Just to name a few, I know that Mad Men, Trueblood, The Tudors, Dexter, Lost, Heroes, West Wing and Supernatural are really good shows. Can you think of anymore?

*Please answer even if you have silly answers or have a comment on one of the above listed shows. I’m curious as to everybody’s tastes in television shows.

Spartacus, Ugly Americans, House, Damages, Southland, The secret diary of a call girl, caprica.

I’ve always wondered this… but if I am paying for cable, and I DVR then burn a show I saw on the television, how is that any different from paying for cable, watching the tv show but instead of DVRing it and burning, you download it from the internet.

I mean, I’m paying to watch the show… so what’s the difference?

I presume you mean for torrent sites and the like.

In the USA, copyright law is such as you can only legally copy from the source you have paid for, be it a CD, DVD, or the cable/broadcast service you receive, unless the rightsholder otherwise permits you to obtain a copy form an outside source using your existing license (remember, in all this you are just a licensee with limited rights, not a rightsholder).

Not to mention those services are making other people’s content avalable with no permission.

I’ve noticed that in old cartoons and movies the sound quality is a bit faded or fuzzy if you know what I mean. Whereas current films and television shows don’t have that sound quality at all. I always assumed that it was because movies that were older would sound different. But is it actually because the sound quality was not as advanced as it is today?

All the Graphics applications are developed , of course sound recording have been improved

I enjoy some old "family friendly" television shows and movies, but I have been learning that many of their situation stories do not reflect actual society/family. I want to know do these stories of the shows have a "grain of truth" to them, and what make a "family friendly " television show ?

The older shows honestly used to reflect more of the way life used to be in the family. Unfortunately, the shows have no meaning for today. It is a mere memory of the way the family used to be. As for shows today, I don’t watch them because if the family really acts the way they do in shows, then I have to feel really sad for them!

When movies or televisions shows try to recreate the epic battles or fighting scenes of WW2/Vietnam on film how accurate are their portrayals?

I understand special effects teams and artistic creativity are thrown into what people "thought" happened or how it might have been in their minds by taking consideration certain memoirs or accounts of people actually involved. However, these people producing the end product were never there to witness it first hand.

So are these films over-dramatic, too-intense or outlandish to compare the real deal because of the creative types producing them?

Film fighting scenes I am speaking of consist of: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Saving Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Windtalkers, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, etc….List goes on.

Hello Mo G.

MUCH, much, overdramatized!

Bombs and charges that cost lots of money to pull off for movies are photographed with multiple camera from multiple angles. Then, when the explosive is activated the different images shot from different angles are merged back to back to make the explosives seem longer and more dramatic than the short seconds it takes to set off a bomb or other charge.

When you are doing a military movie all these effects for real explosives costs lots of money to pull off and stage. Thus, the director has to get the most benefit out of the money spent.

Best wishes,

Larry Smith
Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret.)
First Sergeant

I’m looking for more contemporary movies and television shows, please.

3 of my favorite films (between 1998-2000 if that’s recent enough) fall into such a category:

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Adrenaline Drive
Snatch

The first and last one were gangster films by Guy Ritchie and rather adult in content. The second is a Japanese film but is a bit more light-hearted.

As for TV, wikipedia suggests Frasier. A current example might be Modern Family.

I was wondering because I hear the bassoon frequently in commercials and as background music for television shows such as American Idol and comedy shows.

you answered your own question

Could someone please explain the time line of the two television shows called Star wars: Cone wars, and Star Wars: THE Clone Wars, and also the feature film Star Wars: The Clone wars, and in what order they should all be watched to make sense. Thanks

There are two Clone Wars animated TV shows … Star Wars The Clone Wars … Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series.

The Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series came out in late 2003 and early 2004 during the run up to the release of ep III. It consisted of 2 Volumes broken into 25 ten minute short stories.

In August 2008 Lucas released the full length animated movie "Star Wars The Clone Wars" to theaters. This movie was basically the "pilot" episode of the show that bares the same name that is set to start it’s 3rd season on the Cartoon Network this fall.

How they fit in the time line is as follows:

Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones

Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series Volume 1 Chapters 1 – 20
Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series Volume 2 Chapter 21

Star Wars The Clone Wars animated movie
Star Wars The Clone Wars animated series

Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series Volume 2 Chapters 22 – 25

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The animated movie and currently running series MUST be set after the events of chapter 21 of the micro series for a very simple reason. In the movie and the currently running series Anakin is no longer a padawan, he has achieved the rank of Jedi Knight. Anakin was not elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight until chapter 21 of the micro series.

The animated movie and currently running series MUST be set before the events of chapter 25 of the micro series because chapter 25 of the micro series ends right where ep III begins.

It should be pointed out that in the time period between chapter 22 and chapter 24 of the Micro Series very well could end up being "intermingled" with events in the currently running series, there is just no way to know how much or how little this will happen until the currently running series ends its run … then it will be easy to plug everything in where it belongs but until then this part of the time line will remain very "fluid".

May The Force Be With You …

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I want to know would some of the television shows and movies from the 1960s be censored in today’s society because of sexual and violence themes/references. For instance, I saw an episode of Bewitched in which a lady dressed as a Playboy "bunny" appeared in a birthday party. Would it be censored in this society.

Highly unlikely; in fact, it would be the other way around. Stuff that we don’t bat an eye at today would have been outright BANNED in the 60s!

What are some television shows that reinforce racial stereotypes?
I’m writing a paper about racial stereotypes and the media.
I’d prefer more recent shows, since the paper is mostly about the media today.
I was thinking of shows like Family Guy or South Park- but I’m not sure if I can use those, because they are satirical, and actually try to dispell stereotypes by mocking and overexaggerating them. What do you think?

The George Lopez Show