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Travis McClain 12-03-14 10:39 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 12323047)
Travis:

What about adding Animation as a genre? Lots of great toon shows made for TV (Flintstones, Rocky & Bullwinkle et al).
Animation is a medium, rather than a genre, so you can watch any animated shows and count them under whichever genres are appropriate. The Flintstones, for instance, would count as a DomCom. Rocky & Bullwinkle could count for Satire, or for Variety Show.

shadokitty 12-04-14 05:46 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Wow, not even the 2nd full day and already on page 2. I love all this discussion.

Trevor 12-04-14 06:18 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by shadokitty (Post 12323185)
Wow, not even the 2nd full day and already on page 2. I love all this discussion.
We're barely halfway thru page one newbie!

bacigalup 12-04-14 07:02 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by Travis McClain (Post 12323055)
Animation is a medium, rather than a genre, so you can watch any animated shows and count them under whichever genres are appropriate. The Flintstones, for instance, would count as a DomCom. Rocky & Bullwinkle could count for Satire, or for Variety Show.
Yep, makes perfect sense to me!

1 more suggestion:
A "1st Broadcast" option where you watch an episode of a TV series or special that was first shown on that day. 31 days in January, beaucoup amounts of shows.

Travis McClain 12-04-14 08:01 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 12323234)
Yep, makes perfect sense to me!

1 more suggestion:
A "1st Broadcast" option where you watch an episode of a TV series or special that was first shown on that day. 31 days in January, beaucoup amounts of shows.
Without commenting on the appeal or my personal interest in this idea, I took a quick look at my library. Here are my qualifying episodes, just as an off-the-cuff microcosm:

Spoiler:
1/01 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Defector"
1/01 2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold "Revenge of the Reach!"
1/02 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "Good Neighbors, Duke"
1/03 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Shoeless Engineer"
1/03 1969 Star Trek "Whom Gods Destroy"
1/04 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Duke of Duke"
1/05 1967 Star Trek "The Galileo Seven"
1/05 1968 Star Trek "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
1/05 1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series "The Eye of the Beholder"
1/06 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation "New Ground"
1/07 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Data's Day"
1/08 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Hunted"
1/08 2006 The Boondocks "The Real"
1/09 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "State of the County"
1/09 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Loud as a Whisper"
1/09 2009 Psych "Six Feet Under the Sea"
1/10 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Split Ticket"
1/10 1969 Star Trek "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
1/10 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "The Laughing Fish"
1/10 1999 Batman Beyond "Rebirth" Parts I & II
1/10 1999 The Sopranos "The Sopranos"
1/11 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "The Runaway"
1/11 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Big Goodbye"
1/11 2008 Psych "There's Something About Mira"
1/12 1967 Star Trek "The Squire of Gothos"
1/12 1968 Star Trek "A Piece of the Action"
1/12 1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series "The Jihad"
1/15 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Family Quarrel"
1/15 2006 The Boondocks "Return of the King"
1/16 1959 USO All-Star Christmas Show
1/16 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "The Legacy"
1/16 1999 Batman: The Animated Series "Mad Love"
1/16 1999 Superman: The Animated Series "Absolute Power"
1/16 2000 The Sopranos "'Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...'"
1/16 2009 Psych "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing"
1/17 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the French Interpreter"
1/17 1969 Star Trek "The Mark of Gideon"
1/17 1992 This Is Garth Brooks!
1/17 1999 The Sopranos "46 Long"
1/18 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Follow That Still"
1/18 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Datalore"
1/18 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "Harley and Ivy"
1/18 2008 Psych "The Old and the Restless"
1/19 1967 Star Trek "Arena"
1/19 1968 Star Trek "The Immunity Syndrome"
1/19 2007 Psych "Forget Me Not"
1/21 2008 The Boondocks "The S-Word"
1/22 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Doctor's Lady"
1/22 2005 Justice League Unlimited "The Once and Future Thing, Part I: Weird Western Tales"
1/22 2006 The Boondocks "The Itis"
1/22 2009 Burn Notice "Do No Harm"
1/23 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "Duke vs. Duke"
1/23 1985 ThunderCats "Exodus", "The Unholy Alliance"
1/23 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Schizoid Man"
1/23 2000 The Sopranos "Do Not Resuscitate"
1/23 2009 Psych "Earth, Wind and,,, Wait for It"
1/24 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Singing Violin"
1/24 1969 Star Trek "That Which Survives"
1/24 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "The Mechanic"
1/24 1999 The Sopranos "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
1/25 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Treasure of Hazzard"
1/25 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Angel One"
1/25 2008 Psych "Lights, Camera...Homicidio"
1/26 1967 Star Trek "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"
1/26 1979 The Dukes of Hazzard "One-Armed Bandits"
1/26 2007 Psych "From the Earth to the Starbucks"
1/27 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Hero Worship"
1/27 2010 Psych "You Can't Handle This Episode"
1/28 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Wounded"
1/28 2008 The Boondocks "The Story of Catcher Freeman"
1/29 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Plague"
1/29 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The High Ground"
1/29 2005 Justice League Unlimited "The Once and Future Thing, Part II: Time, Warped"
1/29 2009 Burn Notice "Hot Spot"
1/30 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "My Son, Bo Hogg"
1/30 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Unnatural Selection"
1/30 1999 Batman Beyond "Black Out"
1/30 2000 The Sopranos "Toodle-Fucking-Oo"
1/30 2009 Psych "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central"
1/31 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Greystone Inscription"
1/31 1969 Star Trek "The Lights of Zetar"
1/31 1999 The Sopranos "Meadowlands"

shadokitty 12-04-14 08:18 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by Travis McClain (Post 12323269)
Without commenting on the appeal or my personal interest in this idea, I took a quick look at my library. Here are my qualifying episodes, just as an off-the-cuff microcosm:

Spoiler:
1/01 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Defector"
1/01 2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold "Revenge of the Reach!"
1/02 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "Good Neighbors, Duke"
1/03 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Shoeless Engineer"
1/03 1969 Star Trek "Whom Gods Destroy"
1/04 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Duke of Duke"
1/05 1967 Star Trek "The Galileo Seven"
1/05 1968 Star Trek "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
1/05 1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series "The Eye of the Beholder"
1/06 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation "New Ground"
1/07 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Data's Day"
1/08 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Hunted"
1/08 2006 The Boondocks "The Real"
1/09 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "State of the County"
1/09 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Loud as a Whisper"
1/09 2009 Psych "Six Feet Under the Sea"
1/10 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Split Ticket"
1/10 1969 Star Trek "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
1/10 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "The Laughing Fish"
1/10 1999 Batman Beyond "Rebirth" Parts I & II
1/10 1999 The Sopranos "The Sopranos"
1/11 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "The Runaway"
1/11 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Big Goodbye"
1/11 2008 Psych "There's Something About Mira"
1/12 1967 Star Trek "The Squire of Gothos"
1/12 1968 Star Trek "A Piece of the Action"
1/12 1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series "The Jihad"
1/15 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Family Quarrel"
1/15 2006 The Boondocks "Return of the King"
1/16 1959 USO All-Star Christmas Show
1/16 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "The Legacy"
1/16 1999 Batman: The Animated Series "Mad Love"
1/16 1999 Superman: The Animated Series "Absolute Power"
1/16 2000 The Sopranos "'Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...'"
1/16 2009 Psych "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing"
1/17 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the French Interpreter"
1/17 1969 Star Trek "The Mark of Gideon"
1/17 1992 This Is Garth Brooks!
1/17 1999 The Sopranos "46 Long"
1/18 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Follow That Still"
1/18 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Datalore"
1/18 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "Harley and Ivy"
1/18 2008 Psych "The Old and the Restless"
1/19 1967 Star Trek "Arena"
1/19 1968 Star Trek "The Immunity Syndrome"
1/19 2007 Psych "Forget Me Not"
1/21 2008 The Boondocks "The S-Word"
1/22 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Doctor's Lady"
1/22 2005 Justice League Unlimited "The Once and Future Thing, Part I: Weird Western Tales"
1/22 2006 The Boondocks "The Itis"
1/22 2009 Burn Notice "Do No Harm"
1/23 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "Duke vs. Duke"
1/23 1985 ThunderCats "Exodus", "The Unholy Alliance"
1/23 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Schizoid Man"
1/23 2000 The Sopranos "Do Not Resuscitate"
1/23 2009 Psych "Earth, Wind and,,, Wait for It"
1/24 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Singing Violin"
1/24 1969 Star Trek "That Which Survives"
1/24 1993 Batman: The Animated Series "The Mechanic"
1/24 1999 The Sopranos "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
1/25 1980 The Dukes of Hazzard "Treasure of Hazzard"
1/25 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Angel One"
1/25 2008 Psych "Lights, Camera...Homicidio"
1/26 1967 Star Trek "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"
1/26 1979 The Dukes of Hazzard "One-Armed Bandits"
1/26 2007 Psych "From the Earth to the Starbucks"
1/27 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Hero Worship"
1/27 2010 Psych "You Can't Handle This Episode"
1/28 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Wounded"
1/28 2008 The Boondocks "The Story of Catcher Freeman"
1/29 1975 Little House on the Prairie "Plague"
1/29 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation "The High Ground"
1/29 2005 Justice League Unlimited "The Once and Future Thing, Part II: Time, Warped"
1/29 2009 Burn Notice "Hot Spot"
1/30 1981 The Dukes of Hazzard "My Son, Bo Hogg"
1/30 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation "Unnatural Selection"
1/30 1999 Batman Beyond "Black Out"
1/30 2000 The Sopranos "Toodle-Fucking-Oo"
1/30 2009 Psych "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central"
1/31 1955 Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Greystone Inscription"
1/31 1969 Star Trek "The Lights of Zetar"
1/31 1999 The Sopranos "Meadowlands"
I can get some of those shows on Netflix.

shadokitty 12-04-14 08:22 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I just mentioned this challenge in the TV Talk subforum as a way of advertising it, and possibly getting more participants who wouldn't have known about the challenge otherwise.

BobO'Link 12-04-14 11:15 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by LJG765 (Post 12322818)
I'm in as well! I am planning on trying to watch a lot of my TV Trek, mainly Enterprise and I have two seasons of TNG...
Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 12323047)
Will use this month to go back into watching Naked City & The Untouchables.
I've considered all of those - I have 1 (<s>or is it 2?</s> just checked - it's 1) season of Enterprise left to view (It's much better than some would have you believe) and I finally caved and purchased S1 & S2 of TNG a few months back, I've watched a half dozen or so Naked City episodes just to see if I liked it (I do) since it was a blind buy (I was too young to watch it during the original run), plus I have 1 volume of The Untouchables I picked up from BL a couple (or more) years ago sitting here unopened. My problem is every time I go to pick a series I'll think "Oooo... I should save that one for the (fill in the blank for the appropriate theme) challenge" and not watch. Then the appropriate challenge arrives and I watch everything *but* what I held back on with this challenge! There's just not enough time in the day, much less a month, to watch everything I'd like to work in!

shadokitty 12-04-14 11:26 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
The majority of my DVDs are TV sets, so I have a lot to watch. I'm considering working on my BBC nature documentaries, my Dogfights series set, and perhaps some Ancient Aliens, as I have seasons 1-4 of that series. I also have an Ozzie and Harriet dvd set, and Leave it to Beaver, season 4 through Amazon video, plus many cartoons, and action/sci fi series.

lisadoris 12-04-14 04:56 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I'm certainly in as I'm in the middle of my David Simon viewings: I finished re-watching Homicide: Life on the Street (best show ever) before Thanksgiving and just started re-watching The Wire. I should be ready to start my first viewing of Treme for this challenge. I think Amazon released S2 of Alpha House so that's on the table too.

mcline87 12-04-14 07:45 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Excited for this challenge!! I have tons of tv shows I have been waiting to watch for this challenge. To name a few: Fargo Season 1, Firefly Complete Series, Friday Night Lights Seasons 2-5, Hannibal Season 2, Modern Family Season 5, Revolution Season 1, Shameless Season 2-3 (maybe 4 if I buy it), Sons of Anarchy Season 2-6, Spartacus Seasons 2-4, Veronica Mars Season 1-3, The Walking Dead Seasons 3-4!

Not to mention I need to finish Friday Night Lights Season 1, Sleepy Hollow Season 1 and The Walking Dead Season 2! And in case that wasn't enough I have American Horror Story: Freak Show and The Walking Dead Season 5 on DVR! That's not including Netflix or Amazon Prime! UGH so many shows so little time!!

Ash Ketchum 12-05-14 12:30 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by BobO'Link (Post 12323478)
I've considered all of those - I have 1 (<s>or is it 2?</s> just checked - it's 1) season of Enterprise left to view (It's much better than some would have you believe) and I finally caved and purchased S1 & S2 of TNG a few months back, I've watched a half dozen or so Naked City episodes just to see if I liked it (I do) since it was a blind buy (I was too young to watch it during the original run), plus I have 1 volume of The Untouchables I picked up from BL a couple (or more) years ago sitting here unopened. My problem is every time I go to pick a series I'll think "Oooo... I should save that one for the (fill in the blank for the appropriate theme) challenge" and not watch. Then the appropriate challenge arrives and I watch everything *but* what I held back on with this challenge! There's just not enough time in the day, much less a month, to watch everything I'd like to work in!
I have the same problem. I always pick specific series as goals for the month of January and then I just get lost in random choices off the shelf, which leads me in different directions, or YouTube discoveries and the like.

HyperWeather 12-06-14 01:36 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I got through S1-3 of Supernatural in October and have been itching to get back to that, so that will probably be the main thing I watch. Along with the non comedy shows that I've been ignoring on my tivo the past few months.

Travis McClain 12-06-14 04:38 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Incidentally, for those who stream: Sony is offering Justified Season Five free right now, in HD. UltraViolet-compliant. I learned about it just now from a Fat Wallet tweet.

shadokitty 12-06-14 10:29 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
In anticipation of the challenge, I've started rewatching some of my BBC Nature documentaries, as I love them, and have no problem watching them again for the challenge.

Dimension X 12-06-14 12:30 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by Travis McClain (Post 12325356)
Incidentally, for those who stream: Sony is offering Justified Season Five free right now, in HD. UltraViolet-compliant. I learned about it just now from a Fat Wallet tweet.
I'm not seeing a way to watch it/redeem it/buy it/anything. I created a Sony account and linked it to my UV account. :shrug: Guess I'll just wait and get the DVDs from Netflix. Thanks anyway.

EDIT: I tried Firefox, IE, and Chrome and never got the "buy" or whatever buttons to show for Justified (any season). Guess I missed out on it.

shadokitty 12-06-14 12:59 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I just bought an Amazon Fire Phone through Amazon and AT&T and it comes with a free year of Prime, so that will help a lot.

mrcellophane 12-08-14 12:00 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I'm excited for this challenge, but I don't have any plans yet. I do have a couple rewatches in progress. This might be the right time to get back to One Tree Hill or True Blood.

I've got so many television box sets in my unwatched pile. However, I've been trying to get rid of some stuff - mostly fat-cutting.

shadokitty 12-09-14 09:41 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I just want to say that I can't wait for this Challenge to begin. I've been watching a lot of tv lately, and it will be even better when I can watch it as part of a challenge. This is one of my favorite challenges, and my 2nd challenge I ever joined.

Travis McClain 12-09-14 10:23 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Proposed additions to the Tropes section of the checklist:

--- Watch a Sick Episode - Show
--- Watch an episode featuring an Actor Allusion - Show
--- Watch an episode featuring an Evil Twin or Evil Counterpart - Show
--- Watch an episode filmed in front of a live studio audience - Show
--- Watch an episode in which someone Came Back Wrong - Show

Thoughts?

shadokitty 12-09-14 11:29 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by Travis McClain (Post 12328592)
Proposed additions to the Tropes section of the checklist:

--- Watch a Sick Episode - Show
--- Watch an episode featuring an Actor Allusion - Show
--- Watch an episode featuring an Evil Twin or Evil Counterpart - Show
--- Watch an episode filmed in front of a live studio audience - Show
--- Watch an episode in which someone Came Back Wrong - Show

Thoughts?
While I don't plan to do the checklist, so this is an opinion of an outsider so to speak, those tropes look like good additions.

BobO'Link 12-09-14 11:54 AM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I've already started... I just can't get into a Holiday Movie/Program watching mode so I've been catching up on some TVonDVD. Last night I started S6 of Deep Space Nine.

Travis McClain 12-09-14 12:21 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I'm skipping the Holiday Challenge this year; so far, I'm pretty much skipping the whole season, really. A few days ago, I started making my way through Superman: The Animated Series on DVD. I just finished Volume Two this morning, and expect to have Volume Three finished as early as tomorrow. I wasn't a regular watcher when it was on originally, though I caught probably half of it at the time.

I have to confess to being disappointed overall so far. The storytelling just isn't nearly as sophisticated as it was on Batman: The Animated Series. Character is a distant second to action, which consists of a whole lot of throwing into/through buildings, electrocutions, and missiles being diverted into the harbor. There are a few gems on the Volume Two set, but I didn't really love anything on Volume One. I'll have more detailed thoughts once I finish Volume Three. I'll go ahead and post this, though; this is a screen cap from the pop-up trivia track for the episode "A Little Piece of Home":

shadokitty 12-09-14 12:27 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
I have Superman: The Animated Series on DVD too. Maybe I'll catch some episodes.

shadokitty 12-09-14 01:27 PM
Re: TV on DVD* Challenge: The Fifth Season Discussion Thread
 
Originally Posted by BobO'Link (Post 12328676)
I've already started... I just can't get into a Holiday Movie/Program watching mode so I've been catching up on some TVonDVD. Last night I started S6 of Deep Space Nine.
Things are very stressful for me this year, and as a result, I've not really been able to get into much of a holiday watching mood this year either.


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