Things you used to like, but now you hate.

[Jester]

Hello, my name is Jester and I'm a reformed Family Guy fan. I used to love the show, and every once and a while it'll surprise me with a laugh (a few weeks ago they did a Hulk opening parody that I loved, but probably only liked it because I had just watched seasons 3 and 4 of the series...thanks again Gobo) but for the most part....meh.

So I thought I'd make a thread. I thought I'd do a specific one...but a more general thread seemed the way to go.

What TV show or Movie (or other thing...mods if you can think of a better place for this move it.) that you used to love but now can't help but wonder..."Why?"

[gobo]

Drawn Together
Loved the hell outta the concept. Ep 1 was pretty good. The rest was BS. Seriously, they couldn't have been out of reality TV to make fun of after the first ep that they needed to resort to parodying 30 year old movies and overdosing each ep with mindless shock value. As it stands, this show had the only 'Scrappy-Doo sucks!' joke that I didn't laugh at... and even found rather sickening.

So, in summary, f*** that show.

[Shredder]

I don't exactly hate it, but Saturday Night Live. I used to watch it every week when I was younger and now I almost never do. It's just not funny anymore and hasn't been for awhile.

[Spitfire]

This is sorta of interesting. They say people change every 7 years, with that comes taste change obviously.

Off the top of my head I can think of a few things I used to love but now dislike. Hate is a pretty strong word that I reserve for things that really piss me off.

Underworld - I first saw this movie when I was 15. I thought it was awesome. When it came out I bought the DVD and a few years later they released a Directors Cut. I bought it again and upon watching it I started noticing some issues with it. I watched it one last time and it did nothing for me. I realized it was a horrible movie I mainly only liked it because I thought Kate Beckinsale was hot.

Will Smith, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Reveille - I went through a weird period of time where I liked these bands. I hadn't figured out where I stood on the whole music thing and I was experimenting. It didn't last long but these were the bands that stand out as the weirdest considering my current taste.

The Devil May Cry series - I really dug this series, even known as the resident gay boyfriend of Dante here, but after the 4th one came out my love of the series died. I wasn't playing the previous games much as it was and 4 wasn't fun at all. I actually suffered through it. I went back and reflected on my time with 3 and felt the same way about it. I just don't have the patience for those kinds of games. It's nice there's 10,000 combos you can pull off to kill dudes but I don't feel like spending the hours required to learn them all when the reward for doing so is literally nothing.

I haven't replayed 1 because I have fond memories of it. I figured if I replay it those memories will probably fade rather fast. As much as I loved Resident Evil 4 my recent attempt to replay it ended in me giving up part way through the castle section. I just wasn't having as much fun with it as I used to.

Metalocalypse - I thought it was funny when it was first on but I hadn't watched it in years. I busted it out the other day because I was researching DVDs with easter eggs and I remembered it had some. I watched an episode and some of the easter eggs. It just wasn't funny. It took way too long to get to the joke and the animation was pretty bad. It's one of those things that was funnier to quote then to watch. I also think most Adult Swim shows require you to be high in order to enjoy them.

Dragon Ball Z - I used to watch this show all the time. I was really into it for a few years. I got to a point where I couldn't handle it anymore. I know they re-cut and re-did all the voices but I really don't care if it's any better then the original series. I bought a DBZ game a few years back because I remember the games being fun. I didn't really care for it and the voice acting was so horrid I had to turn it to Japanese so I could handle playing it.

I also felt a little embarrassed. Like an adult whose alone willingly watching Blue's Clues. I mentally associate DBZ with a juvenile time in my life. That might sound silly because I do the same with turtles but I was never made fun of for liking turtles. When I was a fan of DBZ the only people I knew who also liked it were online. Going to an art college I hear it come up sometimes. It makes me feel like a dork that I still remember some of the stuff I over hear in conversation.

That's all off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more but like I said we all grow past things. Right now I'm into 80's metal, fashion, cheesy B/action movies, and anything else that time had to offer. I find it hilarious and awesome all the same. In a few years I may look back and be surprised I ever liked it, or maybe it will be a constant for me. I've actually become more open and less close minded as time has gone on.

[ThirdMarioBro]

It's funny Jester that you should mention Family Guy as I've begun to turn on it as well. I just don't find it funny anymore. Seth seems to spend more time social grandstanding than actually making us laugh. It's funny, because I generally agree with everything he's saying, but I'm watching Family Guy to get a laugh, and when they do actually go for a joke, it's always a rape joke or something. They used to use gutter humor (eg: Prom Night Dumpster baby... I got no Mom or Dad...) as a funny way to shock you every now and then while filling the rest of the episode with general silliness (Peter's Catapult - my all time favorite gag). Now, they just try to constantly one-up themselves in the gross department, and grandstand. Sad, but that's what Seth gets for handing the show off. This week with the Mr. Booze song was funny as hell though.

I find that a lot of stuff I used to like now disgusts me, but I often just as much find that a lot of the stuff I used to enjoy really was that awesome. I can't stand 99% of anime now, yet for 2003-2006 it was a huge part of my life. Most 80s cartoons are bland to me now, while most 90s cartoons basically achieve immortality in my mind. I find all the Nickelodeon shows I enjoyed as a kid were as awesome as I imagined them being when I was little. Double Dare still makes me laugh upon revisiting. Same for Rocko, Catdog, Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Legends of the Hidden Temple and all the others. I went back and watched the Pretty Guardian Sailormoon series I loved back in 2004, and it still makes me smile. Sonic X however makes me want to slit my wrists.

I was a HUGE wrestling fan years ago, but as the PG era and John-fu*king-Cena took over, I faded. Seeing The Rock last week however reminded me just how much I missed it and that it was time to come home.

I find a lot of time our distancing ourselves from things we used to love is just due to age educed cynicism. Other times, the stuff really did just suck. I generally try to just laugh at the things that turned out awful in reflection rather than be ashamed of myself because more often than not, there was a reason you liked it in the first place. Maybe you will again. Just give it another seven years.

[Abnormal Freak]

As a kid, I adored Tim Burton movies, his two Batman flicks being two of my absolute favorite movies. Now, I can't stand the guy.

"Style over substance" resonates in regard to Burton, I feel. Yet something about his visual style seems really hollow to me, neither stylish nor good. Too sleek. It's like the Barbie version of gothic art. And it's not just the visuals that are lifeless, but even more so the stories and characters in his movies.

His Batman movies I've come to regard as travesties. Even when I try to ignore how I think the character should be treated, I still can't enjoy them anymore. I must say, though, I find the first film to be incredibly captivating, visually—but plotwise, it's bankrupt. Nobody behaves in any sort of way that makes me give a damn about any of them, and Nicholson's Joker, dare I say, is absolute $#!7. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who feasts at the crotch of Heath Ledger or anything, but I do think he did a pretty good interpretation of the villain, certainly more fascinating in my mind than Nicholson's take.)

Returns is even worse. I like the visuals (the only super-gothic, super-zany film of his I actually think looks good), but the story and characters just strike me as terribly annoying and empty. And the penguins? Oh, goodness, the penguins... That penguin army at the end? Makes me want to pull my hair out at how outrageous(ly boring) the whole thing is. It really is tedious to get through that whole segment.

And I really hate how most people think of The Nightmare Before Christmas as a Burton movie. Sure, he created the characters and threw money at the film, gave it his blessings, all that, but apparently he wasn't even present during shooting even once due to how busy he was doing other movies. TNBC is through-and-through a Henry Selick movie, and I think Coraline more than anything proves that. I firmly believe that if Burton had directed it, or even had a heavy hand on the production end, that it wouldn't be anywhere near as good as how it turned out—thank heavens for that, 'cos I love that movie.

That said, Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a phenomenal film, one of my all-time favorites. Probably because, while a very goofy film, it's a lot more subtle in the crazy visual flair, and has a strong emphasis on character and humor. Edward Scissorhands is also a pretty good flick (that I recall—I haven't seen it in a dog's age), and its production design works well as it displays this gothic art style against a backdrop of trite suburbia.

'Course, it could just be it's been too long since I've seen many of his other films that I'm being too harsh; I did become rather snobbish and anti-Burton when I was around 17–19, so maybe if I were to see his movies again I'd change my mind. But having seen Batman and Batman Returns again recently, only a few months ago, I can confirm that they're still garbage in my sight—though not total garbage, as again, I like them for their visuals, particularly the first one, which has a very enticing look that I've never seen in any other movie.

[deadpoolRKO]

Originally Posted by Abnormal Freak

As a kid, I adored Tim Burton movies, his two Batman flicks being two of my absolute favorite movies. Now, I can't stand the guy.

"Style over substance" resonates in regard to Burton, I feel. Yet something about his visual style seems really hollow to me, neither stylish nor good. Too sleek. It's like the Barbie version of gothic art. And it's not just the visuals that are lifeless, but even more so the stories and characters in his movies.

Have you seen his Alice In Wonderland Re-make ? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.





I used to like corn. Then i had braces for a few years and everytime i ate corn i'd have to clean my braces out with this stupid brush thing and i hated it and over the years i started to hate corn and now i don't even like the taste of it.


I used to love Yu-Gi-Oh. Me and my friend would go to books a million and enter tag duel tournaments, i even wore a duel disk. , i just absolutely loved it. Even talking about it now makes me want to play again but now EVERY card has a special effect and there this new 5D crap. i won't go into too much detail about it but it's just grown way too complex to be fun.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

I'm watching Family Guy to get a laugh, and when they do actually go for a joke, it's always a rape joke or something.

Exactly, I used to kinda like Herbert...not sure why...and now I'm wondering, "When was pedophilia funny?" Though I do think an episode where Herbert is caught by Chris Hansen would be mildly amusing.

[ToTheNines]

Spider-man: TAS and the Sonic cartoons.

[azrael]

original tmnt cartoons ---- sorry guys my son loves it so I watch it.

[Sword Slicin' Leo]

-Scarface merchandise,after seeing so many fake thugs ahd white trash always rocking the shirts (like they really came from the streets and made it big) OMG i get so tired of wannabe's... at least i still have Goodfellas..

-Loud Boomimg Bass Car Stereo Systems, i used to think they were really cool,now i just thik they are obnoxious...people just want attention

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Dragon Ball Z - I used to watch this show all the time. I was really into it for a few years. I got to a point where I couldn't handle it anymore. I know they re-cut and re-did all the voices but I really don't care if it's any better then the original series.

You really need to get into TeamFourStar's DBZ Abridged. I guarantee it will bring you back into the fold, mostly because it makes light of how stupid so much of the show was and is so well edited and dubbed it probably makes it more entertaining than the show itself.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

You really need to get into TeamFourStar's DBZ Abridged. I guarantee it will bring you back into the fold, mostly because it makes light of how stupid so much of the show was and is so well edited and dubbed it probably makes it more entertaining than the show itself.

I love that series!!

[oldmanwinters]

I'm getting really close to listing The Office in this category, since they've been going hard for the gross out humor in the last couple of seasons. It's always been somewhat raunchy and reliable on politically incorrect humor, but it seems like it's been taken to a lower level of late. I still watch it to see how they are going to wrap up the Steve Carrell era, but this show is close to jumping the shark for me. I'm hoping they end the show before too long, since I just can't see how it's going to last without Michael Scott. It would be like 24 without Jack Bauer.

[Loco]

Originally Posted by deadpoolRKO

I used to like corn.

I used to Like KoЯn too. Since cames out "Life is Peachy" I know kinda everything fans knows but what they do since "Untouchables" I can't bear it anymore generaly my playlist's stuck in the Nineties.

[Hero]

Robot Chicken..

[Cure]

I used to love Spongebob, but it's not me that's changed, it's the show. I can still watch the old episodes and love it but the newer episodes suck.

[Abnormal Freak]

Originally Posted by deadpoolRKO

Have you seen his Alice In Wonderland Re-make ? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.

I haven't. My mom owns and really enjoys it, so perhaps I'll borrow it sometime. I'm not in a real big hurry, though. ;p

[The Stryker]

Sam Raimi.

[Abnormal Freak]

How does one ever fall out of love with Sam Raimi? The Evil Dead series, A Simple Plan, Drag Me to Hell, the first two Spider-Man films, Darkman, The Quick and the Dead... All really solid flicks.