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valiha ([personal profile] valiha) wrote2007-12-29 07:09 am

My three favorites

I don't believe you guys ever saw this wallpaper, right?



It's something I made in honor of my three favorite shows: the Magnificent Seven, the Invisible Man and Star Trek in all of its various incarnations.

My reasons for loving Mag7 are many and various, and also connected to my dad and our shared love for westerns. I love the charaters and the way all of them are there for each other, inspite of their differences, and how they start changing because of each other (even though Ezra fights changing the hardest of them all), and how their friendship tuns into being a family  I love the way the actors portray them, and I think they were perfect for the roles.  And finally, it was the last show my dad and I watched together before I moved to another city, looking for work. 

Invisible Man was such a cool, weird, witty show, with great characters and a wonderfull twist on the old "man can become invisible" premise, that it's just unbelievable that it was cancelled after only two seasons (still, it has more episodes that Mag7).  The two main characters start out as complete opposites, and during the course of the show become as close as brothers.  There's no way to explain this show, you simply have to watch to believe how good it was.  

I'm not even going to try to explain Star Trek.  First of all, it's too darn big, and second, it's a show a grew up with, and the message of humanity finally uniting is just as strong today as it was when it was first made. 

In the end, I have a couple of questions for you: 

- what are your three favorites, and why do you like them? Is it a character that drew your attention, or the stories, or maybe a favorite actor? 

Let me know!
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[identity profile] dj-aida.livejournal.com 2008-01-05 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I had to break this in two, as well! The old I-Man sites are going the way of the dinosaurs, and one of the rare ones is www.imaniacs.org. Wikipedia has an article on I-Man at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2000_TV_series), if you want to check it out.

I had heard so many good things about the Sentinel, but unfortunately, our TV stations don't treat such shows very well, usually showing them after midnight, which doesn't work for us hard-working folks. Maybe it will show up in our video stores eventually.

About the wallpaper, no I don't have just the boys, but I can try and make it again. Once it's done, I'm sending it your way. It's so cool to hear you have a whole folder of my walls!!! I have some more that I want to post today, made using the still from the second season DVD. A friend who went to England got it for me, and I'd like to compare the covers and stills with the American version. One other thing, disc two is rated as 12 for the American audience, and 16 for the British. ??? Are I suppose it's because of Wagon Train, but why not disc 4 as well because of Obsession? Are the British more sensitive about adultery and some innocent kissing shown on TV, vs. Chris walking half-naked, people getting killed and covered in blood?

More food for thought! It's always good talking to you.

All the best,
Aida