impy | 30 Days of TV, Part 3/6 (Reply)

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you:

...I don't even...
If you were a girl of a certain age, you were a little on the excited side when it was announced that there would be a Sweet Valley High show. Cheesy as the BSC show was, it at least had its roots very visible and some of that casting was dead on.
SVH basically spit on everything I held dear about the books. I don't mind camp, though I was a bit less forgiving when I was younger, but holyfuck did they just... I don't even have the words. Even all these years later, I still lack the words to properly convey the way my face fell when watching any given episode, or the way my heart broke at the lost opportunity. Then, then just to add insult to injury they put the Daniel twins on every cover of everything (it felt that way at the time) and since I was still very firmly in the camp of "no. You ruined it. Go away" I was displeased with my books as well. It blew my mind that one of the smartest kids I knew at the time rushed home to watch SVH. She loved it and I couldn't understand it because it was the antithesis of everything else she loved.

In retrospect I find that with my expectations so unbelievably low, I could enjoy things about the show as an adult. I really wish they'd release the other seasons on DVD (I need to pick the first one up) so that I can find out whether the same holds true for subsequent seasons. It's harder to judge this on crappy youtube clips, y'know?

Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Charmed: Dead Man Walking, All Hell Breaks Loose.

Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
I don't think it would actually qualify as a favorite childhood show, but it was the first show I remember loving and learning the bitter disappointment of the word "hiatus." And that's Covington Cross. I also wanted to learn to use a crossbow desperately.
And did not realize fully until today that Eleanor was played by Ione Sky. o_O

Day 14 - Favorite male character

So cuddly, right?
Dr. Cox. He's a jackass quite a bit of the time, but his heart is so firmly in the right place (though he'd murder any witnesses to this) and he's smart as hell. Also, I laugh til I cry, and then I cry until it's okay to laugh again.

Day 15 - Favorite female character
Oh, geez. You really want me to pick? Because I honestly do not think I could. I could give you a zillion answers and still probably never actually hit my favorite.

Hanna is adorable.
Let's see. Currently airing and not canned: Hanna Marin. I love that Hanna's life is being turned upside down (and has even before A entered the picture) but she's the one Liar who has outside friends and sticks with them even after they've proved that she should probably run screaming from Rosewood. (Mona, I'm eyeballin' you, sweetie.) Hanna is loyal, which more than makes up for the fact that she's an exceptionally dim bulb sometimes. (Othertimes she's pretty quick on the uptake.)

Aw, Betty...
Just canned: Betty McRae. She's tough and a bit of a ball-buster, but she's got another side to her, too. She gets her ass handed to her when she tries to stand up for herself but she keeps getting up and trying again. I want her to get a happy ending, even if it isn't necessarily the one she wanted for most of S1.

Hey there.
Been gone awhile: Piper Halliwell. Early Piper was caught in the middle of her two sisters who seemed to be at war with one another, and had been there for quite awhile. Piper's first reaction upon finding out she's a witch, aside from "what the blue fuzzy?" and "augh, being attacked by my evil boyfriend!"? "Maybe I'm evil." And she freaks out about it while Phoebe's all "eee! Powers!" and Prue's all "ugh, yet another kink in my life." Given the number of well meaning horror movies that start in a similar way, I'd probably have the same thought as Piper. Also, I probably would end up with the evil boyfriend from hell, too. :P
I could relate to Piper's quieter moments, although I'm not sure I'd ever classify her as shy. I could also relate to her desire to be normal, because what outsider who hasn't necessarily chosen to be different hasn't wanted, at one time or another, to be normal? To not have everything be so damned difficult, to not have to work six times harder to just break even? Yeah. I could relate.