Started Downton Abbey again, think I'm 4 episodes in? It's very good, just not especially interesting. Mostly watching it now because I'm waiting on other shows to download. I've heard really great things though.
BAH! Don't. If you're not into it, you're not into it... but jumping 3 seasons ahead and getting major spoilers just to 'like a show' just doesn't seem worth it to me.
Of course that's coming from someone who knows what happens to the main character in the end because it was ALL OVER FB, and is still watching, but yeah... We finished season 4 yesterday. Hubby's away next week though so I don't know when we'll get to finish it.
Haha, I usually wouldn't recommend it, but I actually AM one of those people who (sometimes) will have to try 3 or 4 times to really like a show. Some of my very favorite shows are ones that I just couldn't get into even after an entire season.
Knowing the spoilers that far out ahead might change my experience, though. Which is why I'll give it another try from the beginning - and if not, then I guess spoilers won't matter if I might not ever watch it otherwise?
Yeah, honestly, I don't even really enjoy the initial 1940s part in the book either, LOL. But it's kind of necessary. The nice thing about the show is that they have decided to really give a lot of time to everything (since they have 16 episodes) but especially the first episode kind of drags a bit because the do allow it a lot of time.
The comparison to GOT is perhaps a bit misleading, mostly seeing as Outlander is a very personal story, told entirely from Claire's POV (for the first book/season, anyway), whereas GOT immediately introduces a huge world and tons of characters. It's not as immediate with the action and adventure, but it definitely gets there!
Anyway yeah, I'd say give it a few more episodes at least (maybe at least until 6 if you can!) and see how you feel
Honestly it often takes me most of a first season to even get hooked by shows!
(I'm a pusher).
Oh yeah, I definitely don't expect it to turn out anything like Game of Thrones. Just the fact that the two were even compared though, made me think it wasn't just fluffy fluff and narration. I'm downloading episodes 2-6 right now and will probably to continue to watch it as it comes out. Definitely giving it a chance! And like I said, I can be the same way with shows!
Cool I will totally keep watching! I can see a lot of potential that's for sure, and even now it's totally entertaining.
I did start season 2 of Orphan Black but then got sidetracked with Vikings, for some reason I wasn't totally feeling it, but I will definitely finish it at some point, probably when I'm done with Vikings.
Ah, yeah. With Orphan Black I was pretty hooked to begin with, so if it's gotten meh for you, that's probably just how it's going to be. I thought Vikings S01 was great but a bit boring, and don't know if it just took me a long time to get hooked, or if it's because the second season is actually more interesting. Really great show, though, and I'm bummed that I have to wait so long for Season 3!
It's not necessarily that I don't enjoy comedy, it's just... not my top genre for TV shows. I love comedy movies. I used to love the sitcom type shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Fresh Prince, etc, but haven't gotten into many newer comedies. Although I do like 30 Rock from what I've seen so I think I could get into Parks & Rec too possibly. It's just... something about most comedy shows doesn't keep me dying or really wanting to see the next episode, at least not yet. I have to be in the right mood I guess. lol.
Oh see, I hate shows like Everybody Loves Raymond and Fresh Prince LOL But I also think that's my natural inclination to dislike all "old" shows. Something about the actual image quality, and something about the style. I used to watch HIMYM but I don't talk about it anymore. Looking back, I also hate it :rofl1: I used to enjoy Modern Family but after 3 seasons or so... ehhhh.
I know what you mean about comedy shows and how they're not "OH WOW NEXT EPISODE NOW!" The reason why I like them is because I almost always have to be watching a show/movie while I'm working on something else, so something light and uncomplicated works out really well.
I trudged through season 2 and found most of it pretty boring and uneventful but the last 3 eps or so I remember made up for it. I ended up really liking the ending! My sis still says season 2 was her favorite too though. Hmph, different tastes. AHS is one of the only 'dramas' she watches, too, btw, like I said she's mostly into comedy.
I don't mind weird at all, so I'll probably like season 3. lol.
I might end up going back to AHS Season 2 someday... but for now I'm just really looking forward to the new season! My sister and I generally don't have the same tastes in shows, either, but she's a HUGE horror fan so AHS is right up her alley. She's usually into crime shows (Bones especially), comedy and cartoons (30 Rock, Parks & Rec, Modern Family, Adventure Time, etc.), and some anime (lol nopenopenope). The only shows we both love are AHS, Parks & Rec, and cartoons like Adventure Time and Bob's Burgers. But if it's a show that we both hate, we tend to agree with each other.
LOL, I hear ya. I think I really liked the characters from the start because I was very sympathetic towards Walt in the beginning. I really felt bad for the dude and just kind of felt his... unhappiness and then getting the lung cancer diagnosis was just the last straw. And then Jesse just made me laugh. but I didn't find any of them particularly attractive for sure, but it didn't seem to bother me in this show.
I just re-watched quite a bit of it when my grandpa because he's sick and had never seen it. He is OBSESSED too, lol, my 73yr old grandpa. He just keeps going on and on about the good acting. He appreciates stuff like that like I do.
But as I re-watched, I could definitely see how the first season was a bit slower to get going. By the end of episode 7 though (last ep of season 1), I was RE-hooked, LOL... because you forget a lot of small things. And then I was reminded of it's greatness and how much I seriously loved that show.
Well, this actually reminds me of something else that bugs me in shows/movies in general... I find it extremely hard to sympathize with characters that are diagnosed with cancer because it usually feels to me like mimicry of something very real. And that makes it very, very obvious for me that these are actors acting in a show regardless of how great the acting is. So if this is a show that lays on the "oh he's got cancer, oh no" too heavily, it's probably not a show that I could appreciate.
That said, if everything else about it is good enough, who knows!
But I'm going to be searching for my 'next' show now. I have a hard time watching multiple shows at once, lol.
So I'm going to go through this thread again and find one. I still only watched one ep of Game of Thrones and it didn't have that "it" factor for me yet but I REALLY want to give it another chance.
We should make a deal - I watch 10 episodes of BB and you watch 10 episodes of GOT :lol-sign:
