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icepixieSo. Haven't posted in like a week and a half. In lieu of anything interesting to say, I give you a TV meme:
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As A Kid
1. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
2. Beetlejuice (the cartoon)
3. Farscape (taking "kid" to mean "teen")
4. Various Star Treks (TNG, DS9, VOY)
5. My Little Pony
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would... Well, It's Self-Explanatory
Uhhhh...hmm. I'll pass on this, thanks.
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1. What Not to Wear (I don't actually take away any fashion tips or anything like that--and half the time I think the new clothes are worse than the old--I just enjoy Stacy and Clinton snarking on the poor victim's clothing.)
2. Occasionally I'll watch half a Samantha Brown travel show, before her perkiness starts to make me want to stab her in the throat.
I really can't think of any other guilty pleasure shows. I pretty much watch TV only if I like it and think it's good, and I don't really have a problem admitting I watch whatever.
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget)
1. THE LAST MINUTE OF THE SERIES FINALE OF FARSCAPE, OMG.
2. Fraser and Thatcher's kiss on top of the train in ATQH. (Tied closely with the first shot of the ship in MotB. BWAH!)
3. Geoffrey getting back onstage again in the Slings & Arrows finale.
4. The first time we see Rebecca Fogg take off her dress to reveal the ladder posing as the structural support of her hoop skirt. (See icon.) I saw that and immediately decided I wanted to be her.
5. Ed and Ruth-Anne dancing on her grave in "A-Hunting We Will Go" (NX).
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1. The theme from Gilligan's Island
2. Theme from I Dream of Jeannie
3. Brady Bunch theme (are we sensing a theme? I watched a lot of Nick at Nite as a child.)
4. "Human," the theme from Cupid (performed by The Pretenders, yay!)
5. The Due South theme (including the one with words!)
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1. Buffy. I've tried so hard, but I just can't do it.
2. Angel. Same situation.
3. Torchwood
I don't think I really have any more. I watch very little television, really, and I don't start watching something unless I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it.
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
If I don't already know what I want to watch:
1. History Channel
2. Discovery Channel
3. TLC
4. Travel Channel
5. PBS or A&E
Hi, I like documentaries.
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1. Worf. ARGH.
2. Starbuck. (Lee could go as well and I wouldn't be too upset.)
3. S2 Rose Tyler
4. Pretty much any guest character whose sole purpose is to have some kind of romance with a main character, ever, on any show. Particularly egregious offenders are the Star Treks and Stargates.
5. Tossup between Harry Kim and Neelix on Voyager. They aren't so much hateful as so boring that they suck all interest out of any scenes they're in.
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
1. "If you don't dance with me, O'Connell, you know what you're doing? You're turning your back on reason, on mankind's struggle to pull himself out of the mire of ignorance and superstition. You are saying 'yes' to witch-hunters and inquistors, you are slamming the door on enlightenment, and you--you are inviting back the Dark Ages. Now, I am not doing this for you, O'Connell, I am doing this for civilization. [gives her puppy dog eyes and holds out his hand] Whaddaya say? Pretty please?" - Joel Fleischman, "Slow Dance," Northern Exposure
2. "God, I love science fiction!" - John Crichton, "Revenging Angel," Farscape (mmm, meta)
...Okay, I suck at remembering quotes. I'll have to pass on this one.
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1. Slings & Arrows. Whyyyyy were there only eighteen episodes??
2. Northern Exposure. Even the realtively bad episodes can be watched multiple times.
3. Pushing Daisies. Producers, pleeeeeease end this strike in time to have a season next year.
4. Due South
5. BSG
Waaaaa!: 5 Shows You Still Mourn Losing Prematurely
1. Cupid
2. Wonderfalls
3. The Others (Morgan and Wong created it! Kristin Cloke was a villain! Come on, this was awesome!)
4. Farscape
5. The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Headdesk!: 5 Shows You Wish They'd Killed (or at least ended) While They Were Still Good
1. Northern Exposure. Should've ended when Rob Morrow wanted to leave.
2. X-Files. Rather, they should have ended it with S7, sent Mulder & Scully on the lam or something, and given Doggett and Reyes a sequel.
3. Frasier. Should've ended years before it did, because it lost a lot of funny along the way.
4. Moonlighting. Should've ended with the third season. Or else they should've just given up on S4, with the strike and CS's pregnancy and whatnot, and come back fresh the next year.
5. Will & Grace. Oy.
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As A Kid
1. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
2. Beetlejuice (the cartoon)
3. Farscape (taking "kid" to mean "teen")
4. Various Star Treks (TNG, DS9, VOY)
5. My Little Pony
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would... Well, It's Self-Explanatory
Uhhhh...hmm. I'll pass on this, thanks.
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1. What Not to Wear (I don't actually take away any fashion tips or anything like that--and half the time I think the new clothes are worse than the old--I just enjoy Stacy and Clinton snarking on the poor victim's clothing.)
2. Occasionally I'll watch half a Samantha Brown travel show, before her perkiness starts to make me want to stab her in the throat.
I really can't think of any other guilty pleasure shows. I pretty much watch TV only if I like it and think it's good, and I don't really have a problem admitting I watch whatever.
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget)
1. THE LAST MINUTE OF THE SERIES FINALE OF FARSCAPE, OMG.
2. Fraser and Thatcher's kiss on top of the train in ATQH. (Tied closely with the first shot of the ship in MotB. BWAH!)
3. Geoffrey getting back onstage again in the Slings & Arrows finale.
4. The first time we see Rebecca Fogg take off her dress to reveal the ladder posing as the structural support of her hoop skirt. (See icon.) I saw that and immediately decided I wanted to be her.
5. Ed and Ruth-Anne dancing on her grave in "A-Hunting We Will Go" (NX).
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1. The theme from Gilligan's Island
2. Theme from I Dream of Jeannie
3. Brady Bunch theme (are we sensing a theme? I watched a lot of Nick at Nite as a child.)
4. "Human," the theme from Cupid (performed by The Pretenders, yay!)
5. The Due South theme (including the one with words!)
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1. Buffy. I've tried so hard, but I just can't do it.
2. Angel. Same situation.
3. Torchwood
I don't think I really have any more. I watch very little television, really, and I don't start watching something unless I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it.
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
If I don't already know what I want to watch:
1. History Channel
2. Discovery Channel
3. TLC
4. Travel Channel
5. PBS or A&E
Hi, I like documentaries.
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1. Worf. ARGH.
2. Starbuck. (Lee could go as well and I wouldn't be too upset.)
3. S2 Rose Tyler
4. Pretty much any guest character whose sole purpose is to have some kind of romance with a main character, ever, on any show. Particularly egregious offenders are the Star Treks and Stargates.
5. Tossup between Harry Kim and Neelix on Voyager. They aren't so much hateful as so boring that they suck all interest out of any scenes they're in.
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
1. "If you don't dance with me, O'Connell, you know what you're doing? You're turning your back on reason, on mankind's struggle to pull himself out of the mire of ignorance and superstition. You are saying 'yes' to witch-hunters and inquistors, you are slamming the door on enlightenment, and you--you are inviting back the Dark Ages. Now, I am not doing this for you, O'Connell, I am doing this for civilization. [gives her puppy dog eyes and holds out his hand] Whaddaya say? Pretty please?" - Joel Fleischman, "Slow Dance," Northern Exposure
2. "God, I love science fiction!" - John Crichton, "Revenging Angel," Farscape (mmm, meta)
...Okay, I suck at remembering quotes. I'll have to pass on this one.
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1. Slings & Arrows. Whyyyyy were there only eighteen episodes??
2. Northern Exposure. Even the realtively bad episodes can be watched multiple times.
3. Pushing Daisies. Producers, pleeeeeease end this strike in time to have a season next year.
4. Due South
5. BSG
Waaaaa!: 5 Shows You Still Mourn Losing Prematurely
1. Cupid
2. Wonderfalls
3. The Others (Morgan and Wong created it! Kristin Cloke was a villain! Come on, this was awesome!)
4. Farscape
5. The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Headdesk!: 5 Shows You Wish They'd Killed (or at least ended) While They Were Still Good
1. Northern Exposure. Should've ended when Rob Morrow wanted to leave.
2. X-Files. Rather, they should have ended it with S7, sent Mulder & Scully on the lam or something, and given Doggett and Reyes a sequel.
3. Frasier. Should've ended years before it did, because it lost a lot of funny along the way.
4. Moonlighting. Should've ended with the third season. Or else they should've just given up on S4, with the strike and CS's pregnancy and whatnot, and come back fresh the next year.
5. Will & Grace. Oy.
