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Boxset Recommendations for Christmas

bamboozle · 2010-11-29 15:56:07

any good recommendations for a christmas present of a box set? the person's its for has seen the greats such as the wire, sporanos, deadwood, oz, arrested development, mad men i was wondering if anything has come out recently that's worth picking up?

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29-11-2010 4:56pm

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bamboozle

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any good recommendations for a christmas present of a box set?

the person's its for has seen the greats such as the wire, sporanos, deadwood, oz, arrested development, mad men

i was wondering if anything has come out recently that's worth picking up?

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#2 29-11-2010 5:04pm
Auvers

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the shield
Band of Brothers
Frasier
Seinfeld

oh has he seen Spartacus?

there is only one season but it can hold its head high due to its well contained story arc

all in all a perfect watch for christmas day

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#3 29-11-2010 5:16pm
Otacon

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The West Wing

Its a yearly ritual for me to watch the entire 7 seasons. Fantastic show.

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#4 29-11-2010 6:05pm
Skerries

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Basquille put up a good alert for Alias earlier
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056104365

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#5 29-11-2010 6:10pm
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Spartacus, The Pacific.

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#6 29-11-2010 11:31pm
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The Pacific has been released recently, recommneded.

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#7 29-11-2010 11:58pm
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Spooks, best show on tv imo.

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#8 30-11-2010 12:12am
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Pacific.. best .. and you can be sure that they dont have it already...

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#9 30-11-2010 3:59pm
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I'd recommend Burn Notice (3 seasons) Supernatural (5 seasons) and Justified (1 season)

https://forumofgames.com/

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#10 30-11-2010 4:06pm
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#11 30-11-2010 4:42pm
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30 Rock
Rescue Me
Curb Your Enthuiasm
Modern Family

all great

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#12 30-11-2010 5:13pm
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Breaking Bad is amazing.

I'm loving Sons of Anarchy at the moment too.

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#13 30-11-2010 8:33pm
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24!! - my dads xmas present will be the entire boxset -all 8 seasons. He caught a couple of episodes when id watch it on sky and always wanted to get into it...

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#14 30-11-2010 8:46pm
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Rome is really good

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rome-Complete-HBO-Seasons-DVD/dp/B000UOOVDI/ref=sr_1_7?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1291146242&sr=1-7

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#15 30-11-2010 8:53pm
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Is Spartacus: Blood and Sand out in time for Christmas? Haven't seen it anywhere.

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#16 30-11-2010 8:55pm
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Jenroche wrote: »

Is Spartacus: Blood and Sand out in time for Christmas? Haven't seen it anywhere.

Nope - not out til May apparently

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#17 30-11-2010 9:23pm
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Generation Kill is worth picking up only about £18 on amazon.

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#18 30-11-2010 10:00pm
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cosmic wrote: »

Breaking Bad is amazing.

I'm loving Sons of Anarchy at the moment too.

Breaking Bad definitely. Couldn't recommend Sons of Anarchy though, towards the end of season 2 it starts going downhill and I gave up shortly into season 3.

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#19 03-12-2010 2:49pm
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The Inbetweeners

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#20 03-12-2010 2:56pm
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Sons of Anarchy..

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#21 03-12-2010 7:01pm
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The Thick of It or 15 Storeys High.:)

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#22 03-12-2010 8:27pm
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Breaking Bad is pretty great. The first two seasons of it are anyway.
3 is a bit of a drop in form but that's not even out yet on DVD so I suppose it's besides the point.

Much better than AMC's big money-maker, MadMen.

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#23 03-12-2010 9:53pm
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have to say The Shield gets my vote too. My fav tv series of all time. But a word of warning...its very violent

IT-Crowd is good, and Fr Ted box set is very nicely done even if you have watched them all.

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#24 03-12-2010 10:21pm
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Going by the list you posted I'd say either Sons of Anarchy or The Shield.

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#25 04-12-2010 1:13am
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Modern family is very funny but only in the second series now

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#26 05-12-2010 1:50am
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Supernatural Season 1- 5 @ £54.93 probably one of my favourite TV series surprised no one mention it yet.
Dexter - Seasons 1-3 Complete @ £36.29

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#27 05-12-2010 8:20pm
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Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes boxset.

Expensive but its the best series ever produced by the BBC. Ever.

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#28 05-12-2010 8:26pm
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Dexter
Lost
Battlestar Galactica Blu Ray

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#29 05-12-2010 10:01pm
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Sons of anarchy is excellent

bargain here too at the moment

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056109760

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#30 06-12-2010 12:25am
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Six Feet Under.

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#31 22-12-2010 1:09pm
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HMV doing the entire collection of Six Feet Under for 60 Euro right now.

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