TV shows you were sure you wouldn't like that you ended up loving...

[hELXIG 41,704]

Hi I was inspired by the other thread to make this one because the shows OP doesn't like coincidentally were all shows I remember putting off and then loving  (NOT trying to change your mind OP I just found it funny)

I put off watching The Office for about 17  years because I thought it looked stupid and the fans were annoying and obsessed.. and then ended up watching all 9 seasons, unable to stop binging    just re-watched it all for a second time

Same thing for Parks And Rec and The Walking Dead! Watched P&R to the end and loved it, although I did fall off TWD because imo it went downhill around season 7

 

original thread..

 

[River 105,485]

The Franchise

It's actually good

[Roughhouse Dandy 8,540]

Euphoria got advertised to me as a mature Degrassi knockoff and that's the opposite of my vibe. After finishing a Six Feet Under rewatch at like 2am it popped up on recommended because the season 1 finale just does. Ended up binging the whole season instead of sleeping. 

Through all the shady rumors and hate train towards it I still maintain it's one of the greatest modern tv series. Acting, direction, cinematography, editing, makeup, hair, costuming, lighting and set design, writing (most of the time) are all top tier. I haven't seen the Israeli series it's based on so idk how much of it came from that but reading the screenplays cemented my opinion. No matter how much of it was lifted from the original, Sam Levinson did his big one with Euphoria. 

Also, shouts out to VEEP and Schitt's Creek. Both surprising bangers.  

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[killme89 1,199]

The Sopranos 

[hELXIG 41,704]

37 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Euphoria got advertised to me as a mature Degrassi knockoff and that's the opposite of my vibe. After finishing a Six Feet Under rewatch at like 2am it popped up on recommended because the season 1 finale just does. Ended up binging the whole season instead of sleeping. 

Through all the shady rumors and hate train towards it I still maintain it's one of the greatest modern tv series. Acting, direction, cinematography, editing, makeup, hair, costuming, lighting and set design, writing (most of the time) are all top tier. I haven't seen the Israeli series it's based on so idk how much of it came from that but reading the screenplays cemented my opinion. No matter how much of it was lifted from the original, Sam Levinson did his big one with Euphoria. 

Also, shouts out to VEEP and Schitt's Creek. Both surprising bangers.  

See I'm sure it's a really good show, otherwise the whole entire world wouldn't have been raving about it. And I've seen clips and it looks so good. But there's just something in my brain where I can't stop thinking about the fact they're supposed to be teenagers. Like that's a SIXTEEN year old doing all that ****.. I don't wanna watch 16 yr olds have sex. Idk why they always base shows like this in HIGH SCHOOL. Like it makes no sense to me why it has to be a school full of kids. Just make it a university and the whole thing is solved 

Anyway that's my rant   maybe one day I'll give it a go

Also I've heard a lot of good things about Veep, and Schitt's Creek was also a surprising banger for me too!

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[Lucas 24,205]

The Crown! I don't care at all about the royal family but during quarantine I decided to give the show a try and I was hooked from the first episode. 

[Roughhouse Dandy 8,540]

27 minutes ago, hELXIG said:

I can't stop thinking about the fact they're supposed to be teenagers

I definitely hear you on that. I think I'm just desensitized to it from sh*t like growing up doing Spring Awakening and watching the Peanuts characters do vile things in Dog Sees God. 

But I suggest giving Euphoria a go! They all look grown asf (bc they are irl) so unless they're actively in school I don't think too much about it. 

VEEP feels like a mean-spirited The Office on steroids. Deeply funny 

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