Re:That Show Sux!
I too couldn’t stomach Buffy after a couple of seasons, though I did end up watching it off and on ’til the end just out of habit and desperation.
I hated Angel the first two seasons and liked it after that, and liked it even more after Charisma Carpenter departed the scene. I wasn’t happy about it at the time, but her departure made me realize that she was what was off in the series.
My fandom in limited as far as scifi series go. I don’t like Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis. I can’t take Richard Dean Anderson seriously and I think they’re cheesier (and smellier) than a big ole hunk of limberger (no offense to the cheese). But, even though I don’t like ’em, I understand why some people do.
I don’t know if this is actually true, but I feel that I’m in the vast minority when I say that Deep Space Nine was my favorite in the Star Trek franchise. Probably for the reason that other fans hated it: it didn’t follow the old tried and true ship formula, but did at the same time. The chemistry of the actors had a lot to do with that as well. The point being that I hated Voyager and pretty much detest Enterprise. Again, I see why fans would like it, I just don’t. Kate Mulgrew can’t act IMHO and Scott Bakula always has that bemused expression on his face no matter what he’s supposed to be emotiing. I hated the Borg (once again putting me in the minority), which didn’t help me latch on to Voyager. I kinda get a little tired of flipping by Enterprise and finding Jolene Blalock in her undies, sweating and rubbing all over some member of the crew. Not that she doesn’t fill out those pointy ears, mind you. I just think that kinda stuff has it’s place in enough programming without cheapening Star Trek with it. It just doesn’t seem to fit.
That said, I miss Lexx, Farscape, Firefly and Futurama. They all seem to have that special blend of chemistry, decent storytelling and just plain weirdness and humor. Ah well, such is life.