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[DaBatGuy]

Since we already have one for Sonic, video games, and movies I thought I'd get on my soapbox about stuff on TV I don't agree with. This will include live-action shows, animation, even foreign programs, if it aired on a TV set at some point it fits in this topic.

- The schadenfreude I get while watching Simon Cowel verbally assault the tone deaf karaoke singers in the initial auditions is the only thing entertaining about American Idol.

-The Adam West Batman series is easily my favorite version of the caped Crusader. While I love the dark, noir feel of the modern version of Batman in the comics, movies and B:TAS, the 60's show was unique and bizarre combination of Silver age camp and so-bad-it's-good overacting that it never fails to entertain me. If they ever make a third game in the Arkham series I hope there's a mode that adds the "BIFF!" "POW!" "WHAM!" effects when fighting.

-I never got the appeal of the Scooby Doo series. I don't hate it but I always felt the premise was far too simple and repetitive to carry the show for over 4 decades.

and for the big finale:

-I really don't care much for the Toonami revival. As much I loved running home everyday for my 2-3 hour anime fix as a kid and seeing it revived once for a bit of nostalgia wanking I don't see how it can be success these days. Toonami's ultimate failure was due to the rapid expansion of media through the internet, before the days of youtube, megaupload, bittorrents, and crunchyroll the only way their target demographic could see anime for free was on their afternoon block. However, anyone can now google their desired anime and watch any episode, anytime with little to no ads, censorship, or "baka-gaijin" dubbing.

The fact is that Toonami as we remember it is an archaic form of broadcasting anime and just can't compete with the internet. Despite my apathetic feeling towards the revival I'm not being a cynic out of spite, I'd actually be glad if by some miracle I'm proven wrong and Toonami regains its status as the main source of great anime in the west. I simply refuse to wear nostalgia goggles if they blind me from reality of the situation.

PS: Moltar was a better host than any version of Tom.

Edited by DaBatGuy, 02 June 2012 - 11:54 PM.

[y cant solkia crawl]

Legend of Korra can kiss my ass.

[Vertekins]

- The overwhelming majority of standing ovations given to certain acts on shows such as Britain's got Talent aren't deserved at all. The entire meaning of the standing ovation is that it is an honor, an honor reserved for performances of extraordinary talent and such. The fact that incredibly unoriginal, banal performances get given standing ovations destroys the spirit of the standing ovation as a thing that was originally reserved for exceptional displays.

- Whilst The Simpsons as it is today is a pale shadow of it's former self, there were still episodes in earlier, much more critically acclaimed seasons that were right stinkers with outlandish plots and disrespect for characters such as "Homer vs Dignity", "Saddlesore Galactica" and "The Principal and the Pauper". A lot of the earlier seasons were far from perfect. The Simpson's "humor" and plots are losing a lot of their taste and realism.

- I really can't recall any truly original or classic adverts in the last few years except for the one that features an entire car being made out of cake.

[Johnny Boy]

Oh Alice, how I love thee for starting this phenomenon. Either way here's mines:

- Transformers Prime is superior to g1

- Legend of Korra blows the original Avatar series out of the water

Edited by Dark Energon Johnny, 02 June 2012 - 11:33 PM.

[Person]

- Seinfeld Was The Best Sitcom.

[743-E.D. Missile]

- Transformers Prime is superior to g1.

This is unpopular? I thought that was the case from the start.

[Darth Sidious]

This is unpopular? I thought that was the case from the start.

Well you know nostalgia and all that. Anyway here are mine.

-SW: The Clone Wars is underrated

-Legend of Korra>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Last Airbender

-The Hub>>>>>>> Cartoon Network

-I think that Naruto Shippuden is pretty good-great

-Toonami's air time is far too late

-Disney Channel has always sucked

-Nicktoons>>>>>Nickelodeon

[Kyoryu Aqua]

Oh Alice, how I love thee for starting this phenomenon. Either way here's mines:

- Transformers Prime is superior to g1

- Legend of Korra blows the original Avatar series out of the water

I haven't really seen much of it, but G1 is lacking from a writing standpoint in general. The only reason it's held so high in regard is nostalgia. Also related, I currently contend that the only bad Transformers series was Energon. Armada had a slow start, yes, but it was never really awful. Also it picked up like crazy in the end, and the final battle between Prime and Galvatron is the most epic Transformer fight there's ever been. Cybertron was always much better and more clever than Armada and Energon so I won't comment there.

The killer about Energon is that it got off to an AMAZING start. However, it QUICKLY lost steam when Megatron was revived and then just stagnated for 40 episodes. Also the constant growing in the last episodes was ridiculous.


Another TV opinion is that Power Rangers (Super) Samurai isn't as nearly as bad as it's made out to be by the PR fandom. Yes, it's a haphazard translation of Shinkenger, and the acting of some characters is pretty terrible (oh hai dere Kevin and Jii), but it's still pretty fairly watchable. It's never really left like it's dragged on, which is more than I can say for Goseiger. It helps that the rangers overall are a pretty attractive bunch, and the American modes are presented pretty well. Also, I don't care that it's overall useless, Shogun mode is freakin BOSS.

My last one for now is that the current My Little Pony series is grossly overrated. I'm a fan myself, cause the writing is excellent. However, the fandom needs to calm the frag down. It seems like they're taking the hype way too far. I mean TL;DR threads are one thing, as are AMV's and countless fan ponies (which are multiplying like jackrabbits and really REALLY need to stop. A Korra pony? REALLY?) But suddenly t-shirts and conventions and getting songs in to Rock band and all this other stuff, and it's just like...wait what? This show is only two years old, for Primus' sake! Slow the hell down guys!
Rainbow Dash/Applejack's VA is a total hottie though.

[Goldenlink64]

-Toonami's air time is far too late

This isn't unpopular, many people (myself included) would prefer Toonami to start earlier for the sake of gaining more ratings and convenience, even if it's just 11PM opposed to 12...

[Alexander]

My favorite sitcom, and favorite show of all time is The King of Queens. I don't hear many people say that, so I guess that makes it an unpopular opinion, haha. I hear a lot of people say Seinfeld, which comes in a close second for me. There's just something about The King of Queens, though. Every time I'm feeling down or am just not in a good mood, I pop in a season DVD, watch a random episode, and it almost always cheers me up a bit.

[Stritix]

Ponies... gotta go.

[Tornado]

I prefer Kirk (and most of the TOS cast) to Picard (and most of the TNG cast). I think TNG is the superior show by far, but most of the cast just falls short in comparison (an opinion that is admittedly probably bolstered a lot more by the first 6 movies than it is by the show itself, hence TNG being better).




*waits to be shot*

- The schadenfreude I get while watching Simon Cowel verbally assault the tone deaf karaoke singers in the initial auditions is the only thing entertaining about American Idol.

I don't think this is too much of an unpopular opinion, actually.

Edited by Tornado, 03 June 2012 - 01:29 AM.

[Deaf Guy in Music Plant]

Every iteration of Power Rangers I've ever seen was full of overacting, cheesy dialogue, stupid effects, and crappy-looking villains.

I never cared for Avatar: The Last Airbender, but I saw Legend of Korra and liked it.

Teen Titans was a terrible show.

Ren and Stimpy was decent, but everyone plays it up as though it's was all cartoons should be like. And it's not.

The Scooby-Doo! direct-to-video movies from the 80s, 90s, and early noughties are better than any iteration of the show.

Not sure if this is unpopular or not, but sit-coms should either have live audiences or not exist at all. Laugh tracks are pointless.

Edited by Diabetic in Sweet Mountain, 03 June 2012 - 01:34 AM.

[Octarine]

I prefer Kirk (and most of the TOS cast) to Picard (and most of the TNG cast)...




*waits to be shot*




I don't think this is too much of an unpopular opinion, actually.

I don't think that's too much of an aaah how did you correct that between the page loading and me quoting you that was like two seconds

But yeah, I was under the impression that the prevailing opinion these days is that Kirk is a pretty cool guy and Picard's actually sort of a weenie a lot of the time. I still think the best thing would just be for them to team up, though; it's a pity that we never quite got a movie about that.

Uhh... opinions. I prefer the earlier, more sitcommy seasons of M*A*S*H to the melodramatic later ones, although I do still like almost all of it. I also concur with the point about Korra being a considerable improvement over The Last Airbender; I started watching it from the beginning recently to introduce a friend to the series and, while it's still quite good, it doesn't hold up as well as I remember.

Edited by Octarine, 03 June 2012 - 01:36 AM.

[Soniman]

Batman Beyond is better than Batman the Animated Series.

Edited by The Groosenator, 03 June 2012 - 03:13 AM.

[y cant solkia crawl]

Teen Titans was a terrible show.

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Brb, gonna go sit in a corner, cry, and eat a bucket of ice cream while listening to Linkin Park.

[American Ristar]

I don't watch TV.

[Megumi Hayashibara]

I disagree with Toonami returning to a degree due to some parts of my misfortune loaded history making me incompatible with SOME of the anime and get that "they are assaulting my opinion" feeling and some sore spots in my memories hit.

Tsubasa anime is better than the OVAs in my eyes, the OVAs and second half of the manga came at just the wrong time in my real life when they first came along, besides, the anime had concepts I liked and in some cases, open endings are fun to me.

[Johnny Boy]

- Disney has got to cancel most of their shitty Teeny Bopper sitcoms (2 or 3 should be the limit) and they have also got to stop promoting their teen stars as if they're the next big musical legend because most of them are just gonna be complete after thoughts within the next couple of years anyway.

- Thundercats 2011>>>> Old school Thundercats. Same case with Transformers, only reason why the original is held in such high regard is because of nostalgia.

- Toddlers and Tiaras needs to be canceled as soon as possible.

- The Nickelodeon movie "Rags" is nothing but a pointless high school musical rip off.

[lounge]

I'm addicted to Jersey Shore. I know... the first thing you say when you just hear that title or just see a few seconds of footage, is roll your eyes, curse at it, and ask why is humanity stupid. That's what I did. The only reason I got addicted was because my sister would put it on all the time last august. And the first thing I'd do is make fun of everything about the show. But I found myself sitting and watching everything. There was something that pulled me in to sit thru entire episodes. I realized the cast are just so spontaneous, crazy, and funny. I now know why 8 million people watch the show so far. Yes they do stupid shit. But that's what makes it so addicting. These people are litterally made for TV. It's TV entertainment at its trashiest. After a month of watching I just love all of them. They're actually good people at heart. Watch one episode and you'll see why it's so addicting.

Not that I care to watch reality tv, but this one just hits that spot with such unique, crazy-ass people.