Whether it’s The Wire, Supernatural or Arrested Development there’s always someone around here who hasn’t seen something, but the reason is because they’ve just been waiting to consume the entire series at once a la Alex Mercer. I keep up with an above average amount of television shows, and I think that for the past five years TV has just gotten so much better than at times I’d rather kick back with a complete season than go to the movie theater.
So here’s a thread for everyone’s upcoming marathons, or recommendations if you have any. There are certain television shows that I feel benefit greater from watching them one after another, and sometimes the trade-off between watching it as it airs and waiting a year for the DVDs (it’s a weird kind of impatientry where I’ll put something off that I want to watch for months just so I can watch the entire series in a day) is worth it.
I have one that is immediately on the horizon, The Shield, and I’m looking forward to Battlestar Galactica when the complete series set comes out. Supernatural gets a lot of love around here, so I’ll probably head to those after.
Haha, I completely forgot about 24 season 7. I’m actually getting to that first before I go to The Shield. Every series should take a cue from 24 though and release the seasons on DVD to correspond with the season finales.
I want to get into Castle due to my Fillion manlove so I’m waiting for the BR to be released before the fall season. Once it does I’ll be working my way through that. I’m also about to get started with Dexter on BR since I don’t have Showtime and have heard nothing but good stuff about Season 1.
I’m getting ready for an insane amount of Lost watching during the summer. Believe it or not, I haven’t collectively watched more than five minutes of Lost all these years and I’m determined to correct this now. Considering that I’ve also managed to watch five seasons of The Wire in twenty days I think I’m up to the task. Nonetheless I guess I’m up for an interesting experience.
Dexter is perfect for marathoning. It’s one of the few shows where I watch as the new episodes premier, but I can imagine it’s extremely rewarding to see it all at once on DVD.
I went through The Wire in about the same amount of time, Stelios. I had to watch season five on some crappy streaming website, so I definitely have to go back and rewatch it on a normal television screen.
I was literally just about to post about Dexter. I just finished up Season 2 myself in an overnight marathon while fighting the flu, which I found to be far superior to the 2nd seasono. I’m glad I consumed Season 1 all at once too, because it made the main mystery more compelling than it would have been if I had to wait a week between eps.
Hope to be marathoning The Wire season 5 come the summer when I’m no longer working ridiculously stupid hours anymore. I have been meaning to go back to some of the older 24 seasons and marathon them as well, only ever caught them every now and then. And Six Feet Under, too. Need to see that and that is on the list this summer.
Oh, and my girlfriend and I are plowing through Babylon 5 at the moment. Whatta show!
I gave up on the Shield after Season 1, but I keep hearing such good stuff about it that I keep thinking I should give it a go. I’m currently marathoning Angel and Supernatural and Supernatural is making Angel look real mediocre at the moment so try and avoid watching shows back to back which have thematic similarities.
Of course as soon as I get those done I’ve got the big old ENTIRETY OF SIX FEET UNDER Boxset to get through and Season 1 and 2 of Madmen
Six Feet Under is sort of my “endgame” as far as television shows go (it’s the one I’ve been putting off the longest). I must have the box set with the astroturf so I’ve been stowing away pennies at every turn.
The Last Month of Summer is all about…G.I. Joe Rise Of Cobra, for me, so I already ordered…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Complete Series, Collectors Set, it will arrive in late July, just a week before…G.I. Joe Rise Of Cobra on the 360, The Soundtrack, The Film and Hopefully, but likely…G.I. Joe Resolute on DVD. The only thing that hasn’t been announced is whether any soundtrack to…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero will be released on CD, like was done with…Transfomers The Movie. I would love to hear the dulcetic, over the top,…Beautifully Patriotic songs, intro and score of…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero! YO JOE!
I bet Babylon 5’s is kind of cool to watch in large chunks, I watched that show when I was eleven or twelve when it was being aired weekly and it was like pulling teeth. At one point a single conversation last three weeks.
It was like when I used to watch Dragonball Z when it was shown on weekedays and for an ENTIRE WEEK Goku would just be screaming as he powered himself up. Just stood there glowing as the villain reads James Joyce or something
Originally Posted by duke fleedView Post The Last Month of Summer is all about…G.I. Joe Rise Of Cobra, for me, so I already ordered…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Complete Series, Collectors Set, it will arrive in late July, just a week before…G.I. Joe Rise Of Cobra on the 360, The Soundtrack, The Film and Hopefully, but likely…G.I. Joe Resolute on DVD. The only thing that hasn’t been announced is whether any soundtrack to…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero will be released on CD, like was done with…Transfomers The Movie. I would love to hear the dulcetic, over the top,…Beautifully Patriotic songs, intro and score of…G.I. Joe A Real American Hero! YO JOE!
Fleed, when you’re low on cash do you bundle up some of your collectibles and sell them on EBay like Steve Carrell in 40 yr old virgin?
Sam Strange, If you desire to watch…Rome, please do so. To answer your actual question…Should you, do Rome? The answer is, only if you are up for it…and bring lots of…Condomsense latex as necessary.
From strong recommendations in the Deep Blue Goodbye/McGee thread, I added Burn Notice season 1 to the queue and bumped it up to the top. About halfway through now and really digging it, will almost certainly get 2 going right after.
I tried describing it to a friend and realized how close it comes to an 80s Bellisario or Cannell all-high-concept comedy-action, yet via cast and writing it manages to skirt the line (so far) of tedious silliness. Though I’ll probably wait until 3 comes out on DVD also instead of trying to play mid-season catch-up (is it mid-3rd-season? I keep seeing its thread here, but am staying away).
Originally Posted by Eric CordoView Post Six Feet Under is sort of my “endgame” as far as television shows go (it’s the one I’ve been putting off the longest). I must have the box set with the astroturf so I’ve been stowing away pennies at every turn.
To all those planning on marathoning Six Feet Under’s final season: allow yourself some downtime after watching the finale before sleeping, calling ex-girlfriends, swimming, driving, watching anything else, operating heavy machinery–basically anything other than lying on the floor in the fetal position.