Favorite Shows
I love television, I don't care what anybody says about it. It's only stupid tv that makes people stupid. I consider myself a smart person. I read books -- at least when I can find good ones, which is hard in my chosen genre (fantasy), and I love films. I have taken three film courses to date, and now I can actually recognize symbolism now. I tend to watch shows that make me think. And as a writer, I can pick up lots of ideas.
Educational channels aside (which I love, especially the History channel when it's not in WWII mode), about half of what I watch is some sort of crime show. I undoubtely received a love of mysteries from my mother. It's actually her fault I started watching Law & Order. CSI, however, was mostly my own doing. I had heard about it through a couple of friends and decided to check it out one day. The first things that drew me to the show were 1) the interesting imagery, such as diving into bodies, and 2) the handsome Gary Dourdan. Later the other characters started to grow on me and I was hooked on the show very quickly. My other favorite character on the show is Nick Stokes. Everything happens to the poor guy. He's like CSI's Daniel Jackson. That kind of thing ALWAYS gets my attention. Stalker was one of the first episodes I ever saw. Grave Danger had me on the edge of my seat, and then I rushed off to see Revenge of the Sith. I was very pleased that he lived because just before the beginning of the season I had a dream where his character died and so the preview for the episode sort of freaked me out. He wasn't buried alive in the dream though. I think it may have involved a car. I watched the season premiere tonight and I am oh-so-pleased he didn't buzz off his hair this season. I loved Catherine's reaction when she found out Warrick got married! I've been wanting those two to get together for forever. I'm only a shipper in very rare cases, but this is definitely one of them. I definitely hope they can work some stuff out. How often do you see an interracial couple on tv where the guy is younger? Not very often!
Lost: my other favorite show. It and CSI pretty much jockey for top spot in my favorites list when Stargate isn't involved. I wanted to watch it initially because of Dominic Monaghan (I love nearly anybody from Lord of the Rings, one of my favorite things EVER). When I saw the premiere, I knew I was going to be sticking with the show. It kept me glued to my seat and chewing on my lip like hasn't happened in a long time. And it continues to be full of surprises! I have way too many favorite characters in this show, many of them because I knew the actors beforehand. Charlie, of course, played by Dom Monaghan. The guy is good. I don't identify him with Merry at all and when I watch Lord of the Rings now I have to remind myself he's the same guy. Another favorite is Michael. I've liked Harold Perrineau ever since I saw him in Blood & Wine, which was a number of years ago. That was back when he had dreadlocks and I've always been a sucker for those. (The first time I saw Gary Dourdan, he also had dreds.) I'd grow them myself if my hair wasn't so straight. I saw the girl who plays Claire in Beastmaster (the show) when she was younger and though she was cute, I didn't think she was very good at the time. I think she got better. I first saw Daniel Dae Kim, or Jin, in Crusade and liked him immediately, but another thing I'm a sucker for is Asian guys. He's very good at being Korean. And the new people: Jack, Sayid, Sawyer. Sawyer may be a jerk most of the time, but he's still gorgeous. I want Jack to grow out his hair like it was in the season 2 premiere flashback!
Nip/Tuck is another show I watch, though I'm not really sure why. I look down on elective plastic surgery and usually I'm not one for heavy drama. I'm a little bit squeamish where surgery is concerned. Sometimes the characters make me angry. But something about the show has me intrigued. Maybe part of it is the way Christian Troy is adorable when he's in mortal danger. When I watched this season's premiere I was on hydrocordone (also known as Vicodin) so I'm surprised I remember any of it at all. (I don't understand how people can get addicted to Vicodin. I hate the stuff. I've been on it twice, both times for tooth-related pain. It makes me dizzy, sick, and constipated. Yeah, that's what I'd like to feel like all the time.) I do remember I was lucid enough to really doubt that Christian was really dead in the very beginning. Of course, I had it pegged for a faked death. The fact that it was a dream never even occurred to me.
Though I was never able to get into Buffy or Angel, I love Firefly. Never before have I seen a space show where they take into account that there's no sound in space! Normally I disregard it because I like the sounds explosions make and the scream of TIE fighters and X-wings just seem like they belong there. But this show is just wow. It's DIFFERENT. Not to mention it has one of the best opening songs ever. I love the Old West meets Outer Space. I love the cursing in Chinese. I love the characters (most of them). I love that there's already a married couple. I'm waiting very impatienly for Serenity to come out.
I'm an on-and-off Crossing Jordan watcher because of the characters. Mainly Bug, Nigel, and Woody. I've been a Jerry O'Connell fan for a long, long time. Ever since my friend made me watch Sliders. The other character I once liked was Peter Winslow, before he left. They could have at least explained why. I suppose it's better than the way most of the other characters leave the show (scripted deaths).
Although I am severely lacking in math skills, I enjoy the show Numbers (I refuse to spell it with the '3') because somehow, David Krumholtz has become hot. Well he has to me. I have a think for geeks, which might have to do with being one myself.
Assuming I haven't forgotten any, last but not least, I love Stargate. I have a turbulent history with this show. When I first saw the SG-1 pilot I was very angry. I saw the movie when I was twelve and loved it very much, and a lot of things about the show pissed me off. Part of it was because my favorite character from the movie, Daniel Jackson, was not played by James Spader. Another thing was the way some of the names were being mispronounced. It was Sha'uri, not Sha're! The final straw came at the end of the episode when my second favorite character Skaara (whose name they were also pronouncing wrong, but at least it was the same actor) disappeared through the gate with an alien in his head. I had nothing to do with the show for years. Then one day, late at night, I was sitting at the computer half-watching tv and nothing was on but Stargate SG-1. I let it play. The episode was Urgo, and it had a familiar face: Dom DeLuise. I watched the episode and decided maybe this show wasn't so bad after all. For the next several years, even though I told everyone I hated the show, I watched reruns on and off, still mad about the stealing of Skaara but willing to deal with it. I remember hearing about Daniel's character leaving, and then coming back (it was a bit later I actually found out how). Then about a year ago I discovered that Skaara was freed from the alien parasite FIVE YEARS EARLIER. At that point I decided it was okay to watch (this was before I found out about Full Circle, but that didn't kill it). Halfway into season 8 I started watching new episodes regularly along with Stargate Atlantis. By the end of the seasons I was very, very hooked. I was loving every minute of Prometheus Unbound. I was shocked and in tears at the end of Reckoning 2. I was laughing myself to death at the close of Threads. I was bouncing off the walls during Moebius. I now have six seasons of SG-1 on DVD. Maybe I'm just a sci fi geek, but I. Love. These. Shows. The characters are one-of-a-kind. Teal'c may be a bit like Spock, but did you ever hear Spock tell a joke? And then laugh at it? I can get past all the scientific boo-boos for love of the characters and their stories. And that Michael Shanks is such an actor... when he's acting, I only see the character. Ever. In Lifeboat, he's not even playing Daniel. All I see are the other half-dozen characters he plays in that episode.
Now, since I've been writing this blog for an hour and a half, I think I'll either go to bed or do something else. Goodnight!
Educational channels aside (which I love, especially the History channel when it's not in WWII mode), about half of what I watch is some sort of crime show. I undoubtely received a love of mysteries from my mother. It's actually her fault I started watching Law & Order. CSI, however, was mostly my own doing. I had heard about it through a couple of friends and decided to check it out one day. The first things that drew me to the show were 1) the interesting imagery, such as diving into bodies, and 2) the handsome Gary Dourdan. Later the other characters started to grow on me and I was hooked on the show very quickly. My other favorite character on the show is Nick Stokes. Everything happens to the poor guy. He's like CSI's Daniel Jackson. That kind of thing ALWAYS gets my attention. Stalker was one of the first episodes I ever saw. Grave Danger had me on the edge of my seat, and then I rushed off to see Revenge of the Sith. I was very pleased that he lived because just before the beginning of the season I had a dream where his character died and so the preview for the episode sort of freaked me out. He wasn't buried alive in the dream though. I think it may have involved a car. I watched the season premiere tonight and I am oh-so-pleased he didn't buzz off his hair this season. I loved Catherine's reaction when she found out Warrick got married! I've been wanting those two to get together for forever. I'm only a shipper in very rare cases, but this is definitely one of them. I definitely hope they can work some stuff out. How often do you see an interracial couple on tv where the guy is younger? Not very often!
Lost: my other favorite show. It and CSI pretty much jockey for top spot in my favorites list when Stargate isn't involved. I wanted to watch it initially because of Dominic Monaghan (I love nearly anybody from Lord of the Rings, one of my favorite things EVER). When I saw the premiere, I knew I was going to be sticking with the show. It kept me glued to my seat and chewing on my lip like hasn't happened in a long time. And it continues to be full of surprises! I have way too many favorite characters in this show, many of them because I knew the actors beforehand. Charlie, of course, played by Dom Monaghan. The guy is good. I don't identify him with Merry at all and when I watch Lord of the Rings now I have to remind myself he's the same guy. Another favorite is Michael. I've liked Harold Perrineau ever since I saw him in Blood & Wine, which was a number of years ago. That was back when he had dreadlocks and I've always been a sucker for those. (The first time I saw Gary Dourdan, he also had dreds.) I'd grow them myself if my hair wasn't so straight. I saw the girl who plays Claire in Beastmaster (the show) when she was younger and though she was cute, I didn't think she was very good at the time. I think she got better. I first saw Daniel Dae Kim, or Jin, in Crusade and liked him immediately, but another thing I'm a sucker for is Asian guys. He's very good at being Korean. And the new people: Jack, Sayid, Sawyer. Sawyer may be a jerk most of the time, but he's still gorgeous. I want Jack to grow out his hair like it was in the season 2 premiere flashback!
Nip/Tuck is another show I watch, though I'm not really sure why. I look down on elective plastic surgery and usually I'm not one for heavy drama. I'm a little bit squeamish where surgery is concerned. Sometimes the characters make me angry. But something about the show has me intrigued. Maybe part of it is the way Christian Troy is adorable when he's in mortal danger. When I watched this season's premiere I was on hydrocordone (also known as Vicodin) so I'm surprised I remember any of it at all. (I don't understand how people can get addicted to Vicodin. I hate the stuff. I've been on it twice, both times for tooth-related pain. It makes me dizzy, sick, and constipated. Yeah, that's what I'd like to feel like all the time.) I do remember I was lucid enough to really doubt that Christian was really dead in the very beginning. Of course, I had it pegged for a faked death. The fact that it was a dream never even occurred to me.
Though I was never able to get into Buffy or Angel, I love Firefly. Never before have I seen a space show where they take into account that there's no sound in space! Normally I disregard it because I like the sounds explosions make and the scream of TIE fighters and X-wings just seem like they belong there. But this show is just wow. It's DIFFERENT. Not to mention it has one of the best opening songs ever. I love the Old West meets Outer Space. I love the cursing in Chinese. I love the characters (most of them). I love that there's already a married couple. I'm waiting very impatienly for Serenity to come out.
I'm an on-and-off Crossing Jordan watcher because of the characters. Mainly Bug, Nigel, and Woody. I've been a Jerry O'Connell fan for a long, long time. Ever since my friend made me watch Sliders. The other character I once liked was Peter Winslow, before he left. They could have at least explained why. I suppose it's better than the way most of the other characters leave the show (scripted deaths).
Although I am severely lacking in math skills, I enjoy the show Numbers (I refuse to spell it with the '3') because somehow, David Krumholtz has become hot. Well he has to me. I have a think for geeks, which might have to do with being one myself.
Assuming I haven't forgotten any, last but not least, I love Stargate. I have a turbulent history with this show. When I first saw the SG-1 pilot I was very angry. I saw the movie when I was twelve and loved it very much, and a lot of things about the show pissed me off. Part of it was because my favorite character from the movie, Daniel Jackson, was not played by James Spader. Another thing was the way some of the names were being mispronounced. It was Sha'uri, not Sha're! The final straw came at the end of the episode when my second favorite character Skaara (whose name they were also pronouncing wrong, but at least it was the same actor) disappeared through the gate with an alien in his head. I had nothing to do with the show for years. Then one day, late at night, I was sitting at the computer half-watching tv and nothing was on but Stargate SG-1. I let it play. The episode was Urgo, and it had a familiar face: Dom DeLuise. I watched the episode and decided maybe this show wasn't so bad after all. For the next several years, even though I told everyone I hated the show, I watched reruns on and off, still mad about the stealing of Skaara but willing to deal with it. I remember hearing about Daniel's character leaving, and then coming back (it was a bit later I actually found out how). Then about a year ago I discovered that Skaara was freed from the alien parasite FIVE YEARS EARLIER. At that point I decided it was okay to watch (this was before I found out about Full Circle, but that didn't kill it). Halfway into season 8 I started watching new episodes regularly along with Stargate Atlantis. By the end of the seasons I was very, very hooked. I was loving every minute of Prometheus Unbound. I was shocked and in tears at the end of Reckoning 2. I was laughing myself to death at the close of Threads. I was bouncing off the walls during Moebius. I now have six seasons of SG-1 on DVD. Maybe I'm just a sci fi geek, but I. Love. These. Shows. The characters are one-of-a-kind. Teal'c may be a bit like Spock, but did you ever hear Spock tell a joke? And then laugh at it? I can get past all the scientific boo-boos for love of the characters and their stories. And that Michael Shanks is such an actor... when he's acting, I only see the character. Ever. In Lifeboat, he's not even playing Daniel. All I see are the other half-dozen characters he plays in that episode.
Now, since I've been writing this blog for an hour and a half, I think I'll either go to bed or do something else. Goodnight!
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