Horrible original movie?

Horrible original movie?!

Them's fightin' words.

Another recommendation: Eureka! on Sci Fi

I'm with GD on this one. While the movie was different (particularly, it was much darker than the series), it was good. Not great, but still quite good.

OK, so it's not horrible. (Just not my favorite.) But talk to me when you've seen the first three seasons of the TV show and we'll see which you think is superior.

I'll take the LPSE side.

Also the first season of Heroes was incredibly well written (the book is still out on Season 2). Battlestar Gallactica, The Wire, The Shield, Arrested Development, Deadwood, The Sopranos, etc., all are recent examples of great writing.

Darker? I don't see that at all, really. Less funny, that I see. But even in its comic moments, the series was pretty dark, too.

I watched the entire first season. Admittedly, that's not the first 3 seasons, but it was enough for me not to watch season 2.

Never seen an episode of the show but the movie was a stinker.

Good shows:

Lost
Heros
Jericho (coming back in Jan. All episodes are already filmed)
Gray's Anatomy
Private Practice (Gray's spin off)
House
Bones
The 4400
The Office
My Name is Earl
L&O SVU
30 Rock
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Arrested Development(until they were prematurely canceled)
I'll still put 24 up there even if it is predictable now.

The one positive about the strike is that shows are being given a chance to air before they are yanked. Perhaps a few new shows will now have time to develop an audience; instead of being pulled after 3 weeks and so-so rating.

I'll see your Arrested Development and I'll raise you Freaks and Geeks.