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24
Tru Calling
Brainiac: Science Abuse
Conspiracies
Cold Case
Jake 2.0
Oliver Beene
Las Vegas
There are some documentaries and stuff, but a lot of lifestyle and travel during the day. Can anyone comment on the above programmes, are they any good!
I'll comment briefly on the shows I've seen
Cold Case:
From the people behind CSI and Without a Trace is a show that is no ordinary crime drama. They return to unsolved crimes from the past (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s 70s 80s 90s). Well produced - they bring us into the past with effective use of imagery and all music in eps are from year of crime. A MUST SEE!
Brainiac: Science Abuse:
A "wacky" science programme. They do lots of cool experiments like stick things in microwaves and putting a fire extinguisher in an oven to find out what happens (DON"T DO IT
) - makes science cool - its informative and educational yet at the same time makes great entertainment. Also stars a physics professor form my university (in series 3 at least) Prof John Killcoin of UoS.
Conspiracies:
A "pop" documentary series which is well researched, yet is rather questionable when thinking about their findings with an open mind. They discuss conspiracy theories about world events. So far, I have seen ones about Pan Am Flight 103, Titanic and 9/11.
Oliver Beene:
A sitcom set in the 1960s. Based around a young teenager, Oliver (played by the kid from Royal Tenambaums), with narration from a current day adult talking about his youth. Kind of the same approach as the ineties sitcom "Wonder Years", but more lighter. AAlthough not quite as good as MITM, thi was actually quite funny - still can't understandd why ratings were not so good when aird on Fox in US.
24:
A drama series set in real-time over course of a day. A good "student" thing to do with friends is the 24 hour "24 challenge": This is to sit and watch the entire DVD box set of a season, in one-sitting over the course of a full day (in real time). So far, I have done it with seasons 1 and 2 when i was in university. The time of season 1 begining is midnight, i think. So its good to watch it from midnight to midnight too - although, without commercials the eps are only 50 mins long, so it doesn't quite work out...but its still fun. Especially when you make it like a party with drinking and stuff!