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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Dec 14, 2016 17:50:35 GMT -5
The Variety TV staff went through this year’s programming to come up with the frustrations, disappointments, and atrocities that dotted the television landscape. Some are grand ideas that flopped in execution; others are moments of failure within larger shows. There are many different ways to make terrible television, as it turns out, but what all of these things have in common is a kind of bad faith with the audience — lazy storytelling, self-indulgent production, exploitative foundations, or shameless pandering. 2. “The Walking Dead” (AMC)To be fair, life in a post-apocalyptic zombie world should indeed have stakes, and blood will get spilled. But chopping off heads just for sport is a lazy substitute for true narrative or character development. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Our merry band of survivors happens on a new community, which is run by a cruel leader with a vicious streak, who picks them off one-by-one. Pick a season, any season. We’re stuck in a narrative loop straight out of “Westworld.” And after a sixth season cliffhanger that left viewers grumbling about which fan favorite character faced the wrong end of Negan’s barbed-wire wrapped bat, the seventh season opened with an episode that was so gory clearly standards-and- practices had fallen asleep at the switch. If the sight of blood spattered on the ground didn’t shock you, the squishing sound certainly did. As the cartoonish Negan continues to toy ever more cruelly with his victims, the show toys with its viewers — who deserve better. LinkAnd just for funsies, a WD alumn's new show also made the list.
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Post by refia on Dec 14, 2016 17:57:50 GMT -5
omg wow! Whatta recommendation. And looking who got the #1 place just puts TWD into perspective how 'bad' they thought 7a was.
Perfect.
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Post by v on Dec 14, 2016 18:05:57 GMT -5
That Chelsea handler chick is the one that interviewed. Nr a few times. I've seen bits.of her interviews and am not impressed. X-Files making the.list both surprised and didn't surprise me. While I was happy to see Mulder and Scully back on my screen the reboot was definitely hit and miss.
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Post by Starlight on Dec 14, 2016 18:06:20 GMT -5
Congratulations TWD
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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Dec 14, 2016 18:10:13 GMT -5
Variety isn't the end all be all, but it is a major industry magazine. You know how they say bad publicity is still publicity - well, this is the kind of publicity a TV show with declining ratings definitely doesn't want.
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Post by Ripley on Dec 14, 2016 18:58:57 GMT -5
To be clear, the # 1 is Conviction (Emily Kinney), not The Expanse (Chad Coleman), Voltron (Steven Yeun), Daredevil: The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) nor Colony (Sarah Wayne Callies)
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Post by honkytonkwoman on Dec 14, 2016 19:33:30 GMT -5
To be clear, the # 1 is Conviction (Emily Kinney), not The Expanse (Chad Coleman), Voltron (Steven Yeun), Daredevil: The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) nor Colony (Sarah Wayne Callies) Color me surprised
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Post by greaterpursuit on Dec 14, 2016 19:39:08 GMT -5
Definitely no argument on their choice for #1.
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