Best TV Show, right kind of poll

[Sodalis]

i am stilla kid- and so will always vote cartoons over anything else... that and the fact that anything is possible in a cartoon, where in real movies/ shows, there are physical and technological restrictions to what a person can do.

I voted for smallville, but my real fav show is Yugio- a saturday morning cartoon that crosses MTG with Pokemon. Basically a kid can transform into an adult and dual with other people to fight his way through and rescue his grandfather. In dualing, both sides play MTG (cards) but each card is projected into life by modern technology and the monsters fight with each other- equipped with breath weapons, spell immunities, spell-like abil. The loser loses his soul to the shadow realm...

The show has a real fantasy feal to it- and i especially love the various monsters they have.

 

[Tom Cashel]

And do you guys really hate TV enough to post here? If you do i think Dr.Midnight told you people where to go on the other TV poll.

You talking to me?

1. Read the thread: I voted for The Simpsons.

2. Read my post: I was talking about the basic absurdity of "All (blank) are (blank)" statements.

3. Doc Midnight's post? Though he's a nice guy, a great writer, and we have mutual friends, that post was ignorant. He was basically just riffing on the concept that "All literature buffs are pretentious goateed pseudo-intellectuals who hang out in coffee shops." Now I could come right back and say, "Oh, sure...planting your a$$ on the sofa with some chips and watching the History channel or CNN is much better for you than discussing Kafka," but that would be equally ignorant.

4. The phrase "you people" really makes me f***ing angry.

5. Hey, no offense, just stating my view.

6. And I still think the Simpsons is the best show on TV: social satire that just happens to be really funny.

7. There is no number 7.

8. No wife, no horse, no moustache...always anger and derision.

9. Hail Eris.

10. All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true, false, and meaningless in some sense. So spake Sya Syadasti.

11. "But this one goes to 11!"

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You talking to me?

Sorry Tom, but I wasn't talkin' to you. I was commenting on the general "I don't like TV" crowd. When i see people so dead set against some thing harmless like that, it makes me wonder why they are spending time talking to people who obviously like it.

I'm not sure whether your little rant, thing was supposed to be a flame or not? If it was, then sorry to say it was a poor attempt.


Then again, it did irritate me for some reason, and i don't normally respond to stuff like this.

So if that was suppose to be a flame, guess it did work. Congates, to got to me, now you can go declare moral victory or something.

 

[Laslo Tremaine]

I voted for Farscape. By far the best thing on the above list, but it's time for some new episodes!!!

My number one show right now is West Wing. Head and sholders above anything else on TV. Why can't Enterprise have writers this good?

And am I the only one who cringes whenever they watch Buffy these days... For me this show has gone from one of my favorites, to something that I watch and then regret having done so...

 

[ColonelHardisson]

TV is rapidly becoming a haven for really high-quality entertainment, and an outlet for artistic statements. The old "all TV is crap" sentiment is out-of-date and out-of-touch.

Recent stuff like the Arabian Nights miniseries, for example, which are as fully realized as anything on a movie screen, and which have the luxury of spreading out over several hours over a few days, demonstrates that TV has a unique niche to fill in film. 24, one of the best shows I've seen ever, takes the miniseries concept even further, carrying one unbroken story arc over an entire season, and can achieve a level of depth a movie never could.

Right now, there is an unusually large number of top-notch film work being done on TV. Shows like Alias or 24 or Enterprise or Law & Order (any of them) or CSI, or heck, Gilmore Girls (well-written and the mom is gorgeous) deserve to be referred to as film simply because they have transcended the sludge TV used to be.

Ah, jeez, nobody's gonna read this anyway...

 

[Villano]

You forgot the Simpsons.

I'd vote for "Reruns Of The Simpsons". For the last couple of years, the show hasn't done much for me.

Officially, I'm voting for Home Movies on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

 

[Tom Cashel]

I'm not sure whether your little rant, thing was supposed to be a flame or not? If it was, then sorry to say it was a poor attempt.

Nah...sorry, Sir Osis. It was meant to be an angry rant that ran out of anger halfway through and tried to redeem itself by making cheeky quotes from "This is Spinal Tap."

Knee jerk reaction. My apologies. Normally I'm Dr. Jekyll but every once in a while...

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Hey, Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast is essential, as is Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

 

[Ristamar]

Hey, Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast is essential, as is Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Indeed. Space Ghost and Conan both rock.

 

[Claude Raines]

It seems to me that statements formulated in the style of "All (blanks) are (blank)," betray astounding closed-mindedness for someone who doesn't watch any television.

Ahh, but I have spent enough time watching T.V. (and I still watch some even now) to realize that for me it is all mindless. Besides, can't I poke a little fun at cultural icons? I apologize if you took me too seriously & I hope I didn't offend anyone.