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Originally Posted by huzaifa47
So just a random question for you guys, I used to watch Burn Notice & Chuck(First two seasons religiously) then started to tail off during third season towards more "intelligent"(Can 't find the best word for it, brainy?) shows like Flashforward, Fringe, Mentalist etc.....Has anyone else been losing interest in these shows because the cheesy over the topness and most importantly the Repetitive nature of these shows is getting too much? :/ With Burn Notice its always helping out some new person in need and Chuck its always some other bad guy/situation he flashes on.
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Now, the only two shows I watch from the ones you listed are Chuck and Fringe, so this is only based on those two. I don't find Fringe to be particularly intelligent, definitely not much more so than Chuck. Chuck is cheesy and over the top, and the humour isn't that intelligent (certainly not when compared to something like Arrested Development). But the humour is quirky and full of pop culture references. It definitely requires a bit of intelligence to keep pace with it (although the action parts have always been a bit brainless, but that's intentional). It's a bit Buffy-esque that way.
Fringe, on the other hand, is usually pretty predictable. It doesn't require too much thought to keep up with, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's still good enough to keep my interest, but it isn't what I would qualify as intelligent. Certainly not in the same way Lost, or The Wire are intelligent.
My two cents at least.
