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Post by drystyx on Oct 29, 2023 4:25:00 GMT
I'm seeing people speak about the TV show for the first time ever.
I barely even knew it was a TV show. I remember it being on, and being bored by some people who looked like models who spoke lines that didn't sound natural, about things that made no sense. The dialog was forced and poorly written, so I don't blame the actors for the show being a drag.
But did it teach people to speak in forced ways? I think I hear some people speak in such "forced unnatural tones" lately, like they're reading from poor scripts. Did this show make people think that speaking like dorks was cool and natural? I understand if that is the case. But seriously, wasn't it just too boring and out of touch with people to get into?
So, did it have a cult following of really weird people?
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Post by Power Ranger on Oct 30, 2023 1:03:44 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 3, 2023 20:48:35 GMT
I don't know if it has a cult following, but I did notice recently (as in past few months, not just in the days since Matthew Perry died) an inordinate number of people wearing "Friends" t-shirts and sweaters, which I found strange considering that the show ended what, twenty years ago?
Personally I liked it and watched it regularly for a few years, but I got tired of it and stopped watching maybe two seasons before it ended.
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Post by Catman on Nov 3, 2023 20:50:10 GMT
As Catman understands it, the cult fans sacrificed a virgin every year to ensure the series did not get cancelled.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 4, 2023 16:30:18 GMT
It was a very popular show, so not a cult show. I thought it was highly amusing … not many shows can make me laugh as often as a typical episode of Friends. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FriendsGo to “Ratings” After its first season it was never out of the top 5 ranked shows. That’s nine years on the trot. |
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Post by C-3POtatoe on Nov 5, 2023 14:07:45 GMT
I don't believe that it did.
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 5, 2023 22:10:51 GMT
In my understanding, a cult show or movie is one that is followed by a dedicated group of people yet is unknown or ignored by the larger viewing audience. An extremely popular show, like Friends, widely loved and awarded cannot, by definition, be cult.
My only concessions to sci-fi geekiness (Star Trek and Doctor Who) were cult when I first signed on (1966 & 1983 respectively) but I would no longer consider them thus because their fan followings are so huge.
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Post by Meseia on Nov 8, 2023 2:58:13 GMT
Friends was an extremely popular show. People would get together and watch it in bars, back when that was a thing. It landed in the time of my life when I was out and about and didn't watch television so I've only ever seen a couple episodes.
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Post by drystyx on Nov 9, 2023 3:04:13 GMT
In my understanding, a cult show or movie is one that is followed by a dedicated group of people yet is unknown or ignored by the larger viewing audience. An extremely popular show, like Friends, widely loved and awarded cannot, by definition, be cult. My only concessions to sci-fi geekiness (Star Trek and Doctor Who) were cult when I first signed on (1966 & 1983 respectively) but I would no longer consider them thus because their fan followings are so huge. I've never met anyone, not one soul, who ever spoke about "Friends". Of course maybe it just never came up, but I work around a large number of people, and get a lot of customers who bet at my window, and have a lot of internet game friends, and see lots of people at the park, and have a lot of relatives. Not one ever mentioned anything that I could identify as "Friends", but then I probably wouldn't recognize anything that referred to them. Still, it's not "popular" by any means, except among a cult audience, of which you must be a part. |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 9, 2023 4:56:44 GMT
In my understanding, a cult show or movie is one that is followed by a dedicated group of people yet is unknown or ignored by the larger viewing audience. An extremely popular show, like Friends, widely loved and awarded cannot, by definition, be cult. My only concessions to sci-fi geekiness (Star Trek and Doctor Who) were cult when I first signed on (1966 & 1983 respectively) but I would no longer consider them thus because their fan followings are so huge. I've never met anyone, not one soul, who ever spoke about "Friends". Of course maybe it just never came up, but I work around a large number of people, and get a lot of customers who bet at my window, and have a lot of internet game friends, and see lots of people at the park, and have a lot of relatives. Not one ever mentioned anything that I could identify as "Friends", but then I probably wouldn't recognize anything that referred to them. Still, it's not "popular" by any means, except among a cult audience, of which you must be a part. "Friends" ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. That says something about the size of its audiences. Quoting Wikipedia: "The show ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its eighth season. The series finale aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth-most-watched series finale in television history and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s. Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time." True cult series, for example "The Prisoner" had only one season of 17 episodes. "Star Trek - TOS" ran 3 seasons. BTW, I have never seen an episode of "Friends." I guess I just prefer cult shows. |
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