As we enter fall, tv is Full on . . .
On my media center PC
My bookcase
What does the below list say? From what I have seen about TV. . .shows are good for the first few seasons but . .almost always they go to hell
Top TV Shows (or TV shows that haven't let me down)
seinfeld
24
Lost
Buffy the vampire slayer
Angel
My Name is Earl
Sopranos
The Office
Deadwood
The Shield
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Desperate Housewives
Bottom TV shows (or TV shows that have let me down)
Seinfeld (DID YOU SEE THE LAST EPISODE???)
Alias - it started out great, but with the Fall of SD6 -so did the show go to 'ell
X-Files
Stargate SG1
CSI
Chappell Show(crazy bastard cancelled the best show)
The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars IV - New Hope
Star Wars V - Empire Strikes Back
Two Sisters
Shakespear in Love
Memento
Downfall
Dark City
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones - Last Crusade
Silence of the Lambs
The Pianist
LA Confidential
Crash
Terminator 2
Terminator
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Princess bride
The Crow
Aliens
Kill Bill 1
Kill Bill 2
X-Men
X-Men 2
Back to the Future
Back to the Future 3
Gladiator
Unforgiven
Lethal Weapon
LOTR Two Towers
LOTR Return of the King
LOTR Fellowship of the Ring
Die Hard
Die hard 3
Desperado
Lock Stock and two smoking barrells
Batman Begins
Meet the Parents
Ocean's 11
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Shrek
Grosse Point Blank
The Fugutive
Lord of War
American Beauty
Jurrasic Park
Unbreakable
True Romance
Snatch
Looks like Indiana may be Speilburg's next movie. After firewall, harrison needs some dollars
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
There was a point during the movie Serenity when I turned toward my wife, smiled, and said “I’m happy”. You must understand that Serenity’s success was not guaranteed in my mind. There is nothing I hate more then people who can sit through a movie knowing they would love it before, and come out singing its praise. I remember walking out of Star Wars Episode 3 (early this summer) and I overheard two guys saying “That was the best sci-fi movie ever”. I wanted to turn and ask “You did watch Star Wars right?” What was wrong with these guys? It blew my mind . . . but then I remembered Brand Equity and I let it slide.
I am not saying I am entirely unbiased; I know enough about how the world works to know that man (and perhaps a few women) are inherently biased. Yet watching Serenity did not destroy what I had loved, the TV show Firefly. So many times I have been led astray (X-files; Matrix 2, 3; Star wars 1,2,3). In fact the last movie that worked on a larger scale was Lord of The Rings. I remember watching Lord of The Rings with a similar feeling “they did it right”, that is the same happiness I found during this movie.
Firefly is a TV show that was ungraciously aired out of order, then cancelled. We can blame Fox for the short sightedness. Firefly featured a science fiction show about a bunch of smuggler types, and a few complimentary crew members. The show was different then other science fiction shows like Star Trek, Star Wars: no aliens, a Wild West theme, and the eerie quiet of deep space. Firefly featured a back story of a war between separatist and an Alliance who is looking to control. Take that and add a captain who lost his faith fighting on the loosing side of that war.
Serenity manages to pick up the ball that Fox fumbled and run with it. It is an engaging space-opera from the beginning until the violent and bloody end. Instead of focusing on cool technology, big weapons, and a big bang this is a story ala 1984 and Brave New World. It is moralities tell about big government, control, and the fact there will always be people on the other side of that control looking to fight for their slice of the sky. It is because of this, not the science fiction, which Serenity works.
Now I will hope that Serenity is a success and I will get to see the adventures of Mal Reynolds and crew sometime in the short future.