tv meme day 17. yes you read that right.

[ghanimasun]

I am so bored tonight that I am actually doing another day in the tv meme! Yes, I know this should have been finished weeks ago. But well, I am a slacker and I roll at my own pace. Which is apparently very, very slow.

Day 17 - Favorite mini series
 

The best answer I have for this one is Dune and Children of Dune (which were aired on the scifi channel a few years ago). I first saw the original Dune movie a long time ago, and I was pretty much just overall confused by 75% of it. Eventually I read the books (though I haven't actually finished all of them yet) and I fell in love. I remember lots of geeky excitement when both miniseries finally came out. They weren't perfect, there are numerable flaws, but I still enjoyed them because they brought Dune to life. I'm not really sure why I like Dune so much, but I do. Hell the first part of my username (ghanima) is from Dune. The only good vid I could find for this one is here, which is from Children of Dune (which is about the 2nd and 3rd books in the Dune series).
I did also like scifi channel's Alice, but it was just sort of a fun miniseries (that featured Andrew Lee Potts ♥) and not something I was ever super obsessed with.
 

Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show

Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

Comments

[ghanimasun]

Damn I really need to read all of the series! Maybe I'll start up soon and just read the whole way through for once. And I've heard so much bad stuff about the prequels by Brian Herbert that I really have absolutely no desire to read them. Have you tried to read them actually?

There are some really good things about the original Dune movie plotwise, and some weird plot shit they throw in that bugs me. The same can be said for the scifi mini too I think. And yeah Dune is really hard to explain and making it into a movie/mini is equally hard. I'm interested in anything that comes out related to Dune, but I'm also wary of how bad it can potentially be.

[vaguelenore.livejournal.com]

Yeah I actually bought the first three "prequel" House Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino novels. After the third book I just couldn't take it any more. I'm ashamed I have them. Those books sit in the far back corner of my bookshelf while the Dune Chronicles are proudly on display. Anyway not only do Brian and Kevin disregard established history from the original novels (they change quite a lot of stuff), they're writing style was pretty crappy. So yeah, the reviews on Amazon are pretty accurate. I purchased the books when the were first published about 8 or years ago.