Best TV series of the 21st Century, so far.
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UPDATED: Monday, May 19, 2008 03:03
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I can't believe how many here are NOT listing Dark Angel!!! The first season was right up there with Firefly and Buffy for well-written, exciting, funny and intelligent TV!!! The second season, although a step down- due to 9-11, and the tip-toeing around terrorist elements that ensued- still had some brilliant moments!
Y'all need to check it out, boo.
Gotta blaze Chrisisall
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Quote:You know, I tried. I did! I watched a few episodes. I was so completely underwhelmed that I don't even know where to start! Sorry chris... (Maybe I missed something?)
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I can't believe how many here are NOT listing Dark Angel!!!
My list:
Firefly (best)
BSG
Heroes
um... *cough*project runway*cough-cough*
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Quote:You can't just watch a few episodes, Mal, like Firefly or Heroes, you need to see it from the beginning!
Originally posted by mal4prez:
You know, I tried. I did! I watched a few episodes. I was so completely underwhelmed that I don't even know where to start! Sorry chris... (Maybe I missed something?)
Quote:Good list, but, no love for Buffy in the 21st?
My list:
Firefly (best)
BSG
Heroes
Slayerisall
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Oops... correction:
Firefly (best)
BSG
Heroes
Buffy
Angel
although I add those last two without thought as to order... can't order... too hard!
Quote:Hey, I came into Buffy late - no problem! And maybe I didn't watch enough DA to get hooked by the full storyline, but I couldn't stay because I found the characters and episode plots just... blah. You really compare it to Firefly? yikes! I must have missed something!
Originally posted by chrisisall:
You can't just watch a few episodes, Mal, like Firefly or Heroes, you need to see it from the beginning!
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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left
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I'm also of the mindset that LOST isn't the show of the decade so far. People say that it's the only show on the air that's truly reaching for the stars. I'd agree with that, if they didn't spend a season and a half shoving it's metaphysical egghead up it's ass.
Amazingly enough it did manage to get it's head lodged out of it's asscrack halfway through season 3 to actually become something I'm actually excited to see again. But because of that season and a half dry spell, it disqualifies itself from being the "show of the decade" everyone wants it to be.
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Quote:Max, much like Mal, starts off not believing in herself..she's a self-justifying thief, lost, searching for who she is from outside herself, and along the way we find out that she is a hero, although again, like Mal, she'd deny it.
Originally posted by mal4prez:
You really compare it to Firefly? yikes! I must have missed something!
The dialogue is crisp and often ironic or funny, and the humanist social commentary is always there.
Maybe because I'm an only child I really 'get' the search for her 'brothers & sisters'- her only family- in a dark and often unforgiving world.
And she kicks ass really well....
452isall
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Ah, school's finally over, so I have some time to consider my list of faves:
(no particular order other than when they popped into my brain)
1. Firefly (natch)
2. Farscape - LOVED Ben Browder in this role, and appreciated the quirky spin it put on some tried and true sci fi themes. After a while didn't even mind the muppet.
3. CSI - the orig (Vegas-based). Very ingenious show, good tension, love trying to figure out who-dun-it along with the investigators.
4. BSG - I remember watching the original w/Lorne Green back in the day, in all its cheesey wonderfulness, and had to give the updated version a look-see when they aired the mini-series. Was NOT disappointed. Great update.
5. West Wing - some of the best witty snappy banter on TV, and made me go from hating Rob Lowe to loving him.
6. the Osbournes - This show, imho, changed reality TV. Just look at how many knock-offs this show spawned (celebrity-centered day-in-the-life reality). Plus, just gotta love the oz-man! Who knew he was so funny?
7. Mythbusters - so glad someone else added this to the list, too. Jamie & Adam sure know how to make all that science-y stuff entertaining to watch.
8. My Name is Earl - existential angst + Jason Lee = hi-larious!
9. Pushing Daisies - ok, it may be a little soon to tell, but this one takes the cake (pie) for one of the most original concepts on tv in a while. A little Dr. Seuss-ish, a little Tim Burton-ish, dark humor, great cast, and the weirdest sexual tension thing going on.
10. Ok, my mind just went blank. Thought I'd be able to round out my top 10, but after a week of cramming for exams, apparently my brain has decided to shut down now that they are over...
I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...
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Ok I've had time to sleep on it and here's my revised list. Not that anyone really cares.
1. Firefly(for obvious reasons)
2. Mythbusters(Also obvious)
2. Eureka
3. Pushing Daisies(Hilarious and delightfully unique)
4. Chuck(Very funny, silly writing and great charisma between the entire cast)
5. Journeyman(Poor start but very original time travel premise, Quantum Leap was great but this is not the same thing)
6. Stargate Atlantis(I just really like David Hewlett, plus now they got our favorite Canadian actress too)
7. Stargate:SG1(Just a great TV show that rarely fails to entertain)
8. Heroes(Great show sometimes bad others)
9. Farscape(First season was great but slowly slipped after into the ok category)
10. My Name is Earl(I forgot this one again thanks deeplykidding)
11. CSI(The Original, thanks again deeplykidding I can't believe how many shows I forgot the first time around)
12. 90% of the shows on Discovery Channel, Travel Channel and related channels and National Geographic
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
And maybe I didn't watch enough DA to get hooked by the full storyline, but I couldn't stay because I found the characters and episode plots just... blah. You really compare it to Firefly? yikes! I must have missed something!
Ditto. Watched the first several, and aside from the pilot, found them completekly unmemorable.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Amazingly enough it did manage to get it's head lodged out of it's asscrack halfway through season 3 to actually become something I'm actually excited to see again. But because of that season and a half dry spell, it disqualifies itself from being the "show of the decade" everyone wants it to be.
Unless you're the type, like me, who never felt that it lost steam - it's been firing on all cylinders since the first episode. And I love the metaphysical stuff - that's exactly what, along with the intricate plot, elevates it above other dramas.
I very much consider LOTS, along with BSG, the series of the decade - easy.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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