TV DVD reccomendations for Christmas
 

This is what I am planning on getting for Christmas.....any other reccomendations please put them here.


1) Six Feet Under-Complete First Season

2) The Sopranos Season 1

3) 24 Season 3

4) Sex and the City- Season 6 Part 2 ( yes I know it comes out on the 28th but I still have it on there....I still wish they had better packaging and they combined all into one giant 6th season).



Anything else I should ask for? I am already done shopping for everybody($500.00 later) so I amready to receive now

Moving to TV Forum.

- David Stein

The Office seasons 1 & 2 and the christmas special

It would help to know what you already have, but anyway:

Arrested Development - Season 1

The entire run of Mr. Show is now out too (3 DVD sets).

I agree it would help if we knw what you already had

Some of my favorites would be
Arrested Development
The Office
Gilmore Girls(Season 1 is out, season 2 comes out in Dec)
The West Wing: Seasons 1-3
The Wire: S1

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 3!!!!!!

What kind of shows do you like?

Alias- season 1
Nip/Tuck- Season 1

Alias has three seasons released and Nip/Tuck has two.

Finally SITC is releasing part two of season six. Then it will be all over.

Roswell - Season 1 and 2. If you wait till Summer 05 They will release the final season and also they might have all 3 seasons seperate and 1 big box set where you can buy all 3 seasons in 1 big box set (prob 17 discs)

Sports Night - the complete series
Boomtown
The Tick
Arrested Development Season 1

More votes for Arrested Development, Boomtown and The Office.

3) 24 Season 3


didn't you just finish watching season 1? You should start working on finishing season 2.


My vote is for Arrested development S1. God damn beyond funny.

Some animated series ideas:

Futurama
Batman: The Animated Series
The Simpsons
Family Guy

Quantum Leap: Season 2
Seinfeld 1-3

My friend bought me 24 Season 2 a few days ago Jack(this guy has so much money, but at the same time is as gracious as they come), so that's why I asked for Season 3.

As to what I like. I LOVE DRAMAS. I do like Comedy if its done well and its funny(i.e. Sex and the City). I have never seen Six Feet Under, but HBO has never let me down yet. I do have to ask, since the series was created by Alan Ball, is the story as dark as American Beauty(which I was not that big a fan of).

I also love Sci-Fi if done well as well(Star Trek:TOS and Star Trek:The Next Generation).

I also LOVE shows that build on each other(like 24). Meaning shows where each episode plays off the next one.

What I Dislike

I hate shows with laugh tracks(a big pet peeve of mine...if I find it funny, I'll laugh I don't need someone to tell me when to laugh). I hate Reality TV. I hate dumb supercial comedies(The OC)

Then I would recommend Coupling (first 3 seasons out and the 4th is on the way) for comedy. Arrested Development is also a solid choice. Chappelle Show is great if you like skit comedy.

As for dramas, my recommendations are Boomtown, Homicide, Nip/tuck, Oz, The Shield and West Wing.

Do you like movies like Se7en and Manhunter or Silence of the Lambs?

If so try Millennium Season I
Chris Carter producton and every episode is like a 1 hr. movie.

If you like HBO series try OZ

Dream On, season 1&2

Arrested development has jokes that play off each other through the entire season


:whofart: ... ok, this the same friend who won the lotto? I smell bs... unless you are doing... um.. "favors" for him.. *slurp* *slurp* :p

It's basically American Beauty: The Series, in the fact it deals with all the same themes, adds new ones, and expands on everything. If you didn't like American Beauty because it was "dark" I can't say you should buy Six Feet Under.

Combining these two, you'd think you'd like Deep Space Nine...

Everwood Season One.

I second that - espcially if you like dramas. I wasn't going to buy it myself, but I was in a mood and did - glad I did even though I saw it on tv.

If you like scifi I would suggest Stargate and Babylon 5. If you saw the stargate movie and thought it was so-so I suggest you still give the series a try. it takes on a different dymanic that sets it apart from the movie.

as for B5, just trust me on this one.

Everyone has different taste, but these are the tv shows I think are worth watching and keeping (as opposed to reselling):

TV shows:

Farscape
Babylon 5
The Black Adder

TV miniseries:

Gormenghast (BBC)
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version with Colin Firth)

I'm thinking of getting Red Dwarf for the holidays, but I've never seen it. A mixture of space show and britcom seems appealing to me though since those are mostly what I watch.

some really good ones are

Buffy
Angel
Alias
Roswell
Dark Angel