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TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:28 pm
by BroSlinger
Preface: When I say "Started off good", that could mean the first few episodes, or the first few seasons.
Here are mine:
Vikings
Walking Dead
Homeland
24
Designated Survivor
Revolution
Manifest
Blindspot
Man in the High Castle
Unbreakable kimmy schmidt
Arrested development
You
Stranger Things
House of cards
The last og
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:31 pm
by JiveTurkey
Lost.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:33 pm
by CptCyanide
Heroes
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:40 pm
by Yarbicus
JiveTurkey wrote:Lost.
Seasons 1-3 were like perfect television for me but I totally get that most hate 4-6.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:41 pm
by Yarbicus
Westworld
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:43 pm
by JiveTurkey
Yarbicus wrote:JiveTurkey wrote:Lost.
Seasons 1-3 were like perfect television for me but I totally get that most hate 4-6.
I liked the Dexter finale.
So i have my own version of this conundrum
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:44 pm
by Yarbicus
JiveTurkey wrote:Yarbicus wrote:JiveTurkey wrote:Lost.
Seasons 1-3 were like perfect television for me but I totally get that most hate 4-6.
I liked the Dexter finale.
So i have my own version of this conundrum
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:45 pm
by K-Bizzle
Almost every show thats good eventually toilets I feel like.
Surprised GoT or Dexter not listed already.
Everyone should take a note from Breaking Bad and plan for the end early on and so as to not fucking blow it.
Then again, GoT...
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:49 pm
by TurboPablo
Lost is the stupidest show ever.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:57 pm
by Ostinato Rubato
Generally speaking TV is a waste of time.
This has been an Ostinato Rubato public service announcement.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:01 pm
by BroSlinger
Ostinato Rubato wrote:Generally speaking TV is a waste of time.
This has been an Ostinato Rubato public service announcement.
Don't shit on my thread, dude. I had my anti-tv phase too. Not anymore.
Legit question, since I know you're a Dad as well; how do you unwind at the end of the day? I can't play guitar or drink, so I have to watch tv.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:12 pm
by Yarbicus
BroSlinger wrote:Ostinato Rubato wrote:Generally speaking TV is a waste of time.
This has been an Ostinato Rubato public service announcement.
Don't shit on my thread, dude. I had my anti-tv phase too. Not anymore.
Legit question, since I know you're a Dad as well; how do you unwind at the end of the day? I can't play guitar or drink, so I have to watch tv.
Can I answer, too? I usually sit in the kitchen (near enough to each child without being in any sort visual range) and drink whiskey while I read a book. I watch Netflix and Prime during the day while working but rarely in the evening.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:27 pm
by JiveTurkey
Yarbicus wrote:BroSlinger wrote:Ostinato Rubato wrote:Generally speaking TV is a waste of time.
This has been an Ostinato Rubato public service announcement.
Don't shit on my thread, dude. I had my anti-tv phase too. Not anymore.
Legit question, since I know you're a Dad as well; how do you unwind at the end of the day? I can't play guitar or drink, so I have to watch tv.
Can I answer, too? I usually sit in the kitchen (near enough to each child without being in any sort visual range) and drink whiskey while I read a book. I watch Netflix and Prime during the day while working but rarely in the evening.
Me four. I play a little guitar; make trumpet noises; do household stuff and hang with the wife and watch shows. Movies with the boys when there's something we want to watch. Watching sports is gross. I do love to read but have really found as I get older that my attention span can't really do long form reading
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:29 pm
by JiveTurkey
So one show I REALLY dug at first was Mr. Robot. Then either S2 or 3 happened and I was out for reasons I can't quite recall. Does it deserve to be revisited?
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:30 pm
by nightflameauto
Glow
GoT was like watching a beautiful work of art slowly twist in on itself until it didn't even resemble a parody or farce.
Goldbergs - holy shit, just stahp! Adam clearly gave up on active participation 'cause it's turned into the same damn story every week.
Westworld - suffers from HBOitis.
We also need a "started shit and got shittier" TV thread. I have more than a few contenders for that one.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:31 pm
by BroSlinger
I forgot:
Arrested Development
Unbreakable
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:38 pm
by Yarbicus
Battlestar Galactica reboot
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:57 pm
by Zozobra
Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
I will fight you.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:00 pm
by _ej_
Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
To be fair the first episode proper '33' is legitimately one of the best episodes of TV ever. Its hard to top that.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:18 pm
by nightflameauto
Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
Which reboot? The new one, or the new new one?
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:34 pm
by Yarbicus
nightflameauto wrote:Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
Which reboot? The new one, or the new new one?
I don't know about a "new new" one.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:45 pm
by nightflameauto
Yarbicus wrote:nightflameauto wrote:Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
Which reboot? The new one, or the new new one?
I don't know about a "new new" one.
They just started another one.
FWIW, I dug both versions of Battlestar Galactica I saw for different reasons. While the latter one definitely tapered a bit in the middle, I thought they managed to have a decent enough ending.
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:48 pm
by Yarbicus
Zozobra wrote:Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
I will fight you.
Dude, fighting a middle age English professor? You need to set your goals a little higher!
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:23 pm
by LukeBurke1
Season 3 of Orange is the New Black was awful. I almost gave up on it altogether after that, but I feel like it redeemed itself pretty well in season 4 onward
Re: TV Shows that started off good, and went down the toilet
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:56 pm
by Zozobra
Yarbicus wrote:Zozobra wrote:Yarbicus wrote:Battlestar Galactica reboot
I will fight you.
Dude, fighting a middle age English professor? You need to set your goals a little higher!
And in the red corner... A middle aged physics fellow