LOL, I just started watching Avatar: TLAB Book 2 episode 2 (Love Cave or something like that)and damn is this cartoon funny.
sister says to brother, "Why is your forehead all red"
[close up of red spot on brother's forehead]
wandering nomad walks up and says
"Don't freak out when I tell you this, but I think that guy over there is the Avatar"
Brother: [FACEPALM.....again]
Stogi, thanks for recommending this otherwise I never would have gotten around to watching it. It's pretty mature for something that was shown on Nickelodeon, has plenty of action, it's well choreographed and has plenty of humor.
Starting to make me more interested in the live action movie that coming up.
Glad to hear you like the show, as Season 2 is the best of the series (though the series has one hell of a finale at the end of Season 3). I always make a point to tell people about Avatar whenever I hear someone mention how American animation just isn't what it used to be.
Actually, if you like Avatar you might want to give Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the CG series) a try. Many of the staff of Avatar moved over to The Clone Wars when Avatar finished, and it shows in the action scenes. The show itself is very well-written and is (in my opinion) more Star Wars-y than the entire prequel trilogy.
As for me, the last show I watched was the now-canceled
Dollhouse. 5/10. Lousy show that took a rather limited (for television) premise and went absolutely nowhere interesting with it until now...when it's been canceled. Some good actors and some decent writing, but just not good enough of either.
Battlestar abandoned the Ship of Quality after the second season. After that, itjust stopped making sense. It shouldn't be on that list. I think it'sthere as the token sci-fi show.
Nice to see someone agrees with me on Battlestar. The first 2 seasons were phenomenal, but after that it gets bogged down in religion, whining, and pretentiousness (two things that often go hand-in-hand). The series was so much better when it was just Humans vs. Cylon for the Future of Humanity (TM).