Most Impactful TV Show of All Time?
Mar. 28th, 2019 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatSaw this on FB:
Most impactful TV shows of all time? Not just ones you liked, but ones that got you through stuff, made your heart ache, made you feel like the characters were your friends. Ones you couldn't wait to see the next episode of because you were so invested in what happens next. Ones you'd record on your VCR if you're old like me because you couldn't bear to miss them and waiting for a rerun or video release just wasn't an option.
My answer?
Gee, I don't know, guess?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - no contest.
It's the only television series that I got obsessed enough over to write about.
And join a fandom. And a spoiler board to speculate on what would happen next.
And I kept the VCRs until the died, then shifted to DVDs, and read the comics.
Also Buffy in some ways saved me. I was in a horrible work situation, the less said about the better -- and the Buffy fan community helped me stay sane.
What are yours?
Most impactful TV shows of all time? Not just ones you liked, but ones that got you through stuff, made your heart ache, made you feel like the characters were your friends. Ones you couldn't wait to see the next episode of because you were so invested in what happens next. Ones you'd record on your VCR if you're old like me because you couldn't bear to miss them and waiting for a rerun or video release just wasn't an option.
My answer?
Gee, I don't know, guess?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - no contest.
It's the only television series that I got obsessed enough over to write about.
And join a fandom. And a spoiler board to speculate on what would happen next.
And I kept the VCRs until the died, then shifted to DVDs, and read the comics.
Also Buffy in some ways saved me. I was in a horrible work situation, the less said about the better -- and the Buffy fan community helped me stay sane.
What are yours?
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Date: 2019-03-29 05:26 pm (UTC)In order, probably:
Gundam Wing
Stargate SG-1
Yami no Matsuei
Fullmetal Alchemist
Gilmore Girls
Veronica Mars
Supernatural (through 2011)
Merlin
(movie: 2009 Star Trek reboot)
(movie: Inception)
Grey's Anatomy
Hawaii Five-0 (through 2013)
The Vampire Diaries
Lost Girl
Teen Wolf
Killjoys
The Expanse
The Magicians
~today~
Roswell, New Mexico should probably get added to the list, and Arrow and Supergirl are in there somewhere, too. There are books & comics, too. Also, I'm definitely missing things.
BUT, if we want what I think are the most influential on my life, and that I use as emotional barometers:
Stargate SG-1
Gilmore Girls
Grey's Anatomy
♥
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Date: 2019-03-29 10:40 pm (UTC)Of the one's you listed? I've loved:
Grey's Anatomy and Gilmore Girls the most - I just find both to be rather comforting at times.
I also rather loved Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars and Merlin.