scott   on  01/26/05  at  04:57 AM    #1

I thought Numb3rs was just "ok," but good enough to start a TiVo pass for the next few eps.

Most refreshing, imho, was the math virtuoso's conflict -- academic living in an idealist classroom confronts the flaws of human nature - with emotional debts and/or rewards.

His sexy thesis student is a little hard to believe -- guys like that don't get girls like in the real world, do they?

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)   on  01/26/05  at  01:49 PM    #2

Hi Scott,

Tivo rules! I'll give Numb3rs a try. Are there any other new TV series you like yet that are worth a look?

scott   on  01/26/05  at  09:21 PM    #3

Hey Vik,

It's not new, but I'm into "Sea Lab 2021" on Cartoon Network. Now, I'm not an animation nut by any means, but this is the most original, bizarre, fun writing going, imho.

Episodes are only 15 minute each so they won't take too much TiVo space.

Besides, "24," what else are you into?

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)   on  01/27/05  at  02:10 AM    #4

Sea Lab 2021 is funny, and I like Space Ghost Coast to Coast too. In addition to 24, the fictional shows I'm watching are West Wing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Star Trek Enterprise, Stargate, The Simpsons, and Smallville. I have a feeling there may be a couple of others I'm not thinking of at the moment.

scott   on  01/27/05  at  03:23 AM    #5

Very cool. What about the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", you into that?

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)   on  01/27/05  at  02:48 PM    #6

Aqua Teen Hunger Force -- "Number one in the hood, G." -- That show has had a lot of really funny episodes. I watched it a lot at first. Then it had some less funny episodes, and I haven't seen it lately. Maybe I'll check in and see what the writers of the show are doing with it now.

scott   on  01/27/05  at  08:42 PM    #7

Ya know I've had the same reaction to it - watched it a bunch then sort of switched to Sea Lab.

On topic: the folks behind Adult Swim are going to be at the Museum of TV...

http://www.mtr.org/

click on: William S. Paley Television Festival

scroll to: Adult Swim

I'd love to know if these guys are conservatives. Any thoughts?

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)   on  01/27/05  at  11:51 PM    #8

I'd love to know. They do some wild stuff. I remember there was a Space Ghost where Space Ghost decides to follow a spider back to its cave and kill its whole family. So he crawled after the spider. Just crawled after it, through various landscapes, over bridges, etc. He was humming tunes and muttering to himself. I had it recorded and I timed it -- it went on for 5 minutes. Later when they reran it they cut it back to something more... rational. I just thought it was hilarious that they did that.

Are you watching Alias this season?

scott   on  01/28/05  at  09:22 PM    #9

Now that's funny, a special genre of funny, but funny nonetheless. Reminds me of the "Uh-oh" episode of Sea Lab.

I haven't been watching Alias, should I be?

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)   on  01/29/05  at  02:42 PM    #10

I like the show better than ever this year. At the same time, there's some danger of cookie-cutter-plot syndrome, with the eps starting to revolve around macguffin-of-the-week/weird-environment-of-the-week.