Oh, I understand. Personally I can sometimes get through as much as a season every couple days, but I know other people usually have lives to attend to and deal with in that time. :-D Actually, Monk and Curb Your Enthusiasm aside, our tastes are pretty similar. I like all the shows you rate highly. Good to see some more ER love, I think a lot of people write it off as a mediocre procedural-come-soap when, especially early on, it was so much more than that.
Ahh, you know I'm only kidding. :) (Unless you start to criticize Bruce Springsteen, in which case we'll have to hold crisis talks.)
As for Monk. Well, season 1 is easily the weakest run of the show. From S2, and especially in S3 and onwards, there's real character development, and it becomes less "mystery-of-the-week" - there's more emotion, more character moments, more background, more subplot. Having said that, I can't imagine you'd be completely sold by later seasons if you didn't really enjoy S1 at all.
I got the UK S9, and I imported the Australian S10 and S11, as they're almost exactly the same as the UK releases (like the UK ones, they have subtitles, while the US ones don't). I'll get S12 when it comes out in Australia (as S9 was only just released over here so it might be a while before it's released in the UK)
The Big Bang Theory is definitely one of the best traditional laugh-tracked sitcoms on TV right now. Probably second after How I Met Your Mother, for me. I do think Sheldon conforms too much to the geek stereotype sometimes though, caring too much about minutiae. But he's usually pretty funny. And Leonard and Penny are great.
I've only seen S1 so far, I'm looking forward to S2!
Great stuff!
I love the Calvin and Hobbes strip. :D
A superb collection!
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I'm assuming you've heard about Steven Page leaving BNL? Extremely sad news. :-( Any thoughts on it? How do you feel about it?
Oh, I understand. Personally I can sometimes get through as much as a season every couple days, but I know other people usually have lives to attend to and deal with in that time. :-D Actually, Monk and Curb Your Enthusiasm aside, our tastes are pretty similar. I like all the shows you rate highly. Good to see some more ER love, I think a lot of people write it off as a mediocre procedural-come-soap when, especially early on, it was so much more than that.
Ahh, you know I'm only kidding. :) (Unless you start to criticize Bruce Springsteen, in which case we'll have to hold crisis talks.)
As for Monk. Well, season 1 is easily the weakest run of the show. From S2, and especially in S3 and onwards, there's real character development, and it becomes less "mystery-of-the-week" - there's more emotion, more character moments, more background, more subplot. Having said that, I can't imagine you'd be completely sold by later seasons if you didn't really enjoy S1 at all.
Monk mediocre?
I'm glad you're stepping down, I can't live knowing the proprietor of one of my favourite websites is so off-base.
Well maybe that's a little harsh. ;-)
Ahh they were great episodes too.
Did you mean S12 there? I watched S11 :)
I got the UK S9, and I imported the Australian S10 and S11, as they're almost exactly the same as the UK releases (like the UK ones, they have subtitles, while the US ones don't). I'll get S12 when it comes out in Australia (as S9 was only just released over here so it might be a while before it's released in the UK)
I still don't think I've cloned this. I really should.
I know we've discussed it elsewhere, but I'm really glad you enjoyed "Working On A Dream".
I agree with pretty much every word of this.
The Big Bang Theory is definitely one of the best traditional laugh-tracked sitcoms on TV right now. Probably second after How I Met Your Mother, for me. I do think Sheldon conforms too much to the geek stereotype sometimes though, caring too much about minutiae. But he's usually pretty funny. And Leonard and Penny are great.
I've only seen S1 so far, I'm looking forward to S2!
Great choices. Many are on my new list.
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I'm prouder than I should be.