King Pitcos Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Do you have to start Spartacus at the start, or can you get away with skipping these first three 'silly' episodes and starting at episode 4? Watch it from the start. I don't think the first three episodes are even that bad. The first one is fairly boring with the wife stuff, but I don't remember thinking "this was crap until episode four" -- and I'd been conditioned to think that, so I was waiting for a sudden jump in quality. I think it just takes a little while to settle into the show and get invested in the characters, at first it's all gore and tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted August 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2013 12)Â Prisoner: Cell Block H Â For fuck's sake. Â I assumed the Cell Block H love on here was ironic. Guess not. Or maybe this is an elaborate "get Jedi made into an official religion through the census!"-type wacky affectation. Â It's a good show Black2. No really it is. Have you seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2013 I voted West Wing number 1, I don't know if anyone else did. Â I am fairly gay for anything Sorkin writes to be honest, but The West Wing really stands out. Great acting from the whole cast and incredibly well written. Season 6 is probably the weakest, they had to adjust after Sorkin left. Bartlett's battle with his MS is treated really well, as is Toby's "Problem". A drama that could make you both laugh and cry in the same episode. For me the best tv drama, that's why I voted it number 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted August 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2013 12)Â Prisoner: Cell Block H Â For fuck's sake. Â I assumed the Cell Block H love on here was ironic. Guess not. Or maybe this is an elaborate "get Jedi made into an official religion through the census!"-type wacky affectation. Â It's one of those shows that if it was on now, it may be a little ironic, but when it was shown in the mid 80's in the UK (We got it in 87 in the Granada Area), we had been used to he meek and mild aussie shows like Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, Sullivans etc. This was pretty violent stuff for the time. Women getting there hands flattened and burned in the iron-press, lesbian rape and other funky stuff made it very different and very watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I voted West Wing number 1, I don't know if anyone else did. Â I am fairly gay for anything Sorkin writes to be honest, but The West Wing really stands out. Great acting from the whole cast and incredibly well written. Season 6 is probably the weakest, they had to adjust after Sorkin left. Bartlett's battle with his MS is treated really well, as is Toby's "Problem". A drama that could make you both laugh and cry in the same episode. For me the best tv drama, that's why I voted it number 1. Â It was in my Top 3 I think. It's sort of been forgotten about in the post-Sopranos tv boom, but this series was the colossus of US tv at the time, justifiably so. It was also strange to see a fictional president who was more popular than the actual president for his entire presidency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) 11)  "Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again and again. It has to happen."   Dexter  Voted number 1? No.  What's it about?  Dexter Morgan is a blood spatter analyst in the Miami Metro Homicide unit with a dark secret. From a young age he has wanted to murder people. To protect him, his father trained him in "The Code"so that Dexter only kills other murderers. In this long running hit series Dexter must balance a personal life and work with his unstoppable need to kill.  What do I say?  When this show is good it's great. However it hasn't been consistently good for years now and they've basically turned the lead character into a complete dumb ass. It's currently in it's last season and it's fucking dreadful. However the first 4 seasons were really good stuff for the most part, season 4 in particular was a roller coaster ride featuring John Lithgow in an incredible guest star performance. A unique premise for a show and while it's gone downhill it's still easy to watch. Jennifer Carpenter is the real MVP of this show though as Dexter's foul mouthed sister Debra.  What do you say?  "A much loved serial killer. A character you can really get behind, even though he really is a vile little man. The people he kills are genuinely worse than he is. Some great guest stars as well - Jimmy Smits, Colin Hanks, Jonny Lee Miller and particularly John Lithgow. That Thanksgiving episode is one of my favourites ever. Jaime Murray was annoying though."  Clips! "Shut up, cunt." Edited August 25, 2013 by LaGoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Seasons 1-4 of Dexter are great. A couple of the later seasons have started well, but then got shit - namely the one with the culty guy and then the one with Viktor. However both ends of those seasons were disappointing. Â I haven't even started watching the new season, but everyone is ragging on it massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I gave up on Dexter early on. What have they done to make him a 'complete dumbass'? ...and, why is it fucking dreadful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 He just does really dumb things, ALL THE TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 The last season is fucking dreadful because nothing is happening. Shit should be kicking off and everything should be going crazy but just nothing is happening. It's all so disjointed, pointless and going nowhere. Â And Dexter has turned into a dumbass because the decisions he makes and the way he reacts to things are the way a complete idiot would do. Dexter was always smart and ahead of everyone else in the earlier seasons but now...I think it's more a case of bad writing but he is just a dunce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Yeah I started watching Dexter earlier this year and loved the first 4 seasons. They weren't amazing by any stretch but they were entertaining. Season 4 in particular had one of the best villains I've seen in any tv show ever. After season 4 though the entire thing went to shit. Seasons 6 and 8 in particular are among the worst written things I can think of. Really bad tv. I almost gave up during 6 but slugged it out to the end, only to be rewarded with what season 8 is giving us. I haven't bothered watching the last 3 or 4 episodes of it. Â Even at it's best though, Dexter does not deserve to be anywhere near the Top 10. Mad Men is ten times the show this is. Dexter even at it's best is poorly written and hilariously badly acted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 25, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) I think you're pretty bang on with your assessment, there. Â I heard John Lithgow was amazing in the season where he turned up. However I gave up on this show part way in to season 3 because it became relentlessly silly. Â Although it was watchable and fun it's a far shout from having ever been 'great'. It's incredibly camp and soapy at times. Edited August 25, 2013 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think you're pretty bang on with your assessment, there. I heard John Lithgow was amazing in the season where he turned up. However I gave up on this show part way in to season 3 because it became relentlessly silly.  Although it was watchable and fun it's a far shout from having ever been 'great'. It's incredibly camp and soapy at times.  Aye that's Season 4 and he steals the entire thing from start to finish. He acts everyone else in the show into the ground and pretty much single-handedly makes the Season fantastic. If he wasn't in it, people would be saying "Dexter got shit 3 Seasons in".  Agree with the people saying Dexter is an idiot now. He went from cold, calculated and smart to reckless and idiotic. He's like comedy foil that doesn't know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 How anyone thinks his Sister is the highlight or MVP of the show is mental. Shes fucking dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think she's probably the only thing holding it together really. Dexter is a complete goon and the rest of the supporting characters don't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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