The talk about Chasing Amy makes me want either a full on Kevin Smith Intermission or a commentary on one of the movies.

For music (Teague did it, so I can too):

1. I do not and never will get Pink Floyd. There are exactly two songs by them that I like, both off The Wall ("Another Brick in the Wall" and "The Trial"). I just think they're completely overblown, self-indulgent, and dull.

2. In the same vein, I do not care for the Rolling Stones. There are a few songs of theirs that I like, but The Who blow anything by The Stones out of the water, particularly whilst playing live (look up The Who's performance of "A Quick One, While He's Away" at the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus to watch them upstage the Stones at the Stones' own concert).

3. Green Day is my favorite band of all time. Yes, their most recent stuff has been crap, but I'm firmly convinced that American Idiot and Warning are two of the best albums of the last decade.

4. In a similar vein, I love My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade.

I'm with you on The Black Parade, certainly.

How any band responsible for this song can remain unpopular boggles my mind. Liza Minelli is on this track. She's popular, right?!

The thing that bugs me the most is the "Green Day aren't real punk! They're sellouts!" First of all, if becoming successful and spreading their music around the world is the definition of sellout, that means that The Clash are just as guilty. Second, Billie Joe Armstrong is quoted as saying "Punk is dead, and I fucking killed it." Green Day has at no time recently claimed to be a punk band anymore, because they're not; their last two albums have been arena rock reminiscent of The Who and Queen, and they're perfectly willing to admit that. I think the whole stupid punk/sellout conflict is summed up perfectly in a quote by Armstrong: "So a guy asks me what punk is. I go over to a trash can, kick it over, and say, 'You want punk? THAT's punk.' So he picks up the trash can and kicks it over himself, and says, 'That's punk?' And I say, 'No, THAT's trendy.'"

1. Star Trek V is not that awful. It's pretty bad, but I can enjoy parts of it (although the slapstick humor usually makes me cringe).
2. Star Trek (2009) is enjoyable (much better than Insurrection and Nemesis), but it has serious issues (like Nero's motivation and unnecessary violations of ST canon). Brian really has a point, guys.
3. X2 is not great (discussed recently in the “X-Men” thread).
4. Why do some people hate Spaceballs so fucking much? There's nothing inherently wrong with that kind of farce (although it probably could've been executed better).
5. The best Kevin Smith movie? I'd go with Clerks or Dogma.
6. I love Donnie Darko. I guess it's an European thing...
7. Firefly is not the greatest sci-fi TV show ever. That said, some episodes are really well written (e.g. “Our Mrs. Reynolds”).

Radiohead is awesome. The problem is that they're an album band, not a song band. You can't just say, "Oh, I really like that one Radiohead song, I'll listen to it now." You really have to listen to an album as a whole, and then it really clicks. I was skeptical until I listened to Kid A, and that's a brilliant album.

Also, Teague, Thom Yorke actually has a beautiful singing voice. He's intentionally doing a weird thing with it because he wants the sound of the band to be dissonant and not angelic.

Also, I hated Dredd. Thought it was no different from any other terrible action movie that's out there.

As for my own unpopular opinion, I love the Paranormal Activity movies, even though the internet consensus is that they are all terrible. The fourth one is pretty weak, but the first three are really smart and well-made.

Totally agreed. I listened to "Paranoid Android" and "Fitter Happier" and enjoyed both well enough. Then I listened to the entire CD of OK Computer and went "Holy crap. This stuff is incredible." It's the same thing with The Who's Tommy. Listen to "Pinball Wizard" or "Sally Simpson", and you'll like them. Listen to the whole LP, and you'll fall in love.

More like a really bad *season* for TOS (although "The Enterprise Incident" from said season is actually one of my faves from the whole show, and feels the most like an episode from an actual television series of any TOS scripts, IMHO.

I have tried, on multiple occasions, to like Dr Who. (where the fuck do i start?)

(also don't care much for the Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, the Simpsons, and Star Trek. but whatever)

Maybe I don't like tv shows that aren't children's cartoons.

.. oh yeah, and I think ponies are fucking awesome.

Last edited by MadBadCoyote (2012-11-13 01:56:42)

I don't care for a Clockwork Orange, Forest Gump, nor Fargo. And Kevin Smith shits me to tears.

Last edited by Dave (2012-11-13 02:07:53)

I still like the Shrek series, although most people seem to think that it has become passé (it probably depends on quality of the local dub - our Polish dub is hilarious).

Fargo isn't bad, but I find it slightly overrated. The Big Lebowski is my favorite Coen brothers film.

Last edited by MartyJ (2012-11-13 02:11:34)

Aliens is better than Alien. So crucify me.