Just a trivial and silly way to limit your exposure to different types of film/TV.
A sex scene might make me take a point off of my score for a movie, but I’ve seen far too many flat out incredible movies/shows with unnecessary sex scenes to know just how much I’d be missing if I removed such a large chunk of content from the pool right off the bat like that.
No thanks. I will watch something without regard for its sexual content, because I’m an adult. And then, if it turned out to have a gratuitous sex scene, that will factor into my opinion of the thing.
The thing about gratuitous and unnecessary sex scenes is, by definition, they are unnecessary. So if you really care that much, why not just fast forward through them? You would miss nothing (otherwise it wouldn’t have been unnecessary).
I recently watched “Jeanne Dielman…” after seeing it top the BFI Top 100 list. That movie has quite a bit of sex, but it was well worth the watch, and it would be a shame to have prevented myself from even having that opportunity because it contains sex.
It wasn’t a sex scene in the case of the first episode of GoT.
I don’t have a problem with a sex scene. Especially if it serves the plot.
I literally said so at the beginning of this comment chain:
I have no problem with sex scenes and nudity in films where they make sense. Basic Instinct wouldn’t make sense without them. Last Tango in Paris wouldn’t make sense without them. They’re both movies worth watching.
Yeah I understand that and agree that most sex scenes are unnecessary. And I am talking about movies and TV shows that are considered some of the greatest media ever created, that might happen to have unnecessary sex in it. I’m not going to arbitrarily limit myself and miss out on watching that stuff because there might be 90 seconds (of a 2+ hour film) of unnecessary sex. Again, because I’m an adult.
Using your example, you are missing out on one of the best stories ever told on television (until the last season at least), because the first episode of the show had sex in it that you found to be unnecessary (and btw, while most of the sex in that show is unnecessary, there is at least one or two *very important" sex scenes in season 1 that one might not recognize as being important… Yet).
As someone who read the books, I was able to tell which sex scenes were important, and which weren’t, but not all of it is unnecessary.
I understand your position, I just think it’s silly (and kind of sad).
And, as I said, you might be missing out on one of the best stories ever told on television for some other reason, what with “one of the best stories ever told” being a very subjective measure. I often disagree with things that people consider to be the “greatest ever” when it comes to movies and TV. As someone who is only mildly interested in high fantasy, I doubt it would have ever elevated it to that level for me.
I was told that Breaking Bad was the greatest ever. I watched more than the first episode. I didn’t like it. I don’t like shows where everyone is irredeemably awful.
I may miss out on things, but it will only be because I wasn’t aware of it. I wouldn’t do something to arbitrarily limit my exposure to those things because someone has sex in it. Because I’m an adult.
I watched an episode. I didn’t like it. I stopped and watched something else. I’m not sure what the big deal here is aside from you not accepting that I just wasn’t interested in something you like.
Why should I keep watching a show I don’t like when there are show for me to watch that I do like just because it’s a popular show? I have never cared about what is popular and never will.
Do what you want, I’m just pointing out why I think it’s silly.
I also think giving up on a show that is considered one of the greatest of all time, after a single episode, is foolish. Regardless if the reason was sex or not.
I guess I just have more interest in finding and watching classic films and shows. I also have enough free time to watch pretty much everything that I want (plus more).
I’m going to upset you more by listing a bunch of other “greatest shows of all time” that I didn’t like and I wasted far much more time with them. Just taking a look at some ‘best shows of all time’ lists…
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Westworld
House of Cards
The Wire
Oz
Squid Game
BoJack Horseman
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Twin Peaks
The Americans
Succession
Mad Men
I don’t care if you or anyone else liked them. I didn’t. I clearly have different entertainment needs than the people who like the “greatest shows of all time.” I could go through each one and explain to you why I don’t like them or you could accept that what I consider entertaining does not often include the “greatest shows of all time.”
I’m guessing some of the shows I consider to be the greatest of all time you haven’t even heard of, or if you had, you didn’t agree. Just looking at my hard drive and restricting it to American shows that are less well-known or less-recent:
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Fernwood2Night/America2Night
Food Party
Fishing with John
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Northern Exposure
Odyssey 5
Wonderfalls
The first live-action version of The Tick
Police Squad
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
I would watch any of those over the list of shows above. And, as I said, that’s only American shows. I can list so many more British ones. And then we get into animation…
And just FYI as soon as I saw that you were trying to do some “look at how different I am than everyone else” list, I stopped reading.
Edit: Until I saw mst3k and had to see what the context for that was… LOLOL yeah I’ve never heard of any of those super obscure shows like The Adventures of Pete and Pete hahahaha. My guy, you know nothing about me.
Just a trivial and silly way to limit your exposure to different types of film/TV.
A sex scene might make me take a point off of my score for a movie, but I’ve seen far too many flat out incredible movies/shows with unnecessary sex scenes to know just how much I’d be missing if I removed such a large chunk of content from the pool right off the bat like that.
No thanks. I will watch something without regard for its sexual content, because I’m an adult. And then, if it turned out to have a gratuitous sex scene, that will factor into my opinion of the thing.
The thing about gratuitous and unnecessary sex scenes is, by definition, they are unnecessary. So if you really care that much, why not just fast forward through them? You would miss nothing (otherwise it wouldn’t have been unnecessary).
I recently watched “Jeanne Dielman…” after seeing it top the BFI Top 100 list. That movie has quite a bit of sex, but it was well worth the watch, and it would be a shame to have prevented myself from even having that opportunity because it contains sex.
It wasn’t a sex scene in the case of the first episode of GoT.
I don’t have a problem with a sex scene. Especially if it serves the plot.
I literally said so at the beginning of this comment chain:
Yeah I understand that and agree that most sex scenes are unnecessary. And I am talking about movies and TV shows that are considered some of the greatest media ever created, that might happen to have unnecessary sex in it. I’m not going to arbitrarily limit myself and miss out on watching that stuff because there might be 90 seconds (of a 2+ hour film) of unnecessary sex. Again, because I’m an adult.
Using your example, you are missing out on one of the best stories ever told on television (until the last season at least), because the first episode of the show had sex in it that you found to be unnecessary (and btw, while most of the sex in that show is unnecessary, there is at least one or two *very important" sex scenes in season 1 that one might not recognize as being important… Yet).
As someone who read the books, I was able to tell which sex scenes were important, and which weren’t, but not all of it is unnecessary.
I understand your position, I just think it’s silly (and kind of sad).
And, as I said, you might be missing out on one of the best stories ever told on television for some other reason, what with “one of the best stories ever told” being a very subjective measure. I often disagree with things that people consider to be the “greatest ever” when it comes to movies and TV. As someone who is only mildly interested in high fantasy, I doubt it would have ever elevated it to that level for me.
I was told that Breaking Bad was the greatest ever. I watched more than the first episode. I didn’t like it. I don’t like shows where everyone is irredeemably awful.
I may miss out on things, but it will only be because I wasn’t aware of it. I wouldn’t do something to arbitrarily limit my exposure to those things because someone has sex in it. Because I’m an adult.
I watched an episode. I didn’t like it. I stopped and watched something else. I’m not sure what the big deal here is aside from you not accepting that I just wasn’t interested in something you like.
Why should I keep watching a show I don’t like when there are show for me to watch that I do like just because it’s a popular show? I have never cared about what is popular and never will.
Do what you want, I’m just pointing out why I think it’s silly.
I also think giving up on a show that is considered one of the greatest of all time, after a single episode, is foolish. Regardless if the reason was sex or not.
I guess I just have more interest in finding and watching classic films and shows. I also have enough free time to watch pretty much everything that I want (plus more).
I’m going to upset you more by listing a bunch of other “greatest shows of all time” that I didn’t like and I wasted far much more time with them. Just taking a look at some ‘best shows of all time’ lists…
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Westworld
House of Cards
The Wire
Oz
Squid Game
BoJack Horseman
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Twin Peaks
The Americans
Succession
Mad Men
I don’t care if you or anyone else liked them. I didn’t. I clearly have different entertainment needs than the people who like the “greatest shows of all time.” I could go through each one and explain to you why I don’t like them or you could accept that what I consider entertaining does not often include the “greatest shows of all time.”
I’m guessing some of the shows I consider to be the greatest of all time you haven’t even heard of, or if you had, you didn’t agree. Just looking at my hard drive and restricting it to American shows that are less well-known or less-recent:
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Fernwood2Night/America2Night
Food Party
Fishing with John
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Northern Exposure
Odyssey 5
Wonderfalls
The first live-action version of The Tick
Police Squad
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
I would watch any of those over the list of shows above. And, as I said, that’s only American shows. I can list so many more British ones. And then we get into animation…
Who’s upset?
And just FYI as soon as I saw that you were trying to do some “look at how different I am than everyone else” list, I stopped reading.
Edit: Until I saw mst3k and had to see what the context for that was… LOLOL yeah I’ve never heard of any of those super obscure shows like The Adventures of Pete and Pete hahahaha. My guy, you know nothing about me.
Btw we’re all super impressed though