DVD Box sets

I am thinking of ordering a couple so that I have something to watch in the evenings, I don't watch much TV so I have no idea which to choose but these are the two I rather fancy, any comments on these would be really useful also any suggestions would be good too, prefer drama to comedy.

The Sopranos (I really liked James Gandolfini}

Downton Abbey

Val

 

I really loved Desperate Housewives and I didn't think I would!! Maybe you could watch an episode of it on youtube to see if you like it?

 

Ive not looked into it yet but i mean to as lovefilm as been recommended to me by a few people,im not sure how huge the library is but for £9.99 pm it sounded appealing,i dont watch much tv,gardeners world,masterchef & the paradise does me.
It might be worth checking out for getting full series on there instead of buying dvd sets which can be more exoensive coming up to xmas x

 

I recommend the series Homeland.

 

Never seen The Sopranos, so can't comment on that one, Val.

Downtown Abbey:
Never saw the first series, but have watched all the rest.

Pleasant upstairs/downstairs style period drama which draws you into the lives of the family, their servants, the relationship between the two and gives a 'feel' for the attitudes of the time.

The voice of the character, 'Mary', is something I can only take in small doses. It is bland, tedious, droning and gets on my wick!

Maggie Smith absolutely *makes* it, for me. Her character is guaranteed to make me LOL at times: almost worth enduring 'Mary's' monotone voice for. Almost.

 

I started to watch the 1st series after the 2nd series started, to see what all the fuss was about, and I do like Damien Lewis, hated it

 

The Sopranos is one of my favourite programmes and I still watch box sets now. 24 with Kiefer Sutherland is also worth a look.

Rusty

 

@fat controller, that is very kind of you, but I'm afraid I'm not that up to date!! I don't download films yet I still have my 36" analogue TV and a DVD player, the picture on the TV is SO good I really don't want to part with it!!

Val

 

Breaking Bad, best tv show ever.

Arrested Development/The Office US best comedies ever.

Sure you can get them all in a boxset format!

 

i don't watch much telly either Val (if at all tbh) but like you i do enjoy watching a good show of an evening...& by evening i really mean at ridiculously late hours of the night ) im not one for sleeping as you might notice (its nearly 5.00 am as i type!) anyhoo i second Breaking Bad, seriously one of the very best shows, ever some of my fav shows would be.....

Game Of Thrones
Dexter
The Walking Dead
Dead Wood

if you like your mystery "who dunnit's" then i recommend.......

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (the 1984 Tv series)
Poirot

 

Why's that?

 

I think I found the plot hard to follow, and to be honest it`s one of those programmes where the cast mutter, probably why I couldn`t follow the plot, it`s filmed in darkened rooms, another American idea, I only have limited hearing and both these things make it hard, I lip read to a degree, and if I cannot see them I lose the plot. and interest.