Nicker on 16/9/2013 at 15:48
Quote Posted by faetal
Come on guys. Taking turns to get the last word in is the single worst part of internet arguments.
No it isn't.
june gloom on 16/9/2013 at 20:12
Quote Posted by faetal
Maybe it's because all of the US political spectrum looks far-right to me, I don't see the divide. To me, it just comes across as basically lampooning everyone and every thing. The only message I take from FG is stereotypes are ridiculous, and hence fertile ground for lots of silliness. I don't think I've ever watched an episode and come away thinking it had a point. American Dad I think does parody a lot better - I find that much more thought-provoking in terms of its use of right wing stereotypes. Family Guy is observational humour multiplied by ADHD and shoved through a crass filter.
Dude, again, it doesn't matter what the message is.
All of FG's humor is overwrought and overdone. South Park manages to have a moral to each episode and you can take it or leave it, it's still funny either way. FG
isn't funny regardless of what "message" it might have because of its style of humor.
SubJeff on 16/9/2013 at 20:14
Did you mean to state that opinion as fact?
I'm interested to know what you do like. You don't like FG, Big Bang Theory or The Walking Dead. What do you like?
Don't get me wrong - I'm all for people liking whatever they want (within reason) but you stated that FG was the worst thing on TV and that it's even worse than BBT and TWD, which suggests that you think both of these shows are truly terrible. I can understand someone not being into them but you seem to either have some hate for these shows in particular or a very strict, bordering on black and white, system of classifying things you don't like as utterly terrible.
AIG on 16/9/2013 at 20:29
Someone close THIS piece of shit thread and re-open my Inferno thread!!!
There is no order in this place!
faetal on 16/9/2013 at 22:04
I don't like Big Bang Theory, I love Walking Dead. Here's something which I don't get how anyone finds it funny - the fucking Hangover. It's such rote buddy comedy by numbers - I would probably gouge my eyes out before I watched that again. That said, I still enjoy Family Guy and you know what - I don't hate myself for it and never will. Other people's opinions of it notwithstanding.
june gloom on 16/9/2013 at 22:31
I like Top Gear. That's really sort of it. I don't like television very much. I think it's mostly crap, and I don't have the patience to sit down and watch the supposedly good stuff like Breaking Bad because I don't feel engaged with TV.
I don't like watching long Youtube videos or movies for the same reason.
Top Gear works for me because I like the presenters (even Jeremy Clarkson, the grumpy, backwards bastard that he is) and it's not actually on a lot. The last season was, what, 8, 10 weeks? I don't have to feel obligated to sit down and watch it every week for 8 months.
And I want to capture Richard Hammond and put him in a tiny plastic cage with a wheel.
SubJeff on 17/9/2013 at 00:58
Wow.
That's just
Wow.
AIG on 17/9/2013 at 01:09
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I like Top Gear. That's really sort of it. I don't like television very much. I think it's mostly crap, and I don't have the patience to sit down and watch the supposedly good stuff like Breaking Bad because I don't feel engaged with TV.
I don't like watching long Youtube videos or movies for the same reason.
Top Gear works for me because I like the presenters (even Jeremy Clarkson, the grumpy, backwards bastard that he is) and it's not actually on a lot. The last season was, what, 8, 10 weeks? I don't have to feel obligated to sit down and watch it every week for 8 months.
And I want to capture Richard Hammond and put him in a tiny plastic cage with a wheel.
yeah everyone is calling Breaking Bad some brilliant-ass show. Good people. Smart people. I watched the first halves of two episodes and I'm like... WHAT THE FUCK IS THE BIG WHOOP? It's commercial garbage.
june gloom on 17/9/2013 at 01:55
I can't tell what you're wow-ing about. Was it the Hammond thing? 'Cuz I'll grant you that.
june gloom on 17/9/2013 at 02:01
By the way, re: TWD and BBT, yeah, I do have special hate for those two shows in particular for specific reasons. I'd rather not get into them though unless someone else asks.
