Controversial Opinions (For Everything Other Than DC Comics)

[dancj]

I hear plenty already. What I hear isn't good.

90+% of everything is crap. You have to look to find the good stuff.

[nnelg]

90+% of everything is crap. You have to look to find the good stuff.

Unfortunately that is correct. Finding good current rocks groups of today is sometimes tedious. There isn't a radio station near me that plays modern rock but 3 that play classic rock.

[Darkseid Is]

Hip hop was always awful

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Hip hop was always awful

Yes. I've heard that said of metal, punk, and rock and roll in general--even country, bluegrass and folk music!

[Darkseid Is]

Yes. I've heard that said of metal, punk, and rock and roll in general--even country, bluegrass and folk music!

Of course. They're all controversial opinions. Except bluegrass...

[Starchild]

Jack Kirby was an extremely talented writer but his art was terrible.

[Madam-Shogun-Assassin]

I think women help spread toxic masculinity. I tend to see women throw rocks and hide their hands in this regards.

[Carabas]

Stanley Kubrick was a hack.
Any semi-competent director can make a great movie if he gets 50+ takes for every scene.

[batnbreakfast]

Well, it is wrapping up this season. Shouldn't be to hard to catch up after the dust settles. As far as "What Is It?", I feel like it is an interesting combination of Blade 2(for obvious reasons) and the original version of V.

Anyways, I'm a fan.

I've only watched the 1st season and loved it. Are the novels even better?

[batnbreakfast]

I think women help spread toxic masculinity. I tend to see women throw rocks and hide their hands in this regards.

I've recently started visiting online dating sites and what I learned there is the stuff of nightmares. Most women seem to go for a certain male ideal I've despised my whole life. Some even go for the ridicolous 50shades of grey stuff: the man is in control. I was hoping this stuff died with the 60s. Maybe its just online females. I hope so.

[Rogue Star]

I've recently started visiting online dating sites and what I learned there is the stuff of nightmares. Most women seem to go for a certain male ideal I've despised my whole life. Some even go for the ridicolous 50shades of grey stuff: the man is in control. I was hoping this stuff died with the 60s. Maybe its just online females. I hope so.

I know I know I know! It's this guy right? He ruined it for everyone.

[Starchild]

It's called having a kink and i fail to see how that's a bad thing.

[dancj]

Stanley Kubrick was a hack.
Any semi-competent director can make a great movie if he gets 50+ takes for every scene.

Isn't that like the opposite of a hack? I always see a hack as someone who churns out work - usually at a rapid pace - without taking the care to make sure it's good.

If you spent a really long time and produce a great work then that can't be hack work regardless of your actual level of talent.

As an aside, I once read an interview with Alan Grant where he described himself as a hack - precisely for this reason. He churned out work quite rapidly and didn't put his heart and soul into it. Luckily for him, he's a talented writer, so he still produced good work.

[Carabas]

Being not an actual word in the English language (well, not one with this meaning anyway), more than one definition exists.

[Kirby101]

Stanley Kubrick was a hack.
Any semi-competent director can make a great movie if he gets 50+ takes for every scene.

No, they can't. That is a complete misunderstanding of Kubrick and directors in general.

Kubrick's reputation as a cinematic genius is well deserved.

If you can watch 2001, Dr Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory... and not see that, I feel bad for you.