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Anoel ([personal profile] anoel) wrote2008-12-31 12:43 am
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End of the Year Fandom Meme



What fandoms did you acquire in 2008?

Alias
Brothers & Sisters
Burn Notice
Dr. Horrible
Eli Stone
Extras
Flashpoint
Flight of the Conchords
Freaks & Geeks
Gossip Girl
Greek
Hard Core Logo
Mad Men
Merlin
Oz
Primeval
Private Practice
Queer as Folk UK
Sex in the City
Six Feet Under
Skins
Slings and Arrows
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Biggest Loser
The Middleman
The Rachel Maddow Show
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
Top Chef
Top Design

Dark Angel (half a season left)
Farscape (season and a half left)
Carnivale (one season left)
Rome (almost done)

What fandoms did you let go of in 2008?

Lost cause I hate it now, Smallville since Lex is no longer on it, Fringe because I just didn't like it at all,

What fandoms did you mean to get into but didn't in 2008? Why?

Because of lack of time and motivation most of the list below as well as My Own Worst Enemy, Stylista, Crusoe, Family Guy and Frasier.

What fandoms do you intend on checking out in 2009?

Dollhouse
The Office "spin off" ie written by the writers of The Office
Cupid (the remake)
Castle (Nathon Fillion!)
Leverage
Sports Night (about 6 eps in, PK will help now)
Generation Kill
Bones
The West Wing
The X-Files
Deadwood
Will and Grace
The Sopranos
SG-1
Ashes to Ashes
Charlie Jade
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dead Like Me
Doctor Who (Old School)
Invisible Man
Hustle
24
Drive
The Black Donnellys
Profit

Catch up: Prison Break, Desparate Housewives, Everwood, Highlander

What fandoms do you think you might let go of in 2009 unless things significantly improve?

Right now Chuck, Life, Private Practice, True Blood and 90210 all might be given up on if I don't enjoy catching up with them.

What fandoms do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?

The ones where I truly love the characters (or character) unconditionally ie The Office, Pushing Daisies, House, How I Met Your Mother and others.

What show impressed you most in 2008?

Out of the ones running, Pushing Daisies for continuing to be perfect, The Wire for still being better than every show while having it's weakest season and Mad Men for continuing to have such depth, richness and brilliance.

What show impressed you least in 2008?
Heroes S3
SGA S5 minus a few great episodes



I seemed to have gained more fandoms than I expected. Pretty good year I'd say and I am especially happy with picking up Alias with my second favorite ship, Jack/Irina along with some excellent shows like Oz (and my other new favorite ship Beecher/Kellar!), Six Feet Under and Mad Men (Sal!). Hoping to get some classic great shows off my list next year like The West Wing, The X-Files and The Sopranos. Going to be a busy year so we'll see what I get done.

[identity profile] deathisyourart.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm stealing this meme!

and my other new favorite ship Beecher/Kellar!
This has recently become my ONLY ship! I thought I had given up shipping altogether until I met THEM! And due to my investment in THEM I still haven't watched the last 3 episodes of OZ because 6x05 DEVASTATED ME! I need to separate myself from the show for a while before I can work up the courage to continue.

Oh... and when you start the Black Donnellys let me know, because you should see the pre-aired pilot(which I will upload), not the one on the DVDs or that aired on TV. The network didn't want to invest any money into the show and changed some of the music choices made by the show-runner, and as a result the end of the pilot is not as powerful.

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
OMG aren't they amazing?? I was completely under their grasp throughout that entire show. The New Year's kiss is one of favorites of all time. And I know what you mean, the end of S6 is emotionally heartwrenching. But you should definitely finish it up at some point, there's always fic remember. Glad you found a ship! Feel free to ramble about them anytime :)

Sure I would definitely want to see the best pilot. I recall hearing about music issues or something. Looking forward to watching it!

[identity profile] deathisyourart.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
I shall upload the BD pilot tomorrow. :)

I'm not really a fic person, which presents a problem when canon hurts me to a great degree. And you might not have wanted to invite me to ramble, because WOW do I have a lot to say... of course at the moment the only thing I can think of is "Kellar is a sexy beast!" \o/ Mmmm New Year's kiss! I've started watching bad shipper vids on youtube to get my fix of Beecher/Kellar, how sad is that? I may have also named my new cell phone Kellar, and I found a short lived series called Wanted (not a great show, but kinda fun) in which Lee Tergesen is hot as hell for all the wrong reasons... and I need to stop consuming sugar! :P

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool :)

Ah right but if you have a ship maybe you should give it another try. In any case, focusing on the good helps too. I love reading/talking about B/K so I don't mind lots to say. But YES Kellar is insanely sexy. I watched bad shipper vids too! They are addicting. I started watching SVU for Meloni so I know how you feel there. And that reminds me that I need to add Generation Kill to my list.

[identity profile] deathisyourart.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I can control my addiction, I'm not downloading SVU episodes as we speak, I can quit any time I want to! Actually, SVU is the only Law & Order that I will watch, I just never watched it consistently.... but now I should change that. Apparently, this is Meloni's last season, so I won't have to worry about an open ended show that I will have to keep up with during school.

And Generation Kill is a little light on the Lee Tergesen, but still truly AWESOME!

[identity profile] anoel.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I was able to stop thankfully. But damn Meloni has got major sexiness going for him.

I am watching more for David Simonness than Lee actually so that's alright. Should definitely get on that soon.