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I really enjoyed burn notice. I stay away from watching violent stuff around my kid, though, so it's one of many things I didn't keep up with over the past year or two. My wife and I have taken to putting on an episode of something or other while we're waiting for him to fall asleep, so maybe we'll pick it back up when we're done with Star Trek.

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Brit T.V. is usually better than American, that's due to focusing on quality rather than quantity. But it sucks when you really like a show and they only make 12 episodes. Faulty Towers being a case i

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noticed we don't have one of these so here's a place to talk about all those great things on the tv past and present and I'll start by saying how fucking brilliant is Game Of Thrones

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My favorite TV show of all time is Twin Peaks. Nothing else I've ever seen can even compare, David Lynch is one of the greatest directors ever.

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I'm following a lot of things right now. I really like Justified, the 5th season is out now and it's still good. The 4th season was brilliant! I've also finished the 4th season of Downton Abby and seen the first episode of that new show called The Red Road starting Jason Momoa. I have no idea what will it be about but it doesn't look bad.

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Seems that I'm the only one here that doesn't watch series anymore. I used to watch Midsomer Murders, but I stopped watching with the new Barnaby. I also watched some episodes of Game of Thrones, but that was quite boring. And a while ago I started with Jericho, which was pretty nice actually but I also stopped with that one. But maybe I'll go back and watch the other episodes that I haven't seen.

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I liked Justified' date=' but that's another one I stopped mid-season and never picked back up. The characters seemed mostly well-realized, so it's another one I'd go back to.[/quote'] You should, the 4th season is surprisingly brilliant, most of tv shows go weak after a few seasons but Justified keeps getting better and better. Try the books, if you like fantasy :) You sound like someone who would like a tv show called The Lost Room. It has only 5 of 6 episodes, but there is a closure.
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Try the books' date=' if you like fantasy :) You sound like someone who would like a tv show called The Lost Room. It has only 5 of 6 episodes, but there is a closure.[/quote'] Haha, me reading a book, that's quite funny :lol: But serious, I do not really like reading, so I don't think that will work :) I've looked up the story of The Lost Room and seems interesting. I'll check it out, thanks! :)
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Haha' date=' me reading a book, that's quite funny :lol: But serious, I do not really like reading, so I don't think that will work :) I've looked up the story of The Lost Room and seems interesting. I'll check it out, thanks! :)[/quote'] But why, books are brilliant! You are missing sooooooooooooooooooo much!
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But why' date=' books are brilliant! You are missing sooooooooooooooooooo much![/quote'] Maybe I am. But it's really hard for me to keep attention to the book when I'm reading it. I can't help it. I used to read a lot when I was younger, especially Harry Potter and the Goosebump-series. But now, I don't know. As I said, it's hard for me to concetrate on a book.
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Maybe I am. But it's really hard for me to keep attention to the book when I'm reading it. I can't help it. I used to read a lot when I was younger' date=' especially Harry Potter and the Goosebump-series. But now, I don't know. As I said, it's hard for me to concetrate on a book.[/quote'] I think that once you lose focus on such things it's hard to get it back. Like with studying. If you take a longer brake, it's hard to start studying again. Maybe that happened to you with books. Maybe you should start easy and get some practice :) The beautiful thing about a book is that you can read it as long as you want :)
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I'm enjoying black sails, didn't think I would but I was pleasantly surprised. I'm also watching arrow and Grimm. I need to catch up on Vikings, I loved the first season. And sons of anarchy needs to hurry back!!!!
I'm not sure about Black Sails, it just seems like they're trying to ride this trend of edgy cable fantasy and cramming in as many contrived profanities and sex shots as they can. I don't have an issue with that, but I would like a decent story and dialogue to be the base of the show. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Strange thing is, I stopped last year with my old study and hadn't studied for seven months or so. But now, with my new study, everything goes quite easy. But maybe you are right, because I haven't read a book in a while, I'm not used to it anymore and when people recommend books that are quite harder to read, I can't keep my focus on it because I'm not used anymore to read books. However, I'm still not sure if it will work starting with some easier books. I know from the past that books can be interesting, beautiful, etc. But I'm not the same person anymore I was, than I was seven years ago. Still, you never know, if I'll come across a book which I think of I should really read it, it could happen that I'll start to like reading again :)

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Strange thing is, I stopped last year with my old study and hadn't studied for seven months or so. But now, with my new study, everything goes quite easy. But maybe you are right, because I haven't read a book in a while, I'm not used to it anymore and when people recommend books that are quite harder to read, I can't keep my focus on it because I'm not used anymore to read books. However, I'm still not sure if it will work starting with some easier books. I know from the past that books can be interesting, beautiful, etc. But I'm not the same person anymore I was, than I was seven years ago. Still, you never know, if I'll come across a book which I think of I should really read it, it could happen that I'll start to like reading again :)
I hope you will :)
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Anybody ever watch Rome? The first season was badass' date=' even though it started off a little under-produced, and the wrap-up at the beginning of the second season was good as well.[/quote'] I have the first season on DVD, but haven't watched it yet. Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
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I have the first season on DVD, but haven't watched it yet. Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
It starts off slow, but gets pretty good. Some of the fight scenes near the end are great. Unfortunately (spoiler alert :D) once they deal with the aftermath of Caesar's death early in the second season, they go off the rails a bit. The show got cancelled and they had to wrap it up as best they could.
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It starts off slow' date=' but gets pretty good. Some of the fight scenes near the end are great. Unfortunately (spoiler alert :D) once they deal with the aftermath of Caesar's death early in the second season, they go off the rails a bit. The show got cancelled and they had to wrap it up as best they could.[/quote'] Aw man, Caesar dies? It's ruined for me now. Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
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