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A show you hate
There are shows I wouldn't watch simply because they're not my thing, so I never develop violent hatred for them. I loathe and detest 99.9% of all reality shows and wish the genre would die in a fire alread, but I don't watch them so my hate is isn't personal, so to speak. And soap operas. I hate soap operas. Now, I have to admit, I watched Neighbours and Home and Away and early EastEnders avidly back in the day but I'm glad to say I repented and changed my ways. Now I'd rather have bamboo splinters shoved under my nails than watch an episode of Coronation Street or EastEnders or, gods preserve us, Emmerdale Farm. *shudderfits* But again, it's the genre I hate more than the specific shows so I don't think I can choose one of them either.
That leaves shows that should have died a horrible death before ever reaching a screen which I've been unlucky enough to watch and not been able to tear myself away from the horror. An early example of this was "Come Back, Mrs Noah", a Seventies "comedy" about a housewife who ends up in space. No, really. The housewife was played by Molly Sugden, who must have been desperate when she signed the contract. The "comedy" never rose above the level of "farting in space suit" jokes (I'm not even kidding, wish I was) and it was cancelled unmourned after one series. (The good thing about British series being shorter than US counterparts is that when they stink to high heaven, there's less episodes to suffer through :P I think it was a 6 ep series and I'm fairly sure that even my 10 year old non-discriminating tv addicted self quit after episode 2 or 3.) Overall it was a criminal waste of a stellar cast of British comedy stalwarts and how the hell it got made I'll never know. Probably they hoped the cast would make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. News flash, guys.....
Then there was "Manimal". Oh dear, oh deary deary deary me. Simon MacCorkindale as a man who could transform into animals. Hence the title - see what they did there? Made today, with CGI, it would kick arse. Back in 1983? Yeh, not so much. The effects were laboured and painful to watch and the plots and acting weren't much better. 15 year old me wanted to love it so much but was forced to admit it was crap :P I hated it for letting me down so badly. It was a huge flop in the states, I'm not even sure it was every broadcast in its entirety. Which is a good thing.
But there is a show I hate above all others. It annoys me on a level I can't really explain. The show is Twin Peaks. I hated it when it was broadcast and it All! Anyone! Talked! About! I found it pretentious over-wrought crap and everyone else was rabbiting on about deeper levels of meaning and the genius of David Lynch. The only genius of David Lynch is that he made a steaming pile of crap that everyone watched and gave him licence to produce more over-wrought artsy fartsy crap for the rest of his career. Garrrrgh! Twin Peaks! DIAF!!! *shakeyfist*
Hee! World Cup started today! Woooooooo HOO! *bounces around like a very happy Mitchy* First England match is tomorrow. If we lose, I recommend all US friends of mine avoid me. I might inadvertantly forget my sportsmanship and kill you :P
It was funny at work today, everyone was standing around the schedule and plotting which afternoons they wanted to take off :D :D Best thing about our office is the number of genuine footy fans. Oh and we've had our World Cup sweepstakes. I got Switzerland. Umm. I love their chocolate, the football team I know little about, although I have actually heard of a couple of their players. We'll see :) I'll be happy if they get through the group stages, frankly.
COME ON ENGLAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!! *bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce*
There are shows I wouldn't watch simply because they're not my thing, so I never develop violent hatred for them. I loathe and detest 99.9% of all reality shows and wish the genre would die in a fire alread, but I don't watch them so my hate is isn't personal, so to speak. And soap operas. I hate soap operas. Now, I have to admit, I watched Neighbours and Home and Away and early EastEnders avidly back in the day but I'm glad to say I repented and changed my ways. Now I'd rather have bamboo splinters shoved under my nails than watch an episode of Coronation Street or EastEnders or, gods preserve us, Emmerdale Farm. *shudderfits* But again, it's the genre I hate more than the specific shows so I don't think I can choose one of them either.
That leaves shows that should have died a horrible death before ever reaching a screen which I've been unlucky enough to watch and not been able to tear myself away from the horror. An early example of this was "Come Back, Mrs Noah", a Seventies "comedy" about a housewife who ends up in space. No, really. The housewife was played by Molly Sugden, who must have been desperate when she signed the contract. The "comedy" never rose above the level of "farting in space suit" jokes (I'm not even kidding, wish I was) and it was cancelled unmourned after one series. (The good thing about British series being shorter than US counterparts is that when they stink to high heaven, there's less episodes to suffer through :P I think it was a 6 ep series and I'm fairly sure that even my 10 year old non-discriminating tv addicted self quit after episode 2 or 3.) Overall it was a criminal waste of a stellar cast of British comedy stalwarts and how the hell it got made I'll never know. Probably they hoped the cast would make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. News flash, guys.....
Then there was "Manimal". Oh dear, oh deary deary deary me. Simon MacCorkindale as a man who could transform into animals. Hence the title - see what they did there? Made today, with CGI, it would kick arse. Back in 1983? Yeh, not so much. The effects were laboured and painful to watch and the plots and acting weren't much better. 15 year old me wanted to love it so much but was forced to admit it was crap :P I hated it for letting me down so badly. It was a huge flop in the states, I'm not even sure it was every broadcast in its entirety. Which is a good thing.
But there is a show I hate above all others. It annoys me on a level I can't really explain. The show is Twin Peaks. I hated it when it was broadcast and it All! Anyone! Talked! About! I found it pretentious over-wrought crap and everyone else was rabbiting on about deeper levels of meaning and the genius of David Lynch. The only genius of David Lynch is that he made a steaming pile of crap that everyone watched and gave him licence to produce more over-wrought artsy fartsy crap for the rest of his career. Garrrrgh! Twin Peaks! DIAF!!! *shakeyfist*
Hee! World Cup started today! Woooooooo HOO! *bounces around like a very happy Mitchy* First England match is tomorrow. If we lose, I recommend all US friends of mine avoid me. I might inadvertantly forget my sportsmanship and kill you :P
It was funny at work today, everyone was standing around the schedule and plotting which afternoons they wanted to take off :D :D Best thing about our office is the number of genuine footy fans. Oh and we've had our World Cup sweepstakes. I got Switzerland. Umm. I love their chocolate, the football team I know little about, although I have actually heard of a couple of their players. We'll see :) I'll be happy if they get through the group stages, frankly.
COME ON ENGLAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!! *bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce*
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