What TV shows are you watching at the moment?

[NTH]

For anyone looking for a simple but good comedy out there I can recommend The New Girl

 10 or 11 episodes out right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qqojuj1zoU

MWah watch two episodes and decided it's not fun watching a girl riddled with uncertainties and quirks. Perhaps it could be fun but this show isn't producing a laugh or smile for me.

[THeTA0123]

to those looking for a great, high quality better then sopranos series=Boardwalk empire season 1 is out now on DVD.

Top level acting, top level story, top level props, top QUALITY

[Eglaerinion]

Some stills from Season 2 Game of Thrones. Good shots of plenty of new characters (Mel, Brienne, Davos and others).

http://winteriscoming.net/2012/02/the-first-publicity-photos-from-season-two/

[Thorondor123]

Some stills from Season 2 Game of Thrones. Good shots of plenty of new characters (Mel, Brienne, Davos and others).

http://winteriscoming.net/2012/02/the-first-publicity-photos-from-season-two/

Brienne is looking good, but Melisandre could definitely be redder.

[Gezoes]

Alcatraz, first two hours ok... but nah. Hurley is cool though and I will miss them knockers in motion Miss.

Still, no Fringe. I've lost Touch, but watched its pilot. Kiefer S., and it was ok, I'll tune into the second one. The kid was also quite good, but he doesn't speak. Yet. Oh well.

Sunday, new Walking dead right? Or was it tonight, Friday? I do hope we get some action. Game of Thrones looks awesome. Go Carice 

[Rawhide]

Finally got a chance to see The Superbowl from last weekend.

Good game, good commercials and a really nice halftime show!

[Paasky]

For anyone looking for a simple but good comedy out there I can recommend The New Girl

 10 or 11 episodes out right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qqojuj1zoU

MWah watch two episodes and decided it's not fun watching a girl riddled with uncertainties and quirks. Perhaps it could be fun but this show isn't producing a laugh or smile for me.

It really picks up after the first few episodes, it's like a strange combination of Scrubs (random flashbacks & girlyness) & It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (over the top anger & plans). + Zooey is so cute.

[Rawhide]

I can only agree with Paasky, perfect description. And yeah, Zoey is cute but damn. Her girl pal that visits from time to time. She's hot.

[Oberst]

I am watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 at the moment. I never bothered watching it before, something which I cant understand anymore.

Ok, now start laughing, how 90s I am.

But seriously. I would refer to myself as someone who was interested in Star Trek and SciFi before and becoming a Star Trek fan during the last year. I started watching Star Trek, when I was about 7-8 years and and Voyager started. Didnt knew about it before. But my brother, who is much older than me, was hyped at that time about the start of a new ST series, so I thought it must be cool, like everything your older brother does, when you are at that age. Soon I got into it and became a fan of Voyager. That time I learned, that there where also other Star Trek series, but couldnt understand, what was so interesting about them. So except for maybe 2 or 3 episodes of DS9 and sporadically some Episode of TNG, I never watched any other Star Trek and besides that, I started watching Stargate and became a real big Stargate fan (Ok, now you can continue laughing at me), so Star Trek didnt bother me at all form that time, except for Voyager, as it is a part of my childhood and early youth.

During the last years I have met and talked to some people about ST, who really wanted to convince me, that DS9 is the best ST series, I started to think about it and decided to watch them all, from the beginning to the end, which is really necessary in DS9.

Now, that I am nearly finished (last episode of season 6 left and full season 7, so dont spoil me ), I really have to say, It IS worth watching it. It is the best ST series. It features everything, a long term character development, lots of different characters, a plot, which really lasts from the first to the last episode, a lot of funny moments (Quark vs Odo!),  it is about love, war, politics, religion, terrorism and shows a very differentiated view on the world of star trek. But the most important thing is, not everything and every problem is solved in one episode, nor everything is solved in an ethical "federational" way, there are just some things, which are basicly unsolveable, which makes it much more believable, than everything before.

But to make a plot like this possible, the series has to start very slowly and needs really a lot of episodes. The plot begins with all the problems following the Cardassian-Federational War and the occupation of Bajor, and slowly develops into another war with a new enemy, the dominion, which is established real slowly, yet very believable. During the story, there are hopes for peace, set-backs and all such things.

All in all, I like it really much. So if you consider yourself as atleast a little interested in Star Trek and have never watched DS9, you should give it a try, but it really takes its time its 178 episodes.

[Gezoes]

No worries, we watched it already. Great series

Continuation-wise it's great, especially the Dominion Wars. But TNG was the best. That's more or less why DS9 added the Defiant and more pew-pew later on. There was a lull in the eps when it was bordering on Soap in Space. And stations don't fly. That evil clone that gets killed over and over again cracks me up every time though

[Lightning]

Yes Oberst, I can't really discern from your post whether or not you've watched TNG, but in my opinion, that's really the best series. The first two seasons are a bit "old", but the later seasons are absolutely excellent.

[Oberst]

Yes Oberst, I can't really discern from your post whether or not you've watched TNG, but in my opinion, that's really the best series. The first two seasons are a bit "old", but the later seasons are absolutely excellent.

I have watched a lot of them, I never watched them in a systematic way, which is not so important with TNG. And it is a good series, I mean its the beginning of the  decade, where Star Trek became really popular at the end of the 80s and during the 90s. The characters are nice, and of course there is a development over the seasons and such. Just look at Picard, he is the best captain, it is of course a complex character. That applies to the others, too. There are even some plotlines, which cover more episodes over all the seasons. But the main difference is the story telling.
TNG tells a complete story during one episode. Everything is done in it, its closed. You could pick one episode from one season and just watch it, after it you are done. This applies to a lot of series back then, like it was back for example in TOS (which I watched also btw.). Of course during that episodes, history of the characters are shown, how they became like they are, they might even change a bit or learn a lesson.

DS9 is different, which I like very much. It brings a plot line with it, which covers a lot more episodes. The character change between them much more, than in the series before. Of course every episode tells a closed story, but if you look at them closely, most of the episodes serve a purpose in the greater story line, which is sometimes not even obvious. It is more like an epic film.
The next thing is, a lot of episodes are not about what they first appear and do not have always the obvious ending, like often in TNG. Which doesnt make TNG bad, you still have to consider that some years lie between creating DS9 and TNG, and DS9 was never supposed to be like TNG.

Take for example the episode, where Sisko and Odo are called to earth, to do something about the Founders, who are on earth. At first it seems like, they will just do a little fighting, searching, scanning and invent something to find them all or whatever and in the end, there are no more spies on earth. But the episode turns out to end different as expected. The episode was more about to weigh between freedom and security and different views on that. And in the end, there are still spies on earth.

And dont forget one little thing, DS9 is sometimes a soap Opera in Space or even a (romantic) comedy, which gives a great contrast to the more brutal episodes and the complex ethical questions.

[Mud Buddha]

There was a lull in the eps when it was bordering on Soap in Space. And stations don't fly.

Haha, that exactly why I quit watching DS9 back in the 90's. It really felt like Soap in Space. But when I read Oberst's post I kind of want to revisit it again.
Being an avid Star Wars fan I missed ST: TNG the first time around (I really couldn't be bothered with Star Trek back then) but I did follow ST: V when it was on on dutch telly.

God, and it can't be a coincedence that, after switching to my facebook page just now, I see Will Wheaton's profile pic on the top right corner. I know I'm on a Star Trek related page, evil Google überlords!

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Currently watching Dead Like Me . I remembered it being on Comedy Central a couple of years back. Liked the premisse, but never watched it. Since it was only 2 seasons I decided to give it a go.

It's about a girl who gets killed by a toiletseat falling from Mir spacestation and becomes a reaper, an undead person who collects the dead for Death. I know, it sounds like the show Reaper (which was awesome), but to my surprise it's a totally different story. Apparently these undead reapers live among us, have steady jobs (Death expects you to work for free) and basically try to make the best of it.

It has a lot going for it. Bleak and dark humor, an Office Space vibe running through it, and genuinely heartfelt characters. The girl who plays the lead, Ellen Muth, is perfectly cast. Besides being pretty hot in a 'alternative' kind of way (and yes, that is a plus in any TV show), her voice and lazy, foul mouthed delivery has completely won me over.

Despite the focus on death it's definitely a comedy, but with 45 minute episodes a proper drama show as well. Nice music and some cool direction. It's a 'small' show, so maybe not for the high profile Game Of Thrones crowd but basically recommendable to anyone who likes good TV.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idu82OU9vdM

Promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jmHi5GgpI

[Gezoes]

Wheeaaatttoooonnnn!!

Hehe, I actually also quit watching then, I picked it back up about 15 eps before the conclusion. I miss ST too, in general. The BBC used to squeeze a few TNG ones in, years back, say, Thursdays at 18.00/19.00, but not anymore.

Dead Like Me is great, such an out-of-the-box series. Loved it.

This guy put up the greatest hits of the Dominion Wars. He loses it in a couple, adding some other films and series, but mostly, it's quite nice and well edited for an amateur.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBD3732D4F9CDF4F

[THeTA0123]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF7jlgK0HUc

one of the many awesome scenes from boardwalk empire