- Mi 12. Dez 2012, 19:46
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Die ganzen Online-Portale machen jetzt zum Jahresende (oder zum Ende der Welt? :twisted: ) wieder ihre zahlreichen Top 10 of 2012-Listen und ich dachte, dass ich hier einfach mal eine dieser Listen poste und vielleicht machen wir dann alle unsere eigenen Listen später:
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Also, my Top 10 list is in alphabetical order. I don't try to impose order within the Top 10 *, because it's hard enough to narrow down the roster. I can't then bring myself to rank each special snowflake. In the immortal words of Jean-Luc Picard, "This far! No farther!"
*A note on that caveat: This month, on other sites, you may see my name pop up attached to an ordered Top 10 list. I gladly participate in those end-of-year roundups and my ordering is sincere when I file my entries with those editors, but, in my head, I have usually reordered my Top 10 list a dozen times within an hour of hitting "send." The jockeying and rearranging inside my noggin never ends, which is why I don't attempt it here.
All right, without further ado, here's my Top 10 TV Shows of 2012. Come back tomorrow for my Fancy 15.
"American Horror Story: Asylum," FX: What's most striking about this horror fest is not its desire to shock, its unsettling aesthetics, its arch tendencies or its everything-and-the-kitchen sink approach to storytelling. The thing that resonates most is the earnestness that animates the whole endeavor. What elevates this year's "AHS" over last year's edition is the drama's more unified approach to its exploration of isolation and the characters' fear of being unloved, unknown and unworthy. Sometimes the only mark these unhappy people can make is on another human being's body, and sometimes guilt is all they have after everything else is taken away. The fever dream known as "AHS: Asylum" is like nothing else on TV, and it's chock full of note-perfect performances from Lily Rabe, James Cromwell, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson and especially co-creator Ryan Murphy's incomparable muse, Jessica Lange.
"Breaking Bad," AMC: Dark, restrained and impeccably made, this meticulous and morally compelling show sets the gold standard in the drama realm. If "Breaking Bad" had some pacing issues as it attempted to adapt to the weird structure of its final season (which consists of eight episodes each this year and next), that minor issue can't take away from the uncompromising thoroughness and quiet ferocity of its vision.
"Game of Thrones," HBO: For sheer spectacle and scope, nothing can touch this HBO fantasy epic, which greatly improved on its first season and offered some wonderful battles, sharp dialogue and terrific performances along the way. "Blackwater" was a series-best episode for the show, but there were many other quieter, incisive moments that made this fantasy world seem more real, detailed and lived in than ever. It's hard not to love a show that is essentially about outsiders and rejects doing their best to not just survive but change the way their entire world works.
"Girls," HBO: A wickedly funny, honest and groundbreaking look at the lives, loves and narcissism of a group of instantly compelling twentysomething women. Is "Girls" perfect? Hell no. But that's the whole point: Creator Lena Dunham is unafraid to look hard at her characters' most annoying traits, but along the way, she and the cast turned the central foursome into endearingly human screwups -- and they made it look easy.
"Louie," FX: Louis C.K. keeps pushing himself to be a better filmmaker, storyteller and observer of humanity in all its weakness and glory, and this addictive anthology of comic, tragic and wistful vignettes is proof of that. It's impossible to summarize all the things Louis C.K. is doing with this show, but it is unmistakably the product of a singular, disciplined, unpredictable mind. Not every one of Season 3's "short stories" worked, but many were chock-a-block with insight, wit and concise wisdom.
"Happy Endings," ABC: This is the show I most greedily grab when it turns up on my DVR, and I generally have a goofy smile plastered on my face for the duration of every episode. The characters on this show exist in their own fast-talking, slightly skewed hyperreality, but the gifted, razor-sharp ensemble somehow keeps each person relatable and human. "Happy Endings" is escapist candy and I always want more.
"Homeland," Showtime: No show is more willing to blow up its audience's preconceptions, but "Homeland" rips up the usual TV script as part of its ongoing attempt to explore emotionally resonant truths and the clash between public and private identities. When its willingness to ignore the rules of TV drama helps it mine that fertile territory, it's exhilarating. The end of its second season has gone for baroque perhaps more than it should have, but the breakout drama is still a fine showcase for its astonishingly gifted cast, and it's given us a lot to think about and talk about, which is not a bad thing at all.
"Mad Men," AMC: In its fifth season, this show hit more speed bumps than it ever had before and it constantly hammered home points that already seemed obvious, but you know I could never quit Don Draper. The debate about this season will go on forever among "Mad Men" fans (some think it was the best season yet, I thought it was the weakest one so far). Still, there were quite a few Season 5 moments that had undeniable power and impact (poor Sally Draper! Alas, Lane Pryce!), and the show's cast remains one of the best in the business. The "Mad" men and women are moving into a darker, more unsettling world, and though it was only in a dream, it was still hard to watch Don strangle a woman. I can't get that image out of my head -- and maybe that was the point.
"New Girl," Fox: This show has gelled into one of the most pleasing ensemble comedies on TV. Its finely honed mixture of bawdy, surreal and smart humor allows it to tell unexpectedly gentle stories about the confusing and interesting process of embracing adulthood. And if you don't get why Nick's "Got you cookie!" speech or Schmidt's explanation of his lovemaking style ("And then I collect my Oscar") are ridiculously funny, then I just can't help you.
"Parks and Recreation," NBC: It's rare for a mainstream comedy to derive its humor from subjects like civic engagement and love of community, but somehow the writers and cast of this show pull it off most weeks. The arc that followed Leslie's run for public office landed just about perfectly: Let's face it, this show could have done everything else wrong and it still would have ended up on this list thanks to the scene where Leslie teared up in the voting booth. Season 5 has been a little more wobbly, but the characters remain wonderfully specific and goofily sincere, and Pawnee, Indiana remains one of television's most richly rewarding destinations.
Egal ob neu oder Top 10-Thread.
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