Name and shame bad television here. And don't say something obvious like Pop Idol or Americas Next Stickinsect. Go for something controversial that people here may actually like! :P
Here goes:
Mutant X
Took itself way too seriously and failed to deliver the weekly 'Live action X-men' that it promised.
LOST -who is still watching this? Why? Its like when your Uncle tells you he's gonna take you to the zoo one weekend and never does, yet every time he turns up on a Saturday morning your little eyes light up in hope that THIS will be the day you see the Orangutan that looks like your primary school teacher.
Name and shame bad television here.
There's another kind?
Name and shame bad television here.There's another kind?
Six Feet Under and Sopranoes. ;) -but no more :(
LOST -who is still watching this? Why? Its like when your Uncle tells you he's gonna take you to the zoo one weekend and never does, yet every time he turns up on a Saturday morning your little eyes light up in hope that THIS will be the day you see the Orangutan that looks like your primary school teacher.
I love Lost and yet this CRACKED ME UP. I died laughing. DIED. My wife just cast raise dead on me, and now I don't know how to do things I did before seeing this post.
Survivor. I need say nothing more.
While not current, I reserve special hatred for Quantum Leap. IMO, it was an awful, awful show that should never have been aired.
Name and shame bad television here.There's another kind?
Firefly. Firefly was the greatest of television's precious few saving graces in my book.
Firefly. Firefly was the greatest of television's precious few saving graces in my book.Name and shame bad television here.There's another kind?
Just to balance the equation, I considered Firefly and Buffy to be some of the worst things I've ever seen on television.
Just to balance the equation, I considered Firefly and Buffy to be some of the worst things I've ever seen on television.Firefly. Firefly was the greatest of television's precious few saving graces in my book.Name and shame bad television here.There's another kind?
Huh. I guess the capability to have a difference of opinion is what makes us capable of doing great things and not stagnating in a pool of never expanding knowledge. I still think you're insane though.;)
Lost is a good show and I like the extended suspense. Yeah, you don't get every detail of the mystery in an episode or even in a single season but that's better. No good mystery or problem is solved overnight.
I once heard a rumour that they were going to tie Lost into Heroes. Anyone else ever hear that?
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Enterprise, first few seasons. Promised to be a 'historical Trek' then fired the cannon right out the airlock. Only redeaming qualities were their Borg episode (while it was a desperate 'we need ratings bring on the borg!' moment, it was nice to see them scary and damn near unstoppable) and the last season which actually did reference original Trek storylines.
Cavemen, 'nough said.
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The Discovery Channel. All of it.
I will grant that I enjoy watching Mythbusters and How It Works...
Ok... I'll admit Dirty Jobs as well.
***BUT***
Once upon a time, I would watch Discovery Channel nearly nonstop because I love documentaries. Preferably science documentaries. But ever since they started doing "Shark Week", Discovery has had less and less actual science every season, and more and more reality-based explodoporn. To get any science nowadays, one must have high-octane cable/satellite and watch "The Science Channel"
Now they have game shows.
Game shows.
Bionic Woman. Oh, how I wanted that show to work, but it was saddled with two sets of the worst writers, because the first bunch were let go after only for episodes.
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Gawd. Don't get me started. Here's the short version:
- Loved 'Firefly', couldn't stand 'Buffy' or 'Angel'.
- 'Smallville' and 'Jericho' are quite overrated.
- Big fan of 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate: Atlantis'.
- Personally, I think I'm the only old-school fan that liked the new 'Flash Gordon'. The self-effacing campiness was very Bruce-Campbell -esque.
- The new 'Battlestar Galactica' is good, but overrated. However, it is worlds better than its 1970s forerunner.
- 'Lost' refers not to the plight of its protagonists, but instead to the mental state of anyone who tried to start watching the show any time after the first episode.
- History Channel dreck like 'The Bible Code', or any of its biblical brethren that attempt to make Judeo-Christian history interesting by making it seem like a cheesy Hollywood movie, a la 'The Da Vinci Code'.
- 'The Sopranos': see above entry for 'Lost'. Incomprehensible.
- I'm no huge 'Star Trek' fan, and could care less about continuity and canon, but 'Enterprise' was just godawful. Ridiculous plotlines, 'WORMHOLE X-TREME' -esque production values, and that ridiculous theme song. Plus, it had that hatchet-faced Neanderthal, Scott Bakula, in a leading role. Personally, I think he should have been shot for 'Quantum Leap'. He makes Michael Madsen look like Dustin Hoffman.
Personally, I think he should have been shot for 'Quantum Leap'. He makes Michael Madsen look like Dustin Hoffman.
Amen to that.