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What is your niche?
Star Wars 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Star Trek 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Stargate 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Supernatural 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Dexter 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
House 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Game of Thrones 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Breaking Bad 19%  19%  [ 3 ]
Sons of Anarchy 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Grimm 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Firefly 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Sopranos 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
All of the above 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 16

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17 Oct 2023, 2:19 pm

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Oh I've seen that and read the book. I thought you meant Supernatural.

There is also a prequel series for Supernatural. It’s called The Winchesters



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17 Oct 2023, 5:28 pm

I like this forum post. At first I saw, everything was 20% or 0%, and I thought "that's interesting." Then I noticed 20% was 1 vote each.
I'm not sure I can say any are my favorite but I voted for the one that I can watch multitple times.
Of the titles listed, I have the series on disc for several. That indicates some favoritism.

Star Wars - pre-Disney shows, though the Disney shows I've seen are good.
Dexter
House
Firefly

I don't have Breaking Bad, but it was an excellent series.
I also enjoyed Grimm when it was originally on. It is in syndication now on Comet TV.

There are a lot of series I really enjoy that are not on the list.
This is what's in my DVD/Blu-Ray collection. I am not listing film series. I cannot really pick a favorite.

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30 Rock
The Addams Family
Adventure Time
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Adventures of Superman
Archer
Arrested Development
Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
The Big Bang Theory
Bob’s Burgers
Bones
Dark Shadows
Dead Like Me
Dexter
Duckman
Eureka
The Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Family Guy (only three seasons)
Fawlty Towers
Firefly
Fortysomething
Futurama
Good Neighbors
The Guild
Heroes
House MD
How I Met Your Mother
The IT Crowd
It's Okay Not to be Okay
Joan of Arcadia
King of the Hill (only two seasons)
The King’s Affection
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Malcom in the Middle
Max Headroom
Miss Marple
Monk
Mulberry
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Office
Penny Dreadful
The Prisoner (1967)
Pushing Daisies
Reboot
Rick and Morty
Rurouni Kension
Samurai X
SCTV
Seinfeld
Sherlock
The Simpsons
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Tick (animated series)
The Tick (Peter Serafinowicz as The Tick)
The Tick (Patrick Warburton as The Tick)
Torchwood
Warehouse 13
Wonderfalls
The X-Files


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17 Oct 2023, 6:04 pm

I think you are a man who likes what I like. I have all the series I listed for the poll, plus quite a few more. I also have 742 movies on dvd as well. I recently had to take them all out of their cases and put them in sleeved carry cases to condense my collection. I love watching House too.



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23 Oct 2023, 6:57 pm

4th(?) time watching Rederiet now , great swedish drama , aired 10 yrs/318 shows



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23 Oct 2023, 7:01 pm

Lucky Star is a good series, I wish it was longer than 24 episodes and an OVA.


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23 Oct 2023, 10:23 pm

It was a tough one between Star Wars and Breaking Bad, but I had to go with the former.


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24 Oct 2023, 6:55 am

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Lucky Star is a good series, I wish it was longer than 24 episodes and an OVA.


if we're talking high school girl slice of life, I must admit I prefer Azumanga Daioh. All of the characters are dripping with neurodivergent vibes


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24 Oct 2023, 7:02 am

Of the choices I tried to select GoT , Dexter , Sopranos and Breaking Bad ..

Probably the best series of late I’d easily 1883

Absolutely amazing and anyone who enjoyed Deadwood will love this series

These are probably my faves

Peaky Blinders
Game of Thrones
Domina
The Wire
Sopranos
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
The Tudors
Boardwalk Empire
Deadwood Series
The Vikings (series)
Romanzo Criminal (series)
Gomorrah (series)
Wolf Hall



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24 Oct 2023, 10:51 am

I seldom watch TV and haven't seen anything on the list except Dexter and Breaking Bad.
I haven't seen the other ones people are mentioning either.

I voted for Dexter. I would have named it on my own if it wasn't in the list.


Other:

Six Feet Under (note the Michael C Hall theme)


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24 Oct 2023, 11:03 am

IsabellaLinton wrote:
I seldom watch TV and haven't seen anything on the list except Dexter and Breaking Bad.
I haven't seen the other ones people are mentioning either.

I voted for Dexter. I would have named it on my own if it wasn't in the list.


Other:

Six Feet Under (note the Michael C Hall theme)



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24 Oct 2023, 4:19 pm

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I like several series on the list a lot. I picked Firefly [2002–2003] because it is possibly my favorite and is certainly my favorite of those listed.

But I have been watching TV since the 1950s (NO! not continuously...sometimes I sleep or eat). It is hard to pick just one favorite. There are a number of shows that I would gladly stop what I was doing to watch and that I would gladly join you in watching every episode of.

More of my very favorite shows to watch, in alphabetical order:
▫ Archer [2009–2023]
▫ The Avengers [1961–1969]
▫ Babylon 5, et al. [1993–?]
▫ Doctor Who, et al. [1963–?]
▫ Farscape [1999–2003]
▫ Last of the Summer Wine [1973–2010]
▫ Lexx [1996–2002]
▫ Max Headroom [1987–1988]
▫ Red Dwarf [1988–?]
▫ The Red Green Show [1991–2006]

Sometimes they overlap!

Last night I watched the Doctor Who {2005 revival} Season 7 Episode 12: "The Crimson Horror" [2013]. One of the characters seemed strangely familiar. Afterwards I checked and it was Diana Rigg who, 45 years earlier, had been "Emma Peel" in The Avengers! She was was spectacular and much-loved in that series...and through it became the first female action hero on American TV!


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25 Oct 2023, 4:18 am

Double Retired wrote:
Double Retired wrote:
I like several series on the list a lot. I picked Firefly [2002–2003] because it is possibly my favorite and is certainly my favorite of those listed.

But I have been watching TV since the 1950s (NO! not continuously...sometimes I sleep or eat). It is hard to pick just one favorite. There are a number of shows that I would gladly stop what I was doing to watch and that I would gladly join you in watching every episode of.

More of my very favorite shows to watch, in alphabetical order:
▫ Archer [2009–2023]
▫ The Avengers [1961–1969]
▫ Babylon 5, et al. [1993–?]
▫ Doctor Who, et al. [1963–?]
▫ Farscape [1999–2003]
▫ Last of the Summer Wine [1973–2010]
▫ Lexx [1996–2002]
▫ Max Headroom [1987–1988]
▫ Red Dwarf [1988–?]
▫ The Red Green Show [1991–2006]

Sometimes they overlap!

Last night I watched the Doctor Who {2005 revival} Season 7 Episode 12: "The Crimson Horror" [2013]. One of the characters seemed strangely familiar. Afterwards I checked and it was Diana Rigg who, 45 years earlier, had been "Emma Peel" in The Avengers! She was was spectacular and much-loved in that series...and through it became the first female action hero on American TV!


Diana Rigg had a prominent part in Game of Thrones incidentally



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25 Oct 2023, 5:38 am

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DirkGently69 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Initial D

Nice choice! I’ve only seen a few of the anime series, and of course the live action movie which i quite enjoyed.


I really like the Legend remake movies, all except for the choice of music. :lol:

The main series is definitely worth watching, although the pacing of the end is a bit slow.

The live action movie is pretty good too (although that's an unpopular opinion among some of the fanbase). It misses out on a lot of the story, and Nakazato's driving is wrong (he brags about his grip driving but they show him drifting most of the time).

Not including little things like that it's still a fun movie to watch.

I don't like how they make Bunta into an abusive drunk, instead of a strict but loving father who has been to a bar.

I liked how this show depicted working class Japanese life. There may be others but this is one that seemed realistic to me.

I agree that I was upset to see Bunta portrayed as a drunk. At the time I thought it a reflection of Chinese stereotypes of Japanese (the film was actually made by Chinese filming in Japan).


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25 Oct 2023, 8:36 pm

There are a lot of series that have been mentioned that I have seen, but also some that I have never heard of. I’ll be looking them up and seeing if it’s something that I will like. Thanks for all the great replies.

Readydaer wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Lucky Star is a good series, I wish it was longer than 24 episodes and an OVA.


if we're talking high school girl slice of life, I must admit I prefer Azumanga Daioh. All of the characters are dripping with neurodivergent vibes

In regards to anime/manga, mostly stopped watching them back when Akira and Ninja Scroll were introduced in Australia. I do have one question though. What is a moe girl?



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25 Oct 2023, 8:56 pm

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What is a moe girl?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)


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25 Oct 2023, 8:57 pm

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At the time I thought it a reflection of Chinese stereotypes of Japanese (the film was actually made by Chinese filming in Japan).


That's an interesting angle I'd never considered.


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