For me, 2 things come to mind; Berserk & the Long Walk

Berserk may sound controversial, but I just didn’t have a good time watching the 90’s anime. I felt angry while watching it. I just didn’t like the characters for how dickish they were (especially Guts & Casica) and the setting was too miserable for me. And some of you may go, “but the comic is 10x better” (I know it’s manga, I’m just calling a comic to piss of people) I also just don’t like dark fantasy in general, since they’re edgy, pretentious, and worst of all… they’re ugly. There’s a reason why I never played the Dark Souls games, outside of the difficulty

The Long Walk movie is really well made movie with amazing acting. But man was it a miserable movie to go through. Seeing all those kids getting shot by soldiers for being slower was painful to watch.

Side note: there’s a lot of critically acclaimed stuff I like (Cowboy Bebop & the Dark Knight). It’s just that entertainment is so subjective that it’s not mutually exclusive to writing.

  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
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    18 days ago

    If a likeable main character is a requirement then it’s no surprise Breaking Bad doesn’t appeal to you, and that’s fair.

    I must point out one thing though.

    I understand there’s probably something to it, maybe the drama is interesting, maybe it’s really well acted, maybe the sets are beautiful

    You seem to assume Breaking Bad is loved by many people in spite of its flawed main character, but I’d argue that’s one of the main reasons for its success. Shows that do an interesting exploration of a “villain” are not that common and, even rarer than that, Breaking Bad pulls off the rare stunt of having the main character of a multi-season series evolve and change dramatically over time.

    So yeah, I get that disliking Walter White being a turn off for you, but for many that character and his story is precisely why they love the series.