Over it

[Nenya]

I doubt anyone else feels the same way I do, but lately I've found myself just tired of tv and movies. I don't care about anything new anymore. I can't stand watching people argue anymore. I can't stand "reality" shows. I can't stand scripted shows. It's getting to the point where I barely care about new Star Trek and I've been a fan since I was a kid. I don't know what's happening to me. I just can't give a shit anymore. Has anyone else gone through something similar to this?

 

[StarCruiser]

I watch very little new TV now. Just too much of it is flat-out junk. Cookie cutter scripts based on the same old formulas and very generic in feel.

This is part of my issue with all of the newer Trek as well. Too formulaic and seems to have nothing useful to say/do. Lensflares and Shaky Cam do not make up for crap writing.

 

[Nenya]

I watch very little new TV now. Just too much of it is flat-out junk. Cookie cutter scripts based on the same old formulas and very generic in feel.

This is part of my issue with all of the newer Trek as well. Too formulaic and seems to have nothing useful to say/do. Lensflares and Shaky Cam do not make up for crap writing.

I really can't think of any new TV I watch. I stopped watching Picard (but still spoil myself by reading threads). There is nothing that interests me. Nothing that seems worthy enough for me to spend time on it.

Edit: I take that back. I keep up to date on My 600-lb Life.

 

[Admiral2]

If this is true then you have three options:

!. Forget new TV and movies and rewatch old stuff you still love. I've watched my favorite movie a bajillion times and I'm still not tired of watching it.

2. Find another form of entertainment. Read a book.

3. Write a book. Entertain yourself with your own imagination.

 

[Nenya]

If this is true then you have threed options:

!. Forget new TV and movies and rewatch old stuff you still love. I've watched my favorite movie a bajillion times and I'm still not tired of watching it.

2. Find another form of entertainment. Read a book.

3. Write a book. Entertain yourself with your own imagination.

I do a lot of option 1 and option 2 whenever I'm bored at work.

 

[Jax]

Entertain yourself with your own imagination.

 

[Qonundrum]

There have always been poorly made shows that are flat-out junk... just not as much. And the time needed to sit through something and determine if its pros are better than its downsides... it's easier to do as a kid. But not impossible as an adult. and it's okay to stick with what one likes.

Giving junk the same muted teal/orange palette and glossy special effects that came from the same cookie jar doesn't make it any better.

It doesn't help that despite being a business, they're still making art and that is always subjective. Diluting it for the lowest common denominator doesn't always work either.

If nothing else, the wisdom-laden words of Jay Sherman are the ultimate teddy bear:

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[Ar-Pharazon]

I'm with you. Even the movie franchises I always loved, like Star Wars, I haven't gone to a theater to see in years. I might get the last 4 SW movies on blu-ray at some point. But definitely no real excitement.

Same with TV. I've watched Orphan Black, Doctor Who and a very few other shows on actual TV in the last 20 years. I bought those on blu-ray. OB was the real deal to me, one of the unique great shows in a very long time.

I like Discovery and Picard, so maybe a little excitement there, but nothing like when I were a lad and TV was still good for the most part.

Most concepts have been done to death, and the franchises like SW, have been done and redone within themselves.

Maybe we are old, and we've seen the same ideas too many times.

 

[Nenya]

I'm with you. Even the movie franchises I always loved, like Star Wars, I haven't gone to a theater to see in years. I might get the last 4 SW movies on blu-ray at some point. But definitely no real excitement.

Same with TV. I've watched Orphan Black, Doctor Who and a very few other shows on actual TV in the last 20 years. I bought those on blu-ray. OB was the real deal to me, one of the unique great shows in a very long time.

I like Discovery and Picard, so maybe a little excitement there, but nothing like when I were a lad and TV was still good for the most part.

Most concepts have been done to death, and the franchises like SW, have been done and redone within themselves.

Maybe we are old, and we've seen the same ideas too many times.

I'm pretty sure that Avengers: Endgame broke me somehow. It was just so much that it overloaded something in my brain. As far as Star Wars, I'm kinda in the same boat. I watched The Force Awakens in theaters but after some reflection I just realized that it was a re-hash of A New Hope and that killed it for me. Rogue One was the last one I watched. I didn't pay to see The Last Jedi (or see it in theaters) and didn't give a shit about Rise of Skywalker or whatever it was called.

I guess I'm just over hype. I used to get really hyped up for things when I was a kid but not anymore. Any time I catch myself getting too hyped I remind myself that this will eventually be in a bargain bin at Wal-Mart or on TV in the background.

 

[Gordie]

I doubt anyone else feels the same way I do, but lately I've found myself just tired of tv and movies. I don't care about anything new anymore. I can't stand watching people argue anymore. I can't stand "reality" shows. I can't stand scripted shows. It's getting to the point where I barely care about new Star Trek and I've been a fan since I was a kid. I don't know what's happening to me. I just can't give a shit anymore. Has anyone else gone through something similar to this?

I would say you are clinically depressed and should consult a physician.

But I am sort of in the same boat, the shows I really like are few and far between.

 

[Borgminister]

Better Call Saul and Ozark are two really good shows in this 60 year older's opinion. But come to think of it other than those two and Trek series I haven't been keeping up with any other shows. Took a while to abandon The Walking Dead, but I did a few years ago although I took in a few eppies lately. Same old same old. Hopefully Steve Carrel can recreate the magic of The Office with Space Force.

 

[Starkers]

On the cusp of 50 and still enjoy TV and movies greatly. In the past eighteen months there have been two stand out classic mini series (IMO) in The Haunting of Hillhouse and Chernobyl, there are shows I've got into and loved, Glow, Ozark, The Expanse (which is truly fantastic) iZombie, Marianne, and there is, of course, Better Call Saul. Plus old standbys like Dr Who (though not loving it as much as I once did) Line of Duty (and The Bodyguard, anything by Jed M basically) Strictly, and of course Disco and Picard. And I'm still persevering with TWD (and it's probably better now than it's been for several years)

I've seen plenty of dross, or plenty or things that were ok while I was watching them but quickly faded from memory. And I am getting better at dropping things if they don't keep my interest, like that god awful Katee Sackhoff sci-fi thing, or Sabrina (which I may go back to, I don't hate it but tonally I'm not sure who it's aimed at and hour long episodes seem to drag).

Film wise in the last year alone I've really enjoyed Parasite, Jumanji 2, Little Women, Knives Out, Joker, Rocketman, Endgame, Shazam and others. Obviously seen some meh films and some dross films at the cinema but on the whole I can still find something to enjoy in most films (really liked The Rise of Skywalker.)

Yes there's too much content which means you can't watch everything, and yes sometimes it means going outside your comfort zone (last year at the flicks I watched Rambo Last Blood, Downton and Ad Astra in the space of two weeks and if you'd told me beforehand that the only one of the three I'd enjoy would be bloody Downton I'd have laughed in your face )

I dunno, as someone who still remembers only having Next Gen and Twin Peaks to watch in the early nineties outside of soaps the only problem I have is finding time to watch things nowadays.

Oh crap and forgot to add Killing Even, Fleabag, Good Girls, The Mandolorian...

 

[Nenya]

I would say you are clinically depressed and should consult a physician.

But I am sort of in the same boat, the shows I really like are few and far between.

Is it really clinical depression to not care about tv and movies?

 

[XCV330]

to some degree I think video games are starting to replace movies and tv for many people's desire for narrative.

 

[Gordie]

Is it really clinical depression to not care about tv and movies?

If you find you are not getting enjoyment out of things you normally would, that may be a sign of depression. Of course I am not a doctor which in my opinion you should probably call one.

 

[CaptainXaviOfEarth]

Not to assume anything but suddenly losing interest in TV and movies is often a sign of depression. Especially when there’s more TV than ever before, catering to every type of viewer. Maybe you should speak to your doctor?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Not to assume anything but suddenly losing interest in TV and movies is often a sign of depression. Especially when there’s more TV than ever before, catering to every type of viewer. Maybe you should speak to your doctor?

Quantity doesn't equal quality. Usually just the opposite, especially when a lot of that quantity is reality TV

 

[StarCruiser]

Ah - but, Uncle Joe (Stalin) said that "Quantity has a Quality all it's own"... But then, he was a nasty mass murdering dictator so...

 

[Admiral2]

Not to assume anything but suddenly losing interest in TV and movies is often a sign of depression. Especially when there’s more TV than ever before, catering to every type of viewer. Maybe you should speak to your doctor?

I've actually been diagnosed with depression. Suddenly not liking television didn't precede the diagnosis. In fact, having TV that allows me to escape the things that do contribute to my depression is something I consider a godsend. The lack of television shows I want to escape into is a problem of the quality of the shows themselves, not my psychology.

 

[CaptainXaviOfEarth]

Quantity doesn't equal quality. Usually just the opposite, especially when a lot of that quantity is reality TV View attachment 14020

What's wrong with reality TV?