Have you ever doubted a show you're watching, and jumped to wiki plot to decide if it was worth

[Baitball Blogger]

watching to the end?

Lately, I've been doing that quite a lot. Two of the most recent shows are Love Alarm 2.0 and Stowaway.

Love Alarm was a surprise because I was drawn to it, despite the bad acting that I had to muddle through; until finally, I reached a point where I decided to assess my investment in the show. And it wasn't the actors's fault. I think it was in the script. There was a lot of over-emotional expression that I think plays well in South Korea, that doesn't play well in the West. The show finally fell apart for me because the lack of a good script did not sell the transition in the plot. I just wasn't ready to go along with all the time jumping, that tried to fill in the blanks, when it turned out to be just repetitious. Cute idea that was in need of a good writer.

The other was Stowaway. And i really hated that show because I really like Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette and wanted it to be better. But, a space movie, sorry. The crew didn't make sense. No one, but the Captain, was trained for the actual mechanical walks that should have been expected. One of the scientists had a problem with space. He got nauseous easily. Really? They couldn't find an algae specialist that was physically fit to fly in a two year space mission? And then we discover that the ship was practically stripped in order to make room for three crewmen, when it could barely provide for two. And now, they were stuck with an extra body to care for.

Too many things that made absolutely no sense. So I jumped to wiki, figured out the end, and decided it just wasn't worth watching more.

I really hate Space movies that put women in command, when the ending always ends in failure. What message are they sending?

[abqtommy]

1. I do that a lot but more to find out more about a film/song/actor/singer. Why not use

everything we can to inform ourselves?

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Absolutely. I check reviews to see if it's worth it.

And if there's an actor that stands out, I do research on them to see if there are other movies that might interest me. Lately, I have been researching shows to see if there are sequels. There was one called, "Sweet Home," that I think deserves a sequel. Interesting monsters and I liked the people dynamics.

[jcgoldie]

3. Oh no!

I bet you are one of those impatient ones that reads the epilogue of novels after you finish chapter 2...

Just teasing.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Don't test me.

[rampartc]

4. law and order special victims unit

almost every show ice t will name a sexual perversion that i need to look up in the urban dictionary.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. LOL!

[Lars39]

7. Plots, slightly familiar faces.

I was watching an episode of Silent Witness the other night and found a 25-ish year old Idris Elba.

[LizBeth]

8. Movie, tv series, books. I do it all the time. Read the first chapter or two

to get to know the characters then read the last page or two, no more.

[Tikki]

9. Sometimes I will not watch the final episode of a series I have enjoyed.

I like to make up how it ends...myself.

Never have done this with a Comedic Series though.

Tikki

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I did with Ozark.

Loved the show, but didn't want it to end. I guess I'll have to finish the current season because a new season is expected.

[hunter]

10. Frequently.

Knowing how a thing ends doesn't put me off an interesting journey.

(Isn't that the premise of Arrival?)

But I don't have any patience for dull journeys, especially those I know will end badly.

I've got some tolerance for the sort of science fiction that's actually fantasy, Star Wars and Star Trek would be examples of that, but zero tolerance for science fiction that's supposed to be gritty and realistic but with bad science and improbable situations.

I didn't even start Stowaway.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I tend to give up on most TV series because

they all too often get completely illogical and not believable.