A little help, O Wise and Knowledgeable Flist...

[gnine]

So here I am in jolly old England, settling in, classes just starting up (something I do plan to write about soon, I swear...) and in between the socializing, studying and exploring, I find myself watching quite a bit of TV. This is happening in part because I always watch more when I live alone (something to do when relaxing before bed or while eating dinner, etc) and partly because while I'm studying, I often use TV as a reward for getting work done (write another page on this essay, and you can watch another episode, etc). Good motivation for a horrible procrastinator like myself ^_-.

Anyways, my request: I'm looking for series to watch. (Just got through all of Criminal Minds, need something new...) It can be new or old (and by old, I mean whenever. Keep in mind one of my most recent fandoms was Man from UNCLE, and if that's not old skool, don't know what is...^_-) Any genre, whatever. If it's one of your favorites or just something you think'd be fun to watch. Just gimme a brief description, maybe why I might like it...(bonus points for anything with hurt/comfort, teaminess or siblings being cute)

Thanks flist, I'm counting on you! ^_^

ETA: As a reference to those who are reccing things, a list of what I have seen:



...I almost hesitate in posting this due to the sheer size...oops. And these are just the western fandoms, the list would be twice as long, at least, if I included anime/J-dramas...:-p

All of these are shows I've seen at least one full season of (some I haven't seen past that, like Heroes, due to lack of interest, but I've seen enough to get the feel of it)

Bold is for shows that I fanned on, by watching repeatedly/reading fic/reccing it, etc.

* means fandoms I've actually produced stuff for, be it art, fic, vids, whatnot...

30 Rock, Alien Nation, Arrested Development, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Babylon 5, Batman Beyond, Battlestar Galactica, Being Human, Big Bang Theory, Burn Notice, Carnivale, Castle, Colditz, Criminal Minds, Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Due South, Eureka, Farscape, Firefly, Forever Knight, Gargoyles, Gilmore Girls, Heroes, Highlander*, Hustle, Invisible Man,Jeeves and Wooster, Justice League Unlimited, Legend (1995), Leverage, Life, Life on Mars, Lois and Clark, Lost, Malcom in the Middle, Man from UNCLE*, Merlin, NCIS*, NCIS: LA, Night Court, Numb3rs, Once a Thief, Prison Break, Professionals, Psych, Pushing Daisies, Quantum Leap, Queer as Folk (UK only), Real Ghostbusters*, Red Dwarf , Sapphire and Steel, Scrubs, Seaquest, Sentinel*, Seven Days, Sliders, Smallville*, Star Trek (all except for Enterprise), Stargate Atlantis*, Stargate SG-1*, Starsky and Hutch, Static Shock, Supernatural, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , The Shield, Torchwood, Traders, True Blood, Twin Peaks, United States of Tara, Wiseguy, WitchBlade, Xena, X-Files*, X-men (Animated Series and Evolution)

...And chances are I've missed something...:-p

As someone already mentioned in the comments about keeping an eye on this post for ideas of there own, if there's any shows in this list you're interested in, feel free to ask for a description, rec, review, etc...

Comments

[gnine.livejournal.com]

See, I want to watch Buffy. I wanted to watch it this summer, in fact, when Niichan had it all on DVD. But neechan said that we'd have to rush through it to watch it all in three months and whimpered at me...and is still doing so (was on skype with her when your post showed up). She doesn't wanna watch it alone, has no one to watch it with there cause the bro and Miriam just just watched it, and says she knows if I watch it, I'll be all giddy and talking about it and she'll be sad...so um, talk to her?

[sara-tanaquil.livejournal.com]

Can't you guys agree to watch it together in your separate locations? I used to simul-watch stuff with my long distance bf -- we would both watch stuff at the same time and chat online while we were watching. Or you could just agree to watch on the same day, if that's too hard to manage.

I agree, I couldn't BELIEVE Buffy wasn't on your list. So much smarter and wittier than the title would lead you to believe! It's one of the best-written shows I've ever watched.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Yeeeaah, Buffy has been on my list for years (I've seen a few eps here and there, and I know a LOT about it, have many friends into it). It's one of those things that we kept putting off, because we *knew* it'd be a timesink.

As for watching it separately, the problem is twofold in that she doesn't really like watching things alone (and as said above, the bro and his girlfriend, whom she's rooming with, just watched it so won't wanna watch it again) and the fact that I'll almost certainly watch it faster than her if I'm on my own...a LOT faster. I have this bad tendency to um...eheheh...marathon like crazy when there's no one there to stop me...For example, I just went through all of Criminal Minds (fours seasons plus) in a little over a week...(now I was sick in bed for half of that and classes hadn't started at the time, so had a lot of free time, but still...I'm crazy :-p). My solution is she should just put out on her flist the request that someone show her it. I can't imagine there isn't some happy fangirl in that area that wouldn't jump at the chance to share their fandom...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

S-sorry...! But I don't wanna watch it alooooone! *whimpers*