Great masterpieces... that suck!

[M Rotter]

The level of idiocy in this thread is astounding. And these are the people who get their panties in a twist when Roger Ebert says something daft about video games while not even seeing the irony in somebody who doesn't know the difference between Mantegna and Della Francesca calling Leonardo "shit" because he prefers deviantart.

Canon exists for a reason, gentlemen. Somebody who says that, say, Faust "sucks" says WAY more about himself (and none of it very flattering) than about the quality of Goethe's work.

That said, OT: Ayn Rand. With an asterisk, since nobody who knows the first thing about literature considers her to be more than a megalomaniacal, autistic hack. But God, are there legions of retards who love her.

Just because there are foaming-at-the-mouth-fans who dont know the first thing about literature doesnt mean that she doesnt have anything to say. The mouth breathing masses like everything, it doesnt make what they like worthless.

 

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

It felt that Shakespeare would just use the witches as his own personal Deus Ex Machina, just as catalysts for the plot to move it along or explain why something happened. Not to mention that many of the scenes would just be blown through, swiftly going from scene to scene and event to event.

The reason for all that is that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth for King James I, who a.) had a huge thing about witches, and b.) had a notoriously short attention span (it's Shakespeare's shortest play, and the only one with no subplots). There are also a couple of thinly-veiled references to the Gunpowder Plot that had happened only a year or so before, but that's a whole other subject.

 

[The Wooster]

The level of idiocy in this thread is astounding. And these are the people who get their panties in a twist when Roger Ebert says something daft about video games while not even seeing the irony in somebody who doesn't know the difference between Mantegna and Della Francesca calling Leonardo "shit" because he prefers deviantart.

Canon exists for a reason, gentlemen. Somebody who says that, say, Faust "sucks" says WAY more about himself (and none of it very flattering) than about the quality of Goethe's work.

That said, OT: Ayn Rand. With an asterisk, since nobody who knows the first thing about literature considers her to be more than a megalomaniacal, autistic hack. But God, are there legions of retards who love her.

Just because there are foaming-at-the-mouth-fans who dont know the first thing about literature doesnt mean that she doesnt have anything to say. The mouth breathing masses like everything, it doesnt make what they like worthless.

What Ayn Rand had to say was inherently worthless. It didn't take a slew of slobbering 80's douchebags to make it so.

 

[Sarkule]

I wouldn't say it sucks. But the Mona Lisa was a huge dissapointment.
It's nice and all. But it's surrounded by amazing paintings, even the wall directly opposite is covered by a huge painting, thats probably about 10m x 5m, and full of beautiful detail. Yet everyone clamours around this tiny little painting.

 

[M Rotter]

The level of idiocy in this thread is astounding. And these are the people who get their panties in a twist when Roger Ebert says something daft about video games while not even seeing the irony in somebody who doesn't know the difference between Mantegna and Della Francesca calling Leonardo "shit" because he prefers deviantart.

Canon exists for a reason, gentlemen. Somebody who says that, say, Faust "sucks" says WAY more about himself (and none of it very flattering) than about the quality of Goethe's work.

That said, OT: Ayn Rand. With an asterisk, since nobody who knows the first thing about literature considers her to be more than a megalomaniacal, autistic hack. But God, are there legions of retards who love her.

Just because there are foaming-at-the-mouth-fans who dont know the first thing about literature doesnt mean that she doesnt have anything to say. The mouth breathing masses like everything, it doesnt make what they like worthless.

What Ayn Rand had to say was inherently worthless. It didn't take a slew of slobbering 80's douchebags to make it so.

what do you think she said?

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Tom Sawyer I found it incredibly boring. Also that boy needs a good old discipline. I do see the appeal of the book I just found it to be very dull.

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Really you had ammo problems and haking problems? Hacking I found ridiculously easy. Ammo wise the only mild problems I had were on Hard even then only really special ammo was things I had problems with. I suppose maybe early on ammo is a bit hard to come by for say the machine gun but I still don't think it was that bad by the end I had max ammo with everything.

 

[Addz86]

Final Fantasy XIV

Dear Santa,

Please make it stop, I've been really really good this year and don't deserve such crap.

Thanks,
Addz

 

[Rararaz]

I wouldn't say it sucks. But the Mona Lisa was a huge dissapointment.
It's nice and all. But it's surrounded by amazing paintings, even the wall directly opposite is covered by a huge painting, thats probably about 10m x 5m, and full of beautiful detail. Yet everyone clamours around this tiny little painting.

because size matters people.

 

[JemothSkarii]

Masterpieces that fail...
Haze. The last Level at the very least would have made me forgive everything else if YOU DIDN'T SCREW UP THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE CONSTANT "REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE TO MERINO!"

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: No LAN Support, no dedicated servers, super short single player, and hackers everywhere! Plus it was basically a reskin of CoD4...only worse...
*holds up flameshield*

Romeo and Juliet: Saw/Read 5 different versions, and they all failed to the point I was wondering how much Shakespeare convulsed in his grave.

 

[Snarky Username]

It felt that Shakespeare would just use the witches as his own personal Deus Ex Machina, just as catalysts for the plot to move it along or explain why something happened. Not to mention that many of the scenes would just be blown through, swiftly going from scene to scene and event to event.

The reason for all that is that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth for King James I, who a.) had a huge thing about witches, and b.) had a notoriously short attention span (it's Shakespeare's shortest play, and the only one with no subplots). There are also a couple of thinly-veiled references to the Gunpowder Plot that had happened only a year or so before, but that's a whole other subject.

Why do you always have to be such a Buzz Killington! (I have to deal with people telling me that my Username is Snarky, you have to deal with this, it is only fair.)

But yeah, I'm not saying that this play reflects on Shakespeare's work as a whole. It's also one of his earliest plays, and still pretty good, considering the history behind it. But when people consider it one of the best plays of all time, I can't help but think otherwise.

 

[Jonluw]

Growth of the soil
Growth of the soil
Growth of the soil

It's the most dreary piece of shit I've ever read.
Oh, and The great Gatsby was sort of boring, but not all that bad.

 

[TomLikesGuitar]

That would be correct, not that it makes it any less idiotic. In fact make that issue number seven. I used it at first, but seeing as using it on living enemies alerts everyone in the level to your exact posistion and using it on the dead isn't worth shit, I gave up on it.

Yeah, it's pretty hard to take pictures of the bad guys, but one day you might be pro enough to do it lol.

Srsly tho... You are very much in the minority for not liking Bioshock.

 

[Yosato]

Great Expectations
Brick Lane
Had to read them both for English and I found them so dull that I just dreaded picking up the book by the halfway point

 

[Yosato]

Final Fantasy XIV

Dear Santa,

Please make it stop, I've been really really good this year and don't deserve such crap.

Thanks,
Addz

Uhh, I don't think many people consider FFXIV a masterpiece, you should see all the reviews it's been getting :S

 

[Jonluw]

I can't fucking stand listening to Ravel's Bolero. I find it to be so boring. People claim to enjoy the melody, and I guess it's OK. It would certainly be a lot better if it and its sister melody weren't repeated virtually verbatim for six minutes. I've heard a couple of versions, and even the most creative ones are equally boring. It is one melody on one instrument, followed by a different melody on a different instrument. Then the first one on a different instrument, then the second on a different instrument, and so on. I simply don't find the melody fun enough to be repeated all that much, and remain good.

But... It's so... Hypnotizing.

Dum dumdumdumdum dumdumdumdum dum dum dumdumdumdum dumdumdumdum dum dum...

 

[supermariner]

The deer hunter
Taxi Driver
2001: a space odyssey

all considered classic films
all absolute shite in my opinion