Media confessions

[grammarwoman]

My husband has given up being surprised when I know all about a movie or TV show despite having never seen it, because being fandom adjacent is a sort of omniscience.

However, I feel compelled to confess the gaps in my fannish experience, ie the things I haven't finished or never got around to seeing that it seems EVERYONE else has:

Leverage
Due South
Fringe (though this one is less my fault, as I was specifically asked to not watch it so my TV killing curse would spare it, and then never got back to it)
Orphan Black, season 3ish and onward
The Librarians, season 2 and onward
Avatar: TLA, season 1sh and onward
Legend of Korra
The Clone Wars
Star Wars Rebels
Slings and Arrows
Person of Interest
Supernatural
Parks & Rec
Community


At some point, I would love to get around to working my way through this list. It'll probably mean watching less HGTV, for starters.

So which do you think I should start with? And what fannishly popular media have you missed yourselves?

Comments

[ghost_lingering]

My opinions of what I've seen:

Leverage -- delightful but forgettable (delightful ot3)
Due South -- the canon didn't live up to what I wanted from it based on my experience with the fandom
Fringe -- I love the first two and a half seasons, HATE the end of season 3 and rage quit. I am not numb enough to watch the rest
Orphan Black, season 3ish and onward - SHOW OF MY HEART
Avatar: TLA, season 1sh and onward - SHOW OF MY HEART
Slings and Arrows - SHOW OF MY HEART. GEOFFREY WAS MY FIRST HAMLET (as in the first time I saw Hamlet, Paul Gross was Hamlet). Dislike Richard's plots and a few other things but the central trio, Anna, and all the theater ARE SO GOOD.
Supernatural - HISSSSSSSSSSS DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK
Parks & Rec - will never live up to the hype for me. I've tried watching it twice and bounced back HARD both times and then was made to feel bad by people who love it because my reasons for bouncing back apparently aren't as valid as their reasons for loving it. VERY BITTER HISSSS.
Community - First two seasons were SHOW OF MY HEART, but I dropped off mid-season 3 and haven't yet picked it back up (got fed up with Pierce and then Harmon was ousted and I had a mix of feelings about some of the season 3 episodes/plots, would like to finish it)

[ghost_lingering]

(I should say YMMV -- this is just my take on these shows, I don't expect anyone else to have the same reactions. People love what I hate and hate what I love and that's cool.)

[grammarwoman]

Hee! This is fandom; I would expect nothing less than a dizzying array of "Your show is not my show and that's OK".

Thank you for such a great response list! It sounds like I hit a few of your favorites and big disappointments. I will definitely take those into account. :)