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Day 8: And so here we are at the final day of the first round, and it's been some ride so far. I have shouted at my computer in amazement at some results, and been grinding teeth as others sneaked through. In terms of the competition for guessing the correct results, I am on 9, which shows how wrong I've been and also how unpredictable it has been too. Yesterday was a much quieter day, with only the 'Supernatural' vs. 'Freaks & Geeks' giving over 1000 votes. Freaks tried and failed in a midday bid to take the lead and Supernatural never looked back afterwards. Also, Mad Men strolled through to the next round with over 70% of the votes, as well as TV Classic MASH and in a slightly surprising result, NCIS beating Six Feet Under. That was definetely the shock of the day, and perhaps a sign that some of the cable channels don't have the audience to win the competition.
For all those who have entered the competition, once the results are updated, you can check out how you are doing here: Updated Brackets
Onto today's battles and here we have the very popular revamp of Battlestar Galactica taking on rating juggerhead CSI, a show that certainly has revolutionised the police procedural over the years, and also we have current comedy favourites How I Met Your Mother taking on Chuck in what is certain to be an interesting battle. Also, in the final two polls of round 1 in the other post we have Friday Night Lights vs. Alias & 30 Rock vs. The X Files. Who will have the final four places. Vote and find out. The link to the other polls is here: Best Show Ever 1.4d
Battlestar Galactica vs. CSI
Battlestar Galactica
Seasons: 4 (Finished)
Format: Post-apocalyptic fiction/Serial drama/Philosophical fiction/Military science fiction/Political drama/Space opera
Synopsis: The story arc of Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant part of the galaxy, where a civilization of humans live on a series of planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race known as the Cylons. With the unwitting help of a human named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. The approximately 50,000 human survivors flee into space aboard any spacecraft they can reach. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama, the Battlestar Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as Earth.
Fan Review: Chris Bergi
BSG is basically a story about characters and their decisions in the fight for survival against an overwhelming, self-created enemy, the Cylons. But the Sci-Fi topic is just the setting for this drama, there's no annoying techno-babble or time-jumps.
The mini-series takes you on a journey to a different human society facing extinction due to their own creation, the robots called Cylons, coming home to kill their creators in a surprise attack. But a few dozen ships, led by the old military ship Battlestar Galactica and about 50.000 people are able to flee. On the run from the Cylons the last remains of the human race learn that there are Cylon agents among their fleet, looking and acting like humans. This creates a thrilling atmosphere; humanity will face controversial topics like torture, terrorism, faith, moral dilemmas, etc. and each character develops during their journey. You're a part of the crew, you will love and hate the characters for their decisions, and you will get entangled in the whole setting, its mysteries and be carried away.
THIS IS CSI: LAS VEGAS.
CSI
Seasons: 10 (ongoing)
Format: Police Procedural/Mystery
Synopsis: he series follows Las Vegas criminalists as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". An immediate ratings smash for CBS, the series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and popular characters. The network quickly capitalized on its hit with spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: NY, and renewed CSI for an eleventh season on May 19, 2010.
Fan Review: None Submitted
How I Met Your Mother vs. Chuck
How I Met Your Mother
Seasons: 5 (Ongoing)
Format: Situation Comedy
Synopsis: As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor),[1] with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting their mother, which explains the title and allows for a narration in the past tense. How I Met Your Mother's other main characters are Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), and Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan).
Fan Review: None Submitted
Chuck
Seasons: 3 (Ongoing)
Format: Action-Comedy
Synopsis: The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the CIA; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain.
Fan Review: (This is one of the 3 reviews I managed to lose the Authors name, Sorry! Post your name and I will give you the Credit :)
Though it's a show that most people have never heard of, Chuck has gained a passionate and well-deserved fanbase. It's devoted fans have brought the nearly cancelled show back for at least 2 extra seasons, something very rare in the all-about-ratings world of TV. It's a true "cult show", and it's obvious why. Described as a comedy, or sometimes dramedy, it can't truly be a part of any one genre. It's the perfect mix of comedy, drama, action, romance, and sci-fi, pulling it off in a way that not many shows can. The three-dimensional characters don't fit into stereotypes, and they and the show as a whole have undergone necessary changes in the last 3 seasons that will keep the show interesting for years to come. Maybe you already are a Chuck fan, but maybe you've never heard of it or have but think you won't like it. I guarantee that it's highly addicting, and if you give it a try you will most likely find it to be very entertaining and some of the best hours of your life.
Thanks once again for voting and taking part in the Competition. Hope your doing well, and that your favourite shows are getting through. Comment away and lets see who grinds through today.
Top 3 Most Voted for Polls So Far:
1. The West Wing vs. LOST (Day 6, Round 1 - 3644 votes)
2. Legend of the Seeker vs. Fringe (Day 2, Round 1 - 3283 votes)
3. Firefly vs. 24 (Day 2, Round 1 - 3069 votes)
Also if you would like to submit a review for any show for the next round, then send them to harris_4_president@yahoo.co.uk!
I'm asking for as many as possible today, which you can leave in the comments section of this post or the other of today's poll posts, as I hope to expand the information and images for Round Two as I can spend more time on each show :)
So that is reviews for:
Arrested Development
The Office (US)
Veronica Mars
Glee
Firefly
Fringe
The Wire
The Mentalist
Dexter
Gilmore Girls
Smallville
Stargate SG1
The Twilight Zone
The Vampire Diaries
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Flashforward
Deadwood
Grey's Anatomy
Scrubs
Desperate Housewives
The OC
Doctor Who (2005 - )
Seinfeld
LOST
Supernatural
Man Men
NCIS
MASH
Thanks, Adam
CSI: Las Vegas, or well at least according to the brackets.
ReplyDeleteHIMYM vs Chuck is just mean :p The choice is obvious (Chuck) but still mean.
ReplyDeleteGood Point mate
ReplyDeleteChances seem good for Chuck, but after some other results I'm kind of worried. (And I wrote the review, btw.)
ReplyDeleteI voted for Barney. Hope it's gonna be legen - wait for it - dary!
ReplyDeleteaddicting is not a word
ReplyDeleteWhere are the Chuck fans ?
ReplyDeleteAnd... Who cares?
ReplyDeleteYou do realize your on the internet right?
- The first three seasons of How I Met Your Mother were good, trully good for seasons 2 and 3. The first six episodes of season 4 were great but from this point, the show kept going down. There have only a few great episodes since then, so it's been a while. Season 4 was quite bad and season 5 was really awful, so even if I used to like the show, I can't vote for it now because it's been sucking so badly for a long time.
ReplyDelete- On the other hand, Chuck is a great show. Season 1 was fine, nice to watch but season 2 was above the charts, absolutely brilliant, a complete success. And season 3 was, well, disappointing : the shipper relationship was stupid and annoying in the first 13 episodes, Shaw was a drag and all in all, it was definitely not as fun as the previous season. Yet, a disappointing season of Chuck is better than most shows, and the series has some valuable assets that didn't disappear : Sarah and Casey (for completely different reasons), the pace was still great. And the successful spy/action/comedy mix is always something that I like about that show.
- Battlestar Galactica is a compelling show, I'm not a science-fiction addict but this show is different, more realistic, the themes are profound, the directing has something special too, it definitely changes my vision of SF series (I don't like shows where you have some ugly monsters as the bad guys for instance). And for now, its spin-off Caprica is quite good as well but it still has a long road ahead for it to become as great as BSG.
However, seasons 2, 3 and 4 had some annoying episodes in the middle of each of these seasons though, a waste of time with several stand-alone episodes (from 2.13 to 2.17 for season 2, from 3.13 to 3.18 for season 3- even is there were some mythologic sparks throughout these episodes, from 4.15 to 4.19 for the final season). Thins were going way too slow and it was obvious it went that way in order to make great season endings, but in my opinion, a 20 episodes order was too much for these three seasons.
- CSI... well, I hate that kind of shows.
So, for me, it's BSG and Chuck.
I do.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone's native language is english.
Reading and adding comments on blogs helps me improve my english and therefore better understand the us series i watch in the original version.