   Best action/drama series
  Yup, this is a parallel post to my recent Best Comedy Series thread. I don''t watch many action/drama series, so my personal choice is pretty limited.Here''s my top few:0) Poirot (qualifies as crimi-, but is still the best. Besides, the theme is awesome)1) McGyver (now always reminds of black mage''s Oluseyi quote about using McGyver as a verb )2) Mission Impossible (hated the feature length movies, though)3) Stargate (actually the series sucked, but I just like sci-fi)4) X-Files (the first few seasons, anyway)5) Prey6) Knight Rider (KITT''s still da best)7) The A-Team (childhood memories)8) Dempsey and Makepeace (also childhood memories)9) Remington Steele (ditto)Here''s a few I didn''t like:n) Airwolf (why on earth did it have to be so fake?)n - 1) Xena the warrior thingy (for no particular reason)n - 2) 24 (I only ever saw episode 23 of season 2, but it seemed so out-of-place* and, quite fraknly, the storyline seemed a bit weird; anyway, since I have only seen one episode, it got this rating a bit unfairly)* definion of "out-of-place" in the current context (don''t quote me on this one):Writer 1: we need to add more fancy wordsWriter 2: yes. let''s have the chick give him a "Huffman decoder"Writer 1: okay (beat)Writer 1: where''s that used in the episode?Writer 2: (silence) (beat)Writer 2: we need more soft curse wordsWriter 1: let''s say "dammit" oftenWriter 2: okayI heard the main character had been in coma earlier that day (in an earlier episode?)... umm... okay.Why the heck wasn''t or didn''t he even look TIRED by hour 23. I disliked his perkiness the most.   "Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat
  24(watch it from season 1, not some "just-about-the-end-of-season-2"episode.X-FilesSeaquest DSVStar Treks(with the sole exception of DS9(I hated that show))3 gazillion different anime/animated seriesMcGyverA-Team("I love it when a plan comes together."Hercules(when it was on cable)XenaThe Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Sopranos(mostly drama, but there''s some action)FarscapeNowhere Manhmm...tough category-Hyatus"da da da";  24!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;  A lot of 24 fans here as I can see... Gotta take time to watch it when the rerun starts. Well, I liked 60. Esp. ep.''s 14, 22 and 57.   "Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat;quote:Original post by Crispy  n - 2) 24 (I only ever saw episode 23 of season 2, but it seemed so out-of-place* and, quite fraknly, the storyline seemed a bit weird; anyway, since I have only seen one episode, it got this rating a bit unfairly)Try to imagine watching ROTK, but only seeing the part where Sam and Frodo are walking through Mordor towards the mountain, and then explain how you can possibly hold an opinion on all three movies.I''ll grant that they throw techy sounding words around a lot, but most shows do that.  And remember that he''d only been awake about 24 hours at that point, which is quite possible to do without seeming exhausted [if you don''t believe me, then you clearly are not a college student].  Plus he''s been through a lot, so he''s on a perpetual adreneline high.CM;  The first two posts list the A-team? This thread is on the jazz. ;  Blasphemer!!!! Stargate SG1 is awsome!!! I'm surprised that this Sci-fi movie and series actualy got the uniforms right.   [edited by - smiley4 on February 4, 2004 5:28:49 PM];quote:Original post by Crispy  n - 2) 24 (I only ever saw episode 23 of season 2, but it seemed so out-of-place* and, quite fraknly, the storyline seemed a bit weird; anyway, since I have only seen one episode, it got this rating a bit unfairly) Make sure you watch it from the very beginning.  It definitely deserves all the hype that it gets. ;  24 is one of the only two TV shows I care to watch (along with Scrubs, but since Scrubs is more of a comedy, I can''t talk about it here ). 24 is, without a doubt, the deepest and most well-made TV production I''ve ever seen. It''s like a 24-hour movie, with all events happening in real-time. But, like others have said, you need to watch it from the beginning, you can''t just pick it up mid-way.Season 1 was good, Season 2 was amazing, and Season 3 was, up until the last couple episodes, was very mediocre, but after seeing last night''s, and last week''s episodes, it''s shaping up to be another amazing season. Last night''s episode was one of the best episodes in the series'' so far. WATCH THE SHOW!   Trent Polackwww.polycat.netThe Best Blog in the Universetrent@polycat.netAuthor of Focus on 3D Terrain Programming;  How could I forget about Star Trek and Batman! I''m afraid Maxwell Smart doesn''t qualify because it was a parody, but the original Star Trek series is simply amazing, as is Batman.   "Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat