30 Days of Telly Meme - Day 1

[thisbluespirit]

Stolen from curuchamion. (With the disclaimer that I can't guarantee to post every day, but I will make 30 posts.)

Day 01 - A show that should never have been cancelled: Blake's 7

It wasn't meant to end with that episode. And I would have liked more. :-( Four seasons, I know, so it could have been worse, but I would have liked more. And I love that S4 ends as it does (I'm keeping spoiler-free for this) and yet Chris Boucher says on the commentary, "It was only meant to end the season!" Looking at the finales for S1-3, that isn't all that surprising. For something with a budget probably smaller than DW, it never lacked in daring when it came to storytelling. And they could remake it now, using the universe setting, but we can't have those characters back. (Or they might try that, but that would be bad, bad, bad. Remakers of TV shows have to learn that the original cast do have something to do with the success of a series. Just a teeny, tiny bit.)

Days of Telly Meme:
Day 01 - A show that should never have been cancelled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
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

[pedanther]

Ends on a bit of a down note, this list, dunnit?

[thisbluespirit]

Heh. Yes, it does. Shall I do the days in the wrong order? I want to do Day 17 today... I might just do that. Why not?

:lol:

Oh, and btw, I got some really nice comments on my icons now, so thanks again. :-) (Don't worry, that's the last time I'll thank you for the same thing. ;-D)

[pedanther]

... I wonder if it would be possible to do this meme entirely from the shows at isurrendered...

(Day 1: Mammoth Season)

[thisbluespirit]

Probably! :lol:

I think I'll stick to just messing up the days. Although maybe I should suggest it at the comm... Hmm. :-D (I have a picspam to do for 17. Sadly, it's not possible to do one for Mammoth Season. Hey wait, Mammoth Season wasn't cancelled, was it> *shock* Now, Deadline was, I know.)

[pedanther]

What I remember hearing was that it had a two-season story arc, but was canned after the first season because it was so expensive. (Let me check. Yes, it said so in ironychan's original overview.)

But ironychan said on the latest weekly reaction post that apparently Dark Horse have picked up the comic book rights, which hopefully means the rest of the story will get told somehow.

[thisbluespirit]

*was too busy obsessing over own three shows to pay proper attention*

*cough*

I love the way it feels as though some of these shows are real in some sense at least. Lovely creative silliness! :lol:

[thisbluespirit]

I went and suggested we do this meme on the comm. They seemed to like it. :-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, I've got the message... I will watch Blake's 7, again...

[thisbluespirit]

Hey, this was just my answer to the first question. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head that fitted. :-)

You're going to hate it, and never let me forget it, aren't you? :lol:

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't think so - I didn't hate it first time around...

[thisbluespirit]

Whoops, I keep forgetting you told me that. It must be because of going round trying to bully other people into watching it, too. *cough*

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Clearly you need an icon similar to this!

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

For something with a budget probably smaller than DW,

Did I ever share with you what I heard in a Terry Nation interview back in the 1980s? (I probably still have it on tape in storage, but it's sooo ooold now.) He said that, since their special effects budget pretty much consisted of shaking the scenery, they focused on characterization. Heh. I'm so glad they did, because that's one compelling series.

And they could remake it now, using the universe setting, but we can't have those characters back. (Or they might try that, but that would be bad, bad, bad.

Yes, it would be. I know that Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon) tried for years to get a revival going, but I don't want to see one now, because I wanted that particular cast.

Remakers of TV shows have to learn that the original cast do have something to do with the success of a series. Just a teeny, tiny bit.

Yep. It's silly, but I was very fond of the cast of the original "Battlestar Galactica" all those years ago, though I never cease to hear what bad actors they all were, including Lorne Greene. *shrug* No accounting for taste...

[thisbluespirit]

You may have done, but it always bears saying again. And it's a wise choice anyway. Effects will date no matter what, but good storytelling and characterisation will always have an interest.

I think if they were going to use the B7 universe for a series, I would be interested, as long as it wasn't in anyone supposed to be the actual B7, or pretend that it didn't happen. And especially if they got Chris Boucher to write things! It was an interesting set-up and universe and it would be a nice hook for a new sf show. But, yes, not otherwise. The cast of B7 were just too good to even attempt it. Even before we start on everyone else, I don't think anyone else could ever be Avon! And who else could pull off those white outfits but Jacqueline Pearce? It's unthinkable.

I've never seen either Battlestar Galactica, but I sympathise. I don't know why TV makers think that the cast have nothing to do with things - it's like when US networks remake British shows. Sometimes there's good reason, and it comes off, but mostly it fails, simply because you needed the proper cast (e.g. Red Dwarf for one). Aw. All I know about Lorne Greene is that's where Lorne's name comes from in Angel.

And, I'm sorry, I've not been keeping up with your posts, and I meant to, cos I could see you weren't having the best time, to put it mildly. :-( I was around, but things got manic.