Are There Any TV Shows or Movies you wish you were more of a fan on it?

[Curse You Magic Beans]

I don't know if this thread has been done but Are There Any Movies or TV Shows that you genuinely really want to like because it seems interesting to you or whoever's making it you enjoy their previous work but just doesn't hit the same with you for me American Dad I'm a really big fan of Family Guy it is genuinely one of the best cartoons of our generation and yeah the later seasons have constantly been getting repetitive with jokes and plots but those early years is some of the most quotable things "What Kind Of Music Do You Like Gloria Hippo Hop" Anyways and I've always looked different towards American Dad in comparison I like the concept of it the CIA stuff could've led to a lot interesting episode ideas and stories but checked out the first 3 episodes recently and liked them a lot it but still would say FG was better but who knows maybe I'll warm up to it

 

[Curse You Magic Beans]

And as for my Movie Response man I really wanted to like the 2nd LEGO Movie but really didn't hit as hard as the original or Lego Batman

 

[GlitterCat]

Owl house. The art is amazing, the lgbt representation is bold and given much focus but I can't stand the humor or the lore that they're just like humans in many ways but slightly goth (they're witches so they eat hex mix and catch the common mold. Those are puns pretending to be world building.)

Really tried to like it but just didn't care for the cast, especially king with the annoying VA Alex Hirsch whose everywhere since gravity falls and he looks like a barely legally distinct knock off Cubone.

I do know it has a big fan base and am glad the show resonated so much especially with younger or LGBT people. I wish I liked it. I like that it made gay teens in cartoons more mainstream but I just prefer worlds like Craig of the creek. I even like seeing art of the characters (except king: I hate him) because I love when fans get creative and express joy for a series.

I hope this doesn't upset anyone. I fully respect your opinion if you love the show.

 

[Jackomon]

he looks like a barely legally distinct knock off Cubone.

GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT!!! Honestly, I still think King looks like a knock-off Cubone, even after the series ended. I am curious who you think is worse, King or Hooty?

As for my responge, I will have to think about it more, but, right now, one series & one franchise comes to mind.

When it comes to the series, its Family Guy, I do wish I enjoyed that series more than I do, but, I just have a hard time getting into it.

As for the franchise, well, its one where my feelings are more complicated & complex on it, as I used to love it, that been the HP franchise. I, don't really feel right going into more, as I don't want to accidentally upset anyone. Its more of a case where, I wish I could love it (at times, I have also had times I have disliked at times before too), but, my hatred & disgust of the author prevents me from doing so. Perhaps when the author dies, I will find my love of the franchise once again.

I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of any others at the moment

 

[GlitterCat]

Hooty is at least a more interesting design and he's friends with Lilith so king is still worst.

 

[CousinMerl]

Do I hear the sound of someone badmouthing 'The Owl House'?

Hooty is at least a more interesting design and he's friends with Lilith so king is still worst.

Best aspect of Hooty turned out to be his close friendship with Lilith (underrated character, btw), but I still think he's pretty funny.

I think is the first time I've heard anyone hating King (the fact he resembles a color-switched Cubone never bothered me, even though the resemblance is obvious), but I'm not really involved in the deeper fan circuit and such so there's probably others who can't stand him.

 

[Curse You Magic Beans]

I hope this doesn't upset anyone. I fully respect your opinion if you love the show.

Nope not at all honesty I'm glad I'm not the only one story time-animation shows from the 2010s like Adventure Time, Gravity Falls and especially The Owl House I've always wanted to check out because of how much they're talked about but never got the chance too but who knows maybe I will someday
Edit: The Owl House started in the 2020s

 

[Curse You Magic Beans]

As for the franchise, well, its one where my feelings are more complicated & complex on it, as I used to love it, that been the HP franchise. I, don't really feel right going into more, as I don't want to accidentally upset anyone. Its more of a case where, I wish I could love it, but, my hatred & disgust of the author prevents me from doing so. Perhaps when the author dies, I will find my love of the franchise once again.

Same I have never read the books or seen the movies but always find it interesting they're so popular

 

[Kangdos]

There are things I wish I enjoyed more than I do so that I could partake in social activities around them, such as sports for instance, but I cant think of any movies or shows that fit that description. I'm a huge pop culture nerd in general, and I think the LAST thing I would need in my life would be to become obsessed with even MORE franchises lol. I waste enough time on fiction as it is.

Though I will say, maybe a partial example would be Star Trek. I love ST:TNG, and as such I sorta feels like a Trekkie. But I know that I'll never be able to truly blend in with others trekkies unless I give other series in the franchise (at least the ones percieved as the "obligatory" ones, which I would say consists of the original series and all of the series that aired in the 90's). I've seen bits and pieces of them, and I'm sure they are objectively as good as TNG (at least DS9 and Voyager, it think the original series is a bit more of the "good for it's time" variety), but it seems like such a daunting task to set out to watch all those multi-season series with 45 minute long episodes all the way through. Also, my dad is obsessed with DS9 and I almost feel bad when I sort of pretend to be more familiar with it than I actually am...

 

[stryke]

I'm sure I'd like Owl Hourse and Amphibia too based on how much I loved Gravity Falls. I feel like it's not worth it though due to how much I've seen of them vicariously from youtubers like Celspex. I know it's not the same, but I still reckon that I've got the gist of them already without putting the time/effort of actually watching them.

 

[Jackomon]

I'm sure I'd like Owl Hourse and Amphibia too based on how much I loved Gravity Falls. I feel like it's not worth it though due to how much I've seen of them vicariously from youtubers like Celspex. I know it's not the same, but I still reckon that I've got the gist of them already without putting the time/effort of actually watching them.

That's understandable, when you see videos from YouTubers, you are highly unlikely going to watch a show they talk about a lot, I have had gotten that feeling myself a few times before

 

[stryke]

That's understandable, when you see videos from YouTubers, you are highly unlikely going to watch a show they talk about a lot, I have had gotten that feeling myself a few times before

It's tricky. SSX tricky even, as often these are shows that I wouldn't have given a chance, or been entirely uninformed about, but also getting a discussion of all the major character and plot beats upfront by the time you're actually sold does effect one's enjoyment. Yes I'm one of those types when it comes to the 'do spoilers matter' debate.

It's why I was glad that I did watch Hazbin Hotel after already watching Sarcastic Chorus' reviews a couple of months before. Definitely helped that it had so many songs so there was very definite extra content that you're not going to get at all from youtube.

 

[Dave the AniDom/HB King!]

Anyways and I've always looked different towards American Dad in comparison I like the concept of it the CIA stuff could've led to a lot interesting episode ideas and stories but checked out the first 3 episodes recently and liked them a lot it but still would say FG was better but who knows maybe I'll warm up to it

Have you checked out The Cleveland Show? It's a spin off of Family Guy.

 

[Curse You Magic Beans]

Have you checked out The Cleveland Show? It's a spin off of Family Guy.

No I Haven't maybe I will someday

 

[Wile E. the Brain]

Sometimes I wish I liked The Fairly OddParents more (wish, Fairly OddParents, hey that's a joke son !). It's a Nickelodeon classic and there are individual bits that I find hilarious and deserving of being hailed as memes... but no, it's just too noisy and in-your-face for my taste.

Hey, at least the theme song is one of my all-time favorites, so I guess that's something.

 

[Dave the AniDom/HB King!]

No I Haven't maybe I will someday

You never watched it? Well, it's funny but some of the episodes are just complete nonsense. Did I also mention they also do cutaway gags like Family Guy?

 

[Curse You Magic Beans]

Did I also mention they also do cutaway gags like Family Guy?

Really Now that makes me Kinda Excited like AD I've always wanted to check it out too I'm honestly glad Cleveland of all characters got a spin-off cause he's just the kinda hanging around guy compared to Quagmire and Joe

 

[I Love Lisa]

For me the main show I wanted to like, but just couldn't is probably Disenchantment. I love The Simpsons of course and I very much like Futurama as well, so I was pretty excited for it when it was first unveiled and was really looking forward to watching it when it came out, but it just... didn't click for me at all. I don't really know what was wrong with it, but it just all felt kinda flat to me and I eventually just gave up on it after trying many times to enjoy it. A real shame and probably the most disappointed I've been with a TV show.

There's a couple of shows my brother kept recommending to me like Modern Family and Schitt's Creek which I would've liked to like just because it's nice to share things like that, but I just didn't find them funny. For more selfish reasons I genuinely think it would be good if I liked Family Guy as well purely because it's on TV all the time so it'd be better if I liked it when I'm bored and don't know what to put on when channel hopping at night (yes I'm kinda old fashioned!), but no matter how many times I try it I still just can't stand it. (Apologies to all Family Guy fans here!)

As far as movies go I remember kinda wishing I could like the Marvel films more when they were they big thing. Some of them were pretty good, but a lot just didn't really do anything for me (honestly most superhero stuff doesn't and I couldn't get into the shared universe thing at all on top of that) which was a shame because it felt like they were all anyone else wanted to watch for a long time. Felt like I just couldn't really join in with everyone's fun for a while.

 

[kupomog]

Probably Breaking Bad. Maybe I really would like it down the line if I watched more than just the first episode. The majority of my friends that have watched it have really liked it and are also into the Saul show. Before I even started watching it, I had to sit through years of people thinking Jesse Pinkman saying "Bitch" was the best thing ever or thinking Skyler was the devil for being annoying to her morally corrupt main character super cool guy husband, and that kinda irritated me so I probably had that irritation sitting in me still when I started and wasn't fully open to it. After episode 1 finished, I thought it was pretty much fine, but felt no need to keep going. I do plan to watch it someday, just got 0 motivation.

 

[Mr pidgeon]

Really Now that makes me Kinda Excited like AD I've always wanted to check it out too I'm honestly glad Cleveland of all characters got a spin-off cause he's just the kinda hanging around guy compared to Quagmire and Joe

Sorry to break the news but he just becomes revival peter griffin but black in the show, also nobody really brings up many positive qualities or any of the episodes, it has a die hard parody episode and it did join the hurricane crossover event and that's it.

 

[MaggotMagnet]

For me the top pick was that show, Venture Bros. It looks like something I'd adore. In fact I've even made fanart of it. I love the fact that it's a parody of 1960s shows like Jonny Quest. I love the designs and voices. I love the breadth of weirdo-looking and funny male characters.

But (last time I watched it, a decade ago) I didn't actually find the show's writing engaging. The show has an opportunity to be incredibly silly and empathetically explore the emotional lives of strange characters in a found family, with possible homosexual subtext, but it doesn't do any of that. IIRC, it just leans in to violence and seems to play it straight, including the villains who act serious, even if they are dressed in dumb ways. It doesn't do a lot of snappy silly-characters-awkwardly-interacting comedy which is what I love about The Simpsons, Home Movies, Bob's Burgers, Hey Monie!, S1 Harvey Birdman, and barely-animated dialogue-driven parodies like The Brak Show.

............

I also have been meaning to get into Adventure Time because of the way it inspired shows like Steven Universe, but fantasy stuff just doesn't do it for me as an adult. Don't know why.
I prefer when TV shows show me "boring" real stuff like characters visiting existing cities, filing taxes, dealing with trade unions, etc hahah. When I see nonexistent places or magic, I lose interest (except Avatar The Last Airbender, that's the only fantasy show I really resonated with). Same reason I can't Infinity Train or Owl House.

I also tried to enjoy Flapjack because of how culturally significant it is, as well as Chowder.
But I didn't really find either funny, probably due to my aversion to fantasy again as well as my aging self.

I tried a lot of these but only resonated with a few.

 

[lionelhutz123]

Probably Breaking Bad. Maybe I really would like it down the line if I watched more than just the first episode. The majority of my friends that have watched it have really liked it and are also into the Saul show. Before I even started watching it, I had to sit through years of people thinking Jesse Pinkman saying "Bitch" was the best thing ever or thinking Skyler was the devil for being annoying to her morally corrupt main character super cool guy husband, and that kinda irritated me so I probably had that irritation sitting in me still when I started and wasn't fully open to it. After episode 1 finished, I thought it was pretty much fine, but felt no need to keep going. I do plan to watch it someday, just got 0 motivation.

There's some portions of the Breaking Bad fanbase that can range from good, to slightly annoying, and absolutely insufferable. The Skyler bashing is the worst, especially considering Anna Gunn had to put up with death threats over the role. It's a shame because she's so good in it. I think the show does her justice though ultimately in terms of being aware of the double standard. Alot of the show seems to go right over misogynists heads, unfortunately. If anything, it does a great job revealing the ignorance of those viewers.

There's the explosion of popularity the show got towards the end (with memes galore) which I can see being a turn off. Fans constantly wanting Aaron Paul to say "bitch" has major "say the line, Bart" vibes. I have avoided shows for similar reasons (Lost, Succession, Game of Thrones) because people constantly hyping it up while they aired made it seem less appealing. I still haven't seen GoT but I'm glad I finally got to those other shows when the hype settled down.

Some of my favorite shows I watched the first episode of and then fell off from continuing. The Sopranos, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Deadwood. Maybe it's just my process but eventually I came back to each one and became hooked. Interestingly enough, Breaking Bad was the first show where the pilot hooked me from the get-go. Something about Bryan Cranston in a role like this where his back is against the wall seemed very appealing to me. Looking back, I think the one problem with the Breaking Bad pilot (and Vince Gilligan himself points this out) is the overbearing use of licensed music through most of the hour. The show finds itself rather quickly though.

My friend's girlfriend couldn't get into Breaking Bad. It was too gritty and dark as an entry. She instead watched Better Call Saul and found it to be a much more smoother and inviting drama series. Then she felt compelled to watch Breaking Bad after and loved it. I think Better Call Saul being critically acclaimed but never reaching the same height of popularity is kind of a silver lining.

As a BB/BCS fan, I sympathize with your perspective and find it interesting. Motivation for watching a specific tv show completely depends on mood and timing, but more often than not it's when it eventually speaks to your sensibilities beyond the loud chatter from the masses or the pressure to keep up with the zeitgeist.

 

[ThatCraptacularUser]

I'd say Friendship is Magic. It's hailed as one of the best cartoons of the 2010s but I mainly find it to be boring and too saccharine for my taste. I fail to have any interest in watching more

Another contender is Big Mouth. I love the concept of the series, but it has the worst and laziest execution I've ever seen in a cartoon.

Don't kill me anime fans, but the fact that One Piece has almost 1100 episodes kinda turns me off from giving this show a chance.

 

[ThatCraptacularUser]

For me the top pick was that show, Venture Bros. It looks like something I'd adore. In fact I've even made fanart of it. I love the fact that it's a parody of 1960s shows like Jonny Quest. I love the designs and voices. I love the breadth of weirdo-looking and funny male characters.

But (last time I watched it, a decade ago) I didn't actually find the show's writing engaging. The show has an opportunity to be incredibly silly and empathetically explore the emotional lives of strange characters in a found family, with possible homosexual subtext, but it doesn't do any of that. IIRC, it just leans in to violence and seems to play it straight, including the villains who act serious, even if they are dressed in dumb ways. It doesn't do a lot of snappy silly-characters-awkwardly-interacting comedy which is what I love about The Simpsons, Home Movies, Bob's Burgers, Hey Monie!, S1 Harvey Birdman, and barely-animated dialogue-driven parodies like The Brak Show.

............

I also have been meaning to get into Adventure Time because of the way it inspired shows like Steven Universe, but fantasy stuff just doesn't do it for me as an adult. Don't know why.
I prefer when TV shows show me "boring" real stuff like characters visiting existing cities, filing taxes, dealing with trade unions, etc hahah. When I see nonexistent places or magic, I lose interest (except Avatar The Last Airbender, that's the only fantasy show I really resonated with). Same reason I can't Infinity Train or Owl House.

I also tried to enjoy Flapjack because of how culturally significant it is, as well as Chowder.
But I didn't really find either funny, probably due to my aversion to fantasy again as well as my aging self.

I tried a lot of these but only resonated with a few.

Besides Avatar (which isn't on this chart), what other show on here did you like?

 

[OldSchoolerSimpsons]

I'd say Friendship is Magic. It's hailed as one of the best cartoons of the 2010s but I mainly find it to be boring and too saccharine for my taste. I fail to have any interest in watching more.

I couldn't get through more than two episodes. It was one of the most unbearable experiences I've ever had.

My choice is Saving Private Ryan. It has a fantastic opening scene and great acting across the board, but the tone of the film just rubs me the wrong way with the very one-dimensional philosophy regarding war, including Ryan selfishly sending himself and the others into a death trap out of some perceived patriotic duty to help the US fight its way into victory. It does borderline feel like propaganda at points, and while I'm not surprised over its classic status it's ultimately one I don't agree with (Not to mention Spielberg would make a far more effective and honest war film later on with Schindler's List).

 

[MaggotMagnet]

Besides Avatar (which isn't on this chart), what other show on here did you like?

Thanks for asking!
I gave just about every show on there a try, but the one that resonated with me was Steven Universe (and Future, which I liked less) and Over the Garden Wall. I also enjoyed a bit of Clarence, surprisingly, in high school, before all the weirdness happened with its creator, for it sometimes realism. But, like my recent viewing of Bluey, the writing seemed to vary widely from episode to episode.

 

[Jackomon]

Need to try and watch a lot of these, I've only seen Flapjack, SU, CoTC, Gravity Falls, Amphibia, The Owl House & Hilda. That image does remind me of a similar image I have seen a while back, if I find it again I'll share it here.

I will say, I do wish I was able to get more interested into Gravity Falls, out of the ones I've watched but didn't enjoy as much as others. I did like it, and it has his moments, but I didn't really care for the story as much, a lot of it having to do with me not caring for Grunkle Stan & Ford at all.

Flapjack is a show I haven't seen since childhood, but I never plan to watch it, I remember finding the voice acting (specifically, of the main character) and humour rather annoying, and wasn't a fan of the art style.

I am curious @MaggotMagnet, what is your opinion on Craig of the Creek & Hilda if you've seen it yet or not?

 

[CousinMerl]

I am curious @MaggotMagnet, what is your opinion on Craig of the Creek & Hilda if you've seen it yet or not?

That I am very curious about too. Two of the best of that image (judging by those I have seen in full, of course).

Also curious to which ones on that list that you resonated with/cared for, @MaggotMagnet.

 

[NettDerGoldene]

I wish I could still get excited about anime. Nothing that's too far-fetched or fantastical interests me like it did when I was younger - part of the reason I get so into Western cartoons like "The Simpsons" and "Invader Zim" (one of my longtime favorites since middle school) as an adult is because it deals with and satirizes real issues of the society I'm currently living in. The themes of optimism and friendship and love you get in anime no longer resonate with me, which might seem sad, but eh. It is what it is.

 

[Kangdos]

I wish I could still get excited about anime. Nothing that's too far-fetched or fantastical interests me like it did when I was younger - part of the reason I get so into Western cartoons like "The Simpsons" and "Invader Zim" (one of my longtime favorites since middle school) as an adult is because it deals with and satirizes real issues of the society I'm currently living in. The themes of optimism and friendship and love you get in anime no longer resonate with me, which might seem sad, but eh. It is what it is.

You need to watch One Punch Man. It's all about how the main character struggles with finding meaning in his life. He essentially lives in a shonen-esque universe based around super powers and epic battles but it's all meaningless to him. So it's basically precisely about someone who can't enjoy an anime world in the way that other's can, so I think you should be able to relate to that!