I have a very short attention span but generally I'd rather sit through something that's entertaining and bad than something that's boring and "good." For example, I'd probably rather sit through a Family Guy marathon than rewatch all the Lord of the Rings movies.

But how is Lord of the Rings boring?
Not really an easy question to answer. I enjoyed them enough the first time watching them but this was years ago and I remember being least-bored during the parts with Golem/Smeagol. It sucks because I have trouble explaining why they don't really grab my attention that easily.

Wait so you like Family Guy? Or you at least like it better than Lord of the Rings?
Uh, not exactly. But if I had to pick between a planet where the Lord of the Rings movies exist or Family Guy exists I think I'd pick the universe where the Lord of the Rings movies exist but it's hard for me to explain really why.

I don't know. Maybe I answered thread title with my first sentence "I have a very short attention span." The question is: is this fixable? Can anyone relate?

This post was last modified: Sep 7, 2017 at 7:01 PM by Shadow the Hedgehog.

the problem with The Lord of the Rings is it's too fucking long

this is why it's not really re-watchable compared to a tv show

after you've seen TLOTR once, why would you want to sit through all of them again?

the answer is that they dont find them boring i guess

rewatches of long and slowly paced content that you already know the important parts of are hard because you're just waiting through all of the lulls in order to get to what you remember, whereas rewatches of shorter form comedies continue to be interesting because their job is to be rapidfire-esque with being amusing even if the jokes suck. notice that you said you were entertained the first time through, that is what actually matters.

but family guy is fucking boring and lord of the rings is exciting as hell

You know Pud? I have a very similar problem which has gotten me into situations I don't want to be in, as I discuss in another topic in this here board

I never understand why people treat Family Guy like the pinnacle of bad television

It's just a low effort vehicle for pop culture references, and it does that quite well

I find it entertaining at times, but daren't say that I do or else I get called the lowest common denominator.

I never understand why people treat Family Guy like the pinnacle of bad television

It's just a low effort vehicle for pop culture references, and it does that quite well

a) because it's still on the air despite never having been as good as its competitors (when those were good)
b) because its creator is still churning out bad stuff all over the place and no one dares to put a stop to the man
c) one of those things is the closest thing we'll ever have to good old Star Trek back on TV, but it has his stench all over it and it makes me sad
d) seriously, he wants to make a TNG-like show but with marital quarrel comedy, why did no one tell him that was a real shit idea

ok sudo tell us how you really feel about seth mcfarlane and how he stole the simpsons

I never understand why people treat Family Guy like the pinnacle of bad television

It's just a low effort vehicle for pop culture references, and it does that quite well

i'd be fine with family guy if they just stuck to being with what you described, but then they did a bunch of episodes where they tried and failed to do deep/dark stuff like with the botched anti-christianity message and the one with quagmire's sister.

ono it wasn't pc enough

ok sudo tell us how you really feel about seth mcfarlane and how he stole the simpsons

he stole cosmos
now he's stealing star trek

don't you see it? he wants to conquer Space itself, soon you'll hear how he'll get directorial seat for Star Wars episode IX, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, maybe even the remake of Legend of Galactic Heroes all the way in Japan

and he'll turn them all into sitcoms

ono it wasn't pc enough

well then, i apologize if i personally find it jarring when they try to be serious in a show that also isn't meant to be taken seriously.

and i don't really care if they're pro-macintosh either.

This post was last modified: Sep 7, 2017 at 11:02 PM by Shadow the Hedgehog.

ono it wasn't pc enough

well then, i apologize if i personally find it jarring when they try to be serious in a show that also isn't meant to be taken seriously.

and i don't really care if they're pro-macintosh either.

I think you've got some wires crossed if you think they're being 100% serious in the episodes you mentioned.

ok sudo tell us how you really feel about seth mcfarlane and how he stole the simpsons

he stole cosmos
now he's stealing star trek

don't you see it? he wants to conquer Space itself, soon you'll hear how he'll get directorial seat for Star Wars episode IX, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, maybe even the remake of Legend of Galactic Heroes all the way in Japan

and he'll turn them all into sitcoms

>caring about Star Wars

>me

>2017

as for anything else, idk I've never seen anything he's directed/produced that isn't a comedy that pisses people off

marital quarrel comedy

why is this such a thing in the first place

This post was last modified: Sep 7, 2017 at 11:12 PM by Briraka.

don't you see it? he wants to conquer Space itself, soon you'll hear how he'll get directorial seat for Star Wars episode IX, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, maybe even the remake of Legend of Galactic Heroes all the way in Japan

don't know anything about LoGH, but considering GotG2 was shit about how it handled it's mix of comedy and drama compared to the first, he can just go full sitcom for all i care.

and as for SW9? well, disney is already firing and hiring everyone, so it's only a matter of time until it's his turn.

This post was last modified: Sep 7, 2017 at 11:58 PM by EH2.

and as for SW9? well, disney is already firing and hiring everyone, so it's only a matter of time until it's his turn.

That feel when they hired fucking Jurassic World dude for it (mistake 1), then hired fucking Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dude to revise Jurassic World dude's attempt at a script (mistake 2), then of both dudes they decided to keep Cursed Child dude and dump Jurassic World dude (mistake 3 for not firing both, mistake 4 for keeping the worst of the 2, mistake 5 because Disney hasn't fired Kathleen Kennedy, Bryan Burk, and Ram Bergman already)

I mean, at this point they could fucking do whatever they want and most options would be an improvement, but you know what? if Seth MacFarlane got hired for that film I'd call it mistake 6