20) With only one exception, every tv series I've loved from the first episode has died by the end of it's first season. Thanks to 'Heroes,' I can now change this to '...or has merely gone on to plummet into mediocrity-bordering-on-crap.'
I'm struggling to find a counter-example to this, and failing. There have been series I've really loved that have made it, but all of them had bumpy starts. (Eg, Babylon 5, ST:TNG)
That said, there are definitely some series I've *liked* a lot from the start that made it to two seasons. (Rome and Carnevale come to mind.)
45) I have, however, become rather a tea snob. And my default has slowly changed from Darjeeling to Nilgiri.
Oooh -- one I've never tried! The descriptions sound yummy...
63) When I go to the movies, I have to sit through the credits - if I were the Second Gaffer's Assistant, I'd want someone to stay and read my name. Everyone else does it for the end-easter-eggs. I do it for the gaffers.
Actually, me too. Although I honestly don't remember if I've always done so, or only since I got sensitized to it by my turn in the game business. (Once you've been one of those obscure names buried in the middle of the credits, it makes it seem even more important to give everybody their due.)
Admittedly, it's also partly out of sheer curiosity about the stage names Hollywood folks take on, even the behind-the-scenes ones. I often find myself wondering what the story is behind a particularly interesting name...
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Thanks to 'Heroes,' I can now change this to '...or has merely gone on to plummet into mediocrity-bordering-on-crap.'
I'm struggling to find a counter-example to this, and failing. There have been series I've really loved that have made it, but all of them had bumpy starts. (Eg, Babylon 5, ST:TNG)
That said, there are definitely some series I've *liked* a lot from the start that made it to two seasons. (Rome and Carnevale come to mind.)
45) I have, however, become rather a tea snob.
And my default has slowly changed from Darjeeling to Nilgiri.
Oooh -- one I've never tried! The descriptions sound yummy...
63) When I go to the movies, I have to sit through the credits - if I were the Second Gaffer's Assistant, I'd want someone to stay and read my name.
Everyone else does it for the end-easter-eggs. I do it for the gaffers.
Actually, me too. Although I honestly don't remember if I've always done so, or only since I got sensitized to it by my turn in the game business. (Once you've been one of those obscure names buried in the middle of the credits, it makes it seem even more important to give everybody their due.)
Admittedly, it's also partly out of sheer curiosity about the stage names Hollywood folks take on, even the behind-the-scenes ones. I often find myself wondering what the story is behind a particularly interesting name...