TV/Movie Meme - Day 5/6
Day 05 - Favorite love story in a movie
Easy. Anakin and Padmé, though in a sense their story to me "transcends" movie-dom. I've expounded over why I love this story countless times, so I won't do so again, suffice it to say I love the doomed, epic, mythic resonance of it.
Day 06 - Favorite made for TV movie
Do mini-series count? I see there's a "favorite miniseries" prompt on the other meme. Anyway - As a rule, I avoid made-for-TV movies, and mini-series I don't do much better. I can say that the TV movie/mini that's stuck with me most is probably the adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand" - I saw it before I ever read the book, and I remember just being haunted by the possibility of a "superflu" wiping out the world as we knew it. There are certain images from it that stick with me even now (the corpse-clogged Lincoln Tunnel; "Don't Dream It's Over" playing over the montage of the newly plague-emptied world). I watched it again after I read the book - which has become one of my all-time favorites - and it still holds up decently. I actually like Gary Sinise's Stu more than the book version, though Molly Ringwald's Frannie is meh (granted, I don't like the book incarnation much either). Stylistically it's pretty dry, and there are a couple of scripting changes I'd probably have made (for example, not merging Rita's and Nadine's characters, though I can understand why they did), but on the whole, it certainly came out a lot better than most Stephen King adaptations.
Day 07 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 08 - A movie that you’ve seen countless times
Day 09 - A movie with the best soundtrack
Day 10 - Favorite classic movie
Day 11 - A movie that changed your opinion about something
Day 12 - A movie that you hate
Day 13 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A movie that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 16 - A movie that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A movie that disappointed you the most
Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would’ve seen
Day 19 - Favorite movie based on a book/comic/etc.
Day 20 - Favorite movie from your favorite actor/actress
Day 21 - Favorite action movie
Day 22 - Favorite documentary
Day 23 - Favorite animation
Day 24 - That one awesome movie idea that still hasn’t been done yet
Day 25 - The most hilarious movie you’ve ever seen
Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates
Day 27 - A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters
Day 28 - Favorite movie from your favorite director
Day 29 - A movie from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite movie of all time
Day 05 - A show you hate
I try to say I don't "hate" any fictional thing - it's too strong a word for anything fictional, I think. Dislike? Virtually any so-called "reality" show. The proliferation of these shows disgusts me in its perfect highlighting of the networks' increasing greed/priority for money rather than a quality product: because they don't have professional writers or actors they're super-cheap to produce, and by and large they get what they pay for. And people watch this stuff. Crap like "The Bachelor" gets renewed when shows like Farscape and TSCC get cancelled? It's this very trend that's a big part of why I seldom watch TV anymore.
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show
Toss up between Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Passion" and Star Trek: TNG's "Best of Both Worlds." Passion, especially the second half, is such an unbelievably visceral piece of television. Few moments in the series more perfectly crystallized Angelus's cruelty more than the faux-romantic setup for Giles to find Jenny's corpse, or Angelus outside Buffy's window deriving pure pleasure in watching hers and her friend's grief. You also get some of the most skin-crawly moments of the series, in Angelus watching Buffy sleep - and the most touching, with Buffy and Giles' mutual breakdown after she saves him from the warehouse. "Best of Both Worlds" is probably the episode of a TV show I've watched more than any other - never were the Borg more cold, chilling, and sinister than this episode, and part 1 has pretty much one of the best cliffhangers ever. It also dared to do something Trek TV had never really done before - it introduced an event which would have a profound psychological effect on a major character, and wasn't dropped in the next episode - it in fact laid the ground for the emotional core of arguably the best TNG film, First Contact.
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v 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 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
Easy. Anakin and Padmé, though in a sense their story to me "transcends" movie-dom. I've expounded over why I love this story countless times, so I won't do so again, suffice it to say I love the doomed, epic, mythic resonance of it.
Day 06 - Favorite made for TV movie
Do mini-series count? I see there's a "favorite miniseries" prompt on the other meme. Anyway - As a rule, I avoid made-for-TV movies, and mini-series I don't do much better. I can say that the TV movie/mini that's stuck with me most is probably the adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand" - I saw it before I ever read the book, and I remember just being haunted by the possibility of a "superflu" wiping out the world as we knew it. There are certain images from it that stick with me even now (the corpse-clogged Lincoln Tunnel; "Don't Dream It's Over" playing over the montage of the newly plague-emptied world). I watched it again after I read the book - which has become one of my all-time favorites - and it still holds up decently. I actually like Gary Sinise's Stu more than the book version, though Molly Ringwald's Frannie is meh (granted, I don't like the book incarnation much either). Stylistically it's pretty dry, and there are a couple of scripting changes I'd probably have made (for example, not merging Rita's and Nadine's characters, though I can understand why they did), but on the whole, it certainly came out a lot better than most Stephen King adaptations.
Day 07 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 08 - A movie that you’ve seen countless times
Day 09 - A movie with the best soundtrack
Day 10 - Favorite classic movie
Day 11 - A movie that changed your opinion about something
Day 12 - A movie that you hate
Day 13 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A movie that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 16 - A movie that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A movie that disappointed you the most
Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would’ve seen
Day 19 - Favorite movie based on a book/comic/etc.
Day 20 - Favorite movie from your favorite actor/actress
Day 21 - Favorite action movie
Day 22 - Favorite documentary
Day 23 - Favorite animation
Day 24 - That one awesome movie idea that still hasn’t been done yet
Day 25 - The most hilarious movie you’ve ever seen
Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates
Day 27 - A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters
Day 28 - Favorite movie from your favorite director
Day 29 - A movie from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite movie of all time
Day 05 - A show you hate
I try to say I don't "hate" any fictional thing - it's too strong a word for anything fictional, I think. Dislike? Virtually any so-called "reality" show. The proliferation of these shows disgusts me in its perfect highlighting of the networks' increasing greed/priority for money rather than a quality product: because they don't have professional writers or actors they're super-cheap to produce, and by and large they get what they pay for. And people watch this stuff. Crap like "The Bachelor" gets renewed when shows like Farscape and TSCC get cancelled? It's this very trend that's a big part of why I seldom watch TV anymore.
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show
Toss up between Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Passion" and Star Trek: TNG's "Best of Both Worlds." Passion, especially the second half, is such an unbelievably visceral piece of television. Few moments in the series more perfectly crystallized Angelus's cruelty more than the faux-romantic setup for Giles to find Jenny's corpse, or Angelus outside Buffy's window deriving pure pleasure in watching hers and her friend's grief. You also get some of the most skin-crawly moments of the series, in Angelus watching Buffy sleep - and the most touching, with Buffy and Giles' mutual breakdown after she saves him from the warehouse. "Best of Both Worlds" is probably the episode of a TV show I've watched more than any other - never were the Borg more cold, chilling, and sinister than this episode, and part 1 has pretty much one of the best cliffhangers ever. It also dared to do something Trek TV had never really done before - it introduced an event which would have a profound psychological effect on a major character, and wasn't dropped in the next episode - it in fact laid the ground for the emotional core of arguably the best TNG film, First Contact.
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v 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 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