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Television shows we hate
Narr:
I think there are some decent reality shows. The problem is the emphasis placed on the actual people and what they think. It's started to bleed into other events, as well. Like American Gladiators. I don't give a fuck what the contestants think, I don't give a damn about the showmanship of the gladiators. I just wanna watch people do things I wish I was in the shape to do.
I've seen a few episodes of America's Best Dance Crew and I never gave a damn about dance before but they did some pretty cool shit on the Thriller episode.
Cartilage Head:
I hate most television shows. I can probably name about five television shows I DO like.
bicostp:
I hate Smash Lab. It's Mythbusters without the thinking. They just blow stuff up, build over-elaborate, impractical contraptions for no reason, and crash junkyard vehicles together. Oh, and they go "WHOOOOOOAAAAAAA!!1111!11!1!1!!!1!!1!!" way too much and try to make everything really dramatic. (An "over-elaborate" example: the episode with the van sand trap, designed to stop getaway cars in bank robberies. What happens when it rains? Who has to build, assemble, and maintain it? Wouldn't it just be cheaper to let the bank get robbed?)
"The Moment of Truth" also sucks. It's the hellspawn of the Jerry Springer show and The Newlywed Game.
Family Guy has become a tired parody of itself and should have been canned at the end of last season. Pre-cancellation Family Guy was alright, new Family Guy sometimes has its moments, but these moments are few and far between.
American Idol sucks until they get down to the top 14 or so. It's actually pretty fun once they weed out the really horrible contestants.
In general, reality shoes aren't very good. Thank [deity] the writers are back in action; we'll get plots again!
Narr:
--- Quote from: bicostp on 22 Mar 2008, 19:01 ---I hate Smash Lab. It's Mythbusters without the thinking. They just blow stuff up, build over-elaborate, impractical contraptions for no reason, and crash junkyard vehicles together. Oh, and they go "WHOOOOOOAAAAAAA!!1111!11!1!1!!!1!!1!!" way too much and try to make everything really dramatic. (An "over-elaborate" example: the episode with the van sand trap, designed to stop getaway cars in bank robberies. What happens when it rains? Who has to build, assemble, and maintain it? Wouldn't it just be cheaper to let the bank get robbed?)
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I think Smash Lab is really awesome, actually. I admit they try to force the drama too often so it makes the hosts less likable than Adam and Jamie. I don't find it impractical at all, really. They usually tell you the costs involved. And it's not like every aspect of what they do get tested, as you mentioned with the rain deal with the sand trap. The whole point is to test a premise and see if it has some viability. I wouldn't be susprised to see some sort of Rhino-liner paint used on buildings set up in war zones, for example.
Spluff:
House.
How about you follow a new plot for each episode, instead of just changing the names of people and diseases and hoping nobody notices?
The same thing goes for most of the crime shows that do the same thing and reuse their plots.
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