I am reliving the 90's, I have no idea why. Well, at least from the perspective of Television, I am doing the 90's gig. Blame it on Netflix and streaming video. Oh and the 70's too!
I have been watching the original Battlestar Galactica and loving every minute of it. This is 1978 SF baby, with lasers and spaceships and funky club scenes. Once I am through that, its on to the new version. I'll admit, I only watched sporadically and always seemed lost. So I am gonna start at the beginning, and do it right. Oh, and also wait impatiently for the new season of Caprica, a show I dig.
In the 90's, Sunday was a big Television day 'round these parts. So thanks to streaming video, I get to reboot that. It started in the afternoon. First up, Hercules:The Legendary Journeys! Sure its campy, goofy stuff, light TV if you will, but I got a kick out of it, and believe I have spent an hour a lot worse then that. Then right after that? Yeah man.. Xena: Warrior Princess. Again, kinda campy TV but still had some good stuff to it. Besides, it was Sunday afternoon, and more often then not, we were done with the week and just sitting around, kicking back.
Sunday night though.. that was the awesome stuff. We kicked off with X-Files, a show we still catch as catch can, but with it streaming.. oh yeah. Then right after was Deep Space Nine. Again we catch it as we can, but now, now we got it coming down the pipe.
So I have been doing a double shot of Hercules/Xena then a double shot of X-Files/DS9. Mix a bit of old school BSG and we are good to go. The Techno-tyke has been in tyke heaven as well. He has been doing a double shot of Bob the Builder and Thomas, The Tank Engine. So we do our housework, I write a bit, and the techno-tyke has our living room looking like Sodor and Bobsland
All is well..
Patrick, if you loved Hercules and Xena, you really need to check out Legend of the Seeker, which has the same producers. The only problem is, there's still no official word that the show has been picked up for a third season, so if you like the first two, you're pretty much up poo creek without a paddle unless it gets saved. Hence my anger at the whole thing. It's a fantastic show, and if they end it now, there's going to be too many unanswered questions, which ticks me off.
Posted by: Nicole | 05/18/2010 at 05:19 PM
I loved me some Hercules and Xena. Sunday afternoons with a pack of smokes, my university buddies and a fresh pot of coffee were some of the best times.
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but Xena and Gabrielle were kind of cute.
Posted by: Drew Beatty | 05/18/2010 at 10:00 PM
Oh I noticed Xena and Gabrielle.. Sunday afternoons were a blast.
Posted by: Patrick | 05/19/2010 at 01:50 AM
I am in love with Netflix 'Watch Instantly'. I'm thinking of proposing marriage, but I'm sure it gets that all the time.
Posted by: Morgan Elektra | 05/19/2010 at 11:09 AM
Maaannnn, I thought I was the only nerd who misses the Hercules/Xena fix. Gotta love that Joxer. Legend of the seeker is ok, I just haven't really gotten into it yet. I am enjoying the new Merlin show. I need to track me down some DS9 episodes. Been watching a lot of the Next Generation reruns.
Posted by: R. Van Saint | 05/19/2010 at 10:54 PM
I never got in to Hercules and Xena, but I was a big fan of the original BSG and XF. Streaming vid through Netflix is a major change on the playing field for me. Since I don't get to watch telly that much any longer (either because I'm writing/producing or my kids are watching something) this makes it easy to power down the gray cells and enjoy some downtime with something I want to watch instead of just anything that is on.
Posted by: David Sobkowiak | 05/21/2010 at 09:39 AM
I have never seen any of those shows. Sigh.
Posted by: vange | 05/22/2010 at 12:38 AM
I miss Xena. I used to watch it all the time on marathons and had a couple seasons on DVD. I also miss the X-Files. :( *cries*
Posted by: Jenny Beans | 05/23/2010 at 10:20 AM