Seconding infinitewhale upthread, this reminds me exactly of your Jar Jar Binks analogy re: S8.
Everyone's been talking about fictional series here but I have an example of "reality tv", which I normally loathe. They all have the same format and they bore me to tears. Last night we tried watching Oddities, about an antique show in NYC that carries the weirdest stuff (antique gallstones, mummified cats, etc); and it was dull. Not horrible, just not engaging. The one about Dogfishead Ale brewery put me to sleep, literally. So then we decided to give Dirty Money a try - a reality show about two brothers who are flea market vendors in NYC; one of them takes the antiques and junk they find and turns some pieces into one of a kind works of art. It was so much fun we watched 2 or 3 eps in a row. And yet it follows the same format as every other Discovery channel reality show.
I would have never in a million years thought I'd be watching one of these shows. But it's so enjoyable I want to spend time with these guys; whereas the others, I tuned out after one episode. I don't have the time to wait for it to "get better" and if there's something out there that already is better, why should I?
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Date: 2013-12-20 02:00 am (UTC)Everyone's been talking about fictional series here but I have an example of "reality tv", which I normally loathe. They all have the same format and they bore me to tears. Last night we tried watching Oddities, about an antique show in NYC that carries the weirdest stuff (antique gallstones, mummified cats, etc); and it was dull. Not horrible, just not engaging. The one about Dogfishead Ale brewery put me to sleep, literally. So then we decided to give Dirty Money a try - a reality show about two brothers who are flea market vendors in NYC; one of them takes the antiques and junk they find and turns some pieces into one of a kind works of art. It was so much fun we watched 2 or 3 eps in a row. And yet it follows the same format as every other Discovery channel reality show.
I would have never in a million years thought I'd be watching one of these shows. But it's so enjoyable I want to spend time with these guys; whereas the others, I tuned out after one episode. I don't have the time to wait for it to "get better" and if there's something out there that already is better, why should I?