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Quick recs for three ficlets that made me laugh!

makesitpretty [Black Books, Bernard/Fran], from

oxoniensis's porn battle but mostly this is just hilarious, OH FRAN.

The One With The Love Spell by

out_there [Merlin, Merlin/Arthur], which has the most sparkling, delightful dialogue, OH GAIUS.

Both Alike In Dignity by

siriaeve [SGA, John/Rodney], in which Rodney and John are like Romeo and Juliet. Sort of. OH RODNEY. :D

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Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever:
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Strikeout the shows you've never seen.
4. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [you know, I revisited the first series of this last year, FAR more excellent than I remember - Sisko! Dax! Odo! Bashir and Garak's epic love! *heart*]
~~46. Sex & The City~~
45. Farscape [with plans for more, oh yes]
~~44. Cracker~~
43. Star Trek
42. Only Food and Horses
~~41. Band of Brothers~~
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus [I haven't so much watched a lot of episodes of this as had key scenes injected intravenously since birth, good times]
~~38. Curb Your Enthusiasm~~
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER [I think I watched this for four seasons, or something? I lost interest after Elizabeth and Weaver and Carter had all left.]
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office [UK version - v. v. good, but makes me curl up into a little ball of sympathetic humiliation, argh]
~~22. The Shield~~
21. Angel
20. Blackadder [I've mostly just seen the same few episodes over and over again, I know not why.]
19. Scrubs
~~18. Arrested Development~~
17. Doctor Who
[where art thou, sixteen?]
~~15. Heroes~~ [we broke up]
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica [slowly slowly catching up with this - on 2x09 at the moment. asl;djas, post of flail will not doubt arrive at some point. Also, LAURA ROSLIN. <33333]
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced [*heart*, but I don't think I've seen it all.]
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost [the day I decided I didn't care about this any more was a GOOD DAY, sheesh.]
04. The West Wing [weirdly, this show more than anything is the show of my childhood. It's fun going back and watching old episodes now I understand what on earth's going on!]
~~03. The Sopranos~~
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer [working on it, really sporadically]
01. The Simpsons [I never did quite get this show.]

If anyone wants to tell me about which shows I should absolutely be watching (whether they're on that list or not), you should feel free! I think I'm on the hunt for something fresh that's less omgintense than BSG.

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Huh. I appear to be eyeing up

tardis_bigbang and

thelittlebang [multi-fandom femslash]. That way lies madness, I'm quite sure! And yet. Big Bang participants of times yore, talk to me! Is it terrifying and horrible, or is is thrilling and the source of new and wondrous inspiration? I'm guessing a bit of both.

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You know much as I've enjoyed the Simpsons, its not the best tv ever. Futurama is superior for a start. I feel I've watched Spaced through osmosis, in that I don't think I've ever watched an entire episode yet I know all the plots! Hmmm recommendations, seeing as you enjoy both Pushing Daisies and Good Omens, then I'd recommend Dead Like Me ( also, if you've not seen it Neverwhere) and other than MORE BLACKADDER! I'd recommend the watching of the 2nd to 5th seasons of Red Dwarf as those were probably the highlights.

i LOVE it when you have recs!
hah! black books!

Futurama has always appealed - everything is improved by at least a factor of ten by being set IN SPACE, of course - but I've just never got around to it. Is Dead Like Me by the same crowd as Pushing Daisies, or is that something else? Either way, all duly noted, thank you!

Hurray for recs, I'm glad you enjoy them! And Black Books, oh my love is epic. I'm sure it's pretty bad that I want to grow up to be Bernard Black, but I kind of do anyway. :D

wrong as it may be, me TOO!

Certainly the IN SPACE element helps, also subtler humour, the presence of gargoyle, a robot satan, an ass kicking cyclops and lots of heads in jars have a certain charm.

Indeed Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies are products of the same deranged genius!

Farscape, Farscape, Farscape!

*flails*

Oh wow. I've never done any of these big bang things either, but I'd be really into signing up to vid for

thelittlebang. You've opened up my eyes for the lady love. :)

Edit: Poop. They don't have Merlin as a vidding fandom. :(

Edited 2009-01-26 20:06 (UTC)

It's so good! I want to watch moooore! I believe a friend has recently acquired most of the series. *plots*

\o/!

As for fandoms, though, as it's open to anything I guess it's really going to depend on who decides to write for what. I'm hopeful Merlin will get a few entries! (I'll probably be toying between that and something Who-ish, hmm.)

Well that sounds amazing!

Marvellous - considering the tragic demise of our beloved Pie Hole, I'll be in need of that I'm sure.

I need to revisit DS9 as well. I watched it when it was first one which would have probably been back when I was in middle school so its fuzzy in my brain.

And I am the same way with Monty Python. I have seen all the movies so that helps.

But your Gwen/Morgana stuff is THE Gwen/Morgana stuff! Also I don't like that they choose a fandom for you. I wouldn't be able to vid like 90% of the choices so far. :/

I am so, so torn between the two bigbangs. I loved

tardis_bigbang when I did it last year, but an all femslash bigbang is incredibly tempting.

I could even do femslash for them both, Who for

tardis_bigbang and Merlin for

thelittlebang ~~and then I could utterly lose the will to live.~~

But your Gwen/Morgana stuff is THE Gwen/Morgana stuff!

Aw, thanks! In fairness, there really is not a lot of it. Oh fandom, when will you succumb to my whims? *g*

Also I don't like that they choose a fandom for you.

Sounds like they haven't decided quite what they're doing with that yet - I agree, not being able to choose would make things difficult! Wait and see, I suppose.

It's very much worth it! I was pleasantly surprised.

Oh yes, well, the films are the best, really. The series was often patchy. Holy Grail + Life of Brain FTW. :D

I could even do femslash for them both, Who for tardis_bigbang and Merlin for thelittlebang and then I could utterly lose the will to live.

That was my thinking too, possibly! Um. Great idea or terrible idea?

Well, we'd be increasing the amount of femslash in fandom, which is certainly in the cause of right. On the other hand, we might go a little crazy in the head.

looooooooooooooove Holy Grail!

GREAT IDEA.

I love when you post Merlin recs - they're the only Merlin fic I've read. So thanks for posting them :D

I was just thinking about going back to rewatch DS9 the other day. I watched it all when it first aired and loved it (though I think I missed the last season as I was in Uni and there was never any time to watch TV). I was wondering if it would stand up, or if like when I go back and watch TNG that it would make me cringe a bit at how happy everything seems. I like my sci-fi a bit dirty, hence why I loved DS9 and why I'm over the moon about BSG.

*prods you in to catching up on BSG faster*

That show makes me squeak like girl. ;)

You're quite welcome, I'm glad you enjoy them!

Yes, it was at that - plus, it actually deals with some of the issues TNG always glossed over, the colonial feel of the Federation and so on. Also, Cardassians, who I love very much.

That show makes me squeak like girl.

I understand! I've been picking up spoilers randomly for a while, which I'm now definitely going to stop, because being unspoiled for some of these reveals has been amazing. For instance, the end of 2x09 made me leap upright and shout a little, much to the alarm of my poor housemates. It was awesome.