lockport john

on sale for just under 18 pounds, but with VAT discount it is under $30.00 US including shipping(it was about 3GBP to ship mine).

andicus

An excellent deal, indeed! I paid £22.58 just over a month ago.

A great show with a mix of sex, violence, drama and humour.

Chaza

I will pick this up later today, if it is still on sale. I have Season's 1 and 2 already, and have seen the rest, but I would like to own the rest.

dino88

I'll just throw out some of my favorite shows and maybe those of you that have seen this can recommend the show for me, or not. Obviously some of the series won't be comparable, but you might get a sense of my tastes.

Drama:
Battlestar Galactica
Oz
Sopranos
Rome
The Wire
The Shield
Six Feet Under

Comedy:
Arrested Development
The State
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mr. Show
The Simpsons
Freaks and Geeks
...and from the UK:
The Office
Extras
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Ali G
Look Around You
Monty Python
Alan Partridge
Spaced
The Young Ones
....dislike Little Britain


So, what do you think? Would I like this series?

MrE

Most of those are my favorites, too. If you can add East Enders to that list, an enthusiastic YES! If not, a definite YES!

dino88

I've never seen East Enders, so maybe it's more of a Hell Yes! Thanks for responding. I've got a couple small things in my basket and didn't want to pay $7 shipping for $10 worth of dvd's so I'm thinking I'll add this to the order.

andicus

I was thinking the same thing, i.e. that there is a soap element to Shameless as well.

I also like most of the shows in dino88's list, so I'd be really surprised if he didn't like Shameless. And, I also don't like Little Britain.

dino88

Well I just placed my order for Shameless. The price ended up being $26 after removing the VAT. I also picked up:

Badlands - $4.30 (only Malick film I haven't seen or own...and you can't beat that price)

The Crow (2 Disc SE) - $6.22 (cheaper than the region 1, plus it has Brandon Lee's last interview not on the region 1 edition)

Sleepaway Camp Trilogy (3 discs) - $6.22 (been on a horror kick lately and couldn't pass up the price)

Lars Von Trier's E-Trilogy - Element Of Crime / Epidemic / Europa (4 discs) - $24.34 (one of my favorite directors and I've only seen bootlegs of Europa and Element of Crime, haven't seen Epidemic yet)

...shipping was $10 for everything. Thanks OP, I'll let you guys know what I think of Shameless in a few weeks.

andicus

Just a bump to let those interested know that it's dropped to £17.98 again.