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    TGK's Top 5 TV Series

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    5.TIE Part 1Dragonball Z

    More here out of nostalgia than being a well plotted show. It offers relief in its simplicity. You know who your badguys and your good guys are. Beating each other up occurs, kamehameha Plot resolution. It offers the wonderful satisfaction of seeing something dying. Its like hunting but without standing in the cold for hours.
    Downside: Plot? Character Development?
    Chance of killing damaging life if discovered: 15%
    Part 2 My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

    Picked for the exact opposite reason from Dragonball Z. Its nice to see something not get beat up. That and when the creators throw in refrences to things like Alien, and the Big Leibowski it becomes a fufilling means of watching something non-violent. The fan community adds benefits too, they generally can produce something entertaining.
    Downside: Its for little girls, and I am a man.
    Chance of damaging social life if discovered:95%
     
    4. Babylon 5

    I've seen a lot of good sci-fi shows in my time, but Babylon Five has to be the most consistently good. Seasons 1-4 Amazing Season 5 Awful. Like Deep Space Nine this is a highly quotable sci-fi show and like DS9 the great episodes are amazing and the bad episodes are terrible. This show also does the best of almost any show I've ever watched with shades of grey, there are so many moral ambiguities in what should be a world of black and whites. First rate show deserved the emmy's it got. Great recurring guest stars like Walter Koeing were well fleshed out characters not just one shots designed to attract people. Also the music was very well composed.
    Downside: The bad episodes are really bad and the plot can get repetitive.
    Chance of damaging social life if discovered: 1% (Most people who know what it is won't hate you)
    3. Batman: The Animated Series

    Man this is the real start of the DCAU. This show launched it all. It was the birthplace of Harley Quinn. It feautered one of the best balanced Joker's ever. It used real guns and had blood! This was a gritty dark children's cartoon. The one liners were amazing. The voice acting great, the animation spectacular.
    Downside: They couldn't actually kill people because it was a children's cartoon, and the ocassional Adam West-esque out irked me. That and batman seemed a little pudgy until season 3. Also Nightwing had a mullet.
    Chance of damaging social life if discovered: 10% (Its Batman)
     
    2. The Big Bang Theory

    It offers me the geeky humor I like. Its generally well written, and intrestingly enough is one of the few comedies I enjoy watching. The characters can be a little one dimensional, but its in the lovable quirky way.
    Downside: It does ocassionaly dip into cruder humor. Also if anyone ever finds out there is a strong chance they will knock on your door three times in short succession say your name and repeat untill you open it and think themselves hilarious.
    Chance of damaging social life if discovered: 45%
     
    1. Star Trek TOS

    Yup the number one series is star trek. It was a great show, [generally] solid plotlines, good characters, and it was ahead of its time.
    Star Trek had the first inter-racial kiss on television... also cell phones.
    Downside: That episode where Spock sings and the Space gypsies. The worst things in all star trek if it wasn't for Star Trek nemesis.
    Chance of Damaging Social Life if Discovered: 70% (Though the trekkie stigma is largely gone, most people still look down on star trek fans)
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    There are always the big names and their extended family. Then there are characters who ooze with potential and character who get put on the back burner for another series or twelve for Wolverine.
    5. Power Pack

    Given powers by a dying pony alien the powers decided to become costumed super heroes. (Lightspeed was Rainbow Dash before it was cool) Often times relegated to being a crossover once in a while (usually with the FF Wolverine or Spider Man) They have more potential.
    How to Fix it: Either have them reunite as a team or run with Julie not wanting to be a super hero anymore. Return to the Powerhouse option (where one member takes all the powers) and play on distrust and disunity within the family.
    4. Rocket Red/The Rocket Reds

    DC's answer to the Crimson Dynamo Rocket Red has swung between sterotypical communist villian and member of the JLI. Nowadays he actually hopes to achieve Communist Revolution, while Russia has built a whole squad of Rocket Reds. Conflict between the old and the new occurs.
    How to Fix: Honestly I like what they are doing, but perhaps a Rocket Red Mini-Series would do it. I would be open to reading it.
    3. Banshee

    A rare instance of a mutant who I want to see brought back to life. He was always a favorite X-Man of mine. He had a cool power, and he was by far one of the most experienced members of the group. Early in the Chris Claremont run he was basically Cyclop's second in command. Even with the loss of his powers he remained awesome
    How to Fix: Why did they not leave him alive after the chaos war? It was as good a time as any and it would have made sense. As it stands returning him to life is prioty one.
    2. Quicksilver

    That's right an almost constant member of the Avengers makes this list. He's been there a long time, but he's never had his character explored. His relationship with the inhumans including his ex wife crystal and daughter Luna is not adequtely explored. He had some potential in the mighty avengers, but he was simplified to finding Wanda (who gets too much attention if you ask me)
    How to Fix: Give him his own monthly or bi monthly series. He has enough name recognition that fans will give it a shot. Have him fight some of the other marvel speedsters like speed demon, and deal with mutant supremicists.
    1. Booster Gold

    JLA member, almost entirely for comedic effect. Booster Gold has a lot of potential, he comes from the future, meaning he has knowledge of things that havn't happened yet. He also probably broke some laws of the universe by going to the past. Lets face it there should be more to him than being a gag.
    How to Fix: DC has been working on it. Jury is still out on how there doing it though. I do look forward to seeing more Booster Gold in the future though
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