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Friday Five – Best and Worst of 2013

Posted By on Friday December 20, 2013 at 12:25 pm
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Welcome to the Friday Five! Each week I help you get to know me a bit better with the help of a top 5 list. This week I run down the best and worst of 2013!
 
A lot has happened this past year. Some of it has been good. Some of it has downright sucked. This week’s Friday Five is double sized as I go though both the best and the worst of this past year.
 
Best

  1. Best WWE Match of the Year – CM Punk vs. Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 – Regardless of who won the Slammy, this match is quite possibly the best I’ve ever seen. I may be biased because I was there.

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  2. Best Media Worth Waiting 50 years for – Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special – Seriously, how awesome was that? It gets better with every viewing.

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  3. Best New TV Show – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – I know some people think it’s been dragging in the middle, but I love it.

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  4. Best Moment of Squee – Star Trek: Into Darkness – Not the greatest movie overall, but there were several moments of fanservice that made me giddy and caused me to clap and squee like a schoolgirl.

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  5. Best Convention – Comikaze – I did both this and NYCC this year. New York just left me exhausted after like 4 hours. It was so crowded, expansive, and busy, and I couldn’t get near any celebrities. Comikaze was just so much more laid back and accessible, and the most fun I’ve ever had at a con. Highly recommended if at all possible for you to attend. Way better than any Wizard Show.

 
CM Punk vs Undertaker Wrestlemania 29
 
Worst

  1. Worst Advertising for a New Fall Show – The Goldbergs – This show is amazing, but based on the advertising campaign, I never would have known. Thankfully Patton Oswalt’s voice was there after the end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to let me know not to change channels.

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  2. Worst Unnecessary Wait – No new Community – NBC is totally in the shitter, on Thursday night especially, but we still have to wait until January 2 for new episodes. But those new episodes look to be be amazing.

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  3. Worst Crossover – Infinity – Look, I love Hickman’s run of Fantastic Four, it got me back into comics. But Infinity is just pure, unadulterated garbage. It may have been a good concept, but the execution was just flawed. Never have I seen a story with so many moving parts, but nothing ever happening. It was downright boring, confusing, and pointless.

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  4. Worst Shameless Money Grab – Star Trek: Into Darkness Blu Ray – In order to get all the extra features, you need to buy the disc (or digital copy) from 4 different retailers. Look, I love Star Trek, but that’s just dumb and I’m not gonna support that. Twice, maybe, but 4 times for same movie, just different extras? No thank you.

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  5. Worst Shameless PR Stunt – Brian dies on Family Guy – Did anyone really care? No, because everyone stopped watching this show like 6 years ago. But the internet went crazy over this, and 3 weeks later, he’s already back. That means the Internet got it’s way, right? No, this was planned all along. And it worked like a charm, so good for them I suppose.

 
The Goldbergs

What the hell does this picture tell me about this show? Nothing, that’s what!

is the proud owner of a life size replica Captain Kirk Chair. He is a hoarder of Comic Books, Transformers, and Star Trek action figures. He attended Space Camp as an adult. He has taken vacations to the closing of the Star Trek Experience and the final night Shuttle launch. He has been known to yell at his television when the kids can't put together the damn statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. When not writing for InsufficientScotty, he is a Software Engineer for a major healthcare communications company.

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