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JohnCavil01 t1_j1wwa90 wrote

I think the problem that your running into is that despite the internet insisting to the contrary - Wednesday is fundamentally a fairly typical teen drama.

Of course, I also seem to be one of the only people who finds Wednesday as written and portrayed in the show to be completely insufferable so what do I know…

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IAmActionBear t1_j1xh434 wrote

I had similar feelings towards the show. Once it kind of hit me that it was more or less just a teen drama, I found the show very predictable and a little insufferable, largely because of Wednesday herself. I think the show was largely okay, but I definitely don’t understand the magnitude of the “hype”. But I mean, I also just might fall outside of the target audience/demographic and I’m sure there’s folks here who would think stuff I’m crazy about as just “basic” or whatever.

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Levonorgestrelfairy1 t1_j1x3i8x wrote

Its just like Strager Things

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thedon572 t1_j1y9wwp wrote

Woah woah woah woah woah. Whats wrong with stranger things

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Levonorgestrelfairy1 t1_j20o22h wrote

Nothing, its just that it started as yet another Netflix teen show, no one have expectations for how big it became.

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dehehn t1_j20rpi0 wrote

It's definitely wasn't made as "just another teen show". It was pitched and created as an homage to Stephen King books/movies of the 80s. And the young kids weren't even teens and were all nerdy outcasts. There was also an entire adult subplot. The teens only made up 1/3 of the show and they weren't the main characters.

When I saw the first trailers and info it never struck me as "yet another teen show". It seemed refreshingly different and something I instantly wanted to watch.

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Levonorgestrelfairy1 t1_j20yy0h wrote

Its nothing different than a season one of any other Netflix show though. Literally the same formula as Wednesday. Ya show that cashes in on nostalgia

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dehehn t1_j22l7gz wrote

Yeah it's quite a bit different. There's a reason it's one of the biggest shows Netflix ever made. Because it's different.

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platitood t1_j1xxq0o wrote

>Wednesday is fundamentally a fairly typical teen drama.

Yes. I'm not interested in in per se, but it's high quality. When my teen wants to watch I am happy to watch too.

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OriginalUsername8000 t1_j212j4g wrote

I enjoyed Wednesday for the fun of it and taking it as it was. I'm not the target audience, but it was watchable. Wednesday herself WAS insufferable. The character doesn't really work well when she's outside of the confines of the Mansion or a certain summer camp. And as written, she was way too overconfident and shitty to people despite her constant failure.

I think I had as much fun with laughing at the ridiculousness of everything as anything else though (I was almost crying laughing at the last episode). My wife enjoyed it in a more legitimate way.

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