TV shows on DVD. A hidden surprise?
04-28-04 | 06:53 PM
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Certain shows, I'll pick through the set a bit at a time. MASH, Will and Grace, Mad About You.
Other shows work better in large blocks of time. 24, Babylon 5
And a few shows are on almost nonstop around our house. SpongeBob, Futurama, Simpsons
Other shows work better in large blocks of time. 24, Babylon 5
And a few shows are on almost nonstop around our house. SpongeBob, Futurama, Simpsons
04-28-04 | 09:28 PM
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Oh the minute I get my hands on my TV sets I run straight through them. I usually will get a season done in less than a week. However I only have 22 min. sitcoms. Friends Will and Grace, Three's company and gilligan's island. I am going to get Frasier soon and considering getting Mad About You. I ave see MAY a few times on TV. It looks pretty funny. Plus I love Lisa Kudrow as Ursala on Freinds. So good blind bye.
Sorry about misspellings. Too lazy too correct them
Sorry about misspellings. Too lazy too correct them
04-29-04 | 12:32 AM
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Honestly, I love TV on DVD, even if a lot of what I watch is still on TV. Here's what I love about it:
1) No commercials
2) No edits (and they all have them on TV now)
3) The options of watching any given episode at your leisure
4) Special features (a lot don't have 'em, but the ones that do are always nice)
5) Most of what I buy are still in the early seasons, but the ones shown in syndication are often the newer ones (i.e. the Simpsons, which I'm lucky if I see something older than five years)
Like I said, I usually watch an episode here or one there. If I sit down and watch one after another, I feel like I'm not being productive. There've been only two shows that I watched episode after episode: Cheers and Dawson's Creek. I was recovering from surgery during the former, so I wasn't able to move around at all, hence I polished off the set in two days. As for the latter, that's the only sort of show that I can get real caught up in watching one after another. Because they're all tied in, you feel like you HAVE to watch another episode, just so you'll get some closure.
1) No commercials
2) No edits (and they all have them on TV now)
3) The options of watching any given episode at your leisure
4) Special features (a lot don't have 'em, but the ones that do are always nice)
5) Most of what I buy are still in the early seasons, but the ones shown in syndication are often the newer ones (i.e. the Simpsons, which I'm lucky if I see something older than five years)
Like I said, I usually watch an episode here or one there. If I sit down and watch one after another, I feel like I'm not being productive. There've been only two shows that I watched episode after episode: Cheers and Dawson's Creek. I was recovering from surgery during the former, so I wasn't able to move around at all, hence I polished off the set in two days. As for the latter, that's the only sort of show that I can get real caught up in watching one after another. Because they're all tied in, you feel like you HAVE to watch another episode, just so you'll get some closure.
04-29-04 | 02:32 AM
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Well, I am one of those who does "schedule" TV-on-DVD viewings. Right now I have Buffy, Angel, and The Dick Van Dyke Show in my main changer, and Stargate-SG1 in my upstairs "theater" (in the bedroom).
Usually, Sunday afternoon is when Buffy and Angel are "on"
at my house. I watch one episode of each, and occasionally two, if there is a particularly good story arc that I want to see more of. But even then, I am trying to keep the two series running more or less in parallel (I have never watched them on broadcast TV, so everything is basically new to me, and I want to keep the "buffyverse" as consistent as possible). I watch DVD on DVD as often as the urge strikes, and I watch an episode of SG1 every night before bed (this show is also one I have never seen broadcast, so it is all new to me).
Usually, Sunday afternoon is when Buffy and Angel are "on"
at my house. I watch one episode of each, and occasionally two, if there is a particularly good story arc that I want to see more of. But even then, I am trying to keep the two series running more or less in parallel (I have never watched them on broadcast TV, so everything is basically new to me, and I want to keep the "buffyverse" as consistent as possible). I watch DVD on DVD as often as the urge strikes, and I watch an episode of SG1 every night before bed (this show is also one I have never seen broadcast, so it is all new to me).
04-29-04 | 11:22 AM
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From: You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
I love rushing through shows that I haven't seen yet. Highlander, Babylon 5, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Futurama, 24, Alias, Stargate SG-1, The Simpsons, Band of Brothers, etc.
Mini-series are good because you can usually watch the whole thing in a couple days, and then you're DONE.
Mini-series are good because you can usually watch the whole thing in a couple days, and then you're DONE.
