I made a discovery several months ago, regarding good looking men and women in Cult TV shows. Now I don't profess to have paid any real attention to good looking men. The women on the other hand... It all started back in September, when I had the following conversation with my wife, about a new TV show starting the next week.
"Ringer starts next week" I said casually.
"What's that then?" asks the missus.
"Something about a woman and her twin sister and.. stuff..."
She sighs. "Who is in it?"
"Umm.. Sarah Michelle Gellar."
"Right. So that has no bearing on why we're watching it then?"
All of which lead us into a more in depth conversation about the fact nearly ever TV show we watch has someone I fancy in it.
"But Person of Interest starts the week after that! That's got the bloke who is in the remake of The Prisoner, and Ben from Lost!" I said, trying to defend my position.
"You get Buffy. I get Ben from Lost. Where are all the good looking blokes on TV? All I've got is Supernatural!"
Which then lead her to spend the rest of that afternoon looking for blokes she fancies who might be making TV shows...
Maybe she's just too picky, but of all the shows we watch, there seems to be no one she really fancies, with the exception of Dean from Supernatural.
Even Flashpoint, a show which consists of 6 main characters, 5 of which are male. The odds are good there would be someone for her. But no. None of them do it for her. I meanwhile get to dribble over Jules for 45 minutes.
Just for kicks I listed some of the shows we watch and compared the men vs Women.
Hawaii 5-0: She admits Danno is pretty good. I however get Boomer (from BSG) and New Girl Lori.
Big Bang Theory: Perhaps the perfect example. I get Penny to lust over for 30 minutes a week. She gets Sheldon and Leonard. (I did point out she gets Howard as a bonus...)
Burn Notice: She says Michael makes his face into too many silly expression for her to like. However I get psycho Fi.
Secret Circle: Ignoring the fact the main cast are kids, the lead girl and the evil girl are quite good, while she just gets John Connor. (As an aside I will quickly mention The Sarah Connor Chronicles, featuring the divine Summer Glau...) In terms of the previous generation cast, i get Natasha Henstridge!
Fringe: Hello Alternative Liv...
Merlin: While she admits Arthur is alright, if he was a little older, I of course get Morganna...
So, I asked the question to my friends via facebook: "Where are the good looking blokes in Cult TV", and the response was overwhelming. "True Blood". We have since watched all 4 seasons of that, and yes she has to admit that that's where they are all hiding. (Maybe now would be a good time to mention I was undecided about it, until I discovered Rogue from the X-Men films was the main lead... So, another for me...) So she gets True Blood and Supernatural. It still seems slightly unbalanced.
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Vampire Diaries? The way I see it is the good looking guys tend to be in the shows that relate to a young female audience so they can put themselves into the main female characters role (hence the popularity of twilight - much to my disgust) while and for an older female audience they assume there is more maturity and would rather invest themselves in the characters than gawp at guys on screen. The same argument why there are amazingly hot girls in films going after the regular guys just because they are funny. Will never be particularly fair.
ReplyDeleteWell True Blood of course, but I wouldn't write off Burn Notice, what about Sam Axe? A couple of other candidates: The Walking Dead (Daryl in particular for a bit of rough and ready) and the Seeker (Darken Rahl of course, not his goody goody brother). Those are my initial thoughts, I reserve the right to think of more later :-)
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: You sum it up well. The Big bang Theory gave hope to millions of us nerds, that the geeky, speccy, picked on little guy CAN get the hot blonde chick after all :)
ReplyDeleteFoil Play: In keeping in tradition with the tone of this entry, I see your "Walking Dead" and raise you not only the cute Doctor from prison Break, but Maggie as well.
I also see your Legend o.t.Seeker and raise you Kahlan and Kara. I still win :)
My mom also think Michael makes funny faces! I'm cracking up right now!!
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