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-Law and Order: SVU is still alright. I stopped watching regularly after Chris Meloni left, but every so often I'll binge a few newer episodes. It's much more focused on grand, multi-episode arcs but it's alright. I actually got used to the new line up and it's not that bad. More importantly, I'm actually neutral/slightly positive towards the Benson-Tucker romance. At first it was fucking weird but I got over it (mostly). Tucker was essentially an SVU villain and he looked old as shit compared to her in the early days, but now that Mariska Hargitay is older the physical difference in how they look is a little less jarring.

-Comparing SVU to the original Law and Order, Amaro is more or less a reskin of Curtis. Both Hispanic detectives, family men with, at some point, troubled marriages, devoted Catholics. Yes, Stabler could fall into that (minus being Hispanic) but he seemed more likable and more sympathetic than the other two. I never thought he was a rip off of Curtis but that's immediately what I thought of Amaro.

-I've never seen Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, It's Always Sunny, How I Met Your Mother, 2 1/2 Men etc. I just don't really care. Part of it is an aversion to things being hyped to hell and back (yes, I am an accidental hipster) and part of it is I don't feel like spending time to follow a concrete with a concrete chronology.

-I've seen 1 episode of Dr. Who (Don't Blink). It was cool enough. Apparently it's what's called a 'doctor light' episode where he isn't a huge feature. Don't really see why everyone has a boner for it.

-I don't know if this is unpopular now, but I loved Korra in LOK. I loved how she was so different than Aang but not a rehash of Toph. I also love that she was from the Water Tribe. I love the arctic and the Northern-most countries and culture so I was psyched that's where she was from. I don't fault anyone who didn't forsee the bisexual angle for Korra and Asami, but goddamn if you didn't get it during the final scene then I'm not assuming you're homophobic, but I have to wonder how you could miss it.
 
The only Star Trek series I like is ToS. I like the TnG movies (well, First Contact anyway) but I just couldn't get into the actual show. Voyager, Babylon 5 and Enterprise did nothing for me.
 
Dr.Research said:
-I don't know if this is unpopular now, but I loved Korra in LOK. I loved how she was so different than Aang but not a rehash of Toph. I also love that she was from the Water Tribe. I love the arctic and the Northern-most countries and culture so I was psyched that's where she was from. I don't fault anyone who didn't forsee the bisexual angle for Korra and Asami, but goddamn if you didn't get it during the final scene then I'm not assuming you're homophobic, but I have to wonder how you could miss it.
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I actually liked Korra as a character a lot. People bitch about her but I'd rather have a flawed but interesting character over a bland Mary Sue any anyday. I think people were expecting Aang 2.0 with her (and ATLA 2.0 with with LOK) and where disappointed when they didn't get it. I have my own issues with Bryke (which I'll elaborate a bit in the next paragraph) but from a writer's standpoint, I'll always admired that they went with something different than doing the same thing over again, which is something a lot of artists do.

Honestly, I didn't see much of a subtext between Korra and Asami throughout the series. But I figured something was up by the final scene. My issue wasn't that they decided to make their MC bi (I mean they could've done a better job with the buildup imo but at the end of the day, it's their character and they can do what they want with her) but rather who they made her bi with. Asami has to be one of the dullest characters I've ever seen in a TV show. People bitch about Mako (Korra's other love interest) being boring but at least he kinda grew into his snarky but awkward personality towards the later half of the show. He definitely wasn't the most dynamic character on the show but he at least brought something to the table, which is more than I can say for Asami, who had little to no characterization beyond "Rich nice girl who is good with electronics." To me, Korra had more chemistry with Kurvira (the villain of the final season) then she ever did with her supposed love interest, which is a problem.

Basically, I really liked Korra as a character. Didn't really mind that they went with the bi route with her but it could've been written A LOT better imo.
 
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TheMightyMonarch said:
I actually liked Korra as a character a lot. People bitch about her but I'd rather have a flawed but interesting character over a bland Mary Sue any anyday. I think people were expecting Aang 2.0 with her (and ATLA 2.0 with with LOK) and where disappointed when they didn't get it. I have my own issues with Bryke (which I'll elaborate a bit in the next paragraph) but from a writer's standpoint, I'll always admired that they went with something different than doing the same thing over again, which is something a lot of artists do.

Honestly, I didn't see much of a subtext between Korra and Asami throughout the series. But I figured something was up by the final scene. My issue wasn't that they decided to make their MC bi (I mean they could've done a better job with the buildup imo but at the end of the day, it's their character and they can do what they want with her) but rather who they made her bi with. Asami has to be one of the dullest characters I've ever seen in a TV show. People bitch about Mako (Korra's other love interest) being boring but at least he kinda grew into his snarky but awkward personality towards the later half of the show. He definitely wasn't the most dynamic character on the show but he at least brought something to the table, which is more than I can say for Asami, who had little to no characterization beyond "Rich nice girl who is good with electronics." To me, Korra had more chemistry with Kurvira (the villain of the final season) then she ever did with her supposed love interest, which is a problem.

Basically, I really liked Korra as a character. Didn't really mind that they went with the bi route with her but it could've been written A LOT better imo.
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Eh, I thought she was okay at first, but when the writing went downhill midway through Season 1, she became pretty bland and un-noteworthy until that shoehorned lesbian relationship.
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
Eh, I thought she was okay at first, but when the writing went downhill midway through Season 1, she became pretty bland and un-noteworthy until that shoehorned lesbian relationship.
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The problem with Korra is she learned absolutely no lessons. She punched her way through three seasons, spent half a season too scared to punch her way through anything important, then got a pep talk and went straight back to punching her way through her problems. Then at the end everyone dog piled her to tell her how great she is.

I wouldn't even mind her confrontational personality of she actually had some kind of moral foundation. She's basically just a weapon the writers point at each season's bad guy. Which would be perfectly fine if she were a supporting character or even the villain. But she fell flat as The Hero.
 
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Replicant Sasquatch said:
The problem with Korra is she learned absolutely no lessons. She punched her way through three seasons, spent half a season too scared to punch her way through anything important, then got a pep talk and went straight back to punching her way through her problems. Then at the end everyone dog piled her to tell her how great she is.

I wouldn't even mind her confrontational personality of she actually had some kind of moral foundation. She's basically just a weapon the writers point at each season's bad guy. Which would be perfectly fine if she were a supporting character or even the villain. But she fell flat as The Hero.
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That's part of the reason why I ultimately consider her a flat character. She learns nothing and is really only there for quips, punching and forced relationships with her supporting castmates. I think what really hurt it was the fact that while Bryke has had experience in animation itself (they were both staff members on Family Guy's earlier seasons and Mission Hill, for instance). They clearly have no clue how writing works. And them hiring writers late in the game only hurt the show more than it helped.
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
That's part of the reason why I ultimately consider her a flat character. She learns nothing and is really only there for quips, punching and forced relationships with her supporting castmates. I think what really hurt it was the fact that while Bryke has had experience in animation itself (they were both staff members on Family Guy's earlier seasons and Mission Hill, for instance). They clearly have no clue how writing works. And them hiring writers late in the game only hurt the show more than it helped.
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Mike DiMartino actually is a pretty good writer though. Go back through AtLA: he was the head writer on most of the best episodes. From what I've gathered through interviews and their respective blog pages, Mike's always been more into the epic fantasy narrative stuff while Bryan was more interested in the teeny romance and drama components. The Surprise Lesbians ending was actually his idea, Mike just went along with it.

They married these two ideas pretty well in the original series, but for a lot of reasons it couldn't work out in Korra.
 
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Hannibal is not as great as everyone makes it to be. To me, it basically feels as if Bryan Fuller made his Will/Hannibal fanfiction canon.
I've noticed even more after rewatching Red Dragon and seeing how the dynamic between Graham and Lecter worked. Series basically makes merges Will Graham with Clarice Starling, but I guess Clarice wouldn't make tumblr fangirls wet their panties.
 
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Up until the season ending in Sheldon pulling out a ring, Big Bang Theory was enjoyable. However, now it is utter garbage.

Supernatural is dull as fucking spoons and is too focused on Teh Gay Shipz than actually being a good show.

If a television show begins with a different plot every episode/monster of the day/etc., it should continue to use that format throughout the entire series. Continuity is fine, but if major plots start extending over multiple episodes, it's time to end it. Don't start with a format that you cannot continue; if you run out of ideas, your show is over. cough GRIMM cough

Always Sunny in Philadelphia is seriously overrated.

I really like MTV's True Life.
 
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