Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 18:25     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:I somehow enjoyed Entourage the first time around. My husband was re-watching and I couldn't believe that as a woman I ever found it entertaining.


Sooooo painfully corny.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 18:24     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Sopranos


Seems sooooo cheesy when you rewatch it. Especially season 1.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 18:24     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
I somehow enjoyed Entourage the first time around. My husband was re-watching and I couldn't believe that as a woman I ever found it entertaining.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 17:58     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buffy. Just knowing Whedon's take on women -- ugh.


Firefly, for the same reason + we now know Nathan Fillion is an unpleasant person at best.

Most 80s/90s shows, even if they hold up in other respects, seem to have random "you're ok for a girl" language thrown in. It's really jarring.


What happened?
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 17:45     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Buffy, Firefly, Friends, and Seinfeld all hold up for me. I can watch them endlessly (but still silently cursing Whedon while watching).

I tried to rewatch Felicity and didn’t make it very far. It was so, so boring. Probably less noticeable to me back when I had to wait a week between episodes.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 17:14     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buffy. Just knowing Whedon's take on women -- ugh.


Firefly, for the same reason + we now know Nathan Fillion is an unpleasant person at best.

Most 80s/90s shows, even if they hold up in other respects, seem to have random "you're ok for a girl" language thrown in. It's really jarring.


Nooooo! Not Captain tightpants?!
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 10:39     Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Gilmore Girls


+1. I still mostly enjoy watching it, but I find myself way more annoyed by their character flaws now.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 10:35     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Friends
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 10:34     Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Gilmore Girls
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:33     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Magnum PI
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:33     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Buffy. Just knowing Whedon's take on women -- ugh.


Firefly, for the same reason + we now know Nathan Fillion is an unpleasant person at best.

Most 80s/90s shows, even if they hold up in other respects, seem to have random "you're ok for a girl" language thrown in. It's really jarring.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:24     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Roseanne and The Cosby Show could have been great for a longer. Alas, bad behavior by the lead ruined terrific ensembles.

Friends and Seinfeld do not hold up. They are better as a 90s time capsule.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:22     Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
National Lampoon's Vacation.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:21     Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds -- racist and/or sexual harrassment

Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider -- the special effects and story lines seem a lot less realistic now.

The Breakfast Club -homophobia and a confederate flag on the upper level of the library, among other things.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2023 09:08     Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds -- racist and/or sexual harrassment

Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider -- the special effects and story lines seem a lot less realistic now.