My personal series-watching update

[rodneyscat]

In alphabetical order:

Due South

Recently season 3 finally came out on dvd over here. I haven't even finished watching season 1 and 2, and even though they're quite enjoyable, I skipped right to season 3, because Callum Keith Rennie as Ray Kowalski; need I say more?! *lusts*

Firefly

My daughter is making me watch Firefly, because she kept on saying she thought I would really, really like it. So now we're watching it together. Why didn't anyone tell me just how awesome that series is?!?!? Oh right, a lot of people did, I just never listened...

Lost

They've started season 3 a couple of weeks ago over here; they've lost me. Pun intended because it's really not worth a better one.

Stargate Atlantis

I skipped the audio commentaries for season 2 that don't have David, Joe and/or Martin Gero in them, and went back to the audio commentaries for season 1 that do. My conclusion: Martin Gero is a god as far as I'm concerned, and I mean one of those nice ones, that actually do good with their divine abilities. My favorite moment is when during 'The Siege, part 2' he interrupts Martin Wood to say "I love that line; 'So long Rodney'" (In Martin Wood's defense; I like how he points out every moment Rodney McKay gets to sit down or lean on something for a second, because he has to keep on going and going like a Duracell Bunny the rest of the time.)

Stargate: SG-1

We (youngest son, daughter and I) are still going slowly, because we absolutely want to watch this series together, and the logistics of that are complicated, but we're not in a hurry either, so we're fine with that. We are now in season 6 and have recently watched 'The Abyss': omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgetc... In short: words fail. Seriously. So much love.

Supernatural

Erm... My daughter likes it, and when she's watching I try to watch with her, but I keep getting the urge to go fold laundry or something. We're now 3/4 into season 1 and I still don't see the attraction. Even Callum Keith Rennie was boring in it.

Torchwood

Finished the season. I'm glad people persuaded me to keep watching, even after episode 6 'Countrycide' freaked me out; it's well worth it. I loved seeing more of Tosh whom I love very much, Jack got more sympathetic but he's still not my type, Gwen is lovely even if I want to smack some sense and sensibility into her sometimes, Rhys has a nice bum and boy do I crush on him because he's such a sweetheart, Owen keeps being creepy and even his love is selfish, and oh Ianto... I'd love to see more of him, even though part of the attraction is that he so quietly goes about his business, doing what needs to be done.
No surprise of course I bawled my eyes out for Gwen and Rhys in the season finale; Eve Myles acted my heart to pieces there.

Comments

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

Hey, darling! Isn't Firefly amazing? My favorite eps are near the end, so please post again when you've finished watching them all so I can babble my delight at you.

Torchwood: Rhys is my favorite, too, and my god, does he have a nice bum. And the last two eps -- I really cried. Just broke my heart, Gwen did.

Lost really did make a sudden improvement! They'd lost (heh) me completely, but the last three episodes have pulled me right back in.

Have you tried Heroes? I'm completely addicted to it.

(I've already said everything I'm gonna say to you about the Stargates; you know my heart.)

FANDOM! Doncha love it? I'm so, so glad that we still share a few.

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit confused about the order in which the Firefly eps go; they're in a completely different order on my dvd-set than IMDb lists them! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/episodes#season-1) I've watched them like this: 11, 1, 2, 6, 7, 3 (so I'm almost halfway through) and as far as plot goes, this seems to be a sensible order. Which eps are your favorites? Mine (so far) are 'Shindig' and 'Our Mrs. Reynolds'.

I haven't tried Heroes yet, but it's high on list of series I want to check out!

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one confused about the order -- it turns out that the episodes were shown in a different order than they were intended to be. If you listen to the commentary with Joss, you'll hear all about it. Looks as though you're watching in the order in which he intended, with Serenity first and Train Job second.

My absolute favorites, that I've watched many times, are Out of Gas and Objects in Space. I think Objects in Space is the last episode to be watched (though not to be made -- again, it's in Joss's commentary). But I love those two SO MUCH. Just brilliant story-telling.

Heroes is very very good, and I think the best, most fun way to watch it would be all at once. It's the way Lost should have been: new information all the time, and even better, the new information changes your understanding of the people and events in earlier episodes. Plus: HIRO. And the actor who plays him is just amazing, too.

Not that you have time, but you might give the BSG mini-series a chance. I didn't think I'd like it, but WOW. lady_of_asheru made me watch, and I'm glad she did. The mini-series and the first two seasons are wonderful. Yes, they're dark, but so intelligent, and that's too rare in television.

Hee! Can't believe I have that much to say about TV shows!