{"id":82911,"date":"2024-08-06T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/tv-fanatic-eyebrow-raisers-more-bad-boys-please-fewer-long-gestating-seasons-more\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:45:21","slug":"tv-fanatic-eyebrow-raisers-more-bad-boys-please-fewer-long-gestating-seasons-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/tv-fanatic-eyebrow-raisers-more-bad-boys-please-fewer-long-gestating-seasons-more\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Fanatic Eyebrow Raisers: More Bad Boys Please, Fewer Long-Gestating Seasons & More"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We have thoughts about many aspects of the entertainment industry that we don\u2019t have time (or, hey, sometimes the desire, right?) to write about in long form.<\/p>\n

We will no longer hold back just because we lack the energy. Instead, we\u2019ll band together or share a short burst of more personal energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This will become a semi-regular series, and we\u2019ve also called for goofy, fun coverage for those who might want to get more in-depth. Let\u2019s see how it goes, and let us know if you\u2019d like to see more!<\/p>\n

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Gamer Love and Bad Boys Appreciation<\/h2>\n

The biggest eyebrow-raiser to catch my eye lately is the Deadpool dog from DP3, which has won the Ugliest Dog in Britain award. I love all dogs, but OMG, that thing is nasty-looking! I guess it fits with DP \u2014 haha.<\/p>\n

And that they\u2019re coming out with Mortal Kombat 2 next year. My \u201980s gamer heart is pumped because I loved the first remake in 2021 (the original is the 90s version and was pretty kick ass for the time).<\/p>\n

And oh my god, does anyone watch the Bad Boys movies? Because they made Reggie one bad-muther-shut-your-mouth. (Sorry, I\u2019m dying for a Shaft series right now!) But how interesting would it be to create a Bad Boys series spinoff about our favorite nerdy Marine? [Sara Trimble<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Sara, I\u2019m 100% with you on a Bad Boys spinoff with Reggie and Hotmando. Usually, I cringe at spinoff talk because it\u2019s gotten ridiculous, but I would be firmly seated for that. I\u2019d also settle for Jacob Scipio just starring in his own action franchise period.<\/p>\n

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Eyebrow Raisers of Reality TV<\/h2>\n

As a veteran reality TV viewer, I\u2019m well aware of how much production can influence things. The Claim to Fame production team dropped the ball by not doing more to keep Miguel, aka Rafael, aka JAMIE LEE CURTIS\u2019 NEPHEW, from leaving the show this early.<\/p>\n

He was reality television gold \u2014 pure chaos. The kid understood the assignment. And NO ONE would have ever guessed his celebrity relative because he totally took advantage of people, naturally assuming it was someone Latino.<\/p>\n

I fear all the entertainment is gone with him, as no one else has the personality to carry the game.<\/p>\n

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I\u2019m so glad the Big Brother 26 contestants aren\u2019t just completely giving into production influence because it\u2019s so obvious they wanted Matt<\/strong> to stay longer, and the contestants weren\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n

We even got a split vote rather than the \u201cvoting with the majority\u201d garbage. Between that, all the deliciously entertaining (and petty) arguments and drama, and a truly eclectic bunch of personalities, it\u2019s giving Old School Big Brother. Bless!<\/p>\n

I am still not sold on Suits: LA<\/a> or Stephen Amell leading it, and that first-look picture didn\u2019t help in the least. His character looks as dour as I did when the casting news and premise trickled in. [Jasmine Blu<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re Sick of Waiting So Long for Shows to Return!<\/h2>\n

This is what\u2019s been on my mind. It feels like we\u2019re waiting longer and longer<\/a> between seasons for shows, and at some point, will we just \u2026 stop caring?<\/p>\n

Severance<\/a> S2 is coming back three years after S1 premiered. <\/p>\n

Stranger Things S5 doesn\u2019t even have a release date yet, and it\u2019s already been two and a half years. The child stars from this show are grown adults \u2014 Millie Bobbie Brown is a married woman, for Pete\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, these long waits are toeing the line between building anticipation and alienating audiences, which is a real eyebrow-raiser. Does Hollywood not see what I do?<\/p>\n

I loved Severance Season 1, but it\u2019s been so long that I genuinely don\u2019t care about the next. It almost feels like a chore that I\u2019ll have to watch it just for the sake of continuity! [Haley Whitmire White<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s so easy to lose interest or forget what\u2019s happening. The momentum of something good comes to a screeching halt. And for something mediocre, it\u2019s easy to never bother watching it again.<\/p>\n

I love the point about how they shoot themselves in the foot by filming an entire season at once and never getting that viewer response or enough feedback to tweak or run with something until it\u2019s too late. [Jasmine Blu<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m entirely on board with y\u2019all having to rewatch shows. I have to rewind the stuff I\u2019m already watching because my ADHD kicks in, and I wander into LaLaLand and completely get lost in what\u2019s happening on the show.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way I could sit through rewatching something I\u2019ve already seen. Between four kids, six dogs, and all my other jobs, I\u2019d be dead.<\/p>\n

I doubt I\u2019ll even bother with the new season of Stranger Things<\/a> because it\u2019s been so long since we watched the last season that I can\u2019t even recall what happened.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s more than one year between seasons, I won\u2019t bother until the entire show is over, and I can binge-watch all at once. It makes no sense to wait so long at all. [Sara Trimble<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Oh, No, They Didn\u2019t Diss Grace Ryder for THIS<\/h2>\n

911: Lone Star is more than an eyebrow-raiser. Not only am I still pissed about Grace Ryder not being in the potentially final season of the show, but I\u2019m irked that Wyatt is the new dispatcher.<\/p>\n

No disrespect to the kid (okay, maybe a little), but it\u2019s frustrating that he was randomly dropped into the show and kindly took over the Ryder homelife storylines and all the fun of the Ryders having their first kid together. NOW he\u2019s basically taking over Grace\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

Screw that, respectfully. [Jasmine Blu<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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The Over\/Under on TV Bordem<\/h2>\n

Have you ever been overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time? That\u2019s where I find myself with TV right now. The eyebrow-raiser is that there is too much TV history to watch and not enough new content to engage me.<\/p>\n

Most content currently being made bores the hell out of me. I\u2019ve stopped watching broadcast shows almost entirely \u2014 well, those in the present, anyway.<\/p>\n

Paramount+ still has my heart with Evil<\/a>, Criminal Minds (even after the less-than-stellar season that just ended), and SEAL Team<\/a>, but that\u2019s the anomaly, especially since Evil and SEAL Team are almost over.<\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019ve been watching old sci-fi and disaster movies (thanks, Prime Video!), old TV (thanks to the rare linear channel I watch (GET) and Hulu) like Quincy and Police Woman, and foreign TV.<\/p>\n

But really, where IS all of the old content? Decades worth of shows are out of reach. It\u2019s gross to think of that wasted time and talent!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s gotten to the point that I am buying DVDs to see TV history for the first time. With all this streaming, why isn\u2019t the entire history of TV at my fingertips?<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019ve also been watching a lot of documentaries and docuseries \u2014 not game shows, home improvement shows, or other makeovers, but slice-of-life, there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I stuff.<\/p>\n

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