The TV Shows Thread

[Read_Lives_of_Saints]

Watched House of David on Prime. I was expecting a Chosen situation but it wasn't bad.

Speaking of Chosen, what a disappointment that eventually was for me. At first I thought it was doing a good job of dramatizing many of Jesus' parables from the New Testament, but giving St. Matthew OCD became too much. I don't want some disease-of-the-week TV drama impression of him in my head always fidgeting around and acting weird.

Why in the world did they do that? I had to stop watching the show.

 

[Joost]

Watched the Last of Us (season 2). They turned a good series to garbage. Same "message":
- Women stronger, wiser
- Men follow women, emotional and weak

It turned to a lesbian love story.

 

[stylus]

Speaking of Chosen, what a disappointment that eventually was for me. At first I thought it was doing a good job of dramatizing many of Jesus' parables from the New Testament, but giving St. Matthew OCD became too much. I don't want some disease-of-the-week TV drama impression of him in my head always fidgeting around and acting weird.

Why in the world did they do that? I had to stop watching the show.

The longer any series runs, the shittier it gets, as they eventually run out of genuine ideas. It's also partially due to Hollywood getting it's sticky hands on the success; The Simpson's, for example, was wholesome and arguably family-oriented up until the '4th season'?

 

[SiverFox]

Watched the Last of Us (season 2). They turned a good series to garbage. Same "message":
- Women stronger, wiser
- Men follow women, emotional and weak

It turned to a lesbian love story.

This is why I didn't play the game even though I liked the first one.

 

[Read_Lives_of_Saints]

The longer any series runs, the shittier it gets, as they eventually run out of genuine ideas. It's also partially due to Hollywood getting it's sticky hands on the success; The Simpson's, for example, was wholesome and arguably family-oriented up until the '4th season'?

I noticed that too with The Simpson's 4th season and then began to see the trend with other shows. It went from interesting satire with some light-hearted moral message that even doofuses like Homer were okay because they tried to be a responsible dad, to a demoralizing program in the 4th season and onward.

This was also what happened with Married...with Children although, because it wasn't animated and Peg and Kelly's sexuality were always on display, it didn't have as far to fall.

 

[bubs]

I have to agree with the multi-season shows most of the time. Clearly it’s just a money grab at expense of ruining what first season or so is excellent. I think the 5-10 episode miniseries with closure is probably the best entertainment format IMO.