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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Feb 16, 2015 18:48:26 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the following TV theme songs: 1. It's a Living 2. The Love Boat 3. Mission: Impossible 4. Hawaii Five-O 5. WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Mannix 7. Laverne & Shirley 8. Mary Tyler Moore Show 9. The Wild Wild West 10. Love American Style 11. The Flying Nun 12. The Donna Reed Show 13. The Lawrence Welk Show 14. The Single Guy 15. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 16. Monday Night Football (the original theme) I used to play rhythm guitar a garage band back in the day. We opened our shows (and I use the term "show" lightly) with a metal version of the theme from the Wild Wild West. Good times.
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Post by elevationvb on Feb 16, 2015 19:18:19 GMT -5
Has anyone mentioned "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?" I know the brand of humor definitely isn't for everyone - it's crass, demented, and often just plain wrong...but I don't know if there is another comedy series that has caused me to fall out of my chair laughing more times than IASiP. Have not watched the show although it's been recommended to me many times. Any show that has Danny DeVito has to be good?
I'll need to be on the lookout for the show to be rebroadcast from the 1st episode.
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Post by elevationvb on Feb 16, 2015 19:22:09 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the following TV theme songs: 1. It's a Living 2. The Love Boat 3. Mission: Impossible 4. Hawaii Five-O 5. WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Mannix 7. Laverne & Shirley 8. Mary Tyler Moore Show 9. The Wild Wild West 10. Love American Style 11. The Flying Nun 12. The Donna Reed Show 13. The Lawrence Welk Show 14. The Single Guy 15. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 16. Monday Night Football (the original theme) For me, a great theme song is complemented with lyrics and a great video intro that supplements the story line of the show. I think Petticoat Junction does that. All The Petticoat Junctions Intros. (loved when they added the dog to the intro.
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Post by elevationvb on Feb 16, 2015 20:50:43 GMT -5
When CBS dominated tv with 3 of their rural shows. Where is Jethro?
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Post by mikegarrison on Feb 16, 2015 21:04:37 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Feb 16, 2015 21:11:36 GMT -5
Just finished the entire first (and only) season of Firefly. Such great promise! I found every single character interesting, although Kaylee was a bit too love/sex-starved for my taste. (However, I do like Jewel Staite the actress who plays Kaylee.) Because I know this show was cancelled and there won't be a second season, I feel like a part of me has died. Like I lost a finger or something. Perhaps it's just withdrawal symptoms. This is the best thing I've seen Nathan Fillion do in his entire career. Same goes for Gina Torres (Zoe), Morena Baccarin (Inara), Ron Glass (Shepherd), and Adam Baldwin (Jayne). I've never seen the other three actors -- River, Simon, Wash -- in any other show or movie. I think this is Jewel Staite's weakest performance. It's too clicheish cute.
So, there's apparently a movie titled Serenity that attempts to wrap up the show. I need to see it.
I still think the best show that was prematurely cancelled was Stargate Universe. Firefly comes a very close second. There may be others but their names escape me.
Damn. What am I going to do without Firefly? This just breaks my heart.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Feb 16, 2015 21:14:04 GMT -5
Best theme song?
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Post by mikegarrison on Feb 16, 2015 21:51:45 GMT -5
Just finished the entire first (and only) season of Firefly. Such great promise! So, there's apparently a movie titled Serenity that attempts to wrap up the show. I need to see it. The movie is good, but "wraps it up" would be overstretching. Answers a few questions, is more like it. One of the silliest things we hear in the TV show is the theory that Reavers are some kind of contagious insanity. From Wikipedia: I remember that TWOP mocked this idea mercilessly. Well, the movie does provide a different explanation for the Reavers.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Feb 16, 2015 21:53:53 GMT -5
Just finished the entire first (and only) season of Firefly. Such great promise! So, there's apparently a movie titled Serenity that attempts to wrap up the show. I need to see it. The movie is good, but "wraps it up" would be overstretching. Answers a few questions, is more like it. One of the silliest things we hear in the TV show is the theory that Reavers are some kind of contagious insanity. From Wikipedia: I remember that TWOP mocked this idea mercilessly. Well, the movie does provide a different explanation for the Reavers. This thread is making me queue up the series + movie again.
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Post by gnu2vball on Feb 16, 2015 22:12:02 GMT -5
I knew it was a great show when Mal kicked the bad guy into an engine intake at the end of the first televised episode.
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Post by vbprisoner on Feb 17, 2015 0:02:50 GMT -5
Has anyone seen Silicon Valley (HBO) that can give it a thumbs up or down?
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Post by mikegarrison on Feb 17, 2015 0:07:43 GMT -5
I knew it was a great show when Mal kicked the bad guy into an engine intake at the end of the first televised episode. That was pretty funny, and clearly separated Mal from the standard good guy hero role. Whatever those engines are, they sure must not work like turbines. That would destroy a jet engine. Small birds are bad enough... Of course, the fact that they seem to work in space is also confusing in the context that they appear to be sucking in a lot of air when in the atmosphere. Though I guess maybe the clip shows them flaming out as the ship leaves the atmosphere? Too bad, though, that FOX insisted they make that episode the pilot. The original pilot (not shown on TV until after the series had already been cancelled) was a much better pilot.
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Post by elevationvb on Feb 17, 2015 1:45:23 GMT -5
Has anyone seen Silicon Valley (HBO) that can give it a thumbs up or down? Big Thumbs Up.
Season 2 begins in April with Game of Thrones and Veep.
HBO should begin showing repeats of season 1 soon.
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Post by vbprisoner on Feb 17, 2015 1:55:29 GMT -5
Has anyone seen Silicon Valley (HBO) that can give it a thumbs up or down? Big Thumbs Up.
Season 2 begins in April with Game of Thrones and Veep.
HBO should begin showing repeats of season 1 soon.Thanks, I just saw a quick ad for it tonight on HBO and it looked pretty good. I will have to watch season one on demand before season 2 starts.
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Post by elevationvb on Feb 17, 2015 2:08:23 GMT -5
Big Thumbs Up.
Season 2 begins in April with Game of Thrones and Veep.
HBO should begin showing repeats of season 1 soon. Thanks, I just saw a quick ad for it tonight on HBO and it looked pretty good. I will have to watch season one on demand before season 2 starts. I think there were only 6 or 8 episodes. Hopefully 12 this season.
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