Thank you for the spoilers*. I assume all major plot points have been covered and I can now intelligently discuss Game of Thrones at parties without ever having to watch it.
*I never read asterisks or footnotes.
Rianne+13
Pretty much. Say something like, “Oh my god, did you see Daenerys smash the patriarchy this week?” Everyone will believe you watch the show.
icebergmama+9
Nailed it. I have the same feelings re Walking Dead.
bgprincipessa+8
I love that you have picked up on Daenerys’s 15 names without having watched it. So accurate.
TheRenleigh+15
Hey, New Girl also included some really hot making out. (I’d post the gif, but it’s my first day at work after vacation and I want to pretend for a little that I’m a good worker.)
combledore+1
I loved that scene. I was genuinely sad when I switched DVRs and lost it forever. Except for the gifs. Thank god for gifs.
Firoola+1
Hot but loud. I feel the need to mute when I’m (re)watching it, it’s a leeetle bit slurpy for my taste.
fruiting_body+18
This is 100% my assessment of these same shows. I have a friend who calls Game of Thrones “Boobs and Horses” and I’ve used this to determine that I probably COULD care about it, but I don’t NEED to.
mustelid+13
Boobs, Braids, and Horses.
madgehowlet+15
I’m pretty sure the lyrics to the theme song are: Boooooobs and swoooooords, booooobs and swooooooords.
Now that’s all I will hear when the theme plays. Thanks?
jhsaxena+11
I watched the first episode of Walking Dead after reading all the comics and I could not sleep. Too scary. I’m the worst with zombies.
Also yes thank you someone else who doesn’t watch Doctor Who can we be friends?
deleted2997279+2
Hi yes I’m another one, and, gladly!
Actually I only even watch one of these (Revenge, and I think I might have missed the end of last season?), so anyone who doesn’t watch Game of Thrones want to be friends??
JennCulp+3
I just can’t get into Doctor Who. I have, however, watched Nashville’s single soapy-ass season three times (…at least). My Doctor Who-loving friends do not know this about me.
victoriabarrett+2
We’re in the middle of re-watching Nashville right now. It’s kind of a Dallas remake, in a way? And I love it.
tekkah+5
I like most of those one-name action title shows. Revenge and Scandal are totally my jam.
I like how you appear to have missed all the general fandom sadness and outrage with regard to Game of Thrones. I would have imagined an outsider’s view of it would be something along the lines of “everyone gets so angry/upset, so I’m steering clear.” I wish all I knew of that show was “hey the pretty lady with the dragons!”
MalloryOrtberg+24
What kind of a world is it where we’ve turned television – what is supposed to be recreational entertainment – into Outrage Homework?
mbculver+3
This is why I mostly avoid TV shows and movies adapted from books I like, because I don’t want to be that humorless complainy lady whining about how that character is wrong or they messed up that plot point.
itiresias+2
Thrones does a great job though, in my opinion. They recognize they’re adapting a story to a TV format, and the things they change are interesting.
Rianne+5
that is me All The Time. The book is always better. (except Lord of the Rings)
GoT does a mostly good job at adapting to TV, except when it doesn’t.
Adam+1
The outrage isn’t from fans of the books who don’t like the change. They’re from people who didn’t know that OH MY GOD THIS TERRIBLE THING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN five years ago so they’re floored when that terrible thing happens.
gulfoffinland+5
Sometimes recreational entertainment and Outrage Homework are one and the same.
mkpatter+2
Brilliant!
I will tell you that watching The Walking Dead often feels like banging your head against a wall, so you’re not missing anything.
nutellaontoast+12
Can we all stop hatin’ on Zooey? That show is hilarious, and she’s hilarious in it. Also: that GoT description is perfection.
icebergmama+13
I mean I agree with you BUT the cartoon is exactly what someone who hasn’t watched it would think, because that’s how the show is marketed.
nutellaontoast+14
I maaaaay have missed the part where the author does not watch these shows. CARRY ON, INTERNET.
haleycrain+9
…I meeeeean I don’t watch the show but also Zooey D. = nails on the chalkboard of my brain. I can’t help it! Sorry! I CANNOT TELL A LIE. I liked Elf?
nutellaontoast+9
They poke fun at the quirkiness in New Girl, and she’s much less MPDG than flawed and left of center. Plus, you should watch it for Schmidt alone.
Firoola+10
I DO watch it for Schmidt alone. “I’m a squirrel. You’re my nut. Winter’s coming, I’m gonna store you in my cheek, girl.”
nutellaontoast+8
“Can someone please get my towel? It’s in my room next to my Irish walking cape.”
Firoola+6
“I can’t find my driving moccasins anywhere!”
lassotabasco+3
Agreed. New Girl is my jam and Zooey Hate makes my heart hurt.
cherrispryte+2
THEY DID A SCREENTEST WITH DARK EYEBROWS AND IT DIDN’T LOOK GOOD.
haleycrain+3
You mean they’re not actually dark?? They look dark on the pics I’ve seen on Tumblr! Which is, incidentally, where all “research” for this post took place.
cherrispryte+7
Ugh, nope, that was a major miswording on my part – they did a screentest with BLONDE eyebrows and it didn’t look good. Because eyebrows are useful for emoting, etc.
Sorry!
Just sayin'+1
But Peter Gallagher has dark eyebrows.
meanchelled+5
These comics are worth a thousand recaps.
mollyculetheory+4
I was actually under the impression that The Walking Dead was NOT EVEN ABOUT ZOMBIES. Like, that just would have been too obvious, after all of the movies called The Walking Dead. Like, maybe it was metaphorical, or something.
mkpatter+2
It is kind of supposed to be metaphorical. (cuz there are zombies but also all the survivors are basically walking dead men? I dunno, I had to ragequit this season).
Kate Kane
Zombies definitely factor in, but”the Walking Dead” is actually what Rick (Leader Guy) says his group of living people attempting to survive are.
haleycrain+7
If someone could point me in the direction of a Beautiful Dragon Girl supercut, that’d be great. No bloody weddings or whatever please.
Valley Girl+1
I can attest to the accuracy of these for the shows that I watch, and also that it’s the impression you get from Tumblr BEFORE you watch. Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of Hannibal, where I assume a stylish gentlemen eats people, thereby stressing out a nebbish dude. Also there’s a deer. And Lawrence Fishburne.
Kate+2
I don’t watch Hannibal, but I have been reading Cleolinda Jones’ recaps of it, which are so friggin entertaining. (I mean, clearly, because I read them about a show I won’t even watch because I am a wuss.)
dianeleighshipley+2
Ha! This is great and exactly how I feel about The Walking Dead.
Scandal, however, is a masterpiece.
diane
Ha! This is great and exactly how I feel about The Walking Dead.
Scandal, however, is a masterpiece.
elmokeep+1
CRYING.
Elmo Keep
CRYING.
Megano!
It is kind of supposed to be metaphorical. (cuz there are zombies but also all the survivors are basically walking dead men? I dunno, I had to ragequit this season).
Violetviolent
Now that's all I will hear when the theme plays.
Thanks?
Xandra+1
Loved the Doctor Who one, because, really, that’s pretty much what happens every season… But… Why…? WHY?! Is the Doctor’s hand is the wrong hand and backwards?! >.< oh it pains me as an artist!!! * weeps*
Quite!
Every single one of these is absolutely perfect.
Thank you for the spoilers*. I assume all major plot points have been covered and I can now intelligently discuss Game of Thrones at parties without ever having to watch it.
*I never read asterisks or footnotes.
Pretty much. Say something like, “Oh my god, did you see Daenerys smash the patriarchy this week?”
Everyone will believe you watch the show.
Nailed it. I have the same feelings re Walking Dead.
I love that you have picked up on Daenerys’s 15 names without having watched it. So accurate.
Hey, New Girl also included some really hot making out. (I’d post the gif, but it’s my first day at work after vacation and I want to pretend for a little that I’m a good worker.)
I loved that scene. I was genuinely sad when I switched DVRs and lost it forever. Except for the gifs. Thank god for gifs.
Hot but loud. I feel the need to mute when I’m (re)watching it, it’s a leeetle bit slurpy for my taste.
This is 100% my assessment of these same shows. I have a friend who calls Game of Thrones “Boobs and Horses” and I’ve used this to determine that I probably COULD care about it, but I don’t NEED to.
Boobs, Braids, and Horses.
I’m pretty sure the lyrics to the theme song are: Boooooobs and swoooooords, booooobs and swooooooords.
Counter-refrain: Everybody’s dead, everybody’s dead.
Now that’s all I will hear when the theme plays.
Thanks?
I watched the first episode of Walking Dead after reading all the comics and I could not sleep. Too scary. I’m the worst with zombies.
Also yes thank you someone else who doesn’t watch Doctor Who can we be friends?
Hi yes I’m another one, and, gladly!
Actually I only even watch one of these (Revenge, and I think I might have missed the end of last season?), so anyone who doesn’t watch Game of Thrones want to be friends??
I just can’t get into Doctor Who. I have, however, watched Nashville’s single soapy-ass season three times (…at least). My Doctor Who-loving friends do not know this about me.
We’re in the middle of re-watching Nashville right now. It’s kind of a Dallas remake, in a way? And I love it.
I like most of those one-name action title shows. Revenge and Scandal are totally my jam.
I like how you appear to have missed all the general fandom sadness and outrage with regard to Game of Thrones. I would have imagined an outsider’s view of it would be something along the lines of “everyone gets so angry/upset, so I’m steering clear.” I wish all I knew of that show was “hey the pretty lady with the dragons!”
What kind of a world is it where we’ve turned television – what is supposed to be recreational entertainment – into Outrage Homework?
This is why I mostly avoid TV shows and movies adapted from books I like, because I don’t want to be that humorless complainy lady whining about how that character is wrong or they messed up that plot point.
Thrones does a great job though, in my opinion. They recognize they’re adapting a story to a TV format, and the things they change are interesting.
that is me All The Time.
The book is always better. (except Lord of the Rings)
GoT does a mostly good job at adapting to TV, except when it doesn’t.
The outrage isn’t from fans of the books who don’t like the change. They’re from people who didn’t know that OH MY GOD THIS TERRIBLE THING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN five years ago so they’re floored when that terrible thing happens.
Sometimes recreational entertainment and Outrage Homework are one and the same.
Brilliant!
I will tell you that watching The Walking Dead often feels like banging your head against a wall, so you’re not missing anything.
Can we all stop hatin’ on Zooey? That show is hilarious, and she’s hilarious in it. Also: that GoT description is perfection.
I mean I agree with you BUT the cartoon is exactly what someone who hasn’t watched it would think, because that’s how the show is marketed.
I maaaaay have missed the part where the author does not watch these shows. CARRY ON, INTERNET.
…I meeeeean I don’t watch the show but also Zooey D. = nails on the chalkboard of my brain. I can’t help it! Sorry! I CANNOT TELL A LIE. I liked Elf?
They poke fun at the quirkiness in New Girl, and she’s much less MPDG than flawed and left of center. Plus, you should watch it for Schmidt alone.
I DO watch it for Schmidt alone. “I’m a squirrel. You’re my nut. Winter’s coming, I’m gonna store you in my cheek, girl.”
“Can someone please get my towel? It’s in my room next to my Irish walking cape.”
“I can’t find my driving moccasins anywhere!”
Agreed. New Girl is my jam and Zooey Hate makes my heart hurt.
THEY DID A SCREENTEST WITH DARK EYEBROWS AND IT DIDN’T LOOK GOOD.
You mean they’re not actually dark?? They look dark on the pics I’ve seen on Tumblr! Which is, incidentally, where all “research” for this post took place.
Ugh, nope, that was a major miswording on my part – they did a screentest with BLONDE eyebrows and it didn’t look good. Because eyebrows are useful for emoting, etc.
Sorry!
But Peter Gallagher has dark eyebrows.
These comics are worth a thousand recaps.
I was actually under the impression that The Walking Dead was NOT EVEN ABOUT ZOMBIES. Like, that just would have been too obvious, after all of the movies called The Walking Dead. Like, maybe it was metaphorical, or something.
It is kind of supposed to be metaphorical. (cuz there are zombies but also all the survivors are basically walking dead men? I dunno, I had to ragequit this season).
Zombies definitely factor in, but”the Walking Dead” is actually what Rick (Leader Guy) says his group of living people attempting to survive are.
If someone could point me in the direction of a Beautiful Dragon Girl supercut, that’d be great. No bloody weddings or whatever please.
I can attest to the accuracy of these for the shows that I watch, and also that it’s the impression you get from Tumblr BEFORE you watch. Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of Hannibal, where I assume a stylish gentlemen eats people, thereby stressing out a nebbish dude. Also there’s a deer. And Lawrence Fishburne.
I don’t watch Hannibal, but I have been reading Cleolinda Jones’ recaps of it, which are so friggin entertaining. (I mean, clearly, because I read them about a show I won’t even watch because I am a wuss.)
Ha! This is great and exactly how I feel about The Walking Dead.
Scandal, however, is a masterpiece.
Ha! This is great and exactly how I feel about The Walking Dead.
Scandal, however, is a masterpiece.
CRYING.
CRYING.
It is kind of supposed to be metaphorical. (cuz there are zombies but also all the survivors are basically walking dead men? I dunno, I had to ragequit this season).
Now that's all I will hear when the theme plays.
Thanks?
Loved the Doctor Who one, because, really, that’s pretty much what happens every season…
But… Why…? WHY?! Is the Doctor’s hand is the wrong hand and backwards?! >.< oh it pains me as an artist!!! * weeps*