Sometimes, you reach a point with a show where you’ve had enough. In the past few years, I’ve gotten burnt out on a number of shows that I used to consider “appointment television.”
I’ve had issues with the “sexposition” on HBO’s Game of Thrones from the beginning (seriously, if you don’t think people can pay attention to your exposition without naked ladies on screen, your writing isn’t good enough). But, I really felt gross after the gratuitous violence toward women in season four – so much so that I passed on season five completely. (After hearing about the events in season five, I’m happy I decided to skip it). Not only have I abandoned the show, I’m no longer even looking forward to the next book in the series. (Though, truth be told, books four and five in ASOIAF left much to be desired).
I’ve written about some of my issues with Doctor Who in my Geeky Confessions post. I’m not a huge fan of the way that Moffat handles female characters (which is a problem since the Doctor’s companion is almost always female). All the women on Doctor Who seem to have slight variations on the same personality, which gets stale.
Since I abandoned both Doctor Who and Sherlock at roughly the same time, I could probably chalk this one up to extreme Steven Moffat fatigue. I did enjoy the first two seasons of Sherlock, but I still haven’t taken the time to watch the third. I think I may have a bit of Benedict Cumberbatch fatigue as well; which makes me nervous, since I’m sure his face will be everywhere as they get into production on Doctor Strange.
I’ve not officially abandoned Arrow yet; but I’m this close. I was never on board the Ollie/Felicity ship, so this past season was painful to watch. Remember when Felicity was a cool character and an integral part of the team due solely to her computer skills? Yeah, me too. Now, she’s a love interest for two male characters and those romantic relationships take center stage. I’m not against romance (seriously, I love romance), but I feel like Felicity’s romantic entanglements come at the detriment of the more interesting (and autonomous) aspects of her character. Also, she used to provide some comic relief on the show (like Cisco does on Flash) – but now she’s just as angsty as Ollie…and who wants that? Ollie is a grumpy, whiny babypants.
So, what fandoms have you grown weary of?
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