I'm going to do something relatively strange, by net standards, and give reasoned opinions -
The Simpsons - despite a phenomenally good run of seasons, they've run out of ideas. Stories are now either absurd or recycled, characters are horrible parodies of themselves. Example? Ok. Bart started off as a little troublemaker who once shoplifted as the worst thing he had ever done. Last I heard he was a PRE-teen father and in prison
Family Guy - I had high hopes for this when it was released in Britain, but it very quickly devolved into a vehicle for frat-boy humour and graceless, unsubtle satire. There are lots of reasons I don't like it (And I have seen many episodes) but those are the core ones
American Dad, a rebuttal - I haven't yet seen season 4, as it gets released here at the end of this month, but thus far, they've done quite well. I can only really remember one bad episode which relied upon tired old George Bush bashing. Again, many reasons why I like this over Family Guy, but the core ones are a well-thought out sense of humour and genuine characterisation to drive the episodes.
Super Smash Brothers, a second rebuttal - I notice only the hardcore Melee players don't like Brawl, and that's because Brawl is easier to play. Melee is fun, once you get into it, but getting into it is unforgiving - enough, in fact, to completely turn you off it as it almost did to me. Fighting games of any stripe are always going to have one godawful aspect (Usually story), it's a case of tolerating that for the sake of unlockables
Pokémon - down to bad design, this one. I loved the GSC arc of games, but after that we had a bit of upgrading for the sake of bridging a platform gap and then a string of similar games, but with different pokémon. As has often been remarked, building on the RPG element would have paid off but it's something that just wasn't done
CSI - I really liked CSI Vegas for casual watching, but after so many seasons and two bad spin-offs, it's quite obvious that we've now ended up with a poorly thought-out drama with very little substance
Crime shows in general - though maybe there's still potential left in these, for the most part we see shows that focus on the misrepresented technology of crime solving rather than the story behind the crime. This is why I like the Law and Order lot - they don't rely on shoot-outs or clever gizmos to drive the story. Nor do they present crime as a black-and-white case of catch the bad guys. This makes it all the more compelling for me, and I would like to see someone outside the BBC brave enough to take that aspect of crime for a new show
The Simpsons - despite a phenomenally good run of seasons, they've run out of ideas. Stories are now either absurd or recycled, characters are horrible parodies of themselves. Example? Ok. Bart started off as a little troublemaker who once shoplifted as the worst thing he had ever done. Last I heard he was a PRE-teen father and in prison
Family Guy - I had high hopes for this when it was released in Britain, but it very quickly devolved into a vehicle for frat-boy humour and graceless, unsubtle satire. There are lots of reasons I don't like it (And I have seen many episodes) but those are the core ones
American Dad, a rebuttal - I haven't yet seen season 4, as it gets released here at the end of this month, but thus far, they've done quite well. I can only really remember one bad episode which relied upon tired old George Bush bashing. Again, many reasons why I like this over Family Guy, but the core ones are a well-thought out sense of humour and genuine characterisation to drive the episodes.
Super Smash Brothers, a second rebuttal - I notice only the hardcore Melee players don't like Brawl, and that's because Brawl is easier to play. Melee is fun, once you get into it, but getting into it is unforgiving - enough, in fact, to completely turn you off it as it almost did to me. Fighting games of any stripe are always going to have one godawful aspect (Usually story), it's a case of tolerating that for the sake of unlockables
Pokémon - down to bad design, this one. I loved the GSC arc of games, but after that we had a bit of upgrading for the sake of bridging a platform gap and then a string of similar games, but with different pokémon. As has often been remarked, building on the RPG element would have paid off but it's something that just wasn't done
CSI - I really liked CSI Vegas for casual watching, but after so many seasons and two bad spin-offs, it's quite obvious that we've now ended up with a poorly thought-out drama with very little substance
Crime shows in general - though maybe there's still potential left in these, for the most part we see shows that focus on the misrepresented technology of crime solving rather than the story behind the crime. This is why I like the Law and Order lot - they don't rely on shoot-outs or clever gizmos to drive the story. Nor do they present crime as a black-and-white case of catch the bad guys. This makes it all the more compelling for me, and I would like to see someone outside the BBC brave enough to take that aspect of crime for a new show
