[Marsh.]

No.

Majority of series are "dull" when watched out of context 13 years later after the world has significantly changed, no live feed, knowing what happens next, nobody else talking about it.

It's kind of why I don't understand people who watch reality shows years after the fact as part of the viewing experience is the "here and now" aspect.

It would be like watching BB1 now and saying wow how crap is that. Shouldn't have been popular. Forgetting that BB1 in 2000 was groundbreaking.

You have to put each series in the context and time it was made.