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What show did you watch because of memes but were dissappointed? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On the other place I constantly saw memes of shows that I thought ‘well if they’re that popular they must be pretty good’

Shows like:

Avatar, The Office, Parks and Rec and IT Crowd

I’ve watched them and I just don’t get it. They aren’t so amazing that they are worth that level of adoration IMO. Avatar has its good spots and Parks and Rec is pretty enjoyable but I cringe at American office and IT crowd is forgettable.

However a show I actually really like, Community, only started getting the same type of treatment after the pandemic because people watched it on Netflix. Although it’s still not as popular as these others. Are people just really basic or am I out of touch?

Anyway, what show did you watch and think ‘I don’t get what the fuss is about’? Maybe it was Community?

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[–] baatliwala 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The prequels were memed because they were awful (except episode 3 which I will still maintain is better than episode 6) but somehow perception warped to make people think they were good or okay at best. The first 2 are terrible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If the star wars universe debuted with episode one, we would not have a star wars universe. The sound track rocked, and uh, there were rocks on planets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's a really astute observation, and not one I've heard before. Episode I would not have been enough to form the bedrock of the Star Wars phenomenon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The third one is also terrible. Just slightly less terrible than the first two.

[–] Moneo 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No you don't understand, it's the darker one. That makes it good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Dark?

But it ended with a 20 minutes long flawlessly choreographed dance number. I thought it was super fabulous!

[–] sanguinepar 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I though the 3rd one was worse than 1 and 2 tbh.

[–] Nihilore 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Each one was worse than the one before

[–] Moneo 3 points 10 months ago

It's like poetry, it rhymes.