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#4427174 - 06/22/18 02:25 PM Popular shows that you never watched  
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What are some critically acclaimed shows that you have not watched simply because you were not at all interested in the premise?

There are quite a few for me:

The Walking Dead

The Wire

The Handmaid’s Tale

Stranger Things

American Horror Story

This is Us

The Crown

Better Call Saul


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#4427181 - 06/22/18 02:57 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Thousands more I am sure.

Better Call Saul is a great show!


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#4427182 - 06/22/18 03:00 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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The Walking Dead - too popular?

The Wire - watched season 1, never watched any more. Reminded me too much of... work.



I'm hoping to watch Better Call Saul, though, as I loved Breaking Bad(best writing ever, likely tied with seasons 1 - 4 of Game of Thrones).

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I watched the first two seasons of The Walking Dead, then the show got too silly for me. Just too many facepalms over decisions taken by the show characters.

Other than that,

Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
What are some critically acclaimed shows that you have not watched simply because you were not at all interested in the premise?

There are quite a few for me:

The Walking Dead

The Wire

The Handmaid’s Tale

Stranger Things

American Horror Story

This is Us

The Crown

Better Call Saul



This list covers the shows I havent’t watched rather well,

I am a late arrival to the Justified party, watching Season 2 now, what great show! Love Timothy Olyphant’s acting!


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#4427188 - 06/22/18 03:18 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
The Walking Dead - too popular?

Definitely. Even with its declining ratings it’s still one of the top rated cable shows out there and still gets over 6-7 million viewers per episode.


Would “Better Call Saul” make sense to anyone who has not seen “Breakin Bad?”

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#4427189 - 06/22/18 03:18 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I never get Seinfeld references because I've never watched an episode, but this applies to most similar shows as well.

I watch television so infrequently that I get left behind even on menu screen formatting. The other day I went to channel surf (first time in months) and noticed that DirecTV had a new look, which I quickly found frustrating and turned it off to collect more dust, until the mood hits me to break out the DVDs.

Not that I don't waste time in other ways (Internet surfing), but even that is being cut drastically now.



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All of them.

I haven't owned a T.V. set in 15 years bros.

#4427193 - 06/22/18 03:27 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: Crane Hunter]  
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Originally Posted by Crane Hunter
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I haven't owned a T.V. set in 15 years bros.


The irony is that not owning a tv doesn’t have the same impact that it once did since many of the hit shows now are only available via internet streaming and don’t require a tv.


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#4427194 - 06/22/18 03:30 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Heh heh, who watches cable or satellite anymore? That's so 1980s. Streaming is the shiznit, yo.

#4427195 - 06/22/18 03:46 PM Re: Popular shows that you never watched [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
Heh heh, who watches cable or satellite anymore? That's so 1980s. Streaming is the shiznit, yo.

Unless you have a rural satellite ISP.

Which actually works for me because I kind of like living in the 1980s/90s. biggrin

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Everyone I worked with loved Game of Thrones. I tried watching it. I just couldn't get into it. Breaking Bad just seemed okay to me. Better Call Saul was really good (IMHO).

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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Would “Better Call Saul” make sense to anyone who has not seen “Breakin Bad?”

I don't know, to be honest.
Bob Odenkirk is a great comedian, some of the most hysterical laughter scenes I ever witnessed happened here (the dancing airfoil cowboy...). He's putting a lot more character depth into the uncannily efficient shyster that Saul Goodman is in Breaking Bad. The story that unfolds around his brother is funny and heart wrenching at times - good drama - but part of the fun is of course to see the transformation of a shifty but good-hearted Jimmy McGill into the law system-disgrace-machine that Saul Goodman is, and the hints and backstories of other characters that ultimately all meet in Breaking Bad without necessarily being closely related before. These hints aren't a central element, to that extent I'd say that it's entirely watchable, but of course they add extra spice for those who watched BB before.

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The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Walking Dead


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Originally Posted by Crane Hunter
All of them.

I haven't owned a T.V. set in 15 years bros.


Almost 20 years here.

Somehow I am getting by....


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Would “Better Call Saul” make sense to anyone who has not seen “Breakin Bad?”



Yes. It is heavily, heavily prequel, and is really about a different 'world' view, although there are some similarities.

It is the story of the freefall of a talented but 'dodgy' lawyer to a criminal, criminal defence lawyer.
(Breaking bad, season one, was the freefall of a Chemistry teacher into drug cooking and dealing to pay for treatment for his terminal cancer, but it was so popular that it extended and became more than mildly silly at times in the later seasons).

There are some cross-over characters, but they aren't complicated to understand. I might be a season behind in 'Saul', as I only get to watch TV a lot when house sitting during holiday seasons (Summer, Christmas), but so far I have enjoyed it.

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I don't know, there are a lot of side characters in Better Call Saul where the amount of screen time is in no proportion to the impact that they have; this is easily overlooked if you do know Breaking Bad. So I could imagine that some people will have WTF moments, like much of what's happening about Mike Ehrmanntraut. Ehrmanntraut is about as central as a supporting role can be to a lot of stuff in Breaking Bad. Plus, he's pretty cool and one of the few remotely likable recurring characters in Breaking Bad. So I guess that most people who aren't familiar with Breaking Bad won't mind watching his story. But there is remarkably little overlap between the two, except that they see each other whenever Jimmy McGill has a day in court, or the occasional, but rather rare "common client".
A similar thing case, Tuco and the Salamanca clan. They're dangerous, they're important for the whole backstory, they have remarkably little interaction with Jimmy McGill, and yet the amount of screen time devoted to them is rather generous. That only makes sense to people familiar with Breaking Bad.

Also, there are the near black&white scenes of the actual present (Saul as the manager at the Cinnabon mall restaurant) which make no sense whatsoever unless you know that "something bad happened" (in the recent past) between this show (the deep past) and "now"/"the future", depending on your point of view.


So, if you haven't seen it, be prepared for a rather broad panorama of the dark side of Albuquerque/New Mexico with a rather gaudy character forcing his way into the bar association against much resistance from his brother who may or may not actually make his concerns about his brother a self-fulfilling prophecy. That's the main story for the first three seasons, and the background is rather elaborate and detailed, hinting that there's a lot more (and it is).

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Still waiting for the 3rd Season of Better Call Saul to come on Netflix.

Probably the most popular show I didn't watch was Game of Thrones. I watched the first episode and new it wasn't for me. Some guy was doggie styling his sister at the end. Fantasy and Sci Fi has never been my thing.
Also watched 2 episodes of Sons Of Anarchy, it immediately turned me off. It just reminded me of all the wannabe bikers, that popped up after that show came on. I lost count of all the coworkers who suddenly bought Harleys, and dressed and acted the part. Lame.
Watched 2 seasons of Homeland and lost interest.

Breaking Bad was great, The Wire was very good.

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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
What are some critically acclaimed shows that you have not watched simply because you were not at all interested in the premise?



dawnson's creek,
dawnson's creeptonite (smallville),
f.r.i.e.n.d.s ,
pretender
fake star trek, you know the ONE, #thereisonlyonecaptain
nikita , the first one
the sopranos
and the one with kevin spacey about...something, but everyone used to talk about it back then.

and any tv show made from 2000s onwards pratically. i'm kinda of not follow trend guy, so even if its really good, i will only watch when everyone stop talking about it

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Better Call Saul is a great show that stands on it's own. Watching Breaking Bad is definitely not required.

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I’ve seen parts of episodes of these shows, but never actually sat down to watch an episode because I didn’t think they were funny at all.

Seinfeld

2 And A Half Men

Big Bang Theory

Seriously, these shows are so not funny that I laughed less than Leslie Nielsen did in the Airplane! And Naked Gun movies.


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