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TV meme, day 8: Best scene ever
Jun. 16th, 2010 01:14 amDay 9: Best scene ever
How can I even answer this question? There are so many scenes that are incredible in different ways. Even if I confined myself to Doctor Who, I'm not sure I could choose one. Should I choose the fantastic triumph of Bad Wolf Rose saving the Doctor in PotW? The sidesplitting hilarity of the time the Doctor got poisoned in Unicorn and the Wasp and had to do charades with Donna to cure it? The pure joy of "everybody lives!" in The Doctor Dances? I could go back to Classic Who for Seven's final speech as he walked away with Ace (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do.) As painful as it is, the wall scene from Doomsday does an outstanding job of combining acting, music, and visuals to pack a humongous emotional wallop.
Consider that the best scene might not come from my favorite show and there are oodles more contenders. The Topher twofer when VIctor got imprinted with Topher's personality in Dollhouse is a masterpiece of comedic writing and acting. I love Buffy's confrontation with the first slayer in Restless, with her wonderful little speech affirming her life as a person as well as a slayer (I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones.) The finale of "Once More With Feeling" with Buffy and Spike's duet and kiss certainly ranks high. I could nominate the endless quotability of Monty Python's dead parrot sketch ('E's pining for the fjords!). How about the beautiful surrealism of River Tam finding the hold of Serenity covered in leaves and picking up a stick, only to have it revealed as a gun? Argh, I am confounded by an excess of brilliant choices!
You know, I think I'm going to be generous with my definition of "scene." Even if what's come afterward hasn't been perfect, this is still the best scene I've ever witnessed on TV:
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How can I even answer this question? There are so many scenes that are incredible in different ways. Even if I confined myself to Doctor Who, I'm not sure I could choose one. Should I choose the fantastic triumph of Bad Wolf Rose saving the Doctor in PotW? The sidesplitting hilarity of the time the Doctor got poisoned in Unicorn and the Wasp and had to do charades with Donna to cure it? The pure joy of "everybody lives!" in The Doctor Dances? I could go back to Classic Who for Seven's final speech as he walked away with Ace (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do.) As painful as it is, the wall scene from Doomsday does an outstanding job of combining acting, music, and visuals to pack a humongous emotional wallop.
Consider that the best scene might not come from my favorite show and there are oodles more contenders. The Topher twofer when VIctor got imprinted with Topher's personality in Dollhouse is a masterpiece of comedic writing and acting. I love Buffy's confrontation with the first slayer in Restless, with her wonderful little speech affirming her life as a person as well as a slayer (I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones.) The finale of "Once More With Feeling" with Buffy and Spike's duet and kiss certainly ranks high. I could nominate the endless quotability of Monty Python's dead parrot sketch ('E's pining for the fjords!). How about the beautiful surrealism of River Tam finding the hold of Serenity covered in leaves and picking up a stick, only to have it revealed as a gun? Argh, I am confounded by an excess of brilliant choices!
You know, I think I'm going to be generous with my definition of "scene." Even if what's come afterward hasn't been perfect, this is still the best scene I've ever witnessed on TV:
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