Binge Watching Television

dead_battery · 09.25.2013, 12:40 PM

So now that our society is reduced to factory farmed human commodities drowning the sorrows of their impoverished isolated lives in front of screens for 72 hours in a row shovelling junk food in their mouths and developing serious back problems, what tv shows do you like to binge watch?

The ones everyone knows:

The Wire
Breaking Bad
True Blood
Sopranos
Battlestar Galactica
Homeland
Dexter
Walking Dead
Mad Men

What else is good?

Toilet & Bowels · 09.25.2013, 12:53 PM

Game of Thrones
Homicide Life on The Street
Twin Peaks (first 12 or so episodes)
Buffy & Angel
Generation Kill
X Files
24

Rob Instigator · 09.25.2013, 12:59 PM

Only shows I have binge watched.

Deep Space 9
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones

I argue with my wife about this all the time. I actually prefer to watch an episode and then let time pass, to absorb it, and to ruminate on it, and then watch another episode. watching shows back to back to back, even great shows, tends to blur the story arc in ways I do not like. All TV is episodic, some more than others, but this "break" between episodes I think makes the shows better.

Genteel Death · 09.25.2013, 01:27 PM

Masterchef
Keeping Up Appearances
The Wire
Twin Peaks
Louie

Nefeli · 09.25.2013, 01:27 PM

didnt know the binge watch expression.

my top 3 hasnt changed.
twin peaks (the 1st time wasnt binge watched)
buffy
six feet under (first 3 seasons not binge watched).

will come back when i think about the next top 3s
perhaps i dont have next top 3s
but i surely agree with your intro on the subject

Nefeli · 09.25.2013, 01:29 PM

ah black mirror was genius - but not binge watch material.

from last year, i liked 'the americans', 'game of thrones' of course, 'the killing', 'bron/broen',

Genteel Death · 09.25.2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Nefeli

ah black mirror was genius - but not binge watch material.

Agreed.

Of the comedy shows I re-watch often Alan Partridge's Knowing Me Knowing You takes the top spot. I wouldn't say I watch that much TV though. Even with films I'll go through phases of watching tons and then nothing for a while or just 1 or 2 in a month.

Nefeli · 09.25.2013, 01:40 PM

noted.

(ill keep editing previous post).

i dont watch the telly either, but i do spend tons of hours on series and although i feel bad about it -should watch interesting and inspiring movies instead- i m a lazy bastard and dont do much to fix this.
lately im binge (binge-binge-binge!) watching big bang theory on the side, because it makes me laugh and it relaxes me before i go to sleep.
also cant wait to watch arrested development 4. hope its brilliant as the previous seasons.

dead_battery · 09.25.2013, 01:46 PM

arrested development, theres another one to d/l

!@#$%! · 09.25.2013, 01:57 PM

Let me add to what has been already said:
Samurai champloo
Curb your enthusiasm
Boardwalk empire
Deadwood (first two seasons)
Early sons of anarchy (has turned to shit)
THE SHIELD <---this!

dead_battery · 09.25.2013, 02:00 PM

xavier renegade angel
sealab 2021
red dwarf
peep show

Genteel Death · 09.25.2013, 02:07 PM

Sanjivani
OZ
Holby City

dead_battery · 09.25.2013, 02:09 PM

masterchef? holby city? stop trolling.

Toilet & Bowels · 09.25.2013, 02:10 PM

Yeah Oz, but it turned shit after a few series

Genteel Death · 09.25.2013, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dead_battery

masterchef? holby city? stop trolling.

I have never developed proper good taste in TV shows. Trust me if I say I'm sparing you the worst of what I watch and enjoy on TV sometimes.

Rob Instigator · 09.25.2013, 02:17 PM

Oh yeah The wife and I binged on

Peep Show
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Genteel Death · 09.25.2013, 02:19 PM

Bad Girls

I watched that entire series many times in the past. Summer Heights High too.

Rob Instigator · 09.25.2013, 02:36 PM

I could watch this all day.

dead_battery · 09.25.2013, 03:35 PM

i just started season 2 of sopranos.

its amazing. fucking livia.

EVOLghost · 09.25.2013, 04:08 PM

Tthere's only two showed I've watched the series entirely....(Xavier and Champloo) and both were awesome.

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dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	So now that our society is reduced to factory farmed human commodities drowning the sorrows of their impoverished isolated lives in front of screens for 72 hours in a row shovelling junk food in their mouths and developing serious back problems, what tv shows do you like to binge watch? The ones everyone knows: The Wire Breaking Bad True Blood Sopranos Battlestar Galactica Homeland Dexter Walking Dead Mad Men What else is good?
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Only shows I have binge watched. Deep Space 9 Mad Men Breaking Bad Game of Thrones I argue with my wife about this all the time. I actually prefer to watch an episode and then let time pass, to absorb it, and to ruminate on it, and then watch another episode. watching shows back to back to back, even great shows, tends to blur the story arc in ways I do not like. All TV is episodic, some more than others, but this "break" between episodes I think makes the shows better. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Masterchef Keeping Up Appearances The Wire Twin Peaks Louie
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Nefeli invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,147,485,022	didnt know the binge watch expression. my top 3 hasnt changed. twin peaks (the 1st time wasnt binge watched) buffy six feet under (first 3 seasons not binge watched). will come back when i think about the next top 3s perhaps i dont have next top 3s but i surely agree with your intro on the subject
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09.25.2013, 01:29 PM	#6
Nefeli invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,147,485,022	ah black mirror was genius - but not binge watch material. from last year, i liked 'the americans', 'game of thrones' of course, 'the killing', 'bron/broen',
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Nefeli invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,147,485,022	noted. (ill keep editing previous post). i dont watch the telly either, but i do spend tons of hours on series and although i feel bad about it -should watch interesting and inspiring movies instead- i m a lazy bastard and dont do much to fix this. lately im binge (binge-binge-binge!) watching big bang theory on the side, because it makes me laugh and it relaxes me before i go to sleep. also cant wait to watch arrested development 4. hope its brilliant as the previous seasons.
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09.25.2013, 01:46 PM	#9
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	arrested development, theres another one to d/l
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,578	Let me add to what has been already said: Samurai champloo Curb your enthusiasm Boardwalk empire Deadwood (first two seasons) Early sons of anarchy (has turned to shit) THE SHIELD <---this!
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dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	xavier renegade angel sealab 2021 red dwarf peep show
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Sanjivani OZ Holby City
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dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	masterchef? holby city? stop trolling.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	Yeah Oz, but it turned shit after a few series
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Oh yeah The wife and I binged on Peep Show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Bad Girls I watched that entire series many times in the past. Summer Heights High too.
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09.25.2013, 02:36 PM	#18
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I could watch this all day. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	i just started season 2 of sopranos. its amazing. fucking livia.
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Tthere's only two showed I've watched the series entirely....(Xavier and Champloo) and both were awesome.
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