Monday 30 November 2009

THE TV SHOWS ARE OUT THERE PART 1

MY FAV TV SHOWS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER





Carnivale
PLOT: A young man with strange healing powers named Ben Hawkins joins a traveling carnival when it passes near his home Soon thereafter, Ben begins having surreal dreams and visions.
WHY: Strange show that freaked me out but also entertained, the show also had some great characters, no other show has a midget playing the lead role ...oh and did i mention there's a bearded lady and a comatosed psychic.
TOP BILL: The characters and the freakish style
BEST EPISODES: Milfay ( first episode) Babylon ( creepy episode) New Cannaan (final)



JUMP THE SHARK: only two season so really it never had time to jump the shark









LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
PLOT: lois and clark chase stories while superman pops up now and again to save the day
WHY: lois and Clark was one of my favourite shows when i was younger, i loved the adventure and of course the romance between Lois and Clark. Teri Hatcher was a great lois Lane and i loved Dean Cains Clark Kent ..but not his superman as he appeared more like a man in costume rather than the man of steel.
SUPER BITS: Every moment featuring tempus, and the Christmas episodes were always good.
BEST EPISODES:pilot.(Great first episode, sets the story) i've got a crush on you,( Lois Lane sings) fly hard ( Black and white episode) that old gang of mine, ( Old gansters back from the dead) seaons greedings( christmas space rats ) tempus fugitive( time travel)


JUMP THE SHARK : When lois is replaced by a clone...and the clone has to eat frogs to survive ..i lost a lot of respect for the show when i saw this :(







PRISONER CELL BLOCK H
PLOT: (Snigger) Ground breaking drama set in a woman's prison
WHY: Another childhood favourite, i would beg to stay up late to see it. The show worked because it had great characters, interesting / ludicrous plots, no show has made me laugh and cry like prisoner.
BREAK OUT MOMENTS: Myra/marie's escapes, riot/fire episodes, bea v freak, lizzies surprise party
BEST EPISODES: Pilot, great fire, bea killing nola, wentworth siege, last episode



JUMP THE SHARK : alot of people would argue that prisoner jump the shark in 1979 ..episode 1 ..but i'd say no way, i think once bea left and the Barnhurst 7/8 or 9 (writers couldn't make up their mind how many there were) showed up the show slowly died.



SMALLVILLE

PLOT: The story of a young Clark kent in the days before he was Superman
WHY: Being a big superman fan i was really excited when i heard about this show, after watching the first seaon my excitement faded. The show was very repetitive.. every week someone found meteors which gave them some power and clark had to stop them - i got bored,... fastforward a few years later and i see the show again this time clark is in the fortress, lois lane appears ..........i'm hooked.
SUPER BITS : Lois and clark scenes, flying scenes, martha kent singing,
BEST EPISODES: Pilot (exciting action packed pilot) devoted ( crazy cheer leaders) spirit ( fun ghost episode)solitude, lexmas, reckoning, zod, crimson, noir ( black and white episode) kara ( supergirl) cure ( dean cain) committed ( clois) infamous ( clark tells all) stiletto ( super lois) doomsday ( the beast) ...every episode of season 9 so far.

JUMP THE SHARK: for me it jumped the shark until season 4, then got nibbled a little during season 7 ........then it got on a rescue boat and got far far away from the shark during season 8/9