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Wow. Apparently I don't watch stuff. I feel like a bad Pajiban. I was unable to vote for Premium Channel Comedy, Network Drama, Network Comedy or Best Picture Oscar Winners.

*shuffles off, head hanging in shame*

Also, is there any plan to do a "least favorite"? I enjoy those, especially on Pajiba.

For the Super Hero franchises, do you mean filmic adaptations, or source-material?
'Cuz that's different answers...

Ooh, I want a least favorite too! It's the Pajiba way.

Serial Drama: Had to give it to Dexter over The Walking Dead, if for no other reason than longevity. Five great episodes simply won't rocket something to the top for me.

Premium Channel Comedy: Likewise, I'm just catching up on Californication, so the vote goes to Larry David. I think Californication is funnier, but...

Network Drama: To be fair, I don't watch any of those shows. But I saw House once and thought, "Wow. Dick. She's dying, how about a little bedside manner?"

Network Comedy: I'd like to do a write in for "The League." Unless you're not counting it because FX doesn't count as a network.

Superhero Franchise: Don't get me wrong. I love me some Superman. But one brilliant movie followed by four movies that are mediocre at best does not make for a brilliant franchise (that's right -- I said #2 was mediocre -- he throws a celophane S symbol at Non, for christ's sake -- you don't like it, you can suck a dick)

Director: Wanted to give it to Nolan. But c'mon. It's Tarantino. He's just more fun.

I don't watch any of the network dramas, but it was damned hard to pick a comedy. And everyone who doesn't watch Breaking Bad: GET ON THAT METH-ADDLED SHIT. It's awesome.

I also advocate for "most hated" survey.

I am sad that I watch none of those Premium Channel Comedies, so couldn't vote. And in other categories, I haven't seen all the choices, so it's a little unfair.

I don't know why I take these things. They always just re-enforce my feelings of being terminally un-hip and out of touch. At least I had seen one show in each category.

re: favorite network drama. There isn't a "none of the above" choice...

Aah...favorite directors. Wait...wait...WAIT!
[Starts panicking and gasping for breath]
WHERE'S DANNY BOYLE!?
[Rolls out of chair and falls onto the floor in spasms]
THIS NO MAKES LIST SENSE! Ahhgah!

Wes Anderson, also. Wes Anderson.

Am I wrong to vote for Californication solely because it has the most nudity?

Which of these 5 Is Your Favorite Director?

Count again.

That said, I am shocked at how little play Spielberg is getting. It is admittedly very tough to choose among the 6 listed but 5%? Are you guys all just too young?

Jaws
Close Encounters
ET
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
Munich
Jurassic Park

If the question is who is the director that you look forward to seeing new material from then maybe Spielberg deserves 5%. Otherwise, no way. And get off my lawn.

This being Pajiba and all, when I saw that there are 6 choices for Favorite Director, but the category says "5," I figured it was rigged so that you couldn't vote for one of them - if you picked Cameron (for example), it wouldn't let you vote but a message would pop telling you your choice sucked.

I really really wanted to vote for X-Men, but that damned third movie just wouldn't let me.

We definitely need a Most Loathed poll.

That was NOT 45 secondes DR.

But then again I'm stoned.

The hardest on was the F/X question:
(It killed me and was easely 2 minutes on it own)

Justified
Terriers
Resque me

How can one choose?
I voted Terriers by the way.

If it would have been on sex appeal, nothing can beat Justified. Yeah, He can pull his gun on me.

The F/X question is bullshit and you should be ashamed at forcing that kind of Sophie's Choice on your readers.

That FX question was torture, because the first season of Louie was unbelievably great. But I own every season of It's Always Sunny on DVD, and have watched them a million times, and kinda want to watch them all again, in order, right now.

"WILDCARD, BITCHEEEEEES!!!"

P.S. Woot for the 10% Ferguson love!

That had some tough ones. The director one especially because I like all SIX of them. Couldn't throw in a Ratner or Uwe Boll to even it out? Damn.
At least someone besides me still loves WEEDS around here. But 4% for PARKS & REC? Come on people. You know in your heart that COMMUNITY ain't all that. It's good, but it's no PARKS & REC.

Dexter is a drama?! Boy have I been looking at that show the wrong way. That show is funny as hell.

He, Ed, of all the Speilberg movies you mentioned, how many are from the last ten years? Yeah, exactly. If this were 1983 then I got your back. But it's not. His last outing was what, Indy 4? Or am I missing some other bowl of tepid pudding that he's concocted recently?

And I second the "Where's Danny Boyle?" sentiment for director list. Especially in the light of 127 hours, which was pretty amazing directing.

Speaking of everything else, how narrowly focused could you get, Rowles? Did you just compile a list of your favorite mainstream things from pop culture and let us chose from that? I mean, Napoleon Dynamite? seriously?! You actually thought to mention that movie?

I couldn't reasonably vote for much of anything.

Louie : Seinfeld :: The Wire : CSI

Yossarian,

You are my brother. Call me. Let's do lunch.

Community most definitely is all that and thank the good lord that people on here seem to agree. Breaking Bad is amazing too, people. I'm surprised it isn't more popular. I voted Always Sunny but judging from the comments I read on here I think I'd have picked Terriers were I not saving it to watch from beginning to end on my Christmas Break. These are fun. Listen to the crowd and do "Most Hated".

you bastards! you made me choose between 30 Rock, Community, and Raising Hope. This was like the Sophie's Choice of meaningless television polls.

It's hard for me to categorize Colbert & Stewart as "late night" when I watch them at 10am.

I wish we could pick a second favorite for some of the categories. I absolutely love Parks & Rec, but I had to go with Community, and then I see that Parks & Rec only has 4% of the vote. It's a better show than 4%, y'all.

And I like Jimmy Kimmel. He's the everyman of late night comedy. 1%? Come on.

I've just got to add my love for all things "Sons." If you're not watching it, you should be. It's the one show I NEVER miss. I want to be Gemma when I grow up!

What? No Neil Blompkamp?

... And scene.

I lurk. But this got my dander up.

@ed newman

Spielberg. Hands down. Then Tarrantino. Nolan. ???. Piss off.

Close Encounters was what? Tired on delivery? What does that mean... I basically created a genre in film - the horror blockbuster (nothing since Psycho had scared us so shitless)...
Then I did it again - created the Everyman Sci Fi blockbuster (arguably less of a film than the Sci Fi opera Star Wars). Then I created the action/adventure blockbuster (snakes, melting nazis, the sword/pistol scene, chopped by a propeller). Then I topped myself with an even better everyman Sci Fi blockbuster (ET)...Next, having proven myself beyond any possible need to prove myself again...I took massive risks with unpopular topics like....the holocaust, etc. And then I bridged generations with the HanksDamonator....

WTF you guys....The rest of the pussies on that list....besides Quentin...whateva.

Any of us who sat thru Speilberg's films in the theater on opening weekends..witnessed a revolution. Pure and simple. The only thing possibly close to Spielberg is Scorsese.

I had to look up Nolan on Wikipedia to see who he was. Dark Knight...are you kidding me. Garbage. Inception? please.

Yes Speilberg can be maudlin and a trifle smarmy. But he is epic.

You had to look Nolan up on Wikipedia? Are you 100?

Thx Che. You are dead right. And anyway de gustibus non disputandum est. I just couldn't grok Spielberg at 6%. It was an affront. Becks...Im 40...but 13 of those have been out of the USA, including the last 10...so I think i miss/have no clue as to what the yunguns are into. I also had met with a wee dram last night ....not wasted but enuf to de-lurk so forgive any polemic fireworks.

I tend to have problems remembering Names...so Nolan meant nothing to me. A search led me to...Dark Knight...and reminded me of how I felt so underwhelmed ..and then even bewildered by the so called greatness of Heath Ledger....just....so what? Its freaking Batman version 17.5 and some tweaked out guy's interpretation of the Joker..is ....edgy?...because he over-the-topped Jack?....and this somehow speaks to the human soul? Bull. Shite.

And then Inception....just...balderdash. Smoke and mirrors. Complexity for the sake of complexity and...ok cool CGI but in the end...static. Plus stupid plot twists. Emptiness. Afterwards sadness that people actually got so into it...

I will be the first to say, good on Nolan for making movies, pursuing his passion, and having something to say. Who are we, lost in our little lives, to complain. But I almost want to argue that...Nolan is able to make his movies because Spielberg made great movies. Spielberg is Great. Nolan is...a good director. Go ahead. Like him.