Friday link dump

  • On noisy leaf blowers. ‘Tis the season. . .

  • Just what everyone needs: a remote controlled plane for your living room. And it’ll only set you back about $250!

  • Top 50 Science Fiction Shows of All Time. I know these lists are made to be argued, but this thing is still a travesty. How did TWILIGHT ZONE not finish in the top three? How did STAR TREK: VOYAGER wind up at #11? The new BATTLESTAR: GALACTICA is #2 of all time? I think even that show’s fans will have to admit that it’s a little early for that. And while I appreciate the high ranking for BABYLON 5 (at #5, for cuteness’ sake, I bet), I think their description of it as “Some may compare it to ‘Star Trek DS-9′ but with a better plot and cast” is getting it exactly backwards.

  • I mean, really, they have STARGATE SG-1 ranked as a better show than THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

  • SLIDERS is in the top ten.

  • UGH. What a joke.

  • I don’t have any links for you today after that one. Is it obvious yet? More tomorrow.


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7 Responses to “Friday link dump”

  1. Craig Welsh
    30. September 2005 at 10:30

    I knew that list was doomed when I hit #27 and there was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now, I know you can argue that it isn’t sci-fi, its more fantasy, which is why I let it slide for a moment. Then I saw a piece of dreck show like The Hitchhiker made it to #20 or something. That’s when I knew it was a joke.

    I agree with the rest of your points. I like the BG, but #2 is wildly optimistic. No DS9 (I never felt the urge to get into a debate over which is better, DS9 or B5. I loved both of them. I would own DS9 DVDs if Paramount didn’t insist on ridiculously over-pricing them), no Farscape (didn’t get into the show, but surely god it was better than a lot of the dreck there), etc.

    I think it’s a list designed to annoy people and get them to go to that site and yell at him.

  2. Augie De Blieck Jr.
    30. September 2005 at 11:37

    FARSCAPE wasn’t on that list? And SLIDERS was?

    Yeesh

    And I didn’t watch the second half of BUFFY, but I’d still put it in the top 20, and I could name a half dozen shows to replace with it from that same range.

  3. Michael Heilemann
    30. September 2005 at 11:52

    Nonsense, Battlestar Galactica easily earns its place; if it were up to me it would take the number one spot :)

  4. Scott Beeler
    30. September 2005 at 13:51

    As you say, the lack of “Farscape” in the list at all is ridiculous (it’d probably be in the top 15 for me), and “Buffy” is way too low. New BSG, “ST:Voyager”, “Sliders” all much too high.

    Also, “Futurama” at #41 is a travesty. Should be at least top 20, definitely. And “The Prisoner” should be on the list somewhere.

    Also also, that mini-RC-plane is awesome.

  5. Chaz Ervin
    30. September 2005 at 15:37

    No THE PRISONER? They just lost all their cool points and/or geek credibility.

  6. Nathan
    30. September 2005 at 17:01

    I’d have put Angel and Hercules on that list for sure, could probably have found a spot for Smallville and Charmed. Even ones like Buck Rogers and Greatest American Hero are way too low.

  7. Eric Gimlin
    30. September 2005 at 17:43

    Any list missing both “Farscape” and “The Prisoner” is fatally flawed. I could make pretty good arguments for either of them taking the top spot; for crying out loud! This sort of list can be fun to argue about if it’s anywhere close to decently done; this one isn’t. (Oh, and as aside; thank you for the blog, Augie. It’s a daily stop for me, and has been for quite a while.)