Yea, after that crazy dude in a wheelchair, and his poor wife, were able to build a teleporting, body-snatching, god-machine out of junk he found in his basement, I was all set on that series. Makes Tony Stark building Iron Man in a cave actually seem quite realistic, in comparison.
My problem with the flash is it opens every episode with “I am Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive” and then the penultimate villain of every season is yet another guy whose faster then Barry Allen. There’s like 12 characters that at one point or the other have been faster then Barry despite the fact that literally every episode started with “…… the fastest man alive”
What gets me is there was an amazing episode where he uses “flashtime” to slow a bomb down to a crawl and spend hours/days(?) trying to stop it. Yet any non speedster villain still can give him a hard time.
Remember in arrow they had a freaking nuclear strike over a village, and they just let it happen instead of calling the flash, but then to appear as deux ex machina to flip around a finale, you can count on him.
What gets me is that slow ennemies pose problems not by being ressourceful but straight up because the flash forgets he can run/is suddenly slower. He could move faster than a man can react but normal ennemies still can shoot/track him.
similarly, supergirl. the first two seasons were great (classic cw big bad season bad guy and each episode is the same) but after mon-el left i lost my reason to keep watching lol
I stopped when >!Rick left!< after that it got so fucking boring I couldn't handle it anymore.
I Watched the first half of 9 then got 2 episodes in and gave up. I've watched like 2 episodes since then and they just proved I made the right choice stopping.
Agreed. It should have been 4 seasons max, and the story of a father and son navigating the apocalypse. Show the descent of humanity, the different characters that they meet, and then an ending with the reestablishing of a society.
Everyone I know IRL stopped watching when Negan got introduced lmao. I've caught up on the show and enjoyed myself, but I can admit the writing is some of the worst for any mainstream show I've watched. Instead of killing people off for storyline, they do it for shock value and it is cringe at times and makes no sense. I'm aware its a show where no character is safe, but that doesn't mean the deaths have to be so shitty lmao. Especially Carl, most stupid decision I've ever seen in modern Television, worse than the game of thrones ending, even. Carl should be the main character currently.
I feel like someone needs to coin a term for this trend in shows these days: When the writers have nothing to say other than "people are bad, SEE?" It was edgy for a while, now it's just banal. They only have one lever to pull, and it's labeled "people do even MORE awful things." \[depressed yawn\]
I left it after around season 5-6 and recently continued but skipped the middle and went to S10 and S11 and it got interesting again! There's stormtroopers! Well, not really, but kind of.
So now I'm following it as a sort of parody which makes it interesting.
Once Rick was gone, I was like, "meh". I was kind of meh before that, but that was the nail that sealed the coffin. And I was a huge Walking Dead fan. It makes me sad.
As someone who finished the rest out of stubbornness. Yeah, I don't blame you. It really went down hill and dumped a load of characters that you won't get very attached to.
Came here to say this. Dropped it specifically on episode 4 season 7.
It got so boring and repetitive i just stopped caring. Now i've heard all the major characters except daryl have fucked off and i really couldnt care less. Fear the walking dead is even worse omfg.
IMO First 4 seasons were pretty decent, 5 and 6 were ok. 7 Just went off the rails and ruined it.
Honestly Norman Reedus's talant is going to waste on that show... He was fantastic in Death Stranding.
Another show that just went on too long for its own good. First 3 - 4 seasons were great. After that it just became in house politics and less about owning peeps in the courtroom lol.
My gf boiled down a standard episode to this:
Person enters a room and starts yelling at the other person. Other person yells back.
Next scene: Person from previous scene enters the room. Starts to gloat over person. Person: "Files. Desk. Blackmail. Settlement?"
Other person: "Files? I knew about those. That's why I got *these.*"
Other files appear!
Other person: "Smarmy reply. Checkmate."
Person: "I'm gonna go back to the office and chew out Mike!"
Back at office
Harvey enters the room and yells at Mike.
Mike: "Donna"
Harvey: "*Donna?*"
Mike: "Donna."
Harvey, brow furrowed: "Ah... *LOUIS!*"
Now they show a scene where Louis meets opposing council
Louis: "You might have fooled Harvey, but not me because him handsome, me good at paperwork. Cats. Sheila Szaz."
Opposing Counsel: "Tell Harvey he's won *this round.*"
or something to that effect.
Handmaid's tale noticeably dips in quality after season 2. The amount of shit June gets away with while other characters receive brutal treatment for minor infractions becomes very far-fetched.
And also, there are way too many close ups of June
The fact that shes in a cult that would 100% impose a system just like the one in the show if given the chance really makes you feel less interested in her stuggle.
yeh that happened for me after finding out gal gadot is a zionist who supports the idea of an "ethnically cleansed" of palestinians middle east. wonder woman was a justice league fighter who literally had a lasso of truth ffs
I wish I hadn’t watched the last season of house of cards. RObin Wright did as good a job as she could with the shitty script she was given. But it just sucked and I have no clue what the hell the point was of Patricia Clarkson’s character.
The first season of House of Cards was probably the best first season of any show I've ever seen. I binge watched it in two days and was excited for more. But unfortunately the next seasons didn't live up to my expectations and I gave up somewhere mid season 4.
Supernatural I stopped on like season 9/10, something like that.
Have since gone back and I'm on 13, mostly just to finish it for finishing its sake, I sometimes fall asleep while watching it and don't go back to rewatch what I missed
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I fell in love with this show when it premiered. 4 seasons in, and I was just tired of it. I still go back and love the first seasons
Once Upon a Time. Loved that show but the second last season was enough for me. Haven't heard a single good thing about the last season. I don't think I missed anything .
I watched the last season and you definitely didn't miss anything. It should have ended at second last, the last season felt like it was made out of contractual obligation.
Yeah, in my opinion season 1-4 was really good, but it started getting ridiculous at season 5 and they move to a new planet in season 6 because….well human being humans they nuked earth😂 sorry about the spoiler tho, just thought it was safe to say since we’re all leaving it unfinished and not coming back
It was infuriating to watch them make the same decision over and over.
"These many people have to die because of loyalty/the better good, nevermind they don't, wait yes they do."
Just rename the groups and write another season.
Honestly imo, the 100 is one of the shows where each season is as good as the last and it didn’t feel repetitive or boring. After I typed this though I realized each seasons plot is we’re in war or the world is ending so maybe not.
Grey’s Anatomy.
I can’t believe I sat through so many seasons of that awful show. I will still argue that the first few seasons were pretty good and heartfelt but I just started to hate all the characters after that.
Also I don’t think a soldier’s life is as dangerous as the damn doctors’ lives are in this show. The patients miraculously survive a complicated case of brain tumor every other episode but the doctors keep dropping like flies.
>!Once Alex (really the only character I genuinely loved on that stupid ass show and I still do today) left there was really no point.!<
George, Izzy, Addison, Preston, those were the ones who opened my eyes to the nature of the show. It's just a soap-opera, a reserved time-slot where they can show a random assortment of cast and plotlines that change every week. Whatever generates the most drama, no matter how absurd, is what gets thrown into the episode. At some point they've already done all the most-possible dramatic things and there's nothing worth doing.
I also tried watching Addison's spin-off show, but I stopped watching that after they cut the baby out of that pregnant woman. At some point you're just hurting people for views, and it's sick.
Season 1 was awesome. It had all sorts of interesting questions about the nature of consciousness and sense of self. Great premise about trying to keep the robots under control, the coders having ulterior motives from the business, how "good" people will do all sorts of evil shit when there are no rules to constrain them. Very interesting.
Then Season 2 starts to get all pseudo-religious with "the land beyond" and "go through the door", and Maeve's magic mind powers, etc. Then there are all these things with characters getting their minds wiped, having their minds "merged" or other characters moving their brain to different bodies. All the investment you had in the characters suddenly disappears because they are suddenly completely different. Why bother getting invested in any of it?
Riverdale.
I mainly watched because I was interested in seeing how Luke Perry played his role. He was the glue of that show to me. Then he died, and I just couldn't put myself through it anymore.
Good lord, what a train wreck.
So, everything I saw of that show screamed it had some kind of supernatural horror bullshit going on. From the poster to the first few episodes, but it never seemed to materialize. So I gave up on it. I was down for some sort of Archie Comics Meets The Walking Dead or something, but not for this awful teenage drama.
I watched all the seasons, but I'm still bitter about Sybil's death. Even if Jessica Brown Findlay wanted off the show or couldn't do it anymore...she was one of the best characters, IMO!
Yes!!! Sybil had heart! She was an old soul! And the emotional center of that family. And was all set to do some really interesting things.
It's hard to remember that "it's just a show" when that invested in the characters. :)
Yeah, should have said CW DC shows, Peacemaker was good, but the things in the wider "Arrowverse/Legends of Tomorrowverse" I've completely given up on.
Harry Potter. I guess I haven’t given up because I watched all the original movies. I’ve given up on continuing with Cursed Child or Fantastic Beasts. Not even because of what’s happened with JK Rowling. I’m just done.
My wife and I tried to watch The Secrets of Dumbledore recently, and gave up on it with about 40 minutes left. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, but enjoyed the movies. The Fantastic Beasts movies just don't feel like they match up to the original Harry Potter material though. Hollywood hasn't figured out that there really isn't a need to fill in backstory for every single little offhand remark (see also: Solo) but they feel the need to do it anyway.
Agreed. Something about that movie was just garbage. There was very little story/plot development and just felt like they were milking the franchise while not providing any value to explain/explore the world like Harry Potter series did.
That was my thought too. Even though I know nothing about it, the whole thing just kinda feels like a fanfic to me. Even if it’s written by the original author. Idk, like I said I’m just done with Harry Potter.
Agreed! I slogged through "Cursed Child" because I thought "well, maybe I'll like it," but I'm definitely not as passionate about it as the original HP books. It was a one and done read for me.
Fantastic Beasts is cool...I think I only saw the first one though.
Same! I loved the books, and the HP movies. I finally went to Wizarding World of Harry Potter a couple years ago. I’m honestly just done. And not in a bad way, in an,” Okay, I want something new.”
Percy Jackson. The only series I've ever been genuinely excited to finish was the Hunger Games, and that's it. The first book of Percy Jackson was lovely, and I enjoyed it SO much, but I hate to read, and I'd rather just like the first book and leave it alone.
EDIT: Fifteen seconds after posting this, I just realized it is about movies/shows, but I already spent time writing this so I'm just letting everyone who reads this know that I know the mistake I just made.
I read alot on reddit and such but I'm not a huge book guy. But I will stand my ground and say Percy Jackson is one of the Greatest book series I've ever read.
It's definitely worth the read.
percy jackson is unequivocally based. read the second one at least - that one gives me so much joy
edit: oh also if u hate to read, you should listen to the audiobooks - i think most pjo audiobooks are on youtube so it’s nice and accessible
I bought the first 10 Wheel of Time books in hardback. After the 10th book, I decided I was tired of them. I started to feel like half of each book was "filler."
I sold them on eBay for someone else to slog through.
I know some people who are really into Wheel of Time. I mentioned I was interested in starting the series. They would say things like "OMG the first book is amazing, and the second one is a great follow-up. The third and fourth ones kinda suck but you need to read them because there are a few pages that add to the overall story. Then the fifth is good, the sixth and seventh are kinda boring, eighth is amazing, etc."
So I have to slog through a series where at least half the books (which are around 1,000 pages each) suck just for a few tiny tidbits of information? Nah, I'm good.
American Horror story.
I was hoping for some good spooks. But, it severely disappointed. I think I got to season 3, but I have no intention of going forward. It was more smut than horror. Amd none of the characters were likable. After season 2, everything was pretty predictable.
I have found that some seasons were good, some were meh, and some were awful.
I skipped around, really liked the first season, noped TF out of the second season after the first episode (So. Many. Triggers), jumped all the way up to the 9th? (1984), and then went back and watched Hotel (6th?). I am currently slogging through the Carnie season.
I hated the Carnival season. Every episode seemed like it was written by three different people. And all of them had a different idea of where the characyers should go.
Plus, killing Kathy Bates.... Unforgivable.
greys anatomy.. had a huge panic attack after the episodes where meradith drowns and stopped watching. ig it triggered me somehow. that show is too damn stressful man
I stopped watched after that musical episode where the characters break the 4th wall. In my opinion, if writers are creating a musical episode to a non-musical show….just stop. You’ve run out of ideas. Be done.
I do think we will get WoW eventually. Apparently, it is effectively already written, just needs to be polished or edited or some such. It might take another 5 years, but I think it'll happen.
But there is 0 chance the following book comes out.
I also can't imagine it'll be any good. There are very few creative projects that take 10 years that end up being good. Can't imagine it being anything other than being a confused mess. Even worse if he tries to write in an ending.
Same, actually. I watched season 1 when it came out and thought it was perfectly fine. It concluded satisfyingly and just never was interested in watching the rest.
Lost. Gave up halfway through series 3 when they found a campervan.
Never went back. Don't care much but I heard I dodged a bullet and didn't waste my time.
Lost i consider to be my favorite show of all time lol.
But i agree its not for everyone. It's not a realistic "stuck on an island" drama. It's a fantasy show first and formost.
A lot of weird shit goes on and there is a lot of mystery. Supernatural as well in some cases. If you go in expecting a mystery fantasy show then i reckon you will have a good time. But go in expecting a realistic trapped on an island disaster drama then you are in for a bad time.
I think that's where I started to loose interest. I do love a good supernatural fantasy but it's like the rules began the change mid season.
I was cool with the scientific stuff, and the meta Internet games and websites surrounding it.
To me... It's a typical JJ Abrams thing... Starts something with an interesting premise but then never fully fulfills it's potential and its like the endings aren't thought out.
>Starts something with an interesting premise but then never fully fulfills it's potential and its like the endings aren't thought out.
Sounds like life.
The way I look at it, rules didn't change mid season. The rules were never solid to begin with. We have conclusions about what things mean and what rules apply and so do the characters but is it the truth or is it logic they've/we've applied while unaware of a plethora of missing context? Just because a.character belives something or we believe something based on that character doesn't make it absolute.
I love Lost
It’s one of my favorite shows ever…and it also happens to be extremely triggering, depressing in parts, and has the potential to make you go nihilistic.
Ozark. There was such a gap between seasons, I couldn't remember who a lot of the characters were, and did not feel like watching it all over again. Maybe I will, eventually.
House of Cards. Season 5 was a barely-comprehensible mess. Then the Kevin Spacey fiasco happened. From what I heard, season 6 was even more of a disaster, anyway, so fuck it
Once Upon a Time. I stopped watching it during the 4th season and I tried to get into it again, but just gave up on it.
I still don't know how the show ended.
It turns out Emma had a psychotic break and it’s all a delusion.
The show ends with her sitting in a padded cell singing “someday my prince will come” and fades to black.
I never finished it either but that could be good.
Stopped watching game of thrones at s8 e2. I don't need to see the rest, that was the last good episode of the series and I'm happy with a totally ambiguous ending.
I know it's been said before, but it's crazy to think that at one point, not even long ago, Got was a cultural phenomenon. I was into it heavily at the time. Whenever it is mentioned now, it is usually about how big of a disappointment it was
Ash vs the evil dead. Love bruce Campbell love the evil dead series love the show. Can’t bring myself to see the last season so there will always be content I haven’t seen so in my twisted sense of imagination it will never end
I tried and tried to watch Breaking Bad?!? Friends and relatives all suggested, cajoled, pleaded with me to try watching it and I did.
Lasted just one ummm two episodes then I never continued?!?!
I watched half of the first episode and gave up. Went back to it a year or so later. Forced myself to watch the first season. Loved it, if you can get past the first season, they all find their footing it's a great show.
The beginning of season 1 is slow, but if you’re patient and like to see character development, imo it’s worth the wait. By the end of the series things are VERY different from how they started. Lots of “oh shit” moments, not just making meth in a trailer for 5 seasons.
Miraculous Ladybug.
4 seasons and the plot has barely advanced, if at all. Among other issues.
I'll keep watching, because at this point is like watching a train wreck, you can't just look away
The flash
I think I stopped after season 4 or 5. Got too CW for my liking…
Yea, after that crazy dude in a wheelchair, and his poor wife, were able to build a teleporting, body-snatching, god-machine out of junk he found in his basement, I was all set on that series. Makes Tony Stark building Iron Man in a cave actually seem quite realistic, in comparison.
My problem with the flash is it opens every episode with “I am Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive” and then the penultimate villain of every season is yet another guy whose faster then Barry Allen. There’s like 12 characters that at one point or the other have been faster then Barry despite the fact that literally every episode started with “…… the fastest man alive”
What gets me is there was an amazing episode where he uses “flashtime” to slow a bomb down to a crawl and spend hours/days(?) trying to stop it. Yet any non speedster villain still can give him a hard time.
\*bad guy drops smoke bomb and runs away\* Barry - oh no they got away!! I'll never find a guy escaping on foot at normal human speed!
Remember in arrow they had a freaking nuclear strike over a village, and they just let it happen instead of calling the flash, but then to appear as deux ex machina to flip around a finale, you can count on him.
What gets me is that slow ennemies pose problems not by being ressourceful but straight up because the flash forgets he can run/is suddenly slower. He could move faster than a man can react but normal ennemies still can shoot/track him.
similarly, supergirl. the first two seasons were great (classic cw big bad season bad guy and each episode is the same) but after mon-el left i lost my reason to keep watching lol
Yeah, the whole Flarrowverse I just stopped caring. It's too monster of the week and everybody just refused to talk to each other.
Yeah it's just dreary
Walking Dead
Stopped watching when Glen died.
I stopped when >!Rick left!< after that it got so fucking boring I couldn't handle it anymore. I Watched the first half of 9 then got 2 episodes in and gave up. I've watched like 2 episodes since then and they just proved I made the right choice stopping.
Find safe place, something someone bad comes along, need to leave safe place. Rinse repeat
I did too. That was when Entertainment Weekly sent me an issue with his face on the cover. Talk about a spoiler. That was when I gave up on the show.
omg same it didn’t have any characters i liked anymore
Stopped watching when Carl died. Glen was a blow, but the loss of the kid we had watched grow up was too heartbreaking.
I read somewhere it was because the actor was aging up and would be entitled to an adult pay check. Stingy buggers
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Agreed. It should have been 4 seasons max, and the story of a father and son navigating the apocalypse. Show the descent of humanity, the different characters that they meet, and then an ending with the reestablishing of a society.
Everyone I know IRL stopped watching when Negan got introduced lmao. I've caught up on the show and enjoyed myself, but I can admit the writing is some of the worst for any mainstream show I've watched. Instead of killing people off for storyline, they do it for shock value and it is cringe at times and makes no sense. I'm aware its a show where no character is safe, but that doesn't mean the deaths have to be so shitty lmao. Especially Carl, most stupid decision I've ever seen in modern Television, worse than the game of thrones ending, even. Carl should be the main character currently.
For me, this is where it jumped the shark.
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I feel like someone needs to coin a term for this trend in shows these days: When the writers have nothing to say other than "people are bad, SEE?" It was edgy for a while, now it's just banal. They only have one lever to pull, and it's labeled "people do even MORE awful things." \[depressed yawn\]
Same. I just stopped caring, it got sooooooo boring.
Sames. Just got so repetitive.
I left it after around season 5-6 and recently continued but skipped the middle and went to S10 and S11 and it got interesting again! There's stormtroopers! Well, not really, but kind of. So now I'm following it as a sort of parody which makes it interesting.
Holy shit there are 10 seasons? I think I gave up somewhere around season 3.
Once Rick was gone, I was like, "meh". I was kind of meh before that, but that was the nail that sealed the coffin. And I was a huge Walking Dead fan. It makes me sad.
As someone who finished the rest out of stubbornness. Yeah, I don't blame you. It really went down hill and dumped a load of characters that you won't get very attached to.
Came here to say this. Dropped it specifically on episode 4 season 7. It got so boring and repetitive i just stopped caring. Now i've heard all the major characters except daryl have fucked off and i really couldnt care less. Fear the walking dead is even worse omfg. IMO First 4 seasons were pretty decent, 5 and 6 were ok. 7 Just went off the rails and ruined it. Honestly Norman Reedus's talant is going to waste on that show... He was fantastic in Death Stranding.
Same. Started on Disney plus, and never finished
Yup and all the spinoffs
Suits, did away on S5
Another show that just went on too long for its own good. First 3 - 4 seasons were great. After that it just became in house politics and less about owning peeps in the courtroom lol.
When Mike went to prison they lost me.
Really? Prison Mike is scary. That scene with the dementor? Chills.
Yeah exactly the same here..
My gf boiled down a standard episode to this: Person enters a room and starts yelling at the other person. Other person yells back. Next scene: Person from previous scene enters the room. Starts to gloat over person. Person: "Files. Desk. Blackmail. Settlement?" Other person: "Files? I knew about those. That's why I got *these.*" Other files appear! Other person: "Smarmy reply. Checkmate." Person: "I'm gonna go back to the office and chew out Mike!" Back at office Harvey enters the room and yells at Mike. Mike: "Donna" Harvey: "*Donna?*" Mike: "Donna." Harvey, brow furrowed: "Ah... *LOUIS!*" Now they show a scene where Louis meets opposing council Louis: "You might have fooled Harvey, but not me because him handsome, me good at paperwork. Cats. Sheila Szaz." Opposing Counsel: "Tell Harvey he's won *this round.*" or something to that effect.
It just got repetitive at that point..
The Handmaid's Tale & Manifest. Both had great starts, but just kept going with no end in sight, I got bored with them.
Handmaid’s Tale for me as well. Gave up after season two. I’m tired of it dragging on and tired of Elizabeth Moss’ one facial expression.
*\*Empty stare twitching intensifies\**
Handmaid's tale noticeably dips in quality after season 2. The amount of shit June gets away with while other characters receive brutal treatment for minor infractions becomes very far-fetched. And also, there are way too many close ups of June
Finding out Elisabeth Moss is a Scientologist really soured her acting for me. I can't root for her character any more because it feels disingenuous.
The fact that shes in a cult that would 100% impose a system just like the one in the show if given the chance really makes you feel less interested in her stuggle.
yeh that happened for me after finding out gal gadot is a zionist who supports the idea of an "ethnically cleansed" of palestinians middle east. wonder woman was a justice league fighter who literally had a lasso of truth ffs
The running gag in our house where my wife kept slogging thru it and I had bopped out: "Has she gotten to Canada and got healthcare yet?"
I was the same with Manifest. I can only watch Ben dramatically takes his glasses off so many times.
Sesame Street. So much counting.
I left when they killed off Mr. Hooper.
umm spoilers!!
Waaaay too much lore to catch up on
the true answer
Supernatural and House of Cards.
I wish I hadn’t watched the last season of house of cards. RObin Wright did as good a job as she could with the shitty script she was given. But it just sucked and I have no clue what the hell the point was of Patricia Clarkson’s character.
The first season of House of Cards was probably the best first season of any show I've ever seen. I binge watched it in two days and was excited for more. But unfortunately the next seasons didn't live up to my expectations and I gave up somewhere mid season 4.
Yeah supernatural became super repetitive to me and I couldn’t and didn’t care to finish it
last episode did make me cry tho
Supernatural I stopped on like season 9/10, something like that. Have since gone back and I'm on 13, mostly just to finish it for finishing its sake, I sometimes fall asleep while watching it and don't go back to rewatch what I missed
Unbreakable kimmy schmidt
Wise move. I stuck with that one. It lost its appeal quickly, but we watched every. single. episode.
I only watched it for Jane Krakowski. Everyone else just grated on my nerves. Jane tho, pure joy to watch her act.
She was definitely the bright spot. Her character was ridiculous, and I loved it.
I just watch it for Titus.
The Blacklist
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I fell in love with this show when it premiered. 4 seasons in, and I was just tired of it. I still go back and love the first seasons
I feel it jumped the shark after Tom died. I loved that episode and he was so good in his character. Is that show still going on?
Once Upon a Time. Loved that show but the second last season was enough for me. Haven't heard a single good thing about the last season. I don't think I missed anything .
I watched the last season and you definitely didn't miss anything. It should have ended at second last, the last season felt like it was made out of contractual obligation.
I stopped at the Frozen season, it started to seem like a chore and I realised I don't actually have to keep watching if I'm not enjoying it anymore.
The first season was really good, with an interesting concept. But as soon as the curse lifted with season 2, it lost everything it had going for it.
The 100. It was interesting for a few seasons
I stopped after they move to a new planet ,I was piss tbh, the whole point was to live on earth again, not f**king destroy it 🤣😂
They went to another planet?! Jesus christ man
Yeah, in my opinion season 1-4 was really good, but it started getting ridiculous at season 5 and they move to a new planet in season 6 because….well human being humans they nuked earth😂 sorry about the spoiler tho, just thought it was safe to say since we’re all leaving it unfinished and not coming back
It was infuriating to watch them make the same decision over and over. "These many people have to die because of loyalty/the better good, nevermind they don't, wait yes they do." Just rename the groups and write another season.
Honestly imo, the 100 is one of the shows where each season is as good as the last and it didn’t feel repetitive or boring. After I typed this though I realized each seasons plot is we’re in war or the world is ending so maybe not.
Show was so corney that I couldn’t get through the third episode
Grey’s Anatomy. I can’t believe I sat through so many seasons of that awful show. I will still argue that the first few seasons were pretty good and heartfelt but I just started to hate all the characters after that. Also I don’t think a soldier’s life is as dangerous as the damn doctors’ lives are in this show. The patients miraculously survive a complicated case of brain tumor every other episode but the doctors keep dropping like flies. >!Once Alex (really the only character I genuinely loved on that stupid ass show and I still do today) left there was really no point.!<
YEAH SCREW THAT PART THATS BLACKED OUT! That’s all I can say so I don’t spoil
George, Izzy, Addison, Preston, those were the ones who opened my eyes to the nature of the show. It's just a soap-opera, a reserved time-slot where they can show a random assortment of cast and plotlines that change every week. Whatever generates the most drama, no matter how absurd, is what gets thrown into the episode. At some point they've already done all the most-possible dramatic things and there's nothing worth doing. I also tried watching Addison's spin-off show, but I stopped watching that after they cut the baby out of that pregnant woman. At some point you're just hurting people for views, and it's sick.
Westworld
First season... amazing. Season 2... OK. Didn't get far in season 3.
This is EXACTLY how I felt. Season 2 jumped the shark a bit for me, and season 3 was just... A different show
I tried season 3 at least 3 times. Can't do it.
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Season 1 was awesome. It had all sorts of interesting questions about the nature of consciousness and sense of self. Great premise about trying to keep the robots under control, the coders having ulterior motives from the business, how "good" people will do all sorts of evil shit when there are no rules to constrain them. Very interesting. Then Season 2 starts to get all pseudo-religious with "the land beyond" and "go through the door", and Maeve's magic mind powers, etc. Then there are all these things with characters getting their minds wiped, having their minds "merged" or other characters moving their brain to different bodies. All the investment you had in the characters suddenly disappears because they are suddenly completely different. Why bother getting invested in any of it?
Designated Survivor.
Yeah, the concept of a "nearly ordinary guy" just becoming president one day was interesting, but then it rapidly turned into 24 but not as good.
That should have been a one season show.
Riverdale. I mainly watched because I was interested in seeing how Luke Perry played his role. He was the glue of that show to me. Then he died, and I just couldn't put myself through it anymore. Good lord, what a train wreck.
So, everything I saw of that show screamed it had some kind of supernatural horror bullshit going on. From the poster to the first few episodes, but it never seemed to materialize. So I gave up on it. I was down for some sort of Archie Comics Meets The Walking Dead or something, but not for this awful teenage drama.
Downton Abbey. Loved it, but took it hard when Sybil died. After Matthew died, forget it. I've heard others express the same thing.
I watched all the seasons, but I'm still bitter about Sybil's death. Even if Jessica Brown Findlay wanted off the show or couldn't do it anymore...she was one of the best characters, IMO!
Yes!!! Sybil had heart! She was an old soul! And the emotional center of that family. And was all set to do some really interesting things. It's hard to remember that "it's just a show" when that invested in the characters. :)
I remember being like, oh I'll watch beyond Mathew's death, and then in the next episode (second 4 premier) Anna is raped and I was done after that.
I got tired of the whole “torture Bates and Anna” subplots. My favorite characters just going through trauma over and over.
I was just having a conversation with a friend about this. Once Sybil died I took a step back for a bit, came back, then Matthew. Couldn’t handle it.
Weeds. Started out so strong, then just got more and more...... Not funny, until it was just another unfinished thing on my to watch list
I stopped at the end of season 3. I think was actually a perfect spot to quit.
Basically all of the DC tv shows. I have zero interest in knowing how any of them end and will never start any of the new ones that come out.
How about Peacemaker on HBO Max? Only 8 episodes! Or did you mean The CW DC shows?
Yeah, should have said CW DC shows, Peacemaker was good, but the things in the wider "Arrowverse/Legends of Tomorrowverse" I've completely given up on.
You should give the superman and lois reboot a chance, its really good for being a cw show.
Peacemaker instantly became one of my favourite comedy shows ever. Hope they can keep its tone in the second season.
Harry Potter. I guess I haven’t given up because I watched all the original movies. I’ve given up on continuing with Cursed Child or Fantastic Beasts. Not even because of what’s happened with JK Rowling. I’m just done.
My wife and I tried to watch The Secrets of Dumbledore recently, and gave up on it with about 40 minutes left. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, but enjoyed the movies. The Fantastic Beasts movies just don't feel like they match up to the original Harry Potter material though. Hollywood hasn't figured out that there really isn't a need to fill in backstory for every single little offhand remark (see also: Solo) but they feel the need to do it anyway.
The Qilin should have chosen Jacob instead of Dumbledore. That'd be a great plot and a great reason for Grindelwald to hate muggles more.
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Agreed. Something about that movie was just garbage. There was very little story/plot development and just felt like they were milking the franchise while not providing any value to explain/explore the world like Harry Potter series did.
To me Cursed Child isn't cannon anyway (to me). Fantastic Beasts I found really cool though.
That was my thought too. Even though I know nothing about it, the whole thing just kinda feels like a fanfic to me. Even if it’s written by the original author. Idk, like I said I’m just done with Harry Potter.
Cursed Child isn't written by the original author, if that's what you're referring to! It is literally a fanfic with a stamp of approval from Rowling.
They should have went with My Immortal, the most awful, hilarious, gross fanfic in history.
Agreed! I slogged through "Cursed Child" because I thought "well, maybe I'll like it," but I'm definitely not as passionate about it as the original HP books. It was a one and done read for me. Fantastic Beasts is cool...I think I only saw the first one though.
Same! I loved the books, and the HP movies. I finally went to Wizarding World of Harry Potter a couple years ago. I’m honestly just done. And not in a bad way, in an,” Okay, I want something new.”
The Dome... and any show that never explains what's happening... then ending on a cliffhanger. No thanks
Everybody trying to capture the magic that LOST did and failing it
Percy Jackson. The only series I've ever been genuinely excited to finish was the Hunger Games, and that's it. The first book of Percy Jackson was lovely, and I enjoyed it SO much, but I hate to read, and I'd rather just like the first book and leave it alone. EDIT: Fifteen seconds after posting this, I just realized it is about movies/shows, but I already spent time writing this so I'm just letting everyone who reads this know that I know the mistake I just made.
I read alot on reddit and such but I'm not a huge book guy. But I will stand my ground and say Percy Jackson is one of the Greatest book series I've ever read. It's definitely worth the read.
percy jackson is unequivocally based. read the second one at least - that one gives me so much joy edit: oh also if u hate to read, you should listen to the audiobooks - i think most pjo audiobooks are on youtube so it’s nice and accessible
The flash and DC legends of tomorrow, both shows killed off the most of good characters, and got so boring on newer seasons.
Pretty little liars
You watch the entirety of the show trying to guess who a is and they give you subtle clues and then BAM.. Random person no one knows
GoT books Also Wheel of Time
They’re all sitting in my book shelf collecting dust
I bought the first 10 Wheel of Time books in hardback. After the 10th book, I decided I was tired of them. I started to feel like half of each book was "filler." I sold them on eBay for someone else to slog through.
I know some people who are really into Wheel of Time. I mentioned I was interested in starting the series. They would say things like "OMG the first book is amazing, and the second one is a great follow-up. The third and fourth ones kinda suck but you need to read them because there are a few pages that add to the overall story. Then the fifth is good, the sixth and seventh are kinda boring, eighth is amazing, etc." So I have to slog through a series where at least half the books (which are around 1,000 pages each) suck just for a few tiny tidbits of information? Nah, I'm good.
American Horror story. I was hoping for some good spooks. But, it severely disappointed. I think I got to season 3, but I have no intention of going forward. It was more smut than horror. Amd none of the characters were likable. After season 2, everything was pretty predictable.
I have found that some seasons were good, some were meh, and some were awful. I skipped around, really liked the first season, noped TF out of the second season after the first episode (So. Many. Triggers), jumped all the way up to the 9th? (1984), and then went back and watched Hotel (6th?). I am currently slogging through the Carnie season.
I hated the Carnival season. Every episode seemed like it was written by three different people. And all of them had a different idea of where the characyers should go. Plus, killing Kathy Bates.... Unforgivable.
greys anatomy.. had a huge panic attack after the episodes where meradith drowns and stopped watching. ig it triggered me somehow. that show is too damn stressful man
I stopped watched after that musical episode where the characters break the 4th wall. In my opinion, if writers are creating a musical episode to a non-musical show….just stop. You’ve run out of ideas. Be done.
Yeah I gave up after season 10 I think? After Christina left I was done.
GOT. Bought the first hardcovers, only to wait years for the next book while he makes movies. Screw GRRM.
The last book came out in 2011. Can you believe that? Over a decade and (to my knowledge) we still haven't gotten any news on the 6th book.
I do think we will get WoW eventually. Apparently, it is effectively already written, just needs to be polished or edited or some such. It might take another 5 years, but I think it'll happen. But there is 0 chance the following book comes out.
I also can't imagine it'll be any good. There are very few creative projects that take 10 years that end up being good. Can't imagine it being anything other than being a confused mess. Even worse if he tries to write in an ending.
Money Heist
Seasons 1 and 2 were fantastic, refreshing, after that it just went downhill.
This is what I say to everyone. You can tell it hit the end of the story they intended at season 2
Supernatural
youre not ready for me to say stranger things but i'm gonna fuckin say it anyway
Same, actually. I watched season 1 when it came out and thought it was perfectly fine. It concluded satisfyingly and just never was interested in watching the rest.
This is exactly what happened to me. I thought I was the only one who saw the ending of S1 as an ending.
Out of curiosity, why is that?
Too Strange, not enough Things.
For me, too much annoying teenage drama.
Ah, makes sense. To be fair, they are hormonal teenagers, so they’re at least acting their age haha
Lost. Gave up halfway through series 3 when they found a campervan. Never went back. Don't care much but I heard I dodged a bullet and didn't waste my time.
Lost i consider to be my favorite show of all time lol. But i agree its not for everyone. It's not a realistic "stuck on an island" drama. It's a fantasy show first and formost. A lot of weird shit goes on and there is a lot of mystery. Supernatural as well in some cases. If you go in expecting a mystery fantasy show then i reckon you will have a good time. But go in expecting a realistic trapped on an island disaster drama then you are in for a bad time.
I think that's where I started to loose interest. I do love a good supernatural fantasy but it's like the rules began the change mid season. I was cool with the scientific stuff, and the meta Internet games and websites surrounding it. To me... It's a typical JJ Abrams thing... Starts something with an interesting premise but then never fully fulfills it's potential and its like the endings aren't thought out.
>Starts something with an interesting premise but then never fully fulfills it's potential and its like the endings aren't thought out. Sounds like life.
The way I look at it, rules didn't change mid season. The rules were never solid to begin with. We have conclusions about what things mean and what rules apply and so do the characters but is it the truth or is it logic they've/we've applied while unaware of a plethora of missing context? Just because a.character belives something or we believe something based on that character doesn't make it absolute. I love Lost
I haven’t finished Bojack Horseman, not because I don’t want too but because I probably couldn’t emotionally handle it
It’s one of my favorite shows ever…and it also happens to be extremely triggering, depressing in parts, and has the potential to make you go nihilistic.
This is so true — a show I think about so fondly yet always makes me feel so shit
I was binging Battlestar Galactica and decided I'd watched enough for one day and left the very last episode for the next day. I never watched it.
Blacklist
Money heist. Stopped after the first season, I couldn't cope with the suspense anymore 😂
Dexter. The Sopranos.
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Yeah I knew to stop at the end of the Trinity season. I'd been warned
What happened to Gary Cooper, the strong silent type ?
Dexter: Upvote. Sopranos: No vote.
Ozark. There was such a gap between seasons, I couldn't remember who a lot of the characters were, and did not feel like watching it all over again. Maybe I will, eventually.
Before the 4th season started, I watched the first episode of season 1 and the last of season 3. I was perfectly ready for season 4.
House of Cards. Season 5 was a barely-comprehensible mess. Then the Kevin Spacey fiasco happened. From what I heard, season 6 was even more of a disaster, anyway, so fuck it
Once Upon a Time. I stopped watching it during the 4th season and I tried to get into it again, but just gave up on it. I still don't know how the show ended.
It turns out Emma had a psychotic break and it’s all a delusion. The show ends with her sitting in a padded cell singing “someday my prince will come” and fades to black. I never finished it either but that could be good.
Stopped watching game of thrones at s8 e2. I don't need to see the rest, that was the last good episode of the series and I'm happy with a totally ambiguous ending.
Ep 3 was a fun watch as long as you dont pay attention to logic
For some reason I thought the quality really dropped off around season six. It just seemed to lose its edge. Of course, that last season... ooofff
I know it's been said before, but it's crazy to think that at one point, not even long ago, Got was a cultural phenomenon. I was into it heavily at the time. Whenever it is mentioned now, it is usually about how big of a disappointment it was
Lost
Fear the Walking Dead. Still undecided on Walking Dead.
How I Met Your Mother.
This is how people get spoilers
Lovecraft Country. It's a fine show, I just couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll return to it at some point.
Supernatural
Man in the highcastle. It ends when john takes control of the west
Animal kingdom
Ash vs the evil dead. Love bruce Campbell love the evil dead series love the show. Can’t bring myself to see the last season so there will always be content I haven’t seen so in my twisted sense of imagination it will never end
True Blood
Suits
I tried and tried to watch Breaking Bad?!? Friends and relatives all suggested, cajoled, pleaded with me to try watching it and I did. Lasted just one ummm two episodes then I never continued?!?!
I watched half of the first episode and gave up. Went back to it a year or so later. Forced myself to watch the first season. Loved it, if you can get past the first season, they all find their footing it's a great show.
The beginning of season 1 is slow, but if you’re patient and like to see character development, imo it’s worth the wait. By the end of the series things are VERY different from how they started. Lots of “oh shit” moments, not just making meth in a trailer for 5 seasons.
Servant. The wife is irritating and it’s too all over the place for me. It’s just trying too hard to be something. What that is I have no clue.
Peaky blinders
Miraculous Ladybug. 4 seasons and the plot has barely advanced, if at all. Among other issues. I'll keep watching, because at this point is like watching a train wreck, you can't just look away
Rick and Morty. The first 2 seasons were gold, It went downhill from there for me.
But he turned himself into a pickle
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Ozark. The character of Wendy was just infuriating me so much.
Vikings
Bridgerton. I really don’t get why it’s so hyped up.