This will probably be the last ranking for a while as there's not much worth watching on TV for the next month or so.
Top 5
05. KITT
It's been a while, but KITT is still as awesome as ever.
04. Monica Carlson + Evan Dollard
The best performance by a soccer mom and the quickest Eliminator time means these two will be awesome Gladiators next season.
I've been busy as of late so I haven't watched that much tv, next week's list will be more diverse, I promise!
Top 5
05. Henry Spencer
Looks like he finally has a girlfriend after all these years.
04. Wolf
Ok, so he didn't do that well in Joust, but hey he's still awesome!
Sorry for the delay, but Sumir is out of the country on vacation. Don't worry though, he sent me his thoughts so look for characters from Prison Break!
Top 5
05. Crush
She's a beast at Joust!
04. Wolf
Not a great showing in Hang Tough, but he's always entertaining.
We're back! Last week was a little slow, but we're still playing catch-up. Fortunately, our list is pretty short and simple.
Top Performers
02. Wolf
On any other week, he'd be #1 again. I don't know who is writing his lines if the TV writers are on strike, but that person deserves a lot more money. He's definitely replaced Malibu as my favorite Gladiator of all time!
01. Eli Manning
I never thought I'd be writing this, but you did okay there, Eli. Taking down the Evil Empire and shutting up bandwagon Bostonites everywhere deserves the top spot... even if your expressions can all be summed up by various emoticons. :-| :-O :-o :-[
Worst Performers
01. Bill Belichick
There's no contest. It was so lopsided, we didn't even bother looking for 4 more losers. At least he was classy enough to stick around until the clock hit 0... oh, wait. No, he wasn't. Hubris, Bill... hubris.
On a hot, stuffy August day in Oklahoma 1982, the wind came sweeping down the plain, and the waving wheat sure smelled sweet when the wind came right behind the rain, and somewhere over in the state of Nebraska, a little Andy Roddick was born. Little Andy picked up a tennis racket and began chopping away, whacking his brother hard with incredible swinging ability, enough to make him pass out and foam at the mouth.
Another week, another list. Even with the writer's strike there are still un-aired episodes of shows! This week sees the addition of characters from Chuck.
Top 5
05. Hellga
Finally living up to her name, she knocked off a contestant in Hit and Run!
04. Major John Casey
Hey, it's Adam Baldwin! We've followed him from Firefly to the role that was written specifically for him on Chuck. Of course he'd show up on this list.
Ah, Academy Awards. Apparently the most prestigious of awards shows, yet probably more biased than and no where near the technical accuracy of BAFTAs, SAGs, and DGAs. Of course, there were some really annoying admissions- Emile Hirsch, anyone?- and some eye opening entries- Norbit?- but after Poseidon made it onto the list last year and Sean Astin exempt from 2003, anything could happen. I have thus constructed a list, from (what I feel is) least important to the big shebang at the end, you know, the one you stay up till 11:30 for, eye lids drooping and all, Best Picture. And so the madness begins:
Best Live Action Short Film
At Night, Il Supplente, Le Mozart des Pickpockets, Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman
Evaluation: ... They all have cool titles.
Prediction: I'm going with Le Mozart des Pickpockets. One, I love Mozart. Two, I like running over pickpockets in Tony Hawk 3. Three, that is a damn cool title with a damn cool premise.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld, La Corona, Salim Baba, Sari's Mother
Evaluation: ... Honestly, I really don't care until we get to Sound Editing.
Best Animated Short Film
I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli Putli, Mme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis, My Love, Peter and the Wolf
Evaluation: My Love is the name of a Justin Timberlake song, hence, it cannot win. Walrus is a running joke in RVB, so it cannot win.
Prediction: Peter and the Wolf, sure, why not.
Slightly tardy because of the long weekend, but we're back with our Power Rankings this week. This time around, we expand them as more shows have debuted.
Top 5
05. Gene Simmons
We probably won't include reality TV stars very often, particularly since we don't watch a lot of it. But Gene Simmons' self-induced firing in The Celebrity Apprentice provided some hilarious moments. Like him or not, you have to respect the man's cajones.
04. Gus
Just because Shaun's non-psychic friend can show old ladies a "MARVELOUS" dancing time!
Have you ever wondered who the most kickass characters are on TV? Well, wonder no more as we here at the Mediocre Minds staff take all the guesswork out of the situation. We've listed the top and bottom characters in terms of all around awesomeness.
The Power Rankings are across all TV shows for the stated time period. Note that we don't watch all shows so there's definitely going to be some bias. No one from Gossip Girl is going to show up on this list whereas characters from shows like Heroes are probably going to dominate.
Of course, right now the only major new show is American Gladiators, so the Gladiators dominate the rankings. There are only 14 Gladiators and I've barely seen some of them in action so top and bottom 5 is sufficient for now... look for the list to expand in the future.
Top 5
05. Titan
The only gladiator to return from the OG series; he's totally stuck in the 80s! He's fairly competent.
Movies
Best Movies of the Year
12. 300
Easily the best comic film adaption to date, we can only hope Watchmen turns out as well.
11. Knocked Up
10. Live Free or Die Hard
Truly, an updated take on the Die Hard franchise, this film showed us that John McClane still has some life left in him. It'd be higher on the list if it didn't eventually derail into bombastic action sequences.
09. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
08. Grindhouse
