I think AH is overrated as an actress. There. I said it. I feel bad.

Let's hear it. What are her weaknesses in your estimation?

For instance, Millennium was a better show than the X-Files (at least for the first two seasons, and the third was far less damaging retroactively than the last few seasons of X-Files).

loves Frank. And Amy.

Yep. I'm one of those. Drew doesn't read or post in this thread, so I'll just out him now and point out that he's one, too.

I, too, love Family Guy. There are two things that make me laugh and laugh and laugh about it: 1) How utterly *wrong* they are and 2) The face Aims makes when she sees how utterly *wrong* they are.

Heretical TV...I agree Millennium was the better show, but feel it lost its way partway through season two. I disliked the first three seasons of Star Trek: DS9 and hated with a fiery passion Star Trek: Voyager after about halfway through season one.

I think we can all agree that Enterprise sucked.

Tried to watch Lost, found it boring as fuck, missed a few eps and realized that I was now completely befuddled *and* bored.

Never got into 24.

Took me the longest time to watch CSI because I always thought that William Petersen had the charisma of moldy bread. Once I started watching, I loved it. And then it bored me. So I guess I'm over it now.

A ful HPHPB trailer is going to run with The Mummy.

(I'm sad: the whole plan to watch TDK on a midnight show on IMAX went kerbluie. I will instead attempt to see it on Friday afternoon at a regular theater.)

I think AH is overrated as an actress. There. I said it. I feel bad.

I don't think her performance in Buffy is overrated, since it's written to her skills. But her shrill take in HIMYM, which is getting into baby Monica Gellar territory, has made me revise my opinion or her chops both comic and dramatic.

Aly's character is my least favorite on HIMYM and it's entirely because she spends much of the episodes talking in that cutesy, baby talk voice that drives. me. bananas.

I don't think her performance in Buffy is overrated, since it's written to her skills.

she spends much of the episodes talking in that cutesy, baby talk voice that drives. me. bananas.

As a (mostly former) actor, the conclusion I'm drawing from this (and from listening to the commentary tracks on the HIMYM DVDs) is that she actually has a ton of range, but she needs to be with really good directors.

On Buffy she had writers who wrote to her strengths, but she also had good, thoughtful directors who both thought the world of her and didn't hesitate to push her hard when they thought the scene demanded it.

On HIMYM, everyone thinks the world of her and thinks she's completely adorable as is and I didn't get the feeling from the commentary tracks that anyone demands much from her at all -- the directors and writers say over and over how adorable and great she is, and that they love making sure that she says "Bitch" at least once per episode because it cracks them up.

If any of her current directors bothered to say, "Aly, too shrill, push harder, don't rely on the cute," she could easily make the adjustment. But nobody's saying that--which isn't her fault; they're the directors, that's their fucking job.

My HIMYM heresy is that, much as I love NPH and love the Barney revelation at the end of S3, Barney in general is really problematic and unpleasant and almost derails the show for me. I actually think both Robin and Lily are pretty great characters (Aly's just under-directed), but 99% of the Barney storylines make me question what the showrunners really think of women. It bugs me that I can't just shut down that part of my brain and enjoy the funny, but...well, I can't.

There. I'm a filthy humorless feminist heretic. Prepare the stake; I'm ready to be burnt.

For instance, Millennium was a better show than the X-Files

Liked Millennium better myself. My all time favorite episode was the "Selfosophy" episode, utterly skewering Scientology (and featuring David Duchovny in a few background poster cameos as a Cruise/Travolta).

I liked S3, but thought 1 & 2 relied too heavily on shock value. But S3 was awesome.

AH depends too heavily on cute. She is prone to simpering. She would have made a good Jane in Coupling. I have seen her in a lot of things, and agree that she does have range that she doesn't use, but it has been a good while since I saw it in action.

"Selfosophy" episode, utterly skewering Scientology (and featuring David Duchovny in a few background poster cameos as a Cruise/Travolta).

Mr. Happy-go-lucky!

Also known as the Jose Chung Millenium episode.