Overrated Films and TV Shows?

[InfamousAngel]

Basically what title says,

For me, i may get hate for this but, i feel the Godfather series is terrible overrated. its boring as hell. It may have been good for its time but compared to mafia movies made later on like Casino and Good Fellas, its just boring. I enjoy a good story but i watched the first hour of the first godfather and i couldnt get attached.

Mad Men - same reason i didnt like godfather its just boring, and its just about a guy who works at a cigarette company in the 60s, who in their right mind would see that description and think that show is amazing.

Before i contnue dont think im the type of person who like action packed films and shows, i like both slow paced shows that pay off with an amazing ending but if its just boring all the way through then whats the point

The Wire - I am in NO WAY saying this show is bad, its a great show, but i think it got a little too much attention than it deserved.

Just a short list of TV Shows i love so you know what kind of Film watcher i am

Breaking Bad
True Detective
The Walking Dead
Homeland
Dexter
House of Cards
Orange is the new Black
Sons of Anarchy
Louie
Fargo (2014 FX Mini Series)
Penny Dreadful
Shameless
Lost
South Park
Prison Break

[Soully]

Origineel geplaatst door Hesoyam:

Family Guy
My little pony
South Park
95% of anime

Family Guy
My little pony
South Park
95% of anime

>My little pony
>South Park
>95% of anime

>South Park
>95% of anime

My hero~<3

[Soully]

Origineel geplaatst door Littlefoot:

I'm actually suprised that no one has quoted my post about The Land Before Time...

Okay, I'll quote this post, which was about people quoting your post about The Land Before Time.

[JohnDoubleUB]

Skyline. most of you probably have never heard of it, but even for the amount of attention it got it was worse than terrible -50000/10

[MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™]

Origineel geplaatst door Armin Armout:

Family Guy
Nurse Jackie
Modern Family
Girls
Scandal

I agree with modern family, no laugh track, but network tame...I get the feeling people pat themselves on the back for watching it.

Origineel geplaatst door InfamousAngel:

I threw Dexter and Lost because they were good at one point but got bad overtime. btw the time travel ♥♥♥♥ in lost was so unnessesary and annoying

Problem is dexter wasn't overrated. The last seasons were universally panned as god awful, to a point it was clear the writers were probably so disgruntled they were sabotaging it. Its hard to explain otherwise because that wasn't professional writing, and both cast and crew would have noticed how bad it was while doing it. It must have been a toxic set near the end.

Origineel geplaatst door SCP-173-b:

Dr Who is overrated, no offense. Like seriously, its OK, i've watched it before but its not like the best film anyone has ever made.

Yea I never got that.

Origineel geplaatst door Katrina:

My little pony
South Park
95% of anime

Agree except for south park, that show delivers more often than not.

Origineel geplaatst door InfamousAngel:

Basically what title says,

For me, i may get hate for this but, i feel the Godfather series is terrible overrated. its boring as hell. It may have been good for its time but compared to mafia movies made later on like Casino and Good Fellas, its just boring. I enjoy a good story but i watched the first hour of the first godfather and i couldnt get attached.

Mad Men - same reason i didnt like godfather its just boring, and its just about a guy who works at a cigarette company in the 60s, who in their right mind would see that description and think that show is amazing.

Before i contnue dont think im the type of person who like action packed films and shows, i like both slow paced shows that pay off with an amazing ending but if its just boring all the way through then whats the point

The Wire - I am in NO WAY saying this show is bad, its a great show, but i think it got a little too much attention than it deserved.

Just a short list of TV Shows i love so you know what kind of Film watcher i am

Breaking Bad
True Detective
The Walking Dead
Homeland
Dexter
House of Cards
Orange is the new Black
Sons of Anarchy
Louie
Fargo (2014 FX Mini Series)
Penny Dreadful
Shameless
Lost
South Park
Prison Break

1 hour is not enough to judge, and sometimes you aren't in the mood perhaps. God father 2 was also better than 1.

I've seen all the shows on your list, all good except penny dreadful, which was dreadfully boring.

[HLCinSC]

How do you know it was dreadfully boring without seeing it?

[MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™]

Origineel geplaatst door HLCinSC:

How do you know it was dreadfully boring without seeing it?

Bad wording., i left out the "and liked them all"

[Mr Keefy]

Pretty sure Big bang theory is a studio audience laughing at the gags.

Eastenders
Big Brother
Coronation street
TOWIE
2 and half men

House of Cards is awesome, the OG version anyway.
The real FU
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[HLCinSC]

Origineel geplaatst door S-UK keefy:

Pretty sure Big bang theory is a studio audience laughing at the gags.

Eastenders
Big Brother
Coronation street
TOWIE
2 and half men

It's both they coach the audience before taping and use the laugh and applause signs. Then in post production additional laugh tracks are added/mixed

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Origineel geplaatst door S-UK keefy:

Pretty sure Big bang theory is a studio audience laughing at the gags.

Eastenders
Big Brother
Coronation street
TOWIE
2 and half men

Very few TV shows use completely canned laughter (never ever used in the UK, or BBC at least), it's done in front of an live audience.

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Origineel geplaatst door HLCinSC:

Origineel geplaatst door S-UK keefy:

Pretty sure Big bang theory is a studio audience laughing at the gags.

Eastenders
Big Brother
Coronation street
TOWIE
2 and half men

It's both they coach the audience before taping and use the laugh and applause signs. Then in post production additional laugh tracks are added/mixed

A sign lights up signalling when the audience could laugh, it's pretty depressing. Source: been to an living showing of Have I Got New For You and Miranda.

[Mr Keefy]

Origineel geplaatst door Fork_Q:

Origineel geplaatst door HLCinSC:

It's both they coach the audience before taping and use the laugh and applause signs. Then in post production additional laugh tracks are added/mixed

A sign lights up signalling when the audience could laugh, it's pretty depressing. Source: been to an living showing of Have I Got New For You and Miranda.

I don't think you need much prompting to laugh at HIGNFY especially when Brian Blessed is in charge.

http://youtu.be/gxkGIpmrYJo

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Origineel geplaatst door S-UK keefy:

Origineel geplaatst door Fork_Q:

A sign lights up signalling when the audience could laugh, it's pretty depressing. Source: been to an living showing of Have I Got New For You and Miranda.

I dotn think you need much prompting to laugh at HIGNFY especially when Brian Blessed is in charge.

http://youtu.be/gxkGIpmrYJo

An amazing guy, a real national treasure, loved that episode. I don't even remember who was on the episode I went to see, it was boring and the warm-up act was atrocious.

[HLCinSC]

Origineel geplaatst door Fork_Q:

An amazing guy, a real national treasure, loved that episode. I don't even remember who was on the episode I went to see, it was boring and the warm-up act was atrocious.

Hey I got a question. Do you know how long the average 30 minute sitcom actually is over there without commercials. Over here it is about 21 minutes including opening/closing credits.

[Alpha]

Origineel geplaatst door S-UK keefy:

Origineel geplaatst door Fork_Q:

A sign lights up signalling when the audience could laugh, it's pretty depressing. Source: been to an living showing of Have I Got New For You and Miranda.

I don't think you need much prompting to laugh at HIGNFY especially when Brian Blessed is in charge.

http://youtu.be/gxkGIpmrYJo

Yeah that's pretty authentic laughter.

[Fork_Q2]

Origineel geplaatst door HLCinSC:

Origineel geplaatst door Fork_Q:

An amazing guy, a real national treasure, loved that episode. I don't even remember who was on the episode I went to see, it was boring and the warm-up act was atrocious.

Hey I got a question. Do you know how long the average 30 minute sitcom actually is over there without commercials. Over here it is about 21 minutes including opening/closing credits.

You mean HIGNFY specifically? Recording lasted about 50 minutes to over an hour, lots of awkward pauses, flat jokes and paper or prop shuffling that did not make it to the final cut. Not too sure about the others, did not keep track of time with Miranda.

Unless you mean the run-time of our sitcoms and TV shows? Yeah, about 30 minutes with the BBC, because we don't have ad-breaks; our ad breaks with non-Beeb programming is much, much shorter than with American TV.