For me, I think Infinite Stratos isn’t nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It’s not good, and I have my issues with it, but I’ve seen worse
I should probably post this to unpopular opinion but, uh, here we go: Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was so god damn boring even when the big scenes were playing out. I tried to rewatch it when it released on Netflix again but without Frank waiting for me at the credits I just didnt care. I know its like one of the most influential but god damn it kinda sucks with the pacing and the story getting up off the ground.
Demon Slayer. Gorgeous animation, with a middle-of-the-road story and middle-of-the road writing, that occasionally has some really great moments.
Don’t forget the banger music.
Everything is polarizing nowadays and people like to talk in hyperbole. If something isn’t the best, it’s the worst. Mid = bad.
Life is too short. There is so much good media out there that you cannot watch it all in your lifetime. If it’s not creatively groundbreaking and/or gripping entertainment, it has better be at least educational. Who’s going to lay in their deathbed and wish they watched more mid TV shows?
I’ve found I’m a lot happier when I just take things as they come. It’s not so much that I want to watch mid shows as it is that I don’t want the stress that comes from trying to avoid them. I’m much happier just quickly picking something good enough than spending a bunch of time researching the best thing and then still wondering if I could’ve found something better.
I enjoyed watching shows most when I had 10 local TV channels to pick from and just watched whatever seemed good enough out of those options, so now I just purposefully limit my options to emulate that, and it’s been pretty nice.
Counterpoint: there’s also an ocean of garbage out there.
Maybe this’ll get me some flack, but rn this post makes me think of Jujutsu Kaisen. It’s fine. Some of the characters are fleshed out well, some of them are at least entertaining, but overall the plot is incredibly simple and the worldbuilding is surprisingly shallow. However, MAPPA is an undeniably talented studio and crucially, it’s actively in the process of airing.
Not everything you watch has to be groundbreaking. Sometimes just being “on” and “good enough” is all you want.
No! That’s the depression talking, complacency is on the loose. KOTOR taught me well, apathy is death.
JJK is more or less your standard shounen show, but the action scenes keep me interested.
I get what you’re saying, but I’m not always fully dedicating time to a show. I’ve watched plenty of mid shows while doing other things: cleaning, playing games, working, sending emails, etc. Don’t really even want to watch anything that good when I’m doing those things. Else I’ll be too distracted.
The problem with that is that Netflix and other platforms notice this. And they start prioritising “background content”. Blah!
Most of my watching isn’t on streaming platforms so that’s not something I’m contributing to.
Good! Then I have no bones left to pick
Honestly I don’t feel like I usually see bland shows getting that kind of hate. It mostly seems to be that a lot of people will ignore the show, and then if it has some merits it’ll also have a dedicated glazing squad. Even with Demon Slayer I mostly see people saying it’s overrated, not that it’s actually bad.
Flying Witch. Its fine. Calm. Slice of life. Nothing special. I like it.