Shows you like, but wish you didn't(or, Guilty Pleasures: The Thread!)

I'm the same with those Japanese superhero shows. They're so incomprehensibly alien that it's half the fun just trying to understand what's happening.

It's become an addiction to me, I wish I could stop. First I was just watching one series, then I picked up another and another and now I have a model of the Cyclone in my room along with Rider 1 and 2.

I could only see myself becoming that addicted to Japanese Spider Man. I know there was an economic crisis in Japan in the 70's, but good God is that show terrible.

The one where Spider-man had the Giant Leopard Robot right?

Oh God, I love those shows.

Anything with the words "Power Rangers" in the title.

The Deadliest Warrior. It's idiotic to a ridiculous extent, but I kept hoping it would get better... and it was just plain fun to watch.

edited 29th Nov '12 6:14:15 PM by CPFMfan

Supernatural gives me mixed feelings—I seesaw between "I LOVE IT!" and "I wish I didn't love it". I'm not even sure why. It could be the fangirls, or it could be that the show seems to have gone on too long... Their attempts to raise the stakes after Season 5 felt a little weak. The Leviathans were well-conceived and written villains (though with some corny-ass CGI effects), but they still felt like a step down from Satan and the Biblical apocalypse. The Leviathans were supposed to feel bigger and scarier because they were God's first creations, but it didn't quite work, IMO.

At this point, I wish the show would go back to being about hunting random monsters, but they've scaled it up too much for that to happen. Now they've got gods, angels, demons, and things that are older than all of them. Kind of hard to go back to the original formula after that.

The Soup. I used to feel fairly guilty about indulging in some of that (I hope I'm spelling it correctly) schadenfruede in regards to celebrities, but I got over it.

Two and a Half Men—I mean, after umpteen seasons the gags should get old, but I still laugh even at episodes I've seen many times before. Everybody Loves Raymond was a similar habit I'd finally kicked a couple years ago. Overall, sitcoms get pretty formulaic and predictable, often with Flanderization of key characters—but there always seems to be one or two I'll latch onto for a time, usually in the syndicated rerun stage.

Just remembered to mention A.N.T. Farm. Sierra McCormick alone makes it tolerable.

Msrried With Children, what the average American is to me.

Toddlers and Tiaras and Cheer Perfection.

You've Been Framed. That is all.

Some part of me wishes I weren't so into Game Shows since there are so many bad stereotypes associated with the genre (e.g. "Oh, you watch Wheel of Fortune? Isn't that after your bedtime, Gramps?"). I'm sorry, but if only the elderly are game show fans, then why are there so many 20-30 year olds on them?

There is also the stereotype of younger game show fanatics being total obsessive fanboys who memorize every stat and go nuclear at the slightest change — like the many ravings at Golden-Road.net every time something changes on The Price Is Right, especially when Drew Carey took over as host. (Not that everyone on that site is that way, mind you.)

Jurassic Fight Club. Over-the-top, woefully inaccurate and I love/hate every second of it.

edited 4th Sep '13 12:21:28 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

The fact that i'm one of those game show fans who mostly watches to snark at the people who flunk the easiest questions doesn't help.

Hell. YES.

edited 7th Sep '13 3:43:58 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

Doomsday Castle.

I went through a brief HGTV phase but I guess I got sick of yuppie-wannabee scum whining because the kitchen counters weren’t made of granite. I think Love It or List It, which constantly tried to inject fake “reality TV”-style drama, was the final straw.

Dragon's Den (the canuck one. I've seen some eps of the British one and it seems rather dull). A few years ago I caught some Dawson's Creek reruns and yeah, I got pulled in for a while.

Dino Dan, in a So Bad, It's Good kind of way.

God help me, the CW Beauty and the Beast is terrible AND I LOVE IT. The dialogue is atrocious and it screams "pander to the Twilight fangirls for viewership" but I just kept on watching it. It's the same girly girl part of me that loves watching Rom Coms I guess. Also gets points for keeping their dude a genuinely nice guy, so the "I will fix him" plot is at least palatable.

Fortunately I can satiate my guilt by acknowledging that I also faithfully watch Hannibal and other higher quality TV XD

I Didn't Do It is pure, undiluted, cheesy, over-the-top fun, and I love every second of it (plus Olivia Holt and Piper Curda are kinda hot).

edited 11th Oct '14 4:57:48 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

Once Upon a Time!

There...I said it.

I've come to feel the same way about Liv and Maddie and also Dove Cameron. And yes, I would absolutely love to see them actually make a "Space Werewolf" movie.

edited 9th Oct '14 8:28:42 AM by tricksterson