The Official Good Television Thread

[Killbot]

What did Simon Amstell do in Skins?

He wrote for it... I'm not sure how many episodes he did.

 

[Death head]

A funny new comedy is Till Death on Fox.

 

[cookiecutter]

Star Trek: The Next Generation and Jeopardy tbh.

You are a woman after my own heart

Here are the shows I like

All the Star Treks
The X-Files
Lost (I am about midway through season 2)
Jeopardy
How I Met Your Mother
Arrested Development
30 Rock (Funniest show on TV right now)
The Office (Second funniest show on TV)
Seinfeld

 

[The Ozzman]

The Tudors is a good show. It's only on Showtime though

 

[Matt]

Rome was cool

 

[Einherjar86]

Rome was great. Great actors. Ciaran Hinds was amazing as Caesar. Rest of the cast was excellent too.

I like The Tudors also. And that actress who plays Anne Boleyn is hot.

 

[DarkBliss]

I would definitely recommend to check out HBO's Carnivale . Excellent show with great acting.

 

[The Ozzman]

Rome was great. Great actors. Ciaran Hinds was amazing as Caesar. Rest of the cast was excellent too.

I like The Tudors also. And that actress who plays Anne Boleyn is hot.

Yeah, Natalie Dormer is quite the looker

 

[TheAnonymous]

Rome was great. Great actors. Ciaran Hinds was amazing as Caesar. Rest of the cast was excellent too.

Yeah it was such an amzing show, probably my favorite. My favorite actress there was Polly Walker (Atia), she was brilliant.

 

[DarkBliss]

When, and what channel is this show on?

 

[The Ozzman]

Which one, Rome or The Tudors?

 

[DarkBliss]

Rome

I was asking the guy with the banana avatar, since he's also from Israel

 

[Einherjar86]

Yeah, Natalie Dormer is quite the looker

I actually like her better with dark hair, like she has in the show. But she's still hot.

 

[Einherjar86]

Rome was an HBO series. It's been canceled, but you can still rent it.

 

[Zephyrus]

That and they ran out of history. Once you get to the reign of Augustus, you can't have any continuity and a good story. You'd have to get a whole new cast and play a different part of Roman history.

 

[Einherjar86]

True. They definitely chose the best period to do. The fall of Caesar and the rise of Augustus are timeless. That first season of Rome was just so epic. The arena fight with Titus and Vorenus was ace (some fucking awesome effects), and I'll never forget the final episode. It still gives me chills.

 

[Zephyrus]

The second season had just as sensational a plot but all those f-bombs weren't warranted.

 

[Einherjar86]

@Zeph: Having studied Roman culture closely, do you think Rome was pretty historically accurate? What didn't they get right? Obviously I know that the plot regarding Vorenus and Titus was contrived. I was wondering about the larger plot events and the depiction of Roman culture.

 

[Zephyrus]

@Zeph: Having studied Roman culture closely, do you think Rome was pretty historically accurate? What didn't they get right? Obviously I know that the plot regarding Vorenus and Titus was contrived. I was wondering about the larger plot events and the depiction of Roman culture.

It didn't fuck with any historical events, but took liberties regarding the circumstances. Atia and Servillia were real people but their rivalry is total fiction. Same goes for Pullo and Vorenus. They had no involvement in any of the events that the show depicted. However, they weren't pulled out of thin air. Pullo and Vorenus were mentioned in the actual writings of Julius Caesar as two centurions who competed with each other for glory.

 

[Belligerent]

A few shows I ritually watch are Two and Half Men, Sopranos, Entourage, The First 48, and Intervention.

Now those are some droopers.