The Boob Tube, The Silver Screen, The Count of Monte Cristo & Me

[fileg]

Jim and I were curled on the couch watching the amazing Gankutsuou (part 3) when Chris called and asked us to meet up with her and her expat-Aussie friend Kelly for V for Vendetta

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[aspidites]

Ooh, ooh, I want to play too!

1) When you were little what was your favorite TV show?
Hmm... Jonny Quest was probably my favorite animated series, and I also adored "The Man from U.N.C.L.E". Other series included "Get Smart" and "Dark Shadows", which I remember rushing home from the bus stop after school to see.

2) What was your favorite movie?
Another tough question... I can't think of any movies in those pre-VCR days that I watched more than once except the annual reruns of "The Sound of Music" and "The Wizard of Oz", both of which I grew to detest.

3) What is your favorite TV show currently?
Top of the list is "Lost", with "House", "CSI", "Invasion", the new "Dr. Who", "Stargate SG-1", "Battlestar Galactica", "NCIS", and "Law and Order" spinoffs SVU and CI in a tight pack close behind.

4) What is the best movie you have seen so far this year?
I think I have to agree with Fileg, as "V for Vendetta" is the only movie I actually remember from the first three months of this year (except for Ice Age 2, which we only just saw on Saturday - it was fun, but not deep:-)

5) If someone was going to make a movie or TV show about your life, who would play you and why?
I used to answer this question "Christopher Walken" because I thought he had the proper I.Q. (Insanity Quotient) and we had similar hairstyles. Now, I don't know... Sigourney Weaver, for her kick-ass attitude and willingness to handle slimy things as Ripley?

[fileg]

UNCLE is high on my lost as well, but I was 11 by then. I adored Dark Shadows (I probably still have a bot of a thing for barnabas)

We never managed to get into Invasion. Stargate is fast becoming an old friend. Law and Order is losing me since Briscoe left, but Goren rocks me socks. Jim mentioned anime on his list, which I hadn't thought about as tv since we watch so much of it on DVD. I actually have grown to like Vegas, too - mostly for the music, but it makes me laugh.

Wow, Christopher Walken! I wouldn't have gone there, but yeah, I can see that. I think you may be more suited to anime.

[aspidites]

Invasion was slow to build... they would have a couple of eps of slow, boring character development, then an ep with creepy story development, then back to boring character stuff (because these characters are NOT very interesting, and a number of them are really annoying!). They are way into the story development now, though, with more stuff going on (spawn! there's gonna be spawn!)

At first I didn't watch CI because of Goren, but he's grown on me. I like SVU for many reasons, one of which is watching for slashy moments between Fin and Munch. I'm convinced they're playing them up mre in the last couple of seasons. (The bit in the hospital where Munch has been shot in the ass, and he asks Fin if he wants to kiss it and make it better, made me spit Pepsi all over myself!)

How far along into Stargate are you? Do you want me to bring up some season DVDs?