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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on July 01, 2004, 08:46:16 pm

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Martinus on July 01, 2004, 08:46:16 pm

[color=66ff00]Based on watching half of the series I bought the DVD boxset of Firefly, it really is a fantastic show. It's a damn crime that they canned it and continue pumping out nonsense, but then 'the man' has killed so many great shows.

Anyhow I also bought BSG 2003 which I also consider a worthy purchase due to it being rather good. I have to admit that the only reason I've bought them is that I downloaded them first.

Here's an interesting picture for you; I helped support these people because they made good TV, if it all worked in this fashion there'd be a heck of a lot less crud on our television sets, I'd spend more time there than in front of a computer because there'd actually be something worth watching...

But then nobody would get to watch 40 minutes of cop chases, reality TV or cut-from-the-mould soap opera's due to there being so much annoyingly excellent programming on.
That'd be a crime. :doubt:
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Title: Re: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Setekh on July 01, 2004, 11:47:22 pm

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Originally posted by Maeglamor
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I totally empathise, man. This sort of thing is the cancer that's eating good TV. We could be using TV to find out about the amazing world that we can't see ourselves, but instead we just get this junk.

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Bobboau on July 01, 2004, 11:57:34 pm

I don't watch TV anymore, It's usualy on CNN, msnbc, or foxnews (say what you will it's entertaining)

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Rictor on July 02, 2004, 12:03:10 am

Setekh: that exactly right. What we're getting now is Tom Clancy or Ann Rice, what we could be getting is Aldous Huxley, Douglas Adams, John Tolkien.

Yeah, that was such a clear analogy. Clear as mud.:D :D

Title: Re: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Turnsky on July 02, 2004, 08:07:20 am

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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Based on watching half of the series I bought the DVD boxset of Firefly, it really is a fantastic show. It's a damn crime that they canned it and continue pumping out nonsense, but then 'the man' has killed so many great shows.

Anyhow I also bought BSG 2003 which I also consider a worthy purchase due to it being rather good. I have to admit that the only reason I've bought them is that I downloaded them first.

Here's an interesting picture for you; I helped support these people because they made good TV, if it all worked in this fashion there'd be a heck of a lot less crud on our television sets, I'd spend more time there than in front of a computer because there'd actually be something worth watching...

But then nobody would get to watch 40 minutes of cop chases, reality TV or cut-from-the-mould soap opera's due to there being so much annoyingly excellent programming on.
That'd be a crime. :doubt:
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i feel your pain, due to some crazy bastards who arrange the televisions programs here, sometimes the sci-fi shows are at either 11pm, 12am, or even 1am... :hopping:

anyway, "Reality television" isn't actually REALITY.. actual reality television is the ****ing news at 6 o'clock

and because of stupid programming, i have to buy the babylon 5 DVD's.:doubt:

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Tiara on July 02, 2004, 08:13:07 am

Thank god for monday night, sci-fi night over here :D

SG-1, ST:ENT, ST:TNG (2 eps), Red Dwarf, BSG (the original)

From 20:30 to about 02:00 of good sci-fi :D

That and ofcourse the entire series of DS9 on DVD :p

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Turnsky on July 02, 2004, 08:14:32 am

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Originally posted by Tiara
Thank god for monday night, sci-fi night over here :D

SG-1, ST:ENT, ST:TNG (2 eps), Red Dwarf, BSG (the original)

From 20:30 to about 02:00 of good sci-fi :D

That and ofcourse the entire series of DS9 on DVD :p

i envy you.;)

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: kasperl on July 02, 2004, 08:14:49 am

T: yeah, but that's only one channel, and I doubt Veronica has the rights to the entire SG series, nevermind the latest ENT.

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Tiara on July 02, 2004, 08:33:19 am

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Originally posted by kasperl
T: yeah, but that's only one channel, and I doubt Veronica has the rights to the entire SG series, nevermind the latest ENT.

I got the entirety of both series on my HD :p

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Stunaep on July 02, 2004, 09:25:16 am

And how much would I have to pay for your hard drive?

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Tiara on July 02, 2004, 09:32:50 am

A lot :p

And no, I'm not putting up a server :p

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 02, 2004, 09:36:53 am

Ph34r mi S:AAB DVD set! Bwahahahahaha!

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Stunaep on July 02, 2004, 09:47:15 am

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Originally posted by Tiara
A lot :p

And no, I'm not putting up a server :p

All that double T3 sitting around, doing nothing..... shame really.

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Tiara on July 02, 2004, 10:24:54 am

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Originally posted by Stunaep

All that double T3 sitting around, doing nothing..... shame really.

I can't. We'd lose the connection if we did. It's only thanks to TCO's job that we have this. I've said this before...

Title: I weep (A.K.A. £37)
Post by: Martinus on July 02, 2004, 05:52:14 pm

[color=66ff00]Tsk Lady T, you really should be a bit more hush hush. ;)

Anyhow you could have DL'ed all of Farscape, a far worthier show than ST:ent IMHO. :D
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