Favorite TV mini series

[Father Ted]

Mine is Band of Brothers. What a great story (even if it's a little off the mark). Great acting and action.

Others I've liked:
Roots
North and South

[whirlwind]

Shogun

[Foosinho]

Hands down, Band of Brothers.

Also really enjoyed From the Earth to the Moon.

[cosmosRIP]

The Singing Detective

[billyireland]

Definitely Band of Brothers

[amerifolklegend]

Originally posted by whirlwind
Shogun

Nothing will ever compare to Shogun. Nothing.

Very few motion pictures compare to Shogun.

Simply the best mini-series that will ever be made.

[TheWakeUpBomb]

Band of Brothers is better than Shogun.

[Dante]

Originally posted by TheWakeUpBomb
Band of Brothers is better than Shogun.

What he said!

[amerifolklegend]

Originally posted by TheWakeUpBomb
Band of Brothers is better than Shogun.

Have you seen Shogun?

I am old enough to have watched them both and can really honestly not understand how anyone that watched them both could possibly believe that.

Band of Brothers is easily up there near Shogun, but Shogun was just phenominal.

Of course to each his own, I suppose. I think we can all agree that there's Shogun, Band of Brothers and Roots as the top three and not a single other miniseries close to them.

Of course, I do have a hard time calling Band of Brothers a mini-series in the first place. It was pretty much a full season of shows. But that's really just semantics.

[TheWakeUpBomb]

Originally posted by amerifolklegend
Have you seen Shogun?

I am old enough to have watched them both and can really honestly not understand how anyone that watched them both could possibly believe that.Sadly, I can admit to being old enough to watch it when it came on the first time. And then again later (although its easily been 15 years since I've seen it).

It was good, but I thought Band of Brothers was better. Your points with regard to BOB are well-taken, though. Let's face it - it was made with HBO money, Tom Hanks as a producer, uncensored and without commercials. So, yeah, it definitely has some advantages that Shogun can't match.
Of course to each his own, I suppose. I think we can all agree that there's Shogun, Band of Brothers and Roots as the top three and not a single other miniseries close to them. What about V? Or the sequel to V? :D

So long as no one mentions those horribly boring Herman Wouk miniseries (The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, I think).

EDIT: Good news, AFL. Shogun (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000A2ZNX/104-1002129-2866317?v=glance) comes to DVD in September.

Also, I've never actually seen Rich Man, Poor Man. Is it worthy?

[amerifolklegend]

Originally posted by TheWakeUpBomb
EDIT: Good news, AFL. Shogun (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000A2ZNX/104-1002129-2866317?v=glance) comes to DVD in September.

Oh, that's rockin', man. Thanks.

Also, I've never actually seen Rich Man, Poor Man. Is it worthy?

I never saw it either.

(Of course, I don't like to let petty details like not having seen something get in the way of tossing my opinions on a subject out there. :D )

[DoctorJones24]

A somewhat comprehensive list...
Some goods ones that are missing:
V
Tales of the City
It
The Stand

http://www.libertocracy.com/Transfer/Articles/culture/entertainment/movies/miniseries.htm

Davy Crockett (1955) Disney
Saga of Andy Burnett, The (1957) (TV) Disney
Texas John Slaughter (1958) Disney
Elfego Baca, The (1958) (TV) Disney
Swamp Fox (1959) Disney
Daniel Boone (1960) Disney
Adventures of Gallagher, The (1964) Disney
Forsyte Saga, The (1967)
First Churchills, The (1969) Masterpiece Theater
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) Masterpiece Theater
Elizabeth R (1971) Masterpiece Theater
Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (1971) Masterpiece Theater
Tom Brown's School Days (1972) Masterpiece Theater
Edwardians, The (1972) (TV) Masterpiece Theater
Strauss Family, The (1972)
Anne of Green Gables (1972) BBC
War and Peace (1973) Anthony Hopkins
Pallisers, The (1974)
Marie-Antoinette (1975)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1975)
Edward the King (1975)
Poldark (1975) BBC
Adams Chronicles, The (1976)
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Young Pioneers, The (1976)
Our Mutual Friend (1976) Masterpiece Theater
I, Claudius (1976) Masterpiece Theater
Dickens of London (1976) Masterpiece Theater
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Roots (1977) - Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
How the West Was Won (1977)
Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977)
Centennial (1978)
Kidnapped (1978)
Wuthering Heights (1978)
Lillie (1978) Langtry
Wheels (1978) Arthur Hailey
Holocaust (1978)
King (1978)
Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978) Masterpiece Theater
Against the Wind (1978)
Disraeli (1979) Masterpiece Theater
Pride and Prejudice (1979) Masterpiece Theater
Crime and Punishment (1979) Masterpiece Theater
Last Convertible, The (1979)
Ike (1979)
Seekers, The (1979)
Chisholms, The (1979)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
Beulah Land (1980)
Scruples (1980)
Shogun (1980)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1980) Masterpiece Theater
To Serve Them All My Days (1980) Masterpiece Theater
Flame Trees of Thika, The (1981) Masterpiece Theater
East of Eden (1981)
Manions of America, The (1981)
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) Masterpiece T.
Masada (1981)
Brideshead Revisited (1982)
Blue and the Gray, The (1982)
Thorn Birds, The (1983)
Winds of War, The (1983)
Wagner (1983)
Chiefs (1983)
Mansfield Park (1983)
By the Sword Divided (1983) Masterpiece Theater
Woman of Substance, A (1983) - Hold the Dream (1986) - To Be the Best (1992)
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1984) Masterpiece Theater
George Washington (1984)
Sun Also Rises, The (1984)
First Olympics: Athens 1896, The (1984)
Ellis Island (1984)
Mistral's Daughter (1984)
Last Days of Pompeii, The (1984)
Far Pavilions, The (1984)
Barchester Chronicles, The (1984)
Lace (1984)
Shaka Zulu (1984)
Bleak House (1985) Masterpiece Theater
Oliver Twist (1985)
Space (1985)
Kane & Abel (1985)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
North and South (1985)
Evergreen (1985)
A.D. (1985)
Tender Is the Night (1985)
Anne of Green Gables (1985) - Anne of Avonlea (1987)
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985) (TV) Masterpiece T.
Northanger Abbey (1986) (TV) Masterpiece Theater
Sins (1986)
Monte Carlo (1986) (TV)
Peter the Great (1986)
Dream West (1986)
Lost Empires (1986)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
Crossings (1986)
Race for the Bomb (1986)
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986)
I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987)
Fortunes of War (1987)
Amerika (1987)
Prodigious Mr. Hickey, The (87) Lawrenceville Stories, The (88)
Fortunate Pilgrim, The (1988) Mario Puzo - Sophia Loren
Secret of the Sahara, The (1988)
Noble House (1988) James Clavell
Hemingway (1988)
Tale of Two Cities, A (1989)
Great Expectations (1989)
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Lonesome Dove (1989) - Dead Man's Walk (1996) - Streets of Laredo (1995) Larry McMurtry
War and Remembrance (1989)
Till We Meet Again (1989) Judith Krantz
Elvis (1990)
Kennedys of Massachusetts, The (1990)
Lucky/Chances (1990) Jackie Collins
Adam Bede (1991) (TV) Masterpiece Theater
Woman Named Jackie, A (1991)
Joseph Conrad (1991)
Don Quijote de la Mancha (1992)
Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV) 15 movies
Queen (1993) Alex Haley
Scarlet & Black (1993)
J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993) (mini)
Maharaja's Daughter, The (1994)
Scarlett (1994)
Texas (1994) (TV) James Michener
Old Curiosity Shop, The (1994)
Middlemarch (1994) Masterpiece Theater
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) Masterpiece Theater
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Buccaneers, The (1995) Masterpiece Theater
Woman of Independent Means, A (1995)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1995)
Rhodes (1996)
Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The (1996)
Nostromo (1996)
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, The (1996) (TV)
Emma (1997)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997/II)
Last Don, The (1997) Mario Puzo
Painted Lady (1997)
Ivanhoe (1997)
Horatio Hornblower (1998) (TV) 6 movies
Comte de Monte Cristo, Le (1998) Gerard Depardu
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1998)
Vanity Fair (1998)
Seasons of Love (1998)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Wedding, The (1998)
Our Mutual Friend (1998) Masterpiece Theater
Aristocrats (1999) Masterpiece Theater
P.T. Barnum (1999)
Wives and Daughters (1999) Masterpiece Theater
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, The (1999)
'60s, The (1999)
Nuremberg (2000)
Anna Karenina (2000) BBC
10th Kingdom, The (2000)
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2000)
Way We Live Now, The (2001) Masterpiece Theater
Fidel (2001)
Rose Red (2002)
Dinotopia (2002)
Napoléon (2002)
Johnson County War (2002)

[Motterman]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24

Shaka Zulu (1984)

That was quite good.

[oman]

You kids are insane.

Lonesome Dove. Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones are only the best in this series that had about 10 other great acting jobs.

The problem with Shogun, if memory serves, is that the lead character, whathisname, is just not very good.

Contrast that with the banter between Duvall and Jones, just the sitting around talking which was fantastic, and then add all the other performances.
Robert Duvall .......... Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Tommy Lee Jones ........ Woodrow F Call
Danny Glover ........... Joshua Deets
Robert Urich ........... Jake Spoon
Diane Lane ............. Lorena Wood
Frederic Forrest ....... Blue Duck
Rick Schroder .......... Newt Dobbs
D.B. Sweeney ........... Dish Boggett
Anjelica Huston ........ Clara Allen
Chris Cooper ........... July Johnson
Tim Scott .............. Pea Eye Parker
Barry Corbin ........... Roscoe Brown
William Sanderson ...... Lippy Jones
Barry Tubb ............. Jasper Fant
Glenne Headly .......... Elmira


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"Newt, you watch fer them cottonmouths, y'eer."

[YanksFC]

I'd have to agree with Shogun, Roots, and Lonesome Dove. All top notch.

[Motterman]

North and South

But my real faves are A&E's Horatio Hornblower series...

[Scarface]

It
The Stand

[Barca girl]

Mine's probably Taken.

[Nolan]

The only thing I remember about North and South is when (random moment) Patrick Swayze started crying and this long string of snot came out. Anyone remember that?

Band of Brothers and Lonesome Dove are my favorites. Haven't seen Shogun.

I wish someone would make a miniseries or movie about the Negro Leagues (baseball).

[Motterman]

Originally posted by Nolan
The only thing I remember about North and South is when (random moment) Patrick Swayze started crying and this long string of snot came out. Anyone remember that?

Shogun.



From North and South - when that black dude asks Kirstie Alley, "You wants to "lay" with me?" :)

And from Shogun, when that Japanese dude pisses on Richard Chamberlain. :D