Comments on: Surface, My Latest Favorite Arcing Series

By: Devin Parker

Devin Parker — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:23:30 +0000

Oh, and speaking of Lost, if you haven’t already seen it, I would recommend J.J. Abrams’ earlier series Alias.

By: Devin Parker

Devin Parker — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:22:11 +0000

Carnivale gets one of my highest recommendations.

If you enjoy Joss Whedon’s work, I would recommend Angel. The character of Wesley has one of the most amazing character development arcs on television.

If you don’t enjoy Joss Whedon, I’d recommend Firefly (and then the movie Serenity as the “final episode”). I think it’s more accessible to people who aren’t already Buffy/Angel fans.

By: awdougherty

awdougherty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:48:23 +0000

Also Firefly if you haven’t seen that yet

By: awdougherty

awdougherty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:47:36 +0000

The Wire
The Wire
The Wire
maybe Twin Peaks even though this will be filled with highs and lows
Mad Men
Lost (I disagree with the above poster… watch in on DVD is as many chunks at a time as you want)

By: Don

Don — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:52:46 +0000

Yes, both Rome and Deadwood are great. Carnivale is another short HBO series that was pretty really good.

Thanks for the suggestions! Keep them coming. I am looking them all up.

By: Antiquated Tory

Antiquated Tory — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:18:52 +0000

Ditto Rome, also The Wire, which I thought may be the most brilliant TV I have seen. Deadwood is right up there, too. I haven’t yet seen any Jericho or Battlestar Galactica, don’t want to clutter up disk space until I finish watching what I already have, and I don’t watch TV very often. Farscape lost me with its pilot, for a number of reasons (everyone knows what the slingshot effect is; main character too young to be astronaut; oh, the human-like aliens must be the baddies, they have posh British accents.)

By: MountZionRyan

MountZionRyan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:33:19 +0000

HBO’s Rome

By: Jack of Gears

Jack of Gears — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:24:51 +0000

Thirding the Shield and the wire.

I`ve recently started watching the new series “Survivors” (NOT to be confused with “Survivor”, the ‘reality’ tv monstrocity).

It appears to follow a similar plot to “The Stand”, save without the demons and religious allusions.

Having watched only the pilot, this show might be one for you to check out.

By: Berin Kinsman

Berin Kinsman — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:01:49 +0000

What Bryan said. Battlestar Galactica is really just The Shield in space in terms of character and visuals.

By: Jeff Atkinson

Jeff Atkinson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:01:36 +0000

I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:19 +0000

They are not sci-fi, but I cannot recommend highly enough both The Wire and The Shield

By: McNutcase

McNutcase — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:13:20 +0000

I’ve been grabbed by Lost. So have my parents-in-law, actually. Watching it in big chunks is… not so recommended. It’s better, I’d say, to keep it to one episode per day.