JCC Shelf Of I Couldn't Care Less

i dont, like, even OWN a tv (i do own a laptop computer and have access to the internet but that's besides the point)

I tried watching entertainment without a screen but couldn't get it to work

you might have to leave your house.

Madness. You don't know what you're missing.

I don't care about Walking Dead, Mad Men, TBBT, Dr. Who or reality TV in general.

Even then it's gonna be difficult to watch something if it's not on a screen

really? do you suffer from some strange affliction that only allows you to watch things on screens?

I was entertained last night, watching a show without any screens. The future has truly arrived.

I listen to radio without a screen all the time.

I can watch sitcoms, because sitcoms don't have an overarching story. It's always a new situation. And sitcoms primarily are for the laughs, anyway, not the story. Or I could watch cop/detective shows, where there's a new case every week, although I don't follow any of those. But I can't commit to following a storyline over a long time. I tend to fall off the wagon at some point, because I forgot to watch an episode or something and then I don't bother catching up.

As for the point about the possibilities of longer storylines versus movie format compact storytelling: yes, in theory that's a good point, but very rarely can the writers sustain the same level of quality writing for several seasons of a show. You watch the first episodes and you think it's interesting and intriguing etc, and eventually it stagnates and becomes uninteresting or boring. You set yourself up for disappointment.

I remembered more

-Buffy
-LOST
-The Office
-HIMYM

All the drama crap,

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Downtown Abbey


or and reality crap

really? who watches that **** that they keep making more?

Alright, I keep seeing it spelled as either Downton Abbey or Downtown Abbey... WHICH IS IT?

You know, I think most people would argue that sitcoms and procedurals are exactly the same thing every week, with only superficial variations.

No. Sitcoms certainly don't have to be.

those who watch it say Downton Abbey, those that don't say Downtown.

Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter

I watched Dr. Who in the 1970s, but haven't seen it since.

a guy called lowbacca doesn't like sci fi.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. It's rare, but Star Trek TNG and The X-Files are sci-fi shows that enjoyed comfortably high ratings and had nice budgets to go with it. If you mean that they can't compare to movie special effects, I'd disagree there too. TNG, DS9, and Voyager (maybe Enterprise) could have special effects work only surpassed by the highest-budgeted films of the times; the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica and Firefly are other examples.

And, just to @Juliet316 this up, even Doctor Who has managed high production values as of late.

You're all bad nerds for not watching scifi/fantasy shows

k



Note: Image searching "Twi'lek" and "Oola" is an adventure.

That make up (by the brilliant Michael Westmore), is far better than say the pilot of Babylon Five (I love Babylon Five, but... yeah, the prosthetic make - up of the aliens left something to be desired).

Edit: That was in reply to @SuperWatto