TV
Recently I've been watching/catching up on a lot TV shows and I've come to realize a few of the shows I used to love (or still love) really need to step it up or just go away.
Spoiler alert for whatever show it is I am talking about below, so don't read if you haven't seen or want to see.
Also, I don't watch shows as they are aired, I wait for the DVD, cause that's the way to do it, so I am most likely behind on what's happening if you are one of those housewives who settles in and watches TV all night.
The Office:
I just watched season 7 and really, truly, this show needs to just end. I realized that the season before, but thought maybe it would pick back up.
At the most basic level the problem is that I just no longer care about any of these characters. The Pam and Jim romance/will they/won't they shit was well written in the start. That was good TV. Now it's boring and they had a stupid wedding and an ugly kid and WOW WHO GIVES A FUCK.
Steve Carell leaving the show is pretty much what should be the nail in the coffin, but of course it won't be because you gotta milk a cash cow for all you can. He's the reason I watch the show, and now without him, I really, really don't see the point.
Unless Ricky Gervais comes in and plays his David Brent character from the UK version, I am not interested. His cameo is season 7 was pretty much the high point. Still some laughs to be had, but it is not the same show.
Dexter:
having just watched season 5, I was at least happy that it was better than the previous season...but not by much.
They killed his wife in season 4. Thank god for that. Now he's stuck with an ugly baby that also should have been killed.
At least the writers seem to finally grasp that this is dumb as shit and wrote a nanny character to remove much of the baby stuff. Thank god for small miracles.
Julia Stiles was a high point, which is weird, cause I don't think she's ever been the high point of anything. Ever.
Still though. this show is going in circles, and is stale.
Here, want me to write a season of Dexter? I will.
Dexter gets on the trail of some serial killer. Dexter has some sort of connection to this killer. Dexter meets an accomplice (preferably a woman) and is weary of sharing his DARK SECRETS at first but of course opens up eventually (preferably with a sex scene) but then eventually has to leave the accomplice behind for some reason or another. Dexter will also be pursued by one of his police co-workers throughout the season. He will have a few close calls with this person. He will have a SUPER close call near the end of the season but escape miraculously in the end.
There. That's the loop. Keep at it, you uncreative fucks.
Seriously. Remember when he was written as an actual emotional-less psychopath who had to actively fake it to fit in? you know, like real serial killers often do?
Now it's a soap opera of random shit that has nothing to do with that and all of a sudden he CARES about everything and it sucks.
This show should end with Dexter getting caught or killed. Or both. It has to happen and should happen soon or else fuck this show.
Sons of anarchy:
season three was enjoyable overall and had a sweet ass finale but a lot of it was pretty weak.
The baby getting kidnapped in the previous season was the dumbest shit ever. Who gives a fuck. A-fucking-nother show nearly ruined by a stupid fucking baby. Crazy.
Going to Ireland to get him back was cool and could have been intense...if it weren't fucking drawn out for 6 fucking episodes. Booooring.
Also, Jax's doctor girlfriend should have been killed by that dude that kidnapped her (hey, more kidnapping!) Most annoying character on television. My god. Either that actress is just really good at being awful or she really is awful.
I like this show, I really do...but I think the problem is that Kurt Sutter should not be writing every episode (or as many as he has). Cause he just....kind of sucks, I guess.
Please, please please get better and more awesome like the first season was.
It's always sunny in Philadelphia:
Just watched season six. Still awesome and consistently funny. It continues to grow more and more ridiculous, but hey, why not run with it and just have fun as long as it produces the laughs?
I realize it is far easier to write a 21 minute comedy episode than most of the other shows mentioned here, but in terms of how it is lasting, they are doing a great job. I don't fatigue over this show like a lot of others.
The episode where they create LETHAL WEAPON 5 (click, cause I can't embed) is amazing. The DVD includes the full 15 minute version of their film and is worth the price of the boxset alone.
I feel like there has been more I've watched, but I can't remember at the moment. Those are the main ones, at any rate.
See ya!
Spoiler alert for whatever show it is I am talking about below, so don't read if you haven't seen or want to see.
Also, I don't watch shows as they are aired, I wait for the DVD, cause that's the way to do it, so I am most likely behind on what's happening if you are one of those housewives who settles in and watches TV all night.
The Office:
I just watched season 7 and really, truly, this show needs to just end. I realized that the season before, but thought maybe it would pick back up.
At the most basic level the problem is that I just no longer care about any of these characters. The Pam and Jim romance/will they/won't they shit was well written in the start. That was good TV. Now it's boring and they had a stupid wedding and an ugly kid and WOW WHO GIVES A FUCK.
Steve Carell leaving the show is pretty much what should be the nail in the coffin, but of course it won't be because you gotta milk a cash cow for all you can. He's the reason I watch the show, and now without him, I really, really don't see the point.
Unless Ricky Gervais comes in and plays his David Brent character from the UK version, I am not interested. His cameo is season 7 was pretty much the high point. Still some laughs to be had, but it is not the same show.
Dexter:
having just watched season 5, I was at least happy that it was better than the previous season...but not by much.
They killed his wife in season 4. Thank god for that. Now he's stuck with an ugly baby that also should have been killed.
At least the writers seem to finally grasp that this is dumb as shit and wrote a nanny character to remove much of the baby stuff. Thank god for small miracles.
Julia Stiles was a high point, which is weird, cause I don't think she's ever been the high point of anything. Ever.
Still though. this show is going in circles, and is stale.
Here, want me to write a season of Dexter? I will.
Dexter gets on the trail of some serial killer. Dexter has some sort of connection to this killer. Dexter meets an accomplice (preferably a woman) and is weary of sharing his DARK SECRETS at first but of course opens up eventually (preferably with a sex scene) but then eventually has to leave the accomplice behind for some reason or another. Dexter will also be pursued by one of his police co-workers throughout the season. He will have a few close calls with this person. He will have a SUPER close call near the end of the season but escape miraculously in the end.
There. That's the loop. Keep at it, you uncreative fucks.
Seriously. Remember when he was written as an actual emotional-less psychopath who had to actively fake it to fit in? you know, like real serial killers often do?
Now it's a soap opera of random shit that has nothing to do with that and all of a sudden he CARES about everything and it sucks.
This show should end with Dexter getting caught or killed. Or both. It has to happen and should happen soon or else fuck this show.
Sons of anarchy:
season three was enjoyable overall and had a sweet ass finale but a lot of it was pretty weak.
The baby getting kidnapped in the previous season was the dumbest shit ever. Who gives a fuck. A-fucking-nother show nearly ruined by a stupid fucking baby. Crazy.
Going to Ireland to get him back was cool and could have been intense...if it weren't fucking drawn out for 6 fucking episodes. Booooring.
Also, Jax's doctor girlfriend should have been killed by that dude that kidnapped her (hey, more kidnapping!) Most annoying character on television. My god. Either that actress is just really good at being awful or she really is awful.
I like this show, I really do...but I think the problem is that Kurt Sutter should not be writing every episode (or as many as he has). Cause he just....kind of sucks, I guess.
Please, please please get better and more awesome like the first season was.
It's always sunny in Philadelphia:
Just watched season six. Still awesome and consistently funny. It continues to grow more and more ridiculous, but hey, why not run with it and just have fun as long as it produces the laughs?
I realize it is far easier to write a 21 minute comedy episode than most of the other shows mentioned here, but in terms of how it is lasting, they are doing a great job. I don't fatigue over this show like a lot of others.
The episode where they create LETHAL WEAPON 5 (click, cause I can't embed) is amazing. The DVD includes the full 15 minute version of their film and is worth the price of the boxset alone.
I feel like there has been more I've watched, but I can't remember at the moment. Those are the main ones, at any rate.
See ya!
posted by D. at 8:14 p.m.
5 Comments:
This was an awesome post.
The only part I still laugh at in "Always Sunny" is still the dry heaving part. Everything else was...
...what was I saying? I think my brain just leaked out my nostrils.
Oh come on, I'm not saying it is life changing TV, but it's hilarious.
I suppose humor is subjective, but if you could watch an entire season of that show and not laugh multiple times...well, I dunno...
Guess it's not for you. Fair enough.
It is about a group of people who are pretty much the most selfish, awful and ridiculous people.
And that is fun to watch.
When I laugh at that show, it's always a nervous laugh, like "Haha. Oh fuck me. I don't even know what the fuck they're doing."
It's definitely not made for me. Still, that one scene made me laugh harder than anything I've ever seen before.
Funny how that works.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying.....The Office is done and everyone should have ended it once Steve Carell bowed out.
I did enjoy Dexter but I think Julia Stiles' character had a lot to do with it.
Sons of anarchy would have been better with a quicker trip to Ireland.
Hmmm do we still have your sunny dvd?
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