The Unpopular Opinions

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Nique, you do not spell my name with a space. You just don't. No matter how much I insulted Firefly. Which I simply did not at all. As opposed to Avatar. Fuck Avatar. To hell, with a chainsaw.

[Nique]

Nique, you do not spell my name with a space.

This is a thread about unpopular opinions, not wrong ones.

[greed]

Originally Posted by Nique

Except for complaints about the graphics from people who thought Jurassic Park's were bad WHEN it came out, I have yet to hear a really compelling reason why this movie was terrible. I don't want to drag this on but honestly at this point if we're going to go 'uh huh' 'nah uh' at each other there might as well be some measure of justification.

Like, ok I liked it becuase the action was sparse but paid off for the big finish. Eric Bana is a good actor and did justice to the role. Jennifer Connely is.... tolerable. Gary Busey Nick Nolte was fairly compelling as a villain. The writing was pretty competent as far as I could tell - No groan worthy lines, motives that make sense, no glaring inconsistencies. I understand that there's no accounting for taste, but personally I don't see what's so bad about it and would be interested in what the actual answer is to that.

Okay terrible was an exaggeration, and I didn't really like the later Hulk much better. I got kinda swept up in the hyperbole cause the rest of Sevenshot's opinions opinions were so bad. I mostly agree with you, I just thought the ending didn't payoff enough and it lacked the levity I expect from most comic book movies. I mean The Hulk isn't Batman to me, I kinda want a Hulk movie to be less introspective and more funny. But also it has been a long time since I watched it(at release, with my grandpa, when I was like 12), so maybe I'll repost about it after checking it out again.

A lot of games are like this. It's easy to be good when the majority is terrible. Writing in games is unacceptably poor.

Pretty much, I was mostly posting that because a lot of people shout Bioware's praises from the rooftops, when it's not close to the best in games (it's better than the bulk but there are a number of studios that don't just better them, but vastly eclipse them) and nowhere near good when compared to the standards of writing in other media. Mass Effect is cheesy fun and Dragon Age has some good snark but the character development, plot and general writing quality out of nerdy jokes is kind of terrible.

I recommend re-watching Voyager and skipping Threshold. There are some other frustrating things about the show (Captain Janeway's unexplained inconsistent behavior being my primary complaint) but after re-watching it a couple times I found more redeeming about it than not.

Enterprise felt like a betrayal of the principals implied in the franchise as a whole - which I guess is an interesting statement considering that some people feel that way about DS9. But saying DS9 is a wrong interpretation of what Star Trek is supposed to be about rings false for many reasons - Addressing social issues in a thought-provoking and progressive way was something that DS9 pulled off far better than even TNG did, and anyone saying that the interpersonal and intergalactic conflicts present in the series betrayed "Roddenberry's Vision" is missing the point.

Enterprise on the other hand was full of conflict where the end message was pretty ethno-centric. The T'pol character, for example, was completely misused (so much so that even the actress herself complained outspokenly about the direction the show was taking, though that may have more to do with other aspects of the program). Her supposedly superior logic and intelligence was always portrayed as an exaggerated-hubris and always undermined by "human Intuition" (most often represented by the pseudo-cowboy mentality of Archer and Trip), invariably showing her the error of her Vulcan ways. So much for respecting other cultures! Maybe even worse was the constant use of the character's sexuality to weaken and humiliate her.

I guess it's not entirely surprising or wrong to bring sex appeal into the series. Considering Jolene Blalock's modeling career and that the precedent for this sort of thing was found in Voyager's Seven of Nine, to say nothing of Troi and even Uhura, a sexy Vulcan lead is actually kind of a cool idea. But for a show that I have always imagined to have a conscience of sorts, I was deeply disappointed in their handling of it.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to hijack the thread. I just really wanted to talk about Star Trek.

I kind of wouldn't mind talking Trek too, I recently binged on DS9 after buying the whole series when it was on sale. Maybe one of us should make a thread about it (or maybe SciFi shows in general) in media?

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Originally Posted by Nique

This is a thread about unpopular opinions, not wrong ones.

Then why are you even in this thread?

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by Bard The 5th LW

I never really liked Wolverine at all for some reason.

He got shipped in EVERY. LAST. FUCKING. MARVEL. COMIC.

They even made him the Anita Blake series.

If he wasn't fucking shoved down my throat every FIVE. FUCKING. SECONDS. I probably wouldn't have a problem with Wolverine.

So yeah, Cyclops may be better than Wolverine, but both of them are still douchebags with major parental issues to get over.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by Azisien

-Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a pretty shitty game. Shitty polish, awful textures where it matters (FACES), overly abundant loads, terrible story, ugly spells, completely one dimensional questing. It's best quality is the leveling system, which got worse from Morrowind, and just HOW bugged it is. It's telling that to make the game fairly playable, you need 20GB of mods.

Dark Brotherhood man, they let you kill that racist/sexist asshole you meet at the beginning of the game. That by itself makes up for a large portion of it. But the game is one of those examples of why people mod to overcome stuff the developers refused to fix.

[Ecks]

Bleach is the best shounen series on the market

The 3DS has a lot of potential, and the games in line for it all promise to be very fun to play.

There is nothing wrong with the Legend of Zelda series as it currently stands. Innovation for the sake of innovation, and not trying to stay true to the spirit of the series while going in new directions IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

Metallica, while popular and "mainstream" has a unique sound that I enjoy, and telling me that I'm not a real fan of metal because I like Metallica is bullshit because fuck you.

I like Final Fantasy XIII. I like most of the cast of Final Fantasy XIII, and it has great music and an interesting combat/level up system. I also happen to like Final Fantasy X, VIII, III and IV. III took I's job system and blew it up into awesomeness, IV introduced a really good story with great characters and memorable music. VIII was cool because gunblades and the battle theme. X was a fantastic (if HOLY FUCKING LINEARITY BATMAN) entry, introduced voice acting, an addicting and awesome sidegame, and the characters were interesting.

Pokemon is and always will be awesome, sticking true to the spirit of the series and not changing the formula doesn't have to be a detriment.

Kingdom Hearts' appeal is ENTIRELY in its fuckallconvolutedandunintelligible plot. Which seems to have righted itself somewhat in the wake of BBS/358/Re:coded.

[The SSB Intern]

So yeah, Cyclops may be better than Wolverine, but both of them are still douchebags with major parental issues to get over.

Not if you only watched the 90's cartoon. Then Cyclops is only a sometimes douchebag whose parental issues are addressed and solved in a single episode.

Oooh, I have another one: Tron Legacy was an awesome movie.

[Loyal]

Age of Empires 3 was a pretty ace game.

Command and Conquer: Renegade was a great deal of fun in spite of its horrible balance.

Civ 3 would be enjoyable, except for its Corruption system which completely ruins it.

I don't really see the appeal with X-Men in general.

Chocolate soft serve ice cream is vastly inferior to vanilla and compromising with the swirl is a sign of weakness.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by greed

-Realism in games is a cancer. This connects with the above point. I want more Serious Sam style shooters where you carry like 14 guns ad face armies of enemies on sprawling battlefields with secret chambers and cool shit.

I wouldn't say it's a cancer, persay, because it's totally an awesome thing to have in some games and really benefits the experience. The problem is that it's way overused and treated like the ultimate goal of gaming when it really shouldn't be. I'd say it's more like... I dunno... Vitamins? They're good for you but you shouldn't eat the whole fucking bottle that will fuck your shit up.

- The best FF was 12, followed by 10 then 9.

Yay!