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[Angel Tarragon]

At least the series has a two strong seasons, unlike most other shows that last as long or shorter. Plus, the final episode gives the series a nice way of rounding everything off and adds a sense of closure. Most series can't even do that!

 

[Henry]

A pay channel like showtime is a very different enviroment than a network like Fox is.

Still doesn't change the fact that Fox leaves broken TV series like a field of corpses on the Somme.

...Awards or such that the program gathers won't benefit the new guy and it isn't doing well enough that there is a reason not kill it. So, if he replaces it with one of his projects, there's a chance that it will become a hit and that will benefit him.

sad, stupid, and all too true.

Anyway, it did have a good run, and an awesome premise. Anyone know of any other showtime series that either has been released on DVD or is in production now with that kind of quality? I've been partaking of HBO's Deadwood, and it's not as good as DLM im my opinion, but it's not at all bad.

 

[Rackhir]

Anyway, it did have a good run, and an awesome premise. Anyone know of any other showtime series that either has been released on DVD or is in production now with that kind of quality? I've been partaking of HBO's Deadwood, and it's not as good as DLM im my opinion, but it's not at all bad.

Well, it's not the same sort of thing, but Penn & Teller's BULS#@$Y*&T is a very good and very entertaining show. It shines a harsh and well deserved light on a lot of the BS that gets accepted with out the critical thought it needs.

Stargate SG-1 was created for and ran for the first 5 or 6 yrs on Showtime.

The New Outer Limits I thought was excellent, though very, very dark. The DVD releases for this have been more samplers than anything else. Like all anthology shows quality could be mixed, but I found a shockingly high number of the episodes to be excellent. Haven't really checked if that's the case with the episodes they did release. IIRC at least one of the samplers they released seemed to be mostly fairly lame episodes.

Odyssey 5 hasn't been released on DVD and given that it only lasted 12 eps may never be. It had a unique feel to it and a great cast, much like the much lamented DLM.

Short synopsis - Crew of the Shuttle Odyssey 5 is in orbit, when the Earth suddenly explodes. The crippled shuttle is drifting among the remains of the planet, when a strange craft shows up and hauls them onboard. It says that it is called the Seeker and that it is trying to find out who/what is destroying worlds occupied by sentient beings, including that of his creators. This being the first time it has manage to find survivors, it sends their minds 5yrs back in the past to try and stop who/what was responsible for the destruction of the earth. However, their knowledge of future events will prove increasingly unreliable as their actions alter the time line and they all have their own demons to contend with.

The series was created by Manny Coto who was responsible for the last season of Enterprise and it starred Peter Weller. Can't go wrong with Buckaroo Banzai/RoboCop himself. You might be able to catch reruns on Showtime or HDnet.

 

[KaosDevice]

Did any of you all catch 'Jeremiah', I don't think I've seen a single episode of this. Which is odd considering what a huge JMS fan I am. :\

 

[Rackhir]

Did any of you all catch 'Jeremiah', I don't think I've seen a single episode of this. Which is odd considering what a huge JMS fan I am. :\

Yeah, though I never much cared for it frankly. There was nothing about it that really captured my imagination or caused me to take an interest in it. I watched a good chunk of the first season and gradually lost interest in it.