I don’t watch shows anymore I just watch serpadesign feed his frogs on YouTube x
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
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
And there are so many games that just gaming isn’t enough. I know nothing about my coworker’s Rocket League gaming.
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.
It is? Then I guess I am a shitty conversational partner.
It’s not the ONLY conversation topic.
Yea you’re right, I can’t be too upset.
Haven’t watched any of these and I don’t feel like curling in fetal position. What’s wrong with me, doctor?
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Wow if I have to resort to speed up something then I’m watching it because I have to, not because I want to. May I ask, which ones? Of those, the only one that I have on my Maybe Someday List is The Last of Us.
Why is that out of interest? Plenty of shows here have been universally acclaimed and I don’t think there are many people who wouldn’t love at least one of the shows here.
What are some of your favourite shows you have seen? I’d be curious what you enjoy if there’s nothing in this list that appeals.
Honestly I haven’t heard about the majority in the list, and those I did just didn’t grab my attention. I’m not saying they are bad shows. I can’t speak of what I haven’t watched.
It’s difficult to get me to follow up on a series. I prefer movies. When I do series, it’s likely to be animation. Bojack Horseman comes to mind as something I’ve watched recently, that isn’t ages old, and that I’ve enjoyed a lot. HAPPY! is another, mostly live action, but I still need to finish S2. All other examples of live action tv shows I’ve watched a substantial amount of eps are from before streaming became standard, and even then I haven’t finished a lot of those.
I think it’s because of something in the way shows are marketed + my personal experiences of trying shows and not liking them/getting bored. It irks me when the plot quality of a show goes down as the series progresses. I see a movie trailer and I get a pretty good idea if it’s worth my time or not, but that’s not the case with long format shows.
If you had to sell me some of the shows in the comic, which ones would be and why?
Sounds totally fair enough mate. I’m not really the person to ask because most of these shows are shows I want to watch but haven’t yet. Last of Us is fantastic though and the boys is as enjoyable as any superhero property imo, mainly because it feels like it’s pretty much what would actually happen in our world if superheros existed and doesn’t pull any punches (literally), where every other show would just give you a sound effect while it cuts to someone’s reaction, the boys will give you slow motion and high focus so you can see the details of someone’s head being pulled off their body or something equally (often more) horrific.
Ted Lasso sounds more likely to grab you from that list if only because it’s 30min episodes and relies on humour more than plot. But this is still based on others opinions, it’s just a show I still want to watch at the moment so I could hate it yet. I tend to find that most things which are universally acclaimed are well worth watching though.
I appreciate the answer! I’ll keep these in mind. Cheers
No worries. Another show that sprang to mind which isn’t in this list is the legend of vox machina.
It’s an amazon prime series based on critical role and follows the first campaign relatively faithfully (so far). It came to mind because it’s an animation and the setting and plots are well thought out. Characters have been played by the voice actors for literally hundreds of hours before the show was even conceived so whilst there are clichés aplenty, the characters are fully formed and fleshed out from the start. I’m biased because I was addicted to CR since the early days but the show really stands up on its own in my opinion.
It sounds corny as fuck but it’s one that was 100% made with love and if you like adult cartoons I really recommend it.
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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 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.
Yes, season 3/4 totally worth it. When finish the series you going to want to watch it again,and love it even more.
Don’t forget Goliat and Bosch.
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.
Then there’s me, on my 4th rewatch of Mash this year.
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.
Yeah agreed, really enjoyed it! I watched it on uh… yeah, free trial thing as well.
Yeah. I got it there too. There was this black flag with a skull on it…
And just think if Hollywood continues to let this strike go on, we’re going to have the opposite problem.
" Hey, do you know of any shows nobody else in this room has already watched?"
I’d be happy with a couple years of no new TV where we can all just catch up with the shows we’ve missed to be honest.
Stopped watching shows, only torrenting old stuff and the odd cartoon here or there. Picked up comics recently though, lots of stuff coming out but it’s oddly different, it feels more like record collecting.
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.
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Learning.
a miserable little pile of secrets
Video games feel different. Like I feel like I’ve accomplished something good for myself after playing a game. Shows just make me restless for the most part.
People are so different, I feel exactly the opposite. There’s a bunch of games I’d want to play, but most of the time when I’m about to start playing, I’m just overcome with the feeling of “What’s the point? It’s just a waste of time”. When I’m watching a show I’m processing a shit-ton of stuff, emotions, life, depression. Games are just “for fun”. I just don’t seem to get the same out of games no matter how “deep” or whatever they are. I accomplish something in a game, 99% of the time I just feel “Well, I could’ve used all that time and energy doing something real and now I just wasted all that time for some virtual character in a virtual world.”.
I’ve thought about that. Games, especially ones with development like RPGs, provide that sense of accomplishment that life rarely gives or doesn’t give clearly. Promotions at work might be years apart, buying a house, etc but I can feel like I got something done on a daily basis in games, plus I get a little chime sound and a popup when I do!
I think the (mostly) simplified morality is appealing too. Like in an RPG I know exactly what the right thing to do is, it’s the one that’s clearly marked at the “good” dialogue choice.
Whereas in real life it’s like… am I doing the right thing? Should I be an engineer and donate to good causes, or should I be actively contributing to good causes and choose to earn less money? Should I become an eco-terrorist?? Lol stuff like that
Life would be so much better if I could pick up random crap on the ground and sell it to any merchant.
Who added wednesday?
I found Wednesday a fun watch. Not particularly remarkable, but it was definitely decent.
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.
I haven’t even heard of half of these shows, let alone watched them. Who even has time to watch all of these?
CONSOOM TV
Six out of nineteen ain’t bad.
I only heard of 3. I am suspecting most of the rest are made up names (The Watcher seems like an obvious play on The Witcher) so that the comic resonates with informed people as well.
I will say, there’s eight that I haven’t heard of either.
Shit I’ve only seen 2, and haven’t even finished the boys yet so really just one.
I need like a year off work to catch up on TV and film, then another 3 or 4 years to catch on with gaming.
Fuck adulthood.
You misunderstood while you catch up more shows episodes appear and you never catch up. Well the WGA strike.might help a little there, but not for games well…not sure I think there was a plan for games to be affected to now that It hibk about it.
I think with an extra 40 hours free time a week for a year I could catch up with everything I want to see in a year. That’s 2000 extra episodes of 1hr TV I could watch. I reckon I could manage it while also watching a couple new shows.
Games are a bit different, usually I play one or 2 time intensive games in a year but I don’t expect to play all the big releases even with no job. 3 or 4 years should allow me to catch up with the ones I feel like I’ve missed and want to play in the last 5 or 10 years though.
Eh, you are just finding out there is more to life than tv and games
Yeah you’re not wrong, doesn’t mean I don’t miss when there was less to life sometimes though.
My wife and I have like 3 comfort shows that we just rewatch all year round. And this is kind of how it’s like when we meet up with our friends who have watched everything new as it releases.
