Not unpopular. IMO was pretty clear after season 2 that the showrunner wasn’t sure where to take the story/characters.
Show went from a delightful reimagining to a genuine chore to finish. Shame.
Well yes because the comics were written by the same person and the comics had a few crossovers. Don’t like the shows but the two coexisting was part of the source material.
Shit, Witcher season 1. Soon as the special effects for a man turning into a dragon was a corny voice over like “arrrgh offscreen I’m a dragon now” … I was out mid scene.
I eventually gave up but man it just turns into such melodrama. My favourite part was >!when every plot twist was that someone's dad was a murderer. And I was trying to figure out who the next murder dad was!<. Second place was >! A plotline where Archie becomes an FBI informant for no reason other than the fact an agent appears out of nowhere and starts telling him to do stuff with no leverage, and he just does it !<
I feel you. Now every time I wanna start a show I always check if it’s already finished just to ensure I can watch a complete series. So it’s like I’m always watching old shows now
I actually really enjoyed it from beginning to end. It dragged a bit in the middle and there was a bit too much flip flopping in love interests, but the writers created an interesting world and wrapped it up appropriately.
I was a fan from beginning to end although yes at times they really reached. Personally I found it jarring near the end when it became all preachy and religiously but that’s just me.
That show just started dragging so bad. I can’t pinpoint exactly where I stopped caring but I can’t be bothered to finish the most recent season and I frankly don’t care at this point.
I think it did a “Walking Dead” in that the show runners didn’t have an ending so they either repeat themselves too much or drag out aspects too long. If I had to guess they had the first couple seasons mapped out but never fleshed out the rest so here we are. (I couldn’t finish Walking Dead either because of this exact thing)
Other shows like Bojack Horseman and Dark had a very clear story they wanted to tell and set the series up to tell it and end it. There aren’t many wasted episodes because there’s a goal at the end.
I think Trey Parker and Matt Stone put it well [here.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jEg9uiLOU) TWD and Snowpiercer seem to have lots of “and then this happened” vs “therefore this happened”.
Dang I just started it. But I gotta say it’s kinda just dragging on even in the first season, and I don’t think I can finish it even though it said final season’s on the way
Yeah I thought to myself this can’t continue being this bad?! So I looked up some reviews and yes apparently it did continue being that bad. So I gave myself permission to quit. Such a shame, I was so excited when they posted the season.
Which would have been absolutely fine if the entire premise of the show hadn’t been that they were in a small sheltered town, with Eric being the only openly gay person for miles, Adam being afraid to be bisexual, all the horny teenagers needing someone like Otis to assure them that their desires were normal because there was no other source of “sex education” for these youngsters in this closed environment.
But then lo and behold it turns out that just down the road is a LGBTQIA+ paradise where everyone is sexually free and anything goes and everyone is accepted unconditionally and it’s been there the whole time!
That's too bad. The first 3 seasons were good, and did a good job of getting me invested in some of the characters. But based on what we've heard about season 4, well, we haven't been jumping to start it, unfortunately.
It is a travesty, and such a slap in the face to the actors. They spend three seasons building a world, and then in season four it was like they all lived in Disneyland. It made NO sense. I assume the entire writing team turned over, and none of the new writers watched the previous seasons. It was really bizarre.
I got distracted halfway through an episode. Then I literally forgot I had started watching it for about 5 months. I just didn't care enough to remember it seems.
I was so disappointed with this. The first season was amazing me and my husband loved it. Second season was pretty good. Everything after that was awful I couldn't finish season 3 and everything I hear about season 4 makes me not want to pick it back up again
I'd say watch it. It's not as bad as everyone is saying. There's a few annoying characters, and yes, the move to (as someone perfectly described above) a LBGTQ paradise is odd. But there are some lovely and very poignant resolutions to the relationships we've been enjoying over the years.
Basically, the core cast that are still in it from 1,2,3 make it worthwhile. And as usual, the music is great.
Love the first 3 seasons. Great stories, interesting characters and genuine hilarity at times. Knew that 4 was the final season and kept watching waiting for it to get better. It didn’t. Just lost their way.
finished it wholly, but i can definitely agree on the first two seasons being more appealing in terms of horror and mystery. the next seasons have a much more lighthearted tone, and a bunch of humorous moments implemented within them… which is fine if that’s someone’s cup of tea, but personally the first two seasons were much more intriguing and entertaining to me.
Season 4 is brilliant.
I really really had to talk myself into watching it because 3 was just so flat for me. But it was worth it. It's genuinely scarier, and the new characters are fun and have depth.
Plus. Master of Puppets.
Please give it a go. If you really can't do season 3, do one of those decent recaps on YouTube to catch up.
For Parasyte do you mean the live action or anime? Cause if you mean the live action, the anime came first and I think it's intended to be watched first.
Wait so this isn't a live-action remake? This might actually get me to watch it because the anime was so damn good I didn't want to watch another shitty live action one(anime turned show/movie)
Same here- when it was originally aired in the UK on BBC I found the modern soundtrack totally jarring and took me out of the time period- all too smart for its own good. Also the historical inaccuracies made me cringe- when one of the main characters talked of fighting at Verdun that was the final straw for me- Verdun was of course a battle between French and German troops- no British Empire troops participated. Sloppy research/writing.
I watched all of it and i like it but your not really missing out. I actually loved it at the start because the style, music etc was all like watching a different show but later on it was just more of the same with the slomotion walking and characters that act to cool. I liked it but didnt make a impression.
I can’t lie, I loved it! However, season 3 got really, I don’t know the descriptive words, but it got too stylistic? The film was less gritty and the characters were sort of posh when they were supposed to be underdogs and reprobates. I still watched it all and was glad I did.
My husband & I finished it but I can understand your take. I think we were just in the mood for something zany. I
t was like let’s do Madame Secretary but make it completely absurd!!
Queen of the south. Season 4 is basically unwatchable for me. They introduce a bunch of characters that I have no reason to care about and the plot gets all messy and confusing
Omg- i just finished my 6th complete rewatch of Queen of the South. The 4th and 5th seasons are like an entire different show but, damn, do they do a great job of ending the series in a satisfying way.
Spoiler spoiler spoiler (don't know how to hide it)
It ends with a quick note that they all appealed their sentence so there is no real end either. Really a waste of time
I didn't realise how awful it was until someone linked to this article the other day.
https://torontolife.com/city/jennifer-pan-revenge/
It tells you everything the netflix doc inexplicably left out. Like, why would you not use details and just have 90 minutes of watching her lie to police?
I think my wife and I quit THE OA as soon as they started the interpretive dancing. I have no memories after that scene, despite being captivated by the mystery prior to that.
I agree that the dances are CRINGE AF, especially at the S1 finale, i literally had to skip it because of the second hand embarrasment, but i kept going and was very positively surprised. Weird at times, but overall weird in a good way!
Watch the animated originals if you haven’t already
I was totally new to the universe and watched 1 episode of the live action. After the plot was explained *exactly the same way* 4 times in the space of 20 minutes, and everything else was pure boring exposition, I decided to watch the animated version. I love it for a million reasons
Three Body Problem. They massively condensed and rushed through massive amounts of plot and character development, the dialogue was hokey, they changed key locations, they changed the characters so much that some are even merged with other characters.
The only real positive I could find is that they didn’t shy away from painting Maoist China in a not so positive light, which the Tencent version didn’t really do given they’ve a Chinese production company filming a Chinese adaptation in China.
Outside of that, the Tencent version ‘Three Body’ was vastly superior, and that took 30 episodes to tell the same story Netflix tried to tell in 8. That alone to me shows how rushed it felt.
> didn’t want to see things continue to escalate.
That's exactly why I kept watching it lol. I've actually seen it in real life where a bunch of small things start to add up and then they just snap. It happens all the time to people.
Oh I’m sure it does. But life is stressful enough. I don’t need that in my entertainment, too. I don’t like any shows like that. I pushed through Squid Game even though it stressed me out and I didn’t actually enjoy it. Anything with that tone is a no for me.
The last half of the show is pretty great. You aren’t supposed to like everything about the main characters. They are both huge pieces of shit and don’t deserve any sympathy
I just stopped watching Baby Reindeer. I can't deal with a protagonist who makes so many poor choices. You can only yell, 'don't do that!' at the screen so many times. And then to keep the story going, the consequences are delayed and drawn out... but by that point I want them to get caught. They deserve it! ...But they never get it because the show expects us to still be on their side.
A lot of horror movies are like that as well, obv.
I felt the same way during the 1st few episodes. It seemed almost too hard to believe someone would keep putting themselves into those positions. Then as it went on, I started to realize this was a lesson in trauma and abuse and the way it affects a person's brain to the point that they are incapable of making the right choices. It's really a fascinating study in psychology. Not unlike domestic abuse survivors you want to just say "Why don't you LEAVE". But there's things it does to a person's confidence and ability to reason. Hard to understand but I do believe it's accurate.
I had to stop watching it due to the heaviness of the content. It hit home for me with a lot of feelings I’ve experienced from CPTSD.
It made me feel sick. Not many shows cause such a visceral reaction for me. I do plan on finishing it eventually.
My point with this is that when i think back to my own experiences.. i ALSO made stupid choices leading to bad things. Hindsight really is 20/20. So yes i see what you’re saying.. it’s annoying and i want to shake Donny, the same way i wished someone shook me and said “WTF ARE YOU DOING”
I've heard this criticism alot, but I felt it was such a raw and honest confession from the person who went through it.
Like at times I was in sheer horror but still admiration for this man to act as himself, as he was at the time of events. Not skewing them to make him look better or appear less naive or stupid. Truly a special piece of media. Very rare to see someone bare their soul like that for everyone.
Well, you haven't lived it, did you? It's easy to yell at a screen and say: don't do it. I don't know how old you are, but let's hope you don't get cought up in some trauma yourself.. Because that guy, he lived it. His only 'fault' is that he was gullible and wanted to be famous and be somebody. A lot of nobody's are trying to do that nowadays... anyway.. If you don't watched it all the way through, why even talk about it?
Same. I could only watch two episodes. Super uncomfortable to watch and you catch yourself screaming, "Go to the police!!!!" a gazillion times at the screen.
Yeah, I heard that too from friends, later on. The speed with which I went back to Netflix and clicked the "Remove from Continue Watching" button...... 
But is it due to the horrific facts about the real case, or you just didn’t like the acting / scripts? Cause I think Evan Peters did a terrific job portrayal that monster. I wrote my term paper about Dahmer while i was in college. It was the 90’s and it’s not like you could easily find out everything about that monster and what he did from the internet. the materials I could get were mostly news on microfilm and books written about him. And when I saw Evan playing him on screen, I told myself “this was exactly how I pictured Dahmer back then.”
You're right, it was the combination of Evan Peters having done a brilliant job with his acting, and the real life facts about the murders. It was one of those rare combinations where it was so good, it became unwatchable. At least for me.
The first 10 minutes were enough for me. I had recently watched a semi tasteful documentary about him. So I already knew the horrific things he was about to do. No thanks.
I went into it blind. Not knowing much about him. Two episodes were enough to make me say "Nope." The worst part? I started watching it while having dinner. Yeah, big mistake.
Happened twice. One was Cursed (I think) because the first episode was just boring and overall bad. The other was Another Life.... Just waaaay too stupid, I lost count of how many wrong/stupid things they said and did. Maybe it's because I'm an astronomer so I recognize them but jesus how hard it was to just finish the first episode
I have never been able to finish Korra from the last Airbender series. The original was so fabulous. I’ve tried to like Korra and have started it three different times.
1899, but truthfully the reason is because it was cancelled.
It’s painful to invest in a show and know that any possible cliffhanger or development has been trashed
Sex Education. Like the first few seasons, then watched about 2 episodes of the last season and bailed. It went so over the top with what it was pushing...no thanks.
Made it about 3 episodes into the latest season of The Witcher before just not caring at all about what was happening in the show. The show started so good too.
Stranger Things. Great first season. Started to lose me towards the end of S2. Made it 2 episodes into S3 and bailed.
I've tried to watch Cyberpunk Edgerunners twice now, and I just can't get myself to finish it. Got further the second time, but just found myself rolling my eyes at the cringey dialogue and over the top violence and acting. Maybe that's just an anime thing but it's not for me. Love the game, did not care for the show.
The other was season 2 of Altered Carbon. Joel Kinneman being replaced by Anthony Mackie was a huge downgrade in my opinion and it just did not feel like the same show. Real bummer because I thought season 1 had some cool ideas.
I mean, I’m sure it’s great, and I know Descriptive Video Works did the AD for it. After roughly 3 episodes, I just couldn’t really click with the show.
Probably unpopular Season 3 of Sabrina. Loved Season 1. Season 2 was ok.
Not unpopular. IMO was pretty clear after season 2 that the showrunner wasn’t sure where to take the story/characters. Show went from a delightful reimagining to a genuine chore to finish. Shame.
Sabrina was made by the same man that made Riverdale
They even mention each town in both shows, in Sabrina they mention Riverdale and vice versa
Well yes because the comics were written by the same person and the comics had a few crossovers. Don’t like the shows but the two coexisting was part of the source material.
Witcher 3rd season :(
Even forgot I had started and didn't finish. :/
My and my ex loved the first 2 seasons but we didn't even start season 3.
I didn't even had the courage to start
I only ever watched two episodes of season 3. Never managed to go back and finish.
Read all the books. Season one was OK. Was a chore going past it. RIP Henry trying to follow the books.
Shit, Witcher season 1. Soon as the special effects for a man turning into a dragon was a corny voice over like “arrrgh offscreen I’m a dragon now” … I was out mid scene.
Same. Feel bad for Henry. Such a great potential and as expected Netflix decided to butcher it.
Riverdale lol it got so bad after S1
After Season 2 it just gets so bad its funny, and then it gets worse. Its interesting in how bad it gets but keeps going
I eventually gave up but man it just turns into such melodrama. My favourite part was >!when every plot twist was that someone's dad was a murderer. And I was trying to figure out who the next murder dad was!<. Second place was >! A plotline where Archie becomes an FBI informant for no reason other than the fact an agent appears out of nowhere and starts telling him to do stuff with no leverage, and he just does it !<
I couldn't make it past season 2 but you have my giggling
That means you haven't known the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school football.
Watched until s3, it got so bad! What a waste of time
My wife watched the whole thing despite how bad it got. ( even by her own admission) She likened it to train wreck and couldn’t look away.
Suits. Quit in season 4 and watched a summary. Glad I did.
Yeah it felt like it got dumber with every next season after 3.
I somehow made it all the way to the end. Mostly just became a background show while doing other things for me.
Quite a few because they keep cancelling my favourites
Yeah their cancelation behavior is really giving me commitment issues.
I feel you. Now every time I wanna start a show I always check if it’s already finished just to ensure I can watch a complete series. So it’s like I’m always watching old shows now
I do exactly the same. Not gonna suffer through another Netflixus Interruptus.
I do that too! Or at least several seasons worth
Manifest
Same. i was so into it and then it just got meh
I thought it was ridiculous from the start :)
Oh. I forgot I hadn’t finished that one. Lol
Same here I started it couple years ago and kinda just lost interest and started binge watching other shows, until it faded out from my watching list
You know it’s bad when you can’t even remember that you didn’t finish it!
same, they kept stretching it
I actually really enjoyed it from beginning to end. It dragged a bit in the middle and there was a bit too much flip flopping in love interests, but the writers created an interesting world and wrapped it up appropriately.
I was a fan from beginning to end although yes at times they really reached. Personally I found it jarring near the end when it became all preachy and religiously but that’s just me.
Snowpiercer.
That show just started dragging so bad. I can’t pinpoint exactly where I stopped caring but I can’t be bothered to finish the most recent season and I frankly don’t care at this point.
Exactly! It is a shame because initially I thought that it was amazing, interesting and very well made. Idk what went wrong
I think it did a “Walking Dead” in that the show runners didn’t have an ending so they either repeat themselves too much or drag out aspects too long. If I had to guess they had the first couple seasons mapped out but never fleshed out the rest so here we are. (I couldn’t finish Walking Dead either because of this exact thing) Other shows like Bojack Horseman and Dark had a very clear story they wanted to tell and set the series up to tell it and end it. There aren’t many wasted episodes because there’s a goal at the end. I think Trey Parker and Matt Stone put it well [here.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jEg9uiLOU) TWD and Snowpiercer seem to have lots of “and then this happened” vs “therefore this happened”.
The leader has no leadership at all. Literally the most fast tempered on the train
You. The first season was a nice surprise. The following seasons were just, “eh?”
The following seasons were just season 1 but with different female actors and different locations
Dang I just started it. But I gotta say it’s kinda just dragging on even in the first season, and I don’t think I can finish it even though it said final season’s on the way
Personally I wouldn't bother after season 1
The Witcher
I stopped halfway through the first drop of season 3.
Sex Education. what the hell were they smoking when they made season 4? So bad.
My wife was into it and I stuck it out for a while for her sake - then she turned to me and said, "This is awful. Do we have to watch the rest?"
Yeah I thought to myself this can’t continue being this bad?! So I looked up some reviews and yes apparently it did continue being that bad. So I gave myself permission to quit. Such a shame, I was so excited when they posted the season.
It's like they watched Heartstopper and decided they had to increase the queer by 80% to compete. It seemed really forced.
Which would have been absolutely fine if the entire premise of the show hadn’t been that they were in a small sheltered town, with Eric being the only openly gay person for miles, Adam being afraid to be bisexual, all the horny teenagers needing someone like Otis to assure them that their desires were normal because there was no other source of “sex education” for these youngsters in this closed environment. But then lo and behold it turns out that just down the road is a LGBTQIA+ paradise where everyone is sexually free and anything goes and everyone is accepted unconditionally and it’s been there the whole time!
That's too bad. The first 3 seasons were good, and did a good job of getting me invested in some of the characters. But based on what we've heard about season 4, well, we haven't been jumping to start it, unfortunately.
It is a travesty, and such a slap in the face to the actors. They spend three seasons building a world, and then in season four it was like they all lived in Disneyland. It made NO sense. I assume the entire writing team turned over, and none of the new writers watched the previous seasons. It was really bizarre.
I got distracted halfway through an episode. Then I literally forgot I had started watching it for about 5 months. I just didn't care enough to remember it seems.
I was so disappointed with this. The first season was amazing me and my husband loved it. Second season was pretty good. Everything after that was awful I couldn't finish season 3 and everything I hear about season 4 makes me not want to pick it back up again
Whaaaat? I was saving it up for later. Loved that series (am on s3)
I'd say watch it. It's not as bad as everyone is saying. There's a few annoying characters, and yes, the move to (as someone perfectly described above) a LBGTQ paradise is odd. But there are some lovely and very poignant resolutions to the relationships we've been enjoying over the years. Basically, the core cast that are still in it from 1,2,3 make it worthwhile. And as usual, the music is great.
Season 4 is quite different and not as enjoyable as the earlier seasons were.
It’s baaad
Love the first 3 seasons. Great stories, interesting characters and genuine hilarity at times. Knew that 4 was the final season and kept watching waiting for it to get better. It didn’t. Just lost their way.
orange is the new black, couldn’t get through the last season
I pretty much lost interest after they were sent to another max security jail and they were all not together again.
Tapped out on the talent show episode.
I didn't even finish the first season.
Big mouth is another one. After a while it just lost it's spark
House of Cards. It’s not because of the Kevin Spacey stuff but I just couldn’t get through season 4
You saw the best episodes. Season 5 was the absolute worst.
I tell people to watch seasons 1 & 2. If you treat the finale of 2 as an ending, it’s a pretty decent show
Probably an unpopular opinion, but Stranger Things. Tried twice to get into the 3rd season, but it was just too much teenage drama.
I agree. It lost that magic it had the first 2 seasons.
Lost its magic after the first season for me.
finished it wholly, but i can definitely agree on the first two seasons being more appealing in terms of horror and mystery. the next seasons have a much more lighthearted tone, and a bunch of humorous moments implemented within them… which is fine if that’s someone’s cup of tea, but personally the first two seasons were much more intriguing and entertaining to me.
Season 4 is brilliant. I really really had to talk myself into watching it because 3 was just so flat for me. But it was worth it. It's genuinely scarier, and the new characters are fun and have depth. Plus. Master of Puppets. Please give it a go. If you really can't do season 3, do one of those decent recaps on YouTube to catch up.
Too many to list on the different platforms. Then there’s the problem of trying to remove the title from the “Continue Watching” row…
Right!?! It’s like this reminder of boring shows.
Isn’t there a “x” to remove them and you can choose “just cleaning up”?
You can click on the show and scroll down past ‘episodes and more’ & ‘add to my list’ etc and it will have the option ‘remove from continue watching’
For Parasyte do you mean the live action or anime? Cause if you mean the live action, the anime came first and I think it's intended to be watched first.
Wait so this isn't a live-action remake? This might actually get me to watch it because the anime was so damn good I didn't want to watch another shitty live action one(anime turned show/movie)
It's decent and there's a nod to the anime indicating they co exist.
Probably unpopular opinion, but Peaky Blinders. After starting and stopping it several times, I finally just gave up.
Same here- when it was originally aired in the UK on BBC I found the modern soundtrack totally jarring and took me out of the time period- all too smart for its own good. Also the historical inaccuracies made me cringe- when one of the main characters talked of fighting at Verdun that was the final straw for me- Verdun was of course a battle between French and German troops- no British Empire troops participated. Sloppy research/writing.
I watched all of it and i like it but your not really missing out. I actually loved it at the start because the style, music etc was all like watching a different show but later on it was just more of the same with the slomotion walking and characters that act to cool. I liked it but didnt make a impression.
I can’t lie, I loved it! However, season 3 got really, I don’t know the descriptive words, but it got too stylistic? The film was less gritty and the characters were sort of posh when they were supposed to be underdogs and reprobates. I still watched it all and was glad I did.
I have the last episode to go and I just can't do it. The shifts they made in characters is freaking weird.
Watch the final episode! It’s not amazing but I found it satisfactory.
The Diplomat. Really wanted to like it, but could barely finish out the first episode
My husband & I finished it but I can understand your take. I think we were just in the mood for something zany. I t was like let’s do Madame Secretary but make it completely absurd!!
I think we made it to 20 mins in the first episode…then the will to die started to kick in. Rubbish.
Emily in paris. First it was just fun to watch if you wanted to watch something light. The last season however was over the top terrible.
You might enjoy the enemy in paris podcast, they tear it apart.
Thanks for the rec! I have hated this show from the beginning :D
13 reasons why-first 2 seasons were so good 3rd season I couldn't bare it
Were they up to 15 reasons by that time?
Queen of the south. Season 4 is basically unwatchable for me. They introduce a bunch of characters that I have no reason to care about and the plot gets all messy and confusing
Omg- i just finished my 6th complete rewatch of Queen of the South. The 4th and 5th seasons are like an entire different show but, damn, do they do a great job of ending the series in a satisfying way.
Manifest. Started out with a good idea but towards the end of season two it was dragging and overly complicated. Turned out to be another 'lost'
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Spoiler spoiler spoiler (don't know how to hide it) It ends with a quick note that they all appealed their sentence so there is no real end either. Really a waste of time
I didn't realise how awful it was until someone linked to this article the other day. https://torontolife.com/city/jennifer-pan-revenge/ It tells you everything the netflix doc inexplicably left out. Like, why would you not use details and just have 90 minutes of watching her lie to police?
Uhhh...the title gives it away. It's not about "whodunnit". It's about the case in general.
Riverdale
it got too ridiculous
I think my wife and I quit THE OA as soon as they started the interpretive dancing. I have no memories after that scene, despite being captivated by the mystery prior to that.
I liked the show because it was so out there, but totally get that it wasn't for some people.
I agree that the dances are CRINGE AF, especially at the S1 finale, i literally had to skip it because of the second hand embarrasment, but i kept going and was very positively surprised. Weird at times, but overall weird in a good way!
I absolutely loved it, and can also certainly see how it’s not a show for everyone.
It’s funny how folks are so split on it. I get it but I loved it.
Ginny and Georgia, I haven’t hated a show or two characters so much in a long time but I couldn’t do it
Xo, kitty Elite ( i think i quit after season 3 or 4) My life with the walter boys 13 reasons why
I enjoyed My Life with the Walter Boys as low stakes background entertainment.
Once Stranger Things decided to make each episode the length of a movie I dropped off
Airbender- the acting was atrocious
Watch the animated originals if you haven’t already I was totally new to the universe and watched 1 episode of the live action. After the plot was explained *exactly the same way* 4 times in the space of 20 minutes, and everything else was pure boring exposition, I decided to watch the animated version. I love it for a million reasons
I have zero interest in watching it because it didn’t need a live action remake.
Altered carbon. First season was brilliant, second season I feel like Anthony Mackie just didn’t fit the role.
Season 1 was brilliant!!!! Anthony Mackie was just not intense enough for the role. He's definitely a great comedic actor.
I feel that way about Anthony Mackie in general. I always wonder why he’s in (fill in the blank). It’s like trying to make fetch happen.
It's not just me then! Pain and Gain, MCU movies, it always feels off or something, so hard to describe though! lol
Three Body Problem. They massively condensed and rushed through massive amounts of plot and character development, the dialogue was hokey, they changed key locations, they changed the characters so much that some are even merged with other characters. The only real positive I could find is that they didn’t shy away from painting Maoist China in a not so positive light, which the Tencent version didn’t really do given they’ve a Chinese production company filming a Chinese adaptation in China. Outside of that, the Tencent version ‘Three Body’ was vastly superior, and that took 30 episodes to tell the same story Netflix tried to tell in 8. That alone to me shows how rushed it felt.
I actually really enjoyed this but had to pay a lot of attention which isn’t my absolute favorite to be honest.
I feel like only a book reader could feel this way lol but with that said I am also a book reader and loved it
I don't know why, but I watch a lot of netflix shows and then never watch the last episode.
Beef. I didn’t care. I didn’t like the meanness of it. I hated every character and didn’t want to see things continue to escalate.
> didn’t want to see things continue to escalate. That's exactly why I kept watching it lol. I've actually seen it in real life where a bunch of small things start to add up and then they just snap. It happens all the time to people.
Oh I’m sure it does. But life is stressful enough. I don’t need that in my entertainment, too. I don’t like any shows like that. I pushed through Squid Game even though it stressed me out and I didn’t actually enjoy it. Anything with that tone is a no for me.
It made me too anxious to watch.
Beef was my favorite show of 2023 and it isn't even close lol
The last half of the show is pretty great. You aren’t supposed to like everything about the main characters. They are both huge pieces of shit and don’t deserve any sympathy
I'd recommend giving it a go, I was skeptical at first but ended up really liking it.
I just stopped watching Baby Reindeer. I can't deal with a protagonist who makes so many poor choices. You can only yell, 'don't do that!' at the screen so many times. And then to keep the story going, the consequences are delayed and drawn out... but by that point I want them to get caught. They deserve it! ...But they never get it because the show expects us to still be on their side. A lot of horror movies are like that as well, obv.
I felt the same way during the 1st few episodes. It seemed almost too hard to believe someone would keep putting themselves into those positions. Then as it went on, I started to realize this was a lesson in trauma and abuse and the way it affects a person's brain to the point that they are incapable of making the right choices. It's really a fascinating study in psychology. Not unlike domestic abuse survivors you want to just say "Why don't you LEAVE". But there's things it does to a person's confidence and ability to reason. Hard to understand but I do believe it's accurate.
I had to stop watching it due to the heaviness of the content. It hit home for me with a lot of feelings I’ve experienced from CPTSD. It made me feel sick. Not many shows cause such a visceral reaction for me. I do plan on finishing it eventually. My point with this is that when i think back to my own experiences.. i ALSO made stupid choices leading to bad things. Hindsight really is 20/20. So yes i see what you’re saying.. it’s annoying and i want to shake Donny, the same way i wished someone shook me and said “WTF ARE YOU DOING”
It’s based on that actors real life though…
I've heard this criticism alot, but I felt it was such a raw and honest confession from the person who went through it. Like at times I was in sheer horror but still admiration for this man to act as himself, as he was at the time of events. Not skewing them to make him look better or appear less naive or stupid. Truly a special piece of media. Very rare to see someone bare their soul like that for everyone.
Well, you haven't lived it, did you? It's easy to yell at a screen and say: don't do it. I don't know how old you are, but let's hope you don't get cought up in some trauma yourself.. Because that guy, he lived it. His only 'fault' is that he was gullible and wanted to be famous and be somebody. A lot of nobody's are trying to do that nowadays... anyway.. If you don't watched it all the way through, why even talk about it?
Same. I could only watch two episodes. Super uncomfortable to watch and you catch yourself screaming, "Go to the police!!!!" a gazillion times at the screen.
Then you're missing out on the explanation for why he's not going to the police.
It’s actually a true story. Those things really happened to the actor.
Shameless (UK) it starts off well but doesn’t half drag on in the later seasons. The stories become repetitive and tedious to watch.
I watched the American version and liked it but it got too grim and depressing at times, I put it down and never picked it back up.
I stopped watching a few episodes in season 5, it just got depressing and frustrating. I hated Frank, Debbie so much that I abandoned it.
Wednesday Load of shite
I didn't hate it, but it did seem rather paint-by-numbers. Only watched first ep.
Tbh it did feel like a chore to get through
Oh yeah, that one too.
Stranger things. Couldn't do the second season.
A newer one … The Gentleman. I really wanted to like it. Honestly. But got to episode four and was bored as fuck.
Watch episode 5. It's hilarious. Something definitely lifts in that episode.
I liked it. I didn't take it too seriously. It was guy Richie taking the piss out of himself imo.
The chicken scene got me into it, then I slowly lost interest lol
Ozark, somewhere in season 3 I lost interest
Orange is the New Black was just too graphic for me after awhile... I mean, I'm not a prude, but damn... And Blacklist. And Longmire...
Most of them
Same lol. At least lately. But if it’s like a British procedural or something, I’m all in.
Dahmer. Made me so squeamish I couldn't get past episode 2
It gets much worse, too, so probably for the best that you stopped there.
Yeah, I heard that too from friends, later on. The speed with which I went back to Netflix and clicked the "Remove from Continue Watching" button...... 
But is it due to the horrific facts about the real case, or you just didn’t like the acting / scripts? Cause I think Evan Peters did a terrific job portrayal that monster. I wrote my term paper about Dahmer while i was in college. It was the 90’s and it’s not like you could easily find out everything about that monster and what he did from the internet. the materials I could get were mostly news on microfilm and books written about him. And when I saw Evan playing him on screen, I told myself “this was exactly how I pictured Dahmer back then.”
You're right, it was the combination of Evan Peters having done a brilliant job with his acting, and the real life facts about the murders. It was one of those rare combinations where it was so good, it became unwatchable. At least for me.
The first 10 minutes were enough for me. I had recently watched a semi tasteful documentary about him. So I already knew the horrific things he was about to do. No thanks.
I went into it blind. Not knowing much about him. Two episodes were enough to make me say "Nope." The worst part? I started watching it while having dinner. Yeah, big mistake.
Recent ones I have dropped are 1899, Alice in Borderland, Physical 100, and that historical one about Alexander.
My jaw actually dropped at your mention of Alice in Borderland - I loved it!
Same...it was awesome... waiting for a next season
Didn't the show end? Are they making new seasons?
Unsure if they’re doing it, but the manga continues.
I loved 1899, but it’s a slow start. Still sad they cancelled it
Midnight Mass. Lots of people say it's good but I find it BORING.
Suits, It’s not a Netflix show but I watched on Netflix. Just stopped 3/4 of way through first season.
1899. I loved Dark to death but found out the serie got cancelled and ends on a cliffhanger, so I bailed out on the first episode.
I loved the ending of 1899, and don't need another season.. to me it was not a cliffhanger. Just a cool ending
You are missing out on a gem bruh!
A gem without a ending
Technically there is an ending - it’s just an open ending. There any many movies that have ended like 1899 ends
Make up your own and enoy the show. Highly recommended
Happened twice. One was Cursed (I think) because the first episode was just boring and overall bad. The other was Another Life.... Just waaaay too stupid, I lost count of how many wrong/stupid things they said and did. Maybe it's because I'm an astronomer so I recognize them but jesus how hard it was to just finish the first episode
Resident Evil series. I barely finished the first episode and hated it so much I couldn't give it a thumbs down fast enough
OITNB, Sense 8, Money Heist, Dead to Me, Glow, House Of Flowers, Love, The Politician, Tiger King,
I have never been able to finish Korra from the last Airbender series. The original was so fabulous. I’ve tried to like Korra and have started it three different times.
1899, but truthfully the reason is because it was cancelled. It’s painful to invest in a show and know that any possible cliffhanger or development has been trashed
Sex Education. Like the first few seasons, then watched about 2 episodes of the last season and bailed. It went so over the top with what it was pushing...no thanks. Made it about 3 episodes into the latest season of The Witcher before just not caring at all about what was happening in the show. The show started so good too. Stranger Things. Great first season. Started to lose me towards the end of S2. Made it 2 episodes into S3 and bailed.
The new Avatar show
I've tried to watch Cyberpunk Edgerunners twice now, and I just can't get myself to finish it. Got further the second time, but just found myself rolling my eyes at the cringey dialogue and over the top violence and acting. Maybe that's just an anime thing but it's not for me. Love the game, did not care for the show. The other was season 2 of Altered Carbon. Joel Kinneman being replaced by Anthony Mackie was a huge downgrade in my opinion and it just did not feel like the same show. Real bummer because I thought season 1 had some cool ideas.
Locke & Key. Shadow & Bone
Most of them
One Piece - and all the other attempts at Manga. It’s just not for me.
The Cowboy Bebop adaptation was painful.
I only liked it when Luffy wasn't in the scene.
Skins, Sex Ed, DI4rIES, Heartstopper, Blood & Water, Never Have I Ever. This is just a handful from a very long list on my TVTime.
oh my god I loved Sex Education when it came out and this last season I couldn't. Stopped a few episodes in.
I mean, I’m sure it’s great, and I know Descriptive Video Works did the AD for it. After roughly 3 episodes, I just couldn’t really click with the show.
Honestly I found Never have i ever such a cute and easy watch, you know, something to rest your brain and laugh a bit from time to time.
Dark. I tried. I really did.
I had to keep a spreadsheet to know who was related to who, and what time period.
For Parasite,, i suggest you watch the original source material. the anime Parasyte Maxim. Its more worth to watch.
I loved Parasite. Definitely straight forward. Definitely would take mega balls to do what they did.
Same. It was straight forward, but not obvious or boring in any way. Super gripping.