Popular entertainment you liked (or didn't)?
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The Wire absolutely destroyed all other crime dramas for me. I used to like NCIS too, but after one season of The Wire my frame of reference as to what's actually good television has been drastically shifted. Now I can't stand five minutes of NCIS. Or those shows with quirky detectives as central characters. Or pretty much any show that tries to depict police work as cute or fun.
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I remember hearing about Richard Pryor saying that the then-popular commercials featuring various celebrities putting out anti-drug messages were ineffective, and he said that what television should do instead was not put out programs like "Miami Vice" which he felt glamorized drugs.
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Not even Monk?Or those shows with quirky detectives as central characters. Or pretty much any show that tries to depict police work as cute or fun.
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The Wire absolutely destroyed all other crime dramas for me. I used to like NCIS too, but after one season of The Wire my frame of reference as to what's actually good television has been drastically shifted. Now I can't stand five minutes of NCIS. Or those shows with quirky detectives as central characters. Or pretty much any show that tries to depict police work as cute or fun.
Never seen The Wire, but Homicide is the same way to me. The episode where the entire hour is two detectives drilling the suspect they know did it, but can't prove it without a confession is so much more powerful then anything else on most crime shows.
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I was really just including straight-up crime dramas in that broad brush of mine, and I'd consider Monk to be part drama and part comedy. I still didn't enjoy watching Monk, but you're right in that it would be unfair to lump it in with shows like NUMB3RS, Bones or The Mentalist since Monk isn't pressed from the same mold.Not even Monk?
See it. Someone's got to have the first season for rent somewhere near you. The scattered Youtube clips of the show don't come close to doing it justice.Never seen The Wire
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I love Fawlty Towers. I actually liked it because it was silly. While we're on the subject of former Pythons, I love Time Bandits. I also enjoyed The Adventures of Baron Manchausen, it was surprising to see a very young Uma Thurma. Apparently it was one of her first films.Fawlty Towers is an excellent sitcom, in my opinion. John Cleese does overact occasionally but not to any detrimental effect, and some episodes probably qualify as among the greatest in British comedy.Probably the most overrated TV sitcom is Fawlty Towers, and I suspect its popularity is only because John Cleese was in it. He can be very funny, but in this show he basically overacted and screamed like a banshee, and I thought the show silly rather than clever.
Then theres Rowan Atkinson... Black Adder is amazing, I never had an oppurntunity to watch past the Dark Ages one.
I used to watch Upstairs, Downstairs with my parents, but I don't recall much.
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Yeah, I'll rent The Wire. Rent it from bit torrent.
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Caoimhin, you should see Blackadder seasons 3 and 4. Hugh Laurie has a costarring role and is why I can't watch House and take it seriously.
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I'm aware of that. I've also seen Black Adder's Christmas Carol and remember him in one of his roles. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to stream the series soon on my Blu-Ray player. Netflix works amazingly.Caoimhin, you should see Blackadder seasons 3 and 4. Hugh Laurie has a costarring role and is why I can't watch House and take it seriously.
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That works too. I was lucky enough to find the series box set on sale for $140, but free is definitely a better price.Yeah, I'll rent The Wire. Rent it from bit torrent.
QFT.Blackadder [. . .] is why I can't watch House and take it seriously.
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On the subject of Hugh Laurie, A Bit of Fry and Laurie is a great sketch show by him and Stephen Fry. Very clever humour which I understand was groundbreaking at the time (not that it has anything to do with how great it is). It's up there with Flying Circus in terms of sketch comedy.
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Second and Fourth seasons are some of the greatest comedy shows I've seen. Blackadder's bitterness and sarcasm at everything really grows more subtle and hilariously terrible. Maybe because the writing staff changed but the first season feels like a completely different show.Black Adder is amazing, I never had an oppurntunity to watch past the Dark Ages one.
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