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What you've been watching on TV lately
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i



Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:58 am    Post subject: What you've been watching on TV lately Reply with quote

Always open to new things. Here are the best of what I've been watching on TV here in Korea:
Conan O'Brian's last show. Confirmed why I'd never watched him before.
Criminal Minds, I think the best show now on TV.
Law & Order SVU, the 2nd best show on tv.
The Soviet Story; A Documentary on the soviets.
WW II; Behind Closed Doors: Shows what went on behind the scenes and what a shameful president FDR was for back-stabbing Churchill and trying to make friends with Stalin.
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rumdiary



Joined: 05 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Wire is the best show ever made.
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vaticanhotline



Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: in the most decent sometimes sun

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you haven't seen Brasseye, give that a go.
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Jeunesse



Joined: 11 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been watching "The Closer" on CGV. It's pretty good!

Also I'm sure The Wire is a good show, but the pompous statements about how it is the Best Show Ever!!! are turning me off from checking it out. Contrarian, I know.
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lizlemon



Joined: 05 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i keep hearing that about the wire but i can't seem to get into it. i'm going to stick to it though, everyone who has reccommended it to me is a trustworthy source.

i'm a mad man fanatic (a maddict, if you will) and 30 rock is my favourite comedy, hands down. embarassingly enough, the vampire diaries is a decent show. i know, i know - i would judge it prematurely too, but its actually pretty good. project runway is one of the better reality tv shows out there, snl is a weekly favourite and theres always an mtv reality show good enough to be my guilty pleasure.
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Joe Boxer



Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lizlemon wrote:
i keep hearing that about the wire but i can't seem to get into it. i'm going to stick to it though, everyone who has reccommended it to me is a trustworthy source


That was my attitude toward the show, and believe me, it gets REALLY good very quickly.

As for me, I'm up way too late at night, flipping between Smallville, Family Guy and Simpsons.

And on weekends, my wife hijacks the TV for her lame Korean "comedies", so I avoid the living room altogether.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

don't have a t.v.
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Gibberish



Joined: 29 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rumdiary wrote:
The Wire is the best show ever made.
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lizlemon



Joined: 05 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gibberish wrote:
rumdiary wrote:
The Wire is the best show ever made.


is it seriously better than teh sopranos/mad men? if so, definitely buying every season before moving to korea
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They did have "Dr Who", and "Puppets Who Kill" on for a while. Wink
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Old Gil



Joined: 26 Sep 2009
Location: Got out! olleh!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't say "The Wire" is better than the Sopranos, but the scope of show is larger. It attempts to examine the entire American city and its failures. The Sopranos has a lot more 'literary' and 'high brow'overtones to it, I mean Peter Bogdonavich plays Melfi's therapist. Both could make a case to be the best show ever shown on TV, but I'd go with the Wire.

Mad Men is very good too but not in that league, IMO.
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jammo



Joined: 12 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brass Eye seconded. also check out 'the day today', 'curb your enthusiasm', 'always sunny in philadelphia', 'spaced' and 'peep show'
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redaxe



Joined: 01 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I'm gonna give the Wire another shot. I've seen a few episodes but I couldn't really follow it or get to know the characters, because I always watched it drunk at my friend's house.

Normally I watch 30 Rock, The Office, House, and LOST--the last season of which is starting next Wednesday, I can't wait!

Also I've been watching CSI just because it is ALWAYS on. I just turned the TV on and it's on right now, haha.

And I've watched a few episodes of Royal Pains which is kind of stupid but entertaining.
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jammo



Joined: 12 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when you say the office are you talking about the original or the american remake?

yes the wire is very very good. dont be disillusioned by the second series. it is slow but keep watching
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PeteJB



Joined: 06 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just started Caprica.
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