Teen Titans Go. It was kinda like a phase where I was trying to get over Young Justice. After a few episodes that actually pissed me off instead of just annoying me, I gave up on it. The only time I'll watch it again is when they have the crossover with Young Justice.
Ever stop watching something because it became too something?
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I stopped watching Castle for two reasons: it became too reliant on unbelievable dumb shit (Time travel! Telekinesis! Sasquatch! Ghosts! Psychics!), and because it drove story lines deep and hard into the ground (What's that? You were done with Beckett's mother's murder back in season two? How about we keep that story thread going for another seven seasons, now there's a plan!).
There's also the whole the writing went down the toilet (in case the time travel didn't tip you off). Take for example, back in season four or five, these two episodes; one where Beckett steps on a pressure plate that's connected to a bomb, and Castle decides to stay with her during the whole ordeal. Nothing really wrong there, but the episode that came after that (technically anyway, since due to the Boston marathon bombing they switched the bomb episode with the one after its air date) was largely about how she didn't know if Castle was really committed to their relationship, and almost starts a thing with Mr. Fantastic.
What truly killed the show for me was the main plot they laid out for whatever the most recent season was that Castle for whatever reason orchestrated his own abduction, but he can't remember that specific thing and anything remotely relating to it because MEMORY WIPE!!
Once Upon a Time suffered similar problems. Everything always tied back to Rumpelstiltskin, the evil queen is revealed to have done more and more pure evil things (such as massacre an entire village, and keep an unwilling guy against his will to use him as her personal sex toy [oddly enough, the actor in question plays Christian Grey now]), but the bad guys are really good y'all, let's give them another second chance!
Oh Arceus, the stupidity of these people, it's a wonder they haven't all choked to death on their own tongues.
True Love's Kiss (c) is the cure all to everything, and fine, why not, but it becomes unacceptable when True Love (c) is more common than sand.
And the extremely black and white morality. That made me yell so much. So, at some point there's this evil conniving ***** that's just merc-ing everyone, and no one can do anything about it because tongues, right? But at some point though, someone actually gets in in their heads to use this magical candle that'll kill her. Hooray, the day is saved as are whoever's left! Our hero is heroic!
Barrg! Wrong! She killed, so that makes her action Wrong and Evil, so now her Pure Heart is now tainted with Darkness! Even though she's shown to have killed a bunch of dudes in the past, this is So Bad, Y'all!
Oh, and then there was the whole "Frozen made stupid gobs of money, let's jump on that hype train", I quit when that was revealed.
(good thing to, since it seems that Cruela DeVil is their latest big bad. A lady that wanted to make a fur coat is the current antagonist in a fantasy based series.)
There's also the whole the writing went down the toilet (in case the time travel didn't tip you off). Take for example, back in season four or five, these two episodes; one where Beckett steps on a pressure plate that's connected to a bomb, and Castle decides to stay with her during the whole ordeal. Nothing really wrong there, but the episode that came after that (technically anyway, since due to the Boston marathon bombing they switched the bomb episode with the one after its air date) was largely about how she didn't know if Castle was really committed to their relationship, and almost starts a thing with Mr. Fantastic.
What truly killed the show for me was the main plot they laid out for whatever the most recent season was that Castle for whatever reason orchestrated his own abduction, but he can't remember that specific thing and anything remotely relating to it because MEMORY WIPE!!
Once Upon a Time suffered similar problems. Everything always tied back to Rumpelstiltskin, the evil queen is revealed to have done more and more pure evil things (such as massacre an entire village, and keep an unwilling guy against his will to use him as her personal sex toy [oddly enough, the actor in question plays Christian Grey now]), but the bad guys are really good y'all, let's give them another second chance!
Oh Arceus, the stupidity of these people, it's a wonder they haven't all choked to death on their own tongues.
True Love's Kiss (c) is the cure all to everything, and fine, why not, but it becomes unacceptable when True Love (c) is more common than sand.
And the extremely black and white morality. That made me yell so much. So, at some point there's this evil conniving ***** that's just merc-ing everyone, and no one can do anything about it because tongues, right? But at some point though, someone actually gets in in their heads to use this magical candle that'll kill her. Hooray, the day is saved as are whoever's left! Our hero is heroic!
Barrg! Wrong! She killed, so that makes her action Wrong and Evil, so now her Pure Heart is now tainted with Darkness! Even though she's shown to have killed a bunch of dudes in the past, this is So Bad, Y'all!
Oh, and then there was the whole "Frozen made stupid gobs of money, let's jump on that hype train", I quit when that was revealed.
(good thing to, since it seems that Cruela DeVil is their latest big bad. A lady that wanted to make a fur coat is the current antagonist in a fantasy based series.)
Big Bang Theory when I realised how unfunny it was and how subtly insulted I was getting from it.
Same with Family Guy.
And American Dad.
I watched a few episodes of Galavant til I realised how rape-y one of the characters acts and how it's played off as a "joke" and how disgusting that makes me feel that it's treated as amusing.
Stopped reading Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series when I realised that the way the main character characterizes what relationships are good/bad are the ones that resemble hers and her values rather than what works for the people in the relationship. And how very rape-y one of the main characters is.
Stopped reading Anne Rice's books because of how she feels about people who criticise books or leave negative reviews on books (and as a hobby I do book reviews on books I've read and my feelings aren't always positive hearts and stars and rainbows). (she thinks that negative reviews and criticism, regardless of how needed certain criticisms are, are people being malicious trolls and is in fact writing a booklet thing about it as we speak and she supports the stop the goodreads bullies site which is people with her thinking who will stalk and harass people who dare post a negative review on this thing that these people collectively love because we should all only post reviews where we praise the genius of the author in their line of thinking......)
And I stopped reading the Penny Arcade comic after they made the joke out of the dick wolves thing and didn't take into consideration how offensive it can be to those who were raped to have that as a "consequence" in a game/gaming comic strip (consequently, I don't play games that do shit like that either because I care not to have shit like that thrown in my face).
I think that's about it for my list of things I've stopped with......
Same with Family Guy.
And American Dad.
I watched a few episodes of Galavant til I realised how rape-y one of the characters acts and how it's played off as a "joke" and how disgusting that makes me feel that it's treated as amusing.
Stopped reading Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series when I realised that the way the main character characterizes what relationships are good/bad are the ones that resemble hers and her values rather than what works for the people in the relationship. And how very rape-y one of the main characters is.
Stopped reading Anne Rice's books because of how she feels about people who criticise books or leave negative reviews on books (and as a hobby I do book reviews on books I've read and my feelings aren't always positive hearts and stars and rainbows). (she thinks that negative reviews and criticism, regardless of how needed certain criticisms are, are people being malicious trolls and is in fact writing a booklet thing about it as we speak and she supports the stop the goodreads bullies site which is people with her thinking who will stalk and harass people who dare post a negative review on this thing that these people collectively love because we should all only post reviews where we praise the genius of the author in their line of thinking......)
And I stopped reading the Penny Arcade comic after they made the joke out of the dick wolves thing and didn't take into consideration how offensive it can be to those who were raped to have that as a "consequence" in a game/gaming comic strip (consequently, I don't play games that do shit like that either because I care not to have shit like that thrown in my face).
I think that's about it for my list of things I've stopped with......
Hey... you lasted 10 seasons of NCIS which is quite a lot. I loved House. And I really love post-breakup House. The drug-fuelled hooker-laden bender that he takes is epic. I thought it had ups and downs.Kolby Jack said:
As for me, I had real issues with a few shows.
I stopped watching Gilmore Girls after
Rory stole a boat
My Wife and Kids just wasn't funny after the teen son's shenanigans got his girlfriend pregnant. Then the shenanigans became about that and just weren't funny.
Oh... and the Walking Dead detoured so much from the source material that I got bored because they killed really awesome characters who weren't dead in the books.
I stopped watching Bleach, Inuyasha, Naruto and One piece because I realized that I have wasted my years worth of time on stupidness. I cannot get back all these time lost 
Yeah, it's a common thing. Almost everything I get into will start getting worse one way or another later in the series. Some easy to explain, others not so much.
I find it difficult explaining why I stopped liking South Park half way through season 12. It was already slowly getting worse as the jokes became even more forced while slowly loosing the shock comedy impact, as well as them re-using old jokes/memes at awkward times. The main characters stopped acting like the immature, fun, impressionable loose screws in the dopey society I had come to love. And some of their ideas for story's just feel like they picked some popular trend and based it around that without making fun of it.
I find it difficult explaining why I stopped liking South Park half way through season 12. It was already slowly getting worse as the jokes became even more forced while slowly loosing the shock comedy impact, as well as them re-using old jokes/memes at awkward times. The main characters stopped acting like the immature, fun, impressionable loose screws in the dopey society I had come to love. And some of their ideas for story's just feel like they picked some popular trend and based it around that without making fun of it.
The 2011 or 1999 version?Rudger The Legend said:
Yeah, I felt the same. It should have been a buddy cop adventure show about Ein and Ed. The show had real potential outside of that, but it fell flat. I like my stories to have a beginning, middle, and end. Instead it was just one thing after another. Kinos Journey managed to pull off the formula for me, but that was the exception, not the rule. It doesn't help that the shows been hyped to high heaven.Laggyteabag said:
Full metal alchemist is the biggest one for me. Interesting premise overshadowed by anime hijinks and shonen action scenes. Unfortunately it got more predictable as time went on. Seriously, I can only listen to that guy complain about his height so many times.
I actually stuck with it for quite a bit longer than that, up until the TPB vol 13, otherwise known as the big Fables Crossover event, otherwise known as the big fuck you to everyone reading it. I actually quite liked the idea of the new main villian they introduced, but then, just as his storyline was gearing up, it stopped dead just so all the titles in the Fables universe could have a big mash up. Which for me, undermined all the characters, and was basically a huge demonstration of Bill Willingham disappearing up his own arse.TravelerSF said:
In terms of what I've stopped watching, I'd say every show that was crippled by the writers strike. I stopped watching both House and Bones particularly because they turned into dull soap operas instead of medical/forensic mystery/drama series.
Oh yeah, fair enough. The 2011 was sped up and commercialised it seems. Personally I preferred the 1999 original but I'm not sure it will be any different for you. It is still quite different though if you're interested.Rudger The Legend said:
I agree with you on Cowboy Bebop, including that the rival moments and so called main story elements all felt rushed.Fox12 said:
Which FMA are you talking about though? The original 2003 version or Brotherhood. Just curious.
I saw the original. The humor annoyed me. It had a darker tone then most shonen, but a lot of the humor and action scenes reminded me of Naruto or Soul Eater. I'm not a big shonen fan, so I stopped watching about halfway through. It had an interesting premise, though, especially with the whole Law of Equivalent Exchange bit. I just don't understand the fervor behind it. Maybe it just isn't my cup of tea.Nazulu said:
I reckon it's special, but you're 100% right, it really does over-do it at times. Becoming serious and dark 1 minute, to goofy or nonsensical the next. And Naruto being the same, except a lot more goofy more often, but it just really amazes me how many different powers they came up with for it, as well as some of those big fight scenes were really worth the wait.Fox12 said:
The only anime I consider near perfect (that I've seen) is the original Hunter X Hunter and original Bezerk anime. I just wished they ended in a more satisfying way.
Well, even then, it seemed pretty sluggish IMO. Most of the arcs didn't have a satisfying payoff. But don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it at certain moments.
Yeah, a lot of people found it too slow, but I found it just right since enough was happening in every episode, and it had enough big moments to feel exciting the whole way. Maybe I'm missing something.Rudger The Legend said:
Don't mean to rude Rudger, but if you press the quote button on the top end of a post it will automatically put in the reply column with the name you are responding too. Don't need to edit it at all either. Without my name there, I will not receive it in my inbox so I won't know.
Well, I stopped watching [insert Disney Channel live-action comedy show here] because I just forgot that it was still going... But seriously, every time I try to watch a new live-action show on Disney Channel, I just end up stop watching for no other reason than the notion of forgetting that the show was still going on said channel... It's like I could never enjoy any of that channel's live-action scheduled programming... and I unironically was enjoying Austin & Ally and, to a lesser extent, Girl Meets World...
Anyway, I seem to stop watching shows out of sheer forgetfulness... Very rarely would I stop watching something because it end up becoming something that made me wish that it could go back to how it was when the show first started, otherwise I would have stopped watching shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic what-would-seem-like "a long time ago"... I think...
Anyway, I seem to stop watching shows out of sheer forgetfulness... Very rarely would I stop watching something because it end up becoming something that made me wish that it could go back to how it was when the show first started, otherwise I would have stopped watching shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic what-would-seem-like "a long time ago"... I think...
This was the first anime that I ever got genuinely angry at, it's also the first anime I ever dropped. It's not that it's generic, it's that its SO BORING! I watched about 8 or so episodes, and NOTHING happened! No story, no action, no comedy, nothing even remotely heartwarming, and get this, NO FANSERVICE! It got to the point where I might've finished it if it had even that! It had absolutely NOTHING going on! There was roughly 10 seconds of foreshadowing in all 8 episodes I watched combined, but nothing else. It's like they tried to craft something as bland and boring as humanly possible but still be able to not call it a joke. It was just plain bad.Elfgore said:
Argh, fuck, what was the thread about again?
The Big Bang Theory. After the 800th "lol, nerds!" joke, I just had to stop. They weren't even jokes, just pauses to say "lol, nerds!", and an audience to laugh at it.
Stein's Gate just confused the hell out of me, so I ended up dropping it. I've heard it all comes together sooner or later as something amazingly brilliant though, so I might pick it up again.
Baccano! had too many characters for me to follow, and kept hopscotching the timelines. This was years ago though, so I might give it another go. Same with Durarara.
Most recently, I'd say SAO the first 13 or whatever episodes were alright, after the first big bad died things took a turn for the so utterly cliche I almost wanted to self inflict some amnesia to forget it.
Bleach was another, The SS arcs were great... forget the filler BS... than we get to HM stuff annnnd its a rehash of the SS arc. OK that was disappointing, but a few of the characters kept things interesting. But after Aizen I lost interest completely, Fullbringer and the Quincy shit I did not care about... at all. He could have finished with Aizen, or done something a bit less retarded than the Fullbringer/Quincy stuff and it would have been fine. Also I've grown to despise the Power Creep in Shounen manga with a most unholy passion. I'm sorry after a certain point things just become too stupid and the ante just cant be upped no more.
There were others, so many others, but I've forgotten them more or less. But in short typical anime crap, carried waaaay to far pisses me off, especially harem stuff. Holy shit I want to incinerate so many series because of that BS.
Although, this does remind me, I need to finish A Memory of Light. Stuck about 2/3s the way through that stupidly long Last Battle chapter, seriously it's like 300 pages for one chapter.
Bleach was another, The SS arcs were great... forget the filler BS... than we get to HM stuff annnnd its a rehash of the SS arc. OK that was disappointing, but a few of the characters kept things interesting. But after Aizen I lost interest completely, Fullbringer and the Quincy shit I did not care about... at all. He could have finished with Aizen, or done something a bit less retarded than the Fullbringer/Quincy stuff and it would have been fine. Also I've grown to despise the Power Creep in Shounen manga with a most unholy passion. I'm sorry after a certain point things just become too stupid and the ante just cant be upped no more.
There were others, so many others, but I've forgotten them more or less. But in short typical anime crap, carried waaaay to far pisses me off, especially harem stuff. Holy shit I want to incinerate so many series because of that BS.
Although, this does remind me, I need to finish A Memory of Light. Stuck about 2/3s the way through that stupidly long Last Battle chapter, seriously it's like 300 pages for one chapter.
I stopped watching Valvrave the Liberator because it just became too shit. I stuck it out all the way into the start of the second season because the premise had a lot of potential, but it just got worse and worse as time went on. Characters made decisions that were not only out of character but completely devoid of any possible reason or motivation. Oh, and there was the time that the main character quite explicitly raped another character and the show completely hand-waved it. It's like they let the pervy animator write that episode or something.
I stopped reading The Infernal City when it stopped being an Elder Scrolls book and became about cut-throat kitchen politics.
I stopped watching Family Guy when it became too much of a liberal circle-jerk. That and it just wasn't funny anymore.
I stopped watching Family Guy when it became too much of a liberal circle-jerk. That and it just wasn't funny anymore.
Actually it's the other way around, Every other Shonen anime is trying to become Hunter X hunter.... >_>Rudger The Legend said:
OT: I rarely do this as I rather not watch/read anything rather than stopping in the middle because of measly "Reasons".
But I stopped watching most animes that has gone past 50 Episodes and just stick to reading the manga/original source because of fillers. Hunter X Hunter is the only one that I want to keep continuing, but author went to Hiatus again, and the remake anime finally caught up and had to end it.
For Western Tv series, I mostly stopped watching them just because I got bored.
Yes, you need to watch Steins;Gate from start to end, because half of it is build up and half of it was the resolution.CpT_x_Killsteal said:
Yeah, Baccano can be very confusing, but the same with Steins;gate, the resolution is worth that long confusing build, it's another anime that "Makes sense when you watch it till the end.
Durarara, is much more simple than Baccano as there are no major timeline jumps, and only sticks to changing the POV to another character at another place at the same time of one event.