What is the actual worst TV series you've ever tried to seriously engage with?
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Foundation. holy shit. what a trash heap.
the visuals are great though. maybe i'll cut out all closups of actors and use it as animated wallpaper or something.
Nooooo, I wanted to watch that! I wish we could have some good Asimov media.
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...why would you start in the middle of a season?
by watching RLM video about the show, I already knew the premise. Plus I like to start in the middle, when things are ramping up, instead of the beginning, where they have to put everything in place... If I like it I might watch the previous episode, for this one I didnt care.
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Oh my gosh, yes! As a fan of the books, I was so excited for the series. I was determined not to be put off by the changes to the story the producers made, so it took me a while to realize that the changed story lacked something. Like, being good? I should've just stopped after the terrorist attack that killed nobody, or tens of millions of people maybe, in the first episode just to advance the plot. Great visual effects, no emotional resonance. Why should I care? Nobody on-screen seemed to. I stuck it out until the episode that ended with the one character getting surrounded by the Anacreon landing party, but the show never established why I should care about her. So I didn't, and never bothered with the next episode to resolve the cliff-hanger.
Did you like the Cleon-Empire plot?
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Kind of not answering the question but I still feel it applies.
The whole premise of Suits was bullshit and meant while I enjoyed the show I was constantly getting pissed off by the "Mikes Secret" storyline.
Definitely one of the most prestigious law firms in New York, Almost certainly the country and known worldwide is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NEVER going to knowingly hire someone without a law degree and allow them to practice law not even if that man is the smartest legal mind alive.
It's kind of hard to go back to USA network shows from the time. Except for Psych. I'll always be here for Psych.
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I binge watched it starting on Ep3, because Red Letter Media was gushing about it.
You skipped the first 2 episodes?
The Spanish dude was cool in his no-compromise approach, then do a 180 at the end for no reason.
What? Manousos? No he didn't.
he went from not addressing the HiveMind, to the point of dying, and finish by talking and demanding stuff to them out of the blue.
Either, he was a man of principle, and should stand by them no matter what. When he reconsidered his principle super fast, then he make it clear he was very dumb at the beginning with his non compromise stance.
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For me, it wasn’t even the children in adult bodies that were the problem. Kids are dumb, so their choices and the way they reacted to events could be given a pass. It’s how dumb the supposedly smart adults were that was the problem.
The vibes are definitely different from Alien as a whole, but I liked the kids' roles in how the synths are portrayed, and really how the show develops the factions of immortality, murky ethicality, beings as superweapons, and psychology of the self, all with a more relatable setting of earth and (corporate) society.
I get the qualms about it, but at the same time it seemed perfect to me in adding to the universe.
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Honestly, I can understand that opinion. The first half wasn't great; all the critical acclaim was about the 2nd half of the season.
If you didn't get to the part with the prison, maybe go back and try to stick it out. That's where it really picks up
That's actually exactly where I stopped watching it at was right before the whole prison scene. The whole first half of the season just drawn on and on and on. My girlfriend was incredibly excited to watch it she watched half of an episode and decided she was done. I've considered going back and rewatching it because I don't even remember most of what happened in it because it was that unmemorable for me.
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by watching RLM video about the show, I already knew the premise. Plus I like to start in the middle, when things are ramping up, instead of the beginning, where they have to put everything in place... If I like it I might watch the previous episode, for this one I didnt care.
You're an idiot. This series requires a fresh start. Your opinion is garbage.
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I don't mean stuff that was obviously bad on sight (to you) and so you didn't bother with, or even necessarily content you just checked out of before the first episode was done. But a series that you ultimately felt wasted your time and abandoned due to its total lack of quality.
The last ship. I loved it in the beginning. It started out as high quality drama/mystery. It had some issues but was overall really good. Or at least the concept was good enough to overlook issues. But then the issues backed up like a toilet. It got to the point where you're groaning multiple times an episode and the sparkle of the concept dies. I can't remember how far I got into the series, but it was somewhere early in season three. And I don't remember TOO much from it as I feel like I've blocked out most of it.
They even brought in Tania Raymonde who I absolutely love, and I just couldn't. I hated how lazy and dumb the writing turned and how quickly it happened. It should have been more of an exploratory show than action/drama. Like, it should have been about trying to find peoples and encounter new groups to vaccinate, and less about having all these big bads. Yeah some small time bad guys should be there time to time, but it should have been more like the first Star Trek series and less like the walking dead. "God damnit, that guy again?"
And it was so inconsistent. Just about everyone is dead! Society is over! Wait, society is still there in pockets. Nah, some places were basically unscathed. It basically became an action/mystery soap opera. Create as much drama as humanly possible, and make the viewer feel like they're constant victims that somehow overcome everything because they're badasses, then immediately become victims again.
It was absolute trash, and it could have been the most epic adventure show ever. If I had the reigns, I'd have made it stay hard to find civilization. There would be groups and areas that are better at surviving, and have smart solutions to things. But it would be rare. It'd use that same setting, but the feel would be more like Star Trek/fallout-the comedy. The end of the final episode would have the ship struggling with a skeleton crew finally succumbing to a really big storm and sinking. Then it would switch to a view of the earth spinning with a timelapse. The night side would be dark for a long time, 4-8 years or so. Then you see lights again somewhere. And it stays maybe a small area for a while but it picks back up exponentially as they share knowledge/vaccine, and you see society start to reestablish itself, making the ships mission having ultimately successful.
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95% of all the shows listed came out in the last 5 years. Interesting trend, that.
I'll break the mould with Sons of Anarchy. It's just so hokey. The crappy music, the dorky "fight" choreography, the annoying characters.... Hard pass.
All my group wtched every episode, pure vibe soapy shit.
Every season was the same, new bad guy oh he is ruthless but wait all my guys arrived an hour ago in a van so actually fuck you. Dont take my vest or stupid slow bike that I can only transport two handguns at a time on.
Peaky Blinders is similar.
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That's actually exactly where I stopped watching it at was right before the whole prison scene. The whole first half of the season just drawn on and on and on. My girlfriend was incredibly excited to watch it she watched half of an episode and decided she was done. I've considered going back and rewatching it because I don't even remember most of what happened in it because it was that unmemorable for me.
Felt the same, abaolutelt love it now
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Kind of not answering the question but I still feel it applies.
The whole premise of Suits was bullshit and meant while I enjoyed the show I was constantly getting pissed off by the "Mikes Secret" storyline.
Definitely one of the most prestigious law firms in New York, Almost certainly the country and known worldwide is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NEVER going to knowingly hire someone without a law degree and allow them to practice law not even if that man is the smartest legal mind alive.
Harvey was my fancast for Reed Richards.
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I loved the books. It didn't matter that the characters were 1 dimensional representations of a concept or political viewpoint, because it was about the ideas amd the setting and the events. Then I struggled thru the Chinese TV series of it because the books were so cool, and the Wang Miao and Da Shi actors were good together. But I think I've had my fill of this story and will never get around to watching the Netflix version.
Would you recommend the adaption at all? I wnt the story
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Obi Wan. Mandalorian was a little disappointing but cool and zeitgeisty, Boba Fett was worse, then the Obi Wan show was just unwatchable. Which is weird because Andor was so much better than it had any right to be.
Mando was a grear two season run. 1 season of motw type and season 2 for the last episode.
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I actually watched The Acolyte and liked it better than Boba Fett and Obi Wan.
Eh yeah orobably to be fair, Boba sucked. Obi Wan had cool moments same as Acolyte. That helmut headbut to the lightsaber was fantastic
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You're an idiot. This series requires a fresh start. Your opinion is garbage.
I watched it all and was left disappointed by the end. I like the acting and premise but the slow burn makes for some annoying moves, she jumps hugely without explanation over to their side and then back within like two episodes if not one.
Defimitely some great scenes and moments throughout but as a whole season without another for two years...meh.
Severance is ren times better for on more episode, sikilar thriller with a conclusive step forward that leaves you wanting more at the end of season 1
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I don't mean stuff that was obviously bad on sight (to you) and so you didn't bother with, or even necessarily content you just checked out of before the first episode was done. But a series that you ultimately felt wasted your time and abandoned due to its total lack of quality.
The witcher.
Wtf
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The Walking Dead. A friend kept telling me how great the show was, but it never really sounded like anything I would find interesting. Sure enough, when I agreed to check it out, it was just so... boring. I couldn't get past the first episode because nothing interesting was happening, despite trying on 3 separate occasions to do so. Finally had to tell my friend that I wouldn't be trying again.
I have to disagree. I agree on the whole that it isn't a satisfying or good show as a whole. But the first few seasons were great. It just failed later.
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Evil. I tied, I really tried. But the writing was atrociously bad. After 3 episodes, I had to move on.
I enjoyed Evil for a while, but they just kept trying to give the kids bigger parts and it ruined the show for me.
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Are there any good adaptations of Asimov besides Fantastic Voyage and Bicentennial Man?
Besides the seminal I, Robot? Not that I know of. Does Data's positronic brain count?
