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I am looking forward to Happy Town later this month, although it seems like it might just be a retread of the awesome Harper's Island, which didn't get the attention it deserved.
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quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I am looking forward to Happy Town later this month, although it seems like it might just be a retread of the awesome Harper's Island, which didn't get the attention it deserved.
OMG! Another Harper's Island fan!?! I thought I was the only one. Loved that show. Haven't heard anything about this Happy Town though. Off to research it now.
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quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I am looking forward to Happy Town later this month, although it seems like it might just be a retread of the awesome Harper's Island, which didn't get the attention it deserved.
OMG! Another Harper's Island fan!?! I thought I was the only one. Loved that show. Haven't heard anything about this Happy Town though. Off to research it now.
My wife was totally addicted to Harper's island last year. She was posting and interacting with people about it on CBS's mini-site and had a helluva time. Me, it just didn't grab.
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: Just finished season one of Fringe.
Well, I did a complete 180 on this show and ended up really enjoying it! I even came to like all of the characters which is something I really was not expecting to happen after their blandy-mcblanderson starts.
It's funny I compared it to The X-Files earlier because I discovered that the things I like about the two shows are completely the opposite.
My favourite episodes of The X-Files were those that dispensed with whatever the stupid alien-goo-kidnapping-sisters-conspiracy-thing was that formed the spine of the plot for it's entire run and just concentrated on telling weird/creepy stories about the monster/alien/ghost/serial-killer/whatever of the week.
Whereas in Fringe I'm completely hooked on the underlying plot of the show about alternate realities and science gone bad and shadowy corporations and all the rest. I love having the feeling that we've barely scratched the surface of where these writers/producers are wanting to take us with this show too.
Obviously after Lost we know that JJ Abrams has long-range goals in mind when he creates a show and I really get that feeling with this one too.
I'm gonna see if any of my local shops have season 2 on DVD yet so I can catch up with the rest of you guys.
So thanks again to those who told me to stick with it. I was *this* close to quitting it after those dull first few episodes but I'm really glad I didn't now.
Ugh. I find I have a lot less patience with series than I used to. I started out watching Fringe myself last year and gave up on it pretty quickly. Maybe I'll check out the DVDs as well.
I'm going to have a huge void left when Lost goes off the air, so I need to find something to fill it. (Incidentally, I was a slow-starter on Lost and didn't start watching it regularly until Season Three!)
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I didn't start Lost until Season 2, and I'm guessing the fact that I watched the first season on DVD helped.
Since V doesn't quite seem to be cutting it, and Flashforward seems to be terribly inconsistent (and unlikely to be renewed for next year), it looks Fringe is probably *the* series to go to for Lost fans!
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quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I am looking forward to Happy Town later this month, although it seems like it might just be a retread of the awesome Harper's Island, which didn't get the attention it deserved.
OMG! Another Harper's Island fan!?! I thought I was the only one. Loved that show. Haven't heard anything about this Happy Town though. Off to research it now.
My wife was totally addicted to Harper's island last year. She was posting and interacting with people about it on CBS's mini-site and had a helluva time. Me, it just didn't grab.
I loved it right up until the predictable ending...
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quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I loved it right up until the predictable ending...
I think despite herself, my wife was hoping for something more unexpected or complicated than what it actually was. She had this great theory that the first victim faked his own death and was the killer all along. Alas, it was much more mundane.
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Another show that I can't miss is Damages. All I can say is that if Glee is the best written "comedy" then Damages is the best written "drama".
Damages, with it's jumps back and forth in time, manages to keep me guessing every season. And Lily Tomlin and Martin Short and guest-starring this season, and playing the hell out of their characters. Glenn Close, as Patty Hewes, is perhaps the most complex character on tv right now. I could rave about the entire cast but I wouldn't do it justice.
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Ditto on being disappointed in the ending to Harper's Island. Not only in who the killer turned out to be (though I hadn't predicted that as early as a lot of people seemed to) but more in the fact of who survived. Especially...
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Still, it was a lot of entertainingly campy and occasionally creepy fun while it was on.
As for Lost - I also only came to the show while Season 3 was on. I watched the entire first two seasons on DVD in about one week (DVD is definitely the best way to watch that show - or just about any show IMO) and then started watching the live airings. LOVED it from the very first second.
Fringe is nowhere near as good as Lost is but like I said, it does improve markedly from its first few episodes and with Lost and Battlestar Galactica both finished or finishing it probably is the best sci-fi show left on TV.
Are there any other contenders? I know there's the Stargate franchise but I'm not into that and Dr Who is OK but a bit kiddie for me. What else is there?
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Well, there's Heroes, but I assume everyone pretty much gave up on it after the first season.
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: As for Lost - I also only came to the show while Season 3 was on. I watched the entire first two seasons on DVD in about one week (DVD is definitely the best way to watch that show - or just about any show IMO) and then started watching the live airings. LOVED it from the very first second.
Yeah, it was interesting how I got into Lost. I watched the pilot episode, the season 1 finale, the season 2 finale and probably less than 5 other episodes. I'm not sure what happened; I think it conflicted with something else I liked in the same timeslot or something. And every damn time I tuned in hoping to catch a fresh episode, it seemed they were re-running the damned pilot episode again!
But finally, a combination of the Season 2 cliffhanger plus lots of enthusiastic buzz on this very board encouraged me to start tuning in on Season Three as the episodes aired. The summer after that season I acquired the DVD sets of the prior seasons and got all caught up in time for Season 4!
So there ya go--a rather circuitous route, but one I've found extremely rewarding! An outstanding show that will be dearly missed.
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I missed the entire first season of Lost, except for snippits here and there...oddly enough they were usually Sayid focused scenes or flashbacks. I watched the last half hour of the S1 finally and was confused as hell.
I happened across the season 1 recap and first episode of S2 and have watched every episode since. Caught up the first season through the local videa store...and now have to watch the episodes on Hulu since I am in class when it airs.
Once it's done, I really have nothing but Big Bang to grab my attention on tv.
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