DISQUS

TroyJMorris · 1 year ago

I was super excited about that show too. I really enjoyed My So Called (at least I remember enjoying it). I was too young to even be interested in 30something... but Quarterlife?

I had high hopes. I'm experiencing those mid-20's blues where you left college, have no fucking clue what you're doing or what you're supposed to be doing and instead of doing productive things to make dreams reality, you sit in a bar and bitch.

But this show blew and I still am blue. Annoying actors, annoying characters, trite, empty dialogue, idiotic gestures- the show was as hopeless and lost as the age bracket it was "intended" to address.

If this is the same product that was around on the internet, I doubt anyone really watched it and used it as visual and audible breaks from their porn searches.

isa · 1 year ago

I agree with you

Tom · 1 year ago

For sure

Uilleam · 1 year ago

Okay, I have just one thing to say: Duh! Did you miss the fact that there was a Debate on last night? Did you not here the ratings that the debate on MSNBC, and NBC property, pulled in? You're jumping the gun. If NBC believes the bad press on the matter, than they're jumping the gun too.

Jeez people, big picture.

Chris Lynn · 1 year ago

To me, quarterlife was never a web series. It was actually a TV series broken down and repurposed for the web. When approaching web series creation, writers and content creators have to look at the medium of online film as a platform that incorporates all of the social media tools. Unlike their passive TV watching counterparts, audiences on the web are interactive and want to be immersed in the show. Don't feed us content, engage us.

Ben · 1 year ago

I've not seen the show but it's worth being careful when implying low ratings = low quality.

Some of the best shows on TV have not had the recognition they deserve because people write them off based on the ratings. Veronica Mars springs to mind.

TroyJMorris · 1 year ago

Ben, you're completely right. SportsNight and Arrested Development join a long list of fellow television shows that, while great, lacked in ratings.

But I still stand by that this show blew. The main character was so damn whiny I had to go get a kilo of brie. Yeah, I pulled out the classics. I'll do it again too, if I have to.

Erin Van Schepen · 1 year ago

I discovered quartlife online about two weeks ago, and I was hooked right away. I liked how real it looked and how unpolished and raw it seemed online. For some reason when it was on my television it seemed to look cheep. I don't know what it was about the way it looked and felt online, but I thought that it represented the content more. The fact is that the show is based on the online generation. It shows people vlogging and I think having it on the internet represents the concept, and the generation more. I think they should just keep it online and just pick up sponsors.

cesar · 1 year ago

I saw 2 episodes of the show, and I thought it was good, I didnt know what the preivous directers had done, so to me as a show on its own, I liked it, it wasnt "bs" make believe stuff that tv shows have on now, i thought it was genuine, the show has great characters. I think everyone is who is upset or let down is trying to grasp somehting form the old shows they have directed and somehow see it in this one. But its a new show, it has its own vibe, so to the actors and directs of Quarterlife, i think the show was great. Your artist, not everyone will like your work, but there are those who do, and i am one of those and i apreciated the bases of the show and its characters.