Arrested Development

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Emma and I just started watching season 1 on DVD, after three days, we're already through to episode 15 (which has yet to arrive in her mailbox).

I never thought I'd like it from the little I'd heard/seen about it, but I love it!

This proves a little theory of mine that the only way I (and probably many others) can really enjoy a serial TV show is if you watch every episode, from the beginning of the series, in order.

I think my favourite character is Buster.
 
It's a seriously great show. I'ts one of the ones that Fox dumps that is actually GOOD. It sucks that it's gone.
 
I've been noticing that a lot of truly good shows are being canceled after one or two seasons lately.

Huff
Invasion
Surface

Whereas more and more reality TV is filling up the listings. I really wish Emma didn't insist on keeping our cable subscription, because with the amount of crap out there, and the fact that we could be watching all the good shows on DVD (even some of the reality shows), I would do it in a second.
 
One of my all time fave shows on Fox. I'll be picking up all three seasons on DVD after the next paycheque.
 
Unfortunately season 3 isn't out yet. I can't wait. I adore AD. This thread has inspired a memorial in my sig...

EDIT: Season 3 comes out August 29!
 
The Pocket said:
I've been noticing that a lot of truly good shows are being canceled after one or two seasons lately.

Huff
Invasion
Surface
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I didn't even know Invasion was cancelled. That sucks, it left such a huge cliffhanger. Why good shows get cancelled and junk like Big Brother, all the nanny shows, and the slew of American Idol rip offs just keep coming in waves is beyond me. RIP Arrested Development, Invasion, Tilt, Playmakers, John Doe, Mind of a Married Man, Carnivale, Barbershop (I think), The Loop (I think), etc., etc.
 
You may want to check out a show called "Jericho" this fall. The pilot pre-air is available at most tv torrent sites. Very good stuff.

It also seems like a lot of the not so good shows stick around. Stargate Atlantis is back for a third season, when both Invasion and Surface are canceled. I like SG:A, but I liked Surface better.
 
Well, the Stargates have it easier since they're on a basic cable. The ratings pressure isn't as high since the ad revenue won't be as critical.

Personally, I couldn't stand either Invasion or Surface. I couldn't get into Invasion with its cliched characters (mysterious sheriff, gutsy reporter, a male model posing as a federal parks ranger, etc.). The mystery of the aliens invading and the whole melodrama surrounding these "changes" in people (a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers) wasn't really too sustainable in a series format.

Surface is the same thing. I couldn't stand the characters, especially the kid. Sure, it's cute to see him try and keep a dangerous wild animal as a pet, but that dragged on for how many episodes? Plus, every time I thought of where that show could possibly be going, all I could see was them attempting to exterminate these genetically altered monsters since there COULD BE NO coexisting with a creature that, because of its sheer size, would destroy ALL LIFE on the planet.

At least the SG1 and Atlantis, while somewhat predictable, are also often self-aware and funny. The melodrama is often made fun of during the episodes, and they offer situations that can last longer than a mini-series of the week.

I was more irritated when they canceled Carnivale on HBO...now that had the potential to carry on for another season or two. After all, the avatar of evil in that show was being hosted by a priest!
 
I liked this description from IMDB:

1934, America. The Dustbowl. A fugitive named Ben Hawkins finds refuge within a traveling carnival comprised of a tarot card reader and her catatonic/telekinetic mother, a blind mentalist, a bearded lady, and conjoined twins, amongst others. The carnival is owned by the mysterious and unseen Management, who has designs on the young Hawkins, for the boy is concealing an untapped gift: he can heal the lame and raise the dead--at a price. Ben also finds himself disturbed by cryptic and prophetic dreams, which he shares with a Methodist preacher in California, Brother Justin Crowe. Brother Justin, convinced by his dreams he is following God's will, has begun to practice his own extraordinary talents, although the preacher's plans increasingly lead to disturbing and tragic consequences. In this "last great age of magic," Ben Hawkins and Justin Crowe are moving toward a great conflict between Good and Evil, although it not yet clear on which sides these men will stand.

Summary written by matta2k
 
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