I don’t watch shows anymore I just watch serpadesign feed his frogs on YouTube x

    • @[email protected]
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      Ooh! I was going to say that I haven’t watched any of these shows, nor even heard of half of them. But, I’ve probably got common ground with you if you give me a similar list of books/series.

      Have just finished the Mortal Instruments series, which apparently was turned into a TV show called “Shadow Hunters”. No idea if it was any good, though.

  • @[email protected]
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    Don’t even get started with anime, I feel like there’s sooo many good shows but each one has over 600 episodes and I won’t ever get time to watch it all

    • @[email protected]
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      62 years ago

      I’ve seen half the shows listed and they’re all pretty decent. And this is from someone who just cycles one subscription and watches whatever looks interesting on the current subscription.

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    Why does anyone watch new TV when there are perfectly good copies of every season of Gargoyles they could be pirating?

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    If The White Lotus isn’t a TLA spinoff I’m gonna invade the Rhineland.

    Edit: looking for volunteers

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    If you like Serpadesigns, give homemade ecosystems a looksie. Similar content but more silly

      • Bonehead
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        82 years ago

        That somehow made me love Jamie Lee Curtis even more…

      • @[email protected]
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        I had to stop watching at some point, it was just too close to home. The overall feeling was just like christmas at home and I don’t go anymore, because I value my sanity more these days. Holy shit what an episode.

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    I get what you’re saying here, but in all seriousness there’s no good reason to have not watched Yellowjackets by now. You can do better. It’s easily the best show of the last 10 years.

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      It had potential to be great, but falls far from that. Some cringe-inducing writing and acting there. It was fun and entertaining enough to watch. Hope the next season is better.

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    Haven’t watched any of these and I don’t feel like curling in fetal position. What’s wrong with me, doctor?

    • Dojan
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      Oh, he’s doing that because he feels like he’s missing out? I thought the joke was that he curled into fetal position because the guy is peppering him with questions and is feeling overwhelmed.

      I had a boss that’d always try to talk about films, TV, and frequently referenced actors to me, and I’d always feel a bit bad that I never got it.

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        I imagine you have your own methods to handle these types of discussions, but this is my trick.

        “Have you watched random niche show you’ve never heard of?”

        “No, but I’ve heard it’s pretty decent. What’s it about?”

        At this point, you can check out of the conversation while they talk about a show you’ll never see. Personally, I like to half listen because I like to hear about stuff people have a passion for

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          I do try to engage in conversations about it when prompted to, but I always feel rather bad when they ask and can somehow instantly tell that I have absolutely no clue.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        I like to think he’s overwhelmed by an instant realisation of his own brief mortality in the face of what must be hundreds of cumulative hours of shows that he will most likely never watch

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      i’ve tried 3 of them and they were so boring, i tried watching them with 4x speed, then gave up. i watch different new shows tho. it’s not like i can’t enjoy anything, i swear 😅

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        Wow if I have to resort to speed up something then I’m watching it because I have to, not because I want to. May I ask, which ones? Of those, the only one that I have on my Maybe Someday List is The Last of Us.

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          Why is that out of interest? Plenty of shows here have been universally acclaimed and I don’t think there are many people who wouldn’t love at least one of the shows here.

          What are some of your favourite shows you have seen? I’d be curious what you enjoy if there’s nothing in this list that appeals.

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            Honestly I haven’t heard about the majority in the list, and those I did just didn’t grab my attention. I’m not saying they are bad shows. I can’t speak of what I haven’t watched.

            It’s difficult to get me to follow up on a series. I prefer movies. When I do series, it’s likely to be animation. Bojack Horseman comes to mind as something I’ve watched recently, that isn’t ages old, and that I’ve enjoyed a lot. HAPPY! is another, mostly live action, but I still need to finish S2. All other examples of live action tv shows I’ve watched a substantial amount of eps are from before streaming became standard, and even then I haven’t finished a lot of those.

            I think it’s because of something in the way shows are marketed + my personal experiences of trying shows and not liking them/getting bored. It irks me when the plot quality of a show goes down as the series progresses. I see a movie trailer and I get a pretty good idea if it’s worth my time or not, but that’s not the case with long format shows.

            If you had to sell me some of the shows in the comic, which ones would be and why?

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              Sounds totally fair enough mate. I’m not really the person to ask because most of these shows are shows I want to watch but haven’t yet. Last of Us is fantastic though and the boys is as enjoyable as any superhero property imo, mainly because it feels like it’s pretty much what would actually happen in our world if superheros existed and doesn’t pull any punches (literally), where every other show would just give you a sound effect while it cuts to someone’s reaction, the boys will give you slow motion and high focus so you can see the details of someone’s head being pulled off their body or something equally (often more) horrific.

              Ted Lasso sounds more likely to grab you from that list if only because it’s 30min episodes and relies on humour more than plot. But this is still based on others opinions, it’s just a show I still want to watch at the moment so I could hate it yet. I tend to find that most things which are universally acclaimed are well worth watching though.

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                  No worries. Another show that sprang to mind which isn’t in this list is the legend of vox machina.

                  It’s an amazon prime series based on critical role and follows the first campaign relatively faithfully (so far). It came to mind because it’s an animation and the setting and plots are well thought out. Characters have been played by the voice actors for literally hundreds of hours before the show was even conceived so whilst there are clichés aplenty, the characters are fully formed and fleshed out from the start. I’m biased because I was addicted to CR since the early days but the show really stands up on its own in my opinion.

                  It sounds corny as fuck but it’s one that was 100% made with love and if you like adult cartoons I really recommend it.

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          Westworld, Wednesday and The Boys. I sped it up, because they had a promising start and interesting scenes sprinkled in. I hoped it would become good again, but it didn’t.

          The Boys just ride the wave from the good start and just became more and more disgusting.

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      Two more than me. I did start watching Westworld but it was too gruesome. It’s a shame that programs with good storylines have to ruin it with too much gratuity.

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        What’s gratuity in this context? English is my second language and an the dictionary nor online searches for things like “gratuity in tv shows” were of much help. I saw most of one episode; do you mean the soft porn?

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        I see where you’re coming from. But for Westworld the gratuity is sort of fundamental to the theme and plot of the show.

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    82 years ago

    My wife and I have like 3 comfort shows that we just rewatch all year round. And this is kind of how it’s like when we meet up with our friends who have watched everything new as it releases.

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    A problem I often have is finding something good enough to kinda watch, but not SO good that I feel like I’m missing something if I screw around with my tablet while it’s on.

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    Personally that agony of indecision has saved me probably thousands of pounds - I’ve never subscribed to a single streaming service, knowing that having to actually choose what to watch instead of settling for the least shit thing currently on tv, would paralyse me for hours each day.

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    Also Mr. Robot and Foundation and Good Omens and Fleabag and the new Beavis and Butthead and Station Eleven and Doctor Who is about to get good again and Irma Vep was great but I don’t think that one’s coming back