"Day 8"

[potentiality_26]

A show everyone should watch

This is a bit of a tough one, because in my view there is no one show that will appeal to everyone.  I mean, I love 60's westerns like The Big Valley, but Bonanza- which is a very similar show- does nothing for me and I don't know why (actually, I do know why.  I formed a kind of insta-bond with Heath Barkley the moment I saw him and learned to love the rest of The Big Valley cast with time, while no one on Bonanza ever appealed to me on the same level.  Also the music.  Every time I try to give Bonanza a fair shot, the music just drives me crazy.  Not the theme song- that's great- I mean the background music.  There's nothing wrong with it technically, it just sounds like someone was putting his heart and soul into making exciting music without ever considering whether it could complement dialogue or anything.  The characters will be having a serious talk with what sounds like a jaunty dance number going on behind them, and I can't deal with it).

Okay, giant tangent- but I think my point stands.  There is no one show for everyone.  I'm giving this to Orphan Black, though.  I know that plenty of people probably don't like it, and that's okay, but I really, fiercely want it to be one of the most popular shows out there.  It's clever and thought provoking and addictive and full of crazy twists and turns, it has lots of well-developed female characters (admittedly all clones of the same person, but that doesn't make Sarah, Cosima and Allison any less radically different and awesome) and LGBT characters who are not caricatures or comic relief but important, interesting people.  I want Orphan Black to have a long, healthy run- but, more than that, I want this to be the direction TV goes in the future, and the more popular it is, the more chance there is that that will happen.   


Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that needs more viewers
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired THIS TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

 

Comments

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree with everything! Well said :) This is exactly what I have been thinking when contemplating what I will answer when I get to this point in the meme. There simply isn't a show for everyone.

All your points regarding Orphan Black are spot on as well. It amazes me how one person can play all these different characters and make them so individual and different from each other. And I don't think the fact they are all clones lessens their value as great female characters.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Exactly- I struggled with this one a bit because it was similar to "Day 2" and yet asking so much more, but once I decided where I was going with it, the answer seemed obvious.

She is amazing, isn't she? What I find so spectacular isn't so much that the clones are each so different (though that is brilliant) as it is that she makes it seem so effortless in every case. It's one thing to do a different voice, a different walk, a different hairstyle, etc- it's another thing to make it all seem like she isn't at all out of her comfort zone while she's doing it. She deserves all the acting awards. All of them.

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

She is amazing and she certainly deserves awards! She makes it look for effortless I actually forget at times it's the same actress. I'm sure we'll see her being just as amazing in the coming season and probably with different clones as well.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

I hope there are more different clones. I get so excited every time there's a new one.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, yes!!! OB should be a top show! Such unique concepts! Such wonderful scripting! And the ACTORS...oh yeah!!

I used to watch Raw Hide and Bonanza and The Lone Ranger reruns when I was small...remember them fondly. Can't watch them now, but - that's just changing tastes, methinks.

*HUGS*

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

:) I like a lot of those shows, but some them are definitely easier to watch than others. It's interesting how much tastes can change.

[liliannabelle.livejournal.com]

Ooooh based on your rec I'm definitely adding Orphan Black to my list.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

You really should! I went in with high expectations, having heard great things from a lot of people, and it lived up to all of them.