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30 Days of TV, Part 1/6
Apr. 29th, 2013 08:47 amOh, look. It's time for another wall o' text in which I geek out. So if feelings aren't your thing but geekery is, maybe this is for you. Or not. Probably not. Originally I was going to post all thirty at once but then I started rambling and also, there are a couple of questions I still can't answer and I started this a week ago. o_O
I have learned that I am generally not good about picking favorites. Either I'm fickle and it changes so often, or I simply love too much. I'm not sure which it is, so we'll claim the latter, k?
Oh, and If I were to do a Charmed re-watch, who would join in? When would be best for you? We should plan this sucker.
30 days of television
Day 1 - A show that should have never been cancelled
Welcome to Wonder Falls.
Wonderfalls. And yes, this takes into consideration a billion shows I've loved before and since. It still ticks me right off that this died and I will go to my grave wishing to live in the universe where it got a fair shot.
I will also go down with the thought that I'd have given back every episode of Firefly (and I love me some Wash) to have gotten a second season of Wonderfalls. I'm still pretty sure that this isn't just in perpetual reaction to every Firefly fan throwing Wonderfalls under the bus like it would help them any. I would most definitely burn Serenity to the ground for a 22/23 episode season of Wonderfalls. But that's mostly because that movie is all kinds of evil.
( I am limited myself to one answer for this but I have an entire bag full of shows I'd happily bring back because of love. I am also not counting BG yet because Canada could repent!)
Day 2 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Dammit, Canada, you're supposed to be better than we are.
Bomb Girls! That's what. Because I'm going to need a third season and Canada is trying to deny me this. What gives, Canada? I thought you were better than that. I mean, you managed to export Rookie Blue for how long and you can't give me more seasons of Bomb Girls? Really? That's how you wanna play this?
Anyway, back to Bomb Girls.
WW2. Canadian. Women left behind during the war go to work at a bomb factory (bomb factory!) and friendships are formed, sometimes despite a character's best intentions. I think I love everyone on the show that I'm supposed to, and even the annoying ones have moments where you can't just write them off.
Also: Betty. My love, she knows no reason. And if Betty doesn't give you life, Vera will.
Day 3 - Your favorite new show (aired this t.v season)
Aw, man. I don't even know what shows debuted this season. It's a toss-up between Mockingbird Lane (yes, I wanted this to be a real show so much that I will consider it one) and The Carrie Diaries. Because I love Maggie and Dorrit so much and this thing is going to die on me, isn't it?
Day 4 - Your favorite show ever
Ever? Ever ever?
Damn, that is a tough call. A really, really tough call. Do I go with a show I love but doesn't hold up under any sort of scrutiny? Do I go with a show whose final season I will not watch anytime soon because I don't particularly want to see it? What to do, what to do.
Scrubs is the anti-Psych in terms of changing the opening.
Scrubs is probably my favorite show of my teen-now life. It is my barometer for whether I give someone a second chance. (Example: Person A says something jerkworthy but then later makes an intentional Scrubs reference. I'm willing to overlook the jerk thing in case it was a one-off. Sometimes it is.)
I love that 85% of the time it's straight up funny and then the rest, well... you'll cry, you'll wonder if maybe everyone is as insane as they pretend to be, and I've built in some padding for that final season that I haven't watched because it was essentially a spin-off that didn't spin-off.
This show managed to survive the break-up and not a lot of mutual loves did.
Day 5 - A show you hate
Um, I have so many and I would hate to step on anyone's toes, so I'll go with a general list for the most part: I hate all Dragonball because I think the art is unappealing and even if I could look past that, it will forever remind me of a super super creepy guy. I know, that wasn't general. Neither is this: Smallville. Forever bitter that better shows fell while this machine kept going. I might be biased though because it and One Tree Hill were both briefly watched by Mums and occasionally I would have to watch while she ran to the bathroom so I could report anything important. And nothing important ever happened on those watches because it was always one of those episodes even the diehard fans are like "ew, no, reject from reality" and it never failed, it was always the same episode on anytime someone I liked would say "you should really give Smallville/OTH a real chance!"
I tried. They didn't want me to and it just cannot happen now. I'm sorry.
But those are now mostly idle in my dislike. I reserve my hatred for a good chunk of reality TV. I don't mind competitions as much (and we're not talking the romance ones because that's hardly a competition) but everything else is immediately put on my "no thank you" list and has to earn its way off the list. Which isn't likely because I don't care or have anyone to force me to watch them. :P
Now I'm off to watch TV until the sun comes out or I give up and just see if the camera and I can work some magic on the MH gang.
I have learned that I am generally not good about picking favorites. Either I'm fickle and it changes so often, or I simply love too much. I'm not sure which it is, so we'll claim the latter, k?
Oh, and If I were to do a Charmed re-watch, who would join in? When would be best for you? We should plan this sucker.
30 days of television
Welcome to Wonder Falls.
Wonderfalls. And yes, this takes into consideration a billion shows I've loved before and since. It still ticks me right off that this died and I will go to my grave wishing to live in the universe where it got a fair shot.
I will also go down with the thought that I'd have given back every episode of Firefly (and I love me some Wash) to have gotten a second season of Wonderfalls. I'm still pretty sure that this isn't just in perpetual reaction to every Firefly fan throwing Wonderfalls under the bus like it would help them any. I would most definitely burn Serenity to the ground for a 22/23 episode season of Wonderfalls. But that's mostly because that movie is all kinds of evil.
( I am limited myself to one answer for this but I have an entire bag full of shows I'd happily bring back because of love. I am also not counting BG yet because Canada could repent!)
Dammit, Canada, you're supposed to be better than we are.
Bomb Girls! That's what. Because I'm going to need a third season and Canada is trying to deny me this. What gives, Canada? I thought you were better than that. I mean, you managed to export Rookie Blue for how long and you can't give me more seasons of Bomb Girls? Really? That's how you wanna play this?
Anyway, back to Bomb Girls.
WW2. Canadian. Women left behind during the war go to work at a bomb factory (bomb factory!) and friendships are formed, sometimes despite a character's best intentions. I think I love everyone on the show that I'm supposed to, and even the annoying ones have moments where you can't just write them off.
Also: Betty. My love, she knows no reason. And if Betty doesn't give you life, Vera will.
Aw, man. I don't even know what shows debuted this season. It's a toss-up between Mockingbird Lane (yes, I wanted this to be a real show so much that I will consider it one) and The Carrie Diaries. Because I love Maggie and Dorrit so much and this thing is going to die on me, isn't it?
Ever? Ever ever?
Damn, that is a tough call. A really, really tough call. Do I go with a show I love but doesn't hold up under any sort of scrutiny? Do I go with a show whose final season I will not watch anytime soon because I don't particularly want to see it? What to do, what to do.
Scrubs is the anti-Psych in terms of changing the opening.
Scrubs is probably my favorite show of my teen-now life. It is my barometer for whether I give someone a second chance. (Example: Person A says something jerkworthy but then later makes an intentional Scrubs reference. I'm willing to overlook the jerk thing in case it was a one-off. Sometimes it is.)
I love that 85% of the time it's straight up funny and then the rest, well... you'll cry, you'll wonder if maybe everyone is as insane as they pretend to be, and I've built in some padding for that final season that I haven't watched because it was essentially a spin-off that didn't spin-off.
This show managed to survive the break-up and not a lot of mutual loves did.
Um, I have so many and I would hate to step on anyone's toes, so I'll go with a general list for the most part: I hate all Dragonball because I think the art is unappealing and even if I could look past that, it will forever remind me of a super super creepy guy. I know, that wasn't general. Neither is this: Smallville. Forever bitter that better shows fell while this machine kept going. I might be biased though because it and One Tree Hill were both briefly watched by Mums and occasionally I would have to watch while she ran to the bathroom so I could report anything important. And nothing important ever happened on those watches because it was always one of those episodes even the diehard fans are like "ew, no, reject from reality" and it never failed, it was always the same episode on anytime someone I liked would say "you should really give Smallville/OTH a real chance!"
I tried. They didn't want me to and it just cannot happen now. I'm sorry.
But those are now mostly idle in my dislike. I reserve my hatred for a good chunk of reality TV. I don't mind competitions as much (and we're not talking the romance ones because that's hardly a competition) but everything else is immediately put on my "no thank you" list and has to earn its way off the list. Which isn't likely because I don't care or have anyone to force me to watch them. :P
Now I'm off to watch TV until the sun comes out or I give up and just see if the camera and I can work some magic on the MH gang.
