Unpopular opinions thread [Archive] - Page 6

Andrew

07-13-2010, 10:35 AM

The Army of Darkness movie isn't that great

None of them are, with Evil Dead 1 and 2 being particularly bad.

Army of Darkness is the only one that isn't thoroughly mediocre, but it's still bad.

jason hissong

07-13-2010, 10:54 AM

i far prefer the suburbs to the city. cities are great places to visit but i couldn't stand to live in one. it would drive me nuts. and the biggest pet peeve in the world is city people who think that simply by living in the city they are better than us suburbanites. love the city all you want, that's great you love where you live. but don't act like someone in the burbs is a 3rd class citizen.

Agreed. Chicago's a great place to visit, but the only reason I'd move there is for a girl.

I could not disagree more with these two statements.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 11:05 AM

I could not disagree more with these two statements.

I don't understand the point of the suburbs.

They make people fat. More pollution. You can't walk anywhere. No nightlife. Displeasing to the eye. No character.

jason hissong

07-13-2010, 11:06 AM

I don't understand the point of the suburbs.

They make people fat. More pollution. You can't walk anywhere. No nightlife. Displeasing to the eye. No character.

Exactly.

And I grew up in the suburbs!

Marcdachamp

07-13-2010, 11:11 AM

I don't understand the point of the suburbs.

They make people fat. More pollution. You can't walk anywhere. No nightlife. Displeasing to the eye. No character.

I'm not advocating one over the other (both have their perks), but space and privacy are niceties that exist more in the burbs than in the city.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 11:15 AM

I'm not advocating one over the other (both have their perks), but space and privacy are niceties that exist more in the burbs than in the city.

Yes, but I'd much sooner achieve those things in a small town or small city over the suburbs. At least then there would be a definable core with a "main street" and some character. Also, sidewalks that serve their purpose.

CougarTrace

07-13-2010, 11:17 AM

I don't understand the point of the suburbs.

They make people fat. More pollution. You can't walk anywhere. No nightlife. Displeasing to the eye. No character.

I'm not fat. Lived in one for a long time now. Less pollution in my area than in the city. My suburb is quite beautiful with many trees and its better for my family.

jason hissong

07-13-2010, 11:22 AM

I'm not fat. Lived in one for a long time now. Less pollution in my area than in the city. My suburb is quite beautiful with many trees and its better for my family.

Because one person, or family, is representative of suburbanites as a whole?

Right.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 11:23 AM

Because one person, or family, is representative of suburbanites as a whole?

Right.

He doesn't "know a guy." He is that guy.

CougarTrace

07-13-2010, 11:24 AM

Because one person, or family, is representative of suburbanites as a whole?

Right.

I don't see any weight differences between people in the city and suburbs. All the same. At least here that is.

but we all are different and have different tastes. When I retire, I wouldn't mind living in the heart of a city where I can walk to more places. But, not now.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 11:26 AM

I don't see any weight differences between people in the city and suburbs. All the same. At least here that is.

but we all are different and have different tastes. When I retire, I wouldn't mind living in the heart of a city where I can walk to more places. But, not now.

*Texans being fat joke.*

DAVE

07-13-2010, 11:27 AM

CougarTrace

07-13-2010, 11:45 AM

*Texans being fat joke.*

I've been to downtown Seattle and stayed there more than a few times. People are people and come in different sizes and shapes everywhere.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 11:48 AM

I've been to downtown Seattle and stayed there more than a few times. People are people and come in different sizes and shapes everywhere.

Plenty of fat people here, but Seattle is one of the more fit cities in the country. Lot of tourists downtown.

Also, it's a fact that the south is fatter than the rest of the country.

Edit: According to Forbes, Seattle is the 4th fittest city in the country, while Houston is the 9th most "sluggish."

SidekicksRevenge

07-13-2010, 11:50 AM

Also, it's a fact that the south is fatter than the rest of the country.

Back off, we have an affinity for fried things that you'll never appreciate.

(Gonna have a salad for dinner now....)

The Human Target

07-13-2010, 01:05 PM

New York City is a filthy grey pile of shit.

There, I feel better.

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:08 PM

New York City is a filthy grey pile of shit.

There, I feel better.

Go on wit yo bad self!

RegularJoe

07-13-2010, 01:12 PM

For all the suburbanites who prefer to live there and not in cities- thanks. Also, when visiting New York City- thanks for staying around Times Square. I'm sure it's really cool for you guys to visit what is basically a giant shopping mall. I know people in the suburbs seldom have opportunities to visit malls. ;)

i'm not saying cities are BAD. i think they're great places to visit. but living in one doesn't make you better than the people living in the burbs. there are just as many fat ignorant fucks in the city as there are in the burbs.

Stark Raving

07-13-2010, 01:13 PM

Boondock Saints is a shitty, shitty movie.

Joe Kalicki

07-13-2010, 01:14 PM

Marvel's solicitations are purposely vague and misleading.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 01:22 PM

Vamps in X-Men? Must be a coincidence that Marvel's most commercial franchise just happens to be fighting vampires which, as accident would have it, are fortuitously uber-popular right now. Must. Be. A. Coincidence.

And it's not just Twilight, it's vampires in general that happen to be in fad. Twilight was the catalyst, but vampires are the new pirates. (Or were zombies the new pirates, which would make vampires the new zombies?)

Anyway, everyone knows that X-fans are the least sophisticated of comic book readers.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 01:25 PM

Boondock Saints is a shitty, shitty movie.

Seconded! One of the few movies I've walked out of. Even Willem Dafoe was bad. The director must have had to use forceps to pull such a bad performance out of Dafoe.

Joe Kalicki

07-13-2010, 01:27 PM

Passively antagonistic posters who don't necessarily break any rules deserve to be suspended.

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:29 PM

i'm not saying cities are BAD. i think they're great places to visit. but living in one doesn't make you better than the people living in the burbs. there are just as many fat ignorant fucks in the city as there are in the burbs.

Living in a city doesn't make you a better person, it just means you live in a better place.

costello

07-13-2010, 01:34 PM

Passively antagonistic posters who don't necessarily break any rules deserve to be suspended.

Even though this includes me, I second the motion.

Rosemary's Baby

07-13-2010, 01:34 PM

jamestolliver

07-13-2010, 01:35 PM

I could never live in a suburb. It seems like factory made living. There is no culture, art, interesting quirks, nothing. Just the same houses over and over again with the occasional Wal-mart or Best Buys. Plus, they're terrible for the environment. :)

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:36 PM

Slewo.O

07-13-2010, 01:38 PM

And based on maybe or two occurrences this merits a full-on crossover?

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:39 PM

And based on maybe or two occurrences this merits a full-on crossover?

I don't understand what you're trying to ask.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 01:44 PM

Twilight was pretty popular in 1982, wasn't it?

http://stormantic.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/storm-vampire.jpg

Dude, just because it's not the first story in the world with the X-Men and vampires doesn't mitigate the fact that it's an AWFUL BIG COINCIDENCE that they're going back to that well now. 1982 was a loooong time ago, my friend.

But surely we can agree on two things: 1) regardless of the motivation for bringing vampires into the mix, who cares as long as the story's good (Hell, they can literally crossover with the Twilight characters, as long as the story's good); and 2) True Blood sucks syphilized donkey dick

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 01:48 PM

I don't understand the point of the suburbs.

They make people fat. More pollution. You can't walk anywhere. No nightlife. Displeasing to the eye. No character.

Based entirely on my own extensive empirical observations, I might venture to say that comic book shops make you fat, too. ;-)

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:48 PM

Dude, just because it's not the first story in the world with the X-Men and vampires doesn't mitigate the fact that it's an AWFUL BIG COINCIDENCE that they're going back to that well now. 1982 was a loooong time ago, my friend.

But surely we can agree on two things: 1) regardless of the motivation for bringing vampires into the mix, who cares as long as the story's good (Hell, they can literally crossover with the Twilight characters, as long as the story's good); and 2) True Blood sucks syphilized donkey dick

Why do you care if it's a coincidence or not? Who cares? Do you think that this story line was created specifically to cash in on Twilight's popularity, is that what you're saying? I'm no fan of this recent vampire siliness but I don't understand the recent outrage that people seem to have about vampires appearing in X-Men. It's like people are looking to justify some weird umbrage over this by trying to guess the motivation of the writer to do this story.
And on your points-
1) Yup!
2) Couldn't tell you, haven't caught it.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 01:55 PM

Why do you care if it's a coincidence or not? Who cares? Do you think that this story line was created specifically to cash in on Twilight's popularity, is that what you're saying? I'm no fan of this recent vampire siliness but I don't understand the recent outrage that people seem to have about vampires appearing in X-Men. It's like people are looking to justify some weird umbrage over this by trying to guess the motivation of the writer to do this story.
And on your points-
1) Yup!
2) Couldn't tell you, haven't caught it.

Yeah, I do suspect that the economic viability of vampires had a substantial role in bringing vampires (back) in to the X-books at this particular moment. It wouldn't be the most blatantly commercial cash grab that Marvel/Disney has ever executed. At the very least, you have to admit the possibility, and that cashing in is a conspicuous potential motivating factor. I admit I don't know for sure, having not been consulted by the editors. But I've seen a lot of commercial cash grabs in my day, and this definitely walks and quacks like one.

DAVE

07-13-2010, 01:57 PM

Yeah, I do suspect that the economic viability of vampires had a substantial role in bringing vampires (back) in to the X-books at this particular moment. It wouldn't be the most blatantly commercial cash grab that Marvel/Disney has ever executed. At the very least, you have to admit the possibility, and that cashing in is a conspicuous potential motivating factor. I admit I don't know for sure, having not been consulted by the editors. But I've seen a lot of commercial cash grabs in my day, and this definitely walks and quacks like one.

So people are being bad at Marvel for being smart?

Slewo.O

07-13-2010, 01:59 PM

I don't understand what you're trying to ask.

People try to justify story-wise the whole X-Men vampires thing off a couple of one-off occurrences.

Buk Was Right

07-13-2010, 02:04 PM

So people are being bad at Marvel for being smart?

Look dude, we really want comics to be more popular and gain mainstream acceptance, but we don't want the comic companies to actually TRY to make that happen.

DAVE

07-13-2010, 02:05 PM

People try to justify story-wise the whole X-Men vampires thing off a couple of one-off occurrences.

People aren't trying to justify a story line (mainly because I have no idea what constitutes a justification of a story line and think this is a meaningless concept that you have just pulled out of your tuchas). People (and when I say "people", I mean "me") are just saying that vampires have appeared several times in Marvel Comics in general, and in X-Men comics in specific and it just seems like people are trying to find a reason to be mad at Marvel for this recent appearance, for whatever reason.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 02:22 PM

So people are being bad at Marvel for being smart?

Yeah, some of them. I don't necessarily think it takes a lot of smarts to throw your hat in the vamp ring this late in the trend, but it is a safe bet.

I think what a lot of people are complaining about is what appears to be putting marketing first. Considering the past decade+ of what's been going on in X-Men, it seemed totally out of left field for them to go vampire.

(And yes, I do consider the early 80s left field - lots of Marvel characters have had vampire issues, the X-Men don't have any *special* connection to Dracula in that sense. If anyone, that would have to be Doc Strange and some of the mystical characters)

The important point that I think you raise, is that Marvel comics has a long and respectable history with vampires, and Dracula in particular, that stretches far past the current trend. I do think it's more than happenstance that they're spotlighting vamps now, and I think that seems pretty cheap to lots of people.

DAVE

07-13-2010, 02:24 PM

I think if Marvel wanted to cash in on this teens girls loving sexy vampires craze, there's a lot more logical ways for them to do so than having the X-Men fight some vampires.

DEEZ

07-13-2010, 02:28 PM

I think if Marvel wanted to cash in on this teens girls loving sexy vampires craze, there's a lot more logical ways for them to do so than having the X-Men fight some vampires.

God, I wish it was just teen girls buying into this vampire crap.

Masculine Todd

07-13-2010, 02:39 PM

Anyway, everyone knows that X-fans are the least sophisticated of comic book readers.

Care to elaborate?

Jason California

07-13-2010, 02:44 PM

I don't like olives. When I say I don't like olives that means both green and black.

I don't like avocados either.

Masculine Todd

07-13-2010, 02:45 PM

I don't like olives. When I say I don't like olives that means both green and black.

I don't like avocados either.

Olives are hideous things whose sole purpose is to ruin salads and pizzas.

Spank Everest

07-13-2010, 04:54 PM

I don't like olives. When I say I don't like olives that means both green and black.

I don't like avocados either.

I'm with you there on the avocado. I reckon it tastes like soap.

Andrew

07-13-2010, 05:44 PM

Anyway, everyone knows that X-fans are the least sophisticated of comic book readers.

I agree with this.

The Human Target

07-13-2010, 07:00 PM

Passively antagonistic posters who don't necessarily break any rules deserve to be suspended.

I third the motion.

HoldFastNow

07-13-2010, 07:08 PM

I don't understand why people are mad at the X-Men/Vampires thing. I don't remember people being mad when Captain Britain fought Dracula like a year ago. Granted, that story was awesome, but people weren't immediately claiming it was some Twilight cash in from the solicitations, where they? Plus, Captain Britain has some connections with the X-Men (his sister, for one), so maybe this story will be loosely connected to that one in some way?

The Crushtacean

07-13-2010, 07:09 PM

I don't understand why people are mad at the X-Men/Vampires thing. I don't remember people being mad when Captain Britain fought Dracula like a year ago. Granted, that story was awesome, but people weren't immediately claiming it was some Twilight cash in from the solicitations, where they?

I'm just mad because they killed Dracula right off. If they were gonna do X-Men/Vampires, it should have been Dracula gathering all his vampire minions to finally get a piece of Storm.

Superior Kiai

07-13-2010, 07:20 PM

I am awesome.

bradical

07-13-2010, 07:25 PM

i miss adrian. adrian!

Forrest

07-13-2010, 07:32 PM

I wish I was gay because gay guys put out more than straight women.

Buk Was Right

07-13-2010, 07:37 PM

i miss adrian. adrian!

Viva La Adrian!

Foolish Mortal

07-13-2010, 08:13 PM

I don't find Jennifer Love Hewitt attractive.

She has a fantastic body, but her face looks weird to me. She has a funny nose, and her eyes look like they're a tad too close together. But that's just me saying that.

King of Mars

07-13-2010, 10:42 PM

Howard Stern's Private Parts movie REALLY fuckin' sucks.

Jason California

07-14-2010, 11:22 AM

I enjoyed Last Action Hero.

morlock with a day pass

07-15-2010, 09:17 AM

drawn together is/was a funny show.

Stark Raving

07-15-2010, 10:15 AM

The ESPYS are completely ridiculous.

DAVE

07-15-2010, 10:17 AM

The ESPYS are completely ridiculous.

Unpopular opinions. Unpopular.

Brother Power the Gong

07-15-2010, 10:18 AM

Unpopular opinions. Unpopular.

:lol:

Kurt Russell Crowe

07-15-2010, 10:54 AM

drawn together is/was a funny show.

Agreed, though I don't know if that's a particularly unpopular opinion.

Jason California

07-15-2010, 10:59 AM

Agreed, though I don't know if that's a particularly unpopular opinion.

It is with me!

CougarTrace

07-15-2010, 11:01 AM

The ESPYS are completely ridiculous.

agreed

Marcdachamp

07-15-2010, 11:01 AM

Metallica is annoying as fuck.

morlock with a day pass

07-15-2010, 11:40 AM

Agreed, though I don't know if that's a particularly unpopular opinion.

i haven't bumped into anyone here or abroad (aboard?) who agreed with it til now. they all despised it.

mikeandzod87

07-15-2010, 11:45 AM

South park is preachy trash and now so is family guy

Marcdachamp

07-15-2010, 11:46 AM

South park is preachy trash and now so is family guy

:no:

And when South Park gets preachy, they call themselves out on it.

Calibratedclndr

07-15-2010, 11:48 AM

People who hyphenate their last names are usually smug assholes.

Masculine Todd

07-15-2010, 11:50 AM

People who hyphenate their last names are usually smug assholes.

Wait, what?

Gregory

07-15-2010, 11:54 AM

If you don't knock up a woman, she can't have "unfair" control over a fetus.

Marcdachamp

07-15-2010, 11:59 AM

Kurt's suicide was the best thing that ever happened to Dave Grohl's career.

SighClops

07-15-2010, 12:05 PM

I enjoyed Last Action Hero.

I mentioned this a while back, but I always felt that people took it too seriously and didn't realize that Schwarzenegger was satirizing himself (and the whole '80s/'90s action genre) the entire time. Such a good movie.

Gregory

07-15-2010, 12:07 PM

I mentioned this a while back, but I always felt that people took it too seriously and didn't realize that Schwarzenegger was satirizing himself (and the whole '80s/'90s action genre) the entire time. Such a good movie.

All I remember is the "silent but violent" joke. And I am ashamed to say I bought tickets for that.

Stark Raving

07-15-2010, 05:15 PM

Metallica is annoying as fuck.
That's cuz you're too old, Mister Old Dood! :rock:

DEEZ

07-15-2010, 05:35 PM

The first time I ever beat meat was to Jim Lee. His art, that is. It was either Voodoo sunbathing in Wild C.A.T.s #3, or Psylocke in the Marvel swimsuit issue. :jackoff:

The Hodag

07-15-2010, 05:40 PM

The first time I ever beat meat was to Jim Lee. His art, that is. It was either Voodoo sunbathing in Wild C.A.T.s #3, or Psylocke in the Marvel swimsuit issue. :jackoff:

That's actually a popular opinion.

russw

07-15-2010, 05:45 PM

Wait, what?

I have always wondered what is the protocol is when two smug assholes with hyphenated last names had a kid?

Is that child burdened with a four word hyphenated last name? if so how is the order picked? If not who decides which of the four family names gets kicked to the curb?

Spank Everest

07-15-2010, 05:46 PM

The first time I ever beat meat was to Jim Lee. His art, that is. It was either Voodoo sunbathing in Wild C.A.T.s #3, or Psylocke in the Marvel swimsuit issue. :jackoff:

That's just stating a fact.

Man 1: What do you think of the shade of red?
Man 2: I MASTURBATED!
Man 1: Quite.

Superior Kiai

07-15-2010, 05:47 PM

The first time I ever beat meat was to Jim Lee. His art, that is. It was either Voodoo sunbathing in Wild C.A.T.s #3, or Psylocke in the Marvel swimsuit issue. :jackoff:

This isn't an unpopular opinion.

More like a very common experience not many of us are willing to admit.

DEEZ

07-15-2010, 05:49 PM

It's my opinion that the first time I beat meat...

And this from a guy maned Spank!

(OK, I know it's just a statement, but I had to get it out there and this seemed like the most amenable forum.)

RebootedCorpse

07-15-2010, 05:49 PM

Avatar had a sweet, positive story. Still like that movie.

Spank Everest

07-15-2010, 06:06 PM

It's my opinion that the first time I beat meat...

And this from a guy maned Spank!

(OK, I know it's just a statement, but I had to get it out there and this seemed like the most amenable forum.)

Heh. Don't get me wrong, I definitely laughed at your statement. But I couldn't get the image out of my mind of you in a museum, jerking off like a madman in front of a proper English Gentleman. Felt I had to share.

Kurt Russell Crowe

07-15-2010, 06:09 PM

I don't like eating pussy. I don't know if other straight guys do or not, or if my friends think saying they love to eat that shit up makes them look like dynamos or whatever.

Jason California

07-15-2010, 06:15 PM

If you don't knock up a woman, she can't have "unfair" control over a fetus.

;)

Jason California

07-15-2010, 06:17 PM

This isn't an unpopular opinion.

More like a very common experience not many of us are willing to admit.

The first woman I beat it to was either Dolly Parton or one of my moms friends.

Jason California

07-15-2010, 06:18 PM

Kurt's suicide was the best thing that ever happened to Dave Grohl's career.

It may have been the same for Kurt.

Jason California

07-15-2010, 06:19 PM

I mentioned this a while back, but I always felt that people took it too seriously and didn't realize that Schwarzenegger was satirizing himself (and the whole '80s/'90s action genre) the entire time. Such a good movie.

How anyone would not realize it is beyond me. I loved it when he thought the car should blow up after a couple of rounds from the pistol were shot at it.

Superior Kiai

07-15-2010, 06:21 PM

The first woman I beat it to was either Dolly Parton or one of my moms friends.

I honestly can't quite remember who it was.

I'm pretty sure I was like 13 or something, that's about it.

Foolish Mortal

07-15-2010, 06:21 PM

People who hyphenate their last names are usually smug assholes.

Wait, what?
I assume Calibrated is talking about people who have last names like Tate-Robinson or Parker-Williams.

I think in most cases it is the parents decision to do that. Perhaps they want the kid to have both the mother's maiden name and the father's name.

I don't see any correlation to them being assholes though.

Foolish Mortal

07-15-2010, 06:22 PM

The first woman I beat it to was either Dolly Parton or one of my moms friends.
I think a LOT of us did that. Not an unpopular opinion. :lol:

IPeacock

07-15-2010, 06:56 PM

I assume Calibrated is talking about people who have last names like Tate-Robinson or Parker-Williams.

I think in most cases it is the parents decision to do that. Perhaps they want the kid to have both the mother's maiden name and the father's name.

I don't see any correlation to them being assholes though.

I hyphenated my kid, mostly because my last name sucks and I thought him going to school with the last name Silva-Peacock would be better than just Peacock.

He's 20 months old and so far he's not an asshole. He is throwing a lot of tantrums so he might be on the waiting list.

Jason California

07-15-2010, 07:14 PM

I honestly can't quite remember who it was.

I'm pretty sure I was like 13 or something, that's about it.

I remember how I found out how it worked, in the shower realizing the soap felt different on my dick than anywhere else.

Marcdachamp

07-16-2010, 05:26 AM

It may have been the same for Kurt.

A-fucking-men. I have always said that Nirvana would have fizzled out had Cobain not done it. As a result, we got the Foo Fighters, but I still have to hear "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a daily basis. :no:

Forrest

07-16-2010, 05:37 AM

DAVE

07-17-2010, 12:56 PM

If you think the Foo Fighters are better than Nirvana, than you probably shouldn't be allowed out of your house unattended.

silverboy

07-17-2010, 01:06 PM

I honestly can't quite remember who it was.

I'm pretty sure I was like 13 or something, that's about it.

I remember exactly who mine was.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_js72CEoopM0/RuytpEz6L_I/AAAAAAAAADU/SAyKMoVUEn8/s320/B+Witched+-+B+Witched.jpg

I'm not proud of this.

Kirblar

07-17-2010, 01:07 PM

If you think the Foo Fighters are better than Nirvana, than you probably shouldn't be allowed out of your house unattended.
I'd much rather hear a Foo Fighters song than a Nirvana song, simply because Nirvana's songs were completely overplayed on '90s radio due to them not being able to put out new content after Cobain's death.

silverboy

07-17-2010, 01:07 PM

Yep, the Foo Fighters are far, far greater than Nirvana ever was. Plus, Foo Fighter's music is still relevant and enjoyable past age 18.

P.S. While I'm at it, Hole's Celebrity Skin is a better album than anything Nirvana put out, except for the MTV Unplugged album (which was half covers).

I was ready to accept your opinion as valid, though not agree with it, until I got to the "P.S." No way is Hole better than Nirvana.

Ben Weldon

07-17-2010, 01:50 PM

Bud Light is pretty tasty.

Jason California

07-17-2010, 02:01 PM

Bud Light tastes good after brushing your teeth.

Foolish Mortal

07-17-2010, 02:02 PM

Bud Light tastes good after brushing your teeth.

But orange juice still tastes weird after brushing your teeth.

Len Snark

07-17-2010, 02:11 PM

I remember how I found out how it worked, in the shower realizing the soap felt different on my dick than anywhere else.

Conditioner is better. Shampoo stings.

(akaRyanHoffman)

07-17-2010, 02:57 PM

I don't like eating pussy. I don't know if other straight guys do or not, or if my friends think saying they love to eat that shit up makes them look like dynamos or whatever.

What? That's crazy talk. It baffles me when guys say they don't like eating pussy.

I have always wondered what is the protocol is when two smug assholes with hyphenated last names had a kid?

Is that child burdened with a four word hyphenated last name? if so how is the order picked? If not who decides which of the four family names gets kicked to the curb?

What do you think of men taking the woman's last name then? Is that smug, too?

BriRedfern

07-17-2010, 03:01 PM

I don't like eating pussy. I don't know if other straight guys do or not, or if my friends think saying they love to eat that shit up makes them look like dynamos or whatever.

Well that is definitely an unpopular opinion with your women friends.

PS - I would eat that three times a day and four times on Sunday.

BriRedfern

07-17-2010, 03:02 PM

Conditioner is better. Shampoo stings.

Never use Ivory. 99.99% painful.

Len Snark

07-17-2010, 03:03 PM

What? That's crazy talk. It baffles me when guys say they don't like eating pussy.

I concur. This is like saying you dislike breasts. I don't get it.

Jason California

07-17-2010, 03:07 PM

But orange juice still tastes weird after brushing your teeth.

Most everything tastes bad after brushing your teeth. This is one of the strengths of Bud Light.

The_Bearded_One

07-17-2010, 03:28 PM

Bud Light sucks.

c. page

07-17-2010, 04:18 PM

What? That's crazy talk. It baffles me when guys say they don't like eating pussy.

yeah, that's just plain odd.

Slewo.O

07-17-2010, 04:23 PM

4Chan is full of losers and trash.

WinterRose

07-17-2010, 04:50 PM

People who when you give them your name call you by some overfamiliarized shortened nickname version of your name without your permission suck. It's a simple thing. But unless invited to do so, calling you by anything else than the name you give is outright dis-re-fucking-spectful. Also, being 80 damn years old doesn't automatically excuse you from this. Especially not. At that point, you're old enough to know better.

The Human Target

07-17-2010, 04:53 PM

Foolish Mortal

07-17-2010, 04:57 PM

Guys will judge a female singer by how attractive she is first, and her talent second. I find that kinda off-putting.

silverboy

07-17-2010, 05:11 PM

Guys will judge a female singer by how attractive she is first, and her talent second. I find that kinda off-putting.

I fell in love with Regina Skeptor without seeing a single image of her.

Masculine Todd

07-17-2010, 05:56 PM

4Chan is full of losers and trash.

That's pretty axiomatic.

Stark Raving

07-17-2010, 05:57 PM

I fell in love with Regina Skeptor without seeing a single image of her.
As did I with Diana Krall.

mikeandzod87

07-17-2010, 05:57 PM

I concur. This is like saying you dislike breasts. I don't get it.

Agreed. Pussy is awsome. I wish it had nutritional value. I crave it. Same as breasts.

Slewo.O

07-17-2010, 06:01 PM

Agreed. Pussy is awsome. I wish it had nutritional value. I crave it. Same as breasts.

Breasts however do have nutritional value.

Joe Kalicki

07-17-2010, 06:19 PM

Keeping the stickers on your baseball hat makes you look retarded, and I will assume you are retarded when dealing with you.

The Human Target

07-17-2010, 07:08 PM

The new James Bond movies aren't very good, nor are they better than the Pierce Brosnan movies really.

Joe Kalicki

07-17-2010, 07:10 PM

The new James Bond movies aren't very good, nor are they better than the Pierce Brosnan movies really.

Agreed. Quantum of Solace in particular is easily in my bottom five Bond movies.

batroc the leaper

07-17-2010, 07:16 PM

Guys will judge a female singer by how attractive she is first, and her talent second. I find that kinda off-putting.

At a live show maybe, but then again if a male lead singer looks like a douche bag then I will be less likely to enjoy that band as well.

The Human Target

07-17-2010, 07:16 PM

Agreed. Quantum of Solace in particular is easily in my bottom five Bond movies.

Its the same shit, just with a sad angry parkour Bond instead of a sleazy glib gadgety Bond.

silverboy

07-17-2010, 08:24 PM

Has there ever been a good movie prequel?

Joe Kalicki

07-17-2010, 08:33 PM

That 11 year old girl got exactly what she deserved for fucking that loser.

lonesomefool

07-17-2010, 08:34 PM

Keeping the stickers on your baseball hat makes you look retarded, and I will assume you are retarded when dealing with you.

Agreed. Also, leaving the bill straight makes you looks like a complete moron.

lonesomefool

07-17-2010, 08:40 PM

Andrew

07-17-2010, 11:15 PM

Has there ever been a good movie prequel?

Red Dragon.

Gunter

07-17-2010, 11:21 PM

Red Dragon.

Can that technically be considered a prequel since it's a remake of a movie, based on the book that came out before Silence of the Lambs?

And Manhunter was a much better movie.

HoldFastNow

07-18-2010, 12:40 AM

Guys will judge a female singer by how attractive she is first, and her talent second. I find that kinda off-putting.

I don't think men do it anymore than women. From Backstreet Boys and Pete Wentz to even The Beatles - the list could go on all day. Think of how many rock stars get panties thrown at them, deafening screams, crying, & fainting when the singer takes the stage, and how many male muscians' posters adorn female's walls. I can't go to an against me or gaslight anthem show anymore with hearing girls talking about how cute they are.

Spank Everest

07-18-2010, 01:49 AM

Has there ever been a good movie prequel?

Infernal Affairs II

The_Bearded_One

07-18-2010, 04:16 AM

Also, girls with Tatoo's are sexy. I know a lot of guys dont like them and I dont want them to look like the chick Jesse James was screwing, but if they look like this?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Mason_Moore_AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo_2010_2.jp g

Me likey :)Haha, thats Mason Moore! I love the tats too and many of my favorite pornstars reflect that. My thing though is the big tattoos that cover almost if not all of the whole back.

jubalsearlygrave

07-18-2010, 04:48 AM

Has there ever been a good movie prequel?

the good the bad and the ugly.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 06:28 AM

I don't think men do it anymore than women. From Backstreet Boys and Pete Wentz to even The Beatles - the list could go on all day. Think of how many rock stars get panties thrown at them, deafening screams, crying, & fainting when the singer takes the stage, and how many male muscians' posters adorn female's walls. I can't go to an against me or gaslight anthem show anymore with hearing girls talking about how cute they are.

Exactly.

There really is no difference between men and women when it comes to how they judge and base people/artists/actors/etc. on looks.

A women might say she only wants a nice, funny guy, but a lot of them will laugh at whatever dumb shit a guy that looks like Taylor Lautner will have to say.

Same for a lot of guys who will put up with a lot of batshit, mental craziness if a chick is attractive or good in bed.

People are just fucked up. It doesnt really matter if you have a penis or a vagina.

Foolish Mortal

07-18-2010, 07:10 AM

Also, girls with Tatoo's are sexy. I know a lot of guys dont like them and I dont want them to look like the chick Jesse James was screwing, but if they look like this?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Mason_Moore_AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo_2010_2.jp g

Me likey :)
Good for you, but I'm still put off by excessive tatts. Especially when they're not very well thought out and poorly applied.

CougarTrace

07-18-2010, 07:12 AM

yeah, anything more than an ankle tatoo is just a major turn off for me.

WhindamPryce

07-18-2010, 07:13 AM

DC reeeeallllyyy needs to put a recap page in its books, including Vertigo.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 07:16 AM

DC reeeeallllyyy needs to put a recap page in its books, including Vertigo.

Yes. Yes they do.

Really, both of the main companies need to do a better job of letting a person know when a new arc is starting.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 07:18 AM

The very thing in ANY entertainment genre or field that I am most looking forward to is Jamey Johnson's "The Guitar Song" double album in September. It's going to be the best album of any genre this year.

WhindamPryce

07-18-2010, 07:22 AM

Yes. Yes they do.

Really, both of the main companies need to do a better job of letting a person know when a new arc is starting.

Vertigo is ridiculously impenetrable. There has always been SO MUCH gold in that line. But most people wouldn't know what the fuck is going on if they picked up an issue. But at least Vertigo trades come out in a timely manner. DC's main line doesn't have that luxury. It confuses newcomers as well as not give them a recent story point to catch up on via timely trades.

I just don't understand what they have against providing accessibility. A recap page would also cut down on the inane "recapping a story through dialogue" device and also the "I'm Flash. I'm Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive" thing that Johns used to do every issue.

John Drake

07-18-2010, 07:59 AM

Vertigo is ridiculously impenetrable. There has always been SO MUCH gold in that line. But most people wouldn't know what the fuck is going on if they picked up an issue. But at least Vertigo trades come out in a timely manner. DC's main line doesn't have that luxury. It confuses newcomers as well as not give them a recent story point to catch up on via timely trades.

I just don't understand what they have against providing accessibility. A recap page would also cut down on the inane "recapping a story through dialogue" device and also the "I'm Flash. I'm Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive" thing that Johns used to do every issue.
Yes!!!

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 08:25 AM

Joe Kalicki

07-18-2010, 08:27 AM

If you need a recap page, either the comic is poorly written or you're pretty dense.

Kirblar

07-18-2010, 08:29 AM

If you need a recap page, either the comic is poorly written or you're pretty dense.
So there should be pages of exposition in each issue to explain everything to new readers? Also, with a month between issues, people often lose track of what's going on plot-wise.

Joe Kalicki

07-18-2010, 08:33 AM

So there should be pages of exposition in each issue to explain everything to new readers? Also, with a month between issues, people often lose track of what's going on plot-wise.

If pages of exposition are needed to catch someone up, that's bad writing. As for the other thing, well. . .

Forrest

07-18-2010, 09:07 AM

Has there ever been a good movie prequel?

Infernal Affairs II

YES! Just what I was going to say! :thumb:

Forrest

07-18-2010, 09:10 AM

WhindamPryce

07-18-2010, 09:58 AM

If you need a recap page, either the comic is poorly written or you're pretty dense.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Are you also against "previously" sections at the start of long-running tv shows, or just any comics made after the 80s? :)

Hell, if Image does it and even an upstart company like Crossgen could see the value of catching readers up, then DC should goddamn well too.

If Little Timmy, age 12, picks up the latest issue of Batman and doesn't understand half of it because it's part 5 of 6, then he's just a fucking dumbass? :)

mikeandzod87

07-18-2010, 10:01 AM

Keeping the stickers on your baseball hat makes you look retarded, and I will assume you are retarded when dealing with you.

Also, If you wear your hat cocked slightly to the side, and have no bend in the brim, your an asshole and I should be allowed to punch you in face for looking like a HUGE douche

mikeandzod87

07-18-2010, 10:04 AM

yeah, anything more than an ankle tatoo is just a major turn off for me.

Second!

BriRedfern

07-18-2010, 10:26 AM

My advice? Don't limit your pool of potential sex partners. Its small enough as it is. Amiright?

Foolish Mortal

07-18-2010, 10:59 AM

My advice? Don't limit your pool of potential sex partners. Its small enough as it is. Amiright?

Everybody has preferences. Everybody.

Anyone who claims that they are open-minded to anyone and anything is a liar.

Andrew

07-18-2010, 11:20 AM

Can that technically be considered a prequel since it's a remake of a movie, based on the book that came out before Silence of the Lambs?

And Manhunter was a much better movie.

Red Dragon is both a remake of Manhunter and a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs. And when it really comes down to it, it's more the latter than the former, since it was written for the Hopkins version of Hannibal, it follows the novel much more closely than Manhunter, and the ending leads right into the beginning of Silence.

And no, Manhunter is not a better movie. It also really hasn't aged well.

redsplitwig

07-18-2010, 02:10 PM

People who sleep on their belly are serial killers.

Kefky

07-18-2010, 03:37 PM

Batman Begins is a better movie than the Dark Knight simply because it's a movie about Batman and not how amazingly thick and beautiful the Joker's cock is.

RyanP

07-18-2010, 03:45 PM

You know that cute girl at the coffee shop/bookstore/restaurant/bar or wherever you have a crush on and think is in to you? She's not, you don't have a chance, she's only nice to you because of the tips and or her job depends on it.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 04:08 PM

Foolish Mortal

07-18-2010, 04:10 PM

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 04:14 PM

Mainstream music is currently at it's lowest point since the Backstreet, Britney, etc. crowd was all the rage.

It's awful. Hell, it might even be worse now because at the time the Nation was rolling in cash and people moods were better, now it seems all we get is escapist bullshit.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 04:16 PM

Narration boxes need to make a big come back in comics. Same with editorial notes (the asterisks...no, the internet does not make these obsolete) and more dialog per panel. In this way, if each issue contained more written substance and new reader accessibility, it would help the medium financially. Right now, comics from the big two are hampered by too little written word per $ spent on the issue, plus inaccessibility. Back in superhero comic hay days, reading an issue took twice as long and contained three times the story.

But a lot of dialogue doesnt make it good. I mean, a guy like Grant Morrison is hardly wordy, but he packs more into Batman and Robin than most writers do in 3-4 issues of their books. Look at JMS, he's pretty wordy, but a lot of his books CRAWL when it comes to pacing and how much actual story and plot you get.

BriRedfern

07-18-2010, 04:18 PM

Everybody has preferences. Everybody.

Anyone who claims that they are open-minded to anyone and anything is a liar.

And llots of people have unrealistic expectations. My post was obviously a joke, but if you are not getting any girls, it is a distinct possability that the ones you are trying to get are out of your league.
And everybody has a league. Everybody.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 04:22 PM

And llots of people have unrealistic expectations. My post was obviously a joke, but if you are not getting any girls, it is a distinct possability that the ones you are trying to get are out of your league.

I dont have a shot with a chick that looks like the one I posted, but hell, doesnt mean a man cant look :)

I agree people have unrealistic expectations, but dating and sex and all that stuff is a fucking joke.

I know I'm a pissy, bitter, prick, but I cringe when I hear girls say they just want a nice guy who has a sense of humor. Sure seems like plenty more will put up with a lot of shit if the guy has money or will laugh at the worst jokes if he's physically attractive. It's all the same bullshit with guys as well, I get tired of my friends bitching about their girlfriends who treat them like shit, but yet they stay with them because they are attractive.

Ugh.

BriRedfern

07-18-2010, 04:27 PM

I dont have a shot with a chick that looks like the one I posted, but hell, doesnt mean a man cant look :)

I agree people have unrealistic expectations, but dating and sex and all that stuff is a fucking joke.

I know I'm a pissy, bitter, prick, but I cringe when I hear girls say they just want a nice guy who has a sense of humor. Sure seems like plenty more will put up with a lot of shit if the guy has money or will laugh at the worst jokes if he's physically attractive. It's all the same bullshit with guys as well, I get tired of my friends bitching about their girlfriends who treat them like shit, but yet they stay with them because they are attractive.

Ugh.

I would put up with a lot from hot girls when I was dating, because hottness was/is high on my list of priorities.

Foolish Mortal

07-18-2010, 04:35 PM

And llots of people have unrealistic expectations. My post was obviously a joke, but if you are not getting any girls, it is a distinct possability that the ones you are trying to get are out of your league.
And everybody has a league. Everybody.
I'm not talking about unrealistic expectations.

I'm talking about men who won't date flat-chested woman, women who won't date men shorter than them, men who won't date brunettes, women who won't date bald men...

Everyone has something that will get them written off someone's dating list.

Boris the Blade

07-18-2010, 04:39 PM

Batman Begins is a better movie than the Dark Knight simply because it's a movie about Batman and not how amazingly thick and beautiful the Joker's cock is.
I am making your opinion slightly more popular, by agreeing with you.

BriRedfern

07-18-2010, 04:42 PM

I'm not talking about unrealistic expectations.

I'm talking about men who won't date flat-chested woman, women who won't date men shorter than them, men who won't date brunettes, women who won't date bald men...

Everyone has something that will get them written off someone's dating list.
Yeah, like I said, it was joke.

Jason California

07-18-2010, 04:44 PM

Yeah, like I said, it was joke.

:lol:

Stark Raving

07-18-2010, 04:50 PM

CSI (Vegas) is the best broadcast network television crime show, and has been for 10 years.

costello

07-18-2010, 05:26 PM

Renaissance art is unappealing.

I hate to be negative, but I don't think praising Dadaism or Surrealism is unpopular.

Joe Kalicki

07-18-2010, 05:28 PM

Talking about stuff you hate is way more fun than talking about stuff you like.

King of Mars

07-18-2010, 05:43 PM

I don't understand how anyone can listen to jam bands. They are soooo fucking boring, it's ridiculous. All the drugs in the world couldn't make me like that shit.

Joe Kalicki

07-18-2010, 05:51 PM

The best Avengers book being published now isn't written by Bendis.

lonesomefool

07-18-2010, 06:07 PM

The best Avengers book being published now isn't written by Bendis.

Secret Avengers or Avengers Academy?

Joe Kalicki

07-18-2010, 06:13 PM

Secret Avengers or Avengers Academy?

Secret. But I haven't read Academy, so for all I know it's better too.

BriRedfern

07-18-2010, 06:18 PM

I don't understand how anyone can listen to jam bands. They are soooo fucking boring, it's ridiculous. All the drugs in the world couldn't make me like that shit.

Well, that's certainly an unpopular opinion with me. :mad:

Spank Everest

07-18-2010, 06:19 PM

I don't understand how anyone can listen to jam bands. They are soooo fucking boring, it's ridiculous. All the drugs in the world couldn't make me like that shit.

What's a jam band?

Did I just show my age with that question?

Shane W

07-18-2010, 06:23 PM

What's a jam band?

Did I just show my age with that question?

Grateful Dead, Phish. etc..

Spank Everest

07-18-2010, 06:25 PM

Grateful Dead, Phish. etc..

Oh. Okay. Ummmm, I guess I'd go in the indifferent category then.

The_Bearded_One

07-18-2010, 06:51 PM

George Harrison was the greatest Beatle.

Kefky

07-18-2010, 06:53 PM

That's not an unpopular opinion.

Saying Ringo is the greatest Beatle would be, though.

Jason California

07-18-2010, 06:57 PM

Fried chicken and California rolls tastes great together. I don't know how unpopular that really is, but I am guessing it is not something a lot of you have tried.

Kefky

07-18-2010, 07:08 PM

There is absolutely nothing wrong with hating something because it's overexposed.

The_Bearded_One

07-18-2010, 07:08 PM

That's not an unpopular opinion.

Saying Ringo is the greatest Beatle would be, though.

lol fair enough.

Kirblar

07-18-2010, 07:11 PM

Fried chicken and California rolls tastes great together. I don't know how unpopular that really is, but I am guessing it is not something a lot of you have tried.
You must really like cheap Chinese buffets. :lol:

Jason California

07-18-2010, 07:15 PM

You must really like cheap Chinese buffets. :lol:

Super market supplied!

stevapalooza

07-18-2010, 07:22 PM

The best GTA game ever is Mafia

SgtPepper

07-18-2010, 11:50 PM

Inception isn't as great as a lot of folks are saying.

It's an intelligent, well-acted and well done film but the praise for it is bordering on hyperbole.

Kefky

07-19-2010, 07:54 AM

I haven't watched Inception because it's not out here yet, but the praise for it is starting to remind me of the matrix. It sounds like a well-made action movie with a unique premise, but people are calling it some deep psichological.

I could be completely wrong, of course.

Marcdachamp

07-19-2010, 07:57 AM

If you need a recap page, either the comic is poorly written or you're pretty dense.

This is wrong on more levels than I can count.

WhindamPryce

07-19-2010, 08:20 AM

This is wrong on more levels than I can count.

And if you don't want comics to be Code approved you also hate America's children. ;)

Marcdachamp

07-19-2010, 09:09 AM

And if you don't want comics to be Code approved you also hate America's children. ;)

I just don't get the logic. Why is it a bad thing to make sure that everyone knows what's going on? I mean, comics should be as accessible as possible for everyone.

And you know what, sometimes, when you pick up, like, 30 some books, you tend to forget what happened a month ago. It's nice to get a refresher without having to dig through a long box. It doesn't mean you're dense, it means that you might have some other stuff on your mind.

WhindamPryce

07-19-2010, 09:25 AM

I just don't get the logic. Why is it a bad thing to make sure that everyone knows what's going on? I mean, comics should be as accessible as possible for everyone.

And you know what, sometimes, when you pick up, like, 30 some books, you tend to forget what happened a month ago. It's nice to get a refresher without having to dig through a long box. It doesn't mean you're dense, it means that you might have some other stuff on your mind.

Yeah it's pretty damn silly.

I'm almost wanting to start a thread about this. But I don't know what it is. I have a curse. My threads never last long, and I feel this is a topic that warrants a lot of attention. :(

Marcdachamp

07-19-2010, 09:34 AM

Yeah it's pretty damn silly.

I'm almost wanting to start a thread about this. But I don't know what it is. I have a curse. My threads never last long, and I feel this is a topic that warrants a lot of attention. :(

I'm in. That's two people. I'm sure Joe will chime in, too. :cool:

WhindamPryce

07-19-2010, 09:50 AM

I'm in. That's two people. I'm sure Joe will chime in, too. :cool:

Lemme type this bitch up then. :)

DEEZ

07-19-2010, 11:12 AM

Facebook and Myspace are great tools, with distinct applications. People who have a problem with this are being luddites.

Masculine Todd

07-19-2010, 12:09 PM

Dressing in a way that someone else doesn't think is fashionable does not make them an asshole.

Marcdachamp

07-19-2010, 12:11 PM

Dressing in a way that someone else doesn't think is fashionable does not make them an asshole.

Truth.

Marcdachamp

07-19-2010, 12:15 PM

MySpace needs to move on already. Stop sending me e-mails, I haven't visited in years. It's over, I've moved on. Why can't you get over me? We had a good run!

Masculine Todd

07-19-2010, 12:20 PM

Many contemporary platformers still fail to emulate level-design as brilliant as Sonic 2.

Boris the Blade

07-19-2010, 12:24 PM

Many contemporary platformers still fail to emulate level-design as brilliant as Sonic 2.
Almost every time you write something hereI wanna just go *snapsnapsnap* like it's beat poetry night.

Which means I agree.

King of Mars

07-19-2010, 12:26 PM

Inception isn't as great as a lot of folks are saying.

It's an intelligent, well-acted and well done film but the praise for it is bordering on hyperbole.

I think I could say the same about every Christopher Nolan film. He is a good, not great, filmmaker.

Masculine Todd

07-19-2010, 12:31 PM

Almost every time you write something hereI wanna just go *snapsnapsnap* like it's beat poetry night.

Which means I agree.

Go team!

Blake Sims

07-19-2010, 12:35 PM

Go team!

http://www.esquire.com/media/cm/esquire/images/high-five-0808-lg-76258126.jpg

yeamon

07-19-2010, 12:36 PM

I think I could say the same about every Christopher Nolan film. He is a good, not great, filmmaker.

I haven't seen Inception, but I'm worried about the hyperbole factor.

That being said, I considered Nolan a great filmmaker well before Batman Begins was released.

mikeandzod87

07-20-2010, 01:11 AM

I think I could say the same about every Christopher Nolan film. He is a good, not great, filmmaker.

We have no choice but to be enemies now.

The Hodag

07-20-2010, 01:17 AM

Many contemporary platformers still fail to emulate level-design as brilliant as Sonic 2.

Would you say that someone who's never played a Sonic game would have a good time with this, were he to download it on the XBox 360? Assuming said person at least had some fondness for Mario-esque platformers?

dougmac

07-20-2010, 01:18 AM

We have no choice but to be enemies now.

again, it's funny where you draw the line

CougarTrace

07-20-2010, 04:21 AM

PC Gaming is still light years better than console gaming

Blake Sims

07-20-2010, 06:59 AM

would you say that someone who's never played a sonic game would have a good time with this, were he to download it on the xbox 360? Assuming said person at least had some fondness for mario-esque platformers?

god yes!!!!!

SighClops

07-20-2010, 07:40 AM

No dangling plotlines are more disappointing than the ones Capcom has left us with the Mega Man series.

Seriously, wrap that shit up already.

Masculine Todd

07-20-2010, 08:00 AM

Would you say that someone who's never played a Sonic game would have a good time with this, were he to download it on the XBox 360? Assuming said person at least had some fondness for Mario-esque platformers?

Oh god, yes. Like most post-Mario platformers, it follows the template, but they feeling of motion and the illusion of speed is amazing, and the levels are so expansive, they're a joy to run through. I'm playing it on 360 currently through the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection, and the developers for the XBL port are also responsible for the Ultimate Genesis Collection. It's as intuitive on the 360 controller as it was on the Genesis pad.

DAVE

07-20-2010, 08:11 AM

I still can't get through the underwater stage on Sonic 2. This isn't an opinion, but an admittance of futility.

SighClops

07-20-2010, 08:21 AM

I still can't get through the underwater stage on Sonic 2. This isn't an opinion, but an admittance of futility.

Nothing can put me in more of a panic than that drowning noise that would play in those stages.

Kefky

07-20-2010, 08:25 AM

No dangling plotlines are more disappointing than the ones Capcom has left us with the Mega Man series.

Seriously, wrap that shit up already.

Since you mentioned this....

The new wiiware megaman games are terrible fan-pandering garbage, and anybody who enjoys them is a sucker.

Kefky

07-20-2010, 08:26 AM

And speaking of "fan-pandering" and "suckers", kingdom hears 2 was a terrible game, specially because of the shitty story and character. But the gameplay was bad, too.

SighClops

07-20-2010, 08:29 AM

Since you mentioned this....

The new wiiware megaman games are terrible fan-pandering garbage, and anybody who enjoys them is a sucker.

I only played the ninth one. It's fun enough (especially for the price), but I would have rather paid full price for a next-gen style game that advanced (or ended) the story than ten bucks for a lovenote to the "good ol' days."

Foolish Mortal

07-20-2010, 08:31 AM

Final Fantasy 7 is not the greatest Final Fantasy game. It gets overrated because it was groundbreaking and innovative.

But Final Fantasy 6 had better, more interesting characters and a better overall story.

Shane W

07-20-2010, 08:33 AM

The Metal Gear games on the PS on up are awful and not worth half of what they charge.

Forrest

07-20-2010, 08:36 AM

SighClops

07-20-2010, 08:37 AM

The Metal Gear games on the PS on up are awful and not worth half of what they charge.

I agree but only because I suck at spy games. I hated Splinter Cell for the very same reason. For both games, I felt like the objective was to hide in the corner for forty-five minutes until the coast was clear. Oh, someone spotted me? Start the level over.

The whole time I kept asking myself, "When do I get to shoot shit?"

MAK15

07-20-2010, 08:40 AM

fighting games with 3D environments are clunky. It takes more effort to pull off a sweet, soul crushing combo than it would in a fighting game with a 2D environment. The fast paced fighting is what made the genre so popular to begin with.

that said, I'm fucking thrilled for MvC 3 and the new Mortal Kombat

Shane W

07-20-2010, 08:40 AM

I agree but only because I suck at spy games. I hated Splinter Cell for the very same reason. For both games, I felt like the objective was to hide in the corner for forty-five minutes until the coast was clear. Oh, someone spotted me? Start the level over.

The whole time I kept asking myself, "When do I get to shoot shit?"

Exactly, and just when I thought I was going to shoot shit, a cutscene came on that lasted until I got gassy. Storyline is one thing, but straight story with very, very little gameplay is shitty.

yeamon

07-20-2010, 08:42 AM

State-imposed smoking bans have done more to negatively impact tax revenues than was ever anticipated or is currently being accounted for. Tax revenues from the cigarettes themselves, associated liquor tax revenues, decreased revenues from taverns, and the one no one is talking about - decreased casino tax revenues. Turns out, degenerate gamblers who don't mind funding public education with their compulsions, like to do so with a butt in their hand, so they have moved the game into private (translation: non-taxed) cash games.

SighClops

07-20-2010, 08:43 AM

Exactly, and just when I thought I was going to shoot shit, a cutscene came on that lasted until I got gassy. Storyline is one thing, but straight story with very, very little gameplay is shitty.

Agreed.

Every spy game should be done like GoldenEye. That game's solution to someone spotting you is running that fucker over with a tank.

Masculine Todd

07-20-2010, 08:43 AM

I agree but only because I suck at spy games. I hated Splinter Cell for the very same reason. For both games, I felt like the objective was to hide in the corner for forty-five minutes until the coast was clear. Oh, someone spotted me? Start the level over.

The whole time I kept asking myself, "When do I get to shoot shit?"

I love MGS and especially the Splinter Cell series, but the trial-and-error aspects of the game get immensely frustrating.

Forrest

07-20-2010, 08:55 AM

Aside from the occasional blunder, the Tenchu games in general are better than the MSG games.

batmanbooyah

07-20-2010, 09:16 AM

I'm wearing ladies underpants!

WhindamPryce

07-20-2010, 09:18 AM

Watchmen was a pretty good movie.

SighClops

07-20-2010, 09:19 AM

Watchmen was a pretty good movie.

Do you think that's unpopular? I'd say the reactions were split basically down the middle with more people leaning towards the positive side (but not by much).

yeamon

07-20-2010, 09:26 AM

I thought the end of Tin Cup was perfect.

WhindamPryce

07-20-2010, 09:29 AM

Do you think that's unpopular? I'd say the reactions were split basically down the middle with more people leaning towards the positive side (but not by much).

I thought it was unpopular amongst comic readers.

SighClops

07-20-2010, 09:38 AM

I thought it was unpopular amongst comic readers.

Ah, you might be right about that. I was speaking more about the general public. My non-comic-reading friends, for example, enjoyed it.

Kind of on a similar note, I think it's absolutely acceptable and necessary to make changes when adapting a work to a different medium. Some things may work well for a book (like the shark in Jaws dying due to gunshot wounds), but that would have made a terrible ending for a movie.

I guess I'm just tired of the complaints that something is bad because it's not exactly like the source material.

mikeandzod87

07-20-2010, 10:15 AM

again, it's funny where you draw the line

I'm a very passionate person and my entertainment means alot to me.

Kefky

07-20-2010, 01:42 PM

DEEZ

07-20-2010, 01:43 PM

I really do think that the ending of Watchmen was better in the movie than in the book. Using Dr. Manhattan's energy signature was much more elegant, and poetic, than Moore's convoluted concept.

Gangy

07-20-2010, 01:52 PM

I love the movie "The Spirit", but I can understand why others do not.

Challenger

07-20-2010, 02:40 PM

Final Fantasy XI was a much better MMO than World of Warcraft because it was actually challenging and didn't hold your hand every step of the way, which ultimately made it a more rewarding experience.

the only problem With FFXI is how much slower it is than WoW, everything from getting around to combat to resource gathering takes up so much more time.

mikeandzod87

07-20-2010, 03:12 PM

I love the movie "The Spirit", but I can understand why others do not.

I didn't think it was as bad as people said it was. It's far from perfect but it's actually kinda fun.

Jason California

07-20-2010, 03:24 PM

Ghost Rider is better than any of the FF movies.

CougarTrace

07-20-2010, 03:26 PM

Ghost Rider is better than any of the FF movies.

I will agree with this

King of Mars

07-20-2010, 03:34 PM

I didn't think it was as bad as people said it was. It's far from perfect but it's actually kinda fun.I honestly think it's the kind of film that will find a sort of 'cult' status years from now.

The Hodag

07-20-2010, 03:41 PM

god yes!!!!!

Oh god, yes. Like most post-Mario platformers, it follows the template, but they feeling of motion and the illusion of speed is amazing, and the levels are so expansive, they're a joy to run through. I'm playing it on 360 currently through the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection, and the developers for the XBL port are also responsible for the Ultimate Genesis Collection. It's as intuitive on the 360 controller as it was on the Genesis pad.

Duly noted!

I have the new Transformers game coming in from Amazon today or tomorrow, so I'll probably be immersed in that a bit, but afterwards I suspect I could go for some old school action.

Stark Raving

07-20-2010, 05:01 PM

If they ever decide to remake Andy Griffith as a TV show/movie, Jon Cryer would make a perfect Barney Fife.

lonesomefool

07-20-2010, 06:56 PM

I like Stone Sour and think Corey Taylor is actually a pretty good vocalist.

Boris the Blade

07-21-2010, 01:31 AM

IPeacock

07-21-2010, 04:13 AM

Ah, you might be right about that. I was speaking more about the general public. My non-comic-reading friends, for example, enjoyed it.

Kind of on a similar note, I think it's absolutely acceptable and necessary to make changes when adapting a work to a different medium. Some things may work well for a book (like the shark in Jaws dying due to gunshot wounds), but that would have made a terrible ending for a movie.

I guess I'm just tired of the complaints that something is bad because it's not exactly like the source material.

i think it was bad because it was too close to the source material. There are parts of that movie that are direct translations of the book and they fall flat (to be nice).
Rorschach's VO at the begining, most of the dialog throughout the movie, that "this is the American Dream." line.
It would have been a better movie if there were more changes. Lord of the Rings made HUGE changes to the story of books, but kept the spirit of the books intact.