Zontar said:
We have not been reading the same books. There's fantastic contemporary stuff out there. And just look every age there's also a lot of schlock. Also, Star Trek is coming back to the small screen. Woop woop.Vigormortis said:
There's always something of quality out there, just like there's a lot of shlock. But it's not normal for the shlock to for an entire decade dominate award events or to be the near exclusivity of what's being promoted (the only good works as of late that aren't shlock being promoted are the rare event of something like The Expanse, and even that seems only due to the fact Martin likes it and it got a show)Cowabungaa said:
Eh I'm not so sure. Every era has its "thing" so to speak, and most of what's produced that has that "thing" is pretty mediocre. The 50's and 60's had weird space adventurism of which most was extremely cheesy, the 70's and 80's had Star Wars rip-offs of which most were extremely cheesy, and the 90's and 00's had grimdark of which most was extremely cheesy.Zontar said:
Does an internet based, channel specific streaming service count as the 'small screen?' I feel like we should have a new 'screen' title for this sort of thing.Cowabungaa said:
I don't know about you, but I don't have a huge cinema multiplex in my home so my screens are pretty small. If anything the term is becoming more apt these days, with the content being everywhere only the screen size on which we consume it differs (hyperbole, naturally). Tiny screens, small screens and big screens.AccursedTheory said:
While the Hunger Games was a...sorta fun read, if you ignored the main draw of it all with the teen drama with a backdrop of whatever, delving into social issues? The most I remember is the bits with...the last winner(personally some of the best parts if you ask me) and the last little bit with the sister and the tactics used to win(I'd go more in-depth since it's pretty badly foreshadowed about a quarter of the way through the third book, but it's still spoilers). Neither of which make up more than maybe a dozen pages if I'm being generous.Thaluikhain said:
Yeah, Battle Royale is pretty decent, but I will say that there's a pretty big chance she didn't know it existed, since the death game is largely just an excuse to have non-traditional tension in a pretty badly characterized love "triangle". Not to say BR didn't have those elements as well, but it did make an effort for the death game to be a bigger part than the politics and romance around the game.Ezekiel said:
Er...I think you overstating the love triangle bit there, and understating all the stuff about haves and have nots and PTSD and so on.Redryhno said:
hooooooooooooooooooooold up just a secondQueen Michael said:
if I am to take a wild guess I thiiiiink OP is referring to regular sterotypical "dude bros" or "jocks" as opposed to "geeks' as if it's the 80's or something... it feels borderline outdated. Online Geek culture has always had a weird thing separating oneself from the "normies"DudeistBelieve said:
I am yes, and I know nerds/geeks who are awsome cool peopleThaluikhain said:
Oh, I agree, it's stopped being about non-conformity (if it ever was) and become just another subculture that appears to define itself by excluding people. Actually, that applies to any number of other things as well.Vault101 said:
