This show is unwatchable as an adult
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Navaros — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 08:45 AM)
Well, that speaks to another fundamental problem with the show. They are supposed to be monsters, yet they
never
do anything monster-like.
They might as well not even be monsters at all, since their monsterness is almost 100% irrelevant to the show. The only
very slight
relevance that their monsterness has is that they make unfunny joke comments about being old and undead and things like that. -
jmarkoff2 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 10:44 AM)
My main problem with the show is that the conflict of each episode revolves around everyone being stupid. If the characters had a lick of sense, the plot would be short circuited. It would have been better to have the Munsters be smart and overcome a true conundrum. The stupidity of the characters suggests to me that the writers were extremely lazy.
The fantasy angle isn't much fun either, for the simple reason that it violates itself as discussed in an earlier thread:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10057773/board/thread/252899600 -
Tresix — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 04:01 PM)
That was the joke: that the family were monsters, but they were actually kind and gentle people. They couldn't figure out why people were afraid of them. Also, as far as they were concerned, everyone else in the world were the scary ones. Remember, they think Marilyn is the "disfigured" one!
Plus, Herman was never supposed to be the brightest bulb in the marquee. Lewis and Gwynne were quite a comedy team (although I wasn't a big fan of "Car 54, Where Are You?").
Annoying the world since 1960! -
jmarkoff2 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 11:35 AM)
The idea that normal people are scary to the Munsters would have been neat, but wasn't followed through. Whenever Grandpa's magic conjures up an ideal beauty, it's something that looks like Marilyn. And Herman and Grandpa always talk about ideal men like Frank Sinatra or Rock Hudson which also violates the consistency.
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audierules — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 09:01 AM)
I recently started to watch the show for the first time since I was a kid and I disagree 100% with you. I even find the show to be way funnier in my adult years. Great cast including both Marilyn's , insane scripts, super supporting cast that did a great job being scared , fantastic sets, a lot of fun.