PSYCHOcatholic Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Whats your favorite Mini series? Any mini series you have seen? Any thoughts about mini series? Lol, im tryin to fire up conversation in Films and Music. It seems to be dying. So...lets talk Mini Series! My favorite mini series of all time is The Tenth Kingdom. It would be followed up by Taken by Steven Speilburg. Then...Band of Brothers. :happybanana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Rich Man, Poor Man Roots Taken The Langoliers No, sorry. Shaka Zulu didn't make my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I, Claudius and V :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Yes X, V was excellent. I wonder how many other good ones I've forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 The Winds Of War -- Robert Mitchum, as Victor "Pug" Henry . :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 That's a great book. Roots Lonesome Dove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansgirl319 Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 For pure 80's over-the-topness: Lace Phoebe Cates changes her accent every other sentence, and when she says "Which one of you sluts is my mother?" I get all "ooh it's on now girlfriends!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Lace? I've never heard of that one, rcgirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 For pure 80's over-the-topness: Lace Phoebe Cates changes her accent every other sentence, and when she says "Which one of you sluts is my mother?" I get all "ooh it's on now girlfriends!" This one is good, but I thought it was a tv movie instead of a series. The look of the whole movie is very 80s: neon and pastels galore. For a moment I thought Brian DePalma directed this, but it was some unknown director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Whats your favorite Mini series? The "Porky's" trilogy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Ones that haven't been listed: Beatles Anthology The Thorn Birds North & South Joan of Arc The Stand It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 "Masada" -- Peter O'toole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Thanks Elvish. Please add The Stand to my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reen402002 Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 My favorite one is "The 10th Kingdom" also loved Scruples Lace :happybanana: Woman of Substance Leprechans It (freaky) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 The original Forsyth Saga (with Susan Hampshire) Shogun Masada The Stand The Oneidin Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Kat WQAQ98.1 Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 My favorite one is "The 10th Kingdom 10th Kingdom wins hands down! I have it on DVD and have stayed up till all hours of the morning with my roommate watching it in its entirety. I also like: I, Claudis (flashbacks to Latin class in HS) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (well, since other people put movie groups in) Indiana JOnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Roots. I remember they did a funny miniseries called "Fresno" that centered around the raisin industry. It was supposed to be a spoof of prime-time soaps. I watched it all, but never cared for it. They reran it later with a laugh track, and that made it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneTim Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Band of Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 The upcoming "Into The West" looks interesting, in a "Centennial" kind of way. Then there's "Foyle's War" and "Island at War" for those pondering the grey parts of The Greatest Generation's biggest challenge. Speaking of long form Miniseries, NHK of Japan turns out 18-52 episode historical dramas from their past. A previous one concerned the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate/the Samurai class in the 19th century through the exploits of a group of "regulators" who were known as "Shinesengumi." The current Taiga drama pits two noble families against each other in a "War of the Roses"-like struggle in the 12th Century by examining the life of the youngest Genji/Minamoto brother, the dashing military genius "Yoshitsune." Speaking of not-exactly foreign miniseries, how about PBS' Gonzalez' family tales in "The American Family"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I like those Japanese dramas. Not the historical ones, but the regular 30-50 episode shows they air. The writers are clearly superior to anything Hollywood has turned out in decades. They have a way of getting the viewer involved in the fictional lives of the characters. The manga artists are almost as effective. I will mention one more production from the US: Wild Palms. Very weird, very in the style of Lynch's Twin Peaks. I liked it despite having Jim Belushi in the lead Australia's Spellbinder and Canada's Degrassi rank pretty high up there. These were television shows, but with an ending. Last, but not least, the best animated series to come from the 80s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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