When TV rips you off

[oneofsix]

you could always just download it from the internets. I hear thats what the cool kids are doing these days

I was told it wasn't cool to download Serenity from the net because it was privately funded after the big cat networks canned the Firefly series. This from the guy that was the source of most of my downloads at the time.

[ducatilover]

Silly Mashie, that TV will eat your brains and gain all your knowledge...

I don't have a TV, I just spend 10+ hours a day balls deep in motorbikes

[HenryDorsetCase]

I was told it wasn't cool to download Serenity from the net because it was privately funded after the big cat networks canned the Firefly series. This from the guy that was the source of most of my downloads at the time.

That was in reference to the list of shows posted. my fundamental issue with TV (apart from commercials) is that i want to watch it when I want to watch it, not when some shaved chimp decides he wants to show it to me. Hence I own a lot of DVD's of TV shows.

The other thing is something like EPISODES which I have beenfaithfully TIVO-ing (recommended). The shaved chimps have decided to screen s02e01 then stop. Strangely, they can get fucked.

[mashman]

you could always just download it from the internets. I hear thats what the cool kids are doing these days

Nah, I'd rather have a crystal clear pic, quality sound and complete spechul effects.

Silly Mashie, that TV will eat your brains and gain all your knowledge...

I think it's dumbin me down

That was in reference to the list of shows posted. my fundamental issue with TV (apart from commercials) is that i want to watch it when I want to watch it, not when some shaved chimp decides he wants to show it to me. Hence I own a lot of DVD's of TV shows.

The other thing is something like EPISODES which I have beenfaithfully TIVO-ing (recommended). The shaved chimps have decided to screen s02e01 then stop. Strangely, they can get fucked.

Fox did somethin similar with Firefly in the states. Apparently they showed it all out of order. Fortunately a chap I know knows a chap that is friendly with the internetz gods and sorted me out the series in order... yeat another thing I'll need to gets on de bluray some day.

[avgas]

Then get Firefly. Or better still, get it first.

Yeah you really have to watch Firefly first to fully appreciate Serenity

This thread is full of awesome.

Yes I had both....they all were awesome.

I was fortunate enough to have a photo of my misses with Ms Glau (or is that Mrs now). She is actually very friendly in real life and nothing like her schizo/phyco or her metal machine stage forms. Great actress........but you don't actually attribute to to great acting until you meet her and find out how different she is.

[awa355]

Waste your life watching TV ?

You deserve what you get

"Eighteen channels of crap" plus advertising

You'll get no sympathy here

Get out and go ride

Wat 'e said. Best thing on the telly is the off switch.

[oneofsix]

Wat 'e said. Best thing on the telly is the off switch.

So old fashioned, its a standby switch on the telly now days. The only off is on the power socket.

[Scuba_Steve]

... and I detest channel flicking

huh, & I thought you were a man

[HenryDorsetCase]

Fox did somethin similar with Firefly in the states. Apparently they showed it all out of order. Fortunately a chap I know knows a chap that is friendly with the internetz gods and sorted me out the series in order... yeat another thing I'll need to gets on de bluray some day.

It was like sTAR TREK: they made the first episode (The Cage) and the network people said it was "too cerebral" so they made another which screened as the actual pilot. Its really interesting because the uniforms are quite different, the Enterprise bridge set is different, even Spock's makeup is different.

With FIREFLY the first episode should have been "Serenity" (not to be confused with the film SERENITY) which is the one with the war flashbacks and does the character setup and development. Then the bank robbery episode, then they were pretty much aired in finish order (pretty sure I am right on this but I dont have the DVD's or the books with me).

The thing that killed the film SERENITY at the box office was that it came out within a couple weeks of the appalling THE PHANTOM MENACE. That in itself is proof there is no god if you need any.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Wat 'e said. Best thing on the telly is the off switch.

TV shows have never been better.

Broadcast TV has never been worse and will never improve. Its not about the content which is excellent, its about the shaved chimps that do programming, the mongoloids who watch only drek, and the fact that TV networks are about delivering audiences to advertisers, not about getting viewers.

I watch hardly any broadcast TV now. I do watch my fair share of telly though.

[The Lone Rider]

NZ on average has more commercials than the countries the shows are bought from.

I notice it often - especially for movies and shows I've seen overseas, downloaded, or seen on DVD.


They try to be a little tricky to make it seem seamless.. but as pointed out - people notice!

[mashman]

huh, & I thought you were a man

I comfort myself with the fact that I used to be... and now that the house is full of women the TV no longer belongs to me and the constant flickin drives me MAD. I wish they'd learn how to use the fuckin menu.

It was like sTAR TREK: they made the first episode (The Cage) and the network people said it was "too cerebral" so they made another which screened as the actual pilot. Its really interesting because the uniforms are quite different, the Enterprise bridge set is different, even Spock's makeup is different.

With FIREFLY the first episode should have been "Serenity" (not to be confused with the film SERENITY) which is the one with the war flashbacks and does the character setup and development. Then the bank robbery episode, then they were pretty much aired in finish order (pretty sure I am right on this but I dont have the DVD's or the books with me).

The thing that killed the film SERENITY at the box office was that it came out within a couple weeks of the appalling THE PHANTOM MENACE. That in itself is proof there is no god if you need any.

I've always enjoyed star trek but never really gone out of my way to watch to. Probably due to too many off shoots.

I'll have to look out the series... I know I've got it around here somewhere... although it may be time to splash some cash and get the good quality version.

I'd never heard of Serenity until it came out on DVD, which is a damn shame as I reckon it woulda been crackin on the big screen. Great great movie, one of my all time faves.

Anyhoo, I shall forget all ills for 90 minutes this evening as I'm awf to see Iron Sky tonight.

[The Lone Rider]

Probably due to too many off shoots.

Awww.. but I rather liked them.

I have all seasons of next generation, deep space 9, and voyager on DVD.

Couldn't watch the original series sober. Couldnt watch "Enterprise" at all.

[mashman]

Awww.. but I rather liked them.

I have all seasons of next generation, deep space 9, and voyager on DVD.

Couldn't watch the original series sober. Couldnt watch "Enterprise" at all.

Oooooooooook... and fair enough, my mum liked them too.

[tbs]

The wife and I watched Serenity the other night and thought it was awesome. On Monday I went looking for a box set of Firefly.
Last night I wasn't about to watch any damn movie with Tom Cruise in it , so we watched best of 1981 on MTV and got all nostalgic. Had to fire up Youtube and play some Men at Work at work today.