In article <46a364f3$0$12233$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Slayah
<Slayah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> C.O.Jones wrote:
> > In article <46a1325d$0$8032$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Slayah
> > <Slayah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> C.O.Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> The problem with too many awards shows are that they are popularity
> >>> contests. Something (or someone) being REALLY good has little to do
> >>> with it. "Oh! I've heard of THAT! I'll vote for them!"
> >>
> >> It's ridiculous. And all those egos, I can't stand any of them!
> >> Meanwhile, great shows like Firefly and Dead Like Me go unnoticed.
> >> Worse, they go...canceled!
> >>
> >
> > I say, a hundred years from now, which ones will be considered the
> > classics, and which will be the "everything else?"
>
> I hate to say it, but right NOW there are already great shows that have
been
> totally forgotten. The only way I even know about them is by people
> mentioning them, then I am lucky enough to download them and watch them.
For
> example The Prisoner and (don't laugh) the original Get Smart. Also more
> recently Dead Like Me. I had never even heard of it and it's one of my
> favorite shows of all time. I wonder if Buffy and Angel will still be
heard
> of a hundred years from now? I bet Star Wars and Star Trek will still be
> around and current.
>
You may be right, but my theory is, in the future, people will be
SMART. (no, REALLY!) They will look back after the common denominator
of thinking "popular meant good" has faded, and look at this stuff with
"a clear eye and a full heart" (Go Dillion Panthers!) and see what was
GOOD. Like Firefly, The Prisoner, or the old Warner Brother cartoons.
As opposed to what was popular like All in the Family, CSI, or The
Flintstones.
Would you believe...?
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