Joho the Blog
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January 16, 2006
Jeez, a lot of popular TV shows are about super-competent teams: the 107 different flavors of CSI, House, The West Wing... In each of those shows, everyone knows everything. Oh, they may be puzzled for an hour minus the commercials, but the puzzles are just an opportunity to flex their competency. Is this a response to the world's new (or newly-exposed) complexity? When the enemy is an identifiable superpower, bravery and strength saves us. When the threat is that our environment is fragmenting and the pieces are raining down on us, the ability to put the pieces together saves us. When we are facing an enemy with massive power, it's good to believe that a single individual can make the difference, especially if he's played by Sylvester Stallone. When the enemy is the pulling apart of everything we know, it's good to believe that we can form teams that cannot be pulled apart. [Tags: entertainment] 24 is an interesting hybrid: Competent team, heroic individual. Posted
by D. Weinberger at January 16, 2006 10:12 AM
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You should watch Battlestar Galactica.
Before your coffee spews out your nose, you might consider that Time Magazine (yes, I know, "old, mainstream media," therefore corrupt and valueless) called it the best drama on television in 2005.
If you choose to watch it, watch the miniseries first, just order it from Netflix or Blockbuster.
There is plenty of heroism, but flawed heroes who make mistakes and live with the consequences. And lots of choices made where nobody really knows if it was the right choice.
A very strong cast, and a story line that has about as many strong women in leading roles as men.
Best damn show on television, in my own, proletarian, opinion.
Posted by: dave rogers | January 17, 2006 07:04 AM