7 Question Curiousity Poll on New TV Shows, Book REC's and Buffy Comics

[shadowkat]

This is a rough poll - because I'm curious. Tried to add categories for Music that you'd recommend and movies - but there are too many and I'm sadly out of the loop on what is good and what isn't at the moment. Also tried to do a rec list for the tv shows...to see what everyone was watching, but ran out of ticky boxes - so chose not to. If you are so inclined feel free to include "music" and "movie" recs in the comments, along with book and comic book rec's. If not, that's fine too. Please be respectful of other's opinions, even if they seem like insane troll logic. No bashing of people. Also keep in mind it is impossible to edit polls and I'm always going to leave something out. Oh and if you don't know what to answer for a question? Just skip it. I certainly will. Thanks!

Hope more than ten people do this. Always tricky doing polls.

[ETA: Sigh. I don't know where my brain's been lately - no, wait, at work in stress hell..that's where. Re-read the poll and somehow I left off Nikita and No Ordinary Family (two shows I actually watch, and one, Nikita - that I actually adore - even more than Terriers). I also put Mr. Carrol instead of Mr. Norrel for the Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel book option. Sorry about that. Brain is deleting entertainment files as we speak to make room for new database info.]


[Poll #1656246]

Comments

[rahirah]

The comics started going astray for me in issue 1, and not for any of the reasons people usually list - the helicopters and the guns and whatnot. If I were fighting demons, I'd take helicopters and guns too, if I could get them. What bothered me was that that very first arc, the one that was supposed to hook new readers and entice old ones, kicked off by putting the main character in an essentially passive role, and focused not on any of the things the audience was interested in, but on the not-so-burning question of who Buffy's secret admirer was. Not only was the emotional thrust of the story boring, Amy and Warren were pointless and annoying villains, whose plan was just plain dumb. I mean, what WAS the point of bringing back Warren?

Sadly, the disappointment I felt in that first story proved prophetic. :/

[scarlett2u.livejournal.com]

I agree that things were just off from the very beginning. They lost me when Buffy said "Great Muppety Odin!" (honestly, who but Xander or maybe Andrew might say that?!) and though I kept reading, I should've run far and fast.

[elisi]

They lost me when Buffy said "Great Muppety Odin!"
Oh Lord, I remember trying to analyse that line, since it was so odd - clearly that indicated some kind of deeper meaning? I was quickly cured of any such foolishness. Which reminds me that I rather love (because I'm twisted like that) how Jeanty and Allie in their interviews always go out of their way to dispel any notions of anything beneath the surface. What you see is what you get.