TOP 5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS.
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 21:35
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Am I the only person here who actually liked "Game Over"? And I saw only two episodes.
Normally I reject all cartoons, but that was computer-animated, so better.
.......Ruxton
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This is so hard as many people have already said.
1. Firefly
2. Inuyasha
3. Angel
4. West Wing
5. Buffy
least favorite: reality shows
Dana
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american tv:
1. Buffy (especially season 4-6)
2. Millennium (season 1)
3. The Sopranos (season 3,4)
4. Twin Peaks (season 2)
5. Babylon 5 (season 3-5)
Hon. Mention: Firefly (it has the highest potential of any show, but it didn't get to achieve its potential), Six Feet Under, Angel, Homicide: Life on the Street, 24, Xfiles
non-american tv (or maybe I should just call it 'episodic film' rather than tv):
Decalogue
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Serial Experiments: Lain
His and Her Circumstances
The Newsroom
Kino's Journey
Twitch City
This is Wonderland
Cowboy Bebop
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Originally posted by Idefix:
I see Angel as an 'addendum' of sorts to Buffy. not that great but good enough to watch and in no way too different from the main story. I don't know I kinda like most of the time (I've only seen it up to mid season 3 so far) but don't see it as a series of it's own.
I'm sure people have told you this, but Angel doesn't really spark until the last half of season 3. In my opinion the best seasons are 4 and 5, and are ridiculously far 'above' anything they did before that (and are about as unique as you can get). By the beginning of season 3 I'd definitely call it it's own show, though ...not as good as Buffy, but it does many things that Buffy could never do, deals with cliches and movie-history for its own sake, explores a fantasy world in more fantastical terms than Buffy could (because Buffy is always a metaphor ...which is good of course, but Angel is different). And Angel is probably the most 'cinematic' series I've ever seen ...every week it manages to create a 'movie' feel, that sense of the epic and of the 'pretty' visual. It's a unique experiement, because Angel is a world where there are truly no rules and no reasons (and that's actually a deep 'truth' that the characters have to deal with ...that sense of indifference and randomness in the universe ...it's one of the deeper expressions of joss's atheism and existentialism) ...the writers decided to 'do whatever they want', and they took that to the max. a little bit like Farscape, actually, though Farscape takes the 'insane' side of that to much further extremes.
What's fun about season 4 is that it's one big continuously building story, that seems to keep rolling out of control, which I've only seen on 24 and season 4 of Babylon 5 (and needless to say it's a crazier and more interesting story than 24).
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5. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" "Trek"'s Angel. Dark, broody and ballsy, this was easily the best cast trek ever had, and the most shades of gray in an otherwise pristine franchise. Rock on.
4. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" because through season three, it was bold, brassy and a blast. It may have, in my opinion, slacked off a bit, but it started the genius Whedon emipre, and that gives it points.
3. "Firefly" this should be ties with "Angel", but it didn't have the time it needed to truly develop.
2. "Angel" because it did things with characters that stunned me, things with plot that blew me away, and . . . oh, yeah, it had the greatest tv character ever: Wes. All in all, this show had more balls than I thought any show could, defying all conventions to create one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.
1. "Star Trek" because it was the original ballsy series, sparking all of the greatness that "Firefly" eventually reaped. People can debate me this, but this series has withstood the test of time, and despite the seemingly bad special effects and oft-corny dialogue, this baby was visionary and bold once upon its time, and after twenty years, there are still moments in it that can amaze.
"Once, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say, 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.'"
"I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor."
"Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mister Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork . . ."
-McCoy and Spock
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Originally posted by heb:
Oooh! Another Black books fan! I love Dylan Moran!
I'm seeing him live. In 6 days time.
Just had to gloat :>
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1. Firefly - without a doubt. I have never had an emotional investment this strong in a television show. When you have me cheering along with the show, yelling at the television, you've done good.
2. Angel/Buffy - as said before, they exist in the same universe, so they could be considered the same show... ok, I just didn't want to rank one above the other so I put them together, OK! Both were fun to watch grow-up and evolve, which makes me sad that Firefly never had that chance.
3. The Simpsons - Seasons 2-7 hold a special place in my heart that, despite the fact that I don't watch it any more and disown the last 7 years of the show, I can still watch an episode I've seen a dozen times and still laugh.
4. Seinfeld - what the Simpsons should have done - quit while they were still good. Seinfeld started to get really whacky in the end, but they were a good kinda whacky. A kind of whacky that is funny for one or two seasons, but not for anything longer. Again, I can watch any episode, even if I've seen it time and time again, and still laugh.
5. CSI - it fills the void now.
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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
1. Buffy
2. Angel
3. Firefly
4. Miami Vice
5. Seinfeld
I might be the only person in the 'verse that has fond memories of Miami Vice. I hope they make a big budget movie with all the original actors and maybe somone like Johnny Depp as a Miami drug lord. But I might be the only person in the theater.
I would pay full ticket price to see a Miami Vice movie, I loved that show...even though I forgot to put it on my list. May not be one of the best, but it was a fine show for the times and a movie would be awesome.
So long as it wasn't a movie like Charley's Angels or Starsky and Hutch where they were basically mocking the originals. Don't get me wrong I like the Charlie's Angels movies and haven't seen S&H, I like satire, but I view them as kinda an alternate reality, same name maybe but not the continuation of a show and possibly not exisiting on the same planet. If they camped up Miami Vice I don't think I could handle it. Leave my childhood alone you Hollywood hacks!
Ahem...in brighter news, they're making a new Knight Rider movie. With Hasselhoff (okay Baywatch sucked and his singing is best not mentioned) but he was Michael Knight; unfortunately he's passing the torch to a new Knight, his son...Ben Affleck. I want to weep, but KITT, but Affleck, but Michael Knight, Affleck...as you can see I'm conflicted on this one.
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Originally posted by heb:
Oooh! Another Black books fan! I love Dylan Moran!
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I'm seeing him live. In 6 days time.
Just had to gloat :>.
I saw him live in Swindon a while ago. He was fantastic. We went to the stage door afterwards and he thought we were very odd but he was lovely. Don't tell me he's coming to Oxford and I didn't notice?
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1. Buffy
The first of Joss Whedon's trademark cross-genre shows, featuring the clever wit, beliavable drama and great action we've all come to love. Firefly may have been a contender if it had had the long run it deserved - but I really love the idea of a monster-ass-kicking small blonde and the intelligent use of horror as a metaphoric way of dealing with very real growing-up pains.
2. Firefly
Need I say more? Great characters and humor. You can see how the writers have become a well oiled machine - this is a much smoother ride than Buffy season 1. High quality every time. Firefly is the adult show that Buffy could never really manage to become.
3. Angel
Many fantastic story lines, but this is a bumpy ride - I enjoy every episode but some character developments/story lines just don't seem to hold up to closer scrutiny. Others are of course amazing.
4. Morse
Ok, not a show in the strictest sense, but I did enjoy the dvd boxset with all 33 episodes enormously.
5. Six Feet Under
Black humor and more courageous characterisation than is usual.
I also like some of Ally McBeal, Alias and Xena.
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