Unpopular Opinions about TV

[TheProdigalStunna]

I recently, regrettably, watched through all of Six Feet Under. I heard that it was one of the essential HBO series, and after watching through The Wire, True Detective and The Sopranos (the latter being probably the one the best pieces of American media of the past fifty years, no hyperbole), I thought I should give it a shot. The first two seasons were pretty good, but damn did the series have a quality drop-off in the later seasons. Some of the plot twists were so ridiculous I had to wonder if I watched the same show as everyone else did. The most absurd was probably when

Spoiler

Hoyt, a character we hardly knew, revealed he had an affair with Lisa and then killed himself on the spot.

Virtually none of the characters were likable by the end. Nate in particular was a self-absorbed manchild who acted like he was fresh out of college despite apparently being 40 years old. Even Ruth, who was easily my favorite earlier, was a grade-A bitch by the end. And Brenda never proved to be sympathetic, but apparently we're supposed to bleed our hearts for her because she just was "never able to express herself." The writing has aged like milk; the issues raised have about the subtlety of a sledgehammer and some of the dialogue honestly felt like a circlejerk of myopic Californians. I stuck around for the apparently "satisfying ending", but by that point my primary satisfaction was relief over not having to deal with these characters anymore.

I wasn't surprised when I learned that Alan Ball also wrote the incredibly overrated American Beauty, another self-absored, morally skewed, and unwarrantedly pretentious work. I don't know how to put it, but something about his way he depicts sexuality really gets under my skin as if he's projecting all of his own demons onto everyone else.

So yeah, bitchrant over. Just miffed that I wasted probably 60 hours of my life on an underwhelming show.

 

[Gloomydoom]

I recently, regrettably, watched through all of Six Feet Under. I heard that it was one of the essential HBO series, and after watching through The Wire, True Detective and The Sopranos (the latter being probably the one the best pieces of American media of the past fifty years, no hyperbole), I thought I should give it a shot. The first two seasons were pretty good, but damn did the series have a quality drop-off in the later seasons. Some of the plot twists were so ridiculous I had to wonder if I watched the same show as everyone else did. The most absurd was probably when

Spoiler

Hoyt, a character we hardly knew, revealed he had an affair with Lisa and then killed himself on the spot.

Virtually none of the characters were likable by the end. Nate in particular was a self-absorbed manchild who acted like he was fresh out of college despite apparently being 40 years old. Even Ruth, who was easily my favorite earlier, was a grade-A bitch by the end. And Brenda never proved to be sympathetic, but apparently we're supposed to bleed our hearts for her because she just was "never able to express herself." The writing has aged like tard cum; the issues raised have about the subtlety of a sledgehammer and some of the dialogue honestly felt like a circlejerk of myopic Californians. I stuck around for the apparently "satisfying ending", but by that point my primary satisfaction was relief over not having to deal with these characters anymore.

I wasn't surprised when I learned that Alan Ball also wrote the incredibly overrated American Beauty, another self-absored, morally skewed, and unwarrantedly pretentious work. I don't know how to put it, but something about his way he depicts sexuality really gets under my skin as if he's projecting all of his own demons onto everyone else.

So yeah, bitchrant over. Just miffed that I wasted probably 60 hours of my life on an underwhelming show.

At least he didn't get the girl at the end before the director spread his fetish around everyone down his throat.
It would've been been better if the girl was a very old woman, that way I would feel accepted.

 

[Insignificant person]

Even thought it's breaking all the rules within the first quarter, I find Tom and Jerry The Movie as a guilty pleasure.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I can't even try to get into rick & morty. Especially since I found out a friend is sexually attracted to rick.

 

[The Iconoclast]

Hardcore Pawn > Pawn Stars

 

[Aquinas]

Southbeach tow or bust

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

<10 episode seasons trigger my :autism:

 

[weirdMcGee]

I personally don't like walking dead5. It's so formulaic it hurts but not by much. And zombies aren't my thing either.

 

[Hummingbird]

I personally don't like walking dead5. It's so formulaic it hurts but not by much. And zombies aren't my thing either.

You gotta do something original if you want me to care about zombies.

 

[Shokew]

You gotta do something original if you want me to care about zombies.

THIS - I really don't see what the big deal is about The Walking Dead - it's got some decent action and drama, from what I've seen of it, but that's what I tend to go to movies for, compared to long-winded series like this.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

I personally don't like walking dead5. It's so formulaic it hurts but not by much. And zombies aren't my thing either.

I'm impressed they managed to last this long as it is. But honestly, this didn't need to be more than 2 seasons max. 3 if they really needed it.

 

[weirdMcGee]

I'm impressed they managed to last this long as it is. But honestly, this didn't need to be more than 2 seasons max. 3 if they really needed it.

I ask why it hasn't ended yet. ALso, I never personally wAtched the show and prefer the telltale games one a bit more but that's not saying much.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

I personally don't like walking dead5. It's so formulaic it hurts but not by much. And zombies aren't my thing either.

Zombies as a concept peaked with Day of the Dead and that was over thirty years ago.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Okay, look I know everyone and their mother loves Stranger Things but I don't see the appeal of it and can't watch it. I guess people love it because it's retro, but Freaks And Geeks did that pretty well so that's not enough to make me want to watch a show.

One more:

I didn't realize how bad of a show Orange Is The New Black was until I decided to watch Oz and saw how far superior the latter show is.

 

[Hummingbird]

Wheel of Fortune is boring as heck.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Wheel of Fortune is boring as heck.

It's only popular with low functioning autists.

 

[Magnum Dong]

It's only popular with low functioning autists.

To be fair, all game shows are only popular with low functioning autists... and/or people with an inferiority complex who get off on the thought of "I could answer that trivia smarter/complete that obstacle faster/have better luck than the contestant"

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

To be fair, all game shows are only popular with low functioning autists... and/or people with an inferiority complex who get off on the thought of "I could answer that trivia smarter/complete that obstacle faster/have better luck than the contestant"

I have a barely-confirmed suspicion that the game show fandom community is nothing but people with autism.

 

[Hummingbird]

It's only popular with low functioning autists.

And geezers. I see a lot of them watch it.

 

[Morose_Obesity]

If people are watching “Dancing with the Stars” for any other reason than needing something to fill the spank bank, they’re doing it wrong