Author Topic: Shows You Gave Up On (Read 14574 times)

robbob · « **Reply #175 on:** August 10, 2016, 07:47:14 PM »

Gilligans Island. Man the first 2 seasons were so good, but after that, way downhill!!

Seriously, Family Guy. Early seasons were so funny including after it came back from cancellation. But, the last 3 or 4 are really, really bad, not even remotely funny. Writers definetly ran out of ideas.

Super Dude · « **Reply #176 on:** August 13, 2016, 09:04:42 PM »

Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm sorry, but season 6 is painfully awkward. I simply cannot get through it.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #177 on:** August 13, 2016, 10:52:23 PM »

I enjoyed S6 and I think there's some really good stuff there, but I feel like S5 was really the perfect ending for the show.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #178 on:** August 13, 2016, 10:57:10 PM »

I'm actually currently about 3/4 of the way through S6. I definitely much prefer the earlier seasons, although I haven't found it that bad.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #179 on:** August 13, 2016, 11:20:11 PM »

I always enjoyed watching that show, but I never saw the last two seasons.

Who would have thought her younger sister would turn out to look this good?

Super Dude · « **Reply #180 on:** August 14, 2016, 07:24:16 AM »

Quote from: Prog Snob on August 13, 2016, 11:20:11 PM

I always enjoyed watching that show, but I never saw the last two seasons.

Who would have thought her younger sister would turn out to look this good?

Whoa.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #181 on:** August 14, 2016, 07:57:34 AM »

Well said.

Chino · « **Reply #182 on:** August 19, 2016, 06:46:38 AM »

Quote from: Prog Snob on August 04, 2016, 03:54:46 PM

I watched the first few episodes of BB on Netflix and just don't get the hype. Oh well

The show doesn't really go full throttle until season 3. The first season was pretty good, but nothing game changing. I'd highly encourage you to watch through at least the first season and maybe a few episodes into season 2. That show had one of the most satisfying final seasons of any show I've watched, ever.

BlackInk · « **Reply #183 on:** August 19, 2016, 09:26:34 AM »

Even if Breaking Bad doens't live up to the hype (it doesn't) it's still worth the time.

Zantera · « **Reply #184 on:** August 24, 2016, 03:08:18 AM »

I started re-watching Heroes last night. Really liked it back when it aired, and I remember S1 being really strong, but I remember giving up on the show in S4 (the final season) because it went off the rails completely. Curious to see how re-watching it all these years will affect that, maybe I can get through S4.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #185 on:** August 24, 2016, 03:30:37 AM »

I always wanted to watch Heroes but never sat down and started it.

BlackInk · « **Reply #186 on:** August 24, 2016, 07:05:16 AM »

Quote from: Prog Snob on August 24, 2016, 03:30:37 AM

I always wanted to watch Heroes but never sat down and started it.

Same here. Eventually everyone started to say that it was beginning to suck, so I lost motivation.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #187 on:** August 24, 2016, 08:27:15 AM »

That's my concern. I can't just stop a show in the middle of the series. It's unseemly.

faizoff · « **Reply #188 on:** August 24, 2016, 09:43:51 AM »

Lost was very first show that I started following, prior to that any show or series I really didn't care and would catch episodes here and there with no real sense of purpose or continuity. After Lost, Heroes was the very next show I started watching and following. Season 1 was great and highly enjoyable. Season 2 was short and had a very different pace and feel to it, but I didn't mind, warts and all I still watched it. It was cut short due to the writer's strike at the time. Season 3 was truly awful at every single turn and I still am amazed I stuck with the entire season all the way to the end. I think they fired several showrunners and writers and god knows who else while the making of the season. I didn't even bother with season 4, and haven't even watched the origins series either. After getting turned onto many other shows I don't even know if I could ever watch a 22-24 episode season anymore. I think 10-13 episodes is the sweet spot of any show without it feeling overly boring or dragging story lines.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #189 on:** August 24, 2016, 01:47:31 PM »

The first season of Heroes was really fun.

The second seasons was a bit of a letdown.

The third was not good.

The fourth wasn't much better.

Adami · « **Reply #190 on:** August 24, 2016, 02:00:22 PM »

The 4th season had a really promising Villian that began in such a way that they could have taken him in some really great directions with some real depth. Of course they didn't and they just went full Sylar with him. Such a waste. Robert Knepper was great.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #191 on:** August 24, 2016, 02:02:15 PM »

He's a great actor, for sure. But that story just didn't work for me.

Adami · « **Reply #192 on:** August 24, 2016, 02:17:32 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 24, 2016, 02:02:15 PM

He's a great actor, for sure. But that story just didn't work for me.

Oh totally, but for me it largely fell apart when he went all Sylar and was just about getting endless power cause no one loved him as a kid.

But he started off much more Magneto where he had become completely untrusting of normal people and wanted to make a cult like community of specials and had no issue of using violence against the inferior group.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #193 on:** August 24, 2016, 03:20:15 PM »

Yeah, but I've seen that trope done before with much better writing. So it didn't work for me from the get-go. But I kept watching out of some stupid loyalty or something.

But hey, season 1 was really good.

ariich · « **Reply #194 on:** August 24, 2016, 03:23:25 PM »

Season 1 was by a long way the best. I actually enjoyed season 3 a fair bit too, more so than 2 and 4.

Sacul · « **Reply #195 on:** August 24, 2016, 06:16:34 PM »

X-Files. Not my thing.

kaos2900 · « **Reply #196 on:** September 12, 2016, 08:42:27 AM »

Decided to ditch Daredevil about a quarter of the war through season 2. Really don't care about any of the characters and while the fighting is cool the novelty has worn off.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #197 on:** September 12, 2016, 08:45:39 AM »

Quote from: kaos2900 on September 12, 2016, 08:42:27 AM

Decided to ditch Daredevil about a quarter of the war through season 2. Really don't care about any of the characters and while the fighting is cool the novelty has worn off.

Did you like Season 1? Because, if anything, Season 2 was everything that was good about Season 1, except more.

pogoowner · « **Reply #198 on:** September 12, 2016, 09:23:21 AM »

Yeah, I liked the second season better than the first.

Shooters1221 · « **Reply #199 on:** September 12, 2016, 09:55:56 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on September 12, 2016, 08:45:39 AM

Quote from: kaos2900 on September 12, 2016, 08:42:27 AM
Decided to ditch Daredevil about a quarter of the war through season 2. Really don't care about any of the characters and while the fighting is cool the novelty has worn off.

Did you like Season 1? Because, if anything, Season 2 was everything that was good about Season 1, except more.

Yeah, I loved season 2!! I think it was a great effort and better than season 1. I thought JB was fantastic as Punisher and had some great scenes and the action fight scenes were off the chart...IMO.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #200 on:** September 12, 2016, 10:34:18 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on September 12, 2016, 08:45:39 AM

Quote from: kaos2900 on September 12, 2016, 08:42:27 AM
Decided to ditch Daredevil about a quarter of the war through season 2. Really don't care about any of the characters and while the fighting is cool the novelty has worn off.

Did you like Season 1? Because, if anything, Season 2 was everything that was good about Season 1, except more.

Meh. I liked the first season much more than the 2nd.

The Punisher stuff was great, but the Hand and Elektra stuff was just... not. I feel like Season 1 was much more fully realized, with better villain(s), and a much more focused story. Nobu and the magical ninjas of the Hand just lacked the presence of the Kingpin and his cronies.

A decent season overall but not a patch on the first one, IMO.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #201 on:** September 13, 2016, 12:30:42 AM »

Just one: Fear the Walking Dead. The first season wasn't great by any means, but it was a masterpiece compared to the second season so far. I might watch the whole season when it's over, but I doubt it.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #202 on:** September 13, 2016, 05:30:52 AM »

Does Cinemassacre on YouTube count ?

I was a fan of The Angry Video Game nerd for years and years but over time I just got tired of it.

I like it when James does proper reviews of things on his own but Mike Matei is an insufferable loud mouth who is in his thirties and still thinks constant swearing is hilarious.

kaos2900 · « **Reply #203 on:** September 14, 2016, 11:35:17 AM »

I'll probably go back and finish Daredevil but there are just too many other shows that I want to watch right now.

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #204 on:** September 14, 2016, 12:29:45 PM »

Quote from: NoseofNicko on September 13, 2016, 12:30:42 AM

Just one: Fear the Walking Dead. The first season wasn't great by any means, but it was a masterpiece compared to the second season so far. I might watch the whole season when it's over, but I doubt it.

I'm only watching the remainder of Season 2 just because it's close to being over. It's not good....at all....and I can't see what could possibly happen to make me want to watch the third season.

Genowyn · « **Reply #205 on:** September 14, 2016, 06:19:42 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on August 13, 2016, 09:04:42 PM

Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm sorry, but season 6 is painfully awkward. I simply cannot get through it.

Aw man but season 6 has Once More With Feeling and Tabula Rasa.

Quote from: The King in Crimson on September 12, 2016, 10:34:18 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on September 12, 2016, 08:45:39 AM
Quote from: kaos2900 on September 12, 2016, 08:42:27 AM
Decided to ditch Daredevil about a quarter of the war through season 2. Really don't care about any of the characters and while the fighting is cool the novelty has worn off.

Did you like Season 1? Because, if anything, Season 2 was everything that was good about Season 1, except more.
Meh. I liked the first season much more than the 2nd.

The Punisher stuff was great, but the Hand and Elektra stuff was just... not. I feel like Season 1 was much more fully realized, with better villain(s), and a much more focused story. Nobu and the magical ninjas of the Hand just lacked the presence of the Kingpin and his cronies.

A decent season overall but not a patch on the first one, IMO.

I got through Season 2 but I agree it had nothing on Season 1. Season 1 had this incredible villain and really thrived on how Fisk was sort of a foil to Daredevil. Season 2 was then all marketed on Punisher, and if the season had focused more on Punisher instead of all the boring ninja apocalypse crap (because yes it was boring) it would have been much better.

Probably didn't help that I watched Jessica Jones between the seasons of Daredevil, and JJ had an excellent villain as well.

soupytwist · « **Reply #206 on:** September 15, 2016, 05:20:09 AM »

My wife found the show called 'Zoo' on Netflix. Got though the first series, but my God it's bad, like really bad.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #207 on:** September 15, 2016, 05:21:43 AM »

I started to watch it and then...

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #208 on:** September 15, 2016, 05:22:22 AM »

Quote from: soupytwist on September 15, 2016, 05:20:09 AM

My wife found the show called 'Zoo' on Netflix. Got though the first series, but my God it's bad, like really bad.

I barely got through the first episode. Complete trash, and I'm surprised it's even survived for this long.

soupytwist · « **Reply #209 on:** September 15, 2016, 07:51:40 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on September 15, 2016, 05:22:22 AM

Quote from: soupytwist on September 15, 2016, 05:20:09 AM
My wife found the show called 'Zoo' on Netflix. Got though the first series, but my God it's bad, like really bad.

I barely got through the first episode. Complete trash, and I'm surprised it's even survived for this long.

Oh Man that first episode was the best episode, seriously. The show is just so fucking awful - It has nowhere near the budget for the story it's trying to tell, and the plot is just weird. This is how series 1 ended...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07IEKdv7spo

Yeah...

News: Paralyzed official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7m7l8iqGAk

Author Topic: Shows You Gave Up On (Read 14574 times)