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Television as film

Posted by jbmcb (A) on June 4, 2006 at 19:55:51

As my film professor liked to say, "If it's on film, then it's film." That includes, ostensibly, television shows. What are the best shows/episodes, IYHO?

Mine, in no particular order:

Twin Peaks - The first season. Lynch should have his own cable channel.

The Prisoner - The whole thing. Brilliant paranoid/psycological thriller, it's amazing it was ever put to film, even more that it was put on TV.

The Outer Limits - Demon with a Glass Hand / written by Harlan Ellison. Probably the best single episode of sci-fi on TV.

Seinfeld - The Marine Biologist. I'm not exactly sure how, but they tied together a crochety Russian writer, golf, and a running lie about marine biology into one of the funniest stories I've ever seen. The writers themselves refer to it as their perfect episode.

The Sopranos - Funhouse. I just love the way they shot this. Most of the story is a food poisioning-induced dream, and it looks like one, with characters floating in and out, doing random things, that all make sense at the end. Great stuff.

The Office. The BBC version is really great, the American version is even more fleshed out, with a fantastic supporting cast. The only current show on TV I regularly laugh out loud at.

The Simpons - You Only Move Twice. A fantastic spoof of a James Bond flick, where the family moves into a utopian town run by an amiable Bond style villian. There are loads of classic Simpsons episodes, this is my favorite.

Cowboy Bebop - An anime series from Japan. Indescribably good, and amazingly fun to watch. Just watch a few episodes. Heck, the animated blue note album cover-style intro is amazing:
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/*Music is subjective. Sound is not.*/

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Topic - Television as film - jbmcb 19:55:51 06/04/06 (17)

HBO - Voltaire 19:45:17 06/07/06 (0)

Re: Television as film - Road Warrior 06:06:42 06/07/06 (0)

"Jewel in the Crown" "Brideshead Revisited", " Smiley's People" , "Reilly: Ace of Spies" - Bambi B 06:48:43 06/06/06 (0)

Re: Fawlty Towers... - Jeff Starrs 03:25:34 06/06/06 (0)

Peaks and Prisoner . . . especially that hot Seven driven by Six. * - mr grits 20:56:07 06/05/06 (0)

A few early classics ... - BJordan 10:32:44 06/05/06 (0)

Don't Know Bout "Best", But Some Memorables....... - AudioHead 06:42:04 06/05/06 (1)

Addendum: Star Trek; Hogan' s Heroes. nt - AudioHead 06:50:19 06/05/06 (0)

Homicide - mishmashmusic 06:34:38 06/05/06 (1)

Funny... - jbmcb 08:11:40 06/05/06 (0)

Re: Television as film - dwill123 06:05:22 06/05/06 (0)

Definite thumbs up on that Outer Limits episode and The Prisoner. - Audiophilander 00:45:01 06/05/06 (0)

Re: Television as film - newbear 22:10:00 06/04/06 (0)

Re: The Forsyte Saga- riveting acting - grinagog 21:36:58 06/04/06 (1)

Ahhhh... The Forsyte Saga... - Victor Khomenko 06:02:19 06/05/06 (0)

I'll bite - dave c 20:04:54 06/04/06 (1)

The Pretender - dave c 06:21:51 06/05/06 (0)

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