Imagine Big Chief workers assembling or transporting it! "Boss, that part's broken, must have fallen or something. Oh no, all fences are like this, it's a machine error!" Maybe they get memos: "Yes, the fence is supposed to look like that."
LOLOL!
I'd like to fall into something new as deep as I fell for Doctor Who, but my last attempts weren't succesful. I never know for sure if a series is going to work for me.
What did you try? What kind of series does interest you? Does it need to be sci-fi or can it be something else? I do watch a lot of stuff without considering myself in the fandom. That does not happen from the beginning, sometimes it takes a long time. I like to try out things I got recommended by friends. I wanted to skip "White Collar" but then someone on LJ wrote such an enthusiastic review that I decided to check it out. It was interesting enough, so I kept watching. But it took a long time until I really fell for it. And even though I've read some fanfictions now and even wrote my own I still would not consider myself really in the fandom, not in the knowing-every-detail stage.
When "Six Feet Under" came to German TV I already had read lots about it on the internet so knew it was supposed to be good, and it was. "Queer as Folk" was recommended by a friend. Same for "Desperate Housewives" which I adored. But I also start to watch a lot just because of a certain actor that is involved. "Arrow" for JB, "Almost Human" for Karl Urban, "Stargate" for Richard Dean Anderson etc. I just want to casually check it out and the next moment, Bam, it has hooked me.
I keep hearing good things about "House of Cards" and "Breaking Bad" and one day I may check them out as well if I haven't anything else to watch. Although recommendations isn't everything. I tried "Walking Dead", didn't like it, moved on. I didn't even try "Game of Thrones" as I know it is not for me. I was intrigued by "Lost" even though I had no idea what was going on and was not in the forums doing speculations, I just really liked the characters and actors so kept watching. They drew me in again every week.
Recent TV shows I liked were "11.22.63" (time travel and stuff set in past decades is always interesting) and "The Family" which also someone recommended to me. The first is a mini series with a proper end, the second ended after one season. In general I like shorter British shows now. I probably recommended "The Night Manager" to you before. Or what about "Victoria", with Eve Myles and Jenna Coleman? I am usually not into historic stuff with lots of intrigues, but I really liked this one. Very fresh and interesting storytelling and for someone like me who doesn't know much about Queen Victoria I even learn something from it. She surely didn't have it easy, getting the throne at age 17.
Watching a show where you already know and like the lead actor never can be wrong. Is there anyone you want to follow over to new shores? Aside of David Tennant, I mean?
All I'm saying, just look around and watch stuff for fun, the falling deeply for it may or may not come later. And probably never. If "Doctor Who" was your first, it will be always special, as will "Stargate" be for me. Nothing will ever beat it.
And I hope you still will enjoy my new toys post with all the wonderful things I'm happy to play with, even if you don't know "Gotham". I tried to explain it all properly. I knew enough about the Batman universe to not be totally lost when I started. I know that Gordon is supposed to be the one policeman who is not corrupt. The good guy. Yet in the first episode I saw he killed a man. It was someone they had tried to bring to justice properly, but justice let them down. He surely deserved it but still Gordon should be above such things.
It was the cliffhanger that got me hooked, wanting to know more, what repercussions this might have on him. And I've started at the beginning now, where he is the new fresh hero guy and it will be interesting to see how he ended up being this desperate and dark. It's not so much a superhero show, more a dark noir police drama. Not modern, the visuals are nice. They use cellphones, but old ones and old computers and vintage cars. It's timeless.
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I'd like to fall into something new as deep as I fell for Doctor Who, but my last attempts weren't succesful. I never know for sure if a series is going to work for me.
What did you try? What kind of series does interest you? Does it need to be sci-fi or can it be something else? I do watch a lot of stuff without considering myself in the fandom. That does not happen from the beginning, sometimes it takes a long time. I like to try out things I got recommended by friends. I wanted to skip "White Collar" but then someone on LJ wrote such an enthusiastic review that I decided to check it out. It was interesting enough, so I kept watching. But it took a long time until I really fell for it. And even though I've read some fanfictions now and even wrote my own I still would not consider myself really in the fandom, not in the knowing-every-detail stage.
When "Six Feet Under" came to German TV I already had read lots about it on the internet so knew it was supposed to be good, and it was. "Queer as Folk" was recommended by a friend. Same for "Desperate Housewives" which I adored. But I also start to watch a lot just because of a certain actor that is involved. "Arrow" for JB, "Almost Human" for Karl Urban, "Stargate" for Richard Dean Anderson etc. I just want to casually check it out and the next moment, Bam, it has hooked me.
I keep hearing good things about "House of Cards" and "Breaking Bad" and one day I may check them out as well if I haven't anything else to watch. Although recommendations isn't everything. I tried "Walking Dead", didn't like it, moved on. I didn't even try "Game of Thrones" as I know it is not for me. I was intrigued by "Lost" even though I had no idea what was going on and was not in the forums doing speculations, I just really liked the characters and actors so kept watching. They drew me in again every week.
Recent TV shows I liked were "11.22.63" (time travel and stuff set in past decades is always interesting) and "The Family" which also someone recommended to me. The first is a mini series with a proper end, the second ended after one season. In general I like shorter British shows now. I probably recommended "The Night Manager" to you before. Or what about "Victoria", with Eve Myles and Jenna Coleman? I am usually not into historic stuff with lots of intrigues, but I really liked this one. Very fresh and interesting storytelling and for someone like me who doesn't know much about Queen Victoria I even learn something from it. She surely didn't have it easy, getting the throne at age 17.
Watching a show where you already know and like the lead actor never can be wrong. Is there anyone you want to follow over to new shores? Aside of David Tennant, I mean?
All I'm saying, just look around and watch stuff for fun, the falling deeply for it may or may not come later. And probably never. If "Doctor Who" was your first, it will be always special, as will "Stargate" be for me. Nothing will ever beat it.
And I hope you still will enjoy my new toys post with all the wonderful things I'm happy to play with, even if you don't know "Gotham". I tried to explain it all properly. I knew enough about the Batman universe to not be totally lost when I started. I know that Gordon is supposed to be the one policeman who is not corrupt. The good guy. Yet in the first episode I saw he killed a man. It was someone they had tried to bring to justice properly, but justice let them down. He surely deserved it but still Gordon should be above such things.
It was the cliffhanger that got me hooked, wanting to know more, what repercussions this might have on him. And I've started at the beginning now, where he is the new fresh hero guy and it will be interesting to see how he ended up being this desperate and dark. It's not so much a superhero show, more a dark noir police drama. Not modern, the visuals are nice. They use cellphones, but old ones and old computers and vintage cars. It's timeless.