What Series Would You Marathon On Your Deathbed?
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MST3K is perfect. Even now, if something is troubling me, I can pop in Mystery Science and escape.
Hmmm... if there was an addendum saying that I would not die until I had watched whichever shows from beginning to end... I would watch SG-1 once a week, then Touched By An Angel once a week, then M*A*S*H once a week.
That'd certainly keep me alive for a good number of years.
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That'd certainly keep me alive for a good number of years.
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I'd probably do the Bond marathon, and tack on Firefly/Serenity and Boston Legal.
I have actually been watching the Bond films this weekend too. I remember from when I had the opportunity to speak with him during an interview in DC that he mentioned he was a big Bond fan.
I, being a geek, would watch the entire Trek run.
I know Red Dwarf would be the last one, and end it with Rimmer kicking death in the balls... Probably ignore Back to Earth though...
NuBSG and Six Feet Under.
I would feel "ready" after I got to watch all those one last time.
I would feel "ready" after I got to watch all those one last time.
Agreed. Those are perfect choices. Throw in Carnivale, The Prisoner and maybe Rescue Me and Prison Break, as well as those two, and I'm good to go. Maybe some select episodes of other shows, like DS9's "Far Beyond the Stars" and the two episodes I was an extra in ("Rejoined" and "Penumbra", for the sake of nostalgia), Buffy's "Once More with Feeling" and "Band Candy", Angel's "Not Fade Away", Farscape's "Infinite Possibilities Parts 1 & 2", etc.
If we're talking movies, throw in Children of Men, THX 1138, Six-String Samurai, Being There and Close Encounters of the Thid Kind.
For reading material? Nothing for me but Y: The Last Man, The Sirens of Titan and Mother Night.
Of course, I'd rather spend my final hours with my loved ones, but for the purposes of this thread...
Lost... maybe something short so things won't be prolonged. 
I'd watch selected episodes of TNG, the X-Files, and DS9 - but wouldn't feel compelled to watch the entire series again. I'd also watch the first two seasons of Oz - pretty bizarre choice for deathbed viewing, but there you go.
Daria, the 90s MTV cartoon, is the show I'd watch in marathon. With a lot of Kim Possible, Invader Zim and Hey Arnold too. They're my favourite cartoons - and cartoons are what I love the most!
Dammit, can I put some Avatar and Batman in there too?!
Daria, the 90s MTV cartoon, is the show I'd watch in marathon. With a lot of Kim Possible, Invader Zim and Hey Arnold too. They're my favourite cartoons - and cartoons are what I love the most!
Dammit, can I put some Avatar and Batman in there too?!
"Classic" Doctor Who - depending on how much time I had left...
And concluding with Space: 1999 (series 1).
And concluding with Space: 1999 (series 1).
Angel-centric episodes of BtVS and AtS would be high on the list.
The episodes I'd watch are: Welcome To The Hellmouth, The Harvest, Angel, Surprise, Innocence, Passion, I Only Have Eyes For You, Becoming, pts. 1 & 2, Beauty And The Beasts, Amends, Consequences, Enemies, Choices, The Prom, Graduation Day, pt. 2, City Of..., The Prodigal, Five By Five, Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?, Darla, The Trial, Reunion, Reprise, Fredless, Billy, Lullaby, Waiting In The Wings, Loyalty, Sleep Tight, Forgiving, The Price, A New World, Benediction, Tomorrow, Deep Down, Soulless, Calvary, Orpheus, Inside Out, The Magic Bullet, Peace Out, Home, Lineage, Soul Purpose, A Hole In The World, Shells, Origin, Time Bomb & Not Fade Away.
That franchise really comes down to these episodes for me.
Up for consideration would be these episodes:
Roswell: The Pilot, 285 South, Toy House, The Convention, Independence Day, Max To The Max, The White Room, Destiny, Summer Of '47, Harvest, Wipeout!, A Roswell Christmas Carol, How The Other Half Lives, Viva Las Vegas, Cry Your Name, The Departure, Michael, The Guys And The Great Snapple Caper, Samuel Rising, I Married An Alien, Panacea, Chant Down Babylon, Four Aliens And A Baby & Graduation.
Heroes: Seven Minutes To Midnight, Homecoming, Six Months Ago, Fallout, Unexpected, Company Man, The Hard Part, How To Stop An Exploding Man, Kindred, Four Months Ago..., Cautionary Tales, Truth And Consequences, Powerless, The Second Coming, The Butterfly Effect, One Of Us, One Of Them, I Am Become Death, Angels And Monsters, Villains, It's Coming, The Eclipse, pts. 1 & 2, Our Father, Dual, Shades Of Gray, Into Asylum, Turn And Face The Strange, I Am Sylar & An Invisible Thread.
I Love Lucy: a general blast through favorite Desi Arnaz musical and linguistic humor segments.
I'd definitely have Amadeus, Elvis: That's the Way it is, Elvis on Tour (get it on DVD already!) and Aloha from Hawaii as some of the last things I'd want in my memory as I go out.
And I would make a few compilations of my favorite Elvis ballads (heavily '70s material) and play several favorite sections of Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor and Die Zauberflöte.
A few other movies like the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, American Graffiti, Freaks, Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers), Grease, The Sound of Music, a few Disney films like Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc..., Hocus Pocus, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Boys Town, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Princess Bride, Jailhouse Rock, Live a Little, Love a Little, etc... are what I'd also choose to watch.
It's largely what I watch anyways. I'd have to have a few old favorites, a few childhood loves of mine, a bit of sad beauty and a bit of fun.
The episodes I'd watch are: Welcome To The Hellmouth, The Harvest, Angel, Surprise, Innocence, Passion, I Only Have Eyes For You, Becoming, pts. 1 & 2, Beauty And The Beasts, Amends, Consequences, Enemies, Choices, The Prom, Graduation Day, pt. 2, City Of..., The Prodigal, Five By Five, Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?, Darla, The Trial, Reunion, Reprise, Fredless, Billy, Lullaby, Waiting In The Wings, Loyalty, Sleep Tight, Forgiving, The Price, A New World, Benediction, Tomorrow, Deep Down, Soulless, Calvary, Orpheus, Inside Out, The Magic Bullet, Peace Out, Home, Lineage, Soul Purpose, A Hole In The World, Shells, Origin, Time Bomb & Not Fade Away.
That franchise really comes down to these episodes for me.
Up for consideration would be these episodes:
Roswell: The Pilot, 285 South, Toy House, The Convention, Independence Day, Max To The Max, The White Room, Destiny, Summer Of '47, Harvest, Wipeout!, A Roswell Christmas Carol, How The Other Half Lives, Viva Las Vegas, Cry Your Name, The Departure, Michael, The Guys And The Great Snapple Caper, Samuel Rising, I Married An Alien, Panacea, Chant Down Babylon, Four Aliens And A Baby & Graduation.
Heroes: Seven Minutes To Midnight, Homecoming, Six Months Ago, Fallout, Unexpected, Company Man, The Hard Part, How To Stop An Exploding Man, Kindred, Four Months Ago..., Cautionary Tales, Truth And Consequences, Powerless, The Second Coming, The Butterfly Effect, One Of Us, One Of Them, I Am Become Death, Angels And Monsters, Villains, It's Coming, The Eclipse, pts. 1 & 2, Our Father, Dual, Shades Of Gray, Into Asylum, Turn And Face The Strange, I Am Sylar & An Invisible Thread.
I Love Lucy: a general blast through favorite Desi Arnaz musical and linguistic humor segments.
I'd definitely have Amadeus, Elvis: That's the Way it is, Elvis on Tour (get it on DVD already!) and Aloha from Hawaii as some of the last things I'd want in my memory as I go out.
And I would make a few compilations of my favorite Elvis ballads (heavily '70s material) and play several favorite sections of Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor and Die Zauberflöte.
A few other movies like the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, American Graffiti, Freaks, Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers), Grease, The Sound of Music, a few Disney films like Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc..., Hocus Pocus, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Boys Town, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Princess Bride, Jailhouse Rock, Live a Little, Love a Little, etc... are what I'd also choose to watch.
It's largely what I watch anyways. I'd have to have a few old favorites, a few childhood loves of mine, a bit of sad beauty and a bit of fun.
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God, I wish they'd bring it out on DVD.
Well, who's to say you aren't watching these with your loved ones?
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