Anonymous
08/21/2023 08:08
Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
I recent rewatched Felicity and loved it all over again. My teen daughter wasn’t having it though.
Anonymous
08/21/2023 07:03
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
There are some movies—for example, Top Gun—that just seem really slow to me now.
But I still love so many of the shows people are mentioning. I see the problematic jokes, sure, but it doesn’t negate the whole series for me. That said, there’s so much nostalgia baked in—it’s not like I can watch them objectively. My son thinks anything with a laugh track is crazy.
Fwiw, my family just watched Modern Family for the first time, and we loved it.
But I still love so many of the shows people are mentioning. I see the problematic jokes, sure, but it doesn’t negate the whole series for me. That said, there’s so much nostalgia baked in—it’s not like I can watch them objectively. My son thinks anything with a laugh track is crazy.
Fwiw, my family just watched Modern Family for the first time, and we loved it.
Anonymous
08/21/2023 00:31
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seinfeld...lots of things are now considered inappropriate and also just would never happen if anyone had a cell phone.
I just rewatched most of Seinfeld and thought it was as awesome as ever. In fact better than remembered.
+1 Yes! Here's one of my favorites -- hilarious!
It'll work if you click on Youtube.
Ha ha! The Reservation!
Anonymous
08/21/2023 00:28
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.
Recently saw both of these again for the first time in years and was shocked at how cringey they were. Almost unwatchable. Times have really changed.
Anonymous
08/21/2023 00:14
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seinfeld...lots of things are now considered inappropriate and also just would never happen if anyone had a cell phone.
I just rewatched most of Seinfeld and thought it was as awesome as ever. In fact better than remembered.
+1 Yes! Here's one of my favorites -- hilarious!
It'll work if you click on Youtube.
Anonymous
08/21/2023 00:12
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seinfeld...lots of things are now considered inappropriate and also just would never happen if anyone had a cell phone.
I just rewatched most of Seinfeld and thought it was as awesome as ever. In fact better than remembered.
+1 Yes! Here's one of my favorites -- hilarious!
Anonymous
08/21/2023 00:10
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
West Wing and Golden Girls hold up
Anonymous
08/20/2023 23:35
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Magnum PI
Love rewatching this!
Anonymous
08/17/2023 03:07
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Friends
Gilmore Girls
How I Met Your Mother
Scrubs
Ally McBeal - this was my favorite when it first aired but upon rewatching, I was horrified at all the transphobia and victim shaving
How I met Your Mother was… Legendary. But alas right there with you.
Scrubs was great too but so odd now.
Anonymous
08/17/2023 03:02
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Movie. - 10 things I hate about you.
I can’t put my finger on it. It wasn’t as well made as I remembered.
Her flashing the teacher, and for a long time, made me cringe
Heather ledger, JGL and Julia Stiles, in that order, are good.
For someone who has no onscreen charisma, Julia Stiles had a great career
That table dance scene made her
Anonymous
08/17/2023 03:00
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Old survivor seasons are pretty yikes. The themes are bad (teams divided by race). And before HD it might be visually boring to younger viewers.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 22:15
Subject: Re:Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Seinfeld. So cringy to watch now.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 22:05
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sopranos
Seems sooooo cheesy when you rewatch it. Especially season 1.
Cheesy? Meaning, you now find that you dislike Jersey New Money 1990s style? nail tips, bang, peplum jackets ...
Or cheesy as in, this is so hokey and theatrical! Why, nobody could ever be THIS over the top!
Because you'd be wrong about about the latter. They got an awful lot correct about my extended NJ family
The writing was not good in season 1.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 22:02
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Modern Family
I’m only watching this now for the first time and I think it’s hilarious!
Nearly every joke is mocking the white male actors or at their expense; making them out to be pushover buffoons. Tiresome.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 21:56
Subject: Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch
Anonymous wrote:Community. Thought it was a riot the first time, now I can't stand anything Chevy Chase says.
I think Community holds up, especially the seasons where Troy is still there.