I have trouble sitting through comedies where the premise of the jokes is "look at this awkward situation and laugh at it."
There are certain shows, like Inbetweeners, which I found hilarious, but which I couldn't watch for more than 10 minutes at a time because the awkwardness of it just made me feel too awkward.
I am the same way that type of watch a person in a super embarrassing situation for laughs makes me so uncomfortable i have to turn it off.
wombat_of_war said:
first would be an ellen page movie called hard candy. made me feel empathy for a vile monster which is a disturbing thing to get my head around and made me question so much of my empathy towards others.
Brilliant movie isnt it? It not only makes yous you empathize with a guy who is a child rapist and killer, but it makes you hate Paige's character who is the person punishing him for what he has done. The role of the punisher is one many people can imagine themselves in but the way she plays it makes you realize that you can fight evil with evil.
Queen Michael said:
I just can't stand any series where there's bullying. I actually didn't finish a manga book I'd bought because the bullying was just too much. (It was A Devil's Love Song book 1, in case you were wondering.)
Skull and Bean from Power Rangers are the most I can handle.
I know someone who saw just part of the sequel (the part with the woman and the baby in the car, and the accelerator pedal) and had to run out and be sick.
The only shows which make me even slightly uncomfortable are hospital dramas, I just can't watch them. The way they try to represent injuries in a realistic manner is good I guess, but creeps me out to no end, and there's always needles! I hate needles!
Can't think many things, probably that film Brothers, the confrontation scene was dang uncomfortable!
And Evil Dead remake's tree scene, ow ow. I never watched the original so it caught me off guard.
I know someone who saw just part of the sequel (the part with the woman and the baby in the car, and the accelerator pedal) and had to run out and be sick.
This kind of thing is why my example is so painful to watch.
The premise is a girl called Tomoko who has entered high school with the intention of becoming popular. The problem with that is that she has no social skills whatsoever and has learnt most of them from dating sims. It basically follows her putting herself into increasingly embarrassing situations.
It is just painful to watch.
The most recent episode I saw had her pretend to her younger cousin that a guy she was talking to is her boyfriend (the reality is they had only met briefly beforehand). The next day they both see the guy with another girl (presumably his actual girlfriend). The cousin decides to confront this guy and say it's wrong for him to be two timing Tomoko like that.
At that point I just had to stop watching, it was getting too awkward. A lot of people seem to feel that way apparently because they can relate to the character, but for me it is just not the kind of humour I can tolerate for too long. For similar reasons I have avoided The Inbetweeners, as I know it is that kind of humour.
See, I loved that show, and I probably relate to the character more than most others who says so. Because...
1) she brings a lot of that onto herself, due to her own naivety. When something bad happens, it's usually her own fault, because she's coming up with petty ways of making friends. Honestly, I'd be more offended if she does get her way through such means.
2) She's actually the meanest person in the anime. No one treats her cruelly or tease her or anything. Everyone is nice to her. She's the one who's constantly ridiculing people (in her mind, anyways.) Does this make her a bad character? Not necessarily. You don't particularly need a character to be likable to be a good character. From a comedic standpoint, I do think the character does work.
3) As someone who's been through that, I can say with honesty that it's simply a phase, a phase most people who go through similar experiences either want to forget about or look back and laugh at. The very end of the anime series leaves it open that she will or already has gotten over it. At some point you realize that stuff like that don't matter as much, and you learn to be content as to where you are. At the very least this would teach her not to try so hard and just let things come naturally.
Now, I know not everyone will find this funny, and I'm not saying you should. I just wanna give my own perspective on the series. I enjoyed the manga and thought the anime was a perfect adaptation of it. Also, I just like sick, dark humor. I completely get why people wouldn't find it funny, though. The complaints that get to me, though, is the ones that try to paint the main girl as a victim and that she'll never get better.
OT: Can't think of a time where I was so uncomfortable watching a show or movie that I stopped watching.
Closest I can think of is Apocalypse Zero. I couldn't get through the first episode on my first viewing, but it wasn't because I was disturbed or anything, but because on top of being violent, vulgar, vile, disgusting, and unpleasant, but it was also just really stupid and painfully slow. I eventually finished it, and I will say there are some parts that, to say the least, kept my attention, but it's still among the worst anime I've ever seen.
Then there's a manga I tried reading called Tokyo Red Hood, but again, as graphic as it was, the reason I stopped reading it was because it was stupid.
Everything after that one scene in Spec Ops: The Line made it the darkest military shooter I've ever played. I honestly want every fan of modern military shooters to try it out at least once.
Ah, gotcha. I didn't get to watch that until now, when I'm old enough to have my own Netflix account, so I didn't get their eemya's ingrained into my head.
You will get no disagreement from me from any of what you said. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying I dislike the show, and I do find it funny. I was going to mention that one of the reasons for why I don't feel too sorry for her is because she brings it upon herself. Like you said, she is also not a particularly nice person herself, she thinks all of the girls she knows are bitches purely because they get the kind of attention she would like.
It's not that the show itself does anything wrong, it is just that kind of humour is very difficult for me to sit through in general. I think I like Watamote despite that purely because of the absurdity of most of the situations.
I have trouble sitting through comedies where the premise of the jokes is "look at this awkward situation and laugh at it."
There are certain shows, like Inbetweeners, which I found hilarious, but which I couldn't watch for more than 10 minutes at a time because the awkwardness of it just made me feel too awkward.
This kind of thing is why my example is so painful to watch.
The premise is a girl called Tomoko who has entered high school with the intention of becoming popular. The problem with that is that she has no social skills whatsoever and has learnt most of them from dating sims. It basically follows her putting herself into increasingly embarrassing situations.
It is just painful to watch.
The most recent episode I saw had her pretend to her younger cousin that a guy she was talking to is her boyfriend (the reality is they had only met briefly beforehand). The next day they both see the guy with another girl (presumably his actual girlfriend). The cousin decides to confront this guy and say it's wrong for him to be two timing Tomoko like that.
At that point I just had to stop watching, it was getting too awkward. A lot of people seem to feel that way apparently because they can relate to the character, but for me it is just not the kind of humour I can tolerate for too long. For similar reasons I have avoided The Inbetweeners, as I know it is that kind of humour.
Yup, I actually tried watching "Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui" but I only got to episode 4 before I had to stop. It's a pretty decent show, funny, but it was just too awkward for me to keep watching it. I think I would have handled it a lot better if it was cut into 10 minute half episodes, like Detroit Metal City.
I hobbling scene in Misery, that was intense. I know it was supposed to be and it did an amazing job, but every time I watch it I can barely look at the screen, its brutal! Still, amazing scene from an amazing movie, WATCH IT PEOPLE!
I'm pretty bad for misogynist flavored stuff. When I see that american pie or lady's man type of stuff I get a bit queasy.
I've sort of got myself in a love/hate, empathetic/objectifying sort of relationship with women so it sort of gets me into a battle with my conflicting thoughts...hehe
Otherwise just general television and anime that has shitty vocal dubs.
Probably the only movie/TV show I flat out turned off was "Tetsuo: The Iron Man". For those who've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about.
I concur with someone else about shows where the entire premise is basically "look how awkward and socially inept this person is, and how nothing ever goes right for them!". "Hello Ladies" is one example, though you don't feel too bad for the main character because he's kind of an ass, but "The In-betweeners" is another good one. Hilarious show, but after a while you kept wanting SOMETHING to go right for the characters.
Also, for those who watched "Party Down", the terrible things that happened to their goofy manager in the first season. At first it was kind of funny, but after a while it began to feel kind of twisted and mean.
Anytime I see surgery on television or movies, I feel exactly as uncomfortable as I do in hospitals and clinics. Which is to say, pretty uncomfortable.
Strangely enough, blood and guts generally don't bother me. Put it in a medical context however, and I start to feel malaise.
This. I love watching horror films and none of them really bothered me until this. I am only just now getting over how disgusting that film was and I watched it well over a year ago. Worst thing ever. I don't even want to think about the sequel.
Spending any amount of time with my mother means having to sit through the shows she likes. She likes TLC.
Weep for me.
The stupidity of some of them I can stand, but then there are shows like Long Island Medium and What Not to Wear (Or, as I call them, "The Fourth Reich Power Hour"), where the hosts prey on insecure, desperate people, and what's worse, my mother finds this shit heartwarming.
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