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NDRU said:

Johnny Depp

Definitely overrated. Don't see what the big fuss is about him.

Other things that are overrated:

Jerry Seinfeld

Spongebob Squarepants

Julia Roberts

I'm sure there's more.

ufoclub said:

Sundance Film Festival

"Girls" (I still watch it!)

Wrong! There are so many great films picked up at Sundance that we would likely never know about otherwise. Sundance is still very important.

Yeah, season one was definitely better. This week was almost bad, definitely boring. Even if the rest of this season is SPECFREAKINTACULAR it still won't be as good as last season. There was bound to be a dip, though. Hopefully they'll take a step up next season.

Best show on cable right now, IMO, is Shameless. That show kicks my ass.

psychodelicide said:

NDRU said:

Johnny Depp

Definitely overrated. Don't see what the big fuss is about him.

That's part of his genius.

Cerebus said:

ufoclub said:

Sundance Film Festival

"Girls" (I still watch it!)

Wrong! There are so many great films picked up at Sundance that we would likely never know about otherwise. Sundance is still very important.

Yeah, season one was definitely better. This week was almost bad, definitely boring. Even if the rest of this season is SPECFREAKINTACULAR it still won't be as good as last season. There was bound to be a dip, though. Hopefully they'll take a step up next season.

Best show on cable right now, IMO, is Shameless. That show kicks my ass.

Sundance became partly filled with Hollywood sourced "indie" films over time. Million dollar movies with superstars, pushed as indie. Lately they're trying to make up for it with some eclectic programming.

Did you know that "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was a film made through workshopping and support at the Sundance Institute itself? It's not something undiscovered that proved itself to the film selection committee from out of the blue indie yonder.

There are a lot of politics and business with Sundance that actually prevent some of the true fresh and independent films from ever screening there. They got to big.

imago said:

I like Prince concerts, but I'm not a huge fan of them.

I do really like his afterparties though.

Overrted things:

1. Forest Witticker - It's beyond me why folks praise him so much.

2. Madonna

3. Micheal Jackson and Janet Jackson (especially her--she sucks).

4. Stephen King

5. Quinton Terrintino

6. D'Angelo

7. David Bowie

8. Avatar (that racist movie wasn't even interesting)

5, 8 . Thank you

[Edited 2/26/13 13:12pm]

dJJ said:

Overrated:

Imago

Fauxie

Berlusconi's pedophile tendencies

Jimmy Hendrix

Suffering of Syrian people. I mean, who really cares?

Underrated:

Larry Graham's voice

Genesia

Bria

Putin's greed and grandiosity

I'm rated.

Y'all are all wrong putting D'Angelo in there.

Voodoo's a masterpiece. I don't see how ppl who love soul (Stevie, Marvin, Al, Otis etc.) could NOT like D.

ufoclub said:

Cerebus said:

Wrong! There are so many great films picked up at Sundance that we would likely never know about otherwise. Sundance is still very important.

Yeah, season one was definitely better. This week was almost bad, definitely boring. Even if the rest of this season is SPECFREAKINTACULAR it still won't be as good as last season. There was bound to be a dip, though. Hopefully they'll take a step up next season.

Best show on cable right now, IMO, is Shameless. That show kicks my ass.

Sundance became partly filled with Hollywood sourced "indie" films over time. Million dollar movies with superstars, pushed as indie. Lately they're trying to make up for it with some eclectic programming.

Did you know that "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was a film made through workshopping and support at the Sundance Institute itself? It's not something undiscovered that proved itself to the film selection committee from out of the blue indie yonder.

There are a lot of politics and business with Sundance that actually prevent some of the true fresh and independent films from ever screening there. They got to big.

Yep. But none of that changes the fact that MANY films (a large majority still, in fact) go to Sundance without a distribution deal, and leave with one. Films that would sit on shelves for a couple years, MAYBE get on VOD release and then go straight to DVD/Blu-Ray, without anybody knowing they existed.

Plus, nearly every indie studio, short of people who are literally doing it BY THEMSELVES, is now housed under a larger studio, if not several layers of larger studios/corportations.

I'm not sure what different it makes that "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was "workshopped" or "made" by Sundance. Nor am I sure how you wouldn't still consider that an indie. It still got made. Period. And although it's been out since last June, it was never on more than 318 screens at one time. A blockbuster backed by a major studio will start out on four to five thousand screens.

Lastly, there is politics everywhere, in everything. In film fesitvals more than a lot of other places. Sundance is still important, and far from overrated. It still supports small movies (regardless of who makes them), helps them gain attention and get distributed so people outside of the small inner circle of film making get to enjoy them.

Cerebus said:

This thread is just an excuse to randomly hate on shit. Since that's most of the threads at the org anyway, I don't really see the point.

My hatred is not random.

Genesia said:

Cerebus said:

This thread is just an excuse to randomly hate on shit. Since that's most of the threads at the org anyway, I don't really see the point.

My hatred is not random.

If this statement had been made by almost anyone else, I would refute it. You, not so much.

And soybeans are still awesome!

Oh, and Shirley MacLaine is so overrated that the thought of her being in ONE single episode of Downton Abbey forced me to give up and delete the first two seasons.

Elvis Presley

Michael Jackson

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Nirvana

Lady Gaga

Beyonce

Britney Spears

Grateful Dead

Bob Dylan

Tom Brady

Roberto Luongo

Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker (Nicholson was better)

Taxi Driver

John Gotti Sr.

Casa Blanca

Thriller (the song, the video and the album)

Scary Monsters (album)

The United States of America

Voting

All of the 3rdeyegirl releases

Cerebus said:

This thread is just an excuse to randomly hate on shit. Since that's most of the threads at the org anyway, I don't really see the point.

I have actually been thinking of this post for a few days now .

I don't think calling something overrated is because you think the act stinks, I think it is more like "How the hell did that act get so very high on the totem pole of success???"

No one mixes Funky with Diva anything like Grace Jones.

Listening to her deep smoldering voice still gives me chills and her outfits were outrageous but never silly.

Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stephanie, all mix funky with diva but not quite like her and none of them give me the chills when they sing.

Yet, each and every one of them is better known then Grace and has awards and $$$$ that Grace will never see.

Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake, cute? Sure. But in no way in hell am I as moved by their singing as I am by the late Mavin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. Given the amount of money and awards these two rack up, I should be getting the chills EVERY time they sing.

Miley Cyrus has beautiful eyes and a pretty mouth.

Can she act? Can she sing? I mean can she sing and act any better then the girl at your local high school who has the lead in this years musical? This chick makes millions and can't touch her hair without the world talking about it.

Deadflow3r said:

Cerebus said:

This thread is just an excuse to randomly hate on shit. Since that's most of the threads at the org anyway, I don't really see the point.

I have actually been thinking of this post for a few days now .

I don't think calling something overrated is because you think the act stinks, I think it is more like "How the hell did that act get so very high on the totem pole of success???"

No one mixes Funky with Diva anything like Grace Jones.

Listening to her deep smoldering voice still gives me chills and her outfits were outrageous but never silly.

Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stephanie, all mix funky with diva but not quite like her and none of them give me the chills when they sing.

Yet, each and every one of them is better known then Grace and has awards and $$$$ that Grace will never see.

Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake, cute? Sure. But in no way in hell am I as moved by their singing as I am by the late Mavin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. Given the amount of money and awards these two rack up, I should be getting the chills EVERY time they sing.

Miley Cyrus has beautiful eyes and a pretty mouth.

Can she act? Can she sing? I mean can she sing and act any better then the girl at your local high school who has the lead in this years musical? This chick makes millions and can't touch her hair without the world talking about it.

^THIS

John Waters (generally speaking, I like a few of his films but prefer my camp less winking)

Wes Anderson (though i liked Rushmore)

Intentionally watching bad movies (low budget, hokey fifties scfi, ect), most are boring imo

Most films made before the late sixties (with exceptions of course)

Western Films

Giallo Films

Rocky Horror Picture Show phoneomen

Watching movies with people (rather go alone)

Forced rebellion/partying/ getting drunk high (most things 20somethings are supposed to like doing)

Prince - 1999 (like 5 or 6 songs on it but overall its probably my least favorite of his eighties output)

Best films/ Best Albums of all time Lists (always the same boring, uninspired choices)

CGI animation (prefer hand drawn)

Using cell phones for non phone purposes

Talking on the phone

Twitter

Apps

Celebrity culture

Starbucks

Song lyrics (prefer music)

Chocolate (prefer vanilla)

Shoe fetishizing

Car fetishizing

Jeans (why anyone would pay $200 for a pair is beyond me)

Watching sports

Being outgoing

[Edited 2/28/13 22:12pm]

ufoclub said:

Cerebus said:

Wrong! There are so many great films picked up at Sundance that we would likely never know about otherwise. Sundance is still very important.

Yeah, season one was definitely better. This week was almost bad, definitely boring. Even if the rest of this season is SPECFREAKINTACULAR it still won't be as good as last season. There was bound to be a dip, though. Hopefully they'll take a step up next season.

Best show on cable right now, IMO, is Shameless. That show kicks my ass.

Sundance became partly filled with Hollywood sourced "indie" films over time. Million dollar movies with superstars, pushed as indie. Lately they're trying to make up for it with some eclectic programming.

Did you know that "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was a film made through workshopping and support at the Sundance Institute itself? It's not something undiscovered that proved itself to the film selection committee from out of the blue indie yonder.

There are a lot of politics and business with Sundance that actually prevent some of the true fresh and independent films from ever screening there. They got to big.

correct

In summary, everything considered trendy by some group of people is overrated. That works ....

Lammastide said:

* The social importance of blood relation

* Being #1

* Reproducing

* Sex (separate of reproducing)

* Super long life

* Amassing stuff

* The notion of belonging to a community without the cultivation of solitary groundedness

* Solitary groundedness without the notion of belonging to a community

* Intoxication

* Sugar

* Wearing athletic shoes for non-athletic purposes

* "Western culture"

* Twitter

* Manscaping

* Ketchup

TheEmperorofFunk said:

Elvis Presley

Michael Jackson

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Nirvana

Lady Gaga

Beyonce

Britney Spears

Grateful Dead

Bob Dylan

Tom Brady

Roberto Luongo

Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker (Nicholson was better)

Taxi Driver

John Gotti Sr.

Casa Blanca

Thriller (the song, the video and the album)

Scary Monsters (album)

The United States of America

Voting

All of the 3rdeyegirl releases

Y'all leave Beyonce and Johnny Depp out of this.

But Elvis Presley........way overrated.
Twitter

Jennifer Lopez ass
Rosario Dawson
Keith Sweat
Godiva
nowadays Porn
big dicks {maybe I'm just saying this because I've yet to get dicked down}
drinking alcohol {I still do it}

Marilyn Monroe

Starbucks

Ivy Leauge schools

getting thumbs up on youtube

kimye

skinny jeans

Drinking (booze)

oh c'mon, Derek Jeter?

@ TD3!!!!

Getting really stoned until losing consciousness...

Truffles

Online dating

Marriage

KidaDynamite said:

TheEmperorofFunk said:

Elvis Presley

Michael Jackson

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Nirvana

Lady Gaga

Beyonce

Britney Spears

Grateful Dead

Bob Dylan

Tom Brady

Roberto Luongo

Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker (Nicholson was better)

Taxi Driver

John Gotti Sr.

Casa Blanca

Thriller (the song, the video and the album)

Scary Monsters (album)

The United States of America

Voting

All of the 3rdeyegirl releases

Y'all leave Beyonce and Johnny Depp out of this.

But Elvis Presley........way overrated.
Twitter

Jennifer Lopez ass
Rosario Dawson
Keith Sweat
Godiva
nowadays Porn
big dicks {maybe I'm just saying this because I've yet to get dicked down}
drinking alcohol {I still do it}

JerseyKRS said:

oh c'mon, Derek Jeter?

@ TD3!!!!

TD3

Mets 1-0

Yanks 0-1

Beyonce

Rihanna

Justin Timberlake

Justin Bieber

Miguel

Elvis Presly

Frank Ocean

Lil Wayne

Drake

Nikki Minaj

Tyler Perry

Oprah Winfrey

Pop Culture/Celebrity

Mainstream Radio/Award ceremonies shows

Extroversion

College

Being single

Norms

Conformity

Having alot of friends

Onions

ALL superhero movies

True Blood

The Big Bang Theory

The Voice

Dane Cook

Dave Chappelelle

Ellen Degeneres (not funny, not that she's not a hero who I respect)

Guns

NCIS

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Red

white shoes

Steven Colbert

bread

pancakes

chicken

iphones

boxer shorts

Twilight film series

warm weather

Rose is Rose (comic strip)

Howard Stern

Clint Eastwood

John Wayne

Elementary

Person of Interest

waterbeds

All Shit hop and rap/sexy r and b

Anything Twilight related

Boybands

Label clothing and stuff

Blingbling

Tyler Perry

the USA

North Korea (Its all 50s Stalinist technology)

China' miracle

The Government of New Zealand

Ipads or i anything else

Panics over obseity

Most Television series

3rd eye girl (One of his weakest bands ever, snore music)

Nigerian 419 scams

Junk Food restaurants

Ghetto Rap culture.

Baby Mamas

Anymovies based on comic themes, heroes, patriotism, hi tech monsters and romantic comedy, also fast and furious type stuff

The Olympics

College

Sleep

Carbohydrates

The green movement

People in a Prius yet also in a McDonalds drive through

the Queen of England

The 2 Party system of the US

Lady Gaga

Harlem Shake

My poetry professor who mistakenly gave me a B+. I've read his published book