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I'm bored out of my mind with a mangled collarbone and am in need of some new things to watch.
My favorite shows are things like the wire, mad men and soprano's. I've seen just about every mtb'ing dvd going, but love all extreme sports.
i,ve seen most of the great well known movies from the last 20 years, but not so much of the less hyped films.
What are some suggestions for good stuff to watch?
The Shield
The Walking Dead
The Killing
The West Wing.
I enjoyed the first 2/3 of the West Wing but lost interest when they brought in some new characters.
you could try The Shield - I thought it was great. Seven seasons should keep you going for a while.
Dexter is also good, as is Breaking Bad.
Documentaries - any of the Attenborough stuff (dirt cheap on DVD now). I loved Yellowstone and Galapagos as well.
Loads of good stuff out there.
seen the shield and walking dead (awesome) heard about the killing, us version is out soon?
Whickers world double dvd
ah yes, breaking bad, loved the first season. I shall *ahem* get hold of a copy of the second and third
Documentaries:
'Poor Kids' and 'Evicted' both by True Vision
On DVD, sort of a bit like documentaries but not quite 'London' 'Robinson in Space' and 'Robinson in Ruins' all by Patrick Keiler
If you like the Wire the 'Generation Kill' is from the same stable
The Killing started on C4 last week, you should be able to catch the feature length first episode on catchup
Planet Earth on Blu-Ray (if you have a player obviously) - 5 discs and none of it is dull, in fact most of it is outstanding.
I have a two months' free trial subscription to LoveFilm going a-begging if you're interested?
You got that letter over the weekend too Cougar?
I'm guessing you have to sign up and then cancel? Would be interested, thanks cougar
The end of Dexter series 4 is amazing ballsy TV. Worth watching 4 series worth to get there.
You got that letter over the weekend too Cougar?
Everyone did, I think.
I'm guessing you have to sign up and then cancel? Would be interested, thanks cougar
Well, I'm fairly sure that's not what they want you to do, but yes. FWIW, I'm very happy with my subscription, I think it's well worth the money.
Email with details sent.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Flight of the Conchords
I borrowed Band of Brothers, it was worth watching, but not brilliant.
My mates are raving about 'Broadwalk Empire'.
Yore not brad wiggins are you.
You can still walk around outside you know,and get a lot of exercise.
Lots of free resource on itv played , demand5, bbc iplayer,and itv.com.
generation kill
If you can speak French or live with subtitles, try finding Spirals a French crime drama. There's been three series and they're really engaging.
Engrenages is amazing atlaz! Good shout, probably my favourite crime series (Except series 1 of the Wire).
I worked my way through the Adam Curtis documentaries recently, Century of the Self, Power of Nightmares, etc.
Have also found a site with the whole of the World at War (greatest documentary series of ever imo) streaming but not sure if posting links to that sort of thing on here is allowed?
Trailer Park Boys. Funniest series I've ever seen. Takes a few episodes to find your bearings, but perseverence is well rewarded. The character development is brilliant. An unrecognised golden nugget.
Every friend I've lent the boxset to has been 'wtf?' initially but by the end they all adore it. Maybe it's a west of Scotland thing, though....
For a good documentary, try "The Pipe"
I recently watched 'the Pacific' miniseries. It was pretty affecting, and I ended up reading the autobiographies of a couple of the people in the series.
I always liked [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Friends_in_the_North ]"Our friends in the north"[/url], & [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower:_A_Tale_of_Two_Cities ]"The Tower: A tale of two cities"[/url] was intresting.
how bout 127 hours? the bit where he actually amputates his arm is sick but its a really good film
@ project.
i have snapped the end clean off my collarbone and broke it in the middle like a twig. i am taking dihydrocodine 3 times a day and cannot stand up for more than 30 minutes without my back and neck going into spasm and feeling sick, so no i cant walk around and get lots of exercise.
cheers for all the suggestions so far, anymore documentaries and movies would be great
watch all the NIKITA series
fantastic
Kevevs - MemberCurb Your Enthusiasm
+1
Archer - brilliant!
DrP
+1 for Spiral/Engrenage
-1 for the US remake of The Killing
+1 for the Dansh original, and also for Mad Men
Not mentioning The Wire as I assume everyone has already seen it 🙂
wire
sopranos
mad men
deadwood
breaking bad
battlestar galactica
carnivale
oz
dexter
firefly + serenity
twin peaks
entourage
blackadder
justified
sons of anarchy
teh shield
walking dead
generation kill
band of brothers
Jimmy McGoverns 'The Street'
Best TV of the last decade.
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.
Bus174 and The Filth and the Fury are cracking documentaries. As is Scratch if you like hip hop. The Louis Theroux box sets are great.
+1 for Spiral/Engrenage
Kimbers wins (apart from missing Farscape).
On the list so far:
the killing (original) spirals, generation kill, boardwalk empire and most of the documentaries.
keep em coming......
Luther, just spent last 2 evenings watching the first series
Oz... Hellishly grim but utterly brilliant, at least for the first couple of series. Wandered off a wee bit later on but still.
Just watching the 6th series of House, it really is a fine bit of work.
Six feet under
Sherlock (bbc's recent reworking)
Any Adam Curtis documentary
The thick of It
Green Wing
Planet Earth
Healing vibes to you.
World at War. Epic telly.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as above, will keep you busy for a while!
+1 for any BBC/Attenborough. Life, Planet Earth, Yellowstone. There's a box set of Werner Herzog docs which is good.
Just watched the first series of Sons of Anarchy and it was OK, but not up with the classix. Same with Carnivale. Deadwood's good, Breaking Bad is brill.
Game of thrones is pretty good, not seen it in the list yet
How about just sit and watch the TdF? I could happily do that non-stop.
When it isn't on, watch any of the BBC wildlife documentaries.