Top 10 Animated Shows

Okay so for those of you who don't know, I'm a huge fan of television. In fact, pretty soon, I'll be starting a new blog to write about my favourite television shows. You don't even know! Anywho I'm just going to get to it. This is a list of my top 10 favourite animated Shows.

10. Robot Chicken (I'm including Claymation in animation)

If Seth Green was taller, he'd be my dream guy. I think this show is absolutely hilarious. Some of their best material is the stuff based on Star Wars. If you're down, you should def check out Robot Chicken Star Wars. It's absolutely hilarious.

9. Freaky Stories

A series of awesome short stories that happened to a friend of a friend of mine. Fantastic.

8. Gargoyles

I remember watchin Gargoyles when I was young and I started watching it again recently and it was nothing like I remembered. It's a great series riddled with emotion and a not-so-subtle gargoyle/human love story. <3

7. American Dad

In my opinion, it's the best of the Seth Mcfarlane series. Plus I find Stan absolutely hilarious/lovable.

6. The Venture Bros.

Holy eff! Where have I been for the last few years? This show is absolutely awesome! While I personally find the Monarch the star of the show the Venture Bros is absolutely the unsung hero of late-night animated television. It is hilarious, and ridiculous (and I have a total crush on Doc Hammer, pictured below in human and animation form/ one of the creators/ voice actors of the show). Go Team Venture!

5. The Simpsons

To me, the Simpsons is absolutely timeless. Though there's no doubt that they're best episodes were all from the past, I still catch the new episodes every Sunday at 8pm. My favourites are still the Treehouse of Horrors, anything with Sideshow Bob. I feel like the show could always use more Bob.

4. X-Men: Evolution

I was originally reluctant to watch this show because of my die-hard committment to the original animated version so I was really surprised that when I watched it, it was extremely entertaining and far better than I had imagined. I regret not having watched the series when it was on television.

3. X-Men: The Animated Series

I adore this series because of how true it is to the comic book. I also love the maturity of the content and the style of drawings for animation in the early 90s.

2. Batman: The Animated Series

Straight up, Bruce Wayne is effing hot in this series. Also it's beyond entertaining. The storylines are great and the villains are greater. The voice cast is perfect and Batman's not a drag in this series.

1. Avatar: The Last Airbender

It's hard to look at this show and think of it as animated because of the depths of the storylines and concepts and the fact that it was just hilarious. There is no equivalent to this show and you get so attached to the characters that their journey is that much more compelling.


Honorable mentions go to She-Ra: Warrior Princess and Sailor Moon (which are both definitely in my top 10 childhood shows)

Top 10 Guys with Old-Man Appeal

Ok I know I just did a top 10 of hot guys but the thing is I saw this promo for Castle and it got me thinking about how effing hot Nathan Fillion is so I just had to make a hot old man list (old relative to me).

10. Jon Bon Jovi - Age: 48 (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. March 2, 1962)

Though I really wanted to put up a picture of him when he was a young hotty.


9. Robert Redford - Age: 74 (born August 18, 1936)

First he was a hot young man, then he was a hot old man, then he was a hot older man and now he's a good-looking geezer.

8. Anderson Cooper - Age: 43 (born June 3, 1967)

7. Harrison Ford - Age: 68 (born July 13, 1942)

It took all of my strength to refrain from putting in a pic of Han Solo or Indiana Jones.

6. Pierce Brosnan - Age: 57 (born May 16, 1953)

I feel like this picture didn't do him enough justice. Part of his sex appeal is in his voice.

Ok here's where the order gets a little shady. But if I was forced to categorize my top 5 they would be like this (the top two spots constantly interchange)

5. Richard Gere: Age - 61 (born August 31, 1949)

4. Rob Estes - Age: 47 (born July 22, 1963)

Mmm Principle Wilson.. Can we just talk about how hilarious he is for a second?

3. Rob Lowe - Age: 46 (born March 17, 1964)

Though there's nothing hotter than him on the Outsiders.
2. Edward Norton - Age: 41 (born August 18, 1969)

I love you.

1. Nathan Fillion - Age: 39 (born March 27, 1971)

I didn't even want to categorize him as an old man but he was so close to Ed Norton (my love)'s age that he fell into this list. Also his boyish charm really makes me second-guess putting him in this category but alas I've already set up the link to his picture. Here are two great interviews with him (Ellen/Jimmy Kimmel)

Shout outs to Steve Martin, Shemar Moore (who I didn't include because he'll be in my hot black men list), and Sean Connery.

Top 10 Stars of my Daydreams/Fantasies.

This is probably one of those things I shouldn't be counting down.. but hey, welcome to my mind. Yes some of them are fictional and yes some of them are cartoons.. no you're creepy!

10. Ed Norton (Circa Primal Fear)

9. Ty from 90210

8. Jacob Black (from the Twilight Books.. guilty)

7. Angel from the X-Men Comics

6. Liam from 90210

5. Eric Northman from True Blood

4. Nate Archibald from Gossip Girl

3. Bruce Wayne (Batman Animated).. maybe I picked the picture that made me seem the least sketchy..

2. Nick Stokes from CSI

1. Dean from Gilmore Girls

Okay.. here's where my confessions draw to a close. Wow. This makes me realize how much t.v. I watch. Anyways, these are the celebrities that circle my mind.. I'm a total perv.. end of story.

p.s. I didn't include Nick Carter because, let's be serious, he's been the ever present star of my dreams since Gr. 3 *drool.

BritBrit

.. I miss you. So I'm counting down my top 10 Britney videos.

10. Lucky (I hated this cd when I was a kid but even I couldn't get enough of this video.. on mute)

9. Born to Make You Happy (My favourite song from the first cd.. yeah it's super sexist.. I didn't think about stuff like that when I was a kid. Maybe because Lady Speedstick's motto was "strong enough for a man, made for a woman".. the worst.)

8. Do Somethin' (this video was banned from videoplay in the u.s. my guess is it was because of all the crotch shots).. Also:

a. she looks soo hot
b. she's in a barbie jeep
c. she air guitars in it

7. (You Drive Me) Crazy the Stop Remix (loved the movie.. loved the video.. hated the name "stop remix")

6. Oops I did it Again (loved this song and video..minus the whole titanic bit)

5. Hit Me Baby One More Time (I hated Britney when she first came out but this video was unbelievably addictive/ I loved her pink and white outfit and dance sequence.. I also thought she was gorgeous.. but that remained a secret until she shaved her head bald)

4. Stronger (I thought Britney was gorgeous)

3. Toxic (what's not to love/hot boy)

2. Slave 4 U (The first time I started openly liking BritBrit's music.. probably because suddenly she was controversial)

1. Womanizer (This is my absolute favourite Britney video. I watched it at least 40 times. It's actually one of my favourite music videos of all time. The guy in it is a total babe and the whole premise of the video is fantastic. I always laugh at the part where she starts driving with her leg.. I just love it, to say the least.)

Honorable mentions go out to: I Love Rock and Roll (Brit looks gorgeous in the video), Me Against the Music (has one of the best dance sequence), Break the Ice (one of my favourite songs), and Boys (love the Austin Powers cameo).

p.s. did you know Kill the Lights has a video? I don't like it.. I'm just saying.

Da na na na na na na na Batman!

Ok let's get to the goods. I said I'd make a top 10 of things I love so let's get to it. Today I'm counting down the top 10 Batman: The Animated Series (1992) villains, since I don't read the comic books. I'm doing Batman first because it is common knowledge (and I will thumb wrestle anyone who says otherwise) that Batman has the greatest villains of all time (and this is coming from a harcore Marvel fan).

10. The Mad Hatter (a.k.a. Jervis Tetch) - The lab genius weirdo who's obsessed with Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and uses his technology to control the minds of people around them all for.. what else? LOVE.

9. Red Claw - this manly femme fatale is the leader of a terrorist organization also known as Red Claw that threatened to take over Gotham City

8. Hugo Strange - the man used his genius to cleverly find out Bruce Wayne was none other than Batman and then proceeded to auction off that information to the highest bidder bringing The Penguin, Two Face, and The Joker all in the same episode. Now, that's a good villain. From what I gather (on Wikipedia) his role in the comic books is even MORE genius.. he might just get me to pick up a DC comic.

7. The Riddler (a.k.a. Edward Nygma a.k.a. E. Nygma.. nice.) - He was always my third favourite villain as a child growing up but The Riddler been knocked down a few pegs since I recently watched the entire series over again. But what's not to love about a man who turns every fight into a game. Lucky Bruce is so smart (and chiseled).

6. Mr. Freeze  - I was never a fan of Mr. Freeze as a child (though I did love Aaaaahnold's interpretation of him), but his background story is so sad and sweet he just had to be on this list. The last scene of Heart of Ice (1x03) was so sweet when he's sitting in his cell and it's snowing and he's talking to his wife :(

5. Ra's al Ghul

What's interesting about this man is that all of his villainy is in the name of creating Utopia. The problem and only thing stopping him is the people who already exist and are taking the world for granted. His idea is to wipe the world clean of them and start over.. good plan. I also have him to thank for getting me some shirtless Batman action.. god I need man so I can stop pining over cartoons :S.\

4. The Scarecrow (a.k.a. Jonathan Crane) - Though his appearance changed drastically from his first appearance in Nothing to Fear (1x10) to his next in Fear of Victory (1x19); my favourite episode of his being Dreams in Darkness (1x31), the scarecrow is a pretty solid villain. I never realized how frightening his character really was until I saw Batman Begins, and it is likely that Cillian Murphey's portrayal is the frightening aspect lurking in the background while I watch episodes with the Scarecrow, nonetheless he is an excellent Batman villain because of the fact that he plays on people's fears and uses is psychiatry background to do it.

3. Two-Face (a.k.a. Harvey Dent) - As a child, Harvey Dent was my favourite villain. This was because he sometimes showed kindness to Batman and because everything came down to a 50/50 chance. Perhaps he would attempt to kill Batman, or maybe not. Though he seemed like a total creep before half of his face got burned, Harvey Dent's halfnhalf lifestyle makes him my number 3 villain. Also.. love the coin toss/ the story of how Harvey became two-face/his battle with multiple personalities.

2. The Poison Ivy (a.k.a. Pamela Isley) & Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinnzel) duo -
a) Girl Power
b) Harley and Ivy (1x47) - love the storyline, it's definitely in my top 10 Batman episodes (which I will be sounding off later on)
c) Love that they're besties! and the amount of crime they pull off together :D I also love the way Harley foils Ivy's work.
d) Love love love that Ivy gave Harley the antidote to all of her poisons <3 like I said.. Besties!

1. The Joker - I know, I know EVERYONE says The Joker, but it's for a reason! Though he was my second favourite villain as a child (mostly because I was too frightened to embrace him as a favourite), the Joker is a fantastic villain. His hypnotic laughter and ridiculous schemes are exciting enough but the fact that he really is the polar opposite of Batman, the Yin to his Yang, if you will, makes him an excellent villain. The other thing that is really great about the Joker is the fact that his origins keep changing, and he always leaves you guessing. Plus what's a better scheme than trying to brand his smile on such products like the Joker Fiish?