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Okay, my brain hurts...is it time to go home yet? ;-)
LJ brainless question of the day:
What is your favorite cult film, and why?
At the moment? Buckaroo Bonzai - Adventures Across the 8th Dimension.
Although Tremors comes in close second. Not sure Blade Runner counts as a cult film - if it does, then definitely that - since I actually own it on DVD.
I don't feel like explaining why. Figure it out for yourselves.
Speaking of taste issues? The whole Buffy S5-7 vs. Buffy 1-3 debate arises again.
Easy - if you are obsessed with high school stories and tween romance - you probably loved 1-3, if you are obsessed with stories about 20something angst, depression, abusive relationships, post and current college angst,
job frustration, and are either a frustrated psychology major or philosophy major at heart? You probably loved 5-7 and think S4 is the ultimate season. Although 3's stand-alone and Mayor/Faith arc had its appeal.
Hopeless romantic into Twilight novels? 1-3 only. (1-2 - I doubt they stuck around much after that.)Or casual fan into watching something not too deep. (there are exceptions of course, aren't there always?)
Cynics into Supernatural, BSG,Doctor Who, and tv shows like Game of Thrones and True Blood? 4-7 OR scholarly fan wanting to analyze the thing to death.
(also exceptions...ETA: some of these people love Doctor Who for example, which is far from cnynical.)
Then of course there are the weird people like myself who liked everything but the last 10 issues of the comics. We don't fit in any category and just look in bewilderment at the rest of you. ;-)
[ETA: Also should include people who liked all the tv series seasons but hated all the comics even though they masochistically read them anyway. And then there's the people who ignored the comics completely and loved all the seasons ...ETAA: Alright, I'm bound to have forgotten someone - so create your own little special category.]
And finally the folks who well liked all the seasons including all the comics...
Okay, not finally, there's also the people who think the show was about a cheerleader slaying vampires directed towards tween girls and just don't get the appeal. (Uh, no, that was the movie. But I can understand the confusion.)
In short try figuring out why people like what they like at your own risk.
Personally, I think it's impossible, without pissing everyone off and being proven to be an ass.
back to figuring out this change order request...then home again home again jiggedty jig.
Okay, my brain hurts...is it time to go home yet? ;-)
LJ brainless question of the day:
What is your favorite cult film, and why?
At the moment? Buckaroo Bonzai - Adventures Across the 8th Dimension.
Although Tremors comes in close second. Not sure Blade Runner counts as a cult film - if it does, then definitely that - since I actually own it on DVD.
I don't feel like explaining why. Figure it out for yourselves.
Speaking of taste issues? The whole Buffy S5-7 vs. Buffy 1-3 debate arises again.
Easy - if you are obsessed with high school stories and tween romance - you probably loved 1-3, if you are obsessed with stories about 20something angst, depression, abusive relationships, post and current college angst,
job frustration, and are either a frustrated psychology major or philosophy major at heart? You probably loved 5-7 and think S4 is the ultimate season. Although 3's stand-alone and Mayor/Faith arc had its appeal.
Hopeless romantic into Twilight novels? 1-3 only. (1-2 - I doubt they stuck around much after that.)Or casual fan into watching something not too deep. (there are exceptions of course, aren't there always?)
Cynics into Supernatural, BSG,
(also exceptions...ETA: some of these people love Doctor Who for example, which is far from cnynical.)
Then of course there are the weird people like myself who liked everything but the last 10 issues of the comics. We don't fit in any category and just look in bewilderment at the rest of you. ;-)
[ETA: Also should include people who liked all the tv series seasons but hated all the comics even though they masochistically read them anyway. And then there's the people who ignored the comics completely and loved all the seasons ...ETAA: Alright, I'm bound to have forgotten someone - so create your own little special category.]
And finally the folks who well liked all the seasons including all the comics...
Okay, not finally, there's also the people who think the show was about a cheerleader slaying vampires directed towards tween girls and just don't get the appeal. (Uh, no, that was the movie. But I can understand the confusion.)
In short try figuring out why people like what they like at your own risk.
Personally, I think it's impossible, without pissing everyone off and being proven to be an ass.
back to figuring out this change order request...then home again home again jiggedty jig.
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Date: 2011-05-27 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-27 09:51 pm (UTC)but who feels like everyone thinks he's an idiot for doing so)? :)
We don't think you're an idiot. It's just a matter of taste really. May be a bit bewildered. I admittedly can't see how anyone could like the S8 comics (well without squinting really hard.) But hey, I also don't understand how the Hangover can be the number one comedy in the US or the appeal of The Office...so.. And taste does change...if you look back over my journal entries, you'll see me contradict myself about five different times regarding Buffy.
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Date: 2011-05-27 09:56 pm (UTC)In case it wasn't clear -- I was joking with my 'thinks he's an idiot' line and not at all talking about you. But it sounds more passive aggressive now that I read it back to myself, so I apologize if it came across that way -- tone is hard on the internet!
Agreed totally that taste is one of those things. There are quite a few times I scratch my head at the things some people I really respect believe are good. It's like, really? I can't stand that! But so it goes. Makes things interesting! :)
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Date: 2011-05-29 08:32 pm (UTC)Sigh. Yes. Particularly in regards to sarcasm. I was incredibly sarcastic on another thread - about Game of Thrones, and it went right over the person's head. They took me seriously and I was stuck. Because there was no way I could correct them without looking well...
There are quite a few times I scratch my head at the things some people I really respect believe are good. It's like, really? I can't stand that! But so it goes. Makes things interesting! :)
Don't know if you've been reading or seen Niel Gaiman's blog - he's a professional comic book, novelist, and television/film writer - who wrote on his blog recently that : people have vastly different tastes and he rather likes that, because it has made it possible for him to have a career in the creative arts.
I think it is true - our tastes are so varied. And how we think and perceive is as well. Not everyone picks up on or sees the same things. And tastes change. All you have to do is read my livejournal from 2003 to now, to see how drastically my tastes have changed. There are things I loved in 2009, that I'm critical of and hate now. And things I disliked, which I rather adore now.