What Movies/tv shows are over/underrated
Posted Mar 31, 2014, 10:52 AM UTC
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Over - The Big Band Theory - I don't think that it is bad, but I don't think it's that good either.
Under - Shameless US - Top notch acting and they have not got their recognition yet.
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Charlie jade - great little South African sci if show about parallel worlds. Sadly only went for one season but I loved it.
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Over rated - most of them.
Under rated - none more so than Wonderfalls.
Here is a review for you:
Wonderfalls - Despite graduating from Brown, Jaye Tyler has managed to disappoint both her parent’s and her own expectations. Now avoiding failure by never trying to succeed, she works as an anonymous retail clerk in a Niagara Falls novelty shop, and lives alone in a trailer park. But the thin comfort of intentionally low expectations can not protect her when inanimate animals begin talking to her, telling her what to do, and driving her to distraction until she does as they say.
Wonderfalls starred the brilliant and beautiful Canadian actress Caroline Dhavernas. It was created by Bryan Fuller, the creator of Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me; Todd Holland, director from Malcolm In The Middle; and Tim Minear of Firefly fame (long time Joss Whedon collaborator) who helped produce, direct and write not only for Firefly, but for Angel, Drive, Dollhouse, and Terriers as well.
Wonderfalls, is one of the best comedy series ever made, and one of the most truly unique shows ever on TV, yet almost no one has heard of it, because like Firefly, Wonderfalls was the next to suffer at the tender mercy of Fox's incompetent marketing.
Like they did with Firefly, once again with Wonderfalls, Fox managed to seize defeat from the jaws of victory, by starting the series mid-season with little advertising, and intentionally mislabeling Wonderfalls as a drama instead of a comedy (they did this because they were selling the show to their advertisers as the new Joan of Arcadia). They played the episodes out of order, changed the show time with little reason or notice, and then canceled Wonderfalls after only 4 episodes, without even bothering to show the other 9 episodes they already had made - because again like Firefly, 'Wonderfalls failed to gather a following'.
Like Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls has tremendous charm, beautiful imagery and a wonderful sense of humor, and like Firefly, Wonderfalls has a great cast, sympathetic characters, brilliant dialog, and plenty of 90 degree plot twists.
Btw Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly) is a guest star in some of the episodes and Lee Pace (yes the pie-man from Pushing Daisies) is a regular on the series. This is a must watch for Firefly fans and Pushing Daisies fans as well.
And like Firefly, Wonderfalls was canceled by Fox - so you know it had to be good.
Also check out:
Journeyman - excellent show you can watch for free via Hulu (with limited commercials) - just click on the links.
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Walking Dead - overrated
Psych - underrated
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Under- Justified, Bates Motel. Over-HIMYM
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American Horror Story is massively underrated in the UK
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Over- HIMYM and Big Bang Theory (I think both are watchable, but aren't that good of sitcoms)
Under- Justified