Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

User avatar
Heisen
Stallsenberg
Stallsenberg
Posts: 9302
Joined: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:21 am

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by Heisen » Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:40 pm

How I Met Your Mother, I've sat through 7 years of my girlfriend watching it and have barely chuckled once. Nothing about it is funny, the characters are all walking cliches and are actually all really unlikable. Don't see it's appeal at all.
Image

User avatar
LaFraise92
Mmya!!
Mmya!!
Posts: 3913
Joined: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:06 am
Location: Costa del Cram / Chez Paxo

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by LaFraise92 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:27 pm

Heisen wrote:How I Met Your Mother, I've sat through 7 years of my girlfriend watching it and have barely chuckled once. Nothing about it is funny, the characters are all walking cliches and are actually all really unlikable. Don't see it's appeal at all.
A lot of American comedy seems to be that way, set-up and obvious. Notable exceptions include Parks and Recreation. They generally seem to need the joke explained to them.
fatbastardvegetarian wrote:What the **** is wrong with me? I'm on my honeymoon and trying to watch LaFraise on f****** University Challenge <laugh>

User avatar
bodacious benny
Whiskey Business
Whiskey Business
Posts: 36015
Joined: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:18 am

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by bodacious benny » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:42 pm

There is a lot of terrible American comedy out there that nobody outside North America really finds funny.
I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?

User avatar
Duke
You Sunk My Battleship
You Sunk My Battleship
Posts: 18296
Joined: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:29 pm
Location: Northern Ireland

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by Duke » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:58 pm

Workaholics is hilarious
I dunno

User avatar
Colback's Orange Tufts
USA USA USA (Pulisic)
USA USA USA (Pulisic)
Posts: 11971
Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm
Location: Near the ducks

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by Colback's Orange Tufts » Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:08 pm

LaFraise92 wrote:
Heisen wrote:How I Met Your Mother, I've sat through 7 years of my girlfriend watching it and have barely chuckled once. Nothing about it is funny, the characters are all walking cliches and are actually all really unlikable. Don't see it's appeal at all.
A lot of American comedy seems to be that way, set-up and obvious. Notable exceptions include Parks and Recreation. They generally seem to need the joke explained to them.
Community has some less obvious jokes too.

I like HIMYM actually, especially for the occasionally clever stuff they do with multiple/unreliable narratives
Sharing articles no-one reads since 2012

User avatar
PFT
Avoids Death. Until it Matters.
Avoids Death. Until it Matters.
Posts: 7900
Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:04 am

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by PFT » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:09 pm

Donnie Azoff wrote:Workaholics is hilarious
Brilliant show , plus Kingo looks like Blake. Keep it sleazy...and i'm out.
formerly known as Bigi Bigi Bigi Can't You See & IMTE

User avatar
Captain Obvious
Drunk Control
Drunk Control
Posts: 6541
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:09 am

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by Captain Obvious » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:24 am

Band Of Brothers


zzzzzzz army zzzzzzz

User avatar
Colback's Orange Tufts
USA USA USA (Pulisic)
USA USA USA (Pulisic)
Posts: 11971
Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm
Location: Near the ducks

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by Colback's Orange Tufts » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:14 am

Captain Obvious wrote:Band Of Brothers


zzzzzzz army zzzzzzz
<yikes> Really? Some of the character work is superb. And it it's so visceral
Sharing articles no-one reads since 2012

User avatar
bodacious benny
Whiskey Business
Whiskey Business
Posts: 36015
Joined: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:18 am

Re: Tv shows everyone seems to like but you dont...

Post by bodacious benny » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:42 pm

Captain Obvious wrote:Band Of Brothers


zzzzzzz army zzzzzzz
I enjoyed that. Never watched The Pacific tho.
I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?

Post Reply