like cults, in a way

[hth]

TV Guide just revamped their list of top cult hits, which should be of interest to fandom, I think, since "cult hit" makes a giant overlapping Venn diagram with "fandom favorites."

I am sanguine about most of the list, except -- okay, come on. Obviously Jericho is riding high right now on its uncancellation, but -- ELEVENTH PLACE? More cult cred than MST3K, than Battlestar Galactica, than BABYLON 5 and DOCTOR WHO? Really, TV Guide? Really?? I find that...inexplicable.

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[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

They don't really specify, do they? I think it just says "Star Trek," which to me bundles all the Treks together as if it were one giant meta-show/cultural phenomenon. Which is sort of cheating...and also sort of entirely correct. The cheat I find slightly more troubling is packing the old and new BSG together, because I think they have a lot less ultimate cohesion than the various Treks do.

[pocketmouse]

It's got the dates listed under it for the Old Trek, doesn't it?

[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

Hah, you're right! I didn't even notice that. Okay, I retract my statement: it's no longer a moderately clever and understandable cheat, it's now just stupid. I mean, certainly there's been a kind of diminishing return on cultural relevance over the various incarnations (even my *father,* who's been a Trekker since the original run, doesn't watch Enterprise), but at the *very* least, TNG should qualify. Maybe we can give it Mary Hartford, Mary Hartford's spot.