Fans of Television Series

Luxman 507z Integrated Amplifier
Forgot to add what is next in line for me that I am interested in ....

1. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
3. Battlestar Galactica (2003 TV Mini Series)
4. Burn NOtice
5. HUSTLE
6. Journeyman
7. Dead Like Me

Please do comment if anyone has seen these, except the first 2 in the list ...

Regards
Sammy
 
sam9s said:
mmm Interesting ... I am getting the Wire as well, 9.4 on IMDB plus the plot seems like a thriller
Click to expand...

No Sammy! It's definitely not a thriller. If I am not wrong about your taste, you might like Breaking Bad (may be much) more than The Wire. Wire is not your regular serial and chances are you might hate it and wonder why people like it in the first place ;). But then, why miss the chance that you might actually like it? So, no harm in giving a try!

sam9s said:
I dont go easy on rating so there are only handful of TV series or MOvies that touch 9 or surpass 9, few are between 8-9, few more between 7-8, rest are all below 7
Click to expand...

I am generous with TV series as I lookout only for entertainment :). My rating is somewhat similar to joker's IEM ranking. It may be hard to relate for others, so here's a general, though far from proper guideline.

Below 5 is negative. There are various levels of crap!
5-6 is average.
6-7 is slightly better than average, but still short on many counts. Falls short of being good, decent however.
7-8 is good in general. This is like say 'budget beauties'.
8 is really the level you want to get interested in. They are a step above the rest due to some differentiating factor.
9 has to be something really good. There are various flavors of good though.
10 is reserved for the very best at that time, though not the perfect one.

But like law of diminishing returns, it's hard to get to 9.4 from 9.3 than it is from 6 to 7 or 7 to 7.5. 5 is just too easy. It has to be utter crap to go below that. There are plenty of 6s, even 7s, but not many 9s.

When I am rating 7.4, I am actually thinking 'I like it like this xyz IEM', which is absolutely impossible for everybody else to relate to, hence the numbers :o.
 
Ok with no TV series in the pipeline, except the live going The Good Wife for which I have to wait a week to get the episode, I flipped the pages of different fourms and IMDB reviews in a hope to start a new one. In the hunt I managed to get couple of TV series that I thought might stick (considering my genre), with a hope that I will find my next TV series which will make me glue to TV screen again.

With this hope I watched first couple of episodes of the following TV series ...

Orphan Black ....... Interesting plot ..... A streetwise hustler witnesses the suicide of a girl who looks just like her and falls headlong into a deadly mystery. I wont tell anything more to avoide spoiler, but the primises is interesting enough for you to stick and continue, but not glued, if you know what I mean..... I have seen first 4 episodes and probably will continue.

Once Upon a Time Concept in theory atleast drew me like anything to get this show ....... The show mixes real people life with real fairly tales that all of us have been hearing since our childhood. The protagonist Emma swan is reunited with her unknown son in the real life who believes that characters in the real world are actually trapped in it, sent by the evil forces from the fairy world. The way the two worlds are mixed with both plot moving simultaneously with a distant connection is definitely well done and intriguing. But for some xyz reason it could not hold my interest after 3-4 episodes and I dumped it to try something else.

Awkward ... This seems interesting ...... plot goes like this ......"An unpopular 15 year old gains immediate, yet unwanted, popularity at her high school when the student body mistakes an accident she has for a suicide attempt" ...... I just have watched two episodes of this and it was pretty funny and interesting. I might actually continue with this.

...... But the show that I believe has my full high hopes (after watching the first plot episode) and looks like will have me "Glued" to tv which I was searching for is called ...

Touch Created my Tim Kring, creator of HEREOS,.... the plot is not something that has not been done before, but the way, and with detail this seems to presented blew me off...... plot goes like this ... "A single father's quest to reach his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son, soon discovers he can predict future events before they happen" ................. remember Knowing, the plot concept is exactly same, BUT, the treatment is far mature, realistic and, believable than anything that has been done before on the same subject. This is only coming after I watched the first plot episode, so you can see how impressive it must have been. I seriously wish it lives up to my expectations and so that I can finally find a TV series that can make me glued to the screen

Will update as and when I continue with this ....
 
Long time no updates in this thread since long....

Considering sam9s' reviews on The Good Wife...I was busy collecting the show in its full capacity. The show is not yet available so far on BluRay, so had to take internet's help.
(What can I do, I tried my best !)

Anyways...meanwhile I started watching Suits (TV Series 2011 ) - IMDb and this seems to have a good start. This is about a guy who joins a law firm due to a bizarre situation and start his career... it's fast paced show with lot of humorous characters... plot-line doesn't consist much cliffhangers yet there seems to be a story arc generating.
There are court room dramas as well time to time which are really great to watch, but most of the time show focuses on out of the court story of a particular case.

Only done with initial 5 episodes so far, so can't say much. Show is done with only 2 seasons so far, hence looking forward to finish them in coming weeks...
 
I did have a glance at this thread a couple of months ago ..... finally today I went through all the pages very quickly, so I might have missed a few titles, if so please excuse me.
I generally like to watch comedy serials, and two among my favorites, do not seem to have been mentioned:

'Allo 'Allo ( you will need to understand the French and German languages and their accents that serve as the basis of this irreverant comedy, set in France during WW 2)

Chef !

I would love to get my hands on the Marathi comedy serial with Dilip Prabwalkar which if I am not mistaken is titled " Chimanrao" ....anyone ?:)
 
Last edited:
I agree with Rupam, GOT has gone to a new height in season 3, marvellous series indeed.

Couple of days back watched one of the seasons of 24, overall very nicely filmed but sometimes felt a bit unrealistic about the storyline but a good time pass overall.
 
I am in US for the last month so was not able to continue my Tv Series or Movie journey, (very busy here), but since I can access netflix here, I took the subscription, and it was free for first month, so I didnt have to pay anything and I got access to a very decent library of some of the most amazing TV series and movies. I think netflix is amazing, its just 7 USD a month, which the moment you pay.... you start to stream ........ any movie, TV series instantaneously in HD. Subtitles are there, for the record, and your account keeps a track of every movie or TV series you have viewed, so you can continue from exactly the place you left off previously from any device. I seriously wish India had something like this.

I watched couple of movies, and started a TV series called Defiance ...The plot line is absolutely old and boring ... The series is set in the near future, where aliens known collectively as Votans have come to Earth seeking a new home after their solar system was destroyed ................ but some how I stuck to it, I am not exactly sure what made me stick, but it was kinda interesting to watch this TV series. It has that id software game RAGE feel to it ...... interesting characters and CGI is mostly pretty acceptable ....... Completed first 5 episodes and I will continue it once I get back to india. along with TOUCH and Orphan Black that I mentioned in my previous post.

@technobhatt do not miss The Good Wife I have completed 4 seasons and just waiting for 5th AWESOME TV series court room drama, if you ask me
 
Last edited:
sam9s said:
I am in US for the last month so was not able to continue my Tv Series or Movie journey, (very busy here), but since I can access netflix here, I took the subscription, and it was free for first month, so I didnt have to pay anything and I got access to a very decent library of some of the most amazing TV series and movies. I think netflix is amazing, its just 7 USD a month, which the moment you pay.... you start to stream ........ any movie, TV series instantaneously in HD. Subtitles are there, for the record, and your account keeps a track of every movie or TV series you have viewed, so you can continue from exactly the place you left off previously from any device. I seriously wish India had something like this.
Click to expand...

Netflix UK does not have some of the recent tv series like Game of Thrones and Mentalist that have running seasons. This made me cancel the subscription. It was a put down for me to pay for such a service when literally free sites like Watch TV Shows Online For Free _ STREAMALLTHIS.CH/.COM has every other TV Series (even running ones) that you can think of. Can you recheck in US netflix?
 
I don't know if anyone has watched The Bridge original title > Bron/Broen

Bron/Broen (TV Series 2011 ) - IMDb

MV5BMTM3NjQyMTAwMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ2Mjc0OQ@@._V1_SY317_CR3,0,214,317_.jpg


When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norn have share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer
Click to expand...

Its absolutely thrilling and you will be glued to your TV and find yourself watching episode after episode. It has only 1 season and does not prolong the series unnecessarily. ( Series 2 is in making). The performances of the actors are solid. The script is flawless.
Watch it.....
 
series which i loved immensely over the years:

Malgudi days / Chanakya / the wonder years / LOST/ Prison Break / the IT crowd / the big bang theory / how i met your mother / friends / greys anatomy / two and a half men / family guy / the simpsons / office office

currently watching
spartacus war of the damned

next in line
breaking bad / rome
 
xsabhishek said:
btw forgot to mention

game of thrones ( absolutely loved it )

waiting for season 4 paitiently :P
Click to expand...

It seems we have to wait till Jan 2014 for Season 4. Watch Rome, its great and unlike Game of Thrones, its based on historical facts. I loved the protagonist of Rome, Lucius Vorenus. Every actor is brilliant in Rome.

Rome (TV Series 20052007) - IMDb
 
xsabhishek said:
series which i loved immensely over the years:

Malgudi days / Chanakya / the wonder years / LOST/ Prison Break / the IT crowd / the big bang theory / how i met your mother / friends / greys anatomy / two and a half men / family guy / the simpsons / office office

currently watching
spartacus war of the damned

next in line
breaking bad / rome
Click to expand...

Have completed Spartacus last week and somehow didnt liked it. The storyline is so predictable with very lil twist and turn like season 1 & 2. Also as we know the ending very well that could lead me to some kind of apathy.:p Visually good but not more then 6/10
 
haisaikat said:
Netflix UK does not have some of the recent tv series like Game of Thrones and Mentalist that have running seasons. This made me cancel the subscription. It was a put down for me to pay for such a service when literally free sites like Watch TV Shows Online For Free _ STREAMALLTHIS.CH/.COM has every other TV Series (even running ones) that you can think of. Can you recheck in US netflix?
Click to expand...

Games of thrones is not available for streaming but its availabel on Netflix DVD, which is dropped at your door steps and you can keep it for as long as you want.

The free site you provided is pretty cool, but the only thing is we cannot bookmark our viewing preference, no subs as well. But anyway being free we cannot complain much. But I still feel for 7 USD netflix is something really cool with all TV series and movies available for streaming and if not on DVD.
 
Rega Turntables & Amplifiers
Order your Rega Turntables & Amplifiers from HiFiMART.com - India's reputed online dealer.

Similar threads

G
Looking to setup a 5.1.2 Home Theater in new home
Replies
10
Views
4K
ketansethi1987
ketansethi1987
AP@1992
My journey so far
Replies
16
Views
3K
hifimaddy
hifimaddy
C
Mosquito Season & Mosquitoes: Periphery and Internal Defenses to deal with them?
2
Replies
33
Views
6K
Analogous
Analogous
K
Sony A95K TV Owners & Discussion Thread
2 3
Replies
52
Views
18K
Sahilk
S
J
Samsung One Connect Box Issues
Replies
4
Views
5K
ramkrsna
ramkrsna
Back
Top