__________ is/are overrated.

Started by kphoger, April 28, 2022, 10:42:16 AM

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thspfc

Quote from: jakeroot on November 03, 2023, 09:41:54 PM
Music should be off-limits. Every single generation thinks the generation of music following their preferred generation of music is of poor quality. There seems to be genuinely few people who enjoy all genres of music across multiple decades.
You don't even have to enjoy or "appreciate" different kinds of music. Simply understanding that it's a matter of opinion is sufficently nuanced and yet 90% of people fail to meet that bar. That doesn't mean you can't voice your opinion, but you also can't convey it like it's objective.

Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2023, 02:03:03 PM
I would not recognize a Taylor Swift song if I heard it.
Ok . . . ? Congradulations?


webny99

Quote from: LilianaUwU on November 03, 2023, 09:15:55 PM
Quote from: vdeane on November 03, 2023, 08:42:12 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on November 03, 2023, 02:44:06 PM
I recognize Taylor Swift songs by their blandness.
I sense some bad blood here.
Bad blood against her rabid fanbase who will doxx you if you dare say anything negative about her, yes.

Bad Blood, also a Swift song. That one took me a minute.  :spin:

Rothman

Teresa Brewer, "Put Another Nickel In."  Taylor Swift of her time.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

LilianaUwU

Quote from: jakeroot on November 03, 2023, 09:41:54 PM
Music should be off-limits. Every single generation thinks the generation of music following their preferred generation of music is of poor quality. There seems to be genuinely few people who enjoy all genres of music across multiple decades.
One of my favorite songs of all time is this, so please disregard me already.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her, no matter what you think about that.

jeffandnicole

Regardless if you like Taylor's music, one thing is certain - she is an awesome business woman. No one becomes a billionaire by accident.


Rothman

Quote from: jeffandnicole on November 03, 2023, 11:18:08 PM
Regardless if you like Taylor's music, one thing is certain - she is an awesome business woman. No one becomes a billionaire by accident.
"Senators and presidents don't have men killed."

"Oh.  Who's being naive, Kay?"
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Big John


Max Rockatansky


LilianaUwU

"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her, no matter what you think about that.

Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

LilianaUwU

Quote from: Rothman on November 05, 2023, 09:50:52 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on November 05, 2023, 09:48:07 AM
The Godfather
We were doing so well until you were wrong.
I thought we were just naming popular movies at that point.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her, no matter what you think about that.

formulanone

Quote from: LilianaUwU on November 05, 2023, 09:55:10 AM
Quote from: Rothman on November 05, 2023, 09:50:52 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on November 05, 2023, 09:48:07 AM
The Godfather
We were doing so well until you were wrong.
I thought we were just naming popular movies at that point.
Nice recovery.

Casablanca (though I haven't tried to watch it in 25 years, maybe it's improved in my mind)

kphoger

TV shows or movies that you have fond memories of from your childhood.  Almost without fail, if you go back and watch them now, you wonder how you ever thought they were so great.

Prime example for me:  the movie Milo and Otis

Honorable mention:  the series Gilligan's Island

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Max Rockatansky

Seinfeld aged well, a lot of my favorite 80s cartoons are only good now because of camp factor. 

roadman65

Taxi is still goin strong on Pluto TV. That was great now as it was then.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

mgk920

Many of the 1950s and 1960s era 'adult' westerns aged very well and are still quite watchable and entertaining if you can find them.

Mike

Rothman

Quote from: kphoger on November 06, 2023, 10:35:48 AM
TV shows or movies that you have fond memories of from your childhood.  Almost without fail, if you go back and watch them now, you wonder how you ever thought they were so great.

Prime example for me:  the movie Milo and Otis

Honorable mention:  the series Gilligan's Island
I didn't think Gilligan's Island was that funny when I was a kid.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

kphoger

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 06, 2023, 10:38:48 AM
Seinfeld aged well, a lot of my favorite 80s cartoons are only good now because of camp factor. 

Quote from: roadman65 on November 06, 2023, 10:46:57 AM
Taxi is still goin strong on Pluto TV. That was great now as it was then.

Quote from: mgk920 on November 06, 2023, 11:38:08 AM
Many of the 1950s and 1960s era 'adult' westerns aged very well and are still quite watchable and entertaining if you can find them.

I have fond memories of these, but not from early childhood.  Rather, I remember them from when I was a teenager.  Sorry, perhaps I should have been more specific in that I meant early childhood.

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

bugo

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 06, 2023, 10:38:48 AM
Seinfeld aged well, a lot of my favorite 80s cartoons are only good now because of camp factor. 

I like Curb Your Enthusiasm better because Larry David is hilarious.

kphoger

Quote from: kphoger on November 06, 2023, 10:35:48 AM
TV shows or movies that you have fond memories of from your childhood.  Almost without fail, if you go back and watch them now, you wonder how you ever thought they were so great.

Prime example for me:  the movie Milo and Otis

Honorable mention:  the series Gilligan's Island

Also:  Fraggle Rock is nowhere near as good as I remember it being.

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Max Rockatansky

^^^

The Fraggles can do no wrong...

Quote from: bugo on November 06, 2023, 02:19:21 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 06, 2023, 10:38:48 AM
Seinfeld aged well, a lot of my favorite 80s cartoons are only good now because of camp factor. 

I like Curb Your Enthusiasm better because Larry David is hilarious.

George, Kramer and the huge background cast of notable secondary characters is what does it for me with Seinfeld. 

bugo

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 06, 2023, 03:31:06 PM
Quote from: bugo on November 06, 2023, 02:19:21 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 06, 2023, 10:38:48 AM
Seinfeld aged well, a lot of my favorite 80s cartoons are only good now because of camp factor. 
I like Curb Your Enthusiasm better because Larry David is hilarious.
George, Kramer and the huge background cast of notable secondary characters is what does it for me with Seinfeld. 

One thing I like about Curb Your Enthusiasm is the cast. Much of the dialogue is ad-libbed, and they cast has incredible chemistry. The characters might not be quite as eccentric as the Seinfeld cast, but they're just as strong in their own ways.

CtrlAltDel

Quote from: kphoger on November 06, 2023, 10:35:48 AM

Honorable mention:  the series Gilligan's Island

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roadman65

Quote from: Rothman on November 06, 2023, 11:39:55 AM
Quote from: kphoger on November 06, 2023, 10:35:48 AM
TV shows or movies that you have fond memories of from your childhood.  Almost without fail, if you go back and watch them now, you wonder how you ever thought they were so great.

Prime example for me:  the movie Milo and Otis

Honorable mention:  the series Gilligan's Island
I didn't think Gilligan's Island was that funny when I was a kid.

No they exaggerated way too much. Like Gilligan's naive nature when a helicopter came and landed on the island instead of a boat to pick up that guy who was part of a radio contest to see if he could live on a deserted island for days. Of course telling the world the castaways was alive would end his claim for the big prize that they were offering him, so he didn't tell anyone.

When the castaways all found out, they tried to intercept the boat that they thought would pick up the contest participant. However a chopper came and Gilligan was the only one other than the contestant to actually see it where Gilligan had no reaction to it as per instructions the Skipper told him: "say something when you see a boat come ashore." Of course any human, especially Gilligan, should have common sense enough to know that helicopter was the means to get a crooked radio contestant off the island.

Basically Gilligan's naiveitivity was overrated and it wasn't all that funny at times.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe