What are some tv shows you want to like but don't?

[DigificWriter]

^ When I say that the argument that "people saw what they wanted to see with Dany" doesn't hold up, I'm not stating an opinion; I'm making a statement of fact based on the actual presentation of the character.

You don't get sitting members of the United States Congress publicly citing Dany's character as a heroic model for women, or the name Dany becoming one of the most popular baby names ever, based solely on "people seeing what they wanted to see".

 

[Captaindemotion]

Seeing as Rudolph Giuliani apparently thinks that GOT is a documentary about medieval England, I’m not sure that politicians are the best people to rely on in understanding the show https://www.nme.com/news/tv/rudy-gi...ary-about-fictitious-medieval-england-2857711

 

[DigificWriter]

Seeing as Rudolph Giuliani apparently thinks that GOT is a documentary about medieval England, I’m not sure that politicians are the best people to rely on in understanding the show https://www.nme.com/news/tv/rudy-gi...ary-about-fictitious-medieval-england-2857711

Really?

You're going to try to compare the rantings of a delusional egomaniac like Rudy Guiliani with comments made by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

 

[Starkers]

Seeing as Rudolph Giuliani apparently thinks that GOT is a documentary about medieval England, I’m not sure that politicians are the best people to rely on in understanding the show https://www.nme.com/news/tv/rudy-gi...ary-about-fictitious-medieval-england-2857711

And for further proof that some politicians are idiots... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53093244

People see what they want to see, many people think Starship Troopers is a kick ass pro right wing tale rather than the satire, and anti fascist story it actually is. Alf Garnett (Archie Bunker in the US) was supposed to be a figure of ridicule but many viewers didn't get that and celebrated his bigotry.

This quote is very good.

Though the manner in which the show brought this devastating character turn to life has many issues, it wasn't altogether a shock. George R.R. Martin, who wrote the novels "Game of Thrones" is based on, has written one of the most brilliant fantasy characters of all time in Daenerys Targaryen, layering in a message about the inherent immorality and violence of warfare no matter how "good" a ruler's intentions are.

We were always meant to be wary of Daenerys Targaryen's ascent to power. But the magic trick Martin, and by proxy "Game of Thrones," pulled off was crafting an empathetic heroine we were rooting for — even as cheering for her success meant cheering for the death of thousands.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Really?

You're going to try to compare the rantings of a delusional egomaniac like Rudy Guiliani with comments made by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

That’s a fair point, lol!

 

[RPOW0614]

I wanted to like LEXX. On paper it sounded like my kinda show: weird, quirky, dark, irreverent.

But it only worked fitfully for me.

While I did enjoy LEXX I can see your point.
Like you, I like weird but they were in overdrive in the LEXX writers room.
Similar to Farscape, not everyone's "cup of tea".

 

[John Clark]

While I did enjoy LEXX I can see your point.
Like you, I like weird but they were in overdrive in the LEXX writers room.
Similar to Farscape, not everyone's "cup of tea".

I enjoyed Farscape so thought I'd like Lexx, but just could not get into it.

 

[The Wormhole]

Rudolph Giuliani apparently thinks that GOT is a documentary about medieval England,

Now I've seen everything!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Now I've seen everything!

I still marvel at the fact that his appearance in Borat was only about his 5th most embarrassing moment in the last 3 months.

 

[Greg Cox]

I enjoyed Farscape so thought I'd like Lexx, but just could not get into it.

Likewise. Loved FARSCAPE. Wanted to like LEXX, but . . . .

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Likewise. Loved FARSCAPE. Wanted to like LEXX, but . . . .

I was wondering why I was able to get the entire series of Lexx at Dollar Tree. I haven't started it yet.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Not according to the series' co-creator.

It's an actual line from the TV show.

 

[The Wormhole]

It's an actual line from the TV show.

Don't you know lines of dialogue from the show are meaningless compared to the Word of the Producer. What are you, a Memory Alpha admin?

 

[DigificWriter]

It's an actual line from the TV show.

Ok.

That doesn't in any way change the fact that people who know me intimately perceived Sheldon to be on the Spectrum and told me to watch TBBT based on that perception, nor does it impact my lack of interest in actually doing so

 

[dupersuper]

It's an actual line from the TV show.

The line is always in response to people calling him crazy. It doesn't refer to autism specifically.

 

[HugeLobes]

Sheldon is the sitcom version of autism. He shows many of the signs, but they’re adapted to work for a tv character. Taken together he doesn’t really act like someone on the spectrum.

Also, I really wanted to like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and House of Cards.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Don't worry about House of Cards. The first few seasons are good, but then it declines as the story threads are stretched thin and never get resolved. The ending was a massive disappointment.

 

[Jayson1]

I liked House of Cards until the final season. It showed just how important Kevin Spacey was to the show because he was keeping things interesting even when the writing did start to sort of go down in season 3 and 4. I appreciate the difficult position they were in though in the idea of not wanting to fire everyone because of his behavior and also trying to bring closure but it ended up failing in terms of show quality.


Jason

 

[Captaindemotion]

HOC should’ve ended once he became president. I mean, they could certainly have done some good stories once he got there, but they didn’t; it sort of become an evil twin to The West Wing. The first 2 seasons, when he was plotting to get there were far more interesting. Lars Mikkelsen’s thinly-disguised Putin substitute was good, admittedly. I didn’t bother with the final, Spacey-free season.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I liked House of Cards until the final season. It showed just how important Kevin Spacey was to the show because he was keeping things interesting even when the writing did start to sort of go down in season 3 and 4. I appreciate the difficult position they were in though in the idea of not wanting to fire everyone because of his behavior and also trying to bring closure but it ended up failing in terms of show quality.

They should have simply ended it at season 5. Because it was clear they had no idea/had no intention to close out the story threads properly. I felt the final season didn't do much at all in terms of closure.

HOC should’ve ended once he became president.

I don't think so, if you go by the British version, which they did during the first 3 seasons. The whole premise is about someone coming into power, and then having it all come down amid controversy and investigation, hence the show's title. But in this version, they never followed through on that. His undoing in the British version is the reporter's killing and his subsequent coverup and the investigations into it. But in this version, the investigations never led anywhere and any of the plot threads related to it all faded away and were seldom mentioned again, even in the finale.