Nothing much going on. Looking to purchase a used car and waiting for my brother to come visit. So I thought of two lists of my top 10 TV shows of all time and Top 5 manga.
Top 10 TV SHOWS
1. M*A*S*H*: This show aired before I was born and ended when I was a kid. Hell I didn't even start watching it until about 10 years ago. It's by far the best television show and comedy I've seen. They manage to blend comedy and drama perfectly in the back drop of the Korean War. Comedy shows like M*A*S*H*, Cheers, Night Court are what comedy shows should be like today. Actually funny, great mix of comedy and drama, and no laugh track to hide all the crappy jokes.
2. Monty Pythons Flying Circus: This show and the films are just hilarious. I remember sneaking downstairs with my brother every Sunday night at 12am to watch it on PBS. They ran they show in America if I remember correctly. I loved it, it was so different from America comedy at the time.
3. Homicide: Life on the Street: I know most people would chose NYPD Blue or the Law and Order Shows. For me though Homicide was it for cop shows. First it took place someplace other than a major city. It took place in Baltimore, a city but by no means a major city. It had great characters/actors much better than the other two formention shows. The best part it went out at the right time and ended great.
4. The Wonder Years: I watched this show as a kid and loved it, I recently watched it again and still love it. A show that took place in the 60s and was another show that blended comedy and drama perfectly.
5. Farscape: Farsacpe is the best Sci-fi TV show I've seen. I still wish the Sci-Fi Channel hadn't have canceled it instead of getting rid of the bad Stargate SG1 or creating Stargate Alantis. They could have used that money to keep the show going. The story was pretty original, the characters were awesome, and the special effects were good, not great with the limited budget. Still Farscape is a breath of fresh air to the endless mediocre Star Trek shows and the bad Stargate shows.
6. Cheers: Cheers is another show I watched as a kid and loved. I don't know why since it primarily takes place in a bar. For some reason I just loved it. Sam, Dian, Norm, Woody and the gang were wonderful characters. The only thing that kept it from being higher was that it stayed on for a year to long. The last year didn't have bad episodes they were just ok, and that was bad for Cheers, but the last episode was great.
7. Night Court: As you can tell I haven't liked to many shows from the last fifteen years. Don't worry, there are three coming up behind Night Court. Well anyway Night Court is like cheers, it primarily takes place in Night Court as you can gather from the title. Yet another show I liked as a kid for some reason even though it took place in a court house. I haven't watched this show in ten years, I'm going to have to by the DVDs or download the series.
8. Roswell: Yes I admit I loved this show. It's not something I freely admit to people, but this show got to me. It had a unique concept, about aliens living among us. Sure they were all hot looking teenagers, to draw in the younger viewers. Stil it had wonderful scrpts, good characters/acting. It's a pity it aired on UPN/WB, if it had aird on the major networks it might have lasted longer.
9. Scrubs: The best comedy in the last fifteen years since the old ****cs ended. It blends comedy, drama and fantasy wonderfully like M*A*SH*. It also has no laugh track like all the other crappy comedies that air today. The comedy is brilliant, the actors are great and the stories are amazing. If you want to check out a real comedy watch this show, especially the season coming up will most likely be it's last.
10: CSI: The original show is the best. The best drama I've seen since Homicide. I admit I didn't start watching the show until last year when one of my coworkers recommended I check it out. I thought it would be like endless Law and Order shows. I was wrong, it was far better. It had a great concept, the show didn't take place in the usual cities like NY, Boston, LA, Chicago or Miami. They placed it in Las Vegas which was a great idea. The characters/actors were great, and have evolved great of the series. The stories started out a great and are stil good even though they occasionally re-run a story line. I only hope they end the series either in a season or two before it ends up like NYPD Blue, Law and Order or other shows that go down hill fast once they use up all they story lines they can.
Top 5 MANGA
1. Rurouni Kenshin: Rurouni Kenshin is without a doubt the best manga I've read so far. The story of Kenshin Himura the wondering swordsman searching for atonement is amazing. Everyone who has view my profile and seen my top 10 anime knows how I fell about the anime, and the manga is better. This manga is a must for everyone.
2. Berserk( On going ): I loved the anime and started reading the manga. It has a great story about a wandering swordsman. Not one looking for atonement, but vengeance. The only issue I have with it is like Inuyasha, it's going on forever. Right now I think it's on Volume 37. I love the manga, but come on start wrapping things up already.
3. Ai Yori Aoshi( On going ): Like Berserk it's still ongoing, but I at least know it's going to end at voloume 21. Ai Yori Aoshi is the best romance manga I've read and anime I've seen. Unlike other romance manga that choice to go the over the top comedy way this one is a romantic drama with some comedy. That way it gives a more serious tone and your're more invested with the characters.
4. Kare Kano: Another romance manga I loved, just a step down from Ai Yori Aoshi. It's a romance/drama manga, but has more comedy in it. A anime series was based off of it called His and Her Circumstances. It was decent but lacked the heart the manga did and ended to soon becasue the manga was still on going. A side question, why do animation studios make anime based off manga when usually the manga isn't even have way done when the make the anime. That just doesn't make sense, and the reason why the manga is usually better than the anime based off it.
5. Rebirth( On going): Let me say first this isn't a Japanese manga, it's a Korean manga. It's a vampire series following a vampire who fell in love with a human, she's murdered by his best friend and he's killed. He's brought back to life a few hundred years later and goes on a journey seeking revenge. I know I'm not giving a good description, but it's a great manga and I definitely recommend it.