TV Meme

[amberfocus]

Day 04  Your Favorite Show Ever

You thought I was going to say Doctor Who, didn't you?  But it's not.  Rose and the Doctor may be my all time favorite OTP, but the show itself?  I adore it, but no.  There are other shows that I have loved more in my lifetime even if there is no pairing I am more devoted to than Doctor/Rose.  There is one show that tops that list hands down.  It was a show I never missed an episode of until the main lead left, except the one with the creepy baby doll that came to life.  I won't watch those types of eps for anything.





According to wiki:
In the series, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the investigators of the X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a believer in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries. Early in the series both agents become pawns in a larger conflict, and come to trust only each other. They develop a close relationship, which begins as a platonic friendship, but develops into a romantic relationship by the end of the series' run.

Ah, Mulder and Scully, I shipped you hard, but I loved your friendship most of all.  This whole best friends thing that I adore in Doctor Who with Rose and the Doctor and in Fringe with Olivia and Peter, started with my adoration of this beautiful friendship on X-Files.  Yes, it turned to romance and yes, I wanted it to.  But I cared about it so much because they loved each other dearly on a friend level first and then they built that friendship into something more.  It was never pefect, but you didn't for one moment doubt that they didn't care deeply for each other amidst the snarky banter and genuine affection.  Plus, you know, good acting, good writing, spooky plots, conspiracy theories, aliens, scientific explanations that actually made sense (I'm looking at you, New Who) and weird phenomena are always a plus.  But you could have all that and if it weren't for the characterization (I'm looking at you Stephen Moffat) of Mulder and Scully this show never would have gotten off the ground.  Because it did, it lasted a decade.  It was can't miss television before it had been defined.  It was what made can't miss television.  And the quality of such a show is sorely missed.

Runner up:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Comments

[juliet316]

This. Moffatt's stories seem to be plot driven, whereas RTD's stories seemed to be more character based.

[lady0fthesith.livejournal.com]

Hmm yes very much. Seems like there must be a way to strike a balance between the two!

[juliet316]

You would think, but even X-Files lost that battle every now and then. So who knows? But right now for those who's focus is soley for the characters, Doctor Who is providing only plot and nothing to make us care about the characters of Amy and Eleven (the fact that the acting, with very few exceptions, is not as top notch as past seasons doesn't help either since the actors don't seem capable of 'rising above the material' so to speak and make their characters come to life) and that hurts for those fans who liked RTD's character driven material.