Unpopular Geek Media Opinions

[Snarf Zagyg]

Pshaw!

Some of Salvatore's outright achieve (if not surpass) mediocrity!

I'll give you credit for being nice, in much the same way that a parent will watch second graders playing soccer and say, "Look, they are going after the ball! That's ... well, that's something. And little Salvatore ... I mean, he's holding down the defense by, um, sitting in the box and playing with dandelions."

But (unpopular opinion ahead) .... Salvatore could not surpass mediocrity on his best day. The one nice thing I will say about his literary output is that, to quote Uncle Joe, Quantity has a quality all its own.

 

[Reynard]

"Original" and "good" are not synonymous, and in fact are so sometimes at odds in geek media.

 

[Umbran]

A large part of the Cthulhu Mythos as people think of it is actually the creation of Sandy Petersen and Lynn Willis

With respect, the "people" here are "Call of C'thulhu players". Most of the rest of the world has had little contact with their content.

 

[Umbran]

I contend that if Star Trek: Enterprise had followed the traditional syndication route that TNG, DS9, and Voyager had followed, it would have done just fine.

I contend that if they had given the reins to Manny Coto a year earlier, we'd remember it as an awesome show overall.

 

[R_J_K75]

Dune (the novel) is overrated. It is not bad, per se, but it isn't some shining example of elevated storytelling.

Yeah, I read the two prequel trilogies by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and found them way superior. The original Dune book I started reading at least 5 times, if not more, and could never finish it. IMO Frank Herberts writing style is just weird and clunky to read.

 

[Umbran]

Unpopular geek media meta-opinion:

Geeks have two modes - being overly enthusiastic about a thing, and being overly critical of that thing.

Corollary: Geeks have this weird idea that being critical and snarky makes them look cool.

 

[MGibster]

That said, I understand that it is a VERY LONELY island that we are on, given the nature of this forum.

I for one look forward to the time when you resort to cannibalism.

 

[MGibster]

With respect, the "people" here are "Call of C'thulhu players". Most of the rest of the world has had little contact with their content.

You ain't just whistlin' Dixie. If someone knows who Lovecraft is they're probably either a gamer, a horror fan, or some sort of literature nerd. Or a combination of all three.

 

[MGibster]

For the most part, I don't care for Neil Gaiman's writing. I don't think he's a bad writer, but nothing he's ever written has grabbed me save for Good Omens, but he didn't write that alone.

 

[Thourne]

For the most part, I don't care for Neil Gaiman's writing. I don't think he's a bad writer, but nothing he's ever written has grabbed me save for Good Omens, but he didn't write that alone.

You didn't read or didn't like the original 50 issues of Sandman?