I abhor BBT. Community was kind of its rival and I absolutely loved it. I saw a quote about the two they said "Big Bang Theory is a dumb show about smart people and Community is a smart show about dumb people."

It is my understanding that it gets a lot of hate in here, so yes. I'm not here to claim that it's a good show, but I watched the entire series. It was, at least, entertaining. But I understand a lot of the hate; It felt like "commission-written jokes for focus groups", similar to Friends (which I also have watched every episode of.. yeah, when you're stuck on a ship you tend to binge watch things)

My hot take is that season one was actually good. In season one it seemed more like a show for nerdy people, after season one it was for a general audience

I liked it the way people enjoy fast food as a guilty pleasure. It's best to enjoy it without expecting anything substantial.

You are, but I still sing with it

I really don't like big bang theory. Weirdly though I find young Sheldon somewhat compelling.

I was a teen during the peak avengers era and loved them then. Nowadays there's maybe 1 superhero movie every 2-3 years that I actually watch and enjoy. It's amazing how quickly the genre has gone the way of the western.

mcu slop, from what ive seen, thier shows and movies are just promoting the next show or movie, nothing more. MCU works better as standalone series/ movies, with occasional crossovers. by why crossover every single release. x-men spinoffs prior to disneys buyout were better than what mcu has put out.

Mcu build up to endgame was pretty peak, iron man movies are really entertaining and hold up so well, pretty much all of them do from then, post endgame is where it lost direction. Agents of shield was hella entertaining too, rewatched it recently.

Um but they tell us when to laugh… what more do you want?

My wife has a habit of running sitcoms in the background all day long. An individual episode of just about any sitcom isnt going to be great. There are some good ones, but they usually rely on character development that a first time viewer just wouldn't get.

I fucking love the shit out of Doctor Who and I am sorry you couldn't find the magic.

Dr. Who is long spans of the worst television ever made punctuated by some of the best moments ever in television. Some of those moments last longer than others.

I started with matt smith episode 1, immediately backtracked and watched from the start, I feel like I immediately loved it, I like most modern doctors, the female one grew on me, she just bets barely any episodes or companion interactions, ncuti's just went nowhere and did nothing?

I got bored with Capaldi and got back into it with Jodie Whitaker but she got shit writing so I drifted off again and haven't been able to pick it back up again :(

From the old series or the mid 2000s reboot?

Took me a few tries with The Office as well but ended up loving it once I made it into seasons 2 and 3. The first season is a bit rough, and the show improves quite a bit after that in terms of its characters, writing, and humor. It's hard to tell what makes up the magic of this show, but it's a cringe-y tension that's broken up with clever humor and some genuinely touching moments, and it's the latter part that takes a bit longer to develop.

The Office - wanted to see why it was referenced so much online. Did not find it funny or entertaining at all. Other shows usually had at least some redeeming qualities even if it wasn’t my thing, but I straight up hated this one.

I think that you are referring to the US version, as it has all the memes. Do yourself a favor and try the British version. The point is the cringe and Ricky Gervais plays a very convincing David Brent. However, UK humor does not translate well into US sitcoms and after a few episodes, the US version gets its own voice, making it a lot more palatable (IMHO).

I liked it well enough when it first came out. I recently tried to rewatch it and I couldn't because it was too vicious for me. I guess I'm getting softer as I get older.

Yeah, meth really destroyed my hometown and I just couldn't find the show entertainment.

I enjoyed Breaking Bad, but couldn't get into Better Call Saul. I think I just hate Saul as a person too much.

Agreed, good premise, bad writing, and went on for way too long.

Nobody. They are all terrible people. You're suppose to enjoy the drama and the 60s aesthetic and the gender role nostalgia.

I probably wouldn't have watched it if it wasn't my girlfriend's favourite show, but I've watched the whole thing three times now and enjoyed it all.

It's a slow burn. The characters, while mostly awful or at best flawed people, are believable and they grow in believable ways over the course of ten years.

Edit to add: it also manages 8 seasons with no stand-out bad episodes and a good ending.

I came to comment the same. I love mid century nostalgia and social/historical commentary. Love the cast in everything else I've seen them in. Love dramas where it's mostly people in rooms talking. But I must have started Mad Men 5 times and never got past the first few episodes. It just never hooked me.

I honestly wonder how much of if was an aesthetic thing for a lot of people rather than really seeing something in the show. Was it really good or did it make men want to lean against a bar and order an Old Fashioned?

The people who really love it can apparently see something I don't. I've heard it compared to other shows I love. But I have to think a lot of the popularity comes from the show having a vibe that I guess doesn't grab me.

You gotta just give up the idea that you need to "root for" anyone when you watch something. Just enjoy the stories about awful people lol

Seinfeld had much better writing than Friends

I hated Seinfeld when it aired but I've mostly come around to it. It basically pioneered the genre of shallow insecure narcissists clashing with each other and their surroundings, at least on a big mainstream level. At the time I think it was kind of an anomaly when many sitcoms weren't like that at all. It's basically, what if instead of having one occasionally neurotic character, all of them were neurotic all of the time?

It has inspirated truckloads of later shows. Some of them took the concept much further and made the characters far more passive-aggressive or even outright hostile to each other (Strangers with Candy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia). And I would mostly say they are funnier for it.

Jerry Seinfeld himself is a piece of shit genocide promoter though, so I wouldn't advocate watching his show unless it's free.

Seinfeld I thought had a lot of clever and funny parts. Even though I like Jerry less and less as the years go on, there were so many great supporting characters.

Friends though, any time that show is playing I feel like intelligence is being sucked from my brain. And not in a "so stupid it's funny" way, it's just empty and stupid.

I liked friends when i was a kid/teen. Bit re-watching it as an adult, not so much. Everyone but joey and chandler annoy me now

I read the comics before the show came out and I tried to watch it but it ruined my taste for both

Also something about Steve Carrel annoys me the moment I see him. Along with Ben Stiller, who's not in it but same effect

Try Community, it's like the office but with humour

That show is mostly about cheesy drama and cringe. Don't get me wrong, I watched all of it, but I never would have watched it if my roommates didn't.

But there are really funny parts, but those honestly end up being inside jokes, meaning you have to get to know the characters.

I was the same way with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I had the TV on in the background and it was on FX, just programming, and the episode where Dee and Dennis get addicted to crack to get on welfare was on.

Until then, I hated that show and couldn't get the hype.

(on a side note, that show went to shit by season 7... so it goes)

But I digress: once you learn the characters (and starting at season 1 is rough because the characters aren't really developed yet) the Office becomes much more entertaining.

I have tried to start the office no less than 5 times. I even tried someone's suggestion of skipping season 1.

I just can't get into it or find it funny.

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it was suppose to end with homelander getting killed, but they changed the ending.

It was a good ancap show. It was hit and miss sometimes, and really sometimes became a parody of itself. And although the last two seasons drug on with some pointless side work, the finale was really satisfying.

I enjoyed it a lot, but it's not perfect because either the combo of writing or acting from the main crew is pretty bland. All the other side characters are fucking phenomenal though. I don't get it.

I want to read the books to see if it's the same.

The show is a weird mess. The first season does a good job of telling the story but after that it gets lost trying to rush it. The books are amazing storytelling.

Season one is the weakest but season two and after is great

Same here. And I ended up liking a Altered Carbon a lot more than I expected to.

Ahh, Twin Peaks. The show I’ve never watched but have intended to watch for the last like 20 years.

David Lynch checks all the boxes for things that I like but I can't stand his work. I love absurdity and surrealism but everything I've seen of his is so...pretentious I guess? I felt like it tells you it's art instead of letting you come to that conclusion. I don't know.

Another thing that I was sooo sure would be right up my alley but I wound up hating was Naked Lunch, both the book and the film.