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RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:41 PM Mar 2013

Does anyone else think the show "Girls" sucks?

I have watched it from the beginning and hate it. I'm done.

Not bragging, but my wardrobe at age 43 is more fashionable than Hanna's.

I think the show is completely unrealistic---especially the episode with Patrick Wilson.

Yes, I know I watch too much television.

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Does anyone else think the show "Girls" sucks? (Original Post) RiffRandell Mar 2013 OP
I think the Hannah character is intentionally meant to be awkward and unfashionable. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #1
I disagree. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #3
I saw the Patrick Wilson episode. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #4
I dont watch enough tv NightWatcher Mar 2013 #2
You are missing out on Breaking Bad! RiffRandell Mar 2013 #11
I've tried to watch it repeatedly - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #5
Yes geardaddy Mar 2013 #6
Hey you! RiffRandell Mar 2013 #9
yeah geardaddy Mar 2013 #14
Watched the first two episodes and quit. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #7
Right there with you. Iggo Mar 2013 #17
I'm with you on Veep. Chan790 Mar 2013 #18
We got free HBO for a little bit. HappyMe Mar 2013 #8
Exactly! RiffRandell Mar 2013 #10
Thanks for the review. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #15
Yeah, it's lame... Callmecrazy Mar 2013 #12
I watch it Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #13
hate it ---- wish i could like it olddots Mar 2013 #16
Sorry. I love it. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #19

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
1. I think the Hannah character is intentionally meant to be awkward and unfashionable.
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:44 PM
Mar 2013

The actress/creator has even said as much herself:

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/lena-hannahs-clothes-meant-look-bad-154200953.html

That said, it can be entertaining. I enjoy some characters more than others, and some episodes more than others.

And it is a hell of a lot more enjoyable--and realisitic--than Sex and the City ever was.

I generally enjoy a lot of HBO programming, SATC and a few other busts excluded.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
3. I disagree.
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:51 PM
Mar 2013

Maybe it's my age, but I could relate and liked Sex and the City---not the movies, just the show.

I read her interview in Rolling Stone and she is extremely smart, but I don't think the show is realistic.

Did you see the episode with Patrick Wilson?

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
4. I saw the Patrick Wilson episode.
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:55 PM
Mar 2013

It was, well, interesting. Basically just showed what a mental mess Hannah was.

She's a prototypic anti-heroine, that one thing's for sure.

My wife liked SATC, but whenever I tried watching it, I just couldn't sit through it. I just found all the characters so incredibly unlikeable--they came off all very shallow and materialistic to me.

(And yes, Girls characters are also unlikeable, but at least I find them interesting. Whereas I couldn't give two shits what happened to the Samantha character on SATC, or anyone else.)

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. I dont watch enough tv
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:44 PM
Mar 2013

When's the last time you heard someone say that?

I dont watch any of the shows that people say are "must see". I've never seen Downton Abbey, any of the shows on HBO or Showtime, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, or any other of the cool shows that I must see. The last one I saw that came highly recommended, I found stupid...The Office.

Flame me, but they all probably suck.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
5. I've tried to watch it repeatedly -
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:11 PM
Mar 2013

but cannot get into it. I found Hannah to be absolutely repulsive -- which is funny, 'cause that's how creator Lena Dunham later described her in an article I read. Ricky Gervais pulled off repulsive in The Office enough for me to watch regularly, but Dunham et al aren't working for me.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
6. Yes
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:13 PM
Mar 2013

Watched half an episode and thought it was way too cool for school. I saw her film "Tiny Furniture" and it just seems to be the same stuff. I find only a little bit of her stuff entertaining. I just can't sit through an episode.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
7. Watched the first two episodes and quit.
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:16 PM
Mar 2013

I always give HBO shows a chance. This show failed for me pretty quick. I also dislike Veep.

Can't hit a home run every time.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
18. I'm with you on Veep.
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:01 PM
Mar 2013

My god that show is awful. There is nothing redeemable about it and there are no likable characters.

I really like Girls though.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
8. We got free HBO for a little bit.
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:18 PM
Mar 2013

I figured I would give it a try. Big mistake. Oh so cool and hipster. I didn't like any of the characters.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
13. I watch it
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:32 PM
Mar 2013

although I have to admit that it is full of cringe-worthy scenes. I think she's a brilliant writer. The show seems to be a platform for her to expose herself though. Which, I suppose is fine if you're into that sort of thing. I like that she's comfortable enough with herself to do that. Kudos to her. I just don't especially like seeing it. So I'm ambivalent.

I like some of the characters (Charlie is adorable) but most of the female characters just annoy me. Hannah is the only female character that I even remotely like, and even with her, I have to turn away sometimes due to what I mentioned above.

Last night's episode was a bit of a bummer, because I had high hopes that Hannah's ex (tall dark guy) was actually going to get his shit together. But that poor boy is deeply disturbed. Sad.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
16. hate it ---- wish i could like it
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:48 PM
Mar 2013

I have 2 daughters born in the 80s so seeing the crappy life they have hurts me in weird daddy ways.

looked up Hanna's real life dad ( he is an artist ) this will give you some insight about the show's take on sex---


She got a cover on Rolling Stone so the show is " hip and edgy"

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