Hmm... my favourite moments from "Objects in Space" all involve River. Especially the "I'll be your bounty" part.

Knuckleball | January 04, 20:27 CET

The Buffy comic is also important to the comic book industry for getting women into it. (And me.)

Pointy | January 04, 20:44 CET

*awaits the Wizard Special Issue: Finally Pointy is Among Us*

I see this is generating more commentary than each separate item would've :).

zeitgeist | January 04, 21:46 CET

The Buffy comic got women into Pointy?

The One True b!X | January 04, 21:53 CET

Shit, I knew I should've bought more copies.

(a top 10 comic of the decade though ? Not totally convinced. Very heady company Buffy "season 8" is keeping there)

Saje | January 04, 22:55 CET

Heather Havrilesky had Dollhouse in her top ten of the year, too. Don't think it was posted here.

knuckleball's favorite line of River's is my least favorite. The first time I heard it, it just clanged for me. It felt maudlin and self-pitying and out-of-character. Contrast that line with her lines to Simon when she said she knew she was broken and broke into tears for Simon and his sacrifice, not for herself. So it was a relief when I found out she was just playing Early.

[ edited by shambleau on 2010-01-05 08:16 ]

shambleau | January 05, 01:06 CET

I realize that Digital Spy is a U.K. site, but .... Primeval, Robin Hood and Merlin, but no BSG? Please, they can't be serious.
Kudos for including Dollhouse, but at it's worst, it was never that bad. ;)

Sci Fi Wire had a good list of shows but I would have chosen different scenes, for most. And they apparently had trouble finding clips to go with their picks. Firefly definitely deserved a place on that list, but I can think of several scenes I would have preferred.
The one from Lost was great for the reveal, but Jack is one of my least favorite characters. A half dozen scenes from The Constant, would have worked better for me. Or Charlie saying goodbye to Claire and the baby, when he realized the really was going to die, this time.. Which is the only time Lost has ever made me cry.

Loved the BSG "so many to choose from", but I wouldn't have chosen the one they did - although that one was made of awesome. If really pressed, I would probably have picked the reveal of Earth as a nuclear wasteland., although I can think of at least a half dozen others.

It's January 4th and this list stuff is still fun. We genre fans never get to see our favorites get the recognition they deserve (or far too seldom, at least), from mainstream sources.

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Shey | January 05, 02:37 CET

So it was a relief when I found out she was just playing Early.

But she wasn't just playing Early. She knew full well the crew was hearing her, too. She could have, in fact, disabled the intercom to everyone else, but she didn't. Wash very clearly feels River's words when he hears them. River was playing Early, but also knowingly using the moment to say some things to the crew she could never have said to them otherwise.

[ edited by The One True b!X on 2010-01-05 02:40 ]

The One True b!X | January 05, 02:39 CET

Tim Goodman, the television reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle, put BtVS at no. 16 on his list of the decade's best TV shows .

anniem | January 05, 03:04 CET

Shey, The Airlock Alpha list was only from TV eps in 2009, hence the BSG wasteland not being in there. Not trying to be snarky or anything, but I write for AA, and I would have voted for it, but it was in 2008. It was a FANTASTIC moment!

whiterabbit | January 05, 03:46 CET

Thanks for the reminder, whiterabbit - so many lists, so little time. ;-)

That may have also negated my Lost comments as well, not sure when my picks aired.

Shey | January 05, 13:06 CET

Thanks to Zeitgeist, The One True B!x, and Saje, now commences web-wide debate over whether the Buffy comic is a path to fame or a brainy babe magnet. Good, good. All is going according to plan.

Pointy | January 05, 15:40 CET

;) Pointy.

zeitgeist | January 06, 08:55 CET