Posted on 05/24/2010 12:10:06 PM PDT by AlienandStranger
I don’t watch TV, but I own a few series on DVD that I watch in order to avoid commercials and to watch on my own time.
I’m looking for something that doesn’t insult my spiritual or political (Christian Conservative) beliefs. And I don’t want comedies that exist on juvenile sexual innuendoes.
I love and own the first five seasons of LOST and THE OFFICE. I have the first two seasons of 24, but quit when I saw that the producers are too cowardly to depict Muslim terrorists not backed by white corporate types as the bad guys. I also have BAND OF BROTHERS and the first 10 seasons of THE SIMPSONS.
I was thinking of getting the first season of SCRUBS except I’m uncomfortable watching with my 16 year old daughter because of the frequent sexual situations.
I heard good things about CHUCK.
Any suggestions for a series I can get into?
I dont watch tv but on advice of people i did watch Sopranos thru netflix,excellent, also check out a British Political drama called House of Cards....
I still watch that on Cartoon Network after the kids go to bed. LOVE that show!
I wonder what Dale’s screen name on FR would be? LOL
Have you ever watched “the Sandbaggers”?
That has got to be one of the most painfully unfunny shows I've ever seen. Even my older parents couldn't stand it and they love British shows.
I agree with Rome. Yeah, you would see worship of false gods as well as sex (but no innuendo), but it’s all in an appropriate context. I was frustrated with some of their historical inaccuracies and time compression, but overall, it’s a fascinating history.
In your humble opinion, you say?
The only problem with 'Bones' for me is that the original premise has now been worked fully. The show needs to step up, which I think is the plan. And I am not sure that intelligence is mapped correlatively with social intuition. The premise always was that Dr. Brennan had been put into the foster system as a teenager and withdrew emotionally for the next 15 years. Only when she partnered up with Booth, an exceptionally skilled and personable man with a tremendous sense of charity, that she started learning the nuances we all take so much for granted.
Warehouse 13 is pretty good...supernatural sci-fi with humor.
It was amusing the first season, but season two has really ruined it. IMHO, of course.
The only ones I ever liked were ‘To the Manor Born’ and ‘Are You Being Served?’ I would figure the latter would be uncomfortable for anyone easily offended by double entendres. The former is simply charming from beginning to end. ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ isn’t even as charming as ‘Ballykissangel’, which wore out its welcome in about a season and a half for me (the concepts are similar).
One of my favs is Little House on the Prairie. That Nellie Olsen...........
Jag was great - pro-military and pro-America. Plus the luscious Catherine Ross. I miss that show!
If you like cutting and dry British humor, I suggest the BBC BLACKADDER series from the 1980’s. It’s still popular and you can buy it on Amazon.
You’ll recognize the actors. Blackadder (played by Rowen Atkinson - Mr. Bean) and his cohort (Hugh Laurie of House) play historical characters throughout British History. The Episodes on Elizabethan England, George III and especially WWI are the BEST.
That person sitting next to the grandmother looks like Steven Tyler.
I highly recommend the 70s Japanese television series Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman, available on Amazon and Netflix. Also the British comedy Open All Hours (my husband’s favorite comedy series ever).
http://www.amazon.com/Zatoichi-Collection-1/dp/B0011NVC7U/ref=pd_cp_d_1
Prison Break
Jericho. Hands down. Second season isn’t as good, but the first is awesome.
I like ‘Just Shoot Me’.
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