My Top 3 TV Shows

Hiya, Bellistik here!

Recently SighFye, the kids and I have been eating The Natural Confectionary co. chews.

They're delicious and gluten free! Yay! Each wrapper also has 1 or 2 questions printed on them to ask one another as conversation starters. One of them was, "What is your favourite TV show?" This got us thinking and talking about our faves and I'm going to share my top 3 TV shows here with you!

Here goes:

3. The Walking Dead

Zombies have exploded into every possible story-telling stage from Movies to books, comics and even street pranks and performances.

Zombies have even moved into different genres, starting off in horror, we now see comedy, RomCom, and Drama Zombie movies. And of course, there's a zombie Television show...

The Walking Dead follows a group of people fighting for their lives and each others through a zombie apocalypse, we watch as they survive zombies as well as endure other people doing whatever it takes to survive. As the series unfolds we see the “walkers” decay, becoming more and more grotesque while at the same time we see what the people surviving have become, with what they will do to survive becoming more and more grotesque... 

The Walking Dead was one of the first shows I've seen to kill off characters you'd least expect, adding a shocking and suspenseful addition to the show. The show balances horror and drama well and pushes your buttons with characters having to make decisions you feel both against and for. With unexpected twists, dramatic suspense, horror suspense and jump scares, The Walking dead is a must watch.

2. Battlestar Galactica 

40 years earlier humans had had a war with Cylons, human made robots who turned on their creators. The war had long been over and Battlestar Galactica, an old battleship, was being readied to be retired. A surprise attack hits the twelve colonies, Kobol a group of planets where the humans reside and we follow a fleet of humans once again at war with the Cylons as they search for the mythical planet Earth.

2004's Battlestar Galactica is a well written, enjoyable series with characters to love, hate and sometimes be confused as to which feelings fit best! Our own ethical and moral codes are challenged endlessly as we question our discrimination's, witness our inner weaknesses and demons mirrored back to us and ask the question of what we would do in many debatable situations. We witness humans in desperate scenarios as they work collectively and then selfishly; from the many, to the few, to the self and back to the many. We watch people win and lose and see how we can be both heroic and villainous.

While fictional in a distant world, Battlestar Galactica still gives us the opportunity to look at ourselves as humans while enjoying the expected suspense and action of a Sci Fi series set in space. When I first started watching Battlestar Galactica I wasn't really into Sci Fi but with it's many twists and surprises as well as relate-able characters, this series will hook anyone.

1. Breaking Bad

Usually in movies and TV shows we meet lovable characters who we wish the best for, but in Breaking Bad we meet Walter White, at first he's a weedy, high school teacher who everyone knows and loves as the nice guy. His soft, polite demeanor soon turns around after he's diagnosed with lung cancer and begins with his plans to make big money fast to leave for his pregnant wife and teenage son. 

 

Breaking Bad keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time from the first episode to the last, 5 seasons later. And although you may not like the main character you can't help but keep watching because you must know what happens next!

From Wikipedia: “Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. By the time the series finale aired, the series was among the most-watched cable shows on American television. The show received numerous awards, including sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards and a People's Choice Award. For his leading performance, Bryan Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times. In 2013, Breaking Bad entered the Guinness World Records as the highest rated show of all time.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad 

Stay cool, 

Bellistik