On the other place I constantly saw memes of shows that I thought ‘well if they’re that popular they must be pretty good’
Shows like:
Avatar, The Office, Parks and Rec and IT Crowd
I’ve watched them and I just don’t get it. They aren’t so amazing that they are worth that level of adoration IMO. Avatar has its good spots and Parks and Rec is pretty enjoyable but I cringe at American office and IT crowd is forgettable.
However a show I actually really like, Community, only started getting the same type of treatment after the pandemic because people watched it on Netflix. Although it’s still not as popular as these others. Are people just really basic or am I out of touch?
Anyway, what show did you watch and think ‘I don’t get what the fuss is about’? Maybe it was Community?
I first watched SpongeBob SquarePants as an adult and it’s shit. Maybe if I’d started watching when I was five it might have liked it.
That's unfortunate since there's a lot of genuinely good moments in the show that I didn't fully understand until I grew up.
Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but I had to link this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV_7c7sFk9g
I've known a fair lot who are Office fans and these people are nothing basic. It's just different tastes. Sense of humor has a lot to do with cultural background too.
The Walking Dead. Mediocre acting and worse writing. Production was really all it had going for it, which is ultimately just money that could have been better spent elsewhere.
I agree somewhat, I never actually finished watching it, I was shocked when it just seemed to continue season after season. The show turned into a zombie.
Yeah, I didn't make it past season 2. I've definitely watched more episodes of worse shows, but Walking Dead just did nothing for me. I am glad it helped popularize Steven Yeun though, he's awesome.
Futurama. I know it's supposed to be "a parody" of the future rather than a representation of it, but there are times it just feels like one big PSA. It doesn't age well at all, and the new season will age even worse, to the point where any child a decade from now is going to know what kind of people watched it, such as with its views on theology and politics which are trademark 90's views.
It makes it even more annoying when some world event happens and people are like "Futurama predicted this" as if the show is a kind of scripture, such as the show predicting that robosexual marriage would become a thing. It's like, I don't know, science fiction was made to predict and give ideas to science?
I think the problem is that a lot of shows become overhyped once they reach a certain level of popularity. While you may have enjoyed it if you came across it naturally, the hype you've encountered around it makes you expect more. Avatar and Parks and Rec are great shows, but they're definitely not the best shows of all time (although I do really love Parks and Rec) and you'd probably expect them to be these amazing shows if all you know about them is the hype from superfans.
Blend S. The theme song and associated meme is all this show has going for it. (In fact the theme song's first few seconds contain the whole point honestly.)
Believe me, I'm not the kind of person who hates this kind of thing on a conceptual level. I watch more anime than any other type of TV show (granted I don't watch much TV in general) and I'm not the kind of anime fan who acts "above" slice of life, wish fulfillment, or ecchi, I love shows way more "degen" than Blend S. But Blend S is just so boring I can't actually think of anything to say. It's the kind of show that is the reason why slice of life anime got shit on so much before isekai became oversaturated.
