The second to last episode of TWD, where the teenage girl (Beth or something?) has her first drink of moonshine (her first ever drink of alcohol, no less!) without so much as cringing just made me laugh out loud.

I would say that other than Phil and Jay, pretty much every other character on the show is some kind of one-dimensional stereotype. even Phil and Jay are just barely rescued from the "bumbling dad" and "stern father in law" stereotypes due to the great performances by Ty Burrell and Ed O'Neill

How about when the smartest person in a show is portrayed to be a misanthropic, anti-social asshole? this trope has GOT to go. it used to be fresh at one time, but it's just tired and worn out now. what's more, it's COMPLETELY unrealistic. these genius assholes on tv are treated like the second coming of fucking…

The worst part is the musical montages don't accomplish or show some insight into ANYTHING on that dumb show. The Americans has musical montages too, but they highlight specific character mindsets and thoughts that go along with the words and the tone of the music. SoA had these corny-ass montages because Kurt Sutter…

Have to agree with Whovian on this one. True Detective is told through the lens of two damaged, emotionally unstable men who are not exactly aces at healthy relationships with women. and look where it got them by the end of the show: Marty is a fat, lonely private detective who doesn't get to see his wife and children…

Jason Bourne was weepy? There was like a mini romance between him and Franka Potente's character in the second movie, but 99% of that trilogy was Bourne kicking ass and taking names.

I find it confusing that Modern Family gets praised for its "realistic" depiction of gay couples, when Cameron and Mitchell are portrayed as flamboyant, fussy, whiny, obnoxious, catty, gossipy and overall pretty much every single negative gay stereotype there is

He realized that he works for the AVClub so yeah, WASTED

Carcosa in True Detective looked fucking amazing though. and it was not really a secret lair as much as it was a bunch of tunnels decorated with fucked up shit befitting a psycho like Errol Childress

There was an episode of Frasier where Frasier and Niles and their dad were stuck in a cab with the driver about to give birth. After proclaiming themselves experts in the medical field (they're psychiatrists if you're unaware), they both failed hilariously to help the woman push the baby along. It ended up being their…

Not saying it doesn't happen in real life, but don't you agree that a lot of media uses it as a crutch to appear more "shocking" and "edgy"? I do think it was done well in True Detective and Hannibal though

I agree, but there's this weird stigma that women who don't want a family must be emotionless ice queens or something. Unfortunately, that is how most "strong" and "career-focused" women are actually portrayed in most media.

I think Harry Potter actually had a nice subversion of this. the first 4-5 books showed Harry as the only one who could defeat Voldemort, but we later find out that it could have just as easily been Neville Longbottom. in the end, Harry only barely wins against Voldemort, at the cost of some of his closest friends…

Hans Moleman getting a football in the groin in that episode of Simpsons, however, was gold. that whole episode was just a perfect takedown of egotism in filmmaking

Breaking Bad is also the only show i can think of off the top of my head that used an adorable little baby as part of the climax of its darkest, most horrifying episode without it seeming exploitative.

The Middle is a nice exception to this. The Heck family look like they're barely just getting by, what with their shabby house, old car and unfashionable clothes. It also does "jobs that sitcom characters do" pretty well too. The dad is a manager at a no-name quarry in a punk Indiana town and the mom is an assistant…

To be quite honest, it really doesn't happen that often on GoT. The thing is, the magnitude of the deaths when they do happen is so great that people focus on it as being representative of the show and totally blow it out of context

I had a spiritual awakening when i saw Alexandra Daddario's tits.

I guess i'm the only one…

I went to a pretty tough high school with lots of frequent violence, fights and general drama, and we STILL didn't have all these lame cliques you see in movies and tv shows. furthermore, everyone, especially in the higher grades, usually did get along very well. the "smart kids" got along with the "athletic" kids etc…