Rush Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Mine kuds watch only one guy so far and it is Mr. Bean. Maybe he is not exactly what you are looking for, but he is kind, although not everytime very gentle😊 and he gets really smart ideas to solve the problems and of course he is very funny. According to the psychos all smart ppl should watch it 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condessa Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) A Series of Unfortunate Events (the original movie was awful, but the recent Netflix series was great) Doogie Howser The smart kid in Newsies is nice and normal And another vote for Star Trek: The Next Generation Indiana Jones (Maybe not the Temple of Doom) Edited February 1, 2019 by Michelle Conde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 My family has enjoyed The Great British Baking Show. There are always highly intelligent, creative, and supportive contestants. I am thinking of Season 5, in particular, where there was a likable Med Student named James. Paul Hollywood, one of the judges, is smart about baking and earns the contestants respect. With it so cold recently, it is nice to consider the list of shows for my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 We tended to watch boxed sets of oldies like Lost in Space at that age. The kids were laughing yesterday that the only live TV they ever watched growing up were cooking shows (Bake Off that a pp mentioned and the BBC Masterchef) and game shows. University challenge appears to be on YouTube and was a huge favorite. My kids also loved a game show called Pointless, where you try for the least common right answer, also British and on You tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) On 12/25/2018 at 7:38 PM, mathnerd said: Forgot to mention the "How to train your dragon" series: Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk, Race to the Edge. They portray a main character and his pet dragon and their relationship with each other as well as their team of do-gooders - spinoffs of the books by Cressida Crowell. Another option are the umpteen Pokemon TV serials - Ash Ketchum is kind, persevering, talented and ambitious and loves his pokemon. My kids (daughter and son) love the How to train a dragon series (though we haven't been able to find them all on DVD) BUT.. the only thing they seem to have in common with the books are the names. We tried reading the books. If you like Science Fiction -- how about Babylon 5? Edited February 7, 2019 by vonfirmath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 5:37 PM, GailV said: Just popping in to say that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the original Sherlock as a cocaine user and a jerk, so it would be rare to find any version anywhere that meets your criteria. My personal votes for are for Star Trek Next Gen or else Enterprise. I don't remember either of these from my readings of the books. I need to go back and re-read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 5 hours ago, vonfirmath said: My kids (daughter and son) love the How to train a dragon series (though we haven't been able to find them all on DVD) BUT.. the only thing they seem to have in common with the books are the names. We tried reading the books. If you like Science Fiction -- how about Babylon 5? Netflix has all the TV episodes if you are still looking for How to Train your dragon series ... The TV series are spinoffs and have their own storylines ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 11 hours ago, vonfirmath said: I don't remember either of these from my readings of the books. I need to go back and re-read. I really like Sherlock, but he's definitely a jerk and a druggy. Maybe not in *every* story, but overall... lol. I had to re-read it as an adult as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 17 hours ago, mathnerd said: Netflix has all the TV episodes if you are still looking for How to Train your dragon series ... The TV series are spinoffs and have their own storylines ... Good to know. We don't have Netflix though. We have DVDs for all of the Riders of Berk season and 1 DVD for Defenders of Berk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawnmoscato Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The Librarians feature smart, cool characters. Same goes for Warehouse 13. Neither are gory, but do show some fighting and violence since they are both mystery/detective type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? She’s portrayed as shy and a bit of a misfit in the beginning, but less so throughout the show and downright cool in later seasons. She’s sympathetic and a great friend throughout. (Well, there’s like two episodes in a later season where she goes bad, but it’s specifically shocking because it’s so far out of character.) Giles is also portrayed as very smart, though somewhat stuffy; he loosens up through the seasons. They won’t ever think of Giles as cool, but he’s not portrayed as “off” in any way either, just an adult in a teenager’s world. It’s about a vampire slayer, but the violence is tame and usually against monsters, and never gory. No sexual violence, though there are details about second season you may want to know ahead of time. I can’t remember any drinking or drug use, but I might not have paid attention; it’s definitely not a theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 14 hours ago, Jackie said: No sexual violence, though there are details about second season you may want to know ahead of time. I can’t remember any drinking or drug use, but I might not have paid attention; it’s definitely not a theme. DH and I just watched the entire show all the way through last year. Spike drinks in many, many episodes, so much that if I were an artist drawing him, I'd have him in his black trench coat, with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of liquor in the other. In either season 5 or 6 Spike tries to rape Buffy in her bathroom. In another episode Buffy and another woman end up switching bodies and the other woman sleeps with Buffy's boyfriend. Since he thinks it's her, but it isn't, by modern conventions it's rape since he didn't consent to sleep with the other woman who just happened to be in Buffy's body. Willow becomes downright evil part way through the show. This culminates with her flaying one of her enemies while he is still alive. She has him tied up to trees, arms and spread out wide, and then the viewers see him without his skin because she has ripped it all off. Another character, Anya, is a former demon who spent centuries getting revenge for scorned women against their former lovers. Anya struggles to adjust to becoming human. While she does adjust, there are scenes of her getting revenge on men that may not be what the OP is looking for in a show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 9 hours ago, JumpyTheFrog said: DH and I just watched the entire show all the way through last year. Spike drinks in many, many episodes, so much that if I were an artist drawing him, I'd have him in his black trench coat, with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of liquor in the other. In either season 5 or 6 Spike tries to rape Buffy in her bathroom. In another episode Buffy and another woman end up switching bodies and the other woman sleeps with Buffy's boyfriend. Since he thinks it's her, but it isn't, by modern conventions it's rape since he didn't consent to sleep with the other woman who just happened to be in Buffy's body. Willow becomes downright evil part way through the show. This culminates with her flaying one of her enemies while he is still alive. She has him tied up to trees, arms and spread out wide, and then the viewers see him without his skin because she has ripped it all off. Another character, Anya, is a former demon who spent centuries getting revenge for scorned women against their former lovers. Anya struggles to adjust to becoming human. While she does adjust, there are scenes of her getting revenge on men that may not be what the OP is looking for in a show. Nearly all of this is season 6. The show did get a lot darker and rougher that season than it had ever been. I wish they had let the show end with season 5, when they had a perfectly good stopping point and we’re changing networks. Spike does drink and smoke, but as a soulless demon, he’s hardly meant as a role model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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