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* For all it's brilliant comedians, ''[[The Daily Show]]'' wouldn't be nearly as funny or intelligent as it is now without it's writers (many of which are correspondents on the show). |
* For all it's brilliant comedians, ''[[The Daily Show]]'' wouldn't be nearly as funny or intelligent as it is now without it's writers (many of which are correspondents on the show). |
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* ''[[Modern Family]]'' captures the trials and tribulations of family life and parenthood without being corny, trite or put upon, and it's all credit to the writers. |
* ''[[Modern Family]]'' captures the trials and tribulations of family life and parenthood without being corny, trite or put upon, and it's all credit to the writers. |
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* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' there is a damn good reason we are still talking about this show forty years later and that the others ran for almost twenty concurrent years . The various shows pioneered so many ideas from [[The Worf Effect]] to the [[Story Arc]]. There is such an amazing balance of morality play and monster of the week and action adventure, they have heart and soul and character and so MUCH of it. "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3 |
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' there is a damn good reason we are still talking about this show forty years later and that the others ran for almost twenty concurrent years . The various shows pioneered so many ideas from [[The Worf Effect]] to the [[Story Arc]]. There is such an amazing balance of morality play and monster of the week and action adventure, they have heart and soul and character and so MUCH of it. "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3/E01 Spocks Brain|Spock's Brain]]" and [[Creator's Pet|Wesley]] aside the good far outweighs the bad. I have no doubt that forty years from now people will still be talking about the awesome that is Trek. |
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': say what you will about the ending there is no doubt this was one of the best shows on television period. From the breath taking pace of "33" to the brutal and horrific occupation to having some of the most amazingly fraked up characters around it was an fantastic emotional roller coaster ride that regularly had us saying WTF in the best possible way. |
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': say what you will about the ending there is no doubt this was one of the best shows on television period. From the breath taking pace of "33" to the brutal and horrific occupation to having some of the most amazingly fraked up characters around it was an fantastic emotional roller coaster ride that regularly had us saying WTF in the best possible way. |
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** Seconded. The characters in this story are amazingly written, so that even when they did absolutely horrible things, I always was on their side. |
** Seconded. The characters in this story are amazingly written, so that even when they did absolutely horrible things, I always was on their side. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* I find it inspiring that a video game like ''[[ |
* I find it inspiring that a video game like ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' can spark real-life debates about Objectivism and the like. |
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* [[Troper/Neo Eevee|I]] am very happy to have found a place to wax lyrical about [[Kingdom Hearts]]. It's one of the most emotional, nostalgic, heart-warming game series I've ever played. |
* [[Troper/Neo Eevee|I]] am very happy to have found a place to wax lyrical about [[Kingdom Hearts]]. It's one of the most emotional, nostalgic, heart-warming game series I've ever played. |
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** Seconded, particularly for the original game. Jun Akiyama, come back to us! |
** Seconded, particularly for the original game. Jun Akiyama, come back to us! |
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