For me if I had to pick a good contender it would be the UK version of The Office.
I know many tend to debate how Ricky Gervais really fell off and how he repugnantly acts like a whiny centrist edgelord but me personally IMO I actually don’t think he was ever funny not even a little.
His big break through television was just so painful to sit through it’s so charismatically boring the characters are completely generic at best (notably Tim) or straight up insufferably unlikable at worst (especially the protagonist David FUCKING Brent) and most importantly the humour is just embarrassing.
Always seemed like The Thick Of It but without the nuisance tongue in cheek and charming satire.
I’ve got a good one: Andor. People can’t stop raving about it and I had to force myself to finish it. Deathly boring all the way through. I didn’t like anyone in it so I couldn’t root for anyone, and it was just a slog til the end. Crucify me star wars fans, I know you want to. 😇
Same, I tried to watch it twice but never made it through.
Friends…
I would rather watch women’s tennis or a fishing show. I don’t fish, I don’t play tennis.
I have seen so much praise for Kingdom of Heaven and all I did was laugh or yell at it, usually both. It’s so bad. So, so bad.
I’m sorry, you’re telling me they built siege towers in the middle of the desert. Where did they get the wood??? And there’s like 12 of them? And you aimed a Ballista and that took down every single one of them in one swoop? ALSO YOU ARE A SMITH APPRENTICE BUT YOU KNOW SIEGE TACTICS? AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT DESERT IRRIGATION WHEN YOU ARE FROM FUCKING ENGLAND? AND
I’m yelling again
And that’s not to mention how deeply historically inaccurate it is at moments, like even besides all the general Hollywood of it all. Like sure they get some moments right but generally, holy shit it’s bad lol
Though I will say watching Will Turner learn sword fighting from Qui-Gon only to be interrupted by Jaime Lannister was pretty funny
Disturbed’s cover of “Sound of Silence.” I like the original Simon & Garfunkel, or at least the more upbeat version of it. And I like Disturbed (see below). But this cover absolutely blows.
Yes, I know the lead singer is a grade A shitbag. I liked the band long before I knew anything about any of it and have since stopped listening to them.
If I may add their cover of Land of Confusion by Genesis to the list. It was disappointing.
3 body problem. What a fucking terrible shit waste of paper.
I think I’ve read (or at least started reading) the book like three times and watched the show twice and I remember none of it
at least, I think it’s that one. might have it mixed up with something else.
Woah surprised no one mentioned South Park yet, it quite common in discussions like this.
I never really liked South Park (with occasional exceptions where it shone) but I loved the movie.
Honestly one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen.
Uncut Gems, for pretty much the same reason a lot of people liked it.
Kinda surprised I didn’t see breaking bad already listed. I guess I’m one of the few who dislikes it. I don’t like tragedies in general. Life is already a tragedy.
I’m sure it was extremely well executed and totally worth making, but it’s not my flavor of ice cream.
It started out a lot funnier and slowly became darker over time. I think I remember Gilligan saying this was a conscious choice, to grow darker in tone over time.
Anyway, that’s what hooked a lot of people initially, and a lot of them stuck around for the drama that followed
Genuinely though the Talking Pillow scene is still my favorite. As someone who lost a dad to cancer the conversation was morbidly funny and real to me, with the pillow as a perfect set piece.
Life of Pi. My kids warned me not to read it, they had to for school. I read fast, it was a slim volume, I thought why not, it will be quick. It was quick but I want that time back. I don’t get what anyone likes about it, it’s unlikeable.
The Office (All versions) because the movie “Office Space” exeedingly outshines the humor and plot of any of the TV shows.
As with most “comedy” shows it’s actually a drama disguised with a specific setting and a couple of meme characters to make it look like a comedy.
I’m convinced people only watched that stuff because they were all in on office drama at work/school but didn’t want to admit to that fact.
Seinfeld.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Its not just that the humor is unfunny (and basically just bigotry porn with a side of cringe), its that none of the “friends” in the show are even friends with each other. The whole show is just a bunch of assholes being bigoted assholes and then you are supposed to think that its funny.
They take their twisted logic and antics to such extremes that it resembles a live-action version of some mid-20th century American cartoons. Same level of slapstick cruelty but the plotlines make it all more premeditated and sociopathic.
(I laugh hysterically at it, but I totally understand anyone who thinks it’s depraved!)
Well, yeah, the whole show is based around each character being the worst narcissistic and self-serving asshole you can imagine, and then some.
I personally find it really funny, but I can sort of see why some people don’t like it
I think it’s supposed to be Seinfeld but moreso. Part of the humor is watching these assholes screw themselves over with their terrible plans.
I like it, but it seems really overrated.
This is a style that I first noticed with Archer, and it is very hard to do well. I enjoyed Archer, I enjoyed some of Rick and Morty, but I also recognize that I’d refuse to engage with someone like that in real life. Iasip takes it to the extreme of being genuinely unpleasant.
All new Star Wars movies and tv shows
Andor notwithstanding
Disney somehow made me absolutely apathetic to Star Wars, an IP that as a kid I used to go to sleep daydreaming about while listening to the soundtracks. The whole thing just feels stupid af now, and it’s not just because I got older. It used to feel grounded in something, and now it feels unhinged.
Dave Matthews band. Also, any “jam” band in general.
Well, that’s just what the ass-crack bandit would say to throw us off their trail, isn’t it…
Dont forget what they did on the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago.
none of the band members were in the bus at the time
That is the stuff of legend.
100% with you on this.
I just don’t get the appeal at all. I knew a couple that were all about String Cheese Incident. Finally listened to their stuff…fucking 15 minute long songs of fairly standard 90’s ironic music zapped by bloat ray. Hard pass.
I’ve seen String Cheese Incident live a few times at a festival. It was honestly a pretty good show, and I think that’s pretty much the only way jam bands work. When everyone’s a bit high and dancing and the band is playing off the crowd, it’s great.
I listened to a couple of their tracks at home, and had no interest in listening to any more. Jam bands are only good live.
That’s a fair point! Thanks.
You gotta be taking some psychedelics and want to dance, I’m not into it either. But I have plenty of friends who are and it makes them happy to have a show that lasts for long sets and they can get their freak on
postal games.
