10 Reasons Why We Stopped Watching "Glee" — Page 3

I'm so tired of sanctimonious Glee-haters. Glee will go down in history of as one of the greatest television shows of all time. No doubt in my mind. Glee is the only show that makes me consistently well-up. It always has. Part of it is the music. Part of it is the love the writers put into their characters. I sometimes think a lot of us are a little embarrassed how much we really like this show, so we snark and bitch to make ourselves feel better. God knows the show makes it easy to bitch. Yet, no show on television (maybe Community) tries as hard to do new and interesting things as Glee. It really does (or did, its really set its own paradigm now). It doesn't even succeed half the time, but watching Ryan Murphy say f*ck you to the people who try to second-guess him, to make the show he wants to make is sort of thrilling. When the show does work it transcends anything most other shows even attempt to do. So sometimes it has the plot, logistics and sense (nonsense) of a 20's musical comedy. I'm sure a little of that is on purpose. Who cares if doesn't make practical sense. It makes emotional sense enough of the time to be some of the most wonderful television of the early part of this century.

Concerning the Tina/Blaine Vapo-rub incident, what went uncommented on was Kurt's line that went something like "Nobody vapo-rapes my ex-boyfriend." They try to be funny and it just turns out really, really sad.

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"Yet, no show on television (maybe Community) tries as hard to do new and interesting things as Glee."

For those of us old enough to remember the original Fame tv show, it was a great show in its first season. It had some interesting storylines and the music and dancing were great. Then they tried doing new and interesting things like break dancing and introducing new characters for just one episode and the show became a big old mess.

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Glee was great but they had to have them graduate so that changed things. The only part of the show that I don't mind is the Rachael / Kurt story. I find the whole "broadway school and trying to be successful" story interesting. What I dislike are the new characters they brought in to try and replace the graduated kids and it's ridiculous how the other graduated kids hang out at high school (e.g. taking over Glee club, just happen to come by for a song, etc). And really...Shuster's only friends are the Glee kids with one being his best man? Come on!

One of the most glorious things I've ever read.

Sound-off Glee

Updated On: 3/8/13 at 10:47 AM

Did you write that? I couldn't get past the second paragraph much less thing it was the most glorious things ever written.

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I can honestly say I don't feel guilty about Glee. I've disliked it since it's first episode.


It will NOT "go down" as one of the finest tv shows ever. How, in any way, can this show be compared to: All in the Family, Maude, Seinfeld, MASH, Soap or any other dozens of truly groundbreaking shows.




Edit for horrid typo: I NEVER meant SMASH as one of the finest shows but rather (as corrected) MASH. {Facepalm}

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Updated On: 3/9/13 at 11:12 AM

So there! :P


Owen -- your reasoning holds as much water as when people are accused of jealousy when they dislike a performer.

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Updated On: 3/8/13 at 11:26 AM

Yes, we should love the show that chose to focus on the movie version of West Side Story instead of the actual Broadway version

Wait -- just because it sometimes has a b'way theme, we're suppose to love it regardless? Are we suppose to love every piece of crap that opens on B'way just because it's there?

Only one's own child should ever get that kind of unconditional love. I don't expect the rest of the world to feel the same way about my spawn.

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Actually we probably do embrace glee, we just don't embrace Glee.

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I was watching and enjoying Glee up until this season. It got boring, so I stopped caring. It isn't the first show I quit before it ended because of that. It probably won't be the last.

I like Smash and I know a lot of people don't. It doesn't matter.

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Dear Lord these threads amusing!!!

Most of my friends are glee haters, I really don't care if you are too. I was just being sarcastic and pushing your buttons. Sorry about that...