You'll never see them again
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Honestly there is so much back catalog to watch, who even needs a flood of new stuff? I can't possibly keep up.
That's the problem.
All new TV must compete with the rest of the gag streaming catalog.
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That explains why I'm so familiar with boomer shows and movies, despite being a millennial. There was a lot of old content and remakes on TV then.
When I was growing up I thought Gilligan's Island was a much bigger deal than it actually was.
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I'm reserving my judgement until I see the reboot of the Munsters.
Haven't they already made a million of those?
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If it's on Netflix, don't expect them to finish the show.
cause we need to pirate it.
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Except that one episode of Breaking Bad...
But then again, that show is over a decade old at this point.
Which one was filler?
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Is there a television show that doesn't have a gun in it?
The grand tour.
Clarksons farm.
Must see if you like laughing your ass off.
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no one tell make them watch 10 seasons of stargate
But the acting is SO BAD!
It took all my willpower to get through B5…
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(Sorry LousyCornMuffins, I can't help it)
There was an episode of Stargate SG-1 where...remember the paranoid dude who turned out to be an alien? Well he ends up working in Hollywood, and produces a TV show called Wormhole X-Treme, which is a parody of Stargate SG-1. This character then tries to pitch other shows which are pastiches of Sci-Fi shows, to include a very brief send-up of Farscape, especially relevant since Season 9 and 10 take on Ben Browder and Claudia Black, John Crichton and Aeryn Soun on Farscape respectively.
So we get T'ealc in a Luxan chin and Chiana Carter.
Amazing.
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But the acting is SO BAD!
It took all my willpower to get through B5…
it's not supposed to be good it's supposed to be fun
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(Sorry LousyCornMuffins, I can't help it)
There was an episode of Stargate SG-1 where...remember the paranoid dude who turned out to be an alien? Well he ends up working in Hollywood, and produces a TV show called Wormhole X-Treme, which is a parody of Stargate SG-1. This character then tries to pitch other shows which are pastiches of Sci-Fi shows, to include a very brief send-up of Farscape, especially relevant since Season 9 and 10 take on Ben Browder and Claudia Black, John Crichton and Aeryn Soun on Farscape respectively.
So we get T'ealc in a Luxan chin and Chiana Carter.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]hey! i'm feeling mighty aggravated by this!
also, i always get that alien confused with the dan castellaneta episode in season 8. mostly because I'm so excited for that episode I can't wait for it to happen.
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Which one was filler?
The one where the whole thing is just Walter chasing a fly around the lab. I've even got a vague memory of Vince Gilligan admitting it was only there because they were an episode short of whatever they were contractually obliged to produce but had very little budget left.
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Which one was filler?
A lot of people dislike the "fly hunt" episode.
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Oh no, filler is a good thing. Filler gives you time to know the characters, and adds depth and color to the world. Filler is where writers actually get to stretch and try out ideas. Filler is what makes a show feel full.
Imagine the X-Files with no filler. We'd lose the Jose Chung episodes, "Home," "the Post-Modern Prometheus," and so many other great episodes. Without the filler, it's just an endless slog through Chris Carter's poorly planned mythology. Just the smoking man and vanishing babies for
elevennine seasons.wrote on last edited by [email protected]Filler can be good, it can also be bad, and perhaps most strangely it can be "bad" but also "fuck you I want to see Goku scream 'give me your energy' for four episodes before he releases the spirit bomb. Again."
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That explains why I'm so familiar with boomer shows and movies, despite being a millennial. There was a lot of old content and remakes on TV then.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Tbf back then I wasn't watching remakes or reboots (mostly, and I know they did make them, but..) I got familiar with those shows by watching the reruns themselves. And even as a kid who wasn't alive at those shows releases, they still held and in many cases still do hold their original magic. Ex: Golden Girls.
But I type that as my Caddyshack VHS rolls credits so maybe I'm the weirdo. Oh well, I'm alright, nobody worry 'bout me!
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I think your opinion is by far the more popular view right now. I completely disagree though. Almost every mini-series I see I'm left dumbstruck as I feel like any decent editor could have gotten the same story across just as well with a 2 or 2.5h movie instead. I feel like they are just wasting my time.
And then you end up with a 6 hour story chopped to shit and get a very disjointed movie that feels like you're watching what was left of the film stock after Bubba Sawyer had a turn in the editing room.
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it's not supposed to be good it's supposed to be fun
I… but bad acting isn’t fun!
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Twin Peaks started out good and stayed good. I didn't get around to watching it until the late 2000s. I had heard that it started to fall apart after the killer was revealed, but it just kept getting better.
It isn't for everybody, though, and it probably just got too weird for a mainstream audience.
Have you seen the third season? Came out in 2017. I think it's some of the best TV that's ever been made.
Especially episode 8. Just pure David Lynch surreal perfection, right in my veins.
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50 years ago: 6 episodes in a season and stop after 2 seasons because it's well written without a bunch of useless filler.
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I… but bad acting isn’t fun!
Comrades, make them watch the entire nonpornographic half of the Ed Wood Collection.
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Twin peaks?
Two seasons in the early 90s, then a third season in 2017 where David Lynch basically got a blank check to completely unleash his beautiful insanity. Definitely shows the differences between what was acceptable on broadcast TV back then, vs what's acceptable on cable/streaming in a much more modern era.
