Great Television

To get you caught up on some enjoyable t.v. to watch here is a list of shows that you may like.

Sopranos - Mob life with rich characters
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David speaks his mind
Arrested Development - genius timing and fantastic writing
Dexter - Micheal C. Hall plays one of the best villains you love to root for ever
Deadwood - David Milch is a genius
True Blood - guilty pleasure that makes me laugh
Generation Kill - great war story
Spaced U.K. - Simon Pegg smoking it up and loving pop culture references
Office U.K. - Ricky Gervais as a lovable a**hole
Extras U.K. - Ricky Gervais at his best
X-Files - great science fiction and creepy to boot
The Wire - best police drama maybe ever
Battlestar Galactica the re-imagining - great science fiction and lots of twists and turns. I am amazed by the visuals. Great cast all around
Breaking Bad - O.M.G. this is like the best show on television right now. Every episode is a mind blower with uber-genius writing. I have not felt this way since Dexter and Sopranos.
The Boondocks - gets me every time - hilarious
In Treatment - Mind trip at how amazing these actors are and hats of to Gabriel Byrne.
Rome - great story lines with lots of blood spilt
Freaks and Geeks - best show ever about coming of age in middle and high school. Did anyone really enjoy that time of their lives?
Undeclared - sub-par to Freaks and Geeks but it is enjoyable
Eastbound and Down - the life of Kenny Powers is hilarious and tragic and I am looking forward to see where this show is going to go.
30 Rock - very funny show with a lot of inside humor about the biz and also night cheese!
Newsradio - The only show with a laugh track that I can sit through and even though it hits the beats like all the other sitcoms it has a strange absurdity too it that makes me all warm inside. It makes me miss Phil Hartman.
Oz - great prison show filled with lots of great actors.
Bored to Death - really funny show with lots of talent.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - fun show with some great characters and lots of teen drama.

The Purpose of This Blog

I want to preface this blog with a mild disclaimer. You may get your mind blown if you read these posts and decide to partake in watching what I recommend to you. My main goal of this blog is to inform my fellow cine philes and celluloid geeks about fantastic television, and movies. I might delve into books and music sometimes, but that is not my main purpose. Once upon a time my friends and I would gather around a television and be immersed in a night of flickering images and reflect on what we had just witnessed. Most of the time the experience led to great discussions and on the rare occasion mental anguish. I hope you enjoy my recommendations and sometimes disgust at films or television shows and can walk away with a decent nights programming lined up for you and your friends and say "Hey that was worth watching and no I do not want those two hours of my life back."

Television done well - Carnivale

I just finished watching the entire series of Carnivale. I was blown away at the depth and subtle complexity that this show had. If Carnivale and Lost were in a UFC ring bout, Carnivale would rip Lost a new one. This show was well written with a clear purpose and agenda that not only satisfies but keeps you coming back for more. It is a bit X-Files, Twin Peaks, and Deadwood with a splash of Lost before it went down the toilet somewhere after season 2. I highly recommend watching Carnivale and I am telling you that this show will linger with you for weeks after you finish it. I have pondered the layout, setting, actions of all the characters and I do not think I would change a thing. It is not the most perfect television series but I wish I would have watched it while it was airing so I could have given my support. I hope that HBO makes a movie out of it someday because there is plenty of material left to hash out.