shows I watch

[vaznetti]

I saw this meme on upsy_daisy's LJ -- it's the "What shows are you watching?" meme. You know, as in Your Friends are Not Watching the Same Show You Are.


Bones: I am actually watching the "OMG Bones is so cute!" show, which is sort of unusual for me. Look! She's the main character! And I think she's adorable!
NCIS: I watch the "Ziva David kicks ass and takes names" hour. What about you?
SPN: I am still watching the John Winchester Show. Don't mock my pain. Hey, I like it more than the "Race and Gender Issues Up the Wazoo" show, which is another option for me.
Numb3rs: I spend a lot of time with the "OMG David and Colby are SO MARRIED" show, but I also watch the "Megan is Awesome!" show.
BSG: I think I'm watching the "What the Frack is Going On?" show, which probably explains why I've become so unhappy with the series -- I keep hoping that it will make some kind of sense, despite over three seasons of evidence to the contrary. You just never get a good episode of the "What the Frack is Going On?" show.
SCC: Here, too, I am watching the Sarah Connor show. Sometimes I watch the Sarah and Cameron show.

Shows I have watched in the past include:
XF: The "Krycek and Marita vs. the Mytharc" show.
Alias: Well, this actually was The Jack Bristow Show, wasn't it?
The Wire: I alternated between the "Lester Freamon Solves Crimes" show and the "Oh, Bodie," show -- which left me out of step with a lot of the fandom, which seemed to be watching either the Stringer Bell Show or the Omar Show. (Given that I used to watch the "Frank Pembleton Solves Crimes, sometimes with Tim's Help" show on Homicide, this wasn't much of an evolution.)
Angel: For a while, I watched the Wesley Show.
Jericho: For a while, it was the "Johnston Green Steals a Tank" show, but at some point I also started to watch the "Hawkins is Awesome," hour.
Deadwood: I was probably watching the Al Swearengen Show. I know I wasn't watching the Doomed Love of Seth and Alma show.
I never watched it regularly, but when SG1 was on, I was usually watching the "Sam Carter Saves the World" show.


I'm sure there are others -- name a show you know Ive seen and I'll tell you what I watched!

Comments

[ultraviolet9a.livejournal.com]

Ik now it's just a mini series, but what about Rome? *curious*

[vaznetti]

You know, I'm not entirely sure what Rome I was watching. Sometimes, it was the Tragic Manpain of Lucius Vorenus, but sometimes it was Atia and her Wacky Hijinks.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Atia and her Wacky Hijinks.

That was mostly it for me, I think. With occasional special episodes of "Titus Pullo Keeps It Real."

[vaznetti]

I had a weakness for "Titus Pullo Keeps it Real" as well, and for "Titus Pullo Saves the Day, usually without realizing it"

[ultraviolet9a.livejournal.com]

Vorenus did the manpain so well... *muses*... but Pullo rules, really. :)

[nestra.livejournal.com]

NCIS: I watch the "Ziva David kicks ass and takes names" hour. What about you?

Totally. Also the "Wow, you're unintentionally way gayer than you realize" show.

[vaznetti]

Also the "Wow, you're unintentionally way gayer than you realize" show.

I sometimes see this show, especially when it's the One True Love of McGee and DiNozzo.

[elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com]

I remember that XF show, all you know 8 episodes of it. I think we watched the same Angel and Deadwood and I've leaning toward you with BSG. I haven't enjoyed it this season at all. What Wire I was watching changed for me every season but Lester is one of my faves too.

What about Buffy and Firefly? Have you seen Mad Men? I think you would like it.

[vaznetti]

I haven't seen Mad Men yet, although I'd like to.

I don't know that Firefly was on long enough for me to have a particular show, but it was probably the "Mal and Zoe (but not in a romantic way) Show." The Buffy I watched changed from season to season -- sometimes it was the Willow Show, sometimes the Faith Show, and by the end it was the Buffy Show. It was never, ever the Spike Show, especially once the writers started to actually try to make it the Spike Show.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

It was never, ever the Spike Show, especially once the writers started to actually try to make it the Spike Show.

I also was never, ever watching the Spike Show.

[vaznetti]

I vaguely recall this being a very divisive issue, but it was all so long ago that I no longer care.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Indeed it was, to the point that I still can't read fic that Spike is in, and I am a little afraid to start my BtVS rewatch, because I did enjoy him a lot in season 2, and I don't want those episodes tainted by my later feelings.

[vaznetti]

I am a little afraid to start my BtVS rewatch, because I did enjoy him a lot in season 2, and I don't want those episodes tainted by my later feelings.

I enjoyed S2 Spike as well, particularly the "wait a minute, I don't want Angel to destroy the world! if he succeeds, what will I eat?" moments. But I haven't seen the show in such a long time that I don't know whether my dislike of what happened with the character will affect my viewing.

I spent a lot of time not paying attention to the fandom while watching, which in a lot of ways made it a much easier show to like.

[elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com]

Gah, the Spike Show really was too much. Like Wesley, I much preferred Faith on Angel.

[muridae-x.livejournal.com]

Oh, I must do this one. As I am doomed to favour minor characters (or discover that any favourite in the main credits is instantly doomed to second banana status as soon as I start liking them), I know that I'm watching different versions of shows to most of the audience.

I think I was watching very similar versions of XF, Alias and Angel to you though. Possibly of BSG as well, but I'd have to catch up with my viewing of it to be certain. I'm pretty sure that "What the Frack is Going On?" has a lot to do with why I'm half a season behind though.

Okay, a question for you: what version of Primeval were you watching?

[vaznetti]

I think that most of the friends I made in XF, I made because we were watching fundamentally similar shows.

what version of Primeval were you watching?

I am so totally watching the Helen Will Rule the World Show, it isn't even funny. Sometimes I also watch the One True Love of Stephen for Nick Show, but I guess that's been canceled now.

[muridae-x.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the Helen Will Rule The World show. It brightens my day.

Because I am also very shallow, I've often found myself watching the Stephen Is Very Pretty So Does It Matter That He's Not Always Very Bright? show. Alas, that one's looking pretty doomed right now, though I'm going to hold out hope for a alternate universe clone, for now at least.

[vaznetti]

I've often found myself watching the Stephen Is Very Pretty So Does It Matter That He's Not Always Very Bright? show.

Yes, I have enjoyed that show as well (as indeed the icon name suggests). But when Helen Rules the World, who knows what will happen? We could have an AU clone who is a little smarter, even.

[maidenjedi]

I watched The Wesley Show, too.

[vaznetti]

It was a very good show.

[cofax7]

Oh, I'm totally watching the "OMG what snarky brilliance is Al Swearengen going to perpetuate now?" show. Also the "Ellsworth and Charlie are by far the most decent human beings in the history of television" show. And the "How come the prostitutes on Deadwood have more complexity and agency than any of the women on Supernatural?" show. Possibly also the "Will no one please kill EB Farnum and put me out of my misery?" show.

[vaznetti]

Possibly also the "Will no one please kill EB Farnum and put me out of my misery?" show.

Hahahahaha! Yes, I think that was a fairly popular show.

For a while in Season 2 and 3 I watched the Ellsworth show, because it was such a good show, but mostly, I kept coming back to the "Wow, Al Swearengen, how do you do all that?" Show.

As for the female character question... it's really best not to ask, I think.

[cofax7]

As for the female character question... it's really best not to ask, I think.

It's beginning to make me crazy. If you can do that in a context where the women have no legal or physical power whatsoever, and still make them complicated, interesting, and agents of their own destinies--why the hell is it so hard to do in a show set in 2008?

Answer? I assume David Milch actually cared about the representation of women and minorities on the show, and made the writing support that concern.

Color me cranky. Also, I won't get another Netflix disk until tomorrow, I think. WANT MOAR DEADWOOD.

[rez-lo.livejournal.com]

NCIS: I watch the "Ziva David kicks ass and takes names" hour. What about you?

Why yes. Yes, I do.

This is a good meme.

[technocracygirl.livejournal.com]

On House, I watch the "House is an brilliant ass, but occassionally Cuddy and/or Wilson get to shine" show. I enjoyed the picking of the new interns, but am otherwise sick and tired of the "People who can't deal with House but are obsessed with him anyway" show.

[vaznetti]

I think my problem with House is that I tend to see the "House is Always Right" Show, and I don't like that show very much, so I don't watch it. I'm much happier when I'm watching the "Wilson Loves House and Cuddy is Awesome" show.

[vaznetti]

The Ziva Show is a good show, I think.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

NCIS: I watch the "Ziva David kicks ass and takes names" hour. What about you?

If I watched NCIS regularly (I've seen bits and pieces of half a dozen eps or so), I'm pretty sure this would be the one I'm watching. Probably alternating with "The PerkyGoth Files: DC" (as distinct from "The PerkyGoth Files: Toronto">).

[vaznetti]

I also enjoy the "PerkyGoth Files: DC," but in smaller doses.

[dagnylilytable.livejournal.com]

This meme reminds me-- I recall you posting back in the day about Women's Murder Club. Is that still on your list of shows? I enjoyed the post-strike return, and my mom is hooked, so I'm always curious who else is watching.

[vaznetti]

Oh, I am! But it's on late here, so I don't always catch it. And I'm not sure what show, exactly, I'm watching, except that it's the one where they Fight Crime and not the one where they worry about their love lives.