many words about the tellybox
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 15:33![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Here is that meme about TV that's been doing the rounds. Yes, it has indeed taken me approximately forever to fill in. There are many questions and much wittering was required.
Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
The Middleman! Three or four times for some episodes.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Any of the ones I watch. I am bad at watching things casually. IT MUST BE ALL OR NOTHING.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Freema Agyeman, as has been demonstrated.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Johnny Vegas.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from.
Buffy! It's amazing how often "it's like progress, but without the getting better part" is applicable to the situation at hand.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Not so much one that no one else enjoys as no one else watches: Adam Adamant Lives! (the exclamation mark is part of the title.) I loved it enough to name my journal after the first episode, but there doesn't seem to be any fannish presence for it at all. :(
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
Most of them. Firefly, Red Dwarf and Maid Marian are the main culprits though, I cannot watch without singing along. Whenever anyone mentions the fact that it's cold outside, I have this urge to tell them that there's no kind of atmosphere.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Black Books has universal appeal, right? Actually I would seriously recommend Maid Marian and her Merry Men to all and sundry, for it is awesome.
Name a TV series you own:
What, any one? *glances at shelves* Dead Like Me is the first one I saw.
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
City of Death, Doctor Who. It was the one that got me (back) into Classic Who and I love it to pieces.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Sapphire and Steel. Dear lovefilm, please hurry up and buy a copy so's I can rent it, kthnxbai.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Oh, loads. Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda (with some regret: I loved the characters and I really wanted it to be better than it was), Veronica Mars (I LOVED season one. I did not love season two), 24, Heroes... And that's not counting things where I drifted away between seasons, or things like Lost which moved to a channel I don't have.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
Stargate Universe: those spoilers from a while ago essentially killed off any desire I might have had to give it a chance.
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
TV SHOWS![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shinyjenni HAS CRIED AT, A(N INCOMPLETE) LIST: Buffy. Angel. Doctor Who. Six Feet Under (for about half an hour after the finale ended). Babylon 5 (ditto). Deep Space Nine. The Sarah Jane Adventures. The West Wing. Dead Like Me. The Middleman. The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Oldest TV show you like?
Doctor Who.
Newest TV show you like?
Nurse Jackie! I adore it. It's funny, it can be warm without being sentimental, and the characters are marvelous. Zoe in particular I feel would be intensely annoying in principle, but whenever she's on screen I just clutch at my heart with love for her.
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Whatever I feel like eating at the time.
How often do you watch TV?
All the time! Well obviously that is an exaggeration but you catch my drift.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
Nope, don't watch 'em.
What's the last TV show you watched?
The first episode of 'The Talons of Weng Chiang' (for free, legally, on the internets! thanks, BBC!)
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
Sci-fi and/or fantasy. But I will try pretty much anything if I've heard it's good.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Reality TV.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
I don't know, it depends what the first one I watched was. I used to write fanfic for The Animals of Farthing Wood, back in the day.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
Well, wish I'd never watched is a bit strong, but my reaction to Misfits went from "optimism" to "OH WHAT NO" remarkably fast.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Most of what I enjoy is pretty weird tbh, that's why I like it.
What TV show scared you the most?
The X Files has freaked me out a bit upon occasion. Also, when I was little my parents wouldn't let me stay up to watch Red Dwarf, which I thought was terribly unfair, so one night I lingered on the stairs and watched a bit through the crack in the door. I got as far as "everyone's dead, Dave" before taking to my heels, thinking "ok, they are right, I am not old enough to watch this D:"
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Black Books! Or possibly the first series of Green Wing.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
I'm not sure it's possible to pick one and go "yes, this is the best of them." It depends how you're defining best, and even then you can't really measure quality subjectively. Also I have not seen all the TV serieseseses ever made and am therefore not qualified to judge.
Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
The Middleman! Three or four times for some episodes.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Any of the ones I watch. I am bad at watching things casually. IT MUST BE ALL OR NOTHING.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Freema Agyeman, as has been demonstrated.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Johnny Vegas.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from.
Buffy! It's amazing how often "it's like progress, but without the getting better part" is applicable to the situation at hand.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Not so much one that no one else enjoys as no one else watches: Adam Adamant Lives! (the exclamation mark is part of the title.) I loved it enough to name my journal after the first episode, but there doesn't seem to be any fannish presence for it at all. :(
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
Most of them. Firefly, Red Dwarf and Maid Marian are the main culprits though, I cannot watch without singing along. Whenever anyone mentions the fact that it's cold outside, I have this urge to tell them that there's no kind of atmosphere.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Black Books has universal appeal, right? Actually I would seriously recommend Maid Marian and her Merry Men to all and sundry, for it is awesome.
Name a TV series you own:
What, any one? *glances at shelves* Dead Like Me is the first one I saw.
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
City of Death, Doctor Who. It was the one that got me (back) into Classic Who and I love it to pieces.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Sapphire and Steel. Dear lovefilm, please hurry up and buy a copy so's I can rent it, kthnxbai.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Oh, loads. Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda (with some regret: I loved the characters and I really wanted it to be better than it was), Veronica Mars (I LOVED season one. I did not love season two), 24, Heroes... And that's not counting things where I drifted away between seasons, or things like Lost which moved to a channel I don't have.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
Stargate Universe: those spoilers from a while ago essentially killed off any desire I might have had to give it a chance.
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
TV SHOWS
shinyjenni HAS CRIED AT, A(N INCOMPLETE) LIST: Buffy. Angel. Doctor Who. Six Feet Under (for about half an hour after the finale ended). Babylon 5 (ditto). Deep Space Nine. The Sarah Jane Adventures. The West Wing. Dead Like Me. The Middleman. The Sarah Connor Chronicles.Oldest TV show you like?
Doctor Who.
Newest TV show you like?
Nurse Jackie! I adore it. It's funny, it can be warm without being sentimental, and the characters are marvelous. Zoe in particular I feel would be intensely annoying in principle, but whenever she's on screen I just clutch at my heart with love for her.
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Whatever I feel like eating at the time.
How often do you watch TV?
All the time! Well obviously that is an exaggeration but you catch my drift.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
Nope, don't watch 'em.
What's the last TV show you watched?
The first episode of 'The Talons of Weng Chiang' (for free, legally, on the internets! thanks, BBC!)
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
Sci-fi and/or fantasy. But I will try pretty much anything if I've heard it's good.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Reality TV.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
I don't know, it depends what the first one I watched was. I used to write fanfic for The Animals of Farthing Wood, back in the day.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
Well, wish I'd never watched is a bit strong, but my reaction to Misfits went from "optimism" to "OH WHAT NO" remarkably fast.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Most of what I enjoy is pretty weird tbh, that's why I like it.
What TV show scared you the most?
The X Files has freaked me out a bit upon occasion. Also, when I was little my parents wouldn't let me stay up to watch Red Dwarf, which I thought was terribly unfair, so one night I lingered on the stairs and watched a bit through the crack in the door. I got as far as "everyone's dead, Dave" before taking to my heels, thinking "ok, they are right, I am not old enough to watch this D:"
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Black Books! Or possibly the first series of Green Wing.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
I'm not sure it's possible to pick one and go "yes, this is the best of them." It depends how you're defining best, and even then you can't really measure quality subjectively. Also I have not seen all the TV serieseseses ever made and am therefore not qualified to judge.
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Date: 27 Jan 2010 21:56 (UTC)Oh Andromeda. For about a season and a half I felt like it was really trying (and occasionally succeeding) to be a really good program, but then it all went wrong.
The whole idea of the body swaps being used for sex skeeved me immensely :/ I'm getting most of my SF from rewatches at the moment, but I really wish there was some good new stuff around - possibly I'm forgetting something really obvious, but I can't think of any.
I wouldn't call Nurse Jackie gritty, I don't think (I'm about eight episodes into season one so far) - certainly not in the gratuitous bleakness way. There's a lot of humour and warmth in it, and generally I think it's a very well balanced program, if that makes sense.
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Date: 27 Jan 2010 22:30 (UTC)OK, that sounds interesting. I like Edie Falco too. Hmmm. I could probably catch up fairly easily. Is there much gore?
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Date: 27 Jan 2010 22:44 (UTC)Oh yes, Lost! I'm waiting to see what the reactions to the final season are like before decide whether or not to catch up - I liked the first two seasons, but then it moved to a channel I don't have, alas.
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Date: 27 Jan 2010 23:26 (UTC)S3 was a bit flat and static and lost some fans, but they missed out on the awesomeness of S4 and S5 (which are shorter than most US seasons too; only 14 and 17 eps). I am looking forward to the last season (12 eps?) more than anything else on TV, including the new Doctor. :-) But I'm also a bit worried about my favourite characters. Anything can happen on that show.