Unpopular Opinions

[DoomUK]

Phobus said:

I genuinely think I prefer Top Gear USA to the British Top Gear.

You're not alone.

I think Top Gear UK's appeal has always been more about the chemistry between the presenters than the cars, but that lost its edge when people started complaining about the blue humour and the writers were forced to tone it down. Not to mention that the show has become so obviously scripted, and I'm not just talking about the farce. Insert bizarre Clarkson analogy, insert dry rebuttal by May, insert frustrated mediation by Hammond. Rinse and repeat. Maybe these problems are tied in with each other, I don't know.

[reality 2.0]

ok, let me give you mine.

I think the legend of zelda: ocarina of time is a very overrated game. I think the game's ok, but it doesn't deserve the god level of popularity that the game gets, especially compared to other zelda games. Give me link to the past (which is better than it) any day of the year.

now if you excuse me, I'm off to hide in my fallout shelter.

[Scripten]

reality 2.0 said:

ok, let me give you mine.

I think the legend of zelda: ocarina of time is a very overrated game. I think the game's ok, but it doesn't deserve the god level of popularity that the game gets, especially compared to other zelda games. Give me link to the past (which is better than it) any day of the year.

now if you excuse me, I'm off to hide in my fallout shelter.

But yeah, that is unpopular, for sure. I still enjoy OoT, but each cutscene takes SO damn long if you've already played it. And fuck that owl. Seriously.

[geekmarine]

I have to admit, there are some very strong arguments to be made for LttP over OoT. For what it's worth, I've never really been able to play through OoT after I first beat it all those years ago. I keep trying to go back to it but it's just so... tedious. Yeah, it's the cutscenes and everything - the first time, it's awesome, but after that, you just wanna get to the action, and then you realize how little action there actually is in the game. The dungeons are great - but after each one, there's just so much crap you have to go through to get to the next one.

Actually, my Zelda-related unpopular opinion is this - Wind Waker is one of my favorite Zelda games. It got sooooo much flack... but I just genuinely enjoyed it. I even liked the sailing, for the most part (just wish there were more islands and whatnot to explore).

[Doomkid]

Links Awakening is easily the best 2D Zelda, to me at least. That world is so much more open ended and fun to explore than the NES and SNES ones. (Don't get me wrong, other than the CDI shit, all Zelda games are fun.)

Wind Waker is my favorite 3D Zelda by far, Oot was too slow for me even on my first play through. I've never passed the water temple and truth be told, I probably never will. Not that I think it's impossible, I just don't think it's really worth it when I could just replay Wind Waker!

EDIT: In it's time, the GameCube and its main titles were just really underrated as a whole.

[hardcore_gamer]

Doomkid said:

EDIT: In it's time, the GameCube and its main titles were just really underrated as a whole.

I guess I could add another unpopular opinion to the thread now that you bring this up: I thought the star wars rogue squadron games on the gamecube sucked.

Being someone who had an N64 I LOVED the original rogue squadron and think that even to this day its pretty playable. When I finally got a chance to play rogue squadron 2 and 3 a year or so ago I could not believe how lame they were compared to the original and could not understand why they are so highly regarded. There was no original story to speak of like in the N64 game, and the mission design sucked compared to the first game. For years I felt bad not being able to play those games, but now I know I wasn't missing much.

[Doomkid]

hardcore_gamer said:

For years I felt bad not being able to play those games, but now I know I wasn't missing much.

Oh man, there is no comparison - the N64 version was vastly superior. Rogue Squadron is one of the few games I feel that way about! I was thinking more about the in-house games by Nintendo, in terms of 3rd party stuff, the N64 just has a lot more to offer.

[Fenriswolf]

I don't care for Doom that much, I'm just here for Heretic/Hexen.

[Havoc Crow]

I hate Mario. I've played a couple of Mario games and found them lousy to play (Mario is so hard to control reliably), and I could never get myself to like the incoherent kiddy aesthetic. What annoys me is that it's so popular and 95% of all videogame-related content on the web is about Mario (or Zelda.)

So essentially I find it overrated, childish and obnoxious. So now I know how non-bronies feel ;-p

[Snakes]

Zelda: TP >> Zelda: OOT
FFIX > FFVIII > FFVII
1989 Batman > The Dark Knight
David Lynch has never made a good film
George was the best Beatlee
Kind of Blue is borrrrrring

[Memfis]

Snakes said:

David Lynch has never made a good film

deleted my copy of unholy realms
:p

[Doomkid]

JudgeDeadd said:

I hate Mario. I've played a couple of Mario games and found them lousy to play (Mario is so hard to control reliably), and I could never get myself to like the incoherent kiddy aesthetic. What annoys me is that it's so popular and 95% of all videogame-related content on the web is about Mario (or Zelda.)

So essentially I find it overrated, childish and obnoxious. So now I know how non-bronies feel ;-p

Destroy the non-Mario-liking heathen! ;)

Truth be told, one thing I love about (old) Mario titles is exactly that: The tight control. Mid air movement, high jump arc, and the two-gear diarreah is rarely a problem for me, but I guess this is just a bunch of stuff that's been embedded into my brain since early childhood. It feels like pure freedom after coming off of a Castlevania or Mega Man spree.

The new sidescroller Mario games feel waaaay too floaty, like everything is on the moon or some shit. I can't get used to it no matter how many times I try.

Snakes said:

1989 Batman > The Dark Knight
David Lynch has never made a good film
George was the best Beatlee

Seconded!

[Clonehunter]

Kontra Kommando said:

Terminator is better than Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Yah, I can back this. I still like JD, but T1 all the way, baby.

However, more controversial: I actually like The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Even more so, I like it more than the first film, by a smidgen.

[Jaxxoon R]

I never knew Jurassic Park 2 & 3 existed as a kid. So after seeing the first move I thought it would be cool if they made one where the dinosaurs escaped to the real world.

Edit: Mario 64 looks and controls like ass. In fact, the N64 is probably the only console that has absolutely zero titles I actually like.

[Optimus]

- Duke Nukem Forever is actually not that bad. Average, with some really nice elements, but not bad.
- Half Life 2 is overhyped. Not overrated exactly. It's quite a good game in several aspects, but nothing I would call best game of the decade or all times (about which I am convinced for Deus Ex though)
- Bioshock story never got me interested. I thought it was a gimmick, generic shooter with some added backdrop to say we are art. Maybe the way it was presented was not my liking.

- I didn't enjoy Inception or Interstellar. Too hyped, too bloated with hollywood fanfare, missed the flow, became unbelievable.

- Lack of Sun doesn't make you depressed.
- Social memes win over the truth. Sadly.

I could think of more.

[Shotgun Guy]

I find turn based RPGs really boring.

[Wagi]

I enjoyed the Star Wars prequels and I hate episode 6.

[Koko Ricky]

- Every "Star Wars" movie sucks. It's all kiddy shit, with none of the insane camp of "Flash Gordon," the ethereal surreality of "Dune," the noir of "Blade Runner" or the brutality of "Robocop." It offers nothing for the serious sci-fi fan. It's pedestrian and it's super lame.

- Every Metallica album sucks, even their old thrash material. It's mediocre at best and James has a terrible voice.

- Politically motivated music is generally a fucking bore.

- Sexual pleasure is all right--certainly not without its charm--but terribly overrated.

- "Bob's Burgers" is boring and unfunny.

- Fat women are the hottest kind of women there are.

- "Uncle Grandpa," while hit-or-miss, is pretty damn funny.

- Beer tastes horrible.

- Completely eliminate the war on drugs, then legalize/regulate ALL of them, even the ones I detest, with some of the taxes being used to create more facilities for addiction treatment.

- I have absolutely no interest in ncest, but I do not think it is morally wrong, just a bad idea, from a genetic stance.

- Being politically informed is a waste of time.

[BaronOfStuff]

Doomkid said:

one thing I love about (old) Mario titles is exactly that: The tight control. Mid air movement, high jump arc, and the two-gear diarreah is rarely a problem for me ... It feels like pure freedom after coming off of a Castlevania or Mega Man spree.

You gotta be fuckin' kidding me! The NES Mega Man games have some of the tightest and most responsive controls around, and mid-air movement is no different to moving on the ground!

Old Castlevania though... god fucking DAMN I hate the lack of air control in that.

Shotgun Guy said:

I find turn based RPGs really boring.

Oh so much this. I have never understood the raving lunacy that comes with the Final Fantasy fanbase. It's a series of 'games' where the main gameplay element seems to be thinly-disguised menu navigation.


Anyway:
- I find Alien to be a better film than Aliens*.
- I think Alien 3 is a decent film**.
- The Dark Knight is horrendously overrated, as is Heath Ledger's performance.
- Half-Life is a boring game.
- Jennifer Lawrence is pretty average-looking at best.


*Aliens is still utterly brilliant though.
** It's not as good as its predecessors, but still shits all over Resurrection.

[Koko Ricky]

I kinda agree about "Alien," because I like slow burners. James Cameron was the fucking man though, he delivered a very different sequel and it rocked, but yeah, it was missing some of the subtlety of the original.

[Stupid Bunny]

Optimus said:

- I didn't enjoy Inception or Interstellar. Too hyped, too bloated with hollywood fanfare, missed the flow, became unbelievable.

I mostly agree. Christopher Nolan's films in general fall victim to this sort of "The movie you are watching is TEH IMPORTANCE which we will show through wooden expositioney dialogue" thing that can make them hard to get invested in. I'll admit I found Interstellar compelling and, yes, even affecting for a while, but as the film wore on it expected me to swallow a little too much and lost me by the end.

On that note, Batman 1989 is better than The Dark Knight, and is in fact the second-best Batman film (after the Adam West one, of course).

[Koko Ricky]

Agreed with the Batman sentiments. Superheros are kinda stupid, conceptually, and movie adaptations of comic books only work if the movies are campy and odd.

[FireFish]

- A swastika is not evil. its a centuries old budhist sign know in japan as a manji, free it.

- There is nothing wrong with Miley sirus, or nipples in the media... grow up, people have a body.

- Modern people going ; "not in our days" are turds. drugs, alcohol, and idiocy go back to the 80's youth.

- Freedom of speech, but not if your opinion does not suit me... flunk those idiots.

- Having a decent adult debate is not drama because you do not like an oppinion, its a true debate.

- woman and all that noise...

- JJ Abrams his directing mutilated and abused Star Trek, together with the writer.

- Lets (focus) show a black guy in a stormtrooper outfit for the starwars teaser, cause disney's not racist !

[dew]

GoatLord said:

- Every "Star Wars" movie sucks. It's all kiddy shit, with none of the insane camp of "Flash Gordon," the ethereal surreality of "Dune," the noir of "Blade Runner" or the brutality of "Robocop." It offers nothing for the serious sci-fi fan. It's pedestrian and it's super lame.

Fuck Dune and fuck Lynch for making it. It's a terrible chaotic mess and it's impossible to enjoy unless one loves to smell their own farts. It's NOT an acquired taste for "serious sci-fi fans", it's a trainwreck of a movie. Lynch can say whatever he wants, but his story telling in it is atrocious. Ethereal borefest. Now, I consider myself a pretty strong sci-fi fan and I think the first two Star Wars movies are ace, because they're so. much. fun. Which is what matters. Return of the Jedi is already getting sketchy as Lucas loses mind in slow motion.

- Politically motivated music is generally a fucking bore.

I wouldn't call Rage Against the Machine a bore. Sabrina by Einstürzende Neubauten is political and so cool. The Partisan is hands down Leonard Cohen's strongest song.

- Sexual pleasure is all right--certainly not without its charm--but terribly overrated.

- Fat women are the hottest kind of women there are.

- Beer tastes horrible.

I don't know what to say.

- I have absolutely no interest in ncest, but I do not think it is morally wrong, just a bad idea, from a genetic stance.

Germans don't disagree with you, I believe they plan on decriminalizing it. Incest is villified because it goes against nature, but so does protected sex. If you don't reproduce and all involved parties are legal and consenting, there's no harm.

- Being politically informed is a waste of time.

How is that unpopular? Dumb masses around the world would nod in agreement, but they're too lazy to read your post.

[Blastfrog]

dew said:

Fuck Dune and fuck Lynch for making it. It's a terrible chaotic mess and it's impossible to enjoy unless one loves to smell their own farts. It's NOT an acquired taste for "serious sci-fi fans", it's a trainwreck of a movie. Lynch can say whatever he wants, but his story telling in it is atrocious. Ethereal borefest.

You do realize that Dune is an entire series of novels written by Frank Herbert (and later his son) and that the movie was a one-off adaptation that wasn't even faithful to the source material, right? Lynch even disowned it.

[BaronOfStuff]

Sodaholic said:

Lynch even disowned it.

This I did not know.

[Aliotroph?]

Star Wars isn't science fiction; it's the stupid, standard fantasy hero story with technological magic instead of wizard magic. It has nothing to examine and nothing to say. It is damn fun to watch, though.

[Koko Ricky]

I don't even find it fun. I'm not sure why. I'm not opposed to goofy space movies (like I said, "Flash Gordon"), but it has this…dammit, how can I word this properly? It's white as shit. I don't know. Is that racist? It's really, really, really white and lame. It has that dorky white dude appeal like "Lord of the Rings."

Oh, and to the "Dune" (Lynch's version) haters: I totally get where you're coming from, but the funny thing is, Frank Herbert thought it was a great film and even said that some of the characters were portrayed more effectively than in the book. The film is a mess though, narratively speaking, as well as pace-wise, but I love it. Lynch did the best he could with a studio that was too stupid to embrace his creativity and stretch it to three two hour movies.

EDIT: Several more unpopular (possibly) opinions:

• Windows blows (and I'm a Windows user).
• Mac OS blows (and I'm a Mac user as well).
• Video games are generally kidding themselves by trying to have "deep" narratives.
• Facebook is not a waste of time.
• Republicans are not automatically evil or super Christian.
• Democrats can be just as worthless as republicans.
• Drugs--specifically psychoactive ones--are a better use of one's time than lovemaking.
• God is not an absurd concept if you define God without anthropomorphism.
• Racism can be hilarious, and if we all embraced how hilarious it is, racism would cease to exist.
• There's nothing wrong with the ending to "The Sopranos."
• We should not stop using the word "nigger" just because it upsets some people, because censoring words is ridiculous.
• It's okay to hit a woman for the same defensive reason you would hit a man.
• Sexual attraction to minors is extremely common if not normal.
• Kim Kardashian is average looking at best.
• Laura Dern is sexy.
• Jeff Goldblum is sexy.

[dew]

Sodaholic said:

You do realize that Dune is an entire series of novels written by Frank Herbert (and later his son) and that the movie was a one-off adaptation that wasn't even faithful to the source material, right? Lynch even disowned it.

Yes, I do realize all of that. So what? Background knowledge doesn't change how bad the movie is.

[geekmarine]

-I actually kind of enjoy David Lynch's "Dune." Yes, I've read the book, and a couple of its sequels, and I realize the film is a hot mess. But it has a certain kind of silly campy charm to it. It's not... good, exactly, but it's entertaining, at least for me.