I'm actually feeling awful.
Oh, what's wrong little guy?
Well it all began when you arrived...
Oh you joker you! Anyway, as I was saying before, I wanted to go into detail as to why my favourite TV Shows are my favourite TV Shows, so I'll do just that!
Now, since we've last spoke the favourites have shifted slightly. What? No! Not in that way, you dirty minded person, they've shifted positions. You see, I've grown rather fond of a particular show, and I think I love it more than Number 1 ... that's right .... Number 1 is beaten.
So here's the revised list:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Breaking Bad
- Dexter
- The Walking Dead
- Doctor Who
Now I understand how you might be feeling upset but that's no need to start throwing things!
I'm going to throw a chair!
No you're not.
I'm going to throw it right now!
You can't throw anything, you're just very small text.
Oh, so you're sizeist!
Yes, now quiet now midget. Okay, as I was saying you might think I'm crazy for moving the ultimate Breaking Bad to the number 2 spot, but I have my reasons, I swear.
You see, as much as I love Breaking Bad, and I think it's awesome and badass and how all the characters are connectable with all their own struggles and dilemmas and whatnot. How the themes are interesting and cool and how the story is atmospheric and emotional, it just doesn't get to me the same way Buffy does.
Maybe it's because I haven't watch Breaking Bad in a while, or maybe not, it's coming back in less than a month so we'll see then. BB made me want to watch more and more, it's one of those shows, but after a while I'd get tired and have to break. That's not the case for Buffy.
With Buffy I can watch for hours without stop, it's amazing. It's an absolute joy to watch. I've grown to love all the characters and they actually begin to feel like friends, as silly as that sounds. They're the kind of people I'd like to hang out with, they're all so funny and reliable, especially Xander, what a hero.
I'm on Season 4, so I've just begun to watch Angel too, but I've only watched the first episode so I can't give an opinion yet, from what I've watched it seems edgier than Buffy.
You see, the thing I love about Buffy is that when the characters are feeling happy, I'm feeling happy, and when they're feeling sad, so am I. You begin to laugh with their hilarious jokes and share in their heartbreaking ... heartbreak. It's an odd sensation and it is evoked a lot of the time.
You see I get this with other shows too, but not as often as with Buffy, this show is different, which is why it's stealing the title from Breaking Bad, sorry Walt.
I still prefer Breaking Bad.
No you don't.
I know! God I know!
Hm, it seems I've explained the reason as to why the Top 2 are in the Top 2, now for the rest!
Number 3, Dexter, (which funnily enough has a new episode out today, which I plan to watch after this post) is a great show. For those who haven't watched it yet, I recommend it. It's on the European Netflix, as are all the shows in list above excluding The Walking Dead, which is on the American version.
It follows the life of a serial killer who kills serial killers, as was thought of him by his father. This is the whole morale dilemma of the show, should you empathize with a killer, even one that is only trying to good?
My answer is yes. I support a death penalty for killers (and rapists) as I think it is only fair. Take a life, then you should be prepared to give your own, so to me Dexter is doing nothing wrong.
However, the law is the law, and Dexter is breaking it, which is bad, also most people aren't alright with murder of any kind so there's that.
The thing I like about Dexter besides from the whole morale dilemma, is that I like Dexter himself. Just because he kills, doesn't make him a bad guy. He's an excellent father, a faithful brother (to Debra, the other main character who I really like) and a great friend (most of the time).
He has struggles which he has to face and is usually put under an inordinate amount of stress. Most of the time the main cause of his stress is the various top-class serial killers that he has to face.
Dexter is a great show for creating a great villain. In fact, The Trinity Killer and The Ice Truck Killer are two of my favourite bad guys of all time. Overall Dexter deserves the No. 3 spot.
In fourth we have The Walking Dead, a zombie show. You may wonder why it's not my favourite show if TWD game is my favourite game. This is because the game is better, in my opinion. That game connected with me big time, and I'll go into that more in the games post.
I still love the show, it's a great show, it's just not perfect. It's becoming a little tedious. The first season was amazing, it's probably my favourite. The second was lacking, with a big finish, if I remember correctly. Then the third came along and became a little predictable, with the season sort of dragging on a bit, with a disappointing finale.
Hopefully next season will break the pattern it's creating but for now it's staying in No. 4.
Finally, we have Doctor Who, which I have been watching since 2006, when David Tennant became the Tenth Doctor, my personal favourite Doctor. It's not that I don't like Matt Smith, it's just I've always found Ten (The Tenth Doctor) more interesting, with his whimsical humour, insistent technobabble and his hidden anger. He was mysterious and cool. Oh, and I think Ten and Rose are one of the greatest couples of all time. David Tennant made me love Who.
The Matt came along, and at first I was hesitant to like him. I remember thinking to myself 'As If anyone could replace my buddy David!' but I now I think Matt was the best guy to do it, and I'm sad he's leaving.
Doctor Who is pure escapism, similar to Buffy, and it has fun, exciting stories with fun exciting characters. I've loved it since the age of 8, which is awesome now that I think of it. Oh, and I can't wait for the 50th! Going to be so much fun!
Well, that covers them all and so concludes my TV Shows post! I like writing these as it gets all these thoughts out of my head. The next post I write may not be about the other topics I said I'd discuss, but rather something else I want to write about, but I'll get to Movies, Games etc. eventually.
That's it. Have a pleasant day/night.
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