TV Shows. Best of Moments.... Your thoughts please.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:54 PM

Just wanted to try something as regards TV shows and see if a pattern develops or not.

Of the TV shows you watch/have watched - which TV show/shows would you say has the best:

1) Pilot episode?
2) Seasonal Arc? (Which season)
3) Overall characters?
4) Action Sequences ?
5) Comedy?
6) Hero/Heroine ?
7) Villain ?
8) Hero/Villain interaction?
9) Production Values?
10) Acting?
11) Character chemistry?
12) Dramatic tension ?
13) Special/Visual FX
14) Stunts ?
15) Theme tune ?
16) Overall premise/story ?
17) Season finalé ?
18) Moment of sadness ?
19) Individual character ?
20) Surprise you never saw coming ?

Please feel free to embelish your answers or create new categories if you so wish.
Cheers.

WHOZIT

Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:59 PM

I'm the worlds biggest BONES fan, so I have to go with Zak being a killer, or not?

I'm going to microwave a bagel and have sex with it - Peter Griffin

ECGORDON

Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:49 PM

Except for #20, my pick for all categories is Firefly.

If you force me to choose something other than Firefly, I'd have to say:

1) Pilot episode? - Pushing Daisies
2) Seasonal Arc? - Babylon 5, Seasons 3 & 4
3) Overall characters? - Lost
4) Action Sequences? - Alias
5) Comedy? - Arrested Development
6) Hero/Heroine? - Hero, Brisco County Jr.; Heroine, Sidney Bristow
7) Villain? - Angelus
8) Hero/Villain interaction? - Buffy/Angelus
9) Production Values? - Pushing Daisies
10) Acting? - Lost
11) Character chemistry? - Sports Night
12) Dramatic tension? - Lost
13) Special/Visual FX - Battlestar Galactica (new series)
14) Stunts? - Alias
15) Theme tune? - Cowboy Bebop
16) Overall premise/story? - Babylon 5
17) Season finalé? - Angel, Season 3
18) Moment of sadness? - Buffy, "The Body"
19) Individual character? - Sherrif Lucas Buck, American Gothic
20) Surprise you never saw coming ? - Saul Tigh poisoning Ellen

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:32 AM

Originally posted by whozit:

Quote:
I'm the worlds biggest BONES fan, so I have to go with Zak being a killer, or not?

Yup that was a brave thing to do to a likeable character. Good show too. I've recently discovered Bones.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:35 AM

Originally posted by ecgordon:

Quote:
15) Theme tune? - Cowboy Bebop

Totally agree. Great theme tune.

KWICKO

Monday, January 12, 2009 12:05 AM

1) Pilot episode? The Shield
2) Seasonal Arc? (Which season) Buffy, Season 3
3) Overall characters? The West Wing
4) Action Sequences ? Buffy, whenever Faith is fighting.
5) Comedy? Arrested Development
6) Hero/Heroine ? Firefly. Take your pick. Mal. River. Zoe. Wash. Book.
7) Villain ? Angelus. Or Vic Mackey
8) Hero/Villain interaction? Buffy and Angel. Or Buffy and Spike.
9) Production Values? The West Wing. Hard to compete with the White House as your set.
10) Acting? The West Wing
11) Character chemistry? The West Wing
12) Dramatic tension ? The Shield
13) Special/Visual FX? Firefly
14) Stunts ? Hmmmm...
15) Theme tune ? The West Wing
16) Overall premise/story ? Buffy
17) Season finalé ? Angel - Not Fade Away
18) Moment of sadness ? Buffy - The Body
19) Individual character ? Dexter
20) Surprise you never saw coming ? Buffy - The Body. Or Mal throwing Crow through Serenity's engine.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

LISSA

Monday, January 12, 2009 12:25 AM

1) Pilot episode: Firefly
2) Seasonal Arc: Angel Season 2
3) Overall characters: Buffy
4) Action Sequences: Angel...not always, but when they're good they're good.
5) Comedy: Boston Legal
6) Hero/Heroine: Wesley/Buffy
7) Villain: Wolfram and Hart
8) Hero/Villain interaction: Wes and Lilah
9) Production Values: Rescue Me
10) Acting: Rescue Me
11) Character chemistry: Denny and Alan on Boston Legal
12) Dramatic tension: Buffy or Angel...probably
13) Special/Visual FX: BSG or Firefly
14) Stunts: i'm undecided
15) Theme tune: Rescue Me or Angel...or Boston Legal:)
16) Overall premise/story: Angel and Rescue Me
17) Season finalé: Buffy (The Gift)
18) Moment of sadness: The death at the end of Season 2 of Rescue Me...don't want to give it away:)
19) Individual character: Wesley (from Angel)
20) Surprise you never saw coming: The reveal of 4 cylons at the end of BSG Season 3, and Alex dying on Roswell.

~lissa

TRAVELER

Monday, January 12, 2009 1:38 AM

1) Farscape
2) Babylon 5
3) Firefly
4) Firefly
5) Wonderfalls
6) John Chrichton / Aeryn Sun
7) Scorpious
8) John Chrichton / Scorpious
9) Firefly
10) Firefly
11) Firefly (Mal was good at making his point. like smashing Jayne with a wrench to get his attention.)
12) Firefly
13) Farscape
14) Farscape
15) Firefly
16) Firefly
17) Babylon 5
18) Talia having a hidden personality
19) Jayne (One minute Jayne is totally selfish and then the next he is watching over Kaylee. Adam Baldwin made this believable.)
20) Wonderfalls (The entire show was full of surprises.)

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

ECGORDON

Monday, January 12, 2009 1:49 AM

I'm going to amend my list for one of the categories, based on something I watched today. I had seen it before, but it had been close to ten years since it originally aired. It is not available on dvd yet, but is currently airing on the CHILLER cable channel, so I'm going to put it in spoiler tags for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

20) Surprise you never saw coming - On Brimstone...

Select to view spoiler:

when it was revealed that Detective Ash (Teri Polo) was actually Ashur Badaktu, a priestess of an ancient religion, and one of the escaped souls Zeke Stone was tasked to send back to hell.

BORIS

Monday, January 12, 2009 4:54 AM

Firefly for all the stuff on the list....this is why I still have difficulty understanding why it had to go away.....as for other shows Bones has all the necessary stuff but sometimes it irritates me (remove Angela and Hodgson and I'd be fine with it)
Two Girls a Guy and a Pizza Place
also had all the right stuff. heroes villains(some of the girlfriends/boyfriends and co workers) great effects (halloween episodes) good story arcs...

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