Most Wanted (survey)
I've been meaning to conduct this little survey for ages. The tenth anniversary seems like a good time for it.
1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from? 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? (Current means either running right now or renewed for next season.) 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? (Etc. meaning not just shows; this is where you can suggest other stuff like books and videogames.) I've separated 2 and 3 because current shows have an obvious advantage for drawing fans in. You can give multiple answers to each question, but put the most important one first. Anyone is welcome to respond except me (and Zuke). Even guests can respond -- log in as user GuestAccount with the password "soon". |
1. ANY.
2. Smallville, actually. It's one of the few shows I try to watch new anymore. 3. Doing proper episodic anime fivers would be interesting. Not the series that have the same plot over and over, of course. I'd still like to take a stab at Trigun, but Haruhi or Love Hina might be fun, too. |
1. Any subsite for a show I've seen, which I think is any other than the OC.
2. Hm. My "current" watching of shows mainly involves watching them weeks or months later online or on DVD. Probably Doctor Who though. 3. A lot of the books I'd like to see fived are already made / being made into movies. Narnia, Harry Potter, LotR, etc. I'd be interested in seeing / writing more VG fivers, especially the popular Nintendo franchises. A lot of the other new content I consume is little kid's videos and unless people really want to see a 5MWiggles or 5MSesameStreet, I'm not going to have much to contribute. Oh, and Nate, if you're interested in fiving Smallville yourself, have at. Anything from Season 8 is fair game. |
Derek, who is there to edit these hypothetical fivers, anyway? You tell me. The number of editors we have seems to be somewhere south of three. Why bother writing any fivers at all, that's what I'd like to know.
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1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from?
ENT and Classic BSG. 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? How about Merlin? S1 is already on DVD, S2 just finished in the U.S., and S3 is being filmed (or might have just finished) in Wales and France. I understand it's meant to be similar to Smallville, the show itself has plenty of comedy, and there's lots of room for Monty Python jokes. Lots and lots. 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? I actually thought about this a while ago, but I figured nobody would go for it (and that's still probably true): what about fiving some history? Examples: American presidents, Canadian presidents, painters, writers, styles of architecture... I know it's more "Cliff's Notes" than "fivers" but I think it could be funny. George Washington: the first. Did the thing with the cherry tree. Wooden false teeth. Decent general. Rushmore 1. Abraham Lincoln: Gave good speech. Civil war. Freed the slaves. Good sense of humor. Rushmore 2. Pay no attention to the JFK conspiracists. Franklin Roosevelt: The one with polio who had four terms. Rushmore 3. Theodore Roosevelt: Not the one with polio. John Adams: Not his son. John Quincy Adams: Not his father. Benjamin Harrison: The filling in the Grover Cleveland sandwich. John F. Kennedy: Sent us to the moon. Gave good speech. Pay no attention to the Lincoln conspiratists. and Derek, I wouldn't mind a 5MSesame Street... |
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Sir John A. Macdonald: Drunk. Built railroad. Still drunk. Unelected. Re-elected. Still drunk. Sir Wilfred Laurier: Very important to high school history classes. Did many things, none of them memorable. Mackenzie King: Prime Minister. Still Prime Minister. Still Prime Minister. Still Prime Minister. Not Prime Minister. Trudeau: Roses. Pirouettes. Fuddle-duddle. Cuckolded by Mick Jagger. Way more interesting than any other PM. Diefenbaker: Had a bunker. That is all. 1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from? NexGen, DS9. 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? I don't actually watch any current shows. I got into Stargate about a month before it ended, and by the time I got caught up with ten seasons plus five of spinoff, Atlantis was over. Plus I don't get cable. 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? I'll let you know if I think of one. |
1. I'd have to say B5, on balance. I'm not entirely sure why (aside from that I like it, obviously).
2. I'm watching incredibly little TV at the moment. I don't even own one, what I do watch is online and mostly comedy. No ready answers there I'm afraid. 3. There's plenty of pompous drama out there, in terms of TV (The West Wing comes to mind, and I'm saying that as someone who likes it). Books are more problematic I think, so I guess my vague preference is for a bit more non-SF&F film/TV. |
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0. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve this survey?
Yes. Absolutely. Make a news post about it for the front page. :) Or maybe add a line about it to the 10th anniversary blurb. Something like that. 1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from? Any of them, whether I follow / care about the original material or not, because I am hopeless like that. But particularly the Treks and, ummm . . . any fivers that are especially funny. ALSO: I'm still hoping for the last parts for the previous "panel discussion" thing. Not to get you down or anything. 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? (Current means either running right now or renewed for next season.) Doctor Who's about the only sci-fi one that I pay any attention to. Not that there are a lot of them going on right now, but . . . yeah. Don't worry about it though, I'm not fussy. 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? (Etc. meaning not just shows; this is where you can suggest other stuff like books and videogames.) Nothing comes to mind. I'm quite happy puttering around in Miscellaneous. Speaking of which, I should add a survey to my sig. (he said quite meaningfully) I had a fiver for a computer game going for a while, just for my own amusement, but I think I misplaced most of it. |
1) Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Doctor Who!
Well that and the Treks 2) Bones, Doctor Who and Futurama are the only current shows I follow and Bones and Futurama don't necessarily lend themselves to the format. 3) Wouldn't mind seeing some Quantum Leap. |
1. Any that are for shows I have seen. Or that Derek can give me recaps of so I can appreciate the jokes.
2. Eureka might be good. 3. Umm...I don't know. The history idea sounds fun. And we already have 5MShakespeare, so maybe some other well-known plays or novels. (Side note: The links Derek's about to post are hilarious.) |
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I don't remember Cookie being that snarky. Or maybe I just didn't notice as a toddler.
I think that's Frank Oz getting fed up with doing a kid's show. Patience, Frank. The Muppet Show will be your outlet. |
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Wait - change all but the first verb I used in that paragraph to past tense. I'm teaching math starting in the fall. No more civics. Gotta figure out new excuses for showing Trek clips in class. |
Hmm, these are some fairly unexpected responses. Very interesting.
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Nate: Have you ever heard of negative reinforcement? I've got the site back on its feet for the first time in years. Complaining now just sends the message that I'm wasting my time. |
PM me if you really want a reply. Somehow I think you won't like it. [EDIT: I'm gonna do this, so nobody else answer. I don't want another thread hijacked. - Z]
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Tribbles should be good for exponents. The late Star Trek: The Magazine actually used to do filler articles on the percentage of episodes where various stereotypical events happened, like Kirk getting his shirt ripped, Voyager losing a shuttlecraft, Kirk getting the girl, etc. That's charts/statistics. Bajor used a 26-hour clock, IIRC; that's a basis for teaching "clock math," or introducing the concept of base-something-other-than-10. Instead of the usual "A train leaves Chicago at 3pm..." try "Enterprise leaves Vulcan on stardate 47523.1 traveling at warp 3..." |
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Actually, I do have a more viable idea: any interest in 5-Minute versions of Gerry Anderson programmes? I was thinking specifically about the original run of Captain Scarlet, but there's no reason not to do, say, Thunderbirds or Stingray too. I fear Space: 1999 may, however, be slightly beyond parody.
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I like reading all of the subsites, especially the Treks, B5 and BSG.
Also, I think Lost would make good parodies. |
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^^ I'm the daughter of two teachers. They'd be ashamed if I couldn't come up with something to use for a lesson plan off the top of my head.
Back on topic: how about 5M Fawlty Towers? |
I don't have anything to add, really, since the consensus seems to be 'more Doctor Who, please,' which I am definitely cool with.
I'd recommend Stargate Atlantis, since frankly, I have no idea where the Stargate exosite went, but I'm not sure if there's some strange story about that involving radishes, so I won't ask. |
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Anyhow, for the questions: (1) I was drawn to this site by 5M Enterprise. I have always maintained that 5ME is the funniest feature here -- possibly because it has benefited from being written by only one person through all its iterations -- and I long to see it ended. Also, I suddenly recall purchasing a hard copy of 5M "Zero Hour" years ago (it cost $5.00), but never receiving a copy. The details are sketchy, though. Did we for some reason run a "buy a fiver" promotion? Or was that a dream? I'm leaning toward dream, because that's a very weird memory. Anyhow. More Who is good, though Who is a harder series to parody than Trek, I think, because nuWho, at least, already takes itself so unseriously. I think I would prefer to see more nuBSG, which, while a very entertaining show, was so amazingly full of itself that you could make an entire nuBSG fiver based on booger jokes and it's still be hilarious satire. (2) New shows? Oi... now I have to admit to how little stuff I'm watching these days. Remember those VVS8 parodies? Those were a lot of fun, and they also got me reading VVS8, which I never would have done in a million years otherwise. I would like to see a rebirth of the "fanfic" parodies. Lord knows there's a lot of pretty decent fan Trek out there to mock -- Phase II has done some really good work, Intrepid is fun. The audio series produce a lot more material, which makes them eminently parodyable. I'm thinking mainly of Outpost (www.giantgnome.com) here, but I'd be greatly honored if someone fived my show, Excelsior (www.starshipexcelsior.com). Fringe looked fiveable, but I didn't have the time to keep up with it. I suspect that the most important thing, Zeke, is that you find something you really, really love watching, and then five that. This website's a hobby for you, after all, and we're not your customers and we're not paying you (except in my $5 "Zero Hour" dream). If fiving is something you do to unwind, not an onerous responsibility, that means you'll have more fun and we'll get more and better fivers as a result. Of course, you've probably already thought about that, so I'll stop preaching now. (3) I would love to see Stargate: Atlantis thoroughly fived, but by someone much funnier than I. My SG:A fivers suck. But it's a great show, very fun, but filled with ridiculous events, characters who struggle with dimension, and convoluted turns of plot. The perfect fiver storm. Death Note could make great fiving. Azumanga Daioh, however, would not. Indeed, AD quite literally fives itself, doesn't it? My other favorite show right now is Life on Mars (UK), which I'm watching on DVD. If you know it, you see the potential. If you dont know it, go do yourself a favor and watch it. It's time well-spent. (Disclaimer: people complain about the ending, but I'm at the end of season one and spoiler-free, so I don't know yet what they're all on about.) (Conclusion) ...but, if all that comes of this survey is thirty or forty DW fivers in the next couple of years, I will be a very happy young man. |
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SORRY SORRY SORRY THEY'RE STILL COMING AND THERE'LL BE A BONUS WITH THEM FOR THE WAIT PLEASE DON'T HATE ME GUYS ...Um. You can probably tell I've been dreading this question. They really are coming. I swear. Sorry. |
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1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from?
DS9, Farscape, BSG (new) 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? (Current means either running right now or renewed for next season.) Futurama, Eureka, Chuck 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? (Etc. meaning not just shows; this is where you can suggest other stuff like books and videogames.) The 4400, any videogame (I always find these amusing) |
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Not that I regret the purchase! I just... I was pretty sure that I'd imagined the whole thing. Cool. Something to look forward to in the mail sometime soon. |
Back on topic: <b>What current show would you like to see covered?</b>
hubby and I just started watching "Eureka." Surprisingly enjoyable (at least, up to the beginning of S2 so far) with relatively complex characters and relationships plus some decent laughs. And it's geek heaven. So add my vote for that. |
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1. Which subsite(s) do you most look forward to new material from?
I'd say Enterprise and, after the "recent" "relaunch," Battlestar Galactica. 2. Which current show(s) would you most like to see covered at 5M.net? (Current means either running right now or renewed for next season.) Caprica. But then, I'm not watching a lot of current shows. 3. What other show(s), etc., would you like to see us do? (Etc. meaning not just shows; this is where you can suggest other stuff like books and videogames.) I think Dollhouse would be perfect for fiving; imagine all the possible fun and confusion with changing speaker credits! Plus, at this point it's not an open-ended project... |
1. It would be great to see some more episodic 5ers in the 5-min-Farscape subsite or to see a 5er of "The Peacekeeper Wars" movie. I'm just saying that because I'm a Farscape junkie & I need my fix. Also, in the 5-min-Anime subsite, it would be incredible if you did a parody of "Akira," "Ghost in the Shell" or some episodic 5ers of "Cowboy Bebop."
2. Regarding a current sci-fi TV show that you could make a parody of, I'm very sorry but I have to leave this one "blank" since I don't watch TV anymore. 3. In the 5-min-Video Games section you could do some 5ers on the "Halo" video game series or maybe "God of War" and I wouldn't complain if you made fun of the two "Kane & Lynch" video games. |
New shows: Besides Merlin (three seasons, renewed for a fourth) and Eureka (season 4.5 is due to start, uh, I don't know, this summer?), I also volunteer Warehouse 13 (two seasons, renewed for a third) and Leverage (three seasons, renewed for a fourth).
Warehouse 13 is on Skiffy, with four engaging leads providing various levels of intelligence, amusement, geekery, and downright snark. Plus they chase historical and sci-fi artifacts, so the opportunities for in-jokes are legion. Leverage, while not sci-fi/fantasy, has an ensemble cast, recurring guest characters, plenty of tech geek stuff and fisticuffs, and can be quite funny. And Mark Sheppard has guested on BSG, Leverage, Warehouse 13, Dollhouse, the Bionic Woman remake, firefly, Voyager, and the X-Files, so he's part of the Jossverse, the Trekiverse, and the Ron Moore Players. You could do a series of fivers just following that guy around TV. |
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