Good-bye Network Dramas

[belsum]

This has been a television season like no other: I just keep jettisoning shows. It’s very liberating. I finally quit Stargate Universe once and for all after being thoroughly bored by the new offering after the mid-season hiatus. That helped me to never even start Caprica after the underwhelming DVD pilot. Idol is fading fast, though I still

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[milkysa]

I am actually very close to pulling the plug on cable, since these days I mostly watch shows via Netflix (and clips of Daily Show and Craig Ferguson online). Hooray for DVDs!

[free_laddicals]

Doooo eeeeet! What I can't get or am not willing to wait for via Netflix, like Caprica or the current season of Doctor Who, I've found I'm willing to shell out a few bucks for each week via Amazon Video On Demand - and even when you total up the cost over the weeks, it's still less than a month of cable (even allowing for any package deals you might have for TV/internet).

[belsum]

That's a great point. iTunes can cover any gaps in coverage that I don't have in all my other methods. We're just about at the end of a special please-don't-leave-us-we'll-make-it-worth-your-while deal with our cable company. Once that expires if they don't sweeten the honey pot again, we're dropping down to basic basic, just to keep the TV/internet package cost for the internet.

[milkysa]

Yeah, it's mostly inertia that has kept us from getting rid of cable. I should look into that again!

[belsum]

Between hulu, *ahem*, and the PS3, we're pretty close to pulling the cable, too. Right now I do love the crap outta comcast ondemand but that's only because it's been showing How I Met Your Mother, which I've never seen before. And I can just Netflix that whenever we do cut the cable free.

[milkysa]

I am *ahem*ing my way through the current season of Doctor Who as we speak!

How I Met Your Mother is on my list of things to get around to watch someday - the clips I've seen have been lots of fun! But I just started in on Avatar: The Last Airbender (streaming on Netflix) and have no more room for anything else in my TV watching.

[free_laddicals]

I have never been able to figure out how *ahem* works.

[belsum]

Are you on a Mac or PC? Message me if you want a primer...

[belsum]

How is Airbender? I saw the preview for the live-action movie and it looks totally cool.

Also: I want to be River Song when I grow up!

[milkysa]

***incoherent waving of hands and squeeing of delight over Avatar: The Last Airbender***

I'm not yet through Season 1. However, it is already one of the better shows I've seen, and apparently it just keeps getting better.

The movie trailers make it look like lots of cool fight scenes - and there's tons of cool fight scenes in the show, but it is really very, very character-driven. I don't think the movie is going to do the show justice (although, what movie ever does?), plus I'm troubled by the casting.

Which is a long-winded way of saying, you should check out the show!

[belsum]

I actually already added Last Airbender to my queue before I even read this. HA! I'll see if I can get Kirk to watch it with me. Right now he always wants to watch a Berenstein's Bears before bed. They're fine but...I don't need to see them over and over and over and over...