I've been a big Stargate fan ever since the movie came out. I bought the first season as soon as it came out as a box set, and I've picked up each subsequent season as they came out.
Those purchases have had two affects on my wife: she's now a Stargate fan (though she doesn't watch other science fiction shows, unless you count The Dead Zone), and she's also into collecting television DVDs.
Here's what we have in our house:
Stargate SG-1 (Season 7 is coming out this month!)
Alias (Just got Season 3!!)
Monk
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Dead Zone
Robotech (The seven box set edition)
Samurai Jack (I can't wait for more to be released...)
Highlander
I've only just picked up the first season of Highlander on DVD and I've watched the first nine episodes. I have to say that I forgot how much I really liked that show! I'll buy each subsequent season as I watch them in order. Or maybe I'll just go out and splurge.
I'm also thinking about picking up the box sets of Andromeda.
I have to admit that I was late to jump on the Buffy bandwagon. I thought the movie was great, but somehow I just missed the first four seasons of the TV show.
But starting with season five, I became an avid watcher. I've almost bought the Buffy DVDs several times... one time I got as far as the checkout stand, then decided I should talk to my wife before I bought more DVDs, and left it on top of the M&Ms.
But now that Season Six has been out, I rented one disc to get my Once More, With Feeling fix... I might have to start from season one and work my way back up.
"A dancing demon? Now, something isn't right there..."
After being exhorted to do so by several friends, I have recently begun watching the first season of Babylon 5 on DVD ... and have found much of it tedious. Does the series really get better?
Jenny
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I have to admit that I was late to jump on the Buffy bandwagon. I thought the movie was great, but somehow I just missed the first four seasons of the TV show.
I came late to the Buffy bandwagon because I thought the movie was utter crap (about the nicest way I can express how much I hate that movie on these messageboards), so I figured any TV show based off it would be as well. It also doesn't help that I hate TV in general. ;)
I've since seen the errors of my way, but only recently (like right before it ended). I never watched more than about four episodes when it was on TV, so I've been making amends by purchasing the show on DVD. I've finished up through season three and am looking to purchase season four soon.
Who would have thought that something intelligent could have come from somewhere besides PBS or the History Channel? ;D
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After being exhorted to do so by several friends, I have recently begun watching the first season of Babylon 5 on DVD ... and have found much of it tedious. Does the series really get better?
Oh yes. Yes it does.
The first season is just introducing a bunch of necessary stuff, some of which you won't even realize how much it mattered until three or four seasons later.
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I came late to the Buffy bandwagon because I thought the movie was utter crap
The name Buffy the Vampire Slayer kept me away from the movie *and* the series until somewhere around season three, when enough people with opinions I respect had aggregated into a large enough mass to force me to overlook the title.
Now I think it may have been the best drama series ever.
-Vic.
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Ah, a good opportunity to list the TV series *I* have on DVD. Just to prove to myself that I buy too many DVDs that I don't watch.
Babylon 5, up to Series 3 (currently watching series 3)
Captain Scarlet, entire series (watched only a few episodes)
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, 6 DVDs (watched all; the people who made the DVDs should be hanged for messing with the order, and the people who decided to end the series 3 episodes before the end should be hanged too)
Futurama, series 1 (watched most of the episodes)
Alias, series 1 (still in the middle)
Black Adder, all 4 series (watched all)
Red Dwarf, series 1 and 2 (watched part of 1, don't remember how much, maybe all)
Yes Minister, series 1 (don't remember how much I watched -- too long ago)
The Thin Blue Line, complete (that is, series 1 and 2) (haven't watched yet)
Spaced, series 1 (haven't watched yet)
Selected episodes from:
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Airwolf
Stargate SG-1
Thunderbirds
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Muppet Show
Batman Beyond
Danger Mouse
Doctor Who (double episode on DVD, a few on VHS)
Star Trek: The Animated Adventures (VHS)
TV miniseries:
The 10th Kingdom
V
V the final battle
On the way:
Battlestar Galactica, the entire original series
Battlestar Galactica, the miniseries
I think that's all.
I'd have bought some Star Trek: TOS if it were cheaper. A lot of the stuff above I bought on sale or found a place that sold them cheap (case in point, Battlestar Galactica -- 20 British Pounds for the entire series seemed like a good price). Star Trek is never on sale or cheap.
After being exhorted to do so by several friends, I have recently begun watching the first season of Babylon 5 on DVD ... and have found much of it tedious. Does the series really get better?Oh yes. Yes it does.
The first season is just introducing a bunch of necessary stuff, some of which you won't even realize how much it mattered until three or four seasons later.
That's what everyone else says too! It's frustrating though. I mean, if the first fifth of a novel were this tedious, a lot of people would probably just quit reading it. Should viewers be expected to sit through a dull first season to get to the good stuff? But then, I'm kind of impatient.
Jenny
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So Best Buy had the last 2 DVDs for Witch Hunter Robin when I went yesterday, and since I've been trying hard to find them...snag!
Last night I watched disc 5, episodes 19-22. Tonight it's the grand finale, episodes 23-26. Yes, I've seen the whole series before, and now I can rewatch the whole thing every month. God bless DVDs! :)
So yeah, I heartily recommend Witch Hunter Robin to any anime, sci-fi, or magical realism fan. 5 stars out of 5. :)
That's what everyone else says too! It's frustrating though. I mean, if the first fifth of a novel were this tedious, a lot of people would probably just quit reading it. Should viewers be expected to sit through a dull first season to get to the good stuff? But then, I'm kind of impatient.
Jenny
But if you don't watch more of the series, where else will you get your Bruce Boxleitner fix? I mean, besides watching Tron as many times as I have.
Hey, if you haven't tried Firefly by Joss Whedon yet, you should really do yourself a favor and check it out. Only one season has been made, but if the movie - entitled Serenity - does well enough I'm hoping he'll do more of the Firefly series.
If you like Cowboy Bebop, westerns, or space adventures I think you'll enjoy this series.
I have all the seasons of Buffy and Angel on dvd and a few Andromada episodes.
Hey, if you haven't tried Firefly by Joss Whedon yet, you should really do yourself a favor and check it out. Only one season has been made, but if the movie - entitled Serenity - does well enough I'm hoping he'll do more of the Firefly series.
If you like Cowboy Bebop, westerns, or space adventures I think you'll enjoy this series.
I have that series on DVD too. At least there's only one box to buy on a one season show. Apparently the movie Serenity was made with a clause that guarantees them another two movies if the first hits a certain mark. With such a busy cinematic schedule possible, I'm afraid it's unlikely it will ever be a series again. Unless they do a spin-off.
~wistles~ Damn... I did not realize that I had that many DVD series. Not to mention my movie collection. ~shakes my head in amazement~ Ok. Here are my DVD Series that I own.
Touched by an Angel (1-2)
Firefly / Serenity
Heroes
Eureka
Andromeda (1-5)
Charmed (1-8)
Babylon 5 (1-5, first two movies, but not the movie collection or Crusade)
Buffy (1-7)
Angel (1-5)
Sliders (1-3)
Stargate : SG1 (1-4)
Stargate Atlantis (1)
Star Trek, DS9 (1-2)
Space 1999
Robotech (Protoculture Ed. plus the Shadow War special)
Lois and Clark (1-4)
MacGyver (1)
Roughnecks, Starship Troupers
Battle Star Galatica (Original Series)
From the Earth to the Moon
Justice League & JL Unlimited (1-2, 1-2)
FullMetal Alchemist (1st boxed set, last two DVDs and the Movie)
Farscape (1 and the Peacekeeper War. They are too expensive)
Planetes
Star Trek Voyager (1-7)
Smalleville (1-6)
Gargoyles (1)
Batman, The Animated Series (3 I know, I know. I plan on getting the others.)
Teen Titans (1-3)
Batman Beyond (1-3)
The Batman (1-3)
Ben 10 (1)
Spider Man (MTV Series)
Earth 2
Twilight Zone (Collection 1)
Fantastic Four (1994-1995 Series)
Hercules (1)
Starhunters
Spawn (1-3)
~wipes my brow~ whew! That is a lot!
PS - And the 10th Kingdom. I loved that show.
P.P.S. - Forever Knight (1-2)
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I have all the seasons of Buffy and Angel on dvd and a few Andromada episodes.
Always happy to see other men who watch Angel. By-the-by, I'd argue the series Finale is the absolute best finale I've ever seen--it ends exactly as it should!
Also, TV on DVD is the best thing in the world for a guy like me who rarely gets to watch TV regularly--no matter how much I enjoy the show, events tend to conspire against me watching and before I know it I've missed enough of the season to be completely out of the loop. Being able to buy the entire season of a show unfortunately results in all-night marathons, but I also pick up on all the little things you might forget week-to-week. Caveat: you also lose out on the mythological build-up--that time between episodes is so short that you don't develop the story internally. Oh well! You can't have it all.
Impressive bit o' thread necromancy, Sharoth. I have...
Highlander (1-5)
Andromeda (1-2)
Noir
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (plus both movies)
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues
Brother Cadfael (1)
Planet Earth
And probably a bunch of others I'm forgetting.
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Brother Cadfael (1)
Nice! I love Derek Jakobi!
BlackAdder(All 4 series)
Futurama (all 4 seasons)
Firefly (shiny!)
SpaceGhost Coast-to-Coast (Seasons 1-3; I am the Lone Mantis of the Apocolypse!)
The Tick (animated show, Seasons 1&2)
The Tick (live action, 1st season)
Montey Python's Flying Circus (Full boxed set)
Monk (the 1st season)
Deadwood (1st season)
Rescue Me (Seasons 1-3)
Reno 911 (1st season)
The Muppet Show (1st season)
Jericho (Had never seen it before, a friend just got it for me. Instant fan! Whither season 2? *sniff*
Lonesome Dove (the 1st miniseries)
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
Many tapes of MST3K...many
I'll probably get the sets of the Electric Company pretty soon. My daughter is in Kindergarten and she groves on the show. (and full disclosure, I had the hots on Rita Mereno as a kid)
My wife Rachel big favorite is Soap (Seasons 1-4)
I want Cadfel, but right now I am content to borrow it from the Library.
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After being exhorted to do so by several friends, I have recently begun watching the first season of Babylon 5 on DVD ... and have found much of it tedious. Does the series really get better?Oh yes. Yes it does.
The first season is just introducing a bunch of necessary stuff, some of which you won't even realize how much it mattered until three or four seasons later.
That's what everyone else says too! It's frustrating though. I mean, if the first fifth of a novel were this tedious, a lot of people would probably just quit reading it. Should viewers be expected to sit through a dull first season to get to the good stuff? But then, I'm kind of impatient.
Jenny
Episode 12 is where stuff starts to take off, and when you get to the end the pace is pretty good.
Downside is that when season 2 starts, there is a lot of slow exposition for the first 3 or four episodes, sort of a catch up for people who hadn't seen the show for 6 months or so.
The series is one of the best pieces of sci fi ever, taken as a collection. The first season was a bit weak.
I recommend checking out the Lurker's Guide website for more information about what is or is not important, if you really want to skip episodes, season 1 is the place.
Glad I'm not as pathetic as I once thought:
Farscape 1-4
Heroes 1
Stargate SG-1 1-10
Stargate Atlantis 1-3
Andromeda 1-5
X-Files 1-9
The Lone Gunmen
Angel 1-5
Firefly
Xena 1-6
Hercules 1-5
Buffy 1-7
Highlander 1-4
Babylon 5 1-5, Movies, Legend of the Rnaders, Lost Tales 1
Crusade
Star Trek TNG 1-7
Seinfeld 1-2
MacGyver 1-3
The 4400 1-2
Kung Fu 1
Star Trek DSN 1
Quantum Leap 1
Coupling 1-4
And then, of course, the 300 other DVD Movies...
Some are mine and some are my wife's but we do have a few now.
Heroes 1
Macgyver 1-7
Justice League 1-2
Justice League Unlimited 1-2
Smallville 1-5
Dark Angle 1-2
Greatest American Hero 1
Wonderwoman 1
Punky Brewster 1
Dilbert
Twin Peaks 1-2
Dragonball Z 1-2
Muppets 1
Ben 10 1
Weird Al Show
Spiderman (MTV version)
Spawn 1-3 (the HBO series)
Southpark 1-3
Drawn Together 1
There are probably a couple more, but I don't feel like digging through my DVDs.
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Supernatural 1&2
Stargate: Atlantis 1
Doctor Who (new) 1&2
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica 1&2
Heroes
House 1
My Name is Earl 1
Jeeves & Wooster 1
Brother Cadfael (Pretty close to all of them on DVD or VHS)
Good Eats (15+ 3 episode DVDs)
Robotech all 3 series
Star Wars Clone Wars 1&2
Dune mini-series
Neon Genesis Evangelion (whole series minus the movies)
Cowboy Bebop complete series
Clerks animated series
Dresden Files (itunes)
Jericho (itunes)
Eureka 1 (itunes)
The Black Donnellys (itunes)
Ok. This is an update.
Stargate : SG1 (1-10)
Stargate : Atlantis (1-3)
Batman, the animated Series (1-4, all the movies)
Superman the animated series (3. I got it for $15 used)
That is it for now. There are so many that I want. ~whine, whine~
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Glad to see I'm not the only one with a DVD illness...
Here is my DVD TV Collection for your perusal. Do with this information what you will...
The 4400 Seasons 1-3
Abbott and Costello Show Seasons 1 & 2
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr - Complete Series
American Gothic
Angel (entire series)
Animaniacs Volume 1
Batman: The Animated Series (entire series)
Battlestar Galactica (new series) - Seasons 1 & 2 and miniseries
Black Adder (BBC) Complete Series
Blade: House of Chthon
Bones Seasons 1 & 2
Book of Daniel - Complete Series
Boondocks Season 1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (entire series)
Carnivale Seasons 1 & 2
Count Dracula (BBC)
Dead Like Me Seasons 1 & 2
The Dead Zone Seasons 1-5
Doctor Who (new series) Seasons 1 & 2
Dresden Files Season 1
Eureka Season 1
Family Ties Seasons 1 & 2
Firefly
The Flash - Complete Series
Growing Pains Season 1
Hammer House of Horror (BBC) Complete Series
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Heroes Season 1
Hex (BBC) Season 1
The Hunger Seasons 1 & 2
Invasion
Invisible Man Seasons 1 & 2
Jack of All Trades - Complete Series
Jekyll (BBC)
Justice League of America Seasons 1 & 2
Kingdom Series 1 (Denmark)
Kingdom Hospital
Kolchak - entire series plus movies
League of Gentlemen (BBC) Series 1
Lois and Clark Seasons 1-4
Lost Season 1-2
Masters of Horror Season One, and all of Season Two released to date
Medium Season 1-2
MPD Psycho - Complete Mini Series
Muppet Show Seasons 1 & 2
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Night Stalker
The Omega Factor (BBC)
Outer Limits (Original Series) - entire run
Outer Limits (Showtime) - entire run
Pinky and the Brain Volume 1
Planet Earth
Planet of the Apes - Complete Series
Point Pleasant - Complete Series
Revelations - Complete Series
Rocky and Bullwinkle - Complete Series
Scooby Doo's Original Mysteries
Scooby Doo's Spookiest Tales
Space: 1999 - complete series
Smallville Seasons 1-6
Star Trek (original series) - complete series
Superman: The Animated Series Seasons 1-3
Supernatural Seasons 1 & 2
Surface - complete series
Tales From the Crypt Seasons 1-6
Threshold - complete series
Thriller Season One (UK)
The Tick (Animated) Seasons 1 & 2
Twilight Zone Collections 1 & 2
Twin Peaks Seasons 1 & 2 and Fire Walk With Me
Ultraviolet (BBC) Complete Series
Underdog Collector's Edition
Underdog Chronicles
Urban Gothic (UK) Seasons 1-2
Venture Brothers Season 1
Veronica Mars Seasons 1-2
Welcome Back Kotter Season 1
WKRP in Cincinnati - Complete Series
The Young Ones (UK) - Complete Series
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Busy posting night for me. Our friends say that we are Netflix!
We own over 700 DVD's.
American Gothic: The Entire Series
Angel: 1-5
Babylon 5: All Seasons and Movies
Battlestar Galactica (the original series, not the new pretender)
Bones: 1-2
Buffy TVS: 1-7 and The Complete Series
Charmed: 1-4
Crusade: Entire Series
Deadwood 1-2
The Dead Zone: 1
Doctor Who: 1-2
D&D: The Complete Animated Series
ER 1-3
Firefly: The Entire Series
Gilmour Girls 1-5
Heroes: 1
Invasion: The Entire Series
Kindred: The Embraced: The Entire Series
Kolchak: The Entire Series
Kolchak (2005): The Entire Series
Las Vegas: 1-3
The Lone Gunman: The Entire Series
Lost: 1-2
Miami Vice: 1
Millenium: 1-3
NCIS: 1
Point Pleasant: The Entire Series
Robin of Sherwood: 1
Smallville: 1-4
Stargate SG-1: 1-10
Stargate Atlantis: 1-2
Star Trek TNG: 1-7
Supernatural: 1-2
The X-Files: 1-9
All the James Bond films, the Die Hards, Lethal Weapons, Nightmare on Elm Streets, Friday the 13ths, Screams, both versions of the LOTR trilogy, The Matrix flicks, The Omens, IKWYDLS series, Saws, Star Trek movies, many Doctor Who episodes and the list goes on & on & on!
~shakes my head in dismay~ After looking at the list of DVDs that everyone has shown, I have only this to say to you all...
You all are addicts! Addicts I tell you! ~runs and hides~
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~shakes my head in dismay~ After looking at the list of DVDs that everyone has shown, I have only this to say to you all...
You all are addicts! Addicts I tell you! ~runs and hides~
It's true! I am an addict! But recognizing the problem is the first step to recovery (although, I don't think I necessarily WANT to recover...)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
My list is so pathetic, I'm not going to bother posting it.
But I do have something I haven't seen anybody else post:
The Prisoner (Complete Series)
i havent bought any television series. i have been watching them through net flix though.
Battlestar galactica (both)
fraggle rock
Deadwood
hr puff and stuff
the Unit
i think so far, the only one that i want to buy is battlestar galactica. the new series. that show rocks, and kicks arse. i havent seen season 3 yet though, since i dont have cable.
My list is so pathetic, I'm not going to bother posting it.
But I do have something I haven't seen anybody else post:
The Prisoner (Complete Series)
Oh! That is on my list of ones to eventually buy. Unfortunatly it is low on the list.
Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Xena, Monty Python, Blackadder, Venture Bros., The Big Valley, Most Haunted. Working on Doctor Who. Would like to get many others, but need a bigger apartment.
And I have a bootleg set of the complete WKRP In Cincinnati with all the original music intact.
Buck Rogers 1981-82
Flash Gordon Cartoon 1979-80
Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon 1983-85
Wonder Woman 1977-78
V
Greatest American Hero
Riptide 1985
Magnum PI Season 1-4
Firefly
The Pretender season 1-4
Boston Legal season 1-3
Entourage Season 1-3
I may not be enough of a SciFi nut to post here... please don't ostracize me when I admit that my TV show DVD collection consists of:
"My Name is Earl,"
"Rome," and
"Police Squad,"
and I'm looking to collect all the Tom Selleck "Jesse Stone" made-for-TV movies.
I may not be enough of a SciFi nut to post here... please don't ostracize me when I admit that my TV show DVD collection consists of:
"My Name is Earl,"
"Rome," and
"Police Squad,"and I'm looking to collect all the Tom Selleck "Jesse Stone" made-for-TV movies.
~you hear a mob outside chanting "Burn the Heritic! Burn the Heritic!" and you see the flickering of the torches as they are coming for you~ You will pay the price that all non-DVD collectors pay!
~grins~ NP. I started out with less than that when I started. Welcome to the club!
Glad to see I'm not the only one with a DVD illness...
Here is my DVD TV Collection for your perusal. Do with this information what you will...
Over 2 page downs... On a 40" monitor... ::bows::
Wow. Nobody with The Wire? Best T.V. show ever.
El Skootro
The Sopranos (Seasons 1-6)
Rome (Season 1)
Firefly
The Wire (Seasons 1 and 2)
X-Files (Seasons 1-4)
Cowboy Bebop (the entire series)
:Proudly looks at his collection:
Now that's what I call quality!