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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
Today here we have two quite cult fanbase shows Friday Night Lights and Alias battling it out as well modern comedy 30 Rock taking on the huge X Files. Can the biggest cult following show of the past 20 years (LOST perhaps an exception) find its way into round two. Lets vote and find out. Also today we have Battlestar Galactica vs. CSI & How I Met Your Mother vs. Chuck in the other post which you can view here: Best Show Ever 1.4c
Friday Night Lights vs. Alias
Friday Night Lights
Seasons: 4 (ongoing)
Format: Teen Drama/Sports
Synopsis: During the first three seasons the series details events surrounding the Dillon Panthers, a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to the team's coach, Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his family.
Fan Review: None Submitted
Alias
Seasons: 5 (Finished)
Format: Action/Drama/Thriller/Science Fiction
Synopsis: It stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent. The main theme of the series explores Sydney's obligation to conceal her true career from her friends and family, even as she assumes multiple aliases to carry out her missions. These themes are most prevalent in the first two seasons of the show. A major plotline of the series was the search for and recovery of artifacts created by Milo Rambaldi, a Renaissance-era character with similarities to both Leonardo da Vinci and Nostradamus. This plot and some technologies used in the series pushed Alias into the genre of science fiction.
Fan Review: Hoops2448
Alias has multiple reasons why it is a great show. The main reason is that it has a great balance between action and character. The show resolves around a group of spies and the adventures/life and death situations they get into on the job. Because of this the action is a given but what the writers of Alias manage to do is create very real relationship drama in between all the action which grounds the series. Secondly the music in Alias much like that used in LOST is created by Michael Giacchino who balances the different tones of the show in his music with the action scenes having a fast paced techno beat and personal scenes having a slow and light tone. This show is a must watch because not only is the action fun but the characters are too with Jack Bristow, the father of lead character Sydney Bristow, standing out more than the others.
30 Rock vs. The X-Files
30 Rock
Seasons: 4 (ongoing)
Format: Situation Comedy
Synopsis: The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC Studios is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Fan Review: None Submitted
The X-Files
Seasons: 9 (Finished)
Format: Drama/science fiction/horror/mystery/thriller
Synopsis: In the series, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are the investigators of 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.
Fan Review: None Submitted
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
The Mentalist: Review
ReplyDeleteThe series' idea came to Bruno Heller, as he says, when he was driving around one day and found that there are psychics on almost every street. Bruno Heller who was not a believer of the idea thought it was interesting that so many people make a living out of this. The popular psychics sometimes really do have some interesting skills. This coupled with Heller's intention to create a show that is more positive than his previous show resulted in the creation of the show we know today as, The Mentalist.
The Mentalist is about Patrick Jane who is now a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation- CBI (whose real life counter-part merged with another agency in 2007 to become, Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence [BII]). Patrick Jane was once a child psychic in a carnival and later went on to become more popular making TV appearances and giving private readings to high profile clients. Jane, of course, faked his psychic abilities. But he has finely honed skills in cold reading, hypnotism, pick-pocketing, as well as powerful skills of observation and a deep insight into the human psyche and behavior. When Jane talks about a ruthless, elusive serial killer on a talk-show, he inadvertently infuriated the killer who went on to teach Jane a lesson by murdering his family. This puts Jane on a path of redemption. He quits his psychic business, accepts that he was faking his abilities and begins to help the CBI to catch criminals with only one goal in mind- to catch and kill the person who murdered his family.
He is seen in the series using his mentalist abilities to play elaborate ruses and mind-games to catch the killer. This highly unorthodox methodology is frowned upon by his superiors and other units and sometimes even his own colleagues. But they all tolerate his eccentric behavior and sometimes questionable methods as he has an impeccable track-record of catching criminals.
Patrick Jane, around whom the series revolves, is essentially an easy-going guy who doesn't care for rules and someone who has made a conscious decision to remain positive and happy in life. But we can see his rather dark side whenever the team goes on the trail of Red John- the murderer of his family. We see that he is willing to go to any length, if it means he can catch Red John: threaten people, spy on state agents, break into places, manipulate people and even put himself in grave danger.