Late to the Party

[desoto_hia873]

"You should have seen Luke."

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Why, yes, I have started watching Supernatural. I'm up to the start of S5 now, which means I can read thenyxie fics. This is good.

I don't seem to watch "live" TV anymore. Time slots kept jumping around, and I'd lose episodes of shows that I wanted to watch, and I'm a stickler for seeing them in order. Sometime last winter, I gave up taping things altogether and just starting buying box sets. It was less frustrating in that I'd get to watch every episode, in order, whenever I felt like it, but more so because the series I really liked got cancelled after two seasons (Dead Like Me, Carnivale <-- OMG, what sadist TV exec cut that one off???), never had more than two seasons (Life on Mars), didn't release their latest seasons until right around the time that the next one was starting (House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse, Dexter), or just took FOREVER to release anything at all (is S2 of True Blood out YET?).

So then I started in on longer series that started (and possibly ended) sometime ago (Prison Break, Supernatural). I even went looking for fanfic for a couple (mostly flurblewig's Prison Break and Life on Mars fics). Does Carnivale fic even exist? Did anyone pick up the story and carry on? Please let the answer be yes...

I couldn't decide for the longest time if I was a Sam-girl or a Dean-girl, and then I decided that I didn't have to choose: I'll take both. At once. Thankyouverymuch.

Anyone still read this dead LJ?

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[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Rec me some series, then! I only have 3/4 of S5 SPN to go, and then I'll need something new.

::smooch::

[elisi]

Doctor Who & Torchwood should keep you going for a long time. :)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I've considered Dr. Who, but I don't know where to start. I'm not going back 30 years! Where is the most recent beginning?

I did see some of Torchwood, by my interest seemed to peter out around the time that they killed... um, brain failure on names. The smarmy guy who was having an affair with the main character. Who was he again?

[elisi]

Where is the most recent beginning?
You'll want 'New Who', which began in 2005. It's conveniently called 'Series 1' and stars Christopher Eccleston. There's 4 series (that's seasons for you), and then a set of 'Specials'. S5 is currently airing. :)

Who was he again?
Owen? (The doctor.) This was in S2. Although Gwen isn't the main character.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Yes, Owen. That's him. Gwen was sort of the main character in the first episode, so I kind of still think of her that way. How many seasons are there now?

[elisi]

Well you quit in S2, and after that there's only a 5 part mini series, 'Children of Earth', which is amazing and incredible and some of the best TV I've seen ever. It's almost like a different show - or rather, it's the show finally fulfilling all the potential that was never utilised before. Also, way dark. (But in a good way.)