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  1. Sep 17, 2014 #521
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    I was never into BnB and the like. Never had the patience for them. I don't think there was a single cable watching tween or teen girl in India in the early 90's who didn't have a crush on Pierce Brosnan. :)

    I lay the blame for my sci-fi/fantasy obsession squarely on the X-files. :) Still watch old seasons on Netflix whenever I can.
     
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    Me toooo! Careworn for Mulderkins running behind Sammy like Heathcliff for Kathy in "Wuthering Heights". I know she is here! I can feel here! Sammy I'm coming!

    I think there were couple of other preternatural programs — "Extraordinary", "Dark Skies", "Ripley's believe it or not" that transfixed me in front of the television set back then.

    In the recent years, the only sci-fi program I watched (rather followed) is "Fringe", was addictive in the beginning, I lost track after season 3 when alternate universes alternated.
     
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    I hope you don't mind our tête-à-tête on telly Fin_de_siècle!

    Early 90s , when satellite television made inroads to the wide-eyed audience in India, is etched so vividly in my memory. I was one of those kids who used to wake up at 4:00 AM in the first week of cable to watch the cartoons.

    I still remember hypnotized by "Here comes the grump", "Count Dracula", "Pinky Brain", "Dexter's Laboratory" ; rheumy-eyed chubby kid back then sipping milk for one hour against the backdrop of my mom hollering — "A stone idol would lap up the libatory milk faster".

    Great fun back then!
     
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    Is it that time of the year when Diogenes club holds fete to fund-raise MI6 recruitment?

    Shall we send your owl or mine to report attendance here? thinkingsmiley
     
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    There wasn't a lot of good sci-fi on TV back then. X-files was pioneering in a sense and it set the bar very high. There's been a big sci-fi boom on TV in the last decade, but most of it is dumbed down to appeal to the average viewer making it unbearable to us sci-fi fans. Of course, you can't talk about TV sci-fi without mentioning Firefly. Fourteen glorious episodes that I will watch and rewatch until I die. :) I loved every minute of that show, not to speak of my perpetual crush on Nathan Fillion. To me he'll always be the Cap'n, and I will remain a loyal browncoat.

    The rest were all disappointments, some bigger than others. Every Sunday for six years, I invested an hour into the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. And what did I get in return? A deus ex machina! As amazing as the series was, the ending was such a bitter disappointment. You don't lead a sci-fi fan on for six years and then tell them, "God did it"! It was a total cluster****! Excuse my language but just thinking of that last episode makes me raging mad! :rant

    Most other series have been too inane to grab my attention. So for now, reruns of X-files and Firefly are it for me. :)
     
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    Quite the opposite! I am loving it. :)

    Mine too! I still remember that feeling of going back home from school and having something exciting on TV. MASH at 5:00pm and Neighbors at 5:30pm, or was it the other way around. And MTV! I still remember my mom tch-tch'ing and shaking her head every time she caught me watching. It was supposedly the gateway to bad grades and total depravity, which in India are one and the same. :)
     
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    Here's something for you...
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    Wisdom..cruelty..wealth..misery.... the answer to this puzzle had seen it all.

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    Looks like I missed a lot .. I didn't watch much cable TV growing up. MASH - I caught reruns here.. and Remington Steele - I do remember watching a few episodes during summer holidays (I found Remington Steele on hulu :biggrin2:, will watch more of it when I can.. thanks for reminding me of PB)

     
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    Probably busy activating his sleeper assets to plan black-ops against ISIS leadership. I've heard the Internet is quite spotty in Syria and Iraq.
     
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