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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 11:39:48 GMT
Though nothing will ever, EVER, be as tedious as fans who hate the new series yet watch every episode just to have new things to moan about. I would imagine that after well over 100 eps...it's not going to be for them. It's not just Doctor Who. If there's a long running show, odds are the comment board for a review of a recent episode will have some variation of "I can't believe it's still on" or "it's not as good as it used to be", especially for The Simpsons and Big Bang Theory. The magic number seems to be season five or six when this starts to happen. If you don't like it, don't watch it and don't waste your time going online to go to the review page to vent about it. That just registers as another click, which indicates to the site owner that someone is reading the review and encourages them to continue producing them! But with Doctor Who the haters have turned complaining about shows you don't like into an art form! For every New Who they complain about that's two episodes of Classic Who, which they profess to live, they aren't watching. One of the greatest ironies of the internet I have ever seen is fans of the Nostalgia Critic who feel that the show isn't as good as it used to be. Hell, the wonderful Nightshade by Mark Gatiss turned nostalgia into a lethal parasite that murdered others for their longings of yesteryear. That said, I can understand the frustration somewhat, particularly with a long running show. There's a lot of time, energy and emotion invested in such things and when they start to go downhill, your previous loyalty just keeps bringing you back. Everything has summits and nadirs, it's just when things become consistently bad for several years that you have to start worrying. If it does get that bad then there are always other things to watch, the Moffat years helped me get into Star Trek, The Man from UNCLE, The Prisoner and other television shows I wouldn't have seen if I hadn't lost interest. There's no sense wasting your time on a derelict of space if you can actually be enjoying yourself elsewhere.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:10:35 GMT
Though nothing will ever, EVER, be as tedious as fans who hate the new series yet watch every episode just to have new things to moan about. I would imagine that after well over 100 eps...it's not going to be for them. It's the flicker of hope, Davey
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Jun 8, 2016 5:40:05 GMT
Yep.
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Post by Ela on Jun 19, 2016 18:46:54 GMT
Though nothing will ever, EVER, be as tedious as fans who hate the new series yet watch every episode just to have new things to moan about. I would imagine that after well over 100 eps...it's not going to be for them. It's not just Doctor Who. If there's a long running show, odds are the comment board for a review of a recent episode will have some variation of "I can't believe it's still on" or "it's not as good as it used to be", especially for The Simpsons and Big Bang Theory. The magic number seems to be season five or six when this starts to happen. If you don't like it, don't watch it and don't waste your time going online to go to the review page to vent about it. That just registers as another click, which indicates to the site owner that someone is reading the review and encourages them to continue producing them! But with Doctor Who the haters have turned complaining about shows you don't like into an art form! For every New Who they complain about that's two episodes of Classic Who, which they profess to love, they aren't watching. True story.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 13:40:04 GMT
Far too many fans of anything you may care to mention take themselves far too seriously. But to my mind little is worse than the divisiveness caused by the fans who take any opinion or view that clashes with their own as if it is a personal slight against them, and obnoxiously use that as an excuse to attack or insult other fans. There is nothing wrong with healthy debate, where folks disagree, but still respect the other side's right to have and express a differing viewpoint. It's the petty argumentative side of fandom, that seems more interested in the fight than the discussion, that I personally find most tiresome.
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Post by mrperson on Jun 30, 2016 21:26:27 GMT
Though nothing will ever, EVER, be as tedious as fans who hate the new series yet watch every episode just to have new things to moan about. I would imagine that after well over 100 eps...it's not going to be for them. It's not just Doctor Who. If there's a long running show, odds are the comment board for a review of a recent episode will have some variation of "I can't believe it's still on" or "it's not as good as it used to be", especially for The Simpsons and Big Bang Theory. The magic number seems to be season five or six when this starts to happen. If you don't like it, don't watch it and don't waste your time going online to go to the review page to vent about it. That just registers as another click, which indicates to the site owner that someone is reading the review and encourages them to continue producing them! But with Doctor Who the haters have turned complaining about shows you don't like into an art form! For every New Who they complain about that's two episodes of Classic Who, which they profess to love, they aren't watching. I'm one of the people that generally dislikes New Who lately. It's not that I'm watching it so as to look for things to hate. It's that (1) there are still the occasional stand-out episodes especially outstanding ones like Heaven Sent and I don't want to miss out on those, (2) I just plain don't like Moffat's vision for Who, perhaps I'll like the next guy, (3) it's still Who. It's sort of like big sports fans. They love a team, then the team starts performing awfully. They'll still watch games, but they'll also vent about it. They aren't doing it as an exercise in masochism or out of some kind of irrational bitterness. Plus, one must bear in mind, ridiculous inflammatory comments are the sine qua non of the internet.
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