Television

I watch a LOT of television, or to be more accurate, I watch an awful lot of television series but I watch them mostly on dvd so I don't catch any of those pesky advert things. Generally I watch the American stuff although I've recently picked up a few more UK series which seem to be adopting the similar production values. I'll watch pretty much anything that doesn't involve members of the public or celebrities, although I tend not to watch sitcoms either at the moment.

Andromeda: Season 1

I watched the pilot episode in disbelief that anything could be so horrifically bad, by episode 4 though I was hooked and converted. The opening of the series is so amazingly poor it has to be seen to be believed - the acting, scripting, plot, science, fx, art design, costumes, hell even the stunts were terrible. However after a while they realise that the Grand Plan is so self-righteous and over the top that it's best approached with a certain amount of sarcasm by the characters and that there's scope for a rip-roaring adventure.
This is really taking sf back to the values of the original Star Trek, larger than life villains, noble hero, firefights and a small band of dedicated side-kicks dutifully following along while rolling their eyes. Many of the concepts have been done before and since, but they're well handled here, particularly the sentient ship (very Banks) and the Nieztscheans (kinda anti-Klingons).
The crew itself is fun, if occasionally suffering from eratic appearences and character traits. The characters seem a little familiar now - Harper is a cross between Firefly's Wash and Atlantis' McKay, Tyr is Atlantis' Ronan Dex and many of the other characters have startling aspects of Firefly about them (one even says "shiny!" early on). The effects and stunts remain pretty flaky throughout the season, as do the plots, but the episodes usually manage to be entertaining adventures.

Special Features: The dvd collection I had included a marvellous 10 minutes of out-takes (it's amazing they ever got anything done) and interesting collection of interviews from cast and crew. Kevin Sorbo's interview clocked in at about episode length and talked about the characters and cast, and their interactions, nicely focusing on what makes the show fun.
There's a lot of deleted scenes included and these were all deleted for good reason. Sorbo's introductory comments to the episodes are funny solely because he's hopeless at remembering what's going on!

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  • Television Series

    Andromeda
       Season 1 | Season 5
    Angel
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5
    Angels in America
    Band of Brothers
       Miniseries
    Battlestar Galactica
       Season 3
    Big Love
       Season 1
    Bones
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Boston Legal
       Season 1
    Brothers and Sisters
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Buffy The Vampire Slayer
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7
    C.S.I.
       1x01 - 1x12 | 1x13 - 1x23 | 2x01 - 2x12 | 2x13 - 2x23 | 3x01 - 3x12 | 3x13 - 3x22 | Season 4 (R1)
       Season 5 | Season 6 | 7x01 - 7x12
    Carnivale
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Caroline in the City
       Season 1
    Castle
       Season 1
    Criminal Minds
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
    CSI: Miami
       1x01 - 1x12 | 1x13 - 1x24 | Season 2 (Region 1)
    CSI: NY
       1x01-1x12 | 1x13-1x23 | Season 3
    Dead Like Me
       Season 2
    Deadwood
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
    Desperate Housewives
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Dexter
       Season 1
    Doctor Who
       David Tennant (2)
    Due South
       Season 1 | Season 2
    ER
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Farscape
       Season 1 | Season 3 | The Peacekeeper Wars (Mini-series)
    Firefly
       Season 1
    Friday Night Lights
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Fringe
       Season 1
    Futurama
       1x01 - 1x13
    Gilmore Girls
       Season 1
    Grey's Anatomy
       Season 1 | Season 3 | Season 5
    Grey's Anatomy
    Heroes
       Season 1
    Hotel Babylon
       Season 1
    House, M.D.
       Season 1 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Hustle
       Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3
    I, Claudius
       1976 Miniseries
    Law and Order
       Season 1
    Law and Order: Criminal Intent
       Season 1
    Life on Mars
       Series 1
    Long Way...
       Round | Down
    Lost
       Season 1
    M*A*S*H
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Mad Men
       Season 1 | Season 3
    Monk
       Season 1
    NCIS
       Season 4 | Season 6
    Northern Exposure
       Season 1
    Party of Five
       Season 1
    Primeval
       Season 1
    Pushing Daisies
       Season 1
    Roswell
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Six Feet Under
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Sports Night
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Star Trek: Enterprise
       Season 3
    Stargate SG1
       Season 1 | 9x01-9x10
    Stargate: Atlantis
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 5
    State of Play
    Studio 60
       Season 1
    Supernatural
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4
    Terrahawks
       1x01 - 1x04
    The 4400
       Season 1 | Season 2
    The Mentalist
       Season 1
    The Shield
       Season 1 | Season 2
    The Sopranos
       Season 1
    The State Within
       Miniseries
    The Unit
       Season 1-2
    The West Wing
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7
    The Wire
       Season 1
    Torchwood
       Season 1 | Season 2
    Ugly Betty
       Season 1
    Veronica Mars
       Season 1 (R1) | Season 2 (R1) | Season 3
    Warehouse 13
       Season 1
    Weeds
       Season 1
    Will and Grace
       1x01 - 1x08 | 1x09 - 1x15 | 1x16 - 1x22 | 2x01 - 2x04 | 2x05 - 2x08 | 2x09 - 2x12 | 2x13 - 2x16
       2x17 - 2x20 | 2x21 - 2x24 | 3x01 - 3x04 | 3x05 - 3x08 | 3x09 - 3x12 | 3x13 - 3x16 | 3x17 - 3x20
       3x21 - 3x25 | 4x01 - 4x04 | 4x05 - 4x08 | 4x09 - 4x12 | 4x13 - 4x16 | 4x18 - 4x22 | 4x23 - 4x26
       Season 5 | Season 6
    Yes Minister
       Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3

     

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