Board 8 > Buffy, Charmed, or X-Files?

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Which of these should I make a conscious effort to watch on Netflix (but ultimately get burned out on before finishing the first season)?

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Buffy or X-Files

Probably Buffy

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X-Files, since it was the only one of those three I didn't actively sleep through.

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I'll give it to Buffy (best), but X-Files is a great show too. Not as consistent as Buffy over 9 seasons (in case you didn't hear, Mulder isn't on the show that much last two seasons).

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So nobody likes Charmed?

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Kiwi

You wouldn't like Charmed. The girls on that show are over 14.

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Charmed is one of my favorite shows. Three seasons from the end it starts dropping in quality pretty quickly though. The last season feels like a spin-off.

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Buffy. Then X-files. Then Charmed if you feel you must.

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Buffy is awesome (you kind of have to put up with 90% of the first season being terrible to get to the awesome though). Also if you get to season 4 make sure to start watching Angel alongside it since there are cross overs (and Angel is also a good show).

X-Files is pretty okay too.

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Well the skirts she wears in season 1 are enough to make me enjoy it.

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Kiwi

I love Charmed, but it's not the kind of show anyone would enjoy I guess, it's kind of "cheesy" at times. Besides, the final season and the ending felt really forced.

Buffy is a show I liked a tad bit less but I'd feel more comfortable recommending, it's very enjoyable. Never got to see more than single episodes of X-Files.

I still haven't decided.

I did watch another episode of X Files, though, episode 4.

I was amazed how the episode ended with him saying "I want to believe." He's talking about his sister disappearing/being abducted.

So is that what the movie they made a few years ago is about? Harkening back to this line way back in the beginning of the show? That's amazing if it is. I had just assumed it was Scully, who after all these years "wants to believe," but still can't until she is abducted herself, or something.

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Buffy

end of discussion.

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Yeah, I'm liking Buffy the most.

Still wanna know about that X Files line though.

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Kiwi

X-Files is the best. It's a great show.

"I Want To Believe" is just a tagline for the series that obviously crosses over into Mulder's psyche too.

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For the record, X-Files gets great in a season or two. At first it's good but not amazing.

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I would recommend x-files to someone i like

you should watch charmed

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"I Want To Believe" is the shows tagline; pretty prevalent in pop culture (well, especially during the 90s). One of the taglines at least, probably not as much as "The Truth Is Out There" I guess. If you watch the show you'll note the line you're referring to is on a poster in Mulder's office of a UFO, where on it the line is written out.

X-Files is the most acclaimed of the shows I think, and in my opinion it is the best television show of all time. No show is without its faults, but for a good chunk of its run it is a wonderful show. It's not even a bad show without Mulder, though obviously it isn't as good or anything, but I'd still rank it above these other two even through seasons 8 and 9.

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I haven't seen X-Files or Charmed, but I have seen Buffy and Angel. Both are great shows. Many will claim that Angel is the better show, but that's only true when comparing it to seasons 6 and 7 of Buffy, where the plot and characters get a little... ehhhhhhhh. Not to say that seasons 6 and 7 are bad (even if they were bad, Once More With Feeling would completely make up for it), though.

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vcharon posted...
X-Files is the most acclaimed of the shows I think

No, Buffy clearly is. Not that The X-Files isn't highly acclaimed as well,. You're just more likely to find people who say Buffy is the better show. Both are two of my favorites. I grew up watching The X-Files so there's a lot of nostalgia for me but even then it still holds up.

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I haven't seen X-Files or Charmed, but I have seen Buffy and Angel. Both are great shows. Many will claim that Angel is the better show, but that's only true when comparing it to seasons 6 and 7 of Buffy, where the plot and characters get a little... ehhhhhhhh. Not to say that seasons 6 and 7 are bad (even if they were bad, Once More With Feeling would completely make up for it), though.

The way I see it, Angel is more consistent but Buffy has better highs when it does hit them.

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