TV shows you can't stand.

[HYHYBT]

Thank you. I don't think it's that your description removed the humor, but that there's not much there to begin with.

[the_std]

Well, the phrase itself has also become a handy one to keep in the arsenal. I find that it fits perfectly into a situation where you are so completely tired of listening to someone say idiotic things, and when they say something entirely illogical, you just snap.

Then, maybe I'm just a big Futurama nerd and other people might not get it, so I don't use it too often in every day conversation, only when I know there are people around who will get it. I've seen Gravekeeper use it a number of times here, so I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

[Hyena Dandy]

Thank you. I don't think it's that your description removed the humor, but that there's not much there to begin with.

More of the humor comes from the way those two have always interacted than the specific phrase.

[Gravekeeper]

Then, maybe I'm just a big Futurama nerd and other people might not get it, so I don't use it too often in every day conversation, only when I know there are people around who will get it. I've seen Gravekeeper use it a number of times here, so I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

Sometimes, its really the only phrase that explains exactly how I feel ;p

[Sleepwalker]

Charmed.

Annoying yuppie women dressed like teenagers fighting annoying yuppie men.

Who are demons from hell.

Or something.


Makes me miss Buffy, shitty seasons and all.

[fireheart17]

This one's a local series but I'll give you the gist of it-it's called RBT. Random Breath Testing. Should give you a clue.

I can understand that certain shows like Border Security, The Force and so on are entertaining. It's when they try and capitalise on that popularity by making stupid shows like THAT. We do not NEED to see 30 minutes of people getting randomly breath tested.

(for the record, Border Security is a mix of Customs, Quarantine and Immigration cases at the airport, docks etc. while The Force is a cop "documentary" that is a little less involved than COPS)

Sleepwalker, I'll agree with you about charmed. I don't know why, but one of the digital channels down here decided to re-air it during the day. I went and watched an episode the other day. Now I USED to like Charmed when I was younger: I would read the books and all that jazz. Now I watch it and I skip through the episode.

Another show that is starting to get irritating: Family Guy. They have started to clone a lot of the Simpsons jokes to the point where it's no longer funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWSM...eature=related

[blas87]

Family Guy still amuses me so much because, well, the show goes there. And you sit there at home, knowing you probably shouldn't laugh, it's soo wrong...but you do it anyway. Because it's funny.

[AdminAssistant]

Archer is like that, too. New episodes Thursday - woo! "It's like Meowschwitz in here!"

[senor boogie woogie]

Me again.

I dislike most HBO/Showtime series. I am not a prude, but it seems that every other word that comes out is fuck, shit, or motherfucker among others. It seems to me that they do this because they can, and it is something that they can do that the broadcast networks cannot.

There is too much sex in these shows too. Guess what, sex is no big deal. I dont need to see your tits or bare ass. Really.

[blas87]

I disagree with you. It just sucks you have to pay for those damn channels.

I missed all of season 4 of True Blood.

It may seem over-the-top, and they may do it just because they can. But hell, have you ever watched syndicated Sex and the City and the dubbed over words? Or movies that get put on regular cable channels with obvious different voices dubbing over curse words?

[jackfaire]

Or movies that get put on regular cable channels with obvious different voices dubbing over curse words?

And even more annoying they dub a word that fits the mouth movements that is a non swear word instead of a word that fits the dialogue. I can handle the mouth and word not matching better than I can the word not making sense.

In Lethal Weapon 4 Riggs says, "We fucked you" and then laughs. In most dubs it is done as "We Fixed you" Really "We Screwed you" may not look right but it will at least flow with the dialogue.

[Dreamstalker]

I loved the original (BBC) Being Human; I have no desire whatsoever to see the SyFy version. It seems to be mostly about sex and banter, and the few character revelations in the trailers have been really dumb.

[Andara Bledin]

I loved the original (BBC) Being Human; I have no desire whatsoever to see the SyFy version.

I've just finished watching the SF version. There is a bunch of sex in it, but most of it is actually related to moving the plot, surprisingly. I like it and am going to catch the next season when it hits Netflix.

I've never seen the original, so I can't say how it compares.

^-.-^

[firecat88]

I hate...most things that have a laugh-track on them. If I have to actually be told when to laugh, something is very wrong. The exceptions are older shows like I Love Lucy and Get Smart because those shows were freakin' hilarious. Other, non-laugh-track things I hate are:

~Toddlers & Tiaras (aka How To Train Your 5-Year-Old To Look Like A Hooker and Act Like An Entitled Bitch)

~Say Yes To The Dress and its other forms (aka When Brides Let Other People Decide For Them What Their Perfect Wedding Dress Is)

~Extreme Couponing (aka Extreme Hoarding-and-Shopaholicsm)

~Extreme.....y'know what? I'm just going to say 'Everything on TLC that isn't Cake Boss or that new special JIG (which is about Irish dance competitions).'

~Most of what's on History Channel. It's all Nostradamus and aliens and truckers now.

~A lot of cartoons that have been made within the past few years. It's all fart jokes, characters throwing up, and general crap as far as the eye can see. Which is why I treasure such things as MLP, the new ThunderCats, and most of what's on Nicktoons that isn't The Mighty B and Dragon Ball XYZEleventy.

[AdminAssistant]

I tried to watch Cake Boss once. Too much yelling and drama. Much prefer the stoners and artists and wacky hijinks of Ace of Cakes.