Moments in a TV show/Movie that made you stop watching

[GIN ANTONIC]

It could be terrible acting or dialogue. An implausible story line or an eye-roll worthy plot twist. What are the moments in TV and Film that made you do this?

For me, I will always remember how stupid the name of the element was that they were trying to mine in 'Avatar'. Unobtainium. Come on. That's like something an 9 year old would come up with.

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[BonMorrison]

We were doing a Planet of the Apes marathon a few months back and when we got to Beneath, I tapped out as soon as the psychic people showed up with their nuclear bomb.

I tapped out of The Walking Dead during season 3 when we had like the 6th episode in a row where 59 minutes of nothing happened then the last minute it was OMG WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. I was so annoyed by the constant use of the format that I stopped.

 

[Ceremony]

Unobtanium is a thing which goes well beyond Avatar, although I could understand the outrage at such an awful term appearing in such an awful film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium

My most recent one of these was Suits with Mike being in prison. Nah.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

We were doing a Planet of the Apes marathon a few months back and when we got to Beneath, I tapped out as soon as the psychic people showed up with their nuclear bomb.

I tapped out of The Walking Dead during season 3 when we had like the 6th episode in a row where 59 minutes of nothing happened then the last minute it was OMG WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. I was so annoyed by the constant use of the format that I stopped.

I really can't believe people still watch that show.

I just like to think that they all died in the shelter at the end of season 1 and that was the actual end of the series.

 

[Player big P]

I tapped out of The Walking Dead during season 3 when we had like the 6th episode in a row where 59 minutes of nothing happened then the last minute it was OMG WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. I was so annoyed by the constant use of the format that I stopped.

This was immediately what jumped to my mind when I saw the thread title. BORING with a capital B capital ORING

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I stayed with Walking Dead until the season after the prison, but like the first or second episode had a scene where the kid is walking up stairs in a deserted house and there's a 30-second pause while he focuses on a door. In that moment I instantly knew:

1) there would be a zombie behind the door
2) the zombie would only attack once he opened the door, having somehow not heard people tramping through an empty house before
3) the kid would take no precaution other than staring at the door for awhile
4) he would be saved by some miracle

all four things came to pass and I decided I'd had enough of the show.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I watched the pilot for Boardwalk Empire - it's written by a guy who was a major player in the Sopranos, which I absolutely loved - and while I liked a lot of it, I found Michael Pitt's character so distracting and grating. He seems like a copy of Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos and it just seemed so bland/unoriginal to me so I didn't keep watching but I'll probably end up giving it another shot.

 

[vdB]

The Americans - it just became too far fetched. Especially with the kids not knowing their parents are up to some shady stuff.

The Walking Dead - watched season 1 cuz everyone kept talking about it. The dialogue and acting was soooo cheesy. No way I'm watching anymore.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

The Killing. The whole season was leading up to the big reveal and they totally punted and dragged it out for another season.

 

[RussianRifle27]

Stopped watching TWD recently because it stopped being about zombies and instead has focused on driving the same old trope of Rick's group versus another nefarious group of survivors.

 

[Mantis]

I watched the first 5 seasons of Sons of Anarchy then stopped. I even struggled through that godawful Ireland season. I don't think there was a specific moment that made me quit watching but I finally just realized it was a terrible show.

 

[Mantis]

I made it through about 2.5 seasons of Prison Break and realized that it was pretty stupid.

 

[Hivemind]

Y'all made it a lot further in TWD than I did. I gave up at the well episode in the second season.

 

[End on a Hinote]

The King of the Hill episode "Uh Oh, Canada". I used to be a KotH fan who wished Mike Judge would go and make more seasons.


Then I watched that episode.


Now I think Mike Judge can just go **** himself.

 

[Ainec]

ITT: Smart people bailing out on TWD

I'm one of them



most recently for me.. The first 5min of Hacksaw Ridge. I love zombies and Mel Gibson, shame on both

 

[LeafalCrusader]

 

[Mimsy]

The King of the Hill episode "Uh Oh, Canada". I used to be a KotH fan who wished Mike Judge would go and make more seasons.


Then I watched that episode.


Now I think Mike Judge can just go **** himself.

While I had mostly been a casual viewer, I also bailed permanently after watching that episode and will only remember Judge as an ignorant hick piece of crap.

 

[McOilers97]

The Americans - it just became too far fetched. Especially with the kids not knowing their parents are up to some shady stuff.

The Walking Dead - watched season 1 cuz everyone kept talking about it. The dialogue and acting was soooo cheesy. No way I'm watching anymore.

You should try watching farther.

 

[tacogeoff]

The Big Bang Theory.

I enjoyed it for a while but the excessive laugh track got to me.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Stopped TWD after it became a cartoon I would say in season 3 and anyone that could actually act was gone.

Dexter as some point, the writers lost it after Trinity. I came back for the finale lol.

TV shows are really difficult past season 3, they just get old and stale. A few good ones push through.

 

[Unaffiliated]

For me, I will always remember how stupid the name of the element was that they were trying to mine in 'Avatar'. Unobtainium. Come on. That's like something an 9 year old would come up with.

Wait, did you actually walk out of the theater? Or did you watch it at home?

 

[Jussi]

The Big Bang Theory.

I enjoyed it for a while but the excessive laugh track got to me.

It's filmed before a live studio audience.

 

[Roo Returns]

The second Arthur Petrelli squashed Hiro after he had that moment with his mother in Heroes I was finished with that show. At that point it became more about the Petrelli family affair than Heroes.

Swiss Army Knife the second he started drinking water out of the corpse I almost threw up and never watched another second of that junk.

 

[tacogeoff]

It's filmed before a live studio audience.

serious?

damn, I did not know that. The rhythmic pattern of banter, one liner, laugh, pause and repeat had me assuming it was a laugh track due to the consistency

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Glenn's fake death was the final nail in the coffin for me and TWD. I'd been tuning out slow but surely for a while, but that was where I just said no more. Can't keep watching this crap.

I watched the first 5 seasons of Sons of Anarchy then stopped. I even struggled through that godawful Ireland season. I don't think there was a specific moment that made me quit watching but I finally just realized it was a terrible show.

This. Jax was so unbelievably stupid it just got to the point of totally tuning out.