Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jan 3, 2022 0:06:24 GMT 1
Mine:
Riverdale
I have seen people complain about this show being everything from 'cringey' to 'trash' and I wonder, "Why bother watching it then?". You either embrace the craziness or move on. It's been a while since I found a show as interesting as this one. Yes, there are a lot of things here that you can see in other teen dramas, but there's also a lot that separates it from the rest. I personally enjoy the mixing of genres and find that doing that gives this show its own unique 'feel'. Could some of it be described as 'cringey'? Probably, but you can also find 'cringey' moments in most other shows as well if you want to look for them (though with some shows it seems like people just ignore the 'cringey' moments). I do think there are some really strong actors/actresses in this series playing the 'teens'. I've seen enough teen dramas to know that compared to some of the other ones that have existed, this cast are actually pretty decent. It's been a wild ride bingeing four seasons of this show. I didn't know what to expect when I started it, and now it feels like a show I can't do without watching. I guess I'll find out whether I can handle not having it to watch for a while, and move onto watching one of the many other shows I have on DVD now. I'm so glad I started this series, as I've really come to enjoy it (even with its faults). The release of Season 5 on DVD here can't come soon enough!
Evil
This show did get pretty weird at times, but I felt it didn't verge into the 'too weird' category. Sometimes shows feel the need to get SO bizarre that they just become nonsensical, but here I was able to 'get' what was going on most of the time. What I like about this show is how it combines the 'horror' with some light humourous moments, but not to the detriment of the atmosphere they're going for. It never feels like things have descended into parody. It was such a pleasant surprise and I'm so glad I took a chance on it, as it has become one of my new favourite shows. This is the second really good series with 'horror' in it that I've watched in the past couple years (the other being The Haunting of Hill House). I highly recommend checking it out.
Mr. Robot
I've seen some describe this show as 'depressing', though I personally never found it super-depressing (I've watched other shows that I've found more depressing than this one). Still, it's been an interesting journey, the show explored multiple personas in a really interesting way, and was pretty interesting - which I was grateful for, especially considering that I didn't know what I was getting into when I took a chance on the show by buying the first two seasons on Blu-ray and started watching them. It's certainly 'different'. I'd say the first Season was easily the best and the fourth was the 'worst' (though still better than certain other shows' final seasons), while I'm not sure what order I'd rank the second and third seasons. I'm inclined to say I liked Season 3 a bit more than Season 2. Anyway, I'm glad I took that chance on this show, which allowed me to see Rami Malek's acting that everyone was raving about and, most importantly, I gained a newfound respect for Carly Chaikin as an actress. Even when I was bored during certain episodes, I had her character to keep me interested/entertained (especially since she had some of the best lines in the series) as well as the visual style of the show (which other shows could take notes from in how to compose visually interesting shots). This was quite a ride I went on, and I'm glad that it ended in a (mostly) satisfying/fulfilling way (which is something else other shows could take notes from). Considering I was hesitant to give it a go at first because people made out it was so 'confusing' and I thought I wouldn't be smart enough to understand it, in the end it really wasn't that hard to follow (most of the time) and the payoff for taking a chance on it proved rewarding.
Riverdale
I have seen people complain about this show being everything from 'cringey' to 'trash' and I wonder, "Why bother watching it then?". You either embrace the craziness or move on. It's been a while since I found a show as interesting as this one. Yes, there are a lot of things here that you can see in other teen dramas, but there's also a lot that separates it from the rest. I personally enjoy the mixing of genres and find that doing that gives this show its own unique 'feel'. Could some of it be described as 'cringey'? Probably, but you can also find 'cringey' moments in most other shows as well if you want to look for them (though with some shows it seems like people just ignore the 'cringey' moments). I do think there are some really strong actors/actresses in this series playing the 'teens'. I've seen enough teen dramas to know that compared to some of the other ones that have existed, this cast are actually pretty decent. It's been a wild ride bingeing four seasons of this show. I didn't know what to expect when I started it, and now it feels like a show I can't do without watching. I guess I'll find out whether I can handle not having it to watch for a while, and move onto watching one of the many other shows I have on DVD now. I'm so glad I started this series, as I've really come to enjoy it (even with its faults). The release of Season 5 on DVD here can't come soon enough!
Evil
This show did get pretty weird at times, but I felt it didn't verge into the 'too weird' category. Sometimes shows feel the need to get SO bizarre that they just become nonsensical, but here I was able to 'get' what was going on most of the time. What I like about this show is how it combines the 'horror' with some light humourous moments, but not to the detriment of the atmosphere they're going for. It never feels like things have descended into parody. It was such a pleasant surprise and I'm so glad I took a chance on it, as it has become one of my new favourite shows. This is the second really good series with 'horror' in it that I've watched in the past couple years (the other being The Haunting of Hill House). I highly recommend checking it out.
Mr. Robot
I've seen some describe this show as 'depressing', though I personally never found it super-depressing (I've watched other shows that I've found more depressing than this one). Still, it's been an interesting journey, the show explored multiple personas in a really interesting way, and was pretty interesting - which I was grateful for, especially considering that I didn't know what I was getting into when I took a chance on the show by buying the first two seasons on Blu-ray and started watching them. It's certainly 'different'. I'd say the first Season was easily the best and the fourth was the 'worst' (though still better than certain other shows' final seasons), while I'm not sure what order I'd rank the second and third seasons. I'm inclined to say I liked Season 3 a bit more than Season 2. Anyway, I'm glad I took that chance on this show, which allowed me to see Rami Malek's acting that everyone was raving about and, most importantly, I gained a newfound respect for Carly Chaikin as an actress. Even when I was bored during certain episodes, I had her character to keep me interested/entertained (especially since she had some of the best lines in the series) as well as the visual style of the show (which other shows could take notes from in how to compose visually interesting shots). This was quite a ride I went on, and I'm glad that it ended in a (mostly) satisfying/fulfilling way (which is something else other shows could take notes from). Considering I was hesitant to give it a go at first because people made out it was so 'confusing' and I thought I wouldn't be smart enough to understand it, in the end it really wasn't that hard to follow (most of the time) and the payoff for taking a chance on it proved rewarding.