Shows you like, but hate the protagonist of
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:09 pmSo, I have semi-recently noticed that there are a number of shows that I like, while also hating the main character(s) of. I was wondering if there is anyone else who finds themselves in a similar spot?
Malcolm in the middle.
This show is just fantastic, I love the characters, I love how we never learn their family name. I love how wonderfully bizar the world is they live in, as in it's just bizzar enough to be the real world, and I can't think of a character I actually dislike, since they're all delightful.
Well, except Malcolm. I liked him at first, but I believe that was more due to him being the defacto main character and focus of the show, but I soon realized that he's actually much more the villain of the series than the hero. My favorites were always his parent, especially his dad Hal. Hal was like a more intelligent and more paranoid version of Homer, and I loved every second he was on screen. Francis's story was also more interesting than Malcolm's and towards the end of the series I actually got annoyed whenever focus would shift from Hal, Dewy, Reese, Francis, or Lois. I still don't really understand exactly why, but I just somehow stared hating him.
King of Queens.
Now, this is a show that kinda took me by surprise, well the realization that I hated the main characters at least. I remember when this first aired in Germany, I caught the pilot by accident, and I was so blown away by the fact that I landed on the channel in the exact moment that the show started that I watched it, despite not knowing what it was.
I enjoyed the pilot quite a bit and then watched the show regularly, even eagerly awaiting each new season, it was even the show that taught me what a "season" is. Up to then all the shows I watched hat already been completed and ran uninterrupted, but this was brand new at the time and so there were waiting times between each season. I enjoyed this show so much and I loved all the characters, I really, really liked how Doug and Carry seamed like an actual couple and how they both had to get used to living as one.
But as the show went on, Doug turned into this completely reckless asshole, in the beginning he was more like a stupid well-meaning goofball who could be a bit selfish at times and would accidentally make huge mistakes. But at the end of the series he was just completely malicious, and seemed like a totally selfish dick, it was as if the character had become self-aware, realized that he's the main character of a successful sitcom and decided he was god. Carry turned from this nice intelligent woman who at times had to reel in her husband or solve one of his stupid problems into a total selfish bitch. To me it felt like the writers only focused on the few moments of when she had to be the straight man, and then decided that she would be this 24/7. By the end of the show she was a total monster, she actually could only ever feel happy when other people suffered. I was surprised that the show didn't end with them actually divorcing as I couldn't see how anyone would actually want to live with either of them. I mean the last two seasons were basically just them one upping each other, and pulling the other one down.
I also ended up disliking Deacan after a few seasons, and was confused why he was still "friends" with Doug, since it looked like he actually hated Doug the last few seasons and seemed glad whenever he was gone.
So why did I stick by the show? Arthur, Spence and Danny. For me, those were the last saving graces of the show, I loved Arthur from the start, but as the show went on I found myself only really watching because of him and his high jinks. And of course Spence and Danny, who ended up being a more interesting and friendly couple to watch then the actual lead couple, and they weren't even a couple!
So what are your shows you dislike the main character of, or am I the only one with this disorder? XD
Malcolm in the middle.
This show is just fantastic, I love the characters, I love how we never learn their family name. I love how wonderfully bizar the world is they live in, as in it's just bizzar enough to be the real world, and I can't think of a character I actually dislike, since they're all delightful.
Well, except Malcolm. I liked him at first, but I believe that was more due to him being the defacto main character and focus of the show, but I soon realized that he's actually much more the villain of the series than the hero. My favorites were always his parent, especially his dad Hal. Hal was like a more intelligent and more paranoid version of Homer, and I loved every second he was on screen. Francis's story was also more interesting than Malcolm's and towards the end of the series I actually got annoyed whenever focus would shift from Hal, Dewy, Reese, Francis, or Lois. I still don't really understand exactly why, but I just somehow stared hating him.
King of Queens.
Now, this is a show that kinda took me by surprise, well the realization that I hated the main characters at least. I remember when this first aired in Germany, I caught the pilot by accident, and I was so blown away by the fact that I landed on the channel in the exact moment that the show started that I watched it, despite not knowing what it was.
I enjoyed the pilot quite a bit and then watched the show regularly, even eagerly awaiting each new season, it was even the show that taught me what a "season" is. Up to then all the shows I watched hat already been completed and ran uninterrupted, but this was brand new at the time and so there were waiting times between each season. I enjoyed this show so much and I loved all the characters, I really, really liked how Doug and Carry seamed like an actual couple and how they both had to get used to living as one.
But as the show went on, Doug turned into this completely reckless asshole, in the beginning he was more like a stupid well-meaning goofball who could be a bit selfish at times and would accidentally make huge mistakes. But at the end of the series he was just completely malicious, and seemed like a totally selfish dick, it was as if the character had become self-aware, realized that he's the main character of a successful sitcom and decided he was god. Carry turned from this nice intelligent woman who at times had to reel in her husband or solve one of his stupid problems into a total selfish bitch. To me it felt like the writers only focused on the few moments of when she had to be the straight man, and then decided that she would be this 24/7. By the end of the show she was a total monster, she actually could only ever feel happy when other people suffered. I was surprised that the show didn't end with them actually divorcing as I couldn't see how anyone would actually want to live with either of them. I mean the last two seasons were basically just them one upping each other, and pulling the other one down.
I also ended up disliking Deacan after a few seasons, and was confused why he was still "friends" with Doug, since it looked like he actually hated Doug the last few seasons and seemed glad whenever he was gone.
So why did I stick by the show? Arthur, Spence and Danny. For me, those were the last saving graces of the show, I loved Arthur from the start, but as the show went on I found myself only really watching because of him and his high jinks. And of course Spence and Danny, who ended up being a more interesting and friendly couple to watch then the actual lead couple, and they weren't even a couple!
So what are your shows you dislike the main character of, or am I the only one with this disorder? XD
