Unpopular Geek Media Opinions

[MGibster]

Lovecraft was a terrible author. The only decent thing he wrote was The Colour Out of Space. Everything else was overwrought, hacky, purple prose naughty word. The only reason he's remembered at all today is that he allowed other, better authors to play with his creations. If the Cthulhu stories were judged on their own merits alone, they'd have all gone out of print half a century ago.

Neil Gaiman (whom I don't particularly care for), Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, Alan Moore, and John Carpenter all acknowledge Lovecraft influenced them. But then again, I hear The Butthole Surfers have a lot of other musicians who were their fans, so maybe you're right.

 

[MGibster]

The Sandman comics are good but in general Neil Gaiman is overrated and I've never finished one of his novels (save for Coraline, which is a fine work).

I liked Coraline. So there's at least two Gainman works that I've enjoyed.

 

[Autumnal]

Darned few good writers are fans of Lovecraftian language. But then neither was Lovecraft! It wasn’t false modesty when he talked about cursing his meager talents and wishes he could rise higher than he did. It’s all about:

1. The ideas, the fusion of his influences into cosmicism or cosmic horror and his knack for putting all his various personal enthusiasms to work in storytelling.

2. The times he did push past his usual limits. Like, there is nothing wrong with that first paragraph of “The Call of Cthulhu”, at all.

 

[Reynard]

In the Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss) is overrated.

I couldn't even finish it. On Audible. It starts so awesome and then become Harry Potter and the Boringest Story Ever.

 

[Epic Meepo]

He wrote a mashup of Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu called A Study in Emerald which is an absolute masterpiece. I think it's the best Cthulhu mythos story ever written by any author, and also the best Sherlock story ever written by any author, Conan Doyle included. It's truly brilliant. (Be warned that if you don't know much about Sherlock Holmes, some of the subtleties may go past you, especially in regard to the jaw-dropper of an ending).

Probably my all-time favorite short story.

(Not a hot take. It won a well-deserved Hugo Award back on 2004.)

 

[Epic Meepo]

I couldn't even finish it. On Audible. It starts so awesome and then become Harry Potter and the Boringest Story Ever.

Unpopular opinion: You're better off having not finished The Name of the Wind. It gets progressively worse.

 

[JEB]

Nute Gunray (who was obviously supposed to be Newt Gingrich-remember him?)

Newt Gingrich, plus Ronald Reagan (Ray-gun, get it?). Nute Gunray

Unbreakable isn't a live action super hero movie. it is a live action super hero origin story movie. You never get to the superhero part.

Eh, he does some superhero-ing at the very end.

 

[Deset Gled]

Unpopular opinion: You're better off having not finished The Name of the Wind. It gets progressively worse.

I have never before or since read a book that I enjoyed so much, yet was so repulsed by the idea of reading the sequel. Truly a unique literary experience.

 

[Parmandur]

overwrought, hacky, purple prose bullsh*t.

You say thst like it's a bad thing.

 

[Older Beholder]

Marvel Snap is easily the best mobile game I've ever played.
Probably the best card game I've played.
Maybe even the best game I've ever played.