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Is there a TV series you regret watching purely because of how long it was, and overall, how unsatisfactory it was when it finished? (piefed.social)
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For me, it was The Walking Dead. It obviously suffered seriously quality decline over its run - but because it was so long, I could've instead watched so many other shows instead.

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[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

So I am very picky with series and I rarely start stuff that I feel I am on the fence on and I drop stuff pretty fast it I am not feeling it.

That being said, there were a few huge disappointments that I regret wasting time on.

Man in the High Castle - I didn't know this was a fanfic-level script that just used the setting. Up until the end of the second episode, I was still hoping that it would at least loosely adapt the story of the book. I was really disappointed when I realized it would be purely a fanfic story when I watched episode 3. An adaption of the book could have made for such an intense ending.

Alien: Earth - Forced myself through the first three episodes. Did not like it all, Peter Pan stuff, uninspired characters, trying too hard to be edgy (while still being fundamentally PG in its themes). Then I heard that Episode 05 was a cool self-contained episode that offered a nice throwback. Watched 15 minutes of it and turned it off. Absolute trash.

Ring of Power - I am a big fan of The Silmarillion even though IMO it's rather dense and difficult to follow. Watched a single episode of Ring of Power and I immediately dropped it (not getting fooled again).

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rings of power is shit, but it's also explicitly not based on the Silmarillion. It's only using the appendices of the trilogy.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was supposed to be partially based on the The Silmarillion. Either way, from the first episode alone, it was pretty clear that the show would be shit.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I believe that was the goal, but there was a rights dispute and they didn't get access to it.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Hopefully someone else will get the rights to it and either make a more respectful adaption or go with a crazy creative take. E.g. a re-interpretation of The Silmarillion set in prohibition era US with gangsters or during the Russian revolution with the Greens fighting both commies "orcs" and the pro-Monarchy "goblins" (doesn't have to be literal).