I don’t watch shows anymore I just watch serpadesign feed his frogs on YouTube x
Why does anyone watch new TV when there are perfectly good copies of every season of Gargoyles they could be pirating?
I don’t know why, but this reminds me of my favorite Hank Hill quote: “Why would anybody want to do drugs when you can just mow a lawn?”
Can’t take the mower to the club, not anymore.
not since somebody used the lawnmower after the drugs
MISTER PIIIICKLES
Same energy
Never seen gargoyles. Only porn of it.
Is it any good?
This is the lasting legacy of my childhood TV experience…porn 😔
Gargoyles…porn
Tiny toons…porn
Sonic the Hedgehog…porn
It’s all porn now.
Just as god intended, I’ll tell you hwat.
It’s the internet. That’s what it’s for. 😄
Now that you say that, it’s really an odd, surreal experience. Were my fellow children unique, and just did not grow up, and made a blend of their childhood and what should be adult pursuits, or were people in the past just as fucked up, but all they had to make porn of was Charles Dickens and Dante and such?
Sounds like you may be unfamiliar with Tijuana Bibles, as they were called. You might find their history interesting.
It’s okay but it’s a bit distracting what with all the sexy gargoyles
Based
How many times do we need to pirate them before we can watch new shows?
Also all anyone needs is The Wire, been watching that recently and it’s so good
You can stop watching Gargoyles when the voice of Keith David is available as a default TTS client on every phone.
We live in a machine learning world, don’t let your dreams be dreams.
Follow that up with Oz.
We talking bout Goliath, Hudson, Bronx, Brooklyn and the rest of the gang? Them gargoyles?
I’ve never identified with someone else’s comment so hard.
I am out of the loop with this one, are you referring to the cartoon series?
Yes?
And then for one, “yeah I like that show!”
“Oh do you remember when x did y?”
…No, I forgot everything that happened a week later.
Severance is great. I watched it on my 3-month trial to Apple TV.
You got 3 months!? I got 7 days; barely got a few eps of Ted Lasso in
When I turned in my iPad (Air 4) due to some issues with magnetic covers within warranty, I got a free replacement and a 90-day trial to Apple TV+. I watched Ted Lasso (all 3 seasons), Silo and Severance during these 3 months.
I’m not sure why you only got 7 days, but I would assume that Apple gives a longer trial to people who just got a new iDevice.
ps. I should mention that if I were to get a new tablet today, I would get one from Samsung.
Target gives out 1-3 month Apple trials from time to time.
I don’t wanna overanalyze the meme, but it is irritating when you can’t have a conversation with someone without their whole identity being based on whatever they’ve recently watched. Then if you haven’t seen it, them uncreatively explaining the plot to you.
TV shows are just an easy conversational topic… that’s all it is.
Growing up in the years before and during Cable television, I am positive television was the most talked about topic over any and all aside from basic hello.
And if you didn’t have cable, well you’d get filled in on whatever, but were oddly OK with it.
It makes sense, people connect through shared experiences, and TV is an easy way to do that.
500 yrs ago we’d be standing in line at the grist mill chatting about the royal parade a few days ago.
Not a cell phone in sight. People just out there living their lives. Occasionally dropping dead of tuberculosis. The good ol’ days.
Yea you’re right, I can’t be too upset.
It’s a shared experience, like the weather. Usually in person with somebody who experiences the same weather, but comparing/contrasting weather with friends across the country (US, so that can be pretty far) works sometimes too.
It is? Then I guess I am a shitty conversational partner.
It’s not the ONLY conversation topic.
Seen one of those (The Boys). Maybe two if you count the first season of Westworld (don’t plan on watching more because it’s supposed to be shite).
I only really bother with Mike Flanagan’s single season stuff on Netflix, because the man knows how to open and close a story. Others should take note. Don’t start a story unless you know how it’s going to end and how long it’s going to take to get there.
“This is popular, let’s make more” is an attitude that has ruined television.
Agreed about Flanagan. I feel like now’s the time to have more one season stories for easier digestion. Especially since so many of them turn to shit so quickly. Ted Lasso being a recent example. Holy shit that last season was horrendous.
The Bear is very very good
I still haven’t recovered from a certain Season 2 episode
The fishes, right?
That somehow made me love Jamie Lee Curtis even more…
She deserves every award for that episode.
I had to stop watching at some point, it was just too close to home. The overall feeling was just like christmas at home and I don’t go anymore, because I value my sanity more these days. Holy shit what an episode.
Also Mr. Robot and Foundation and Good Omens and Fleabag and the new Beavis and Butthead and Station Eleven and Doctor Who is about to get good again and Irma Vep was great but I don’t think that one’s coming back
I wish Station Eleven was longer :(
I wanted to see that world explored a little longer.
Beavis and Butthead
wait there’s a new one? I’ve been living under a rock!
There are two new seasons and a movie!
I forgot about this, I need to go watch!
That reminds me, I went out on Halloween dressed as Butthead when I was but a wee lad hhhuhuh.
It’s okay, not great, although I loved this episode.
I want to like Mr Robot sooooo badly but I find it very cringy and tryhard. I gave up midway through season two.
Season 2 is definitely the slowest season I think. It’s a bit of a slog but it’s doing a lot of the legwork for seasons 3 and 4 to go wild so it does kind of pay off in the long run IMO.
Don’t forget Goliat and Bosch.
As someone who very rarely watches series, this really hits home. I just rarely have the patience to do so, and because of that I also don’t have any streaming subscriptions. I’d rather play games, because the interaction makes them a lot more rewarding to me. To each their own though, other people don’t play games so they’ll have the same problem with me
And there are so many games that just gaming isn’t enough. I know nothing about my coworker’s Rocket League gaming.
I can agree, I also am interested in more niche things that mainstream shows, so any title in the meme is totally unknown to me
I feel this way about video games.
Same, Baulder’s Gate 3 is out. It’s fantastic and I don’t have much motivation to spend money on it. TOTK takes up all the time I allow myself to play video games. I still haven’t even started Elden Ring.
I honestly believe half of these shows are fake and you can’t change my mind
I’ve seen half the shows listed and they’re all pretty decent. And this is from someone who just cycles one subscription and watches whatever looks interesting on the current subscription.
I’m pissed at how absolutely shit the end of The Watcher is. It started so good.
Fellas, is it a crime to want to share something you enjoy? As long as you aren’t demonizing people who haven’t seen it, who cares?
It’s not about demonizing the person sharing. It’s about the feeling of being overwhelmed because there’s so much shit you haven’t seen and will never see. You will never have enough time to get through that list and that can feel bad.
Yeah that’s about it. I also think it’s about the dawning realisation that this medium or format of storytelling has become increasingly commercialised; and that in spite of the vast hours of content available, there is paradoxically less genuine narrative than ever.
Imo we should limit these to one every 5 years.
I’m just now watching the 20 year old tv show “the wire” and its better than the 5 of these I have watched (of those 5, I’d only recommend the “the bear”)
Oh man, I’m just starting that one myself. West Wing. Sopranos. For some reason, if you can get past the old-person video quality, 20 years ago was peak TV. Gen-X is mostly a waste of oxygen and natural resources, but their art (TV, music) was a Renaissance era.
No! That’s not true! We’ve just kept the best shows from that era! For every “The Wire” there were a dozen other terrible shows airing at the same time. It’s true that there were fewer shows on TV so there were less to pick from but believe me, in another 10 years people are going to only point to “Breaking Bad” and other shows (Sherlock? Mr. ROBOT? Dexter? Game of thrones minus the last season? we can’t say for sure right now) as amazing and they’ll say “damn, 20 years ago was peak TV.”
I will say though, it’s impressive that HBO is really the only production company to consistently produce the best TV.
I would say I feel attacked, but you’re mostly right.
I’d argue about the waste of oxygen thing, but my gen x coworker says she mostly identifies with boomers.
The wire is an all timer! Not sure any of the shows in the picture will ever be at that level.
The Last of Us and The Boys.
Haven’t seen anything (or even heard of a lot) of the others. Not that they are bad shows. I just like to waste my time in other activities.
Like video games. Not shows, but still wasting time.
Is it really wasting time if you’re having a good time?
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Learning.
I’ve watched like two of the ones listed.
Two more than me. I did start watching Westworld but it was too gruesome. It’s a shame that programs with good storylines have to ruin it with too much gratuity.
I see where you’re coming from. But for Westworld the gratuity is sort of fundamental to the theme and plot of the show.
What’s gratuity in this context? English is my second language and an the dictionary nor online searches for things like “gratuity in tv shows” were of much help. I saw most of one episode; do you mean the soft porn?
Haven’t watched any of these and I don’t feel like curling in fetal position. What’s wrong with me, doctor?
Oh, he’s doing that because he feels like he’s missing out? I thought the joke was that he curled into fetal position because the guy is peppering him with questions and is feeling overwhelmed.
I had a boss that’d always try to talk about films, TV, and frequently referenced actors to me, and I’d always feel a bit bad that I never got it.
I imagine you have your own methods to handle these types of discussions, but this is my trick.
“Have you watched random niche show you’ve never heard of?”
“No, but I’ve heard it’s pretty decent. What’s it about?”
At this point, you can check out of the conversation while they talk about a show you’ll never see. Personally, I like to half listen because I like to hear about stuff people have a passion for
That’s a neat tip. Now, if only I had a social life to put it into practice
I do try to engage in conversations about it when prompted to, but I always feel rather bad when they ask and can somehow instantly tell that I have absolutely no clue.
I like to think he’s overwhelmed by an instant realisation of his own brief mortality in the face of what must be hundreds of cumulative hours of shows that he will most likely never watch
That’s profound!
