TV/Movie Obssessions

[PNGwynne]

I'm watching TZ's "Eye of the Beholder" for probably the 60th time right now and thinking of TV & film I just can't pass up for sheer entertainment, craft, & storytelling. Many of these I watch monthly:

TZ--Eye of the Beholder, Time Enough at Last

ST: TOS--Devil in the Dark, Balance of Terror, Journey to Babel

Batman '66--Hizzoner the Penguin...

The Third Man

Wizard of Oz

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Auntie Mame & His Girl Friday

A&R: Shall We Dance, Top Hat

Dr. No & Goldfinger

The Addams Family (series)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane & Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hitch: Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, & North by Northwest

Bride of Frankenstein

Nightmare before Christmas

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Stalag 17


What TV/movies consistently engage, entertain, & comfort you?

[Aricosaur]

I get engrossed in any of the Original Cast Star Trek movies, except swap Generations for First Contact, when they are on TV and end up watching them.

Same TOS episodes as you plus a few like "Space Seed"

I used to watch Star Gate SG1 and Atlantis constantly when they were on SciFi in heavy rotation. Not as much now that I have to get out the DVDs. :(

The whole first season of The Transformers (the show now known as "G1"). Also The Transformers: The Movie (The original animated one.)

Raiders is on there for me too plus the other Indy movies (even Crystal Skull. I know. I'm a philistine.)

The Star Wars Saga.

A lot of Disney movies like Mulan, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Princess and the Frog, etc. Plus some of the other big budget Animated movies like the Madagascar series, Ice Age series, and Rio.

Some of the newer TV animation series; Phineas and Ferb, Slug Terra, Max Steel, My Little Pony: FIM, and Transformers: Prime.

[Operation:Mego]

Off the top of my head:

TV Dramas: Breaking Bad, Arrow, Dexter, Homeland, The Ri¢he$.
TV Comedy: Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, Community.
Animated TV: King of the Hill, South Park, The Simpsons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Avengers: EMH.
Movies: The Avengers, Man of Steel, Toy Story 3.

There are probably some more that I'll need to look up later.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I watch the MST3K disks over and over.... playing them in the background like most folks play the radio.

I go through waves of stuff. Right now it's Johnny Sokko and Spectreman. Mostly 'cos I've been working on a monster game and need to do research. (For the writing and making models.)

Don C.

[palitoy]

I watch MST, UFO and Venture Brothers a lot.

Hammer and Independent International horror movies are in heavy rotation in my office.

[MIB41]

I've got some work to hand out, because I want some of that free time some folks here seem to have. I'm lucky to get in my daily sports digest of 'Around the Horn' and 'Pardon the Interruption'. I can't fathom having the casual time to watch movies and TV shows over and over. I applaud those who can. That's wonderful. The only thing I'm put in front of (repeatedly) is whatever my grandson wants to watch which is often something-Batman. Here lately it's been Clooney Batman (ALOT). But of course with him watching it, content means nothing. It's always quality time. Although I will say it's distressing to discover things I overlooked in this movie. It's truly a scary film on so many levels.

[Klosterheim]

Presently, I am listening to the soothing sound of Nimoy on In Search Of.

I recently watched all of DS9.

Let me think, my old repeat list was:

Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek and TOS
movies.
TNG and TAS was watched on air.
Predator 1 and 2
Total Recal
Commando
Rambo
VanDamme stuff.
Clint Eastwood stuff.
Highlander
Excalibur
The Crow
A Bridge Too Far
Kelley's Heroes
Death Wish 3
Under Siege
Nightmare on Elm Street Movies.
James Bond
Enter the Dragon
Apes of course.
Ben Hur
The Omega Man
Soylent Green
2001
2010
Dune
Conan
The Beastmaster

Some various action movies.

-I wasted too much time on modern since Deadwood in 2004.

Hit SW prequel hard and TLotR.

Hobbit about 5 times after theater. Waiting for EE, november.

Oh, SGA too.
Then re-met Space 1999 Buck Rogers and TOBSG. Then hit Blake's 7 hard. Then finally watched Voyager 3 to 7.

Now I try to watch what I did not encounter before, or watch decades old stuff that's not remembered as much.

Had a G.I. Joe 'binge'.

Now on Transformers S2, skipped a little S3 for the characters. S4 was bad. Rest good, don't have 80's movie, that was awesome.

Netflix needs to get Thundercats and Scooby Doo.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I don't get to go through my favorites with any consistency. Instead of just vegging out in front of bad TV I really need to pop in some DVDs or something. But Halloween is coming up, so a Universal/Hammer Horror fest is in my future. I think the boy is old enough now to handle most of the pre TNA Hammer movies.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

I have yet to get much Hammer Horror on DVD, & although I own most Universal stuff, I enjoy TCM & Svengoolie. I like POTA (first two esp.), Bruce Lee, & Beastmaster, too, Klost.

I'm in an AIP/Price groove right now.

[PNGwynne]

Haven't quite warmed to Gerry Anderson yet--what makes UFO riveting? (I'm unfamiliar with it.)

[Klosterheim]

Forgot to mention:
Indy
Ghostbusters
Animal House
Spies Like Us
Stripes
other SNL crew...
Apocalypse Now
FMJ and Kubrick films
A Man in the Wilderness
Jeremiah Johnson
The Mountain Men
Blade Runner
a little Logan's Run.

I did have my Hammer fest a couple years ago.
Lee, Cushing, Reed, a few others.

I did meet Caroline Munro.

I also watched much of
Baa Baa Black Sheep, Kolchak, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Wild Wild West and The Rat Patrol. Most of The A-Team. Banacek. UFO, Omega Factor, Tons of The X-Files. Highlander, Forever Knight (add large wild cat growl here), Lovejoy, Red Dwarf, Wiseguy, Crime Story, The Avengers tv, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Kung Fu (Shatner is in one) Still working on Man From U.N.C.L.E.

I viewed all of Farscape and SG1, SGU.

I learned that shows like
MacGyver and Magnum P.I. are really difficult to get through, even with a side of internet work or fun. Fun for about 3 seasons. Tough after that.

BB, SOA, Dexter, True Blood, Nucky, Rome.

Ronin
The Matrix
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
All Batman
Hellboy 1, 2.
The Avengers
Iron Man

That's about it.

Fascination with tv, film.

[madmarva]

With Halloween coming, it gives me an excuse to drag out my horror movies.
I'll definitely watch A&B meets Frankenstein, bride of Frankenstein, a Wolfman, Young Frankenstein, American Werewolf in London, Dracula Prince of Darkness, Monster Squad, Fat Albert Halloween Special and whatever I can catch on Turner Classics. Vincent Price is TCM's star of the month, so they'll be playing his films all month. I hope to catch a few of them.

I generally watch Nightmare before Christmas to close out Halloween and kick off my Christmas viewing season. I'm a huge Christmas movie fan, particularly the old ones and also the Christmas specials. I've got more Christmas DVDs than I ever have time to watch in one Christmas season. But after Thanksgiving those will make up the bulk of my viewing, except for my weekly trip to the movie theater.

I wish I could have movies on in the background when I do my paperwork or write, but it draws my attention away and I make mistakes. I can't even listen to music with lyrics and work.


I don't have any movies I watch monthly, but if the Quiet Man or the Searchers, Sgt. York, North by Northwest, Bride of Frankenstein, Wolfman, Casablanca, Flash Gordon, Tarzan flicks, When Harry met Sally, Animal House or Superman are on, I generally watch.

[PNGwynne]

TCM has a huge Price library to choose from, all the way from early Universal, contract days at Fox, various studios in the 50s, & AIP in the 60-early 70s--his whole career basically.

It should be a GREAT month, & long overdue on TCM.

[Hector]

Right now, it's all about Breaking Bad.

I ADORE The Avengers with Dianna Rigg/Emma Peel...can't get enough of both the show and her, lol.

Years past, I would've said Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it has not aged well, and ironically, the original series has (timeless)...so today, I now much prefer the adventurous Kirk and company over Picard's politically correct ship. I prefer DS9 over TNG as well..

Seinfeld, I never get tired of Seinfeld.

As far as movies, too many to list, but the ALIEN series I dig a lot...and of course, Superman 1&2, and the original Star Wars Trilogy.

Too many, too many...

[PNGwynne]

Man, I'm with you on Star Trek, Hec.