Y'know what? I LIKED IT DAMMIT!!!

[SilverUchiha]

-The Star Wars Prequels: (my interest in the entire gorram saga was th'jedi order so forgive me for finding the trilogy that actually has more jedi in it appealing...)

I've been sorta iffy with the Star Wars franchise. I used to love it all when I was a kid. But over the past few years, I've grown to really dislike the writing in the series as a whole. But I will admit that I actually like episodes 2 and 3 quite a bit because the special effects are pretty fucking sweet. I still dislike episode one because I found it incredibly boring. I've never been a fan of things that take place in deserts or tundras.

-Linkin Park (and yes, i'm including "Minutes to Midnight" and "A Thousand Suns"): True, they don't sound like they used to; true, they're gettin' pretty politically-heavy in their material, but it hasn't stopped from being good/original music!!!

"A Thousand Suns"? Is this their new thing? I haven't paid attention to them much in a while. I like the Park, but I don't listen to em too frequently. I need to be in the right mood to listen to them or they just don't sound as good to me.

-Dick Grayson Batman > Bruce Wayne Batman: Yes, Bruce was the original. But original doesn't automatically mean better! Grayson has damn-near all the skills of Bruce, but isn't tormented at all times...HE ACTUALLY HAS FUN WITH IT!!!

Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond is my personal favorite. I just hate how that series ended so abruptly when it had so much potential to out-do the original Batman. But Dick is definitely favorable to Tim Drake or the other Robin's that Bruce brings into the fold.

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So things I like that most people hate... Hm...

Sonic Adventure 2: Probably my favorite Sonic the Hedgehog game of all time. Yes, it's glitchy and has control issues. But I had fun with it and that's more than I can say for most of the 2D titles.

Star Fox Assault: I am one of the few dozen people in the world that probably liked this game as much as StarFox 64. Why? I liked driving around in the tank more than the arwing. I always found something cathartic about blasting down arwings with a Tank. I felt like I was outsmarting those swift sky-loving bastards. Plus the on-foot option was an interesting change of pace. I also liked Star Fox Adventures. Despite it not being much at all like the core series, it was probably one of the best adventure games I've played, better than most Zelda games I try out.

Not sure how different this makes me, but I'm a conservative individual. I dislike most of the stances that Democrats/Liberals have been making since I became politically interested (about 4 years before the last presidential election, which was 4 years before I was of voting age). But, at the same time, I am only fiscally conservative. When it comes to social issues, it really depends on what it is but I'm more open to the ideas of homosexual marriage and other stuff. I just hate it when the government is spending more than it should be on pointless shit it shouldn't be messing with.

I probably have more... but I should get to bed.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I liked season 6 of 24, and that seemed to get a ton of bad things said about it.

 

[numbersix1979]

The two hour movies Syfy channel makes. yeah, they're cheesy and stupid, but damnit they're fun.

I'll say that most are in fact enjoyable for what they are, some are just plain bad xp

 

[BrionJames]

Yeah I guess it's okay. Some people just have poor taste in things. Just don't claim to like these things around me, or I'll tell you how wrong you are.

 

[Bloodstain]

I like Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

*quickly hides behind a rock*

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Although, I'm not sure what you mean by Grayson Batman

Dick Grayson (The original Robin, and later "Nightwing") took over as Batman when Bruce Wayne "died" in the comics. Since then, i've actually found myself more fond of Dick than Bruce, i just think that if you had all that money/all those toys, you'd be able to find SOME enjoyment out of what you do. And even though Dick lost his folks too, he hasn't lost that youthful spirit...he's always cracking jokes, even as Batman. So I get the best of both worlds in the Dick Grayson character, all the badassness of Batman, but with the sense of humor of a Spider-man character (i always found the ones who have fun with it more enjoyable...Bruce was just a tad too emo for me...)

I know who Dick Grayson is. I didn't know he ever took over as Batman though. Personally, I always felt Batman was supposed to be dark and gritty, one of the very few things that is. However your entitled to your opinion. Admittedly that Brave & the Bold series has proved to be amusing, if ridiculous.
And please don't use the word *choke* 'emo' again, it grinds what few nerves I have left to powder every time I have to hear/read it.

 

[WolfEdge]

I certainly applaud you for sticking to your guns despite the omnipresent pressure to conform with popular opinion. Kudos, my man.

But I'm still giving you shit for liking Twilight, you big sappy girl you.

 

[Angelus SnV]

"A Thousand Suns"? Is this their new thing? I haven't paid attention to them much in a while. I like the Park, but I don't listen to em too frequently. I need to be in the right mood to listen to them or they just don't sound as good to me.


Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond is my personal favorite. I just hate how that series ended so abruptly when it had so much potential to out-do the original Batman. But Dick is definitely favorable to Tim Drake or the other Robin's that Bruce brings into the fold.

Yeah, it's the new album...they've only released a couple tracks to th'raido (to the best in of my knowledge) "The Catalyst", and "Waiting for the End"...although i highly reccomend "Wretches and Kings", and "Blackout" as well....


Oh yeah, i loved Terry McGinnis as well, but all of th'reasons i loved Terry for i love Dick for th'same reasons...with th'possible exception of th'fact that Terry had a cooler color scheme....

 

[floppylobster]

Adam West is the definitive Batman.

See, i was cool (not agreeing with necessarily, but perfectly cool with) with all the things you mentioned, up until this one...

while i'm still not sayin' you're wrong (as that would eliminate the entire purpose of this forum), i still say that my favorite on-screen Batman is Micheal Keaton....or, (if he counts) Kevin Conroy because anything Batman related he has to do with is just GOLD!!!

I was kind of joking with that last one. Although I grew up with Adam West's Batman (before Keaton). So for me he really is my favourite. Hilarious. His original Batman movie is comedy gold. "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."

I'm pretty damn sure he's not the best representation of comic Batman though, but I don't know much about that. If I had to pick another, it would be Keaton. I still remember Letterman's joke - "Do you still remember where you were when you heard Keaton wasn't going to be Batman any more?"

- I love Caprica too. Slow paced and takes ages to pay off. It's nothing like the more popular (and good) Battlestar Galactica but the rise and fall - and rise - of Daniel Greystone is fascinating to watch.
- And just in case you're cool with that - I have laughed more than once at lolcats.

That should put me back in my uncool place.

 

[Angelus SnV]

But I'm still giving you shit for liking Twilight, you big sappy girl you.

So i guess it wouldn't help my case t'tell that my fave character in th'saga was Jacob (mostly because that was me in highschool...y'know, 'cept for th'whole "bein' a teenage-bodybuilding, native-american that could shapeshift into a wolf th'size of a pony"-thing...i was the quintessential "best-friend of th'girl who just saw him as a 'friend'")....

although in my defense, when she isn't dolled up to look like Alice, Ashley Greene is quite th'hottness!

 

[Thundero13]

While we're saying what we like that others don't: Nintendo wii is better then Playstation & Xbox, I do not care that there have been hundreds of Mario, Zelda etc. games because Mario, Zelda, Kirby are AMAZING! that is all.

 

[chaos order]

I LIKE RUNESCAPE!!!!!! dont judge

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Halo, CE through reach (not including wars) Almost every time halo pops up on this site, it's getting hated and people point out flaws I just can't see yet somehow I feel ashamed for playing it. I played CE when I was 8-ish, it was the first FPS for me and I played it with my dad; it was important to me. Now we've got Reach and it's only gotten better.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

Nicolas Cage.

Great actor of his generation...bold statement...I KNOW.

 

[TheAbominableDan]

I liked DC's "Salvation Run" miniseries.

People don't like Salvation Run? That was good fun.

I also really liked DC's 52. And it seems that a lot of people didn't. I think they're crazy.

Dawn wasn't a terrible addition to the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Spider-Man 3 was the most expensive Sam Raimi movie ever made. And it was shot like it was the most expensive Sam Raimi movie ever made. And I get a big kick out of that for totally different reasons than the film wanted me to.

Superman Returns was awesome.

I didn't mind the resource gathering in Mass Effect 2.

 

[Death God]

I agree with you, I liked all 3 Matrix movies. I don't care what people say, for me, they were good. I also don't hate Twilight. I respect it for its popularity not content. And I don't care what you say about cartoon network, I still like it. Between having to watch educational shows (as if I don't see enough at school) and reality shows (which is a pile of crap-t.v. if you ask me) I'd rather watch cartoons all day. And some of the new shows are pretty good. Granted there are a few bad ones, generally they show o.k. cartoons. And the final one, I love the Wii. First major system with motion control, it has a great start and a rocky middle but I feel it has a slowly gradual increase in better games now, and I started as a Nintendo fan boy and I will die a Nintendo fan boy.

 

[Death God]

Nicolas Cage.

Great actor of his generation...bold statement...I KNOW.

That was what I was thinking. Maybe not great actor of his generation but he is a good actor all the same.
Also, I did like Metroid: Other M. I don't care if Samus looked like a whiny little girl or not. I liked the story, I liked the gameplay, and I enjoyed playing the game.

 

[Spark Ignition]

I'm not sure where i'm goin' with this, so we'll just see when i get there...i'm not even expecting anybody to respond to it so there y'go...

Y'know, i'm tired of all th'hate people are throwin' my way for some of th'things i'm into...i'm tired of having to defend myself....i mean sure, i like:

-The Star Wars Prequels: (my interest in the entire gorram saga was th'jedi order so forgive me for finding the trilogy that actually has more jedi in it appealing...)

-The Twilight Movies/books: (yes, i'm a straight male, and while i acknowledge that there are flaws (Meyer/Rice/whoever-the-hell-wrote-the-Vampire-Diaries bastardized the vampire myth...i remember when these guys were actually MONSTERS!!!), I do still find them somewhat enjoyable, and do look forward to seein' th'next couple films...

-Smallville: This one's the funniest on my list because i'm such a hardcore anti-Superman/pro-Batman fan...yet i found the show all kinds of entertaining, especially the later seasons when they introduced Green Arrow who is INFINATELY more interesting than Clark...and side-note, Michael Rosenbaum is THE GREATEST ON-SCREEN LEX LUTHOR EVER!!!

-The Matrix Films (yes, all 3 of them): I'm so tired of all the people that rant about "Oh, the first one was great but the 2nd and 3rd were SO HORRIBLE!"

-Linkin Park (and yes, i'm including "Minutes to Midnight" and "A Thousand Suns"): True, they don't sound like they used to; true, they're gettin' pretty politically-heavy in their material, but it hasn't stopped from being good/original music!!!

-Ke$ha: actually, i'm not sure if this one counts...though i'm a metalhead and have been for a very long time, i do find one out of every (perhaps) 572 pop-songs catchy...i actually think most of what Kesha does is horrible, but for some reason one of her songs in particular i just find catchy...can't explain it, but there y'go...i've also managed to find a few good ones out of:

-Kanye West (actually just th'one..."Stronger", and turns out my entire reason for likin' that one mostly had to do with the involvement of Daft Punk th'rest of what that man does i consider garbage)

-Boy bands in general (i'm not gonna list names, but if i'm bein' honest with myself, i've gotta say if you collect them all together, they've probably managed to squeeze out about 1 genuinely good song between each of 'em)




Oh...and on a side-note:

-Dick Grayson Batman > Bruce Wayne Batman: Yes, Bruce was the original. But original doesn't automatically mean better! Grayson has damn-near all the skills of Bruce, but isn't tormented at all times...HE ACTUALLY HAS FUN WITH IT!!!


Th'fact is, i'm not meanin' to step on anybody's toes, i'm not meanin' to offend, but as long as i'm bein' honest, i genuinely liked each of the things i just mentioned. I hate bein' in "fan circles" and bein' looked at like a gorram leper because i find something about these things appealing...i guess when ya get right down to it...

I LIKED 'EM DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is all.....


*Edit*

Ok...maybe not all...

because so many people have commented on this i feel the need to point out that i've already addressed my overuse of the apostrophe in my posts....please feel free to either get over it, or just ignore it as i've already said my peace on this with post #39 of th'forum, so please...GET OFF MY BACK ABOUT THIS!!!!

Sir,I applaud you for th'effort you go to to type in an accent!

 

[GotMalkAvian]

Hey, man, why you gotta hate on people who like boy bands, Kanye West, Ke$ha, or Superman? *grins*
Welcome to the internet. Personally, I agree with you on about half of what you posted, and disagree with you on the other half. I don't feel a need to defend myself to anyone. I have enough self-esteem that I can enjoy what I enjoy without a need for approval from others. However, I also enjoy a good debate, so I spend a lot of time online defending my hobbies and tastes.
One thing that may help is the way you phrase things. I describe things as "good" and "enjoyable." To me, Van Halen isn't "good" music, but it's definitely "enjoyable." I can acknowledge that a lot of things I enjoy are lacking in quality, but that doesn't really hamper my enjoyment of them.