|
Hello everyone,
having just seen True Detective, I was enamoured mostly be the beautiful Louisiana landscapes.
To familiarise myself a bit better with the US of A before I come over there for a year, I resolved to watch one telly series for every state.
Here's what I already got:
- Joker: The Simpsons
- New York: Seinfeld (NYC)
- Louisiana: True Detective (various)
- Washington: Frasier (Seattle)
- Illinois: Prison Break Season 1
- New Mexico: Breaking Bad (Albu... quirky?)
- Columbia: House of Cards (Washington D. C.)
- Nebraska: South Park (South Park, fictional)
- Indiana: Parks and Recreation (Pawnee, fictional)
- California: Workaholics (Rancho Cucamonga, fictional)
- Florida: Dexter (Miami)
- Pennsylvania: The Office (Scranton)
Can you help me fill out the other 80%?
I'm moving to Stanford, California in October, so presumably I won't make it through forty more series by then.
Cheers bitches! 
|
another for (N.) California, Sons of Anarchy (I actually think I recognize places half the time).
A quick google search turned up several maps with TV shows for each state too..
|
Love that you chose Dexter for Florida!
|
On January 11 2015 20:43 y0su wrote:
another for (N.) California, Sons of Anarchy (I actually think I recognize places half the time).
A quick google search turned up several maps with TV shows for each state too..
I've seen that map, but I don't want to see the most popular show of every state. I don't want to see Jersey Shore, nor Bonanza. I want to combine TL show recommendations with broadening my understanding of American culture.
I can add:
- Minnesota: Fargo (Duluth)
|
South Park is set in Colorado, not Nebraska! You could watch That 70's Show for Wisconsin!
|
On January 11 2015 21:34 NihiLStarcraft wrote:
South Park is set in Colorado, not Nebraska! You could watch That 70's Show for Wisconsin!
good catch
also Rancho Cucamonga is not a fictional city :D
On January 11 2015 20:55 SixStrings wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2015 20:43 y0su wrote:
another for (N.) California, Sons of Anarchy (I actually think I recognize places half the time).
A quick google search turned up several maps with TV shows for each state too.. I've seen that map, but I don't want to see the most popular show of every state. I don't want to see Jersey Shore, nor Bonanza. I want to combine TL show recommendations with broadening my understanding of American culture. I can add: - Minnesota: Fargo (Duluth)
The maps I saw rightly recommended The Supranos for N.J.
Here's two maps that provide some choice as well as a base for discussion...
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55492/most-popular-tv-show-set-each-state
|
Sopranos, I've been meaning to see that for years now!
I think I'm going to replace Frasier with Twin Peaks, since the latter shows much more of the actual state than Frasier does.
|
idk if this one´s correct but 24 is in Los Angeles?
|
New Jersey: The Sopranos
Alaska: Whatever reality television show that has Sarah Palin...
Hawaii: Hawaii 5-0
|
The Wire is set in Baltimore lol
|
On January 11 2015 22:15 farvacola wrote:
The Wire is set in Baltimore lol
Ah pardon my ignorance. I haven't seen it yet and I always think Chicago when I see burning trash cans. 
But that's good news. I'm pretty sure Prison Break is in Chicago, which covers Illinois, and now I've covered Maryland, too.
|
United States24698 Posts
On January 11 2015 22:13 Roybs wrote:
idk if this one´s correct but 24 is in Los Angeles?
Some seasons (e.g., 1) take place in LA. Not the entire series, though.
|
If you're missing any other states, they can probably be found in one of the million CSI or Real Housewives series.
|
Georgia: The Walking Dead
They show a lot of the landscape.
|
hey i grew up in rancho cucamonga; it was quite a rural area when i lived there so keep in mind that a lot of the buildings and development are crazy recent.
some of the shopping centers and buisness parks used to be farmland or fields lol
|
North Dakota: Fargo
Connecticut: Gilmore Girls? lol idk i live in CT there is nothing here.
Virginia/DC: NCIS
|
|
|
Portland: Portlandia
Edit: for beautiful cinematics of the open west you can't get much better than Lonesome Dove. One of the best Western shows ever made easily.
|
Hong Kong9154 Posts
Baltimore (MD): The Wire
Hawaii: Magnum P.I.
Florida: Miami Vice
Colorado: Stargate SG-1
Los Angeles (CA): Baywatch / Beverly Hills 90210
New York City (NY): Friends, Law & Order
Las Vegas (NV): CSI
Boston (MA): Boston Legal / Cheers
Alaska: Deadliest Catch
New Jersey: Jersey Shore
Texas: Walker, Texas Ranger
Rhode Island: Family Guy
|
United States15275 Posts
If you're using Seinfeld as your expectations for New York City, you're going to be disappointed lmao.
Watch The Vampire Diaries or the 2010 season of 16 and Pregnant if you want to see West Virginia. The X-Files only covers so much in that regard.
|
Hong Kong9154 Posts
I will warn you though, TV shows aren't exactly representative of your experience in these states.
|
United States24698 Posts
I think it's also important to remember that where within a state you are can have a more significant impact on the culture/environment than which state you are actually in. Being in the middle of nowhere, upstate New York, is much different than being in midtown Manhattan!
|
Hong Kong9154 Posts
On January 12 2015 06:47 micronesia wrote:
I think it's also important to remember that where within a state you are can have a more significant impact on the culture/environment than which state you are actually in. Being in the middle of nowhere, upstate New York, is much different than being in midtown Manhattan!
Can be even more pronounced in smaller scale, being on Lower East Side is significantly different from being in Queens. Living in Beverly Hills is not the same as living in South Central Los Angeles.
|
Justified - Kentucky (Harlan), although filmed in California.
|
Austria24417 Posts
Hawaii is obviously the Baywatch hawaii thing
|
On January 12 2015 05:52 itsjustatank wrote:
I will warn you though, TV shows aren't exactly representative of your experience in these states.
Of course, but I probably won't be able to visit all the states in person.
On January 12 2015 05:37 CosmicSpiral wrote:
If you're using Seinfeld as your expectations for New York City, you're going to be disappointed lmao.
Why is that? Because it's so outdated?
|
|
|
That's a really cool sounding screen name.
|
On January 12 2015 19:39 SixStrings wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2015 05:52 itsjustatank wrote:
I will warn you though, TV shows aren't exactly representative of your experience in these states. Of course, but I probably won't be able to visit all the states in person. Show nested quote +On January 12 2015 05:37 CosmicSpiral wrote:
If you're using Seinfeld as your expectations for New York City, you're going to be disappointed lmao.
Why is that? Because it's so outdated?
Because there are only so many persnickety Jewish comedians in the city. Might as well watch Sex and the City while you're at it.
|
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
On January 12 2015 10:33 MoonfireSpam wrote:
Justified - Kentucky (Harlan), although filmed in California.
Wait, it was filmed in California!?
My life is a lie...
|
On January 13 2015 06:59 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2015 19:39 SixStrings wrote:On January 12 2015 05:52 itsjustatank wrote:
I will warn you though, TV shows aren't exactly representative of your experience in these states. Of course, but I probably won't be able to visit all the states in person. On January 12 2015 05:37 CosmicSpiral wrote:
If you're using Seinfeld as your expectations for New York City, you're going to be disappointed lmao.
Why is that? Because it's so outdated? Because there are only so many persnickety Jewish comedians in the city. Might as well watch Sex and the City while you're at it.
Haha, perhaps I should go with Louie. Then again, there are probably even fewer Irish-American comedians in NYC.
|
On January 13 2015 07:11 Souma wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2015 10:33 MoonfireSpam wrote:
Justified - Kentucky (Harlan), although filmed in California. Wait, it was filmed in California!? My life is a lie...
Well according to WIkipedia yeah, but only 7 sleeps till season 6 kicks off! :D
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
