Media confessions

[grammarwoman]

My husband has given up being surprised when I know all about a movie or TV show despite having never seen it, because being fandom adjacent is a sort of omniscience.

However, I feel compelled to confess the gaps in my fannish experience, ie the things I haven't finished or never got around to seeing that it seems EVERYONE else has:

Leverage
Due South
Fringe (though this one is less my fault, as I was specifically asked to not watch it so my TV killing curse would spare it, and then never got back to it)
Orphan Black, season 3ish and onward
The Librarians, season 2 and onward
Avatar: TLA, season 1sh and onward
Legend of Korra
The Clone Wars
Star Wars Rebels
Slings and Arrows
Person of Interest
Supernatural
Parks & Rec
Community


At some point, I would love to get around to working my way through this list. It'll probably mean watching less HGTV, for starters.

So which do you think I should start with? And what fannishly popular media have you missed yourselves?

Comments

[grammarwoman]

Oh my - I would have never guessed that you'd have opinions on all these. ;)

It's looking like S&A is a clear favorite for the responders. Let's see how fast my library can process my hold request!

I am already anticipating that I'll be watching Leverage for the wrong reasons, mainly the shenanigans and the delicious development of the Hardison/Parker/Elliott OT3.

I'm glad to hear that my wandering away from Orphan Black was a season 3 thing, and not all on me. In any case, Maslany is a masterpiece.

It's ridiculous that I haven't watched Fringe yet, because I have it all on DVD! I guess I really am that lazy, because I love a tasty SF story.

I'm hoping to coerce my son into watching A:TLA with me again. He bailed and I shrugged and forgot to keep watching.

My embarrassment squick is continental-sized, so if I do get around to Due South, I may just take your advice.

Thank you for the detailed reply! :)

[heresluck]

I am nothing if not a fount of strong opinions about TV!

FWIW, I think Leverage might be well served by marathon watching, which could make it easier to handwave its attempts to construct a narrative arc. I will also say that I was fond of the show pretty much any time Hardison and/or Parker and/or Eliot were onscreen -- and I say that as someone who was not especially OT3ish about them, I just *liked* them all.

S3 of Orphan Black -- that was not just you, my friend. I mean, I still liked it, but there was quite a bit of WTF even among those of us who stuck it out.

I think you will like Fringe a lot, I have to say. I understand why a lot of people were disappointed in the last couple of seasons, and I do think that Olivia -- who is the show's biggest draw, and for good reasons -- becomes somewhat less central in some ways, and that was legitimately a bummer. But what I liked about the show, all the way to the end, was that it was not afraid to GO THERE -- to do some truly batshit crazy stuff. Those risks did not all pay off equally well, but I really respect the show for NOT treading water, for not simply reprising itself, and for following through on some of its weirdest ideas. I was occasionally bewildered, but I was NEVER bored.

DS telegraphs the embarrassment humor pretty well, so if you watch the pilot and fall hard for the characters, it might be well worth watching -- possibly with your finger on the mute button. It is a very charming show, and I do not regret watching it! But for me, the charm-to-squick ratio was not high enough to get me through a rewatch with the sound on.

[umadoshi]

When Fringe is on the ball, it is INCREDIBLY good. I'm in the "disappointed in S5 (and late S4)" camp, but ohmyheart, that show. Olivia Dunham is a glory on this earth.

I pass on this warning, which I was given too late: ep. 1x02 is astoundingly awful. Like, one of the worst episodes of TV I have ever seen in my life. It is not representative.

[grammarwoman]

Hee! Very duly noted. Farscape comes with a similar caveat: the first half of season 1 is a bumpy ride, but after that it will sweep you away.