EWB TV Club General Discussion Thread

[Berober]

So I was watching Firefly not too long ago and the thought crossed my mind. Similar to Occupy Raw Street, would people be interested in an IRC Chat while streaming a TV Show of choice?

It doesn't have to be recent, and we can open it up to people, but it just seems like something fun to do for a half hour/hour over the coming week or so.

Anyone interested?

EDIT: The following is just a marker of any high scoring shows from the first round of voting. This doesn't mean that we are forced to watch these, I will leave suggestions open as we near the end of a session, but this is a general idea of what to look out for:

Community

UK Office

X Files

Game of Thrones

Heroes

Studio 60

Justified

The Wire

Supernatural

The West Wing

Friday Night Lights

Chuck

LOST

US Shameless

Party Down

Freaks and Geeks

[Benji]

I'd definitely be up for it. It'd be cool to watch some old shows back and discuss them.

[Pizza]

Yes, awesome idea.

[TGC]

I'd be game

[TKz]

Depending on the show I'd be up for. I don't really talk whilst watching TV though.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Yeah I'd be more interested in a rewatch project on the board (like with Survivor!) than an IRC chat, because while I'm watching the show I wouldn't want to be distracted by IRC.

[TGC]

Yeah I'd be more interested in a rewatch project on the board (like with Survivor!) than an IRC chat, because while I'm watching the show I wouldn't want to be distracted by IRC.

I totally didn't read the IRC part. So yeah, like TKz and mph, I'd be interested in a board rewatch myself too. Talking during a wrestling PPV is one thing, during a show not my idea of fun.

[Your Mom]

I'd be in too if its on the board

[livid]

I'm in and would prefer it to be on the board rather than the IRC as well.

[TKz]

I think it'd be a good idea to have maybe a show or two at a time where we watch an episode a week and talk about it in the thread when we're done. Might be a bit few and far between and we might not be able to wait if we get really into it. But then it wouldn't have to be a definite rule, just a suggestion. We should all use spoilers too in case anyone is watching for the first time.

[Jimmy]

I'd be up for if it's not IRC.

[Benji]

We could do five episodes per week or something, and all just come in here to discuss.

Also, I vote LOST as one of our rewatches, dagnabit.

[NM!]

Okay, we have to rewatch Arrested Development if we do this.

[TGC]

Okay, we have to rewatch Arrested Development if we do this.

I have still never watched AD, so that would give me a reason to actually sit down and watch the damn thing.

[Berober]

Well I'm happy to do it in the thread. And with enough interest it seems, lets start working towards suggesting shows to watch. I'll have a poll up soon to give a rough idea of how this will play out.

[Berober]

Double post, but along with suggestions on what to watch, a poll for how many things we are going to watch is now above.

Personally, I'd love to start by rewatching the pilot of Firefly with you guys.

[Guest mr. potato head]

I just finished AD for the first time so I'd be very happy with that. I was going to suggest Scrubs, but The AV Club's already doing that so we might as well look elsewhere. I'll also throw out The West Wing as a suggestion because I'm me.

As for numbers, I'd say anywhere from 2 to 4, but each straddling different genres — maybe one sitcom, one serial/drama and one sci-fi show or something.

[TGC]

I just finished AD for the first time so I'd be very happy with that. I was going to suggest Scrubs, but The AV Club's already doing that so we might as well look elsewhere. I'll also throw out The West Wing as a suggestion because I'm me.

As for numbers, I'd say anywhere from 2 to 4, but each straddling different genres — maybe one sitcom, one serial/drama and one sci-fi show or something.

I'd agree on the number and the choices of genres.

[TKz]

I voted two! One drama/serious/anything over 20 minutes and one comedy/20 minute long show.

[livid]

I voted two! One drama/serious/anything over 20 minutes and one comedy/20 minute long show.

I agree with this as it's not too much to handle but offers a nice contrast.