"As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place."
-Christopher Nolan
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Originally Posted by whisperintherain
I have elected not to give ratings though. I have a tendency to be too generous with shows I like and find positive aspects in even the poorest episodes, so I'm pretty sure rating them would be pretty pointless for me.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Tim,
That's a wonderful story line.... In the Laura Collins fiery climax episode, the books I have on the series say that that was quite a complicated shot (requiring more than the normal amount of cameras) for the time (1967). I think the Phoenix story line is one of the very best, and doesn't get the credit it deserves. |
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Originally Posted by Tim Tucker
Scott, I was just thinking the same thing. After the Laura Collins story finished, Dark Shadows was never quite so original again. The Phoenix was a true sui generis creation. After Barnabas arrived, the show made a turn into traditional horror, with all its rules and expectations. Eventually, I think those rules straitjacketed the show's writers.
It was an impressive production for daytime television, what with all the in-studio fires and superimposed video fire effects. Certainly the most complicated episode they had attempted up to that time. |
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Originally Posted by cajunhillbilly
why not count the Three Stooges? All their shorts were rebroadcast on tv.
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I have a rich U.N.C.L.E.
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Originally Posted by Aryn Leroux
I have been watching the final season of Babylon 5 this week. However I am finding this season to be pretty weak so far. I loved the first 4 seasons. It just seems to me almost all the storylines were resolved at the end of Season 4. So I am finding it tuff to get into this season. So much so that i decided to take a break midway through watching the season here. Something i rarely do, I like to finish a season before starting another. But i needed a break for something more fun.
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| The series was conceived to run for five seasons as a sort of giant video novel. This plan was nearly shelved when it appeared BABYLON 5 was going to be cancelled after the fourth season. J. Michael Straczynski pushed forward much of the material he had planned for the fifth season into the fourth, and even filmed the planned series finale for that year. When word came that the fifth season had been granted after all, the series finale was held back and used in its proper place. |
Bring these sets on!
Everwood : Seasons 3-4 - Knots Landing : Seasons 3-14 - The Nanny : Seasons 4-6 - Party of Five : Seasons 4-6 - Picket Fences : Seasons 2-4
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Originally Posted by whisperintherain
I hope you get back into BABYLON 5 soon enough to see the brilliant series finale and share your thoughts on it with the rest of us. Since you seem to enjoy sci-fi, have you by any chance done FARSCAPE? I'm almost midway through Season 1 and loving it!
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Originally Posted by Tim Tucker
While I wouldn't mind if others wanted to count them, it comes down to my personal rules about such things. To me, it has to have been made for television to count as television. Otherwise, it's a movie.
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Sure, do what you like, but personally I wouldn't count the Stooges as TV either; they're theatrical film shorts. I'm actually going through them right now, but I'm keeping my tally over in the TRACK YOUR FILMS section!
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I have a rich U.N.C.L.E.
) Season 2DVD Collection Inventory: TV Episodes - 14,957. Movies - 1,362. Serial Chapters 437
I have a rich U.N.C.L.E.
Bring these sets on!
Everwood : Seasons 3-4 - Knots Landing : Seasons 3-14 - The Nanny : Seasons 4-6 - Party of Five : Seasons 4-6 - Picket Fences : Seasons 2-4
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Originally Posted by whisperintherain
I actually have a "To Watch" list, which I started when I realized watching several shows at the same time wasn't working for me, because anytime I had the opportunity to spend a little time in front of a DVD, I'd waste half an hour making up my mind on what to watch, and finding what was the last episode I saw of each show. Now, I only watch one show at a time, and my list should take me at least to April, with an average of three TV seasons per month. I'm currently watching FARSCAPE Season 1 and have MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Season 1 scheduled next.
Having this list is as far as this goes though, I do not have special moments of the week devoted to watching DVDs, I do it when I have the time to. |
I have a rich U.N.C.L.E.
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Do any of you have any type of established pattern for how you watch your TV shows? Special shows on certain nights, or days of the week? Do you usually just go with the flow spontaneously?
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Disney/Buena Vista/Miramax: Please put Beautiful Girls on Blu-ray with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer in 1080p, and an anamorphic re-release with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer day-and-date on DVD. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Do any of you have any type of established pattern for how you watch your TV shows? Special shows on certain nights, or days of the week? Do you usually just go with the flow spontaneously?
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I have a rich U.N.C.L.E.
