Me personally? I did not care for Game of Thrones.
The Foundation. I tried starting it 3 different times. Just couldn’t get into it.
It was just an awful adaptation of the books. I couldn’t get past the second episode. The books don’t have a central character around which everything revolves around because it’s supposed to take place over a thousand years. I don’t even want to know how they butchered the Mule.
Rick and Morty
I watched the first couple seasons and I laughed but it’s just stupid and I couldn’t smoke enough weed to enjoy it
Marvel / superhero movies. I just have no interest in it as a genre.
I was a teen during the peak avengers era and loved them then. Nowadays there’s maybe 1 superhero movie every 2-3 years that I actually watch and enjoy. It’s amazing how quickly the genre has gone the way of the western.
Honestly, most sitcoms. They’re just … not funny.
Um but they tell us when to laugh… what more do you want?
My wife has a habit of running sitcoms in the background all day long. An individual episode of just about any sitcom isnt going to be great. There are some good ones, but they usually rely on character development that a first time better just wouldn’t get.
Twin Peaks
Ahh, Twin Peaks. The show I’ve never watched but have intended to watch for the last like 20 years.
It’s David Lynch, so like you have to be there for his style of show. My wife watches it over and over. It’s complex and supernatural with lots of silly. If you’re interested in soap opera style turned inside out and Eraserhead on top. It’s a fun experience. Good luck trying to understand it, it’s purposely a mind twisting experience
*35. The show came out in 1990.
Lord of the Rings. The pacing is absolutely untenable. And it’s not the wide shots; it’s the constant close up reaction shots. Just endless seconds wasted on people staring at each other.
The Dark Knight is overrated. The ending makes no sense. The people would lose hope if they knew Harvey Dent went crazy, but they’re still perfectly hopeful believing he was murdered by Batman? Come on.
Also, Batman voice is stupid. It’s a silly creative choice, and I just can’t take it seriously.
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If I say Big Bang Theory am I just preaching to the choir?
I abhor BBT. Community was kind of its rival and I absolutely loved it. I saw a quote about the two they said “Big Bang Theory is a dumb show about smart people and Community is a smart show about dumb people.”
You are, but I still sing with it
My hot take is that season one was actually good. In season one it seemed more like a show for nerdy people, after season one it was for a general audience
It is my understanding that it gets a lot of hate in here, so yes. I’m not here to claim that it’s a good show, but I watched the entire series. It was, at least, entertaining. But I understand a lot of the hate; It felt like “commission-written jokes for focus groups”, similar to Friends (which I also have watched every episode of… yeah, when you’re stuck on a ship you tend to binge watch things)
The Big Bang Theory is Friends. The primary difference being that the characters in TBBT aren’t a bunch of generic yuppies. (“How I Met Your Mother” stole that trope)
I can’t stand 5 minutes of BBT but Friends is one of those shows that could run 24/7 and I’d probably be ok with it.
Walking Dead. I really tried but I just don’t like it.
I read the comics before the show came out and I tried to watch it but it ruined my taste for both
I couldn’t get into Mad Men. I tried twice, but I found it boring and I didn’t like any of the characters. Who am I rooting for? Why should I care what happens next?
I’m sure it was well acted and filmed, and it was an interesting look into the time period, but that wore off after 2 episodes.
I came to comment the same. I love mid century nostalgia and social/historical commentary. Love the cast in everything else I’ve seen them in. Love dramas where it’s mostly people in rooms talking. But I must have started Mad Men 5 times and never got past the first few episodes. It just never hooked me.
Nobody. They are all terrible people. You’re suppose to enjoy the drama and the 60s aesthetic and the gender role nostalgia.
I honestly wonder how much of if was an aesthetic thing for a lot of people rather than really seeing something in the show. Was it really good or did it make men want to lean against a bar and order an Old Fashioned?
The people who really love it can apparently see something I don’t. I’ve heard it compared to other shows I love. But I have to think a lot of the popularity comes from the show having a vibe that I guess doesn’t grab me.
Dr. Who
I tried three different doctors. It’s clearly just not for me.
I fucking love the shit out of Doctor Who and I am sorry you couldn’t find the magic.
From the old series or the mid 2000s reboot?
Yes.
If you want to give it the best try jump right to the first David Tennant season
The Expanse. Watched all of or at least most of the first season; it didn’t grab me. Partly because it just was a bit slow (I hear it got way better by S3) but also because I happened to get into Altered Carbon around the same time and it grabbed my attention more.
I probably should give The Expanse another shot.
The show is a weird mess. The first season does a good job of telling the story but after that it gets lost trying to rush it. The books are amazing storytelling.
I enjoyed it a lot, but it’s not perfect because either the combo of writing or acting from the main crew is pretty bland. All the other side characters are fucking phenomenal though. I don’t get it.
I want to read the books to see if it’s the same.
Breaking Bad. Just never got into it.
Yeah, meth really destroyed my hometown and I just couldn’t find the show entertainment.
I liked it well enough when it first came out. I recently tried to rewatch it and I couldn’t because it was too vicious for me. I guess I’m getting softer as I get older.
I don’t have strong feelings about Star Wars, Star Trek, battlestar galactica, anything by James Cameron outside of Aliens, and anything by Mike Flanagan.
Troma / Full Moon / Donald Farmer / Polonia Bros on the other hand……
The Dark Knight. Lonnnngggg and too gritty in tone for a movie about Batman.
The Boys
Which is not to say that I thought is was a bad show. I watched S1 and about half of S2 and found it a struggle to stay engaged. Karl Urban is incredible and I’m a fan of Jack Quaid from his Lower Decks work. Probably my biggest gripe was that too often it was gory just for the sake of being gory, but I personally just lost interest in the overall story for no reason other than I just didn’t vibe with it.
