1. Strange fruit - Nina Simone [Billie Holliday]
2. I can see clearly now - The hothouse flowers [Jimmy Nash]
3. Smooth criminal - Alien ant farm [Michael Jackson]
4. Whiskey in the jar - Metallica [traditional]
5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley [Leonard Cohen]
6. At last - Etta James [Ray Eberle, Pat Friday, Glenn Miller]
7. Somewhere - Barbra Streisand [Reri Grist]
8. Mad world - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules [Tears for Fears]
9. The first time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack [Peggy Seeger]
10. The boys of summer - The Ataris [Don Henley]
11. The ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull [Dr Hook]
12. Such great heights - Iron and wine [The postal service]
13. My baby just cares for me - Nina Simone [Eddie Cantor]
14. Nothing compares 2 u - Sinéad O'Connor [The family]
15. Smells like teen spirit - Tori Amos [Nirvana]
I don't really like any of the characters. Okay, maybe Tami (aka Mrs Coach). There are evil characters I like, e.g. Mr. Blonde in Reservoir dogs, and there are really bad characters I like, e.g. Mal in Firefly; but they're honest about their flaws, while most of the Friday night lights characters actually think of themselves as good and decent folk.
Episode 1.21 is my favorite from season 1; and the scene where Tami sits the coach down, says "Hi", takes off his hat, and they laugh was amazing - Kyle Chandler played it perfectly.
During the first two episodes of Friday night lights I was beginning to despise almost all the characters: they were so shallow, vainglorious, stupid, backwards, and superstitious that they made the characters in One tree hill look like Carl Sagan. All the good things I've heard kept me watching tho, and I thought episode 1.03 was pretty good. The next 2 episodes made me consider giving up on it again, but I just saw 1.06 which was great. My bias against jocks may be what's preventing me from seeing the good in it.
Eventho "Shindig" is my least favorite also, I absolutely love the "mercy" line.
Have you thought about a ranked list of your all-time favorite episodes (with IMDb years) from all shows? The listies: episodes could do with another person's.
If you ever make a favorites songs list and include the year of 1st release, please ping me so I can include you on The listies: songs. (I can't link it because the site triggers its own domain as spam - click my username and look for the list.)
Can we use the "Flag as inappropriate" button to mark spam lists, or is that for something else? If we can, how about adding such a link to all comments next to reply?
China beach, like the 2 other shows from the late-80s/early-90s I have on here (Tour of duty and Sledge Hammer!) are low because I only saw them when I was very young, and can't remember much. I put them in anyway because I think they'll stand up on rewatching.
For China beach I can't remember any plots, but I still vividly remember Dana Delany, Jeff Kober, and "Reflections" in it.
Some older shows I've rewatched recently, like Cosmos and (the very patchy) Star trek: TNG have stood up; but when I've caught bits of re-runs of Knight rider on tv at work, it made me cringe, and I suspect the same will happen if I see The A-team again. I rented the 1st discs of seasons 1 of The six million dollar man, MacGyver, and Airwolf, and while not nearly as bad as Knight rider, I didn't bother renting more discs.
Favorite covers:
1. Strange fruit - Nina Simone [Billie Holliday]
2. I can see clearly now - The hothouse flowers [Jimmy Nash]
3. Smooth criminal - Alien ant farm [Michael Jackson]
4. Whiskey in the jar - Metallica [traditional]
5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley [Leonard Cohen]
6. At last - Etta James [Ray Eberle, Pat Friday, Glenn Miller]
7. Somewhere - Barbra Streisand [Reri Grist]
8. Mad world - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules [Tears for Fears]
9. The first time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack [Peggy Seeger]
10. The boys of summer - The Ataris [Don Henley]
11. The ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithfull [Dr Hook]
12. Such great heights - Iron and wine [The postal service]
13. My baby just cares for me - Nina Simone [Eddie Cantor]
14. Nothing compares 2 u - Sinéad O'Connor [The family]
15. Smells like teen spirit - Tori Amos [Nirvana]
I'd think "None of the above" would beat all these options why a wide margin.
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I don't really like any of the characters. Okay, maybe Tami (aka Mrs Coach). There are evil characters I like, e.g. Mr. Blonde in Reservoir dogs, and there are really bad characters I like, e.g. Mal in Firefly; but they're honest about their flaws, while most of the Friday night lights characters actually think of themselves as good and decent folk.
Episode 1.21 is my favorite from season 1; and the scene where Tami sits the coach down, says "Hi", takes off his hat, and they laugh was amazing - Kyle Chandler played it perfectly.
I've now watched up to 1.18 and I'm really getting into it - some more great episodes.
During the first two episodes of Friday night lights I was beginning to despise almost all the characters: they were so shallow, vainglorious, stupid, backwards, and superstitious that they made the characters in One tree hill look like Carl Sagan. All the good things I've heard kept me watching tho, and I thought episode 1.03 was pretty good. The next 2 episodes made me consider giving up on it again, but I just saw 1.06 which was great. My bias against jocks may be what's preventing me from seeing the good in it.
Eventho "Shindig" is my least favorite also, I absolutely love the "mercy" line.
Have you thought about a ranked list of your all-time favorite episodes (with IMDb years) from all shows? The listies: episodes could do with another person's.
10 "Out of gas" (my #1 favorite tv episode)
10 "Our Mrs. Reynolds" (#2)
9 "War stories" (#11)
8 "The train job"
8 "Objects in space"
8 "Serenity" (episode)
8 "Safe"
8 "Ariel"
8 "Heart of gold"
8 "Trash"
7 Serenity (movie)
7 "Bushwhacked"
7 "Jaynestown"
7 "The message"
7 "Shindig"
Updated - thanks for the note.
If you ever make a favorites songs list and include the year of 1st release, please ping me so I can include you on The listies: songs. (I can't link it because the site triggers its own domain as spam - click my username and look for the list.)
Could the Mollom image(?) be auto blocked by my Adblock Plus setup?
I've now flagged all baste's spam articles.
Where is the "Report to Mollom" option?
Can we use the "Flag as inappropriate" button to mark spam lists, or is that for something else? If we can, how about adding such a link to all comments next to reply?
China beach, like the 2 other shows from the late-80s/early-90s I have on here (Tour of duty and Sledge Hammer!) are low because I only saw them when I was very young, and can't remember much. I put them in anyway because I think they'll stand up on rewatching.
For China beach I can't remember any plots, but I still vividly remember Dana Delany, Jeff Kober, and "Reflections" in it.
Some older shows I've rewatched recently, like Cosmos and (the very patchy) Star trek: TNG have stood up; but when I've caught bits of re-runs of Knight rider on tv at work, it made me cringe, and I suspect the same will happen if I see The A-team again. I rented the 1st discs of seasons 1 of The six million dollar man, MacGyver, and Airwolf, and while not nearly as bad as Knight rider, I didn't bother renting more discs.
Added, thanks.