"Recommend Seil Some Half Decent Television" or "Because He Needs Something To Do"

Seil · 11-28-2014, 06:27 AM

Oh, God, what do normal people do?

It's only been recently that I've gotten an actual, real person, grown up job. I'm making actual money - enough to pay every bill and rent and groceries and still have enough pennies left over to do stuff.

...Well, Canada got rid of pennies a while ago, but you know what I mean.

And because I'm hopeless and shy and easily excitable, I'm using that money to buy booze and box sets - and digitally remastered versions of The Princess Bride. Look for my next thread "Reasons why Princess Bride is the best movie of all time." Anyway, I don't watch a lot of teevee, but the box sets that people have recommended to me are

Supernatural (Because Misha Collins is adorable - and also because I like Constantine and the concept of supernatural beings and fights and knights and heroes and damsels in distress and damsels who kick ass.)

The Walking Dead (Not really sure on this - every zombie thing I've seen has been like Lifeboat or that one episode of Doctor Who on the diamond planet. I hate that sort of thing.)
Gargoyles (I'm buying this anyway, because Gargoyles)
Luther (Idris Elba.)
American Horror Story (Horror. Bit put off because different seasons, different stories, same actors.)
Mythbusters (Because Mythbusters)
Sons Of Anarchy (The music is lovely)

I'm already buying for Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Game of Thrones. I already own Clone High, Undergrads and Titus. What else is new?

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I'm not overtly fond of sitcoms, because I like like crazy action over awkward situations and mix ups (which, in my experience, is about 90% of sitcoms) (even though Seinfeld was kind of cool about it) which is why I'm skipping through most of The Big Bang Theory S7.

I liked TBBT because I could relate to being a nerd, being bullied and being single, and in the first few seasons it was cute and silly and all comic book references whereas other sitcoms were "He's fat, she's fat, they're obese!" and one of the things that I think is important is that TBBT, along with Marvel movies actually made nerd culture cool and acceptable. Yes, stereotypes and misogyny, but every sitcom in the last twenty years.

11-28-2014, 06:27 AM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	"Recommend Seil Some Half Decent Television" or "Because He Needs Something To Do" Oh, God, what do normal people do? It's only been recently that I've gotten an actual, real person, grown up job. I'm making actual money - enough to pay every bill and rent and groceries and still have enough pennies left over to do stuff. ...Well, Canada got rid of pennies a while ago, but you know what I mean. And because I'm hopeless and shy and easily excitable, I'm using that money to buy booze and box sets - and digitally remastered versions of The Princess Bride. Look for my next thread "Reasons why Princess Bride is the best movie of all time." Anyway, I don't watch a lot of teevee, but the box sets that people have recommended to me are Supernatural (Because Misha Collins is adorable - and also because I like Constantine and the concept of supernatural beings and fights and knights and heroes and damsels in distress and damsels who kick ass.) The Walking Dead (Not really sure on this - every zombie thing I've seen has been like Lifeboat or that one episode of Doctor Who on the diamond planet. I hate that sort of thing.) Gargoyles (I'm buying this anyway, because Gargoyles) Luther (Idris Elba.) American Horror Story (Horror. Bit put off because different seasons, different stories, same actors.) Mythbusters (Because Mythbusters) Sons Of Anarchy (The music is lovely) I'm already buying for Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Game of Thrones. I already own Clone High, Undergrads and Titus. What else is new? ---------- Post added at 03:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 AM ---------- I'm not overtly fond of sitcoms, because I like like crazy action over awkward situations and mix ups (which, in my experience, is about 90% of sitcoms) (even though Seinfeld was kind of cool about it) which is why I'm skipping through most of The Big Bang Theory S7. I liked TBBT because I could relate to being a nerd, being bullied and being single, and in the first few seasons it was cute and silly and all comic book references whereas other sitcoms were "He's fat, she's fat, they're obese!" and one of the things that I think is important is that TBBT, along with Marvel movies actually made nerd culture cool and acceptable. Yes, stereotypes and misogyny, but every sitcom in the last twenty years. Last edited by Seil; 11-28-2014 at 06:44 AM.