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I generally dislike anything related to Vampires. Never got into Buffy, and have avoided anything Dracula-related. And let's not even talk about Twlight. Weirdly though, I love Blade 2.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I really hate how everyone acts like zombies were never a cultural thing. Why do everyone, including teenagers, call zombies "Walkers"? Where did this term come from? How did it spread? Is there some sort of copyright on the term "zombie"?

That's another reason I can't stand it. The people in it aren't genre savvy, and act as if the idea of a zombie is a new concept to them. Of course, The Walking Dead isn't the only zombie story guilty of this though.

 LordofHats wrote:
And she killed Mara Jade over a personal squabble with Timothy Zahn and may she burn for it.

Please elaborate.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I really hate how everyone acts like zombies were never a cultural thing. Why do everyone, including teenagers, call zombies "Walkers"? Where did this term come from? How did it spread? Is there some sort of copyright on the term "zombie"?

That's another reason I can't stand it. The people in it aren't genre savvy, and act as if the idea of a zombie is a new concept to them. Of course, The Walking Dead isn't the only zombie story guilty of this though.

Yep. Whilst I'm generally a supporter of tropes, this one is one of the more stupid ones out there and needs to stop.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Is this some sort of Hipster thread?

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Smug Nerd Hipsters, possibly.

 plastictrees wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Is this some sort of Hipster thread?

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Smug Nerd Hipsters, possibly.

I disliked all this stuff before it was cool.

You probably hadn't heard of it yet.

I disliked disliking things befoer you disliked it.

*adjusts vest, goes back to tapping away on his iPad whilst sipping stupidly overpriced coffee*

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I generally dislike anything related to Vampires. Never got into Buffy, and have avoided anything Dracula-related. And let's not even talk about Twlight. Weirdly though, I love Blade 2.

Blade 2 has Ron Perlman, thus it is acceptable.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I disliked disliking things befoer you disliked it.

*adjusts vest, goes back to tapping away on his iPad whilst sipping stupidly overpriced coffee*

*monocle pop*

 Platuan4th wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I disliked disliking things befoer you disliked it.

*adjusts vest, goes back to tapping away on his iPad whilst sipping stupidly overpriced coffee*

*monocle pop*

*tips fedora*

 Ahtman wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I disliked disliking things befoer you disliked it.

*adjusts vest, goes back to tapping away on his iPad whilst sipping stupidly overpriced coffee*

*monocle pop*

*tips fedora*

*stops to pull incredibly tight jeans out of buttcrack*

Ipad? pfffft! You guys aren't true hipsters if your using mainstream technologies, the real hipsters use retro tech to write their poems when enjoying thier decaf soy milk latte with pumpkin spice and vanilla

 Platuan4th wrote:

 tomball0706 wrote:
People don't enjoy Lord of the rings? Well you all suck.

I know plenty of people that don't like it, mostly because:

They're good fantasy movies, it's a terrible Lord of the Rings adaptation.

Many of the characterizations are wrong, many of the parts that are added in make no sense, and many of the things that were reworked are odd, to say the least(why would they bring the civilians to Helm's Deep, why draw out Faramir's desire to claim the ring, etc.). There were also a few parts that should have been left in but were cut out because reasons. Not necessarily the Scouring, but little things.

I get that, they didn't really stick to the books much but then again, do any book to film adaptations stick to the book well at all?

Please elaborate.

Its hard to know exactly what happened because the moderators at starwars.com probably spent more time cleaning up after the mess in the mid 2000's than anything else, but around that time were was a sort of civil war between two camps in the group that ran the EU (the side headed by Zahn, and the other of which Travis was one member). At some point there was apparently come kind of gaffe between Zahn and Travis and some people have theorized that killing Mara Jade was a sort of personal revenge by Travis that served the dual purpose of winning the 'civil war.'

I'll probably get flamed for my choices, but here goes:

24:
This show has a cliffhanger like every 10 seconds (I guess so people don't channel hop); it gets annoying though, and spoils any element of pacing that a good story should have, and the twists get more and more ridiculous. The seasons are also very formulaic, it got boring pretty quickly after the first.

The Wire:
I don't dislike this show as such, but I think it's massively overrated. It's often touted as "The best series ever", but I have to wonder who is saying this stuff. It's good compared to other police process shows like CSI, but that's about it really. And all those shows have better leads than plastic-paddy McNulty.

How I met your mother:
I don't find anyone in this show especially funny, it just seems like canned laughter, and trying too hard.

 cincydooley wrote:
Game of Thrones is amazing.

You're actually the first person I've ever talked to that watched the show and didn't like it.

Meh. It meanders to no real end.


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 timetowaste85 wrote:
It's not that I hate GoT so much, it's more that it doesn't draw me in like a frothing madman. The books are actually more of a disappointment than the show. Show is pretty decent, I could just take or leave it without worry. The books, well, I don't find GRRM to be a good writer. He's decent, but I don't think he's good enough to get the recognition that he is.

Agreed.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 tomball0706 wrote:
People don't enjoy Lord of the rings? Well you all suck.

I know plenty of people that don't like it, mostly because:

They're good fantasy movies, it's a terrible Lord of the Rings adaptation.

Many of the characterizations are wrong, many of the parts that are added in make no sense, and many of the things that were reworked are odd, to say the least(why would they bring the civilians to Helm's Deep, why draw out Faramir's desire to claim the ring, etc.). There were also a few parts that should have been left in but were cut out because reasons. Not necessarily the Scouring, but little things.

As I recall, they did bring the civilians to Helms Deep.

Not the civilians of Edoras, but the civilians from the surrounding towns had taken shelter there. So there were actually civilians there. It just made a better story flow to have them be from Edoras. That's a very minor nitpick.

As for why draw out Faramir's desire for the Ring, it was so his resistance to it would seem special. In the book it is a little abrupt, it almost makes the Ring's power seem trivial at that point in time.

 Soladrin wrote:
The office.
Lord of the Rings
The God father. (boredom incarnate)
Anything with zombies. (except for Shaun of the Dead)

Have you seen Zombieland? You might like it.

I like the Lord of the Rings films more than the books, which I found dull. I like the book The Hobbit more than the Hobbit films so far.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
I found Game of Thrones to be very lacking.
I haven't even finished the first book yet. It has been right here on my desk for months now, but I just can't bring myself to reading it again. I just got spoiled on the Lord of the Rings I guess. Game of Thrones just lacks the depth and literary value that Lord of the Rings has.
It is not that Games of Thrones is bad or anything, in fact, I think it is great, but somehow it lacks that special spark that keeps me reading or watching.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I loathe the Big Bang Theory.

I liked it for maybe 1 or 2 seasons... but after a bit I just couldn't stomach it anymore either.

I loved the Big Bang Theory, but I spent an entire night without sleep from like 10pm to 9am watching it non-stop with friends, and now I just can't stomach it anymore.

I watched GOT and went meh. I procured the book to see if it was better. Its somewhat better but still has the meandering problem. I made the mistake of looking up how many books there were and the sheere number of them put me off. I made it to kidnapping the swarf but its been months since I went further. Been thinking of reading some nonfiction instead.

I agree with the GOT thing, it just goes on and on, and nothing really happens - even the big moments jus made me go "oh, ok." I got to a stage of terminal boredom with it, basically.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I generally dislike anything related to Vampires. Never got into Buffy, and have avoided anything Dracula-related. And let's not even talk about Twlight. Weirdly though, I love Blade 2.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I really hate how everyone acts like zombies were never a cultural thing. Why do everyone, including teenagers, call zombies "Walkers"? Where did this term come from? How did it spread? Is there some sort of copyright on the term "zombie"?

That's another reason I can't stand it. The people in it aren't genre savvy, and act as if the idea of a zombie is a new concept to them. Of course, The Walking Dead isn't the only zombie story guilty of this though.

 LordofHats wrote:
And she killed Mara Jade over a personal squabble with Timothy Zahn and may she burn for it.

Please elaborate.

Well in defence, in Walking Dead there isn't a zombie culture. Its a parallel world without Romero... Thats why they're called walkers, or biters, or other names.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
The office.
Lord of the Rings
The God father. (boredom incarnate)
Anything with zombies. (except for Shaun of the Dead)

Have you seen Zombieland? You might like it.

Yes, it was ok, Woody Harrelson was a blast as usual... and that's all I really remember of the movie. He was cool, the rest was a big fat meh.

 Grey Templar wrote:


As I recall, they did bring the civilians to Helms Deep.

There were very few. Most of the people picked up on the way were additional soldiers, and for many towns, the civilians were left because the army was a more tempting target(the whole point of the army leaving Edoras). In addition, it's soldiers in the caves(the few civilians trapped once the Uruk-Hai made their way to the back entrance were in the fortress proper) as they were there, with Gimli tagging along because he couldn't see on the walls, to protect from attacks coming through the back passage.

 Grey Templar wrote:
As for why draw out Faramir's desire for the Ring, it was so his resistance to it would seem special. In the book it is a little abrupt, it almost makes the Ring's power seem trivial at that point in time.

But that misses the entire point of Faramir: He's pure enough to resist the ring's allure and power and do what's best for the world, even if it's not what Gondor wants. It changes a major strength of the character to have him capitulate to what his father wants just to change his mind because he and Frodo "finally understand each other".

I'm not saying there shouldn't be things changed or left out when adapting books to movies, but many of the changes were changes for change's sake(like the freaking Elves coming).

with Gimli tagging along because he couldn't see on the walls, to protect from attacks coming through the back passage.

Attacks through the back passage are always annoying...

Walking Dead.

Zombies have been done to undeath. Give it a rest already.

 tomball0706 wrote:


I get that, they didn't really stick to the books much but then again, do any book to film adaptations stick to the book well at all?

Fight Club.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 tomball0706 wrote:


I get that, they didn't really stick to the books much but then again, do any book to film adaptations stick to the book well at all?

Fight Club.

2001, Watchmen (If you count comics)

If you didn't like zombie land you're doing it wrong.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
If you didn't like zombie land you're doing it wrong.

Why hello there absolute statement that declares any difference in opinion to be BADWRONGFUN.

I don't like Firefly. I saw it during its initial run on Fox, and wasn't impressed. My friends convinced me that the reason I didn't like it was because Fox aired the episodes out of order. So I watched the first few episodes in order.

I still wasn't impressed.

(Hipster mode: engaged) "I was watching Firefly thirty years ago, back when it was called Blake's 7" (Hipster mode: off)

I also dislike the Lord of the Rings novels. I liked the movies, because I saw them without all of the emotional investment the book fans saw them with. I look on them as well put together fantasy movies. The novels... wow... Tolkieen could build a complex world and lay the foundations for the entire contemporary fantasy genre, but he was also a really bad writer. I'm sorry, its true. I couldn't even finish Fellowship because his prose style is over wordy and meandering to no beneficial effect.

I'll also throw in about the LOTR books being extremely boring. I love everything he did for the fantasy genre, but I gave up after the first book. Part of me wants to try again...but ehhhhh...

 Locclo wrote:
Game of Thrones. Tried to read the book, tried to watch the show, I was constantly alternating between bored and confused throughout both. I'm just not smart enough to enjoy this one.

Also on the TV front - Arrested Development, Scrubs, and Archer. I don't know what it is, maybe it's just the fact that the internet raves about them so much that the real shows aren't nearly as good in comparison, but none of them have been able to really get me laughing. I feel like Arrested Development did the best job of all three, but I've still never seen past the first few episodes, just because it wasn't that funny to me.

Edit: How do I grammar.

I'll chime in on the Arrested Development/Community appeal. These are two really slow burning comedies. There are bit jokes and oneliners tossed in, but they are at their best when they finally land a punchline based on a bad pun they set up two episodes ago. To really try Arrested Development you almost have to commit to watching a season. If you can appreciate this brand of humor, those shows deliver like nothing else. If you don't like one, you probably won't like the other. I'm a huge Community fan, but season 4 of Arrested Development was entirely too dark and flat out nasty for me. They went out of their way to blacken every ounce of hope and mirth from the show.

I'd love to hear someone explain the appeal of scrubs though- I am at a loss with that show.