Top 10 Things that Started Out Being Good but Then Became Extremely Lame and Pretentious

The first 10 season were gold, but oh my...
It started to go downhill very fast.

Never really read them that much.

One that I could actually agree with. The first game was fine as it is; a tale of two survivors in a plague apocalypse doing whatever it takes to survive, in addition to showcasing a surrogate father-daughter relationship and what someone would do for their loved ones, regardless of the extremity of their actions. Harsh and brutal, yes, but there's a theme that most can appreciate.
Enter the sequel, where said relationship buildup and potential is thrown out the window and we end up getting a ridiculous revenge plot that goes nowhere and then expects us to feel bad for a character that makes a wholly unsympathetic impression and characterization. Add in the overdone Aesop of "Revenge is Bad" and execute it badly, alongside other sorts of questionable narrative decisions and you've got the Video Game equivalent of an Oscar Bait movie.
The Second game was trash.

I personally think The Bends was mediocre, and everything after OK Computer was amazing. I respect your opinion though, Radiohead isn't for everyone.
OK Computer was a good album, but I haven't really enjoyed listening to anything after that. It wasn't an easy listen.

I only remember it for having that one ending.
Thankfully it's getting a good comeback.

It went from making some of THE best platformers that video games have had so far (Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter and Uncharted) to making one of THE most pretentious, generic and boring "edgy and realistic action game" franchises ever (The Last Of Us)
Oh yeah. That company.

WIR 1: Isn't exactly GREAT, but still is a pretty good version of Ready Player One
WIR 2: Has extremely flashy graphics, a Social Justice agenda, a downright-painfully huge amount of Internet product placement, and practically nothing else that is worth mentioning

You do know that Metallica actually went back to their Thrash roots in Death Magnetic, right.
Also, you're excluding the fact that Megadeth and Anthrax technically tried to do the same thing as Metallica by also changing their style of music back in the 90s (Megadeth's music got softer starting with Countdown to Extinction and Anthrax dabbled into Alt Metal and even Rap). The reason was because Thrash Metal became a fad during the mid-late 90s and wasn't as commercially or critically successful as it used to be back in the 80s.
But then that begs me the question; how is changing your sound "pretentious"? Loads (pun intended) of other bands and musicians change their style and sound in some way or another, so what's the issue here? They sold out? They're not as good as they used to be back in the day? To be honest, those are now pretty weak arguments due to how we throw it around and slap it onto different artists to justify it as being bad. Selling out or changing your ...more
Lulu did suck, but they are still very good.
It trying to turn itself into an "alt rock" band immediately comes to mind

Nickelodeon should hire someone who has some good experience in cartoons like egnomac.
The only shows I watch on this network now a days are The Loud House and The Casagrandes.
The newer shows suck, I've just completely lost faith in it.

Don't really watch anime, but the 2017 movie wasn't good at all.


Each one was worse than the last. Let's hope The Matrix 4 ends that cycle.

This shouldn't be on the list. The game has been around for over five years, yet it's still a well known game and meme on the internet.
Pacifist Undertale genuinely is one of THE best games on Earth,
but then Genocide Undertale reveals how deeply Undertale's head is up its butt


They've been getting extremely lazy, and you can't watch anything without having to pay for their streaming service, or just getting a DVD.


Like a lot of shows on this list it started good then quickly went downhill before sent to the Nicktoon network where it died a slow and painful death.
There only needed to be two films, tops.

The very first video on the website was "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 23rd, 2005, uploaded by Jawed Karim. ...read more.

Linkin Park Started out as a great band, then it became slightly worse with every album until everything completely imploded with A Thousand Suns. That was when they became an outright bad band. Ever since Chester's death, they've been trying to continue the band but they've been unable to get anything done since his death.


Once John K was fired the show really dipped in quality and got so much worse in season 4 and don't even get me started on Adult Party Cartoon.

Wrong. Every Pixar movie is a masterpiece (Even The Good Dinosaur and Cars 2)! This company always makes perfect movies with heartwarming and unique messages along with remarkably detailed animation with interesting storylines. Pixar isn't getting lame and pretentious. If anything, it may be getting better. Can't wait for those new movies like Luca (coming out this summer), Turning Red, and Lightyear!
Inside Out was the last good film they made.
