Things I'm not Watching #1

This post was inspired by the Walking Dead. A lot of people have asked me about it... but I'm not watching it.

There are things I'm not watching and I'm going to tell you what they are and why. You're more than welcome to try to convince me to change my mind in the comments.

The Walking Dead - I'm a big Zombie buff, so this should be something I'm into, but it's not. We watched the first two episodes, and I kept feeling like everything I was being given was something I'd seen before. I didn't feel like this was a new take, just a conglomeration of old ideas.

To be fair, I've never read the graphic novel, I know little to nothing about it. I just couldn't get into it. Lets face it I don't have all the time in the world, so if I'm not feeling it by Episode 2, You're not worth my time.

Pulling & Mistresses - These two series are from BBC, and I dislike them both for the same reasons. They make me unbearably uncomfortable. Film, TV, Books... they're forms of entertainment meant to take us out of our own lives, and while some people like seeing other people in unfortunate spots, while that makes other people feel good. I do not enjoy them.

I watched the first episode of Pulling and knew I was not going to watch anymore, Mistresses I actually got through three before I pulled the plug.

Dexter - The subject matter of this show is not the problem. It's actually the sort of thing I should - by rights - love, but I can't get into it. I don't like any of the characters. Not a one. And if I can't find a reason to like the characters, I don't like the show.

Here's the kicker. I've seen the entire first season of it... and I can't bring myself to give it anymore of a chance... though Earl does love it, so I'm sure at some point it will be watched as I'm doing something else.

How I Met Your Mother - Somewhere around season six? I think, I got bored with this show. It had entirely lost its appeal, and so, while I still love the early seasons. I am not making time for it in my tv-watching schedule. I think that part of the reason I fell out of love, has to do with the fact that I've never liked Ted. I loved the four characters that orbit him, but Ted, the focus of the show (and egotistical maniac who can't tell his kids a story without taking 9 years to do it) never has been a character I've been able to stomach.

(There will be more of these to come... this was all I had time to talk about today.)