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 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I loathe the Big Bang Theory.

I liked it for maybe 1 or 2 seasons... but after a bit I just couldn't stomach it anymore either.

Anything Harry Potter, mainly because the entire thing is written like this:
Harry 'Oh No, A massive anaconda that could kill me with a thought has just been summoned 6 feet in front of me! whatever shall I do!'
Little did Harry know that he was actually born with an innate fluency in snake, which probably had something to do with voldemort killing his parents and giving him a scar...
*30 seconds later*
Harry: 'sssssssssssss' (translation: 'sup snake dude)
Snake: 'ssssss' (translation: 'sup brah)

(much, much later)

Ron: 'Damnit, if only we could travel back in time to prevent this whole mess from happening!'
Hermione: 'Oh, wait, dumbledore gave me this time-manipulating device ages and ages ago for no apparent reason, but I completely forgot about this reality-bending marvel until just this moment when it is really useful'
And so Harry and chums meddled with the space-time continuum, successfully averting any forms of temporal paradox, and saved the day, while at the same time not attending a single lesson yet still getting top marks in all their exams...

The End

Oh and Dr Who, why, corny, naff dialogue and absolutely no sense of peril in any form, Yeah I know main characters have more plot armour than your average space marine, but at least give me 2 minutes where I think there is even the slightest chance that things might go wrong, in terms of 'the earth skirting the very brink of destruction', the earth in dr who is wearing a wedding train...

Wow. Ya'll suck.

Harry Potter, Rickey Gervais, Russel Brand, Game of Thrones, Big Bang theory (huh, huh. You said Bang), Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Scrubs, The Avengers, and Archer are all extremely entertaining. You're obviously watching them wrong.

Twilight, 2+0.5 men, broke girls, and Walking Dead can all go die in a fire.

The Walking Dead. I dislike it for several reasons and some are more petty than others.

I really hate how everyone acts like zombies were never a cultural thing. Why do everyone, including teenagers, call zombies "Walkers"? Where did this term come from? How did it spread? Is there some sort of copyright on the term "zombie"?

The show also doesn't seem to have much of a focus or purpose. It's just about some needy and whiny individuals wandering around trying to do... stuff. I get that the idea is that they are trying to survive but I can only take so much whining.

I don't understand the nature of the zombie virus. If everyone is infected, why don't they turn into zombies? I understand latent viruses and all but how does a bite of all things do it? Is there some sort of chemical that is in the zombie's saliva that cause the virus to go active? How was a virus engineered to be like this? I also understand that they needed this element to add suspense but... you know, I would think the threat of being mauled by mutated freaks would be enough.

Why haven't the zombies expired yet? They look like their immune and cell reproduction systems are down. Wouldn't bacteria cause them to decay in such a state? Wouldn't they bloat in the SE US heat?

Maybe all of this is explained in the comics but it seems to be glossed over in the show in favor of more drama. I liken The Walking Dead as a soap opera for guys. Stupid situations that are an excuse for characters to be all sad and brooding.

I do not like The Big Bang Theory. It seems to be a show about what Hollywood writers think what mainstream people think nerds are like. What's worse is that I get the impression that we are supposed to laugh at the main cast instead of with them. I would like to echo one sentiment I have read about the show in that the person we are supposed to sympathize with isn't Leonard or his friends. It's supposed to be Penny. (Whom I think should be less in the show).

I don't like Walking Dead, but that's more a "I dont like zombie movies/tv shows period" than a, "i like zombies, but I dont like what walking dead did with them"

I absolutely hate that Duck Dynasty show... I recently watched three episodes (well, watched is a loose term, I was studying for a test, and it was background noise), and with the exception of one scene in 3 full episodes, it was absolute garbage... For the record, the "good" scene that I actually enjoyed was where the two old dudes went to school for "career day" and proceeded to dress a duck, and the other one regaled 8th graders with the blood and gut stories from his time in Vietnam.

It should go without saying, but I hate Glee, any of the singing shows (American Idol, the Voice, the X Factor, etc.)

We can also throw in basically all forms of Reality TV... and the fact that even sports leagues/teams are getting in on that game grinds my gears so badly


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 kronk wrote:

Game of Thrones, Big Bang theory (huh, huh. You said Bang), Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Scrubs, The Avengers, and Archer are all extremely entertaining. You're obviously watching them wrong.

Twilight, 2+0.5 men, broke girls, and Walking Dead can all go die in a fire.

I agree with Kronk on these things as well... (the ones I removed from his list I can generally take or leave, but I don't have a general outright dislike or hate of them)

I'm just glad no one hates Mythbusters. And of anyone does say that, I will find you, an I will kill you.

As for shows I hate, I really don't get what bronies see in MLP. It's just an awful gak filled mess for 5 year old girls. The one and only episode I ever in intend to even watch some of, is the one Weird Al was in.

I don't actually have a TV or anything like that, all I have is Netflix,.

Also, feth all live action sitcoms. I used to watch The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, thinking it was good. I recently watched an episode of the thing, and I could not understand how I was able to stand that gak! It's just awful!

I hate the Harry Potter stuff. The editing is just so choppy, and I can't stand things like that. Avengers was awesome, and Lord of the Rings (extended edition) is my favorite trilogy. Yes I like LotR more than I like the Original Star Wars

People don't enjoy Lord of the rings? Well you all suck.

Everything else I'm agreeing with, Big bang theory has gotten progressively worse with each passing season, as has Game of thrones. Only reason I watch GoT now is because I have a massive crush on Natalie Dormer haha.

The simpsons I've started to despise now too, it;s just getting awful and needs to be stopped before it's completely run into the ground. It's all just regurgitated story lines that have already been done.

TV Wise
Duck Dynasty, PAwn Stars, American Pickers.
I loathe those shows with a passion. Pawn stars was good for a bit, till it obviously became scripted and messy. Duck Dynasty. Jesus, who gave those guys a show? Why is "People Acting Insane when doing their job" so popular?

Movie:
Godfather, I just cant get into it.
Iron Man 3: It had no Iron Man
Citizen Kane

I'd tried my damnedest to like Dr. Who, but I don't get the hype. But, I dislike the OTT Whovian fans more than the show itself.

I haven't really watched much TV since I got Netflix about 4 years ago, but I will say that I can't stand reality TV shows. The ONLY exception being Hell's Kitchen. Everything else can feth off in my opinion.

Those are the only ones that come to mind off hand.

Ah, I forgot movies!

The ones that come to mind are Godfather, Princess Bride, or Tropic Thunder. I think those are the only movies that I can't even stand being around.

Revolution is by far the most god awful thing on TV, They missed their Y2K release by 13 years. I was horrified it got a second season.

There is nothing on earth that can stop a hand held electrical device from working, nor any magical amulet that will make it work years after all the batteries have drained and the electrical plants have been turned off. My son's lego light with a hand cranked generator spits in the face of revolution.

Worst zombie moves ever, Fido & zomibe love story one, so aweful I forget it's name where a zombie falls in love with a girl and starts becoming human again.

and of course any highlander movie or series after the first one. When the first movie kept quoting "there can be only one" they meant one movie, there can be only one movie.

Oh I know something to add.

Anything with Mel Gibson.

 Soladrin wrote:
Oh I know something to add.

Anything with Mel Gibson.

I liked Big Trouble in Little China! You take that back!

He was great in that!

 kronk wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
Oh I know something to add.

Anything with Mel Gibson.

I liked Big Trouble in Little China! You take that back!

He was great in that!

That was Kurt Russel!

...Wait, are you referring to the weird, eye ball thing?

Yes. That's the joke!

Insert picture of McBane from the Simpsons.

Breaking Bad.

 kronk wrote:
Yes. That's the joke!

Insert picture of McBane from the Simpsons.

Oh jeez, I'll go back to my lurking corner now

I hate.... Television. In general, I hate everything it stands for.

Things People Like I don't like/don't understand why anyone likes;

For TV the chief is Firefly. It was alright, but I never thought it was that good. Occasionally funny, but I found the characters annoying and the plotlines generic. I did however like Serenity. It's not that I hate The Walking Dead, but I just can't get into it. I saw season one when it started and saw season two after season four finished and I just can't bring myself to keep watching. I don't find myself really interested in most of the characters who seem preoccupied with overly angsty melodrama and being varying degrees of godawful stupid. 2.5 Men for me as well. I enjoyed the first few seasons, but then they just started rehashing episodes and it became boring. Also the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. That series stopped being remotely in the realm of enjoyable after season 2 when the writers started doing their work while on LSD trips.

For video games;

Why people continue to buy Call of Duty, I will never know. Dawn of War 2; Both because it wasn't the game I really wanted and because I feel Company of Heroes was much better for the kind of game it was.

For movies;

Citizen Kane. I thought that movie was dreadfully boring and while I appreciate it was a revolutionary film in a lot of ways, I find the story to be an utter bore.The Hunger Games; I like the book well enough but I thought the movie was bland and dull to watch. Seeing people rave over it baffles me. Part of me enjoys entertaining notions of fan rage when Mocking Jay comes out and laughing.

Books;

Karen Travis; People probably notice I take chances to insult her when I can get them. Pure Mary Sue characters, constantly killing the few non-Mary Sue's she touches, and a really perverse infatuation with warrior types with scientists constantly being pure evil/the lowest form of life. And she killed Mara Jade over a personal squabble with Timothy Zahn and may she burn for it. Twilight; Considering that other books exist that tell pretty much the same story but with much better writing/less pathetic excuses for human beings as main characters the continuing popularity of Twilight does peeve me. The Great Gatsby; I have a special hate for this book. It's boring, overly long, and not 'Great' in any sense, but everyone has to read it an accept it as a pinacle of American literature.

At the same time, I kind of enjoy indulging in bad things. Dynasty Warriors is a series of games where each one is mostly the same as the last but I still play and crap out of them. I'd never call them good games thought. Just fun games. I can get why some people like some things and that's fine, but people holding up an obvious turd and calling it gold gets to me.

How I Met Your Mother. I tried to get into the show a few years ago, and I constantly hear how funny it is, but every episode I have watched is full of flimsy, shallow jokes and what seemed like hokey canned audience laughter. I really like Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel, but I find both of them un-watchable in that show. It is just so sitcom-y that I can't get involved. I am glad it is ending so it will no longer be in the news.

Honey Boo Boo, Duck Dynasty, Keeping up with the Khardashians, any type of "Wars" show (Shipping, Storage, Parking, Cupcake, ect.) and generally anything on A&E, TLC, or E! is garbage in my book.

General:

Anything WWII in any media, and this is from a guy that five years ago could recite the force dispositions for the siege of Tobruk from memory. It's overdone, folks, time to move along.

TV:

Moffat/Smith's Dr. Who. It's not really that bad, but I have to contend with a host of Moffat-worshipping, Smith-idolizing fanboys on a daily basis, and I'm secretly hoping for Capaldi and whatever new writer/director to take over.

Film:

Anything by Paul Haggis. Moralizing, hamfisted and manipulative. Nuff said.

90% of Tim Burton's films. See, there's this spanish singer and performer, Alaska, who rose to stardom in the early 80s by poaching stylistic elements from the (foreign, but also local) punk and gothic scenes, then reworking them as an acceptable pastiche for the post-francoist burgueoisie, deprived of all punch and subversive content. Much like her, Burton milks science-fiction, horror and fantasy for ideas, and in turn delivers bland, family-friendly box office hits that are neither sci-fi, horror or fantasy.

Books:

John Scalzi. The guy's quite a character and I often find myself agreeing with him, but his books are kind of... lacking. See, I don't believe we need to tone down science-fiction to make it appealing to prospective new readers, but Scalzi seems to think otherwise.

Other:

Twitter. No, I don't want the whole world to read my Whatsapp chats. They're not that interesting, really.

Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles are films I never really got into, but John Hughes also wrote National Lampoons Vacation so I let it slide. I grew up hearing everyone fawning over Heathers which I never really liked either.

Heathers

"Corn...Nuts"

heh.

 Ahtman wrote:
I don't like Big Bang Theory, though I think I dislike people assuming I should like it even more.

This. To me it's basically exploitation comedy. Along the same lines as Napolean Dynamite.

I cancelled my cable television service almost 4 years ago to switch to Netflix and Hulu. I find that the only serialized stuff I tune in for is generally anime and documentary series. I haven't found a reason to switch back.

 tomball0706 wrote:
People don't enjoy Lord of the rings? Well you all suck.

I know plenty of people that don't like it, mostly because:

They're good fantasy movies, it's a terrible Lord of the Rings adaptation.

Many of the characterizations are wrong, many of the parts that are added in make no sense, and many of the things that were reworked are odd, to say the least(why would they bring the civilians to Helm's Deep, why draw out Faramir's desire to claim the ring, etc.). There were also a few parts that should have been left in but were cut out because reasons. Not necessarily the Scouring, but little things.

 reiner wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I don't like Big Bang Theory, though I think I dislike people assuming I should like it even more.

This. To me it's basically exploitation comedy.

I'll third this. I said "Huzzah" when my new debit card worked, and the cashier simply said "I think you mean 'Bazinga.'"

Listen here, I did not mean "Bazinga", nor will I EVER choose that over "Huzzah."

Hunger Games. They try so hard to be dramatic.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
Hunger Games. They try so hard to be dramatic.

I think you mean "They try so hard to be...


*dramatic pause*


dramatic."

 mega_bassist wrote:

I'll third this. I said "Huzzah" when my new debit card worked, and the cashier simply said "I think you mean 'Bazinga.'"

Listen here, I did not mean "Bazinga", nor will I EVER choose that over "Huzzah."

As a guy who is routinely subjected to marathon runs of BBT, Fringe, and Firefly (my wife is a huge fan of all three)... Bazinga is not even the proper word in your debit card situation.... Huzzah would be though. Good on ye for using the proper word to express joy over a "trivial" thing working


Since it's march, and it's techinically TV... I hate basketball.... College, pros, it doesn't matter, I fething hate it

Hmmm... The Walking Dead (and any zombie related films, though I do like 28 Days/Weeks later, Zombieland, and Shaun of the Dead), I utterly loathe zombies and 95% of things related to them. Other than that, I can't really say I outright hate any films/movies, although I dislike LotR and Harry Potter (both book/film), not because I dislike those works, but because I dislike the fan base that build it up to be the most amazing thing since sliced bread. I suppose Firefly also fits the bill there, although I did enjoy it a great deal.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I just saw somebody say on here they disliked Archer. Ready the torches and pitchforks, boys, somebody here needs a whoopin'.

Agreed.

I found Game of Thrones to be very lacking.
I haven't even finished the first book yet. It has been right here on my desk for months now, but I just can't bring myself to reading it again. I just got spoiled on the Lord of the Rings I guess. Game of Thrones just lacks the depth and literary value that Lord of the Rings has.
It is not that Games of Thrones is bad or anything, in fact, I think it is great, but somehow it lacks that special spark that keeps me reading or watching.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I loathe the Big Bang Theory.

I liked it for maybe 1 or 2 seasons... but after a bit I just couldn't stomach it anymore either.

I loved the Big Bang Theory, but I spent an entire night without sleep from like 10pm to 9am watching it non-stop with friends, and now I just can't stomach it anymore.