Walking Dead
I have a particularly hardline stance on zombie fiction. Either they are dead, but animated, or alive. No crossing the line. Everything has to be coherent and on one side of the line. Walking dead fails this from the jump.
Twilight tv series and the movies.
I really tried to watch and like it but didn’t last more than ten minutes.
Twilight had a TV series?
Twilight was acclaimed?
Game of Thrones… American Horror Story
Breaking Bad. The characters are unsympathetic and act illogically. Never could get past the first five episodes.
Wow I came to say breaking bad and thought I’d be alone.
Seinfeld. The humour is just very American (or maybe even just New York centric) and I didn’t find it funny in the slightest.
The Bear
I have a lot of them. For some reason I don’t find the mainstream favorites good. Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Dexter, Sapranos, The zombie one (forgot the name but I preferred Z Nation)
It’s weird. I wish I liked them so I’d have something to talk about but I tend to like shows, movies, books that other people thought were crap but I just can’t get behind the things other people go gaga over.
Like I wasn’t much of a fan of Tombstone but I actually loved 1923.
Most of those big American series from the late 2000s and 2010s that seem to be almost generation defining for many millenials. Shows like The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Office (US version), Community, Parks and Recreation, Dexter, Narcos, etc. I missed the boat on many of them initially because I wasn’t a big TV watcher back then, but even now I have zero interest. I suppose it’s one of those things where I’ve sat through so many boring conversations about these shows at various parties and gatherings over the years that I have actually come to detest them, despite never watching a single minute.
Im the opposite. Pretty much anything since the 20teens because I have sorta just dropped out of media stuff.
Is that anything to do with the enshittification of streaming services?
Yeah. More fractionation but also content is just not enticing. I feel like anything that isn’t massively crappy is considered alright and things that were meh are considered good and if something is sorta good the hype is like its the best thing ever. When something is rather good it seems like often it goes off the rails.
A lot. Probably the biggest one is Game of Thrones.
This. The dialogue literally puts me to sleep.
Oh damn that’s wild. The dialogue carries most of the drama for the best of its seasons
The Walking Dead. It’s a boring soap opera with zombies shuffling around.
It was alright when it was new and fresh but holy shit it gets old fast. Season number whatever was worth it because papa Winchester KILLED IT as negan, plus they returned to the source material, but by that point the show was already overstaying its welcome.
If I had a dollar for every “we’re safe now but uh oh rick fucked everything up be cause he thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room” I’d have like 5 dollars.
Breaking Bad. Have tried multiple times, just couldn’t get into it
I made it pretty far into the series, past the Gus Fring arc and beyond the train robbery - but it’s just such a hard slog with no likeable characters that it just ground me out.
I think that’s what got me. There are no redeeming characters. I don’t want to root for anyone. Jesse is the only semi likable character and even then that is generous
I din’t get into it either. So many people praise it, but after 5-10 episodes I gave up. Maybe it’s the premise itself that does not entice me, I’m not even sure.
Same here, haven’t finished the first season. IIRC the guy who played Jesse’s acting was a sticking point for me.
You might try “Better Call Saul”. I didn’t like Breaking Bad, but I enjoyed the spin off up until the last season. It doesn’t really rely on the other show until the final episodes.
Big Bang Theory
BBT is a weird one because it’s a nerdy show for NOT nerdy people. There are clever bits, but the vast majority of the punchlines are “haha they said a nerdy thing” and that’s it.
Legit lines:
“Sheldon? What are you doing?”
“Playing super Mario Brothers on a poorly coded Nintendo 64 emulator”
Laugh track
Peak comedy.
Never watched it!
But I don’t watch this type of comedy show anyhow.
Actually I don’t either! But it was on a lot back in the day at my parents’ house in the middle of nowhere without cable/satellite TV.
This is the reason why I didn’t list it myself. My dad used to be obsessed with this show (I think mostly thirsting over Kaley Cuoco, just single middle-aged man things) so I was essentially forced to watch some of it just because it was always on.
The Office.
I’ve tried multiple times, but can barely get past the first few episodes before turning it off from boredom or cringe.
Weirdly, I enjoyed Parks & Rec - but I did go into that knowing that S1 was quite rough and not reflective of the show as a whole.
Funny enough The Office also has a different first season compared to the rest. The first season closely tracks the UK counterpart and doesn’t find its own until season 2.
Of course if cringe humor isn’t your thing then season two onward is still more of that, but if you liked Parks & Rec then maybe you’ll be good with it.
I’ve heard this also; but I the biggest difference between the two doe for me was that I could manage to sit through S1 of P&R whereas I couldn’t for The Office.
The next time I have a lull in TV viewing, I might try again starting from season 2 - but between all of the memes and YouTube Shorts, I am not particularly hopeful.
Yellowstone. It just feels like modern country music to me. No soul. It’s a soap opera with good production.
republican entertainment.
The Sopranos.
Maybe I just missed the boat. Or classic HBO isn’t for me. I got most of the way through S1, so I daresay I really gave it a fair go. But, I just didn’t ever feel like going back to it in the end.
