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[astri13]

Yesterday I caught the Season 2 Finale of "Grey`s " by accident and every time Denny was on screen I wanted him to immediately out-Winchester as in gruffly bellowing orders to the interns, shooting them little barbs about their cars and telling Izzie "Sweetheart, I ain`t got time for this". :D

As much as I wanted to occasionally hit John with a shovel I`d rather see him than the wet blanket that was Denny. Poor JDM (and poor Katie Heigl). I liked him more in his blink-and-you-miss-them guest stints on "Angel" and "Tru Calling". In one he was even called "Sam". Heh.

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[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I never watched Buffy. I just wasn't into it for a couple of reasons. *g* For one thing, it centered around a girl, but also I wasn't interested in the whole vampire thing and also, believe it or not, I've always had an extreme dislike of horror movies/TV/books/anything. *g* I still can't believe I'm watching Supernatural, but I think maybe I'm finally old enough to watch it. hehe

I actually haven't watched a lot of TV in many years. When my kids were small, I didn't watch much because they were around and when they weren't, I was either working or too exhausted or just had too many other things to do.

In recent years, I have only watched a handful of shows, so there's a lot I haven't seen. Usually I latch onto one show at a time. This is the first time I've had several shows I'm watching. :-) DVDs and a DVR make it easier to catch up. :-)

I`ve heard about the Burning Zone, it was a show about a medical team fighting viruses, wasn`t it? But I don`t remember ever watching it.

They weren't always fighting viruses, but they were a medical team. It was like a secret governmental thing. It's a very strange show. It was on for about one season or less--I'm not sure how many. JDM is only in the first 11, I think. I had never heard of it before. If I had, I doubt I'd have watched it. *g* It was on in 1996, I think.

[astri13.livejournal.com]

I still can't believe I'm watching Supernatural, but I think maybe I'm finally old enough to watch it. hehe

Horror was never really my thing either, X-Files was about as far as it went. Buffy on the other hand was never really horror. It was always more of a clever parody or metaphor for life. And in its hey-day it did have one of the most brilliant writing around. So far I`ve never seen another show be able to pull off that level of intensity. With Supernatural the characters are there but the plots aren`t.

DVDs and a DVR make it easier to catch up. :-)

Not to mention not having to wait weeks or months in between episodes. :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Even X-Files was too scary and/or just icky for me. I've seen maybe 3 episodes ever, and hated them all. I went away thinking, "Why the hell would I ever want to watch a show like that?" *g* It just wasn't my thing at the time.

I've never seen any episodes of Buffy just because the whole idea of the show never appealed to me. I don't really like the whole vampire thing (and think it's lame even on SPN), and I can't think of anything about the show that would appeal to me. It's always possible that I could be wrong. I never thought I'd like Stargate or Supernatural either, but I'd have to get over the hurdle of why would I even start watching it? *g*

I'm more of a character person than a plot person. On Supernatural, the supernatural stuff and the demon stuff doesn't really interest me all that much except how it affects the guys.

[astri13.livejournal.com]

I don't really like the whole vampire thing (and think it's lame even on SPN),

I`ve always been a huge vampire fan. :) Or genre in general, sci-fi, fantasy, anything removed from reality. I`m a character person too and I want the characters to feel real but be in an "unreal" environment, I love that dichotomy if it`s well done.

So I would have probably checked Supernatural out just for the theme but I wouldn`t have stayed if the characters didn`t grab me. And most of my shows have ensemble casts so an all male show was something unique. I believe the last one I was really into was "Highlander" with all the yummy (and phallic :) swordfights.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

was "Highlander" with all the yummy (and phallic :) swordfights.

Hee! I've never seen that either, but I've hard just a little about it. *g*

When I was a child, I'd read anything at all and even as an adult, I'd often read sci-fi/fantasy stuff (more sci-fi than fantasy, though), depending on the author or if someone gave me the books or something. *g* If I liked an author, I'd try to read all his/her books, regardless of genre. Sometimes I liked them all, and sometimes not.

Sci-fi just wasn't something I sought out all that much. I love history, so I'd read non-fiction history stuff before reading a sci-fi novel, and I loved historical novels. Mostly, though, I preferred novels set in the here and now or at least set in reality or the reality of the author, whatever that was.

Movies and TV shows are different, but my idea of sci-fi was always that it was lame and cheesy--probably because of the really lame things that were on TV when I was a kid.

I loved the original (and only, as far as I'm concerned) Battlestar Galactica, but not because it was a cheesy sci-fi show. I loved the characters first, and the premise second--not necessarily the fact that it was set in place, but the fact that it related to Earth history (like Stargate did at first as well) and what it was trying to say about human nature.

I liked the first Star Wars movie, but I did think all the space battles, and especially the creatures, were really lame. I never liked Chewbacca or the robots. *g* I never liked Star Trek either--not the original (although I've probably seen every episode by now *g*) or any of the spin-offs.

I never sat around thinking, "Gee, I hate sci-fi" or anything like that, but it just didn't appeal to me, so unless there was some other reason to start watching a show, I probably wouldn't. I also have an aversion to puppets and fake creatures. I'm not sure if I can get over that enough to want to watch Farscape, but I'm recording it and saving it anyway. hehe

OTOH, I've always been a big fan of buddy shows on TV (or brother shows), so that would be a reason to start watching. *g*

The whole vampire thing--and werewolves, too--reminds me too much of the cheesy soap that I watched as a child: Dark Shadows. I loved that show! *g* It kind of ruined all of that sort of thing for me later, though. hehe I may yet end up changing my mind about it someday, though. hehe I'm not dead set against it, but it's just the idea of vampires is not ever going to be a reason to watch a show. *g* There'd have to be a cute guy or preferably some sort of slash involved. hehe

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Hee! I've never seen that either, but I've hard just a little about it. *g*

It`s hard to rec Highlander because the first two Seasons were rather lame. But in Season 3 Methos happened and he might just be the best TV-character ever. Okay, second best after Dean :) but he made the show into awesomeness. He was this nice, laidback funny guy and then they revealed he had roamed the lands, slaughtering and raping and viewer`s jaws dropped everywhere yet it still was not out of character and it still didn`t make him unsympathetic at all. He was just too cool. *g*
And if you like brothers, Highlander has a lot of the brothers in arms concept.

I loved the old Battlestar as a kid but the new show is great too. Or at least it was in its first 1 1/2 Seasons. The writing and the characters were great. Then it started seriously going downhill. *sigh*
I also watched all Star Trek shows and while I`m not a Trekker I really did like them since for once it was a positive future. Usually humankind has screwed itself over in sci-fi which is probably more realistic but sometimes depressing.

I`m an insane Star Wars nut. I can practically quote the dialogue. *geeks out*
Even my Sci-fi hating mother liked it, at least she liked Vader and "his" music as she called it (the Imperial theme). :D

I also have an aversion to puppets and fake creatures. I'm not sure if I can get over that enough to want to watch Farscape, but I'm recording it and saving it anyway. hehe

I HATED Farscape at first, it was so weird and with the puppets and all, it was more like a drug trip. Years later I tried watching it again, this time more in marathon sessions and I fell for the characters so hard. Honestly the whumping that happens to Dean and Sam? Nothing to what poor John Crichton has to suffer. It`s still very weird but Season 3 made me cry, I was so invested in it.

OTOH, I've always been a big fan of buddy shows on TV (or brother shows), so that would be a reason to start watching. *g*

I remember all the detective shows when I was a kid like Colt Seavers, Simon&Simon, Riptide, A-Team. They were on in the early evening and it usually was around dinner time but my ten year old self demanded the table had to be set before it started or we were waiting until it was finished. My friends did the same, typical brats of the 80s. *g*