Thursday, December 31, 2009

DOIN' THE DAMN LISTS!!!!!! DECADES RULE!!!!

So before I do this I need you to know that this list is buying into the bull$h!t. A lot of outlets are doing their "Top whatever lists of the decade". Technically, the decade doesn't begin until 2011. But I'm bored and because of that you get a list out of me.

The first list is my favorite T.V. moments of the decade. This list will most likely be wrong in many ways because I'm not putting thought into this. I will surely look back at this in a week and hate myself for forgetting something. Buy that is what life is: Hating the things you didn't know in the past.
So, onward:
(In no particular order and with SPOILERS ...SO LOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK!)

#1: The Sopranos episode "Long Term Parking" (2004). There is nothing more awesome then the moment when Adriana is looking at the woods driving by with the dawning realization that is going to happen next.

#2: The Battlestar Galactica original series mini-series (2003). I watched this on Sci-Fi channel when it first came out because I remember watching the original show as a kid and was wondering if it would be just as cheesy. I was never so glad to be wrong as I watched civilizations die and saw the realistic portrayal of society trying to run from it's enemy and realizing that they may be just as dangerous to themselves.

#3: Battlestar Galactica episode "33" (2004). So much tension and suspense and it helped set the tone for much of the series of the difficult moral decisions that will have to be made for the survival of humanity.

#4: Lost episode "Through the Looking Glass" (2007). There is something to be said that when a character is killed in a show and you feel sad, angry, and as well as content on how it happened and when that does happen you know it was done well. Charlie's death is probably one of the truly most poignant deaths in TV history especially when you see how it was all in vain.

#5: Arrested Development episode "Good Grief" (2004). The Charlie Brown references make this episode such a charming inside joke.

#6: The Venture Brothers episode "Hate Floats" (2006). The opening scene in this episode is an ode to nerds and geeks everywhere. This episode is proof on how if you have great secondary characters that they can carry an entire episode.

#7: The Venture Brothers episode "Escape to the House of the Mummies Part 2" (2006). First, the important thing to know if you decide to go watch this episode is that there there was never a part 1. This episodes main plot is actually a sub plot that can only make sense if you try really hard. But seeing the battle of science vs. magic between Venture and Dr Orpheus is priceless. Guilty pleasures? A oiled up garbage bag. hilarious.

#8: Better Off Ted episode "Racial Sensitivity" (2009). The sad thing is that this show will get cancelled. I can feel it. The great thing? At least they were able to put out an episode so over the line it's amazing that someone didn't complain about it.

#9: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "Who Pooped the Bed?" (2008). Why did they do an episode like this? Because poop is funny. And so is this episode.

#10: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "The Nightman Cometh" (2008). A good joke from an earlier season is turned into an amazing episode of absurdity. This episode makes you cringe and laugh so much it makes you be thankful for cable TV outlets for shows like this to happen.

So this is list #1!

More to come this weekend!

1 comment:

  1. Haven't seen most of these so it's tough to comment on most of it. I do have the first three seasons of BSG coming in the mail (you can finally get your season one back from me) and the three seasons of Venture Brothers sitting next to the DVD player. So soon I will be better informed about those at least. I will say that from the episodes of the Venture Brothers that I have seen though is that it is seriously overlooked by people.

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