Topic: Overrated

[Mooning Freddy]

Okay this is really a IMHO thread but let us try it.

Post about anyone or anything that everybody goes crazy about but you're only response is "meh".

The Beatles: It's not like I don't like the band, I just think they don't deserve all the fame they gained. 90% or their songs are jollier than life and not longer than 4 minutes. And everything is about love and friendship and Hari Krishna. fantastic.

The Shawshank Redemption: A nice, interesting story, but after watching it I can't say it made me think or taught me anything or entertained me enough to ever watch it again. It simply didn't "move" me the way films like Apocalypse Now, American History X or Requiem for a dream did.

Sushi: It's a small piece of raw fish wrapped up in rice with some vegetables. I get the feeling people only like it because it's oriental, and oriental food is considered a delicacy now. Oh well.

[Abnormal Freak]

The Shawshank Redemption: A nice, interesting story, but after watching it I can't say it made me think or taught me anything or entertained me enough to ever watch it again. It simply didn't "move" me the way films like Apocalypse Now, American History X or Requiem for a dream did.

I suppose most things are subjective, after all. While I haven't seen the other two, RFAD is such tedious bullshit in my mind, whereas Shawshank is a perfect 5-star movie. Much more real characters, real scenarios, something to really grasp on to and say, "This is human." The technical merits are also high and beyond, which I'd say is more objective. ;)

[Beaumont_Belmont]

I have nothing to defend about the Beatles or the Shawshank Redemption. I find most of the Beatles work to be unlistenable and Shawshank is an ok movie at best.

However, I will step up and defend sushi, since it's a good way to eat fish without a lot of mess and stink. It's healthy, too. On top of this there are many possibilities as to what kind of fish you can use to make it.

[X]

Sushi: It's a small piece of raw fish wrapped up in rice with some vegetables. I get the feeling people only like it because it's oriental, and oriental food is considered a delicacy now. Oh well.

Actually what you're describing are called Maki rolls. They were developed in the second world war as rations for the Japanese forces and since then have become widely popular amongst civilians.

Bob Dilan. I don't get why he's so popular. At all. He's not even really trying to sing to the songs he plays, and if he does he's awful at it. Virtually no singing talent what-so-ever. Had he come onto America's got talent today as an unknown, he'd be booted off the stage. Not only that but the majority of his work (maybe all of it) was stolen materiel from other artists he knew, especially a woman artist he knew very well and was with for a time, although her name escapes me at the moment. And as for his biography it's pretty much a lie. The guy can't be honest even to his so-called fans. In terms of Country Western he's the worst. His music does absolutely nothing for me and is a chore to listen to. I'd rather sit through Johnny Cash. At least he was more talented.

[Lelygax]

Justin Bieber.

[Mangoaxe5]

Ocarina of Time is very overrated. People talk about the game like it's the second coming.

[Beaumont_Belmont]

Bob Dilan. I don't get why he's so popular. At all. He's not even really trying to sing to the songs he plays, and if he does he's awful at it. Virtually no singing talent what-so-ever. Had he come onto America's got talent today as an unknown, he'd be booted off the stage. Not only that but the majority of his work (maybe all of it) was stolen materiel from other artists he knew, especially a woman artist he knew very well and was with for a time, although her name escapes me at the moment. And as for his biography it's pretty much a lie. The guy can't be honest even to his so-called fans. In terms of Country Western he's the worst. His music does absolutely nothing for me and is a chore to listen to. I'd rather sit through Johnny Cash. At least he was more talented.

Part of that might be that Bob Dylan only put out like one Country album; the rest of his output is mostly Folk Rock. And yeah, it pretty much all sucked, but the hippies loved it in the 60's and now they and their descendants are the ones running Rolling Stone, which of course tells us what music we're supposed to like. He's pretty much the start of the "College dbag strumming an acoustic guitar" style of music.

As for Ocarina of Time, it's OK, but I think you sort of had to be there. I wasn't, so I found it to be good but- I'd already been helped to generous portions of Ultima Underworld and Final Fantasy VII. I think Majora's Mask was a much better swing at an N64 Zelda game, as it went in some unpredictable directions.

Firefly. Yeah, it's a good show. Yeah, it only got a single season. No, it wasn't as good as Farscape.

[Ratty]

Firefly. Yeah, it's a good show. Yeah, it only got a single season. No, it wasn't as good as Farscape.

Neither was that Battlestar Galactica remake which replaced Farscape. Too bad we didn't get the final season but at least we got the Peacekeeper Wars miniseries.
I agree Bob Dylan is way overrated though I do love "My Back Pages", "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Like A Rolling Stone" though from the sound of it those might have all been stolen.

Steve Jobs ugh. Just because he promoted (not personally developed but promoted) gadgets that were "cool" he gets treated like some kind of Ghandi figure, despite being just another greedy corporate suite. This is especially annoying when you realize Bill Gates is still the butt of jokes about greedy tech gurus to this day, despite the fact that Gates actually did something to help people with his money. Specifically he's played a large part in bringing disease vaccinations to the 3rd world. Meanwhile Jobs was designing a "super yacht" so big they didn't even finish it before he died. While we're at it...

Apple Products their products are well made, but not enough to justify their prices for the needs of the average consumer. I suspect many members of the Apple cult are starting to realize this but will never admit it because they've got hundreds of dollars sunk into Apple apps and itunes.

[Beaumont_Belmont]

Ugh. Battlestar Galactica was an unending bore. The original was cheesy, but unpretentious and enjoyable- and the reboot was none of those things.

Apple products have probably the worst value-to-cost ratio on the market. I had a MacBook Pro, bought one when it first came out. 2 power cables literally MELTED. And then cost $80 to replace. The only thing I miss is GarageBand.

[Pfil]

Oh, man! This is like something done for me! 

Let me start: Metal Gear Solid, Banjo Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Crash Bandicoot...
The Godfather, Batman: The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, City of God, Memento, Saving Private Ryan... well, most of iMDb Top 250, to be honest.

Some of that is good stuff, but (IMHO) it's not excellent like so many people (and critics) say.

[TheouAegis]

I get in arguments over Apple all the time, but then I usually drop it. Apple's newer stuff I don't fight over, but their computers are just pure crap. You can't customize them. You can't upgrade them. You can repair them. It's a great business strategy, but only works on the idiots or the lazy. My parents love Macs. My friends like Macs. I told them to keep the damned things away from me. If I want more RAM, I won't go out and buy a new computer, I'll buy more RAM. If I want a better graphics card, I'll go out and... buy a new computer, but that's just me and because if I want a better card I also want more RAM and a bigger hard drive and by that point one or two ports are probably shot, so I may as well just get a new computer and then dismantle the old one and put all the hard drives into one.

Dragon Ball Z. Gundam. 90% of anything that aired on Adult Swim or Toonami. I just don't see it. And don't get me started on harem anime. Even in hentai it bores the shit out of me.

[Lelygax]

Steve Jobs ugh. Just because he promoted (not personally developed but promoted) gadgets that were "cool" he gets treated like some kind of Ghandi figure, despite being just another greedy corporate suite. This is especially annoying when you realize Bill Gates is still the butt of jokes about greedy tech gurus to this day, despite the fact that Gates actually did something to help people with his money. Specifically he's played a large part in bringing disease vaccinations to the 3rd world. Meanwhile Jobs was designing a "super yacht" so big they didn't even finish it before he died. While we're at it...

Dragon Ball Z. 90% of anything that aired on Adult Swim or Toonami.

I dont think that, but My Little Pony is ultra overrated IMO, it even spread everywhere

[Pfil]

Speaking of overrated: phones, tablets, iPhones, iPads and all that stupid stuff... Facebook, Twitter and all social networks... and everything in that vein... you get the point.

[Highwind Dragoon]

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Cyborg mechs with christian overtones.  Umm, yay. 

[Beaumont_Belmont]

I dont think that, but My Little Pony is ultra overrated IMO, it even spread everywhere

The thing about My Little Pony isn't just that it's overrated, it's that its fanboys seem completely oblivious to how creepy and off-putting it seems to people that aren't into it.