is (correct me if I'm misinformed on any of this). Not to say that we would end up watching ALL of the longer shows, that's a beast we'd tackle when we actually come to a decision. The OP has been updated to reflect the picks Deni made. |
Shit i screwed up can I vote again :(
Since I voted three times, can you remove Little Britain from my votes? |
LOOK AT YOU. THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT LURKER
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I would've voted for QI and Six Feet Under, but apparently the latter wasn't good enough for Tails' high class tastes.
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I cut Six Feet Under because I didn't want everyone to die of boredom during the 12 episodes of nothing between every good episode. Well written series, but my god, even Six Feet Under thinks Six Feet Under is pretentious, empty fluff.
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Fuck yeah QI.
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btw, Penn & Teller's Bullshit is ongoing, and is also a great show, vote for it, fuckers.
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But how many more episodes until they feature themselves as a topic and collapse metaphysically?
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They've been saying since season 1 they wanted to do an episode on themselves. The forums are actually pretty much them doing just that. They like to do addendums. They did a huge one when a new study on second hand smoke came out. |
Alright you guys. Who edited the poll.
e: of course Skills what a jobber |
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