Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Enophile (A) on May 15, 2011 at 16:25:43

In Reply to: RE: I'm a relative newbie to tv miniseries: I liked "Deadwood" a hell of a lot. Take a moment, posted by tinear on May 15, 2011 at 16:14:00

The series got dropped so they could start some vampire series and Deadwood has no wrap up. I would have liked an extra "special presentation" movie or two to have "closure."

Other than Rome, the only other series I tried to watch was Dexter, but it fell into a "serial killer opponent of the year" rut with each season having a rival murderer and "will dexter be caught?" plotline that grew wearying.

A buddy of mine swears by the new (recently concluded) Battlestar Galactica series and if I find a used set on DVD, that may be my next series.

My wife loved the Highlander TV series - but it also had the "bad guy of the week" kind of set ups.

As Jazz mentioned, Rome was initially planned for 5-6 seasons, and then they had to cram all the story lines into only two seasons after the first year. If they had been given the full arc, it would have been potentially great.

My wine buddies are all atwitter about "Game of Thrones," so when it hits DVD, I will give that a try.