Nanner Split said:

So for years I've been languishing under the opinion that cartoons today sucked. I grew up in the golden age of Nickelodeon, with shows like Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Angry Beavers, etc. Whenever I turn on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon these days all I see is bullshit.

But then, I discovered Adventure Time.

This is the funniest damn cartoon I've seen in YEARS. It might just be my new favorite show.

Another modern cartoon that is surprisingly good is Phineas and Ferb. 

Hilarious.

The Boondocks sucks.

Well there's plenty of good adult animation out there, but quality children's animation is scarce.  Spongebob is good, but the first few seasons were way better.

Ziggy Stardust said:

The Boondocks sucks.

Always found the comic witty but never cared for the show. I think the Boondocks is easier to take in small doses in independent comics rather than tv episodes. Or maybe I just don't get it because I'm white, that might be it too.

bkev said:

Always found the comic witty but never cared for the show. I think the Boondocks is easier to take in small doses in independent comics rather than tv episodes. Or maybe I just don't get it because I'm white, that might be it too.

Pfft. Being White has nothing to do with it...

Watched all 6 episodes of Season One of The Walking Dead. Read the comic book downloaded until issue 76 or maybe 78.

Almost finished with Series 6.1 for Doctor Who. Then it's finally watching Torchwood which I never have seen an episode of.

According to Barrowman the latest Torchwood story will have "mansex" in it.

A story would be more of a step in the right direction.

yeah. I'd avoid Torchwank if I were you. It's basicly a immature version of scooby doo.

I've started watching The Fringe and I'm finding it much more like how I thought Torchwood would play out when announced.

It has that annoying feature typical of many (mostly) American shows of shoe-horning the series mission statement into every episode to hook in lazy buggers who missed previous episodes before they get confused and switch over.

It's gleefully silly (much like Torchwood) but it moves so fast that you don't want to see the cogs.

John Noble does a fine job at channeling Vincent Price.

I'm only on the first season right now but I'm finding it all rather fun.

I wish these shows could all be merged into one 'Weird Science' multiverse and Mulder and Bilis Manger, the characters from Tru Calling, The Event, Threshold, Doomwatch, Timeslip, Quatermass, Dollhouse etc could crossover into one narrative soup.

The eyepatch lady from Doctor Who and the robo-arm lady from here teamed up Summer Glau's character from Dollhouse would make one hell of a tag-team.

I hear you. 

the pilot [2 eps] should have started at around the point it ended - with maybe a few flashbacks to set the scene.

Any time something interesting came up the story quickly turned back to the 'us and them' between the military and civilians - and even that didn't really go anywhere.

the overall idea could be good if they do something with it, so far they haven't really.

I have a feeling it will get better as they split from the main group on their quest and the main character might actually use his booksmarts against the aliens rather than just to bore people.

CP3S said:

Sounds like your entertainment tastes would be better suited by comic books than TV shows... Just sayin'. I am personally kind of glad TV shows have gotten out of the habit of gratuitous cross-overs. That was a bit of a 90's marketing ploy which has thankfully gone out of style.

 

Watching Marble Hornets right now.

What a horribly made poorly acted piece of crap! Especially that douche bag who plays Tim! I am sure glad we don't have anyone in this community who played a major role in it, because that would bring this poor disreputable little clique down big time!

Oh wait...

;)

Actually, I am really enjoying it and am sorry it took me this long to get around to it. I attempted it several times since Nanner's first shameless plug, but always ended up getting interrupted. First two attempts, which were months apart, by freaky coincidence were interrupted by my internet, which never goes out, going out and preventing me from streaming them. The next time I tried to watch it, I was staying at someplace with really awful shared internet and couldn't stream them fast enough to be practical. Or maybe my internet issues every time I tried to watch the series wasn't a coincidence and something more sinister was at work...

You probably spent more money trying to get your internet working again than we did on the actual video series :P

So I just finished the forth series of "The IT Crowd".  The first few episodes of the first series are brilliant, but then things start to falter a bit in the second series. The forth series was very disappointing. I did not like Noel Fielding or Matt Berry at all in this show.  Just started watching "The Mighty Boosh" again. They are so great in that.  

I am still up in the air on Falling Skies myself, not really sure if I like it or not yet, but has anyone watched the premier of Season 4 for True Blood? if so was it good?

Currently going through The Sopranos with a friend. Generally I'm not much of a "TV show" person (too lazy/apathetic to keep up with a series every week), but I'm really enjoying this one.

Also eagerly anticipating season four of The Clone Wars.

dark_jedi said:

I am still up in the air on Falling Skies myself, not really sure if I like it or not yet, but has anyone watched the premier of Season 4 for True Blood? if so was it good?

I watched the first few minutes. It was my first experience with True Blood. Let me say, it does not impress. My wife and I kept looking at each other like "people watch this?" I like what io9's summary said at one point:

The fae then proceed to throw magic light grenades at Sookie. This is a real adult show that actual people watch.

I'm sure if I hadn't been coming in completely blind, I might have enjoyed it. I read more about the universe, it seems interesting, what with vampires "coming out of the coffin". Doesn't seem to affect much of Louisiana though.