Akito01
Bending Unit
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« on: 05-27-2004 12:11 »
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Since no one else has brought this up yet:
1. Star Trek 2. The X Files 3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4. Farscape 5. Monty Python's Flying Circus 6. The Simpsons 7. The Prisoner 8. The Twilight Zone 9. Xena: Warrior Princess 10. Pee-Wee's Playhouse 11. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 12. Family Guy 13. Babylon 5 14. Beauty And The Beast 15. Quantum Leap 16. My So-Called Life 17. The Avengers 18. Doctor Who 19. Dark Shadows 20. Twin Peaks 21. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 22. H.R. Pufnstuf 23. Forever Knight 24. Absolutely Fabulous 25. Freaks And Geeks
I find myself completely puzzled by the inclusion of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which I'd never even heard of before. And Forever Knight, which I'd always dismissed since it was shot in my home town of Toronto by CTV, and seemed like a pretty thin take on the subject matter. Maybe there is a cult following for that show, I don't know, but I'd definitely replace those two with the likes of Mr Show, SCTV, Fernwood Tonight, or even Robotech.
I'm still not sure about Family Guy either, though it is hard to argue with what's happened recently to revive the show.
Everything else seems to hang together alright, and I find it hard to argue with the top 3. I never watched Buffy myself, but you'd have to be blind not to notice the huge fandom this series has.
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nerdlingus
Professor
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« Reply #1 on: 05-27-2004 12:14 »
« Last Edit on: 05-27-2004 12:14 »
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My arse is more cult then that list! Damn which ever TV guide made that. Where's Garth Marenghi? X-files was cool though, apart from those government conspiracy eps (although cancer man or whatever was cool).
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Lurrr
Professor
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Like Mr Fuzzywuvems said, 'cult' shows aren't always about popularity. They usually appeal to a certain type of audience and have dedicated fanbases. That being said, I wouldn't say the Simpsons is cult, or Buffy. But it depends how far you want to stretch the word 'cult'.
This looks to me more like a 'most popular cult shows' list. I hate the misuse of the word 'best' in these cases (although it's good to see Farscape and Babylon 5 got on there).
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Monty Python will never die in the spirit of nerds world wide.
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Tweek
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by nerdlingus: Where's Garth Marenghi?
That is a UK show isn't it? It probably hasn't been shown in the US so wouldn't be on the list, also it hasn't been around long enough to be considered cult.
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nerdlingus
Professor
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« Reply #30 on: 05-28-2004 08:49 »
« Last Edit on: 05-28-2004 08:49 »
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I prefered the alien/weird monsters episodes rather than the ones involving another in depth look into government conspiracies. Tweek : But it was intentionally made to mock cult shows or thats how it seems and sod the US anyway, the best they had was Friends. Originally posted by Gocad also, where are Millennium and Space: Above and Beyond? Yeah, and them! Millenium was dark and twisted and S:AAB was gung ho, which is cool.
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EvilLunch
Professor
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If the moon landing was really a conspiracy and was filmed on a soundstage, that'd make it the most cult of all broadcasts, wouldn't it?
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