Media that you find overrated

[Kenbo Slice]

There's always that one bit of media, be it a tv show, video game, musician, or a movie that gets heaps of praise, so you watch it and realize it's not the greatest thing since sliced bread.

My pick would have to be Breaking Bad, throughout it's entire run everybody and their mothers got their panties wet over that show. Now, I'm not saying that it's a bad show, but it's nowhere near as great as everyone says it is.

What piece of media do my fellow Escapists find overrated?

 

[ExDeath730]

I will probably get killed, but...Dark Souls. Maybe because i'm from the end of the NES, beginning of the SNES Era, but i'm used to hard games, so in that front it didn't impress me, i did like the gameplay, but found the combat way too slow, i guess they were trying to go the methodical road, but it just didn't click with me. The menus and inventory were horrible to navigate, and since i played on the PC, the port did not help. Maybe i just had a bad experience because of the bad port, or after all the hype i was expecting to cry tears of blood from the difficulty.

But anyway, for me it is a game that i find overrated, but at the same time i can understand why so many people enjoy it.

 

[DerpLordSnuggy]

Most modern artists in america. I've ended up listening to foreign music because of the general crap we have on the radio today. That and Game of Thrones. Never could get into it.

 

[Zontar]

Have to agree with @DerpLordSnuggy, I just can't get into Game of Thrones. Can't stand it, and I also continue to be confused as to why some call it "fantasy" just because it's medieval and has dragons. That's not enough to make it fantasy. Really the only thing I enjoyed was Peter Dinklage's performance, but there's just not enough of it for me to want to go out of my way to watch the show.

 

[Vault101]

overrated is a tricky term.....whats the difference between overated and "something popular I don't care for much" or is it entirly subjective?

mabye a good example of "overated" is something that is praised at its time but later doesn't really hold up?

I guess oscar baiting movies could be considered "overrated" if people like them at the time, everybody hated "the reader" because it onean oscar over Dark Knight...while I like the movie as an adaptation of the book....I do understand peoples dislike of the film, it seemed to win only because it checked the right boxes rather than beng a good movie

I really can't stand "Remember the Titans" its simplistic and is suposed to make you feel good...not think

 

[Weaver]

Full Metal Alchemist. It's solidly okay. I just can't understand how it's lauded as one of the best anime of all time when it is, let's be honest here, another combat shonen. Maybe above average, but it really, really doesn't do much new. It has tons of the classic anime tropes and trappings and while Brotherhood was better, I still can't understand how the North American anime community decided it is literally the best anime ever made.

 

[Randoman01]

I probably don't like dr who. I am just not into it.

 

[TakerFoxx]

Pacific Rim. Given all the hype it got on this site and at last year's San Diego Comic Con, I was hoping for something mind-blowingly fantastic. Instead, I found it to be just okay.

 

[das_n00b]

star wars.


Not a single one of the films has ever really evoked a sense of genuine interest in me. Go ahead and comment on this all you want, I've yet been able to watch any of the films all the way through, but I don't find any of the mythos or recycled themes really worth having to consume hours and hours of media from a monster of a franchise with artistic high points that can be described as lackluster in their aesthetic merit at beast.

 

[Madame_Lawliet]

Bioshock Infinite - I've beaten that horse into the ground many times...
Oblivion - A brilliant set of ideas trapped in a boring and generic setting and bogged by goddess awful gameplay.
Metal Gear Solid 4 - My least favorite MGS by a wide margin, I think Hideo Kojima genuinely did NOT want to make this game and in my opinion it really shows, it's so loaded with fanservice and retcons, it covers plotholes with more plotholes, it exposition dumps like crazy, and it's very existence practically invalidates MGS2's ending, which sucks because MGS2's ending is my favorite video game ending of all time.

And on the non-game front...
Attack on Titan - Not a bad anime by anyone's measure, but nowhere near as great as the fans make it out to be.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

star wars.


Not a single one of the films has ever really evoked a sense of genuine interest in me. Go ahead and comment on this all you want, I've yet been able to watch any of the films all the way through, but I don't find any of the mythos or recycled themes really worth having to consume hours and hours of media from a monster of a franchise with artistic high points that can be described as lackluster in their aesthetic merit at beast.

I think Star Wars is sort of like Shakespeare or the Beatles. The original trilogy did a ton of innovative technical things and had some engaging characters and plot moments, but has been emulated sooooo many times that it stops being seen as original or innovative. I've heard the standard, "Shakespeare just wrote in cliches, why's he so great?" line in person from a classmate back in high school, and I've felt the same way about the Beatles. I can respect the innovation, but not everyone finds the material that interesting.

OT: I have a hard time with Led Zeppelin. I do enjoy a number of their songs, but I just kinda feel meh about them in a broad sense. Also, a host of films, like Citizen Kane or pretty much any other Oscar winner that didn't actually do very well in theaters, tend to make me just shrug. They're not necessarily bad, but I don't really get the appeal sometimes.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

My Little Pony. I see nothing in it that I haven't seen in every other children's cartoon show about being yourself or whatever, yet so many people jizz their pants over it.

 

[lacktheknack]

Easy: Cee-Lo Green's "F**k You".

According to everyone, it's the best bit of pop music of the decade.

It's a boring little piece piano-driven cheese with a dash of bitterness. I get that it resonates with people lyrically, but seriously, screw lyrics. All they do is get in the way of the actual music, the stuff I care about.

 

[das_n00b]

star wars.


Not a single one of the films has ever really evoked a sense of genuine interest in me. Go ahead and comment on this all you want, I've yet been able to watch any of the films all the way through, but I don't find any of the mythos or recycled themes really worth having to consume hours and hours of media from a monster of a franchise with artistic high points that can be described as lackluster in their aesthetic merit at beast.

I think Star Wars is sort of like Shakespeare or the Beatles. The original trilogy did a ton of innovative technical things and had some engaging characters and plot moments, but has been emulated sooooo many times that it stops being seen as original or innovative. I've heard the standard, "Shakespeare just wrote in cliches, why's he so great?" line in person from a classmate back in high school, and I've felt the same way about the Beatles. I can respect the innovation, but not everyone finds the material that interesting.

OT: I have a hard time with Led Zeppelin. I do enjoy a number of their songs, but I just kinda feel meh about them in a broad sense. Also, a host of films, like Citizen Kane or pretty much any other Oscar winner that didn't actually do very well in theaters, tend to make me just shrug. They're not necessarily bad, but I don't really get the appeal sometimes.

It's funny should mention that, because my sister (a music major) and I were discussing this same theme in regards to music this morning. She asked me if I enjoyed the rolling stones and I said something along the lines of "well, they're required listening". There are a ton of creative works which have been derived from their respective cultural histories: Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones both used musical techniques derivative of early black american music.

So we did come to the conclusion that the process of evaluation the aesthetic value of a creative work changes with time. Some people might not be moved by Shakespeare's stories because their individual literary components have become canonical tropes in western culture.

I really do want to give the star wars series another honest go, but I can't bring myself to it quite yet. lol.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Nothing.

The word itself implies (or is generally used in a way that implies) that the people who like something are not smart enough to realize what they like is actually bad. And that type of mentality kinda pisses me off.

 

[stroopwafel]

The word itself implies (or is generally used in a way that implies) that the people who like something are not smart enough to realize what they like is actually bad. And that type of mentality kinda pisses me off.

Interesting. I think 'overrated' implies that the majority opinion or critical consensus isn't always 'right'(though taste is subjective obviously).

I find many media overrated though the biggest one(when it comes to popular media) is probably Lord of the Rings. I won't deny it was nicely made but all those movies bored the tits off me.

I find most Oscar winners also overrated. Structure is almost always the same: combine some politically correct/socially 'relevant' subtext in a manner that isn't at all pretentious with the melodrama of a morally conscious individual that faces the odds of either sickness, suppression, prosecution, inequality or racism and lo and behold here we have the cringeworthy Oscar speech of some A-list celeb thanking God, the director and his/her family.

 

[shootthebandit]

Easy: Cee-Lo Green's "F**k You".

According to everyone, it's the best bit of pop music of the decade.

It's a boring little piece piano-driven cheese with a dash of bitterness. I get that it resonates with people lyrically, but seriously, screw lyrics. All they do is get in the way of the actual music, the stuff I care about.

I see you driving round town with the girl I love and I wish you all the best and hope you treat her right. It wouldve never worked out anyway and I hope can find someone else and form a relationship that may actually last. But fuck you anyway

I think pharrell williams is over rated. Happy is a good song. Its catchy and upbeat (basic requirements for a pop song) and it puts a smile on my face. But boy is it over played

 

[kasperbbs]

Have to agree with @DerpLordSnuggy, I just can't get into Game of Thrones. Can't stand it, and I also continue to be confused as to why some call it "fantasy" just because it's medieval and has dragons. That's not enough to make it fantasy. Really the only thing I enjoyed was Peter Dinklage's performance, but there's just not enough of it for me to want to go out of my way to watch the show.

Well that show did have dragons, warlocks, an army of undead, immortal dude, shift shaping assasins, giants, some chick gave birth to a demon, so if thats not fantasy then i don't know what is. Other than that you are free to hate the show as far as i'm concerned.


My pick would be Dr.Who, i quit after a couple of episodes of the first season it felt like a childrens show with bad sfx and overall silly.

 

[laggyteabag]

Cowboy Bebop: Whenever I ask what is the best anime, I always get the response "Cowboy Bebop". I bit, and I was disappointed. I was halfway through the series, forcing myself to watch it thinking "It will get good soon, right? Something interesting will happen soon, right? right?". It didn't. The characters weren't overly interesting, there was no real story that I was interested in, and to me it felt an anime full of filler episodes with little continuity other than if someone joined the crew, they would stay. So I gave up and watched something else instead.

Breaking Bad: Don't get me wrong, it was good, at least when something was happening, but I dropped the show twice out of boredom, and I only picked up up again out of curiosity. It was a good ride, but the best TV show ever? Not a chance.

Pulp Fiction: Damn it was painfully average. That entire second act where John Travolta went to the restaurant? Pointless. The act with Bruce Willis? Good, but pointless. It felt like it was very poorly edited, and with more than enough scenes that outstayed their welcome. And it was a huge crime that we did not see much of Samuel L Jackson's character.

 

[Majinash]

The latest Batman Trilogy. The only good thing that came out of it was the Bane voice, which makes most mundane things more fun to say. Other than that I didn't enjoy any of it.