unpopular TV show opinions

[IT Factor]

By the time they all met up in purgatory or what ever that was they were all dead. Like I said they just died at different points in time. Jack's dad tells Jack all that at the end of the last episode. There were alot of unanswered questions, and Dharma was never fully explained. That was a lot of people's problem with the end. It didn't answer every question. I am by no means an expert at analyzing shows, but jack's dad did explain a lot at the end. If you can check out the last episode again pay attention to when Jack's dad explains it all to him.

Trust me, I watched that final episode hanging on to every explanation and word being said. I guess the only sensible explanation would be that everyone died on the flight and everything afterwards on the island was their purgatory or limbo until they moved on at the end. As for the Dharma initiative, it made little sense that a group could exist and do experiments on the island without being dead themselves. Unless they figured out a way to have a near death experience to go there and do research and then come back. Like I said, I really enjoyed Lost and thought it was an epic show. I just wish they had more detail behind what the island was and how certain things happened leading up to the finale.

Another show I am watching all the time on Netflix is Rescue Me. I loved that show on the air and I go back now and forget all the funny moments in it. A lot of the jokes and events in the show are hilarious and had my laughing out loud. Most of it I remembered but some of it was like seeing it again because I'd forgotten some of it. Denis Leary is a great actor and one of the funniest on television.

 

[Rellim]

"I never found big bang theory even remotely funny."

Finally! Someone else who agrees! I also hate Mike and Molly with a passion.

 

[Loveless]

Trust me, I watched that final episode hanging on to every explanation and word being said. I guess the only sensible explanation would be that everyone died on the flight and everything afterwards on the island was their purgatory or limbo until they moved on at the end. As for the Dharma initiative, it made little sense that a group could exist and do experiments on the island without being dead themselves. Unless they figured out a way to have a near death experience to go there and do research and then come back. Like I said, I really enjoyed Lost and thought it was an epic show. I just wish they had more detail behind what the island was and how certain things happened leading up to the finale.

Everything that happened, happened. The flash-sideways is a place where time doesn't exist, likely created by the bomb at the end of Season 5 and the release of energy/light. That's what Christian means when he says "This is a place you all created". Everyone dies, at different times, and they all meet in the same place, in part to have a 2nd chance at the lives that were taken from them or manipulated by Jacob. As for Dharma, they were brought by Jacob as part of the game and they failed, just like the Spanish slave ship.
The only real mystery is the purpose of the island as we never get to see what happens when the light fully goes out. You could put up a theory that the light is what connects this world to the next (kind of like a wormhole), or look at it as a concept that represents hope or time or the heart of the planet etc. All that's known is that it houses enormous electro-magnetic energy that messes with time.

Anyway, opinions

HIMYM is better than Friends, which was disposable, bland, lowest common denominator rubbish.
American Dad is better Family Guy but both are now hateful trash.
The Walking Dead has enormous potential but no balls
The Simpsons should have been axed around Season 12. It has been worthless since.

 

[IT Factor]

Everything that happened, happened. The flash-sideways is a place where time doesn't exist, likely created by the bomb at the end of Season 5 and the release of energy/light. That's what Christian means when he says "This is a place you all created". Everyone dies, at different times, and they all meet in the same place, in part to have a 2nd chance at the lives that were taken from them or manipulated by Jacob. As for Dharma, they were brought by Jacob as part of the game and they failed, just like the Spanish slave ship.
The only real mystery is the purpose of the island as we never get to see what happens when the light fully goes out. You could put up a theory that the light is what connects this world to the next (kind of like a wormhole), or look at it as a concept that represents hope or time or the heart of the planet etc. All that's known is that it houses enormous electro-magnetic energy that messes with time.

I love how you say that all definitively like it wasn't ambigious or anything. Some shows like Lost are purposely open ended so that viewers will all draw different conclusions about the meaning of the show and how the ending is meant. It was obvious that the members of the island were dead and that each of them died at different points. And the fact that the island was not affected by time means it was limbo or purgatory. That would explain the flash sideways. If you want to propose an alternate theory, here is one; Maybe the island inhabitants all died after the button wasn't reset and the hatch exploded. There were flashes leaded up to that event and maybe after that it was all delusion. Who knows? Like I said, I always got the feeling that everyone died on the plane and the entire island and events afterwards were all to prepare the people towards moving on in the afterlife.

 

[Slice]

I can't stand House because it feels like it was done before, and Ted Danson was great at it!

Also, I enjoy Once Upon a Time. xD

Although apparently I don't LOVE it since I haven't bothered to watch the latest season.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

Malcolm In The Middle.

I don't know how long they've been doing it, but IFC is showing reruns of Malcolm In The Middle, and for the life of me, I STILL don't get the appeal this show had. I tried to get into it during the initial run on FOX, but I couldn't.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Malcolm In The Middle.

I don't know how long they've been doing it, but IFC is showing reruns of Malcolm In The Middle, and for the life of me, I STILL don't get the appeal this show had. I tried to get into it during the initial run on FOX, but I couldn't.

I tried watching some of it a few times. It seemed like the mother on the show did nothing but yell at everyone all the time. That's what turned me off about it.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

Yeah, I get the point of Jane Kaczmarek's character. She's supposed to the overbearing and strict mother, but she's always the one, who annoys me the most. Although, Bryan Cranston pulls a few laughs out of me every now and then

 

[LoudClearVoice]

SEINFELD-

I'm sorry but I just don't find Seinfeld as funny as everyone claims it to be. Don't get me wrong, it's funny at times but for all the praise ("revolutionary", "greatest sitcom ever") I just don't see it. I think Seinfeld is one of those shows that once it caught on, everyone just said they loved it and thought it was funny because that was the "cool" thing to do at the time but truth be told they were just trying to fit in, and didn't think it was that funny.

SIMPSONS -

Should have ended YEARS ago. How it's still going on is beyond me. It was funny for a few years when I was a kid but to go on for coming up on 25 years???? Give me a break.

FAMILY GUY -

I used to love Family Guy. I got into it in college when one of my roommates had the DVDs and I was hooked ever since. Now though, I find it boring. It's almost like Seth McFarlane is OVERTHINKING it now, rather than getting a little simpler but keeping some wit.

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

Out of every show currently on TV making new episodes, I think Revolution is easily the best. Very good show that keeps me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I think I like it better than Lost honestly, and I loved Lost.

Family Guy is not nearly as good as it used to be, though there is times when it's hilarious still. Just these days Lois, Meg and Chris are just there, Stewie isn't evil anymore, Brian has become a total douche and Peter somehow got dumber.

 

[INDYjon22]

I would agree with Family Guy and Big Bang Theory. Neither show interests me in the least. I don't find the appeal. The jokes don't land. And I just genuinely can't stand watching the characters portrayed. I like Family Guy a little bit more, but not much. Big Bang is just kind of the golden grail of what is wrong with TV today. But, that is just one mans humble opinion.

 

[Барбоса]

- While I enjoy Big Bang Theory, it relies solely on the same joke over and over.
- HIMYM is trying to be too smart of its own good and, like Friends and the Simpsons, has lasted too long.
- By the mid point of its first season, American Dad had surpassed Family Guy. Both need to end though.
- I enjoy NCIS but only in small doses as it could easily go the same way that the entire CSI franchise went - oversaturation.
- Lost had some potential but the failure of any character to truly question anything - the word "why" must have been outlawed - and the resorting to time travel, destiny and quasi-religious garbage ended any interest I might have had in it.
- Breaking Bad is so full of hateful characters that I cannot watch it.
- Peep Show, Scrubs, House and 24 could have probably done with ending after their 5th series.
- that Rescue Me was so overlooked was a crime
- 30 Rock isn't funny, just another in an increasingly extensive line of "critically acclaimed" American comedies that are garbage.
- I found the UK Office to be awful to watch; the US Office slightly less so but they are really not similar at all.

 

[Hulk Hogan's Brother]

Ok, I've got a few as well.

The Big Bang Theory: Not that this is a great show to begin with, but it is an absolute travesty that Jim Parsons gets all the credit for it. I think Kaley Cuoco does as much for the show as Parsons, if not a bit more. And I am talking about acting ability. Seriously, she is the only likable character in the show.

Dexter: I think that it is a tragedy that us fans were treated to such a horrendous final season. That said, the ending isn't half as bad as it made out to be. It is an apt and powerful conclusion that reinforces once and for all that Dexter is not a superhero. It is a complete reversal from his Season 1 persona. He transformed from a cheerful emotionless killer to a defeated man who will spend the rest of his life in misery. Wish we had got to to this in a better way for this had the potential to go down as a classic.

Supernatural: Much like Dexter, this overstayed it's welcome. The final episode of season 5 was meant as a finale, and it is one of the best episodes that I have ever seen on television. Season 6, under a new showrunner, was an abomination and somewhere between angels and demons squabbling over purgatory like real estate agents, the show lost it's edge. Also, this used to be quite creepy in it's earlier seasons, now it's mostly like a fantasy show. Though, I would add that season 8 definitely took a step in the right direction with the introduction of The Men of Letters.

Smallville: It was a fine show, but I never really dug the Clark/ Lana romance. Mostly because Lana did not seem like a nice person to me. It was really odd that Clark just came coming back to her. Season 7, I felt, was going to be a turning point with Clark breaking up with Lana for good after seeing how vengeful a person she was. Ultimately what disappointed me was that Clark was forced to leave Lana, rather than moving on, as he should have done.

 

[Spidey Revivey]

My shit list-

Supernatural: Ever since the debut of angels this show has went to Hell. I can no longer care if Sam or Dean die. Hoping they will for good.
Big Bang Theory:Was never funny.
Duck Dynasty: Overrated. Wal*Marts down here are stocked full of their shit.
SpongeBob Squarepants: Obnoxious and unfunny.
Bob's Burgers: I don't even see the appeal.
True Blood: Poor excuse to see vampire porn.
American Idol: Nobody really cares who wins, because it is a roll of the dice if you'll hear of them after the Finale.
Pokémon: When the show took it's attention off of Ash, holy shit.
Two And A Half Men, Part One: Charlie is a man****e, we get it.
Two And A Half Men, Part Two: Kelso is buddies with Allen in a heterosexual way, we get it.
Black Ink: The fakest drama you will ever see in a reality show. And maybe sometimes they'll actually show tattoo work, if you're lucky.



Bonus Points~

Any modern television show that uses a laugh track. As if you need a fucking cue to know when something is suppose to be funny.

 

[Slash-LN]

I think I'm the only person I know who doesn't hate the newer Simpsons episodes. Some of them haven't been that great but over the past couple of seasons they started getting good again.

I never thought Breaking Bad looked all that interesting. I'm not going to bash it and say it was a bad show or anything like that. Just from the parts I've seen it didn't interest me.

Same thing with The Walking Dead.

I can't get into Futurama. I've watched maybe a dozen episodes and it just doesn't do it for me. I wanted to like it because my friends talk about how great it is but it just didn't happen.

I agree with the people in here who have said American Dad is better than Family Guy now.

Bob's Burgers is underrated. I think maybe one person I know watches it but most people I know have never even heard of it.

 

[gemaddog7]

My shit list-

SpongeBob Squarepants: Obnoxious and unfunny.

This isn't really unpopular.

 

[Spidey Revivey]

This isn't really unpopular.

What a well thought out reply you have made. It's almost like I understand what you're trying to say without you really saying it.

Other Popular Shows I Am Shitting On:

CSI: This goes for almost every crime related show on television. It's overdone and follows the same formula each episode.
Hell's Kitchen: As a show meant to get chefs over, you don't really see much of that. The challenges and challengers themselves are usually craptastic for people who've been in the business. But that's not the reason we watch it. We watch it to see Ramsey scream at them.
AFHV: Hasn't been funny since the 90's, if you could have called dads getting hit in the balls funny even then. Shitty excuse to film family members in pain.
Undercover Boss: Is a good idea, but not for television. I don't see how this is remotely entertaining.
Wife Swap: How is this even a good idea? Why does it have to be wives?
Highlander: I loved this show, but the payoff was one of the most disappointing things ever in a television series. In hindsight, flimsy plot device set up the greatest let down ever in a Movie-TV Show-Movie.

 

[LSN80]

Duck Dynasty.

Look, I can appreciate what they do with a good bit of the money they make, as using ones money to further a religious creed one believes strongly in a non-offensive or judgmental way is to be applauded. However, I simply do not get the appeal of the show itself. I've seen the show 2-3 times, and not once did I find their antics or moderately childish behavior to be funny. I know there's a scripted element to "reality TV", but the show just feels so forced to me.

It's almost a pissing contest of who can act the most idiotic week to week, which doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. I watch Always Sunny and the League for that, albeit a different kind of idiocy.

 

[gemaddog7]

What a well thought out reply you have made. It's almost like I understand what you're trying to say without you really saying it.

If thinking Spongebob is obnoxious here will get you bashed on, people here have horrendous taste.

 

[IT Factor]

I have never and will never like Duck Dynasty! I just don't get it and why it is so popular with most people. I am very surprised that Anger Management on FX with Charlie Sheen hasn't been cancelled yet. Boring and not funny in the least bit. Same for Always Sunny which I watched a few times but never found even mediocre at all and certainly not funny. I am surprised at all the hate on Supernatural. I like the show and will admit there are quality issues after around season five, but it always does a good job of building and improving, especially after this last week's premiere for season nine. They switched show runners and it is actually becoming more like the earlier seasons than the last two seasons before it with interesting concepts. But, to each their own I suppose.

 

[Phoenix]

Let's see.

The Simpsons - I only finally saw some episodes of Season 19 as it was on TV and I mostly had them on mute after a couple of episodes. I think at best one or two episodes were funny, which makes me grateful that I barely saw anything after Season 10-ish when they first aired. The problem is that the show has fallen into the Family Guy factor of putting jokes before a good story. I'm glad Channel 4 airs earlier episodes on the weekend because it makes you appreciate the humour, timing and plots of the episodes. I remember how in a 10th anniversary documentary they said how they tried to be realistic with the moment to lead into a joke first then let their imagination run wild, there's nothing like that in today's show. There's a lack of subtly or charm, and just feels like they just want to break a record now for the sake of it.

Family Guy - Like some people here, I just fizzled out around Season 7/8, as the show just wasn't enjoyable any more. In the past I would sometimes just put Family Guy on the background because I could do stuff, then laugh at a funny moment. But now it just makes me feel meh. I've some episodes since Season 7 & 8, and they have some average episodes, but other times it just ends up being a void, or just a repetition of a better episode from earlier on, like the one where Lois took up boxing, the plot was a repeat of a better Season 3 episode with her doing karate.

The Big Bang Theory - I'll be honest and say I enjoy TBBT, but like Барбоса said, it's just too repetitive. What doesn't help is E4 just choosing to start from beginning once it reaches the end of Season 4, so it's hard to tell when a new episode is a new episode and I'll somehow end up encountering the same episode for the 5th time in a fortnight. The question that comes up is what TBBT episodes stand out, and it always seems to be a guest star episode because it involves someone else outside of the regular cast members. The problem that it has is that it has become like Friends and has made the characters fall into typecast models of themselves, limiting themselves and losing development overtime. The other problem is that the main dynamic of Leonard and Penny's relationship is self contained that it truly has run out of juice for anything more, I have yet to see any of Season 7 yet, but they need to decide what direction it's going with them and finalise it because it's not carrying the show and their reliance on Sheldon to carry the rest of the episode doesn't help.

American Dad - I've only just been watching more of it of late, and honestly, it is much more enjoyable than Family Guy at times. The main problem is that they heavily rely on Roger for some episodes, and honestly, I don't find Roger to be that entertaining of a character. Granted, he has had some good moments, but he's just a one-trick pony.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - I'm sure people here find AoS to not be good, but given it's been given the go ahead for a full season, and it has lots of fans, I'm going to add it in here. It's only four episodes in and I find it average with some entertaining moments, but that's it. The problem is that it doesn't have an arc or a potential threat (though Episode 4 seemed to hint it's finally happening), not to mention that the team isn't believable and needs something more, especially given the impression that S.H.I.E.L.D. gave us during The Avengers, they seemed more than just folks who live in a plane that is like Serenity from Firefly (I love Firefly but this show does give heavy FF vibes at times). The other problem is that this meant to be an agency, but half the team are rookies and someone who hasn't chosen her allegiance to the team (not to mention the least interesting of the lot), there's a lack of discipline amongst them to say 'Don't mess with S.H.I.E.L.D.', I just hope it does get better.

I still need to watch Breaking Bad to form an opinion, and I started Game of Thrones recently and enjoyed that a lot. I only just got Netflix so I'm still trying to decide what other shows to watch.

 

[FlexAmerican Dynamite]

Any show that airs on ABC, CBS, or NBC is more likely than not regurgitated garbage. Can't think of a worse collection of channels.