Guilty Pleasures

Everyone has movies or tv shows that they love despite their better nature or taste chiming in. I am no different, point in fact as the Renegade Film Snob I tend to indulge in guilty pleasure movies more then average.

At this moment I'm fairly certain I should feel ashamed for watching all of Gossip Girl season 1 in one weekend, but I have to say I enjoyed it. It started out simply enough, I thought that one episode couldn't hurt, but that's always the way it goes with soap operas.

The show provides you with a view of a life most of us only dream of, yet it keeps everything so wrought with trouble and drama that we don't entirely want to live there. Each character is deeply flawed, yet at the same time they have moments where they are completely capable of being loved. The production values are quite good, and the plot is scandalous and strangely addictive. You always want to tune in to see who triumphs and who fails next, because for so many characters your rooting for both of those things to happen at the same time.

Gossip Girl is the tip of the ice berg when it comes to guilty pleasures of the small screen. Be it bad sci-fi, over the top acting, reality shows that you know you will go to hell for watching, or over the top dram like Gossip Girl; there is a guilty pleasure show out there for all of us.

In the realm of Bad Sci-Fi there is a whole galaxy (sorry for the joke if your talking about bad sci-fi you have to go there) of things to choose from. It also seems to be the feild with the most undiscovered or at least lesser heard of shows. So I'll leave everyone to find thier soap operas, reality shows, and other mindless fun; the sci-fi suggestions are on me.

There are the classics the origional Star Trek almost always causes me to go into fits of giggles over the bad acting and zany plot lines. From hot alient babes to Nazi's in Space, you never quite know what to expect from Star Trek. The best thing about the Origional Star Trek is that it's easily accessed, you can watch the entire origional series at www.cbs.com for free. You can also watch the Twilight Zone for free there too, it's not a guilty pleasure but it's good and it's free.

I also recomend The Tribe which is a "childrens" show produced in New Zealand. It takes place in a post apocalyptic world where all of the adults are killed off and children are left to fend for themselves. The costuming and makeup is amazing and really shows the best of sci-fi design. The acting is terrible, the production values low, and the story lines are obscenely over the top. All the same you will finding yourself laughing at the acting, and incresingly crazy wardrobe. I can't explain why but this series is very enjoyable, so long as you embrace how bad it is.

Other sci-fi shows to look at
Birds of Prey- Short lived superhero series about the bastard child of Batman and Cat woman, the Daughter of Black Canary, Batgirl, and a host of other recogniseable characters.
The Secret World of Alex Mac- A Nickelodeon production about a girl who is splashed with toxic waste and gets magical powers.
Lost in Space- A classic tv show which has not aged well. It's pretty well written and highly enjoyable, but it's low budget special effects and rediculas alien costumes are always good for a laugh.

Do you have any guilty pleasure shows you would like to talk about? Leave a coment. What are soe of the shows you love to watch, but hate to admit you like them?