Stuff You Know You Should Like But Don't

Films

Anything with Colin Farrell in (unless I am supposed to hate him...in which case I am cool)
All rom-coms
All Star Wars eps.
Pirates of the Caribbean Pts 2 and 3 (fell into the 'Matrix' trap of "jesus, that made shedloads of money, and we've sort of written a back-up plan for a sequel, and now they want a trilogy ? Let's just spread the follow-up story over the 2 parts and throw a load of CGI in, no one will notice..")

TV

24
Lost
Battlestar Galactica
The new Doctor Who (David Tennant putting on a 'how to overact' master class every week)

Games

Anything to do with Zelda/Metal Gear Solid/Gran Turismo and any other series of crap
Half-arsed 'will this do' updates every year (big hello to the devs of Madden, NBA Live, and, unfortunately Pro-Evo Soccer at this point).
Cutesy games

Music

Anything that I am supposed to like (Stengah said it perfectly above)
Hair metal

This is just games, can't think of anything else currently...

Grand Theft Auto. The supposedly brilliant III and its successors are just bad videogames in my opinion. The controls alone make them irredeemable, coupled with awful mission design. I've played them all for several days and could never get into them. Still looking for GTA IV, but I'm more than a little worried that they've learned nothing. That nobody in the games media ever criticizes them just baffles me - I must be missing something, right? The audiovisual design is gorgeus, though.

The Wii. It's just a gimmick, what's wrong with all of you people? The only game I've actually enjoyed is Wii Sports. (Haven't seen Smash Bros yet.) I preferred Metroid Prime to the Wii version and the PS2 Resident Evil 4 to the Wii version. Perfect for parties with beers, not good at all for gaming.

davet010 wrote:

Pirates of the Caribbean Pts 2 and 3 (fell into the 'Matrix' trap of "jesus, that made shedloads of money, and we've sort of written a back-up plan for a sequel, and now they want a trilogy ? Let's just spread the follow-up story over the 2 parts and throw a load of CGI in, no one will notice..")

Oh, I forgot Pirates of the Caribbean. Didn't like the first one, didn't like the second one and thus didn't watch the third.
And Cars just came to mind. What an abysmal movie, I didn't even laugh once. I went to the movie theater with some friends and they loved it but I thought it was awful.

GTA, Metal Gear, Zelda, Mario Anything, WoW, multiplayer FPS (!), System Shock, Fallout, and Halo 3.

Some of those are realizations. Halo 3 for instance. It's sitting in my drawer and I'm on the Cortana level and can't bring myself to put it back in the 360. I own TF2, see events for it and R62 and CoD4 and... I can't generate the enthusiasm for it. Me, who in all essence forsook everything but Q3A for about 4 years, forcing myself to actually sleep and visit with my family. What has God done to me?

Coen Brothers movies. I liked O, Brother, Where art Thou? but the rest... I mean, what's so great about Fargo? No Country for Old Men?

The Civilization games. I get bored with them easily. The one exception would be Alpha Centauri (not in the franchise, but made by Sid Meier).

Law & Order/CSI/Other generic cop shows. Holy crap, why is this such successful TV? You can copy and paste different names in all of the blanks and make an episode. [Criminal 1] does [Crime 1] which leads [Cops 1 and 2] around on a wild investigation where [Improbable Criminal 1] and [Accomplice 1] blame [Criminal 1]. [Crime 2] is discovered, which seems impossible for [Criminal 1] to have committed. [Convenient Evidence 1] points back to [Accomplice 1] and [Cops 1 and 2] press [Accomplice 1] for information about his/her partner, which leads to [Convenient Evidence 2] that points back to [Improbable Criminal 1]. [Cops 1 and 2] trick [Accomplice 1] into giving up [Improbable Criminal 1]. [Improbable Criminal 1] either denies the crime completely, goes to trial and [Lawyer 1] tricks [Improbable Criminal 1] with a fancy line of questioning into giving himself up, or [Improbable Criminal 1] gives himself up before being handcuffed, proclaiming how [Crime 2] was the right thing to do. Just remember to throw in a disreputable informant or two and you've got it.

Comic books/graphic novels. I just can't read something with a bunch of pictures on the page behind the text. I had to read Maus in college for a class, and it drove me nuts. It was like my brain couldn't choose between pictures, or words. If someone could separate the artwork and the text, then maybe I'd be willing to read them and look at the pictures later. But putting the two together is too distracting. Which is odd, because I have no trouble with subtitled movies.

Warcraft: Just when they get you used to base building and sending waves of units out into battle, they stick you in a mission with three weak units and map of bad guys and a mission statement that boils down to "kill." Yeesh.

Racing Games: Can I play a game that requires me to fail again and again and again and again until I'm able to shave a curve flawlessless and therefore defeat the unfair rubber-band AI? I can? Gee, that's swell!

Tomb Raider: To quote Douglas Adams: Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow.

Pretty much all of the current generation of consoles: Let's see. I can spend $250 for a system with three games I want to play, $600 for a system with two games I want to play, or $350 for a system with no games I want to play. Which to buy, which to buy?

Spiderman: Oh boo hoo. I have superpowers and a hot redhead for a wife. My life sucks. Bruce Wayne is moody, but Peter Parker is just plain depressed. (Yes I've heard that PP and MJ are splitsville. So he can be sad now. What was his excuse for the past 20 years?)

David Lynch: I am cryptic, and therefore deep.

Stanley Kubric: I am f***ed up, and therefore deep.

Rod Serling: I am mean spirited, and therefore deep.

Are you sensing a trend there? I have little patience for moviemakers who assault audiences with their own personal demons and then claim sophistication because of it.

"Sideways." Two pathetic arse-halfs (the two of them together make a arse-whole) jaunt around California wine country while screwing up their lives and the lives of anyone they come into contact with. But by all means, let's root for the depressive wine snob and his serial-adulterer buddy. Because those are two characters I really want to watch for two hours.

Professional sports of (almost) any kind: By all means, let me tie my emotional state to the performance of a few dozen thugs who are paid millions of dollars to play games that kids play in the street for free.

"Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. I've read dozens of reviews of this novel, but not one of them explains why they think this dreck is funny.

Oh, I have more. But I wouldn't want to assault you with my personal demons.

Anime Defense: There is anime and manga for everything in Japan. Saying you don't like anime is like saying you don't like movies when really, you simply know which kinds of movies you like and which you are bound to hate and won't even try. Check out the anime thread here, hasn't steered me wrong yet.

Things I should like but don't:

Don't hate me, don't hate me, don't hate me, but Rock Band/Guitar Hero. I have fun playing with others and the idea that I could possibly play One by Metallica has been a dream of mine since high school. But since I really got into Soul Calibur and DOA, and some Tekken, I've had my fill of memorization and regurgitation in gaming. It's fun with others, but realistically, I'll never buy it or borrow it.

Drinking. If anything, I'm more of a celebretory drinker if that. I did some this weekend for a bachelor party and general wedding festivities, but I don't think I'll ever really be a social drinker. Its not much of a hassle to be DD for your friends either.

Civilization, the game not the social experience. It didn't catch me early and when I tried, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. You might say, "Grenn, you play Sins a lot. That's as complicated as Civ." But it doesn't have capital ships, a massive fleet, and galactic conquest. "But what about Galactic Civ?" Why play that when I already play Sins?

The Sims. When I escape into my own little world, I don't want to imagine being a regular person. I want to be a damn tauren shamen or dranai mage. Anyone can get married, buy a house and have kids, I plan on doing this in real life. What I want to do but never really will is shock spell some pallys to show them shamans kick ass, or scorch some shamans who aren't doing it right.

Threads that are nothing but long lists of things people hate.

It's funny how many things appear in bot this thread and the "Things you like but shouldn't" thread.

I hate the movie Titanic. I don't understand AT ALL what is great about this movie.

U2. Some of their music is quite good but for the most part, I hate Bono, the band, and their music.

American Idol.

I don't think Will Ferrell should be on anyone's list. Most people will concede that he is good in a supporting role but horrible in the lead. Putting him in your list in this thread gives him way, way too much credit.

A lot of things I feel this way about have already been covered here (WoW, Colin Ferrell, Coffee), but I'll add the movie Legends of the Fall. Everyone thought it was so great, and it had a brilliant cast, but it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It must take actual effort to make a movie this bad, when you have actors like Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Henry Thomas, and Juila Ormond. And to continue my rant in spoiler text, so as to prevent people from getting mad, although they should not waste their time watching this movie:

[color=white]They killed off characters on order of likeability, starting with the nicest one, so by the time you're a third of the way into the movie, anyone decent is gone. It's hard to care about a bunch of characters who are jerks. You start rooting for them to die. [/color]
I don't think Will Ferrell should be on anyone's list. Most people will concede that he is good in a supporting role but horrible in the lead.

He was the lead in Stranger Than Fiction, where he was awesome and the movie was awesome.

EDIT -

Nevermind. Totally not relevant to this list. Move along. Nothing to see here.

(I will not derail threads. I will not derail threads.)

Quintin_Stone wrote:

Threads that are nothing but long lists of things people hate.

So you think you should like these kinds of threads but don't? Interesting...:)

Nightmare wrote:

So you think you should like these kinds of threads but don't? Interesting...:)

I know, right? I'm a big ol' ball of hate.

nsmike wrote:

Coen Brothers movies. I liked O, Brother, Where art Thou? but the rest... I mean, what's so great about Fargo? No Country for Old Men?

Man, I hated No Country For Old Men. It was horrible!

Mystic Violet wrote:

Futurama: I never laugh at anything that happens in this show. I don't get it.

I'm with you on the not laughing at it.... i'm the same with everything in the Simpsons since series 4-ish. I view them more as dramas than comedy shows... well, more Futurama since that actually has a decently advancing plot from show to show in comparison with most of the simpsons.

Hmmm. Things i should like but don't.....

Kylie Minogue... My friends/peers/elders all go on about her as if she's some sort of sordid fantasy sex goddess but i just don't see it. Makes me feel like i'm losing man-points or something....

Coffee & Tea - want to see a spit-take, hand me tea when I'm expecting Root-beer.
FPS
Mustard
Mayonnaise
Swiss Cheese

Almost all oscar nominated films. No country for old men, Sideways, etc... They all seem to be filled with horrible characters with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. What's the point?

Battlestar Galactica

doubtingthomas396 wrote:

"Sideways." Two pathetic arse-halfs (the two of them together make a arse-whole) jaunt around California wine country while screwing up their lives and the lives of anyone they come into contact with. But by all means, let's root for the depressive wine snob and his serial-adulterer buddy. Because those are two characters I really want to watch for two hours.

What he said.

Additionally:

Milk: Can't stand the taste of it. I can drink chocolate milk, but I just won't go for plain.

Eggs (exceptions: tamago, crepes)

White Wine: I'll drink red wine with anything, but I don't enjoy white wines.

Iced Tea: I dislike the assumption that, at least where I live, tea is served with meals, often with no option for other beverages. The first few times I ate dinner with my in-laws, I left thirsty, because I didn't want tea, and felt awkward asking for something else to drink.

jPod

Angelina Jolie, and indeed many actresses/models: When did "cute" die, and get replaced with stupid groany-faces?

I may have to bring my Topanga icons back.

Terry Pratchett - I know everyone seems to love this guy but man I was bored out of my mind. And I forced myself to read 5 of his books...

FPS on the console - blech

GTA - ./twirls finger

WOW - just so sick of it

Monk - man I just don't GET whats so funny about that show

2 1/2 Men - horrible show and yet all my friends love it

Anime - man i wish I could pop all those eyes out with a needle

Al Gore - self explanatory

And thousands more...

PAR

subaltern wrote:
nsmike wrote:

Coen Brothers movies. I liked O, Brother, Where art Thou? but the rest... I mean, what's so great about Fargo? No Country for Old Men?

Man, I hated No Country For Old Men. It was horrible!

Me too. How can a movie about people running around killing everyone they talk to be so freaking boring? I guess I never got the other Coen Brothers movies, either.

Okay, seriously, how can you not like CHEESE or BABIES? I almost cried.

That being said, I feel like I should like games more. Any games. The truth is, after about 30 minutes of any one game, I get bored. I would probably even like video games more if every time I played with someone they would be okay with quitting once I got bored. Whenever I play games though, the other person is like, "Yeah! Let's keep going!!!" No thanks.

Firefly.

Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid. Granted I haven't played them all, but the ones I played left a bad taste in my mouth.

KaterinLHC wrote:

Firefly.

Get a running start.

Shrimp - Personal hangup of mine. I don't even mind the taste, it just irks me to eat them. The scene from Tommy Boy (?) where they have to de-vein them before eating them doesn't help me in the matter.

Triscuits - Nice little crackers that just want to be liked. They want me to put festively colored toppings on them and serve them to my friends at parties. They're made from wheat, I should like them. F Triscuits.

Professional sports and especially baseball - I'll echo the general sentiment of spoiled man-boys being paid tens of millions to play a game. The strike in '94 did not improve my perception of the game. Also, where would the marketing business be without professional basketball?

shihonage wrote:
KaterinLHC wrote:

Firefly.

Get a running start.

I think yelling fire in a crowded theater would cause less hysteria than that statement, on this board.