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Southernfatman
09/10/17 11:53:04 AM
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Or who's low on the totem pole in terms of being interesting.

Boardwalk Empire
is what made me think of this topic. Steve Buscemi is always great, but while I'm rewatching it Nucky seems to be one of the lesser likeable characters in the show. It's both in part of the writing not making him that way and most of the other characters being way more likeable and interesting. I don't dislike him, but at times I wish the show followed other characters a lot more. I do tune out when his and Margret's scenes pop up.

Deadwood kinda has the same feel. While it's an ensemble cast, they seem to have Seth Bullock be the closest "main" character. At least at first. He's alright, but most of the other characters steal the show. After a while Al is pretty much the "protagonist" of the show.
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 11:54:44 AM
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How I Met Your Mother
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DoomSwell
09/10/17 12:04:05 PM
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A lot of shows are like this because the main character is supposed to be bland enough for everyone to relate to, and the other characters are defined by a particular "interesting" personality quirk or gimmick.
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 12:05:56 PM
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DoomSwell posted...
A lot of shows are like this because the main character is supposed to be bland enough for everyone to relate to, and the other characters are defined by a particular "interesting" personality quirk or gimmick.


That's bad writing.
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DoomSwell
09/10/17 12:32:55 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
That's bad writing.

Bad writing =/= False
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Skye Reynolds
09/10/17 12:33:45 PM
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A lot of anime. Especially harem anime.
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Fam_Fam
09/10/17 12:36:55 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
How I Met Your Mother


expected this
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 12:38:34 PM
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Fam_Fam posted...
Deadpool_18 posted...
How I Met Your Mother


expected this


Ted Mosby wasn't just uninteresting, though. He was painful to watch most of the time.
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BuckVanHammer
09/10/17 12:39:00 PM
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That 70s show

Eric sucks
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BulletsOfLiquid
09/10/17 12:40:36 PM
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Orange is the New Black
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Deadpool_18
09/10/17 12:43:12 PM
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BulletsOfLiquid posted...
Orange is the New Black


That show just isn't good.
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knutjob
09/10/17 12:44:07 PM
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Lost (assuming jack is supposed to be the main character)
I second orange is the new black
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Knowledge_King
09/10/17 2:26:56 PM
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Honestly, 99% of shows.
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Sami1000
09/10/17 2:42:32 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
Fam_Fam posted...
Deadpool_18 posted...
How I Met Your Mother


expected this


Ted Mosby wasn't just uninteresting, though. He was painful to watch most of the time.


I agree. Also, his story had 95% absolutely nothing to do with how he met his wife. Hell, the first two season were just ramblings and random slice of life episodes. Guy, starts his story like years too early, goes through every day with incredible detail, which some are pretty nasty to tell to his kids.

"There i lied on your aunt Robin on a couch with your aunt Robin her legs spread and we made out passionately"

"There Barney was having lap dance from super hot stripper who asked from him if he came yet"

Considering what we see is what he is saying. Oh! And he somehow knows with very high accurace when and where his friends were at times and knows exactly what they were doing and talking, or maybe his friends told him later, which is also weird because who the fuck tells anyone that shit with so much detail? Then he somehow remember every word exactly how he heard them.

The show's name should be "life of Ted Mosby", or "how i tortured my kids by telling them a story, which took 72 hours to finish". "How i met your mother" is wrong, because it has fucking nothing to do with that, except few episodes.
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Sami1000
09/10/17 2:44:08 PM
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BuckVanHammer posted...
That 70s show

Eric sucks


That whole show is shit
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