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[proximoception]

My wife nixed Battlestar Galactica an hour or so in for its agonizing slow-mo predictability and lame dialogue, re. which I agree so far, but I might be able to talk her into resuming just so she can see some more of Vancouver (Caprica = SFU, esp. its Quadrangle, also featured heavily in the Day the Earth Stood Still remake).

Californication seemed fun at first but was then confirmed stupid.

24 (season 1) was stupid. We lasted four episodes.

We watched some of a new House episode. Still following the same formula.

Dollhouse seems godawful.

Survivor is actually pretty cool. I wasn't watching TV back then, and remember being angry at everyone I knew who watched this. Yes, the game is absurd, the premise is cruel and should probably be outlawed, the producers shot, but people are people. Even people who want to be actors are people. Totally fascinating, as I'm the last person to find out.

We still haven't attempted Big Love, Breaking Bad or West Wing. Sopranos needs to be rereleased with subtitles before we'll try again. We might give Weeds another shot.

Still the best I've seen, for some portion of their run: Futurama, Lost, The Simpsons, Mr. Show, Fawlty Towers, The Office U.K., Twin Peaks, Flight of the Conchords, Six Feet Under, and (near as I could tell) The Wire.

Also proved worth watching: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mad Men, Seinfeld, Friends, American Dad & Family Guy, Gilmore Girls, Extras, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Law and Order (original). Those and maybe four, five episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

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[andalus.livejournal.com]

you should really add cowboy bebop to the list. pound for pound some of the best pure entertainment out there. the first few episodes are a little hokey but once it gets into it it glides all the way to the end, only one or two throwaways.

and while we're at it why have you still not watched FLCL? it's six episodes! done in an afternoon!

[proximoception.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the anime fairy misblessed me at birth.