10 TV Shows Which Insult Your Intelligence
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Let's face it - we all felt a lot dumber after watching these shows.
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I’d disagree about the Archer. Saying the coma seasons were pointless is like saying any anthology show is pointless. There’s some interesting story telling and character work, especially with Dreamland and the space finale. We got three anthology seasons between ongoing canon, and all three are good, with all of one and half of another being incredible.
I agree. I enjoyed the dream seasons, though I wasn't crazy about the season in space. But I really liked Dreamland and Danger Island. I definitely don't think any of them were pointless
My 2 Theories for Riverdale:
1. They knew EXACTLY what they were doing and just wanted to have some balls out fun.
2. They were trying to get cancelled SINCE S2.
I'm totally cool with wanting to end it at season 2.
Season 3 and beyond I can't take seriously.
The over the top D&D was dumb
River dale or fan fiction the TV show.
Make a big scene to get views. Does it make sense? It doesn't matter, I'm getting those views!
"Maybe Bob dole should run. Bob dole thinks Bob Dole should. Actually Bob Dole just likes to hear Bob Dole talk about Bob Dole. Bob Dole."
Bob Dole likes the way you think Bob Dole likes the cut of your gib Bob Dole ...Bob dole bob .....dole
I love that quote
Suggestion for a video: Top 10 Great TV Shows With Terrible Final Seasons.
My suggestions for that list are
HIMYM
Californication
Prison Break
Game of thrones, That 70s show, lost and scrubs
Oooh there's a few takers for sure!
The X files!
How did "The Walking Dead" not make the list? Most of the storylines from that show relied completely on characters making the dumbest decisions possible.
Also, the fact that their clothes and skin were always clean even though they were supposed to have gone weeks without running water or adequate supplies at some points in the story.
@@marce.t8732 And the pristine cars from whatever car company was sponsoring that season.
That's equivalent to all those movies set in medieval Europe, where everybody is perfectly healthy, freshly bathed, pockmark-free, and vermin-free.
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Riiight? Why tf they so knit-pickey?! Lol
TWD was the best unintentional comedy on TV.
Uhm? Archer was a "Spy Drama"?!?!?!? What show were you watching? It was 100% comedy and the Coma season allowed them to cleanse their writing palette with send ups of other movie genres. It wasn't the best, but it sure kept tone of the humor, and I for one was in for it. But, "DRAMA"?!?
While I don't hate the idea of The Doctor having lives before Hartnell, I still don't like the Timeless Child Twist Chibnall gave us. If anything, the concept would have worked much better if it had been with The Master instead of The Doctor since the revelation would explain why The Master hates both The Doctor & Time Lord society so much.
Timelords being worse than Nazis is bad. So wacky. In a kids show for elementary schoolers.
So true about Riverdale. You also could of added any of Tyler Perry's drama tv shows.
I believe The Flash deserves to be on this list more than Arrow. I agree with the points made here and would add the hypocrisy of Team Arrow in their use of guns and their flawed ideals. I appreciated the stakes and emotional beats of the show though. But The Flash just felt completely redundant by Season 3 and the resolutions to defeating the Big Bads got stale too.
The Flash should be listed as some kind of record holder for the dumbest main character in all of tv history. Almost every single fight in it is one that Barry could have won in seconds if only he had displayed the slightest amount of common sense. Made even worse by the fact that the minor fights show him USING that common sense and doing the sensible thing, which he then conveniently forgets whenever he's up against a named character.
Archers dream sequence seasons were great
I had a hard time getting into the first two coma dream seasons. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Archer in Space', enough to want a spinoff.
I'll say this about Arrow. My room mate at the time really wanted me to watch it. It was on while I was getting ready for work one morning. I was walking in and out of the room while getting ready not really paying attention. After about ten minutes, I stopped and started to say what I thought the characters were going to say next. I was either dead on or very close. No show should be that predictable or derivative within that short of a time frame.
The show Arrow lost me the moment Black Canary died.
I held on for as long as I could, but I think I gave up when Oliver and Felicity married. I remember the Arrow subreddit was so enraged, they changed it to a Punisher subreddit in protest
Yes, that was very odd.
Genuinely really enjoyed the 1st season of Riverdale. Insane how ridiculous it became between the 1st and final season.
It was called _Arrow_ not the _Green Arrow_ and never having read any of the comics, I thought that it had great characters - yes, even Felicity - and I loved it; sometimes things can just be their own thing. Having said that, I will never understand why they chose to kill off Laurel Lance.
9:40 “starred in the show for 11 years between 1988 & 1997” she deserves some credit there, managed to star in a show for 11 years in the space of 9 years, holy mince
The Ra's al Ghul on Arrow came off as particularly bad when compared to Alexander Siddig's far superior performance on Gotham.
I think it's only fair that Arrow borrowed Ra's al Ghul; Batman the Animated Series borrowed Count Vertigo.
I love The Simpsons but the show hasn't been good since the early 2000s
Season 15 is the last season I can still genuinely enjoy, for the most of it, anyway... after that it just falls flat.
For the Simpsons, I think it's best to view it under the theory that each season (or maybe every couple of seasons) is a different parallel reality. That's why every so often we get an episode like "That 90's Show" which show the adult characters as being young in a different decade or other continuity errors.
That's exactly how I view the James Bond franchise and wasn't a fan of the 'codename theory'
How many times does it need to be said? The ending of "HIMYM" is the ONLY one that could even remotely make sense given the premise. Someone starts by saying to his children he's gonna tell them how he met their mother - to then spend season after season after season telling them about his on and off relationship with their aunt Robin. Why, oh why, would he be doing that unless it was actually the aunt Robin-relationship that was the actual point of the story all along? What ending could possibly have been concocted that would have both led up to plain "meeting your mother" and ALSO given a reasonable explanation for all the aunt Robin-related meanderings it took to get there? The fact that so shockingly few viewers failed to see this blatantly obvious conclusion coming a mile away is certainly not the fault of the show.
I think you meant to say "so shockingly _many_ viewers" rather than "few".
Thank you
Arrow also has Batman's bodyguard. 🏹 🦇
The secret identity doesn't want a bodyguard. He's high profile and wealthy, though, so someone insists.
A reluctant client is unprecedented for the bodyguard, so the bodyguard threatens to quit. Then the bodyguard solves the mystery of the client's recurring disappearances; he's a masked vigilante. The bodyguard goes on to act as a sidekick.
The story of Diggle is just a lift from the story of Sasha Bordeaux.
The pilot for arrow practically admitted it was just tryin'a be a Lost sequel. It mostly lost me right there. 🤣
Inexorably, they've screwed up the multiverse premise.
Nevertheless, I understand the case for doing it that way.
DC doesn't have a unified, cinematic reality. That way you can have an Al Ghul appearance without paying for Liam Neason, and with no concern for whether or not that character still lives, because it's a different version of him.
The Archie's comics often go into supernatural or off the wall themes. They've crossed over with Sabrina the teenage witch and the Ninja turtles
Honestly, I didn’t mind the Archer thing that much but, yeah.. they definitely took it too far.
I think when Dallas or Roseanne did it, it was far more egregious, Archer’s world was so much less grounded so that it didn’t feel like you were cheating the story as much imo
@@NewLegacy93 Yeah, and it's not like they were messing with continuity or making other drastic steps to make the various narratives work. It just became tired and things started to lack weight and significance because they ultimately didn't matter in the "real world" of the show.
The main issue with Himym is they wanted to appease both sides of the fandom... the side that wanted Ted to end up with Robin, and the side that didn't. And they ended up failing both.
Still a very funny show though..
"Powerpuff girls live action reboot"
How to catch a lazy editor 101.
The section is about the 2016 Powerpuff Girls animated reboot. There is no mention of the failed live action one.
An Aaron Sorkinesque or Sorkin penned Green Arrow show with Oliver balancing his political and superhero career would be an interesting & different approach for the DCU.
I'm not interested in bringing politics into TV shows. No place for it.
Man, the scriptwriter really had an axe to grind with most of these.
Let's not forget riverdale gave them super powers and then basically tried to make it a high school drama again in the final season
Oddly, Once Upon a Time is still better than almost all Disney things made since.
Love me some Doctor Who
All up to that awful woman.
@@anthonyalles1833to this day, I still bear no malice to Jodi Whittaker. Chris Chibnall (known as “Chinballs”, to his closest friends, and family, on the other hand… a female Doctor in the hands of, well, anyone else, really, could have been absolutely enthralling. Chibnall, though, got in his own way, and screwed things up.
As for the Timeless Child, I have no issue with this, as a fresh twist on the Doctor’s origins. It brings some mystery back to the character, where we previously knew just about every little detail of the Doctor’s past, previously. It also allows the Doctor unlimited regenerations, as opposed to the arbitrary limit of twelve, set back when no-one expected the show to go on for so long, and twelve regenerations seemed like far more than enough.
Before the show was put “on hiatus” (that is, cancelled in all but name) back in the 80’s, the writers were working on something that became known as “the Cartmell Plan” (because a guy whose surname was Cartnell dreamed it up). It was going to be revealed that the Doctor was one of the three founding members of Gallifreyan society, along with Rassilon and Omega. The character may/ may not have always been aware of this, but it was going to come out, one way, or another. The Doctor would have had past experiences that the audience was not aware of, from a time before we were introduced to William Hartnell. Sound familiar?
Also, the idea of a female Doctor was discussed as far back as the 70’s, when Tom Baker announced he was leaving the show. The BBC just never had the balls to do it, until Chibnall took over.
Cheers,
Few of these are actually shows insulting our intelligence. Where's "Another Life"? It's the 21st century, why do writers still not know anything about space?
In "Once Upon a Time", you mentioned Ariel, from "The Little Mermaid ", as one of the newer stories. It is, in fact, an older fairytale. In the original, she tossed herself in to the sea to save the prince, and is seen as the foam washing to the shore.
No, they listed Ariel as being based on the more recent Disney interpretation and not the original 1837 story.
You forgot VELMA and the BEN 10 reboot
It wasn't like someone asked for Velma to be made anyway
Ben 10 definitely faltered with the reboot. I loved seeing Ben's growth with Alien Force and Ultimate Alien. Departing from the original continuity was a mistake.
A very short list could be made of TV shows that don't insult the viewer's intelligence.
Doctor Who during the latter part of the Chibnall showrunner stint sucked eggs. The introduction of the timeless child spit in the face of canon. Once Chibnall took over from Moffat, the show started heading downhill and crashed and burned during Whittaker's run as the Doctor. Cheers....
Roseanne was a great standup when she started out. Then things got...weird.
Doctor Who is still awesome. Despite the Timeless Child cr@,p.
Not including Big Bang Theory is the biggest insult of all. They just include nerdy pop references and a laugh track. It's the dumbest show to ever exist.
I stuck with OUaT up to the end. Granted I started and ended the show after the series wrapped but still 😂 it fared better than Riverdale which I gave up on eventually. I also gave up on The Flash but finished Green Arrow.
Samurai Jack was incredible.
And the Doctor Who point is spot on
Gilmore Girs Should Be On The List
I don’t think modern Simpson’s is that bad these days personally. It’s been a lot worse than current
I have to hard disagree on the OUAT one. That show was always inspired by both original fairytales/folklore AND Disney. It would've been stupid business-wise NOT to utilize the Disney versions in some way to attract audiences. The show was basically the Disney stuff with more mature aspects from the originals/other popular versions, as well as some of their own spins on the stories. It was moreso an homage to those kind of stories/interpretations than anything. S:
I found the whole Disney angle very offputting. I want "the real" fairy tale versions. Fables does it so, so much better.
I agree completely!!!
I'm gonna Be honest I Think the biggest reason why people did not like Ted and Robin Getting together was not because the history that they had with each other but actually it was more because the entire last season before that was focused on robin and barney's wedding so it felt like it was Allegiant waste of time had they ended the show in like season, 5 with Robin and Ted getting together I think it would have worked a lot better. Even if they did the whole mother dying thing.
I think most viewers never shipped for Ted and Robin from the get-go.
@dhenderson1810 I get that if that's the case but i just don't think it would have been nearly as divisive had they done it earlier and not set up the Robin and barney story because that just ultimately wasted an entire season and a half of episodes and made them kinda pointless
I was always more bothered by Barney's evolution as a character than by the shows ending.
RIVERDALE was ridiculous and crazy and just too much... and I LOVED every minute of it!
3:57 I think part of your problem is this presupposition. They were always “leaning in” to, drawing on, the interpretations of each of these fables that were markedly Disney properties.
To claim they deviated from mission/premise is a failure of your perception, not their execution.
I know what you did last summer should be in this list
Arrow was just Green Batman :v It was ok in the first two seasons, but then they stoled Batman's story arcs and destroyed Felicity with the godawful romance with Oliver.
I was so glad I haven't watched Archer since the beginning, beccause if I had to wait 4 years for him to wake up from a coma, I'd riot and abandon the show. I always omit these three seasons when rewatching the show. They are pointless.
What about teen titans go and the thunder cats reboot that looked like it was drawn by kids
I still think HIMYM 's ending is one of the most truthful and believable endings to these relatable characters. When friend's spouses pass later in life and knew they were soul mates to begin with. I know people were mad about it and felt cheated, but it feels pretty real to me
Realism doesn't make it a good ending. It's also realistic that Ted might hang himself in the garage after his wife died. Happens all the time. Wouldn't have been a good ending, though.
@@maeburekaiser to each their own
I loved the ending of HIMYM.
Same
HIMYM had a fine ending if you take a moment to realize that the biggest issue that kept Robin and Ted from working is no longer an issue. Ted wanted a family and a wife right now. Robin wanted to adventure around the world and become a big news reporter. By the end of the series both of these dreams had been fulfilled and both are finally in a spot where they can just be with the other without feeling like they are giving up on their dreams. Sometimes you meet someone at exactly the wrong time in your life for it to work. Sometimes you meet them again at the right time.
The ending being plausible as something that could happen doesn't make it a good ending.
@@maeburekaiser it makes the ending make sense the issue is people say it doesn’t make sense. Do I agree the mother should have survived? Yes. But it does work
One video to sum up why I no longer watch network series.
Don't you dare pick on _Once Upon a Time_ ! I loved that show (but we don't talk about that last season).
Bridgeton and Charlotte! Outlander.
was expecting game of thrones here, especially the battle scenes from the final season. i was sitting there when those experienced warriors were just using the worst tactics imaginable.
Once upon a time was one of the BEST series we have. You van hate it buti love it
"audience sent usually don't respond well" "people should feel like." Man, do you work in the movie theater, cuz that's an awful lot of projection
Putting on one list Doctor Who and Riverdale is just insanity.
..."Frozen is based on a book by Hans Christian Andersen..." who the hell do you think wrote The Littlest Mermaid?
Not sure what it says about me but about half this list is made up of my favourite shows
...and how did that guy's Mother turn into a car, hmmm?
I would include "The Whispers" (ABC) high on the list. It was an interesting concept, but who would have thought something Steven Spielberg was attached to could be so awful? The adults were so stupid I was cheering for the aliens and was glad all of the children were abducted.
It’s a sin to leave Lost off this list
Alias was mostly pretty good. Glad I stopped there.
Glad this channel recognizes the value of consistent storytelling. Accordingly, let's have TrekCulture and WhatCulture Star Wars do videos about how kurtzman and Disney respectively insult our intelligence and our integrity several times in every program.
ME SMART. NO POSSIBLE FOOL ME!
2:04 I don’t mind the sliding timeline; it’s them explaining the jokes that bothers me.
Since kids' shows are included here, I'll throw in Power Rangers Megaforce. Which was a lazy and careless attempt to capitalize on the franchise's 20th Anniversary.
Arrow also had Firestorm's mother-in-law, albeit in name only. 🏹 🔥
Search the original Felicity Smoak.
People still remember Riverdale?
As for Doctor Who, Chibnall, the then showrunner, was a terrible writer who just wanted to stir the pot with no plan or real idea where to take anything. Thank god he's gone now. And the fans thought John Nathan Turner was a bad showrunner, he had nothing on Chibnall.
Grey’s Anatomy and Supergirl.
All of them.
Oooh this could have been good 🤦🏿♀️
I loved Archer, but I stopped watching after season 8th... I honestly would've prefered that they put the series on hiatus
The Simpsons should have ended after the movie came out, no Westworld?
"10 Whatculture lists which insult your intelligence" You missed the point of so many of these shows it is ridiculous, plus errors like "between 1988-1997 she stared for 11 years".
I never liked Roseanne. I hated the way she treated her oldest daughter. It was obvious she loved and liked her other 2 children more. Becky was the Meg (Family Guy) of the series.
Why didn't you mention modern Family Guy!?
Dr who …
Even if the woke get triggered, Rosanne is a comediant and has done great comedy. You can call one joke she did "racst" but wasn't as insulting as bf kimmel. 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ sorry
What is “comediant”? What is “racst”? Yikes.
@@ttaitt what is ttaitt? 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Arrow was great
For like 2 seasons. The show took a nosedive as soon as they paired up Oliver and Felicity, to the point they killed off Black Canary (Green Arrows main partner and love interest in the comics)
Surely Lost is top of this list? It's the most obnoxiously arrogant TV Show ever made! Come on!
you forgot Bones witch was terrible
No. I didn't think archer was bad, those 3 seasons were cleverly done.Ya reaching ewan
Every one of these shows were so bad I didn't even bother to watch any of them, I did enjoy the first six years of the Simpsons but all the rest were trash.
I have no problem with Cruella, especially the way they interpreted her for the series, but going full Frozen when they could have just stuck with the Ice Queen and had just as good, if not better, story is where the entire series went downhill for me.
Oh look, WhatCulture is 💩ing on The Simpsons… again. Some of us have watched it since 1989 and actually enjoy how it’s evolved over the years. If you don’t like it, you are allowed to stop watching, you know. 🙄
I reject wholeheartedly your simplistic breakdown of once upon a time. It is one of the greatest shows ever. And you know nothing about its brilliance and greatness. And I am offended that you would say such a thing. For Shame. You. Ewan. You are cringe. Now if you want to say how the seventh season insulted it's audiences Intelligence, then fine. But no not the whole show. And honestly once I got past my rage in hatred. The 7th season was not that bad at all
Once Upon A Time and Arrow should not be on this list.
Arrow should definitely be on this list, as amongst other asininely stupid decisions, the writers had Felicifer and Ollie hijack the wedding of their supposed BFF Barry Allen after throwing tantrums in public about not wanting to get married
That’s not including Felicifer nuking a city and the whole matter being resolved in a single episode, Laurel Lance and her actress being mistreated, and loads of other not so fun things
Two thoughts.
1) Men and women can't be friends without sex getting involved, so not sure why that was an issue for you in HIMYM. The show definitely belongs on the list for other reasons, though.
2) How is The View not the top show on this list?
how do i ruin this smash hit of a show
i know!!!!!!!!!! i will take disneys money
Arrow was good
For like 2 seasons
That Arrow entry was boring 😴
That's okay, so was the show.
This is just another video trying to be controversial.
Only good season of The Simpsons was the First Season.
Weak bait
Before becoming a nut job Roseanne was funny also Curella I think I spelled her name right came from a book