TV meme days 11 and 12

[fleetfootmike]

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you

Without a question (and both Anne and I agree), the new Battlestar Galactica, which we both gave up on halfway through season 1, being generally fed up of the glacially slow pacing and the nymphomanic hallucinatory Cylon.

Day 12 - An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times

For me? Believe it or not, the Ashes to Ashes series finale. For which BBC's iPlayer is entirely to blame, but damn that was a good finale.

Anne claims never to have watched anything that many times - i have a /sneaky/ suspicion that the MASH series finale might fall into that category, since she watches it if it happens to be on :D

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 t.v 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 t.v show obsession
Day 29 - Current t.v show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

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[demoneyes.livejournal.com]

As we speak, having been largely immobilised in front of the TV for the last 6 days (following the foot op I really ought to blog about!) I've been reworking through my Battlestar Galactica DVDs. Previously I'd watched as far as just before the end of season 2, stopping there to avoid the cliffhangar until season 3 came out on DVD. But then didn't get around to buying season 3 for a year or more by which time I'd forgotten the details of what had been happening...

Anyway, as of last night I'm caught up on where I was, and now 4 eps into season 3. And I'm still enjoying it, and I still think it's superbly done and awesome television. But man, is it DARK. I can't say the pacing ever worried me (and this may be less of an issue if watching 8 eps in a day!), nor the "nymphomanic hallucinatory Cylon" but if I had to say whay I like least about the show it'd be the near-unrelieved darkness. Even their big triumphs tend to be bittersweet, and whilst I can't argue that it's inappropriate or indeed that it doesn't make for great drama, I wish they'd lightten up the gloom a bit occasionally.