Unpopular opinions

[danieladamsmith]

I'm afraid the ZION rave scene ruined the Matrix sequels....

SO...what sacred cows should I slay today?

Fiction


First of all I think Martin's Song of Ice and Fire is actually overrated. I find the narrative a bit tedious. I admire the fact that he'll kill any character and that is truly brave but those books just don't do anything for me. I read the first 4 on a recommendation from a friend and it got very plodding for me.
Having said that. I do think making a show from it might win me over more. It will reduce the plod of the narrative and move it along. I won't be surprised if I like the series. Besides Fantasy is really a desert in the visual arts. I think there are a dozen novels that would make a great series...

I also felt that Williams' Memory, Sorrow & Thorn is a bit overrated as well. There are elements I like but as a whole I felt let down...and bogged down in a lot of fantasy cliches. I like the Native American Metaphors in it but...as a whole...thumbs down.


I think that the term "literature" is totally loaded. Dickens was like a Stephen King of his day but add 100 years and now it's literature. It's a word designed by and used by snobs. Why aren't Tolkein, Rothfuss, Robin Hobb or Frank Herbert considered Literature?

Music

Coldplay must be the most boring band ever. Usually when someone doesn't like a style of music they tend to say it all sounds the same. Now I am musician and a songwriter and I have a wide and diverse taste and I do usually hate the sounds the same moniker. From Beethoven to Bowie, From Patsy Cline to Pere Ubu, From Johnny Rotten to Johnny Mathis I like them all...but Coldplay's music REALLY does all sound the same.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Can't stand them and he can't sing. They have a great bassist and a guitarist but really....horrible!!!

Lady Gaga
Now I'm not sure if this is a popular or unpopular opinion. I think her visual presentation while not unique (See Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Conner) is the only part of her that is significant. Her music is really pedestrian. It's just SCI-FI Britney Spears...and not even the good Spears tunes...She actually should check out HAZEL O'CONNERS music as well....There's nothing dangerous about Gaga's music.

FILM

Well any film with Gweneth Paltrow is by definition overrated.
While I love Jaws and Close Encounters I think everything else Spielberg has done doesn't rate.
I think Clerks by Kevin Smith stinks.

I think Soderbergh's version of Solaris is better than Tarkovsky's...that's film school heresy. (I went to film school)

Things in General

American Football
Well I grew up playing and watching American football but after moving to Austria 8 years ago the NFL is snooze...snooze.....According to a media study there are about 11 minutes of actual action in a game that takes 3 1/2 hours to watch on a good day....It's just an excuse to run advertising. Time outs, TV time outs...We ought to make the NFL or American Football
let the clock run like in soccer. Don't stop it every 30 seconds.
People can say what they want about soccer but the action never stops and there are only a few small chances in an entire game to win and most of the time you don't use those chances or take advantage of them. It's like life...


Breasts are overrated. If you have big ones good for you but most of the women I have fallen in love with didn't and don't...hasn't changed a single thing.

Making a lot of money. I worked jobs as a media/branding consultant for years and made tons of money. I now work as an English teacher for low income and unemployed people in Austria and I sleep a lot better at night and work less.