This is a strange opinion to hear from someone that does stand-up comedy.
vislor
March 31, 2013, 4:48pm
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malarkist:
AGREED. and for the record, I would rally the troops to gang beat Chuck Lorre if it meant I could replace all the crap he has on TV right now with more substantial work, preferably without a fake laugh track. At least with Girls you have something that resembles a facet of reality.
Whedon is another story, but I think you give Abrams a bad rap. Someone once told me they thought “everything J.J. Abrams touches turns to gold” and I barfed immediately. But I can also recognize that he’s into a lot of really inspiring subject matter: espionage, parallel dimensions, hacking, virtual reality, psychedelics, government cover-ups and conspiracies, fringe science, puzzles and riddles, cultural mysteries, space exploration… all of which make for great entertainment and usually makes up for his lack of talent in any other area, and that is a bit more than I can say for Whedon. I still, to this day, am appalled that there are college writing classes specifically on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, which I feel is some of the most boring, drawn out, predictable b.s. I’ve ever had the dishonor of putting myself through.
Well, I have an ex-girlfriend who took that class, so maybe I’m a little biased…
Wait. So, you agree that someone should just say “I don’t like it” and move on? And then you rant about several other shows/people you don’t like?
I still haven’t tried to watch Girls as I got caught up in Justified and am enjoying that. It helps that it’s free with my Amazon Prime. But this thread reminds me of it and I keep thinking I might try and episode or two and see if I like it.