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What is the actual worst TV series you've ever tried to seriously engage with? (piefed.social)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/television@piefed.social
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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.

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[–] 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I know this will be unpopular but Three Body Problem was so attrociously reductive about basic aspects of humanity and what motivates people that I couldn't stand it. It is a show entirely about aliens and automatons, there are no humans in it just mystery thriller tropes shambling around in a poor immitation of life.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I tried the books because I liked the concept. I tried 3 times to read the books. Couldn't get into it. Then I heard they got a show and I tried again, hoping I could get into it for the show. Again, I couldn't. And so I watched the show, hoping that would get me into it enough to finish. It wasn't. I think I saw 5 episodes. And I just gave up on everything from all of it. I realized I couldn't get into any aspect.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Yeah, the books have a certain personality that can be hard to get into. Im not sure if it was a translation issue or what. I found the first one a bit of slog, but the 2nd and 3rd got increasingly better. And that's surprising for a sci-fi book trilogy because usually all the fun creative world building stuff is in the first one.

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