4 Reasons Not To Watch 100 Questions

This summer has brought the restless masses yet another bland romantic comedy, NBC’s 100 Questions. It’s boring, predictable, and hopeless only one of the many reasons not to watch. But in case you haven’t been convinced yet, here are four more reasons not to waste your leisure time on this series:

1) Cookie Cutter Characters

American Television has seen many stereotypical characters come and go. Whether it’s the action flick or the horror film, we buffs know our stuff. So it’s no surprise when I say the characters in 100 questions are run-of-the-mill. There’s the dumb girl, the crazy smarty-pants, the kind one that just can’t find love, the good-at-heart richie, and the sweet geek. You name the most average characters, 100 Questions has them. All I can say is “get me someone more relatable.” I don’t know about you but I haven’t met anyone remotely like this “average” TV crew. Please, get us some fun characters, like Tom from Parks and Recreation or House from, well, House.

2) Mirror Mirror

Talk about déjà vu! Only five episodes have been released and I already feel like I’m watching What I Like About You all over again. This entire series is a horrible mashup of Bridget Jones’ Diary and Friends, complete with a British protagonist aching for love. For goodness sake, stop being a reflection of the other famous pieces in this genre and get some personality.

3) Stuck in the Past

Cliché lines complete with the same fake repeated scenery leave the viewer in a blast from the past. The 90s era playbook that this series follows just doesn’t cut it with an audience accustomed to The Office and True Blood. 100 Questions needs to get with the program because it can’t stand a chance against everyone else when it’s so reliant on the things (mainly clichés and plotlines) we’re already sick of.

4) Definitely not written by Shakespeare

You’d think that if they’ve made the show so generic they would at least polish it. Not the case. This series is a complete mess. We know who’ll end up with who, not because of the character hints or on screen chemistry but because of the huge ugly bricks that the screenwriters throw at us. We don’t want to leave the poor protagonist with the womanizing Mr. rich because it just doesn’t fit but the writers keep pushing it on us. News Flash! The scenes that are meant to be soooo romantic are actually really awkward because rich boy and Ms. Protagonist have no foundation for a real relationship. The creation of romance is like the building of a house, brick by brick. The writers don’t understand this and seem intent on dropping the roof on us viewers without a single brick cemented in place.