Welcome to Television
This community is for discussion of anything related to television or streaming.
Other Communities
Television Communities
A community for discussion of anything related to Television via broadcast or streaming.
Rules:
List of Best Rated TV Series as voted by the Fediverse
Uhhhggg that one anime with the two brothers and the mechs with drills.
I could not handle when sunglasses bro died. He was literally the only reason I liked that show, which I know is kind of the point because the little bro doesn't even like his own show when his brother is gone, but fuck!
Couldn't do it, man.
Walking Dead (show): Glenn
Glenn and Maggie were the only thing worth rooting for at that point and losing one of them ruined the last thing interesting about the show.
It already felt like the writers weren't going anywhere before that, Glenn ended up being the last straw.
TWD is the only show that gets shit on for that time it followed the comics.
I'm not shitting on it, and I strongly doubt it is the only show. They also didn't follow the comics most of the time so making it a big deal for this one event, where they also killed off another character that was on a semi interesting arc, is a silly thing to focus on.
Killing off main characters can be a good thing, but the show just didn't have any remaining compelling character arcs once they killed off the last thing that gave any reason for living to introduce yet another 'humans are the real monsters' villain.
Tbf, I meant generally.
Its the most common reason people seem to have for why they quit the show.
Yes, but is their reason like mine where it isn't the death itself but how they lead up to it with the stupid trash can fake out and that they had already ruined any reason for rooting for the other characters?
It was the last straw in a series of decisions by the showrunners, not something that came out of the blue and ruined an otherwise enjoyable show.
The trash can thing didn't help, to be sure.
Probably because it seemed like a reversal. Glenn is nobody in the comics so when this happens.
My mom quit Game of Thrones because they killed the dog in the first episode
My wife quit GoT when Geoffrey ordered the dire wolf killed. Same reason, kinda.
L's Death in DeathNote. Near was cool and all, but the entire story after L dies felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation of the plot.
I stopped reading the manga after L died, and decided to never even start watching the anime. Death Note without L was just worthless to me.
The anime is fantastic if you stop after L dies
Alex death in the expanse. Rounded off the experience and end of the series but also marked the end for me.
The actor was asking 15 year old fans for nudes. It's a shame because Alex was the best and is still around in the books.
The characters death came as a shock to me as it was too abrupt for a core member of the story. I immediately looked to see it something happened during production only to find there was credible accusations of sexual predatory behavior.
To this day I'm still pissed off at it all. He was great in the role, and was a fantastic ambassador for the show in social media and at conventions. Honestly seemed like he loved the character. To just ruin all that, plus causing difficulties for the show and his castmates, by sexting with fans was hugely disappointing.
Joel’s death in The Last of Us. It was a bad idea in the second game and it had the same effect on the show.
But bastard deserved it.
I put off watching the last season of DS9 for a while, after they killed off Jadzia Dax in a really forced way. The worst part was that there was another episode that season where she almost died and it would've been a much more personal and appropriate way for her to go, but instead she's randomly at the wrong place when the big bad shows up doing main plot stuff and that's it. It was incredibly disappointing. Apparently there was some drama with contract shenanigans behind the scenes, so they ended up having to write it in last minute.
I did eventually come back and watch the last season and I'm glad I did, but I legit almost dropped it.
Marissa Cooper. Fight me.
Idk, but I know what character death made me watch the rest of the series that I would stop otherwise.
It's Tuvix ofc.
Ragnar in Vikings. None of his sons had the same charisma and the show just fell flat to me. I still try to finish the show from time time but I still haven't managed to.
I felt like Ubbe had a lot of charisma, and Ivar had potential if they hadn't written him like Ramsey Snow. He should have been smart, unpredictable and morally grey, not a complete psychopath.
Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in House of Cards. Until her death, I didn't realize she was the only reason I was watching the show.
Same, almost. It was jarring but I watched for Kevin spacey and Robin wright and their sheer talent.
But wow, the shock value. That may have been the first time I was palms-to-mouth shocked. Not until the crosswalk incident in the Billy Bob Thornton lawyer show was I that shocked again.
Not a show, but a movie spin-off. When they killed Wash in Serenity. I knew I wasn't going to like it as much as the tv shows.
Wash and Sheppard both, man. 💔
Reaver Cleaning Company: putting spears through the Wash since 2005!
If they meant for that death to hurt a lot, it worked.
Sora. The last (latest?) entry of the kingdom hearts series was a slog of pointless, elongated, wish fulfillment cutscenes. It wasn’t his “death” that made me uninterested in whatever the future brings, but it did provide an easy out.
The only one for me was Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. I don't recall now exactly why, but reading the plot overview, I think it was because the aristocrat/commoner tension was what held my interest. The show was mostly a period soap opera with some social commentary elements. With his death, it felt like losing the drama and keeping the melodrama. (Although that plot line was mostly wrapped up by the end of the 3rd series, too.) I don't recall being angry, or deciding not to watch further, I just never got around to it.
Same. Not an intentional drop for me but had no interest to continue after that and didn't resume when the next season started.
He should have died under that dumpster.
Hemmer on Strange New Worlds.
Jimmy in boardwalk empire. After that it was like, what, I'm gonna keep watching just to see what the guy who obtains kids for rich pedophiles is gonna do next? Nah, I love Steve Buscemi in serious roles but I lost interest after Jimmy finished his Oedipus arch.
Janice in Barry. I will probably go back to watching the series, but the finale kind of ruined the things.
If it helps, the show really deep dives the consequences of that, and really all of Barry's actions.
There were a lot of questionably sadistic choices made by the producers in Game of Thrones, but when the >!orphans!< were strung up burned to death I said to my parter 'ok that's last warning. The show isn't good enough to endure this crap'.
Then the red wedding happened next season and it was full of sadism - unsuspecting soldiers gruesomely and gleefully murdered by their comrades, >!foetus stabbed in the womb!<.
And that was the last Game of Thrones episode I watched. I don't have any desire to revisit it.
A fantastic production in every other sense, ruined by extreme sadism at every corner.
To be fair, both of these things happened in the books. Except the Red Wedding with regards to Talisa/Jeyne, but everything else happened. They were following it.
Oh I'm not implying they didn't happen in the books. But there's a significant experiential difference between the written word and having it dramatically filmed, expertly recreated with special effects, centre-framed and shots lingered upon.
The showrunners revelled in the sadism and sexual sadism way too much for my tastes.
How would you depict a world as low and as violent as ASOIAF without doing that for specific plot moments like that though?
Not one person in particular, but I gave up on 'The 100' after the space people decided to massacre the locals about two weeks after landing.
It seemed like the show was just one massacre after another at that point.
Barristan Selmy in GoT Rita in Dexter