For me, 2 things come to mind; Berserk & the Long Walk
Berserk may sound controversial, but I just didn’t have a good time watching the 90’s anime. I felt angry while watching it. I just didn’t like the characters for how dickish they were (especially Guts & Casica) and the setting was too miserable for me. And some of you may go, “but the comic is 10x better” (I know it’s manga, I’m just calling a comic to piss of people) I also just don’t like dark fantasy in general, since they’re edgy, pretentious, and worst of all… they’re ugly. There’s a reason why I never played the Dark Souls games, outside of the difficulty
The Long Walk movie is really well made movie with amazing acting. But man was it a miserable movie to go through. Seeing all those kids getting shot by soldiers for being slower was painful to watch.
Side note: there’s a lot of critically acclaimed stuff I like (Cowboy Bebop & the Dark Knight). It’s just that entertainment is so subjective that it’s not mutually exclusive to writing.
Breaking Bad. Well, the episodes I watched.
I think I just watched two or three episodes and just wanted them to catch one small break but it was just downward spiral which kind of made me lose interest. If they don’t have any success then what’s that point of them losing.
I’m sure it changes later but I didn’t have it in me. I understand that it’s a masterful series.
There are some successes, but they almost always immediately become overshadowed by some new, larger problem. While I personally enjoyed how obstacles were overcome, it is exhausting to watch a constant downward spiral.
Yup. That show sits in an odd place for me where it’s genuinely interesting but it’s too intense.
Every character sucks unrepentantly and I can’t watch it. Same issue with Boardwalk Empire, there are zero good and likeable characters in the entire show, everybody is awful.
Fair. I loved breaking bad mostly because of how well it balanced crime and personal life of Walter white. But he’s a horrible person, so are most characters, cause it’s a crime thriller. It’s just I could overlook that part cause story kept me engaged enough.
Great characters and some interesting plotlines, but the whole thing revolving around drugs and their distribution has been a great put off. I found Better Call Saul more enjoyable for that same reason.