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Snakes In The Ball Pit => Yay, I get to talk about me! => Topic started by: Seth "Slimy" Rollins on February 07, 2019, 06:16:12 pm

Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Seth "Slimy" Rollins on February 07, 2019, 06:16:12 pm
Julie Taymor is one of the worst directors alive when it comes to film adaptations of plays, especially her Shakespeare productions. It's clear she has little to no respect of her source material, and while I kind of doubt it, I think she wants her films to be more about how 'unique' she is instead of the actual text itself. Her version of Titus Andronicus, which is kind of a silly play already, still has a lot of both confusing and laughable moments that really make it off-putting and distracting. She also sucks at set design, since her versions of both Titus and The Tempest feature sets that are either distractingly sparse (where your eye is drawn to the empty space rather than the actors) or just completely cluttered, and in Titus especially, it doesn't know if it wants to be facist brutalism or something that can only be described as 'sports bar designed by serial killer'. Both of those can be used to great effect in Titus Andronicus, but it switches between the two so much, without any real pattern or feeling like it's tied to either group of characters. There's also the fact that she's almost certainly a racist, or at least somewhat adjacent to them, as Titus Andronicus was co-produced by Steve Fucking Bannon and her version of The Tempest has Caliban played by a black man with vitiligo. It's such a confusing and off-putting choice, since Caliban is supposed to be an awful fish monster who gets addicted to alcohol. For fuck's sake, Julie, you love making weird monsters - you made the modern version of The Lion King, after all - couldn't you have done something more interesting than just Black Guy?
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on February 08, 2019, 02:14:29 am
symbaroum really fucked up by giving enemies the same rules as pcs, settings good but do it in Shadow of the Demon Lord or The One Ring
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on February 12, 2019, 12:52:38 am
That black 4wd that just drove past was going too fast and shouldn’t have honked. Ruined the ambience of the cider I’m drinking.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: ClaraTinSoldier on March 12, 2019, 08:47:01 am
Gum companies should put the paper back on the outside of the foil of the gum so you can make those lariats with them.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Sovereign on March 17, 2019, 12:54:48 am
Too many ASMR videos are massively overproduced. The popular 'studio quality' channels have gradually distanced themselves from the more nostalgic, casual intimacy that the genre began with. Humbler channels continue to exist, but they either peter out or steadily grow to be just as commercialized as the top channels which then causes them to develop the same airbrushed, impersonal qualities as said popular channels.

I think I might be an ASMR hipster.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: krytton on March 17, 2019, 04:10:41 am
I think I might be an ASMR hipster.
Sovereign, March 17, 2019, 12:54:48 am

ASMR is just lowercase for the internet era
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Dr. Buttplug on March 19, 2019, 01:43:14 pm
Mashups suck and require a complete dearth of creativity. They are part of what is killing illustration as a fine art.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: sambair on March 19, 2019, 08:57:41 pm
Too many ASMR videos are massively overproduced. The popular 'studio quality' channels have gradually distanced themselves from the more nostalgic, casual intimacy that the genre began with. Humbler channels continue to exist, but they either peter out or steadily grow to be just as commercialized as the top channels which then causes them to develop the same airbrushed, impersonal qualities as said popular channels.

I think I might be an ASMR hipster.
Sovereign, March 17, 2019, 12:54:48 am

I'm sort of this way about podcasts. I listen to a handful of the big professional ones, but I can't stand anything that sounds like NPR. Like, I'm sure the McElroy brothers do a shitload of editing, but they at least try to make it sound natural.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: krytton on March 20, 2019, 05:47:48 am
there are flashes of zelda in the early harry potter games that i think they should have leaned way further into
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on June 08, 2019, 09:59:43 pm
haanit's belts are good actually
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on June 20, 2019, 06:18:36 am
I know Fonrit kinda feels like it's doing some sort of racism but its not actually
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on June 20, 2019, 09:51:34 am
Mrs. Quick deserved tenure.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Sherman Tank on June 24, 2019, 12:57:52 pm
NieR: Automata's soundtrack should've included that "My Own Robot" song from the RiffTrax'd movie Swamp of the Ravens.

Also I cannot read an appearance of the character Sakamoto from Gintama without hearing Zaphod Beeblebrox's voice. And not the movie Zaphod either.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: beelzeboob on June 26, 2019, 12:30:42 am
Pants with three buttons are 100% superior to pants with only one button. Gotta have that extra zipper support so the zipper doesn’t age badly and just start falling open.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on July 02, 2019, 05:04:11 am
Arkat was probably right. Except for the kralkji stuff, that was pretty racist
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: krytton on July 16, 2019, 04:27:13 am
will i ever use the waist of time transmog? probably not. but did i enjoy the process of getting it? heck yeh
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GenesisAlwaysSucked on July 16, 2019, 08:53:46 am
The Medowlands is overrated while Secaucus is underrated.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on July 16, 2019, 09:34:42 am
I hate the tacky colonoscopy ads on this bus.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: beelzeboob on July 17, 2019, 09:02:10 am
The upper back right section of my head is the worst section of my head, aesthetically speaking. 2/10 stars, would replace if possible.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: FinchChunk on July 18, 2019, 03:16:59 am
I hate the tacky colonoscopy ads on this bus.
Shell Game, July 16, 2019, 09:34:42 am

What?
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on July 18, 2019, 08:57:29 am
I hate the tacky colonoscopy ads on this bus.
Shell Game, July 16, 2019, 09:34:42 am

What?
FinchChunk, July 18, 2019, 03:16:59 am
You heard me!
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Ashto on July 23, 2019, 04:47:16 pm
The Medowlands is overrated while Secaucus is underrated.
GenesisAlwaysSucked, July 16, 2019, 08:53:46 am

Wait till they finally finish that mall though! Then the Meadowlands will.... continue to be overrated, but with more traffic.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: A Meat on July 23, 2019, 04:54:49 pm
I think killing and eating billionaires would be stooping to their level.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on July 23, 2019, 06:14:34 pm
I think killing and eating billionaires would be stooping to their level.
A Meat, July 23, 2019, 04:54:49 pm
They should be returned to the earth instead, replenishing precious nitrogen.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: ClaraTinSoldier on July 24, 2019, 10:15:24 pm
I think killing and eating billionaires would be stooping to their level.
A Meat, July 23, 2019, 04:54:49 pm

wow, that's a niche opinion, all right. username/post combo.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: I Liked That Joke on July 24, 2019, 11:36:19 pm
The lanes on the jogging track at my gym need to be completely reorganized and more strictly enforced, the current system leads to anarchy
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Agent (gobble, gobble) Coop on July 25, 2019, 12:16:23 am
The lanes on the jogging track at my gym need to be completely reorganized and more strictly enforced, the current system leads to anarchy
I Liked That Joke, July 24, 2019, 11:36:19 pm
gym rules in general, please spray the stuff after you use it everyone
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: beelzeboob on July 25, 2019, 10:14:32 am
There are too many children in this hot tub. Not like in general, just this one specifically.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: A Meat on July 26, 2019, 12:50:21 am
will i ever use the waist of time transmog? probably not. but did i enjoy the process of getting it? heck yeh
krytton, July 16, 2019, 04:27:13 am
having looked up what you need to do to get that stupid looking transmog, I gotta say, hats off, that's a lot of shit to do

anyways my niche opinion is that WoW has some of the best dress-up in video games, I can post pictures of my stupid looking characters, but like, it's very enjoyable to just search for pieces of clothing that augment your stupid look
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: chai tea latte on July 26, 2019, 11:23:15 am
Y’all think the elites are warming up the planet but refuse to believe it’s because theyre cold blooded reptilians
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: chai tea latte on August 18, 2020, 05:31:04 pm
Tiqqun more like pre-coom, theory of the young-girl more like theory of the why won't women fuck me. Semiotext(e)? More like semi-intelligent(s).

Deep down inside, the male MFA candidate has the personality of a condom wrapper: he exemplifies all the sexism, the 'entitled' objectification of women, demanded by the conditions of living in new york
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Vinny Possum on August 18, 2020, 05:57:35 pm
Y’all think the elites are warming up the planet but refuse to believe it’s because theyre cold blooded reptilians
chai tea latte, July 26, 2019, 11:23:15 am


This but unironically
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on August 19, 2020, 07:38:07 pm
Y’all think the elites are warming up the planet but refuse to believe it’s because theyre cold blooded reptilians
chai tea latte, July 26, 2019, 11:23:15 am


This but unironically
Vinny Possum, August 18, 2020, 05:57:35 pm
Fuckin rude. Reptilians never did nothin to you. Don't go around calling them bad names like "elites."
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Agent (gobble, gobble) Coop on August 19, 2020, 10:19:25 pm
I was going to badmouth reptilians but then I looked at this very website's header image. this one goes all the way to the top, people
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: A Meat on August 20, 2020, 02:00:13 pm
it's fucked up that there are only 22 major arcana cards, I could think up at least like 40 more no problem
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Vinny Possum on September 08, 2020, 07:59:07 am
it's fucked up that there are only 22 major arcana cards, I could think up at least like 40 more no problem
A Meat, August 20, 2020, 02:00:13 pm

Lotería has you covered
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on September 10, 2020, 07:53:02 pm
you can do a lot more minor arcana just by mixing suites. I drew a Knight with a Cup and Swords, I presume this means I'm up for some good shit soon
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Salubrious Rex on September 17, 2020, 01:09:07 am
My Immortal is The Room of crappy fanfiction, it only registers a feeling of exhaustion from me and if you're interested in that kind of thing there are way more examples of it, a lot of them better please god read something else.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Seth "Slimy" Rollins on September 17, 2020, 02:06:19 am
My Immortal is exhausting to me because it's just a very obvious and blunt satire, and it's still talked about like it's sincere. it doesn't have that same 'i am trying my hardest to create something meaningful with limitless ambition' energy that the room has and that a lot of fanfiction does have, for better or for worse. why joke about my immortal when you can joke about the 131000 word fic about the actors from Supernatural being in 9/11
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: sambair on September 17, 2020, 02:18:30 am
I had a lot of fun going to a couple theatrical showings of The Room, and the Disaster Artist is a very funny book, but there are a lot of better bad movies. I don't think I can go back to The Room after Fateful Findings.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Antivehicular on September 17, 2020, 03:50:33 am
My Immortal is exhausting to me because it's just a very obvious and blunt satire, and it's still talked about like it's sincere. it doesn't have that same 'i am trying my hardest to create something meaningful with limitless ambition' energy that the room has and that a lot of fanfiction does have, for better or for worse. why joke about my immortal when you can joke about the 131000 word fic about the actors from Supernatural being in 9/11
Seth "Slimy" Rollins, September 17, 2020, 02:06:19 am
Yeah, it's so obviously a parody; sometimes those can work (Full Life Consequences, and of course Garfield the lover and fighter man), but My Immortal is just tedious, and God knows there's a world of completely sincere insanity out there if you're willing to spend five minutes on fanfiction.net or AO3.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: jim and the mammograms on September 17, 2020, 08:45:55 am
Agreed on My Immortal- it's a pretty decent parody, but I don't know if I've been immersed in internet bullshit for years or something, but it absolutely doesn't stand out for me, and its shtick  wears out fast whenever I try to reread it. And I keep seeing breathless pieces crop up around who's the REAL author, and, like, who cares, even if you enjoy it that's not super relevant. (Also, as someone who was a very similar angst-filled teen around the time it came out, the chatspeak writing feels wrong. I think it could have been a lot more effective with less typos and more gratuitous thesaurus abuse- you could still have a lot of words used incorrectly for comedy but you'd also capture that sort of pretentious "ugh does anyone use REAL English i read Stephen King and am very smart" vibe that a lot of people had going on.)

For my niche opinion, Michaels cutting down on stocking their actual craft supplies now that they've run the good craft stores out of my town is a bummer and I wish they would not do that. I just want to cross stitch.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on September 17, 2020, 10:18:20 pm
discovery is the most fun part of the internet mining, theres no point sticking to the classics
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Shell Game on September 18, 2020, 02:13:03 am
I'll stop joking about my immortal when i am dead and buried. Lighten up. Dumb thing elitism is tiresome. (This is my niche opinion.) God so many words to say "I'm way smarter about the garbage i ironically consume."
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Great Joe on September 18, 2020, 06:17:49 am
Here's my niche opinion: I prefer RC Cola over Pepsi.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Vinny Possum on September 18, 2020, 06:13:42 pm
Here's my niche opinion: I prefer RC Cola over Pepsi.
Great Joe, September 18, 2020, 06:17:49 am


Finally a man of taste and culture.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: A Meat on September 19, 2020, 02:27:35 am
It's messed up that a Tsuchinoko has only been in a single Shin Megami Tensei game (don't remember which persona 2 it's in as a rumor), and it was only an enemy.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Great Joe on September 19, 2020, 07:40:37 am
The best thing to come out of Kickstarter's wave of retro-themed racing games turns out to have been all the advertising it gave to retro-themed bands, like MYRONE and Gost.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: GirlKisser420 on September 21, 2020, 07:13:23 am
the overall quality of mbmbam bits uploaded to youtube have gone down, people are basically just uploading everything without curation
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Vinny Possum on September 21, 2020, 07:57:31 am
the overall quality of mbmbam bits uploaded to youtube have gone down, people are basically just uploading everything without curation
GirlKisser420, September 21, 2020, 07:13:23 am

Tbf, the overall quality of mbmbam and all their associated stuff has taken a sharp dive in the last two years or so
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Blandest on September 21, 2020, 10:03:41 am
the overall quality of mbmbam bits uploaded to youtube have gone down, people are basically just uploading everything without curation
GirlKisser420, September 21, 2020, 07:13:23 am

Tbf, the overall quality of mbmbam and all their associated stuff has taken a sharp dive in the last two years or so
Vinny Possum, September 21, 2020, 07:57:31 am
I've never got their stuff. I've tried listening and it just seems like a bunch of annoying people trying their hardest to be funny which translates into so can shout the dumbest thing the loudest.
Title: Extremely Niche Opinions Thread
Post by: Antivehicular on September 21, 2020, 04:35:02 pm
It's messed up that a Tsuchinoko has only been in a single Shin Megami Tensei game (don't remember which persona 2 it's in as a rumor), and it was only an enemy.
A Meat, September 19, 2020, 02:27:35 am
Goddamn, that is disappointing.