30 Day TV Meme and Merlin...

[shadowkat]

1. Eh, I think I finally hit the section of Merlin S5 that everybody on my flist (that is into Merlin) despised. It's the episode with Gwen/Morgana and The Dark Tower. I know the series gets better, because everyone was raving about the last three or four episodes of it. It's just what is done with Guenivere in the middle section that they despised.

2. Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching

Hard one. Considering most of the series I'm watching right now aren't in great danger of being cancelled, and/or are naturally winding down.

I'm going to go with Once Upon a Time - this series is getting better as it goes. And is quite subversive in its story tropes. Plus, it plays with established Disney Fairy Tale Tropes, often twisting them on the heads. Pinnochio isn't such an upstanding guy, Captain is a delightful rogue who reminds me more of Jack Sparrow and less of the guy in the long red coat and black whig running from a big crocodile. And the series two kick-ass female heroines..in the form of Snow White and her estranged daughter Emma Swan. But the best thing about it is the ambiguous Mr. Gold/Rumplestilskin who manipulated the Evil Queen into cursing all of fairytale land into our magic-less world just so he could be reunited with his son, Baelfire.

I wish it was better executed than it is, but it is improving with each episode...and definitely has a great deal of potential. Also, it's amongst the few series I want to write/read meta or fanfic about at the moment.


Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV 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 TV 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 TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death.

Comments

[kathyh]

Eh, I think I finally hit the section of Merlin S5 that everybody on my flist (that is into Merlin) despised.

Yes. Despised is probably a bit of a strong word to describe my reaction but it was certainly a storyline I was disappointed in. Not to spoil you but it could have had potential had it been handled differently.