Hey Pandas, What’s A Television Show Or A Movie That You Were Sure Was Going To Be Awful, But Turned Out To Be Awesome? (Closed)

Harry Potter. I thought it would be nerdy and boring, but it was very fun to watch.

The Good Place.
A show about the afterlife in heaven piqued my interest.
So many twists and turns that I didn't see coming, and according to the podcast, many of the cast members didn't either.
I love it so much, I can't count the number of times I've watched it and learn something new each time.

Baby Driver. I thought it was the standard heist/getaway stuff with too much special effects - but then music happened.

the dragon prince (netflix series). didn't want to watch it but it's actually really deep and has a good storyline

A few

Demon Slayer. I saw a few memes but thought it’d have a slow plot movement. Super good! Shame only season one is on Netflix.

Wakfu! It’s a Netflix series (based off a video game) about a young Elyotrope named Yugo. When I first watched it, I was young and getting into Anime. I saw it and said “Bro I thought this was anime” but stuck around for a tiny bit. Needless to say I quickly loved it.

Creeped Out. Another Netflix series. Thought it was a ripoff of Goosebumps but it’s pretty damn good! Plus you get curious about the lore of The Curious

His Dark Materials.

Ik it sounds weird, but ngl it’s quite an amazing show.

Dark (German Netflix series).

I watched the teaser and it didn't give much away other than it involved a teenager disappearing and had different time periods. Decided to watch it not having any expectations.

Wow was I surprised.The story is very intricate (which I love) but balances explaining mysteries while introducing new ones rather than just a massive reveal at the end. It was clearly written with a coherent vision from start to finish. It's just 3 seasons but if you watch it, this makes total sense for the show. Bravo to the show's creators!

Sex education on Netflix ;)
It turned out to be funny, real, taking many subjects in consideration and whatever subject was in there, could have happened to anyone.
I really hope there will be a next season.

Not me, but my parents were invited to screen a live taping of Hee-Haw before it was actually broadcast on tv (a long time ago obviously) and then had to fill out a form about their thoughts and opinions on it. My mom hated it and said it could not possibly ever be successful on tv. My dad absolutely loved it and predicted it could be really popular.

Disney’s Zombies. It’s a Disney channel movie about a town where zombies exist. The zombies are intelligent and highly sentient, basically just humans with green hair and pasty skin. But the town still segregates them and has a lot of anti-zombie laws and stuff. But the main characters freshman year of high school is the first day that Zombies are allowed to attend a human school (although it’s still segregated). The movie basically follows them overcoming prejudice and also falling in love because it’s Disney. There’s two of these movies, with a third one coming out on July 15th. The second one is about werewolves coming to the town, and the third is about aliens.

My sisters started watching these movies about a year ago. At first I was like, holy c**p, these are so stupid. But then they started to grow on me. Now I really recommend them, they’re kind of stupid but they absolutely grow on you and the songs are good.

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