Anonymous
04/15/2019 20:22
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mad Men.
It was excellent until the end...got too weird. You have to give it props just for the period fidelity, though.
I tapped out after season 5 I think.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 20:20
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
So many.
Game of Thrones—action & fantasy are not my favorite
Friends—so white and unfunny
Will & Grace—formulaic, plus Karen Walker’s voice
This is Us—sappy, melodramatic
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—would have been great as a movie
Walking Dead—cannot abide gore and violence
Breaking Bad—I’d probably like it but just never gave it a chance
Weeds after season 3 or 4, became ridiculous
Lost after season 3 or 4, same reason
Anything about crime like CSI, too much of an empath
Community, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Place... I love sitcoms but never really connected with any of these
For reference, recent(ish) things I’ve liked:
Workin’ Mome
Fargo
Schitt’s Creek
One Mississippi
Portlandia
F is for Family
Parenthood
Parks & Rec
Arrested Development
Archer
Loved but can’t watch now:
Master of None
Louie
Oldies & Goodies:
Cheers, Roseanne, Frasier, Gilmore Girls (which I never watched the first time around), Golden Girls
Game of Thrones—action & fantasy are not my favorite
Friends—so white and unfunny
Will & Grace—formulaic, plus Karen Walker’s voice
This is Us—sappy, melodramatic
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—would have been great as a movie
Walking Dead—cannot abide gore and violence
Breaking Bad—I’d probably like it but just never gave it a chance
Weeds after season 3 or 4, became ridiculous
Lost after season 3 or 4, same reason
Anything about crime like CSI, too much of an empath
Community, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Place... I love sitcoms but never really connected with any of these
For reference, recent(ish) things I’ve liked:
Workin’ Mome
Fargo
Schitt’s Creek
One Mississippi
Portlandia
F is for Family
Parenthood
Parks & Rec
Arrested Development
Archer
Loved but can’t watch now:
Master of None
Louie
Oldies & Goodies:
Cheers, Roseanne, Frasier, Gilmore Girls (which I never watched the first time around), Golden Girls
Anonymous
04/15/2019 20:08
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Walking dead
Madmen
This is us
Madmen
This is us
Anonymous
04/15/2019 20:06
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for GoT - I really tried because my kids like it - but after 3 seasons and all of those stupid battles and trudges through the snow I found it so incredibly boring - and then the dragons became a thing and I just couldn't do it one more second -to this day, even knowing the characters, I don't get the hype at all.
Too violent for me.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 20:05
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Mad Men.
It was excellent until the end...got too weird. You have to give it props just for the period fidelity, though.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 19:58
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
GoT
The Office
This is Us after season 1
Stranger Things
Marvelous Mrs Maisel
The Office
This is Us after season 1
Stranger Things
Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Anonymous
04/15/2019 18:54
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Schitts Creek. People say it is so funny and I watched four episodes and never laughed once.
I have never seen an episode of Game of Thrones.
Schitt’s Creek gets funnier the longer you watch it. It is a little corny but that’s the point.
I just recently binged all 5 seasons. I think you over time start to appreciate all the characters quirks and how they affect others. It is corny, but I just find the fish out of water story amusing.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 18:37
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Schitts Creek. People say it is so funny and I watched four episodes and never laughed once.
I have never seen an episode of Game of Thrones.
Schitt’s Creek gets funnier the longer you watch it. It is a little corny but that’s the point.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 18:10
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
The Affair
The Americans
Friends
The Americans
Friends
Anonymous
04/15/2019 18:05
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Mad Men
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel- although Tony Shaloub is fantastic in it
Big Bang Theory
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel- although Tony Shaloub is fantastic in it
Big Bang Theory
Anonymous
04/15/2019 16:47
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:I agree with you about Gilmore Girls.
I loved that show when I was a teenager and I tried to watch it again as an adult and it doesn't hold up. I think it 's one of those things that only works for a certain time in life. Any adult who says it's good, is purely saying it out of nostalgia. The quirkiness is way too forced and it was too hard to overlook all the plot holes.
Nah, your theory is wrong. I legit like Gilmore girls.
Anonymous
04/15/2019 16:19
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GoT
The Office
This is Us (I gave up after Season 1)
SAME, PP!
Have never seen an episode of GoT and do not want to
Never got into The Office
This is Us - I got through season 2 but just barely. I quietly judge anyone who is still watching.
If you have “never seen an episode” you can’t say you “couldn’t get into it.”
Try reading. It says "never seen an episode of GoT and don't want to."
Then how do you know you won’t like it?
Anonymous
04/15/2019 16:18
Subject: What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Almost any. I'm a movie person. I went to 280 movies in the theater last year. I don't like to stay home and watch tv.
You must be single. You went to the movies more days than you didn’t last year??
Anonymous
04/15/2019 16:09
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for GoT - I really tried because my kids like it - but after 3 seasons and all of those stupid battles and trudges through the snow I found it so incredibly boring - and then the dragons became a thing and I just couldn't do it one more second -to this day, even knowing the characters, I don't get the hype at all.
This is what I don’t get from ppl posting about shows they don’t like.
So basically bc you can’t suspend reality and just enjoy a show no one else should be able to either? The “hype” with GOT is character development, willing to show shocking scenes, and storylines that make you think or surprise you. It definitely isn’t for everyone but if you’ve actually seen the show idk how it’s hard for anyone to get why other ppl would enjoy it. I don’t like or dislike GOT btw (but I do watch it with my husband and discuss it with him.)
Anonymous
04/15/2019 15:55
Subject: Re:What are shows that everyone swears by that you can't get into and why?
Another vote for GoT - I really tried because my kids like it - but after 3 seasons and all of those stupid battles and trudges through the snow I found it so incredibly boring - and then the dragons became a thing and I just couldn't do it one more second -to this day, even knowing the characters, I don't get the hype at all.