That TV DVD Meme.

ganked from pretty much everyone, but most recently beer_good_foamy

List all of the television shows you have on DVD, no matter how obscure or embarrassing. Even if you only own one season, list it. Let's see who has what!

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Seasons 1-7
2. Angel the Series - Seasons 1-2, 4-5. (No I don't own 3 yet. Took me a while to get all the Buffy's.)
3. Remington Steele - Season One
4. Farscape the Complete Series and Farscape the Peacekeeper Wars
5. BattleStar Galatica - 2.0 - Miniseries and First Season, which was my favorite. Probably won't get the rest. Although tempted to get up to Season 4.1. Season 4.2 bugged me.
6. Firefly and Serenity
7. The Dresden Files
8. A&E's lengthy BBC miniseries Pride & Prejudice

Okay that's more than I thought.

Caprica - Dancing on their graves, review of the 4th episode

Watched Caprica yesterday, along with Grey's Anatomy and Project Runway.
I'd state that Project Runway is definitely losing it's umph. I think Models of the Runway may be part of the problem or just that the concept is starting to wear thin? That said, I rather liked Seth's design and agreed with the winner. I didn't agree with last week's selections or the week before. But this week - I did. On Grey's? It's a lot better this season than it was during the last two - they've gone back to the original concept - work-place drama, not relationship soap opera in a hospital setting. Less sex, more medical drama. Because the sex gets boring after a while and unless you want to keep breaking everyone up and putting them with new people? It's better to focus on other bits. Plus J. August Young (formerly Gunn on Angel) guest-starred, playing a young Chief Webber.

Caprica - Dancing on their Graves

[Ahhh, Caprica, I missed you. You are rapidly becoming my new favorite tv series.]

This series just keeps getting better. I've got Momster hooked on it now. If you were turned off by BSG's dark gritty-ness - you should give Caprica a try, it really isn't like BSG. And you don't need to know anything about BSG to understand or enjoy it. Momster never saw an episode of BSG and rather likes Caprica.

Also, I'm rather enamored of the actor playing Sam Adama, as well as the character - who is edgy and complicated. He's homosexual, a killer, a mobster, devoted to his neice and nephew, and his own code of honor. Actually all the acting in this series is stellar in my opinion.
The actress playing Amanda Graystone - is impressive as well - she gets across both strength and fragility. The by-play between her and Eric Stolz's Danial Graystone is rather touching, and believable. Caprica much like it's predecessor has a film quality to it. It is more layered than most tv series, and with a far higher production value.
( spoilers )

The Quintessential Lost Post...or review of The Substitute.

I didn't know the title of last week's Lost episode was the Substitute until I read my flist's reviews of it. Rather good title, and far more interesting than the previous weeks.

This episode is one of those that gets better several days after you watched it, after you have time to ponder it and think it over. No, I haven't re-watched. I don't re-watch Lost. Actually I rarely re-watch tv shows in general. Only those that hit a certain emotional chord get rapid re-viewings.

Before I go into a lengthy review - an aside. I've realized something recently...or rather always knew it but was reminded of it this weekend, which is it is hard posting a perspective on the net, particularly controversial ones. It will get attacked. There are people for example, reading this journal, who despise the tv series Lost and do not understand how I can enjoy it. Just as there are people who read this journal who thought the Buffy/Spike relationship on that tv series was disgusting, sick, and the most self-destructive/anti-feminist thing ever and you'd have to be a nutjob to think otherwise (yes, I know some of you guys think that, but I love you anyways - as I guess or hope you love me, okay maybe love is too strong a word...like? tolerate? put up with??). I'm aware every time I write an entry that these folks are out there and may or may not read it and may or may not choose to reply or refer to the entry or things I stated within it. Just as I know that my co-worker, who I would do just about anything for, has political views that turn my stomach. The problem with life is we have wildly divergent tastes, interests, and perspectives on things for various reasons, most of which we do not know. There's so much we simply do not know about one another, that the majority of the time in our interactions with each other - we are playing guessing games and often step on the equivalent of a land-mine, which to us may seem like nothing more than just a normal bump in the road. All week long I fightnegotiate with people. I fought negotiated with my insurance company for most of this week to the point in which if I were queen of the universe I would get rid of all insurance companies. It's head-ache inducing. Damn it, people. I sometimes want to scream. I'm right, you're wrong! Can't you see that!!! But I know that's not true, well about 40% of the time at any rate (;-) and I know as herself_nyc once wisely stated in her lj, being right isn't always important, sometimes it gets in the way. So I'm working hard on that. It's not as easy as it looks. ;-)

( Review of Lost - The Substitute - spoilers of course )