Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2." - General

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49706566]That's another one. Didn't that actually have a few real deaths, though? It's been a while since I've heard anyone mention it.[/QUOTE] It does indeed, and I know this because of one of the more notable deaths showcased. It has Vic Morrow's death in which an asshole director ignored the fire department and demands of the other crew and decided to combine pyrotechnics with a helicopter that flew overhead. Vic Morrow was underneath in the swampy water and had to hold both a little boy and a little girl in his hands. He ran across the best that he could, but because of the simulated gunshots adding to the confusion and the ridiculously close fire, the pilot lost control of his helicopter, and crashed his plane into all three of them, crushing the little girl and beheading Vic Morrow and the little boy. The footage for that exists and was on one of those Faces of Death movies. How it surfaced, I don't know, but in terms of how grotesque it is, it's not really. You see blurry shadows of the heads being separated from the bodies because of the helicopter blades. I was more bothered by the fact that a director that selfish could exist, and he did a lot of worse shit too, like trying to speak at his funeral despite being told no, and then saying "At least Vic Morrow will be remembered in my movie." I won't link to it, but you can find it on YouTube. It's not too bad to watch because of the footage being from a leaked far-off camera tape. It's pretty disheartening, though. As far as I know displaying real deaths in movies isn't against the rules or anything, and they like mixing it in to keep people questioning. Generally speaking, the tamer deaths or hard to make out footage is real and the other stuff tends to be fake. Oh, and the only reason I know this is because I started reading about how a lot of celebrities ended up dying. Vic Morrow's death came up, which led me to that movie, which lead me to reading about that clip and the movie itself. Haven't watched the rest of it and I don't really plan on it. If you're interested in reading about the world of these style of films and snuff films in general, you could check out the Snopes article about it. It focuses on how snuff films honestly don't exist in the frequency that people claim - interestingly enough a lot of claimed snuff films involves fake movies being rebranded as a real film. It's what prompted Charlie Sheen to go to the FBI over Flowers of Flesh and Blood, which I think is absolutely hilarious. They went to Japan and forced the film creator to prove that it was fake, prompting a sequel that gave a behind the scenes look on how that film was made. [url]http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/snuff.asp[/url] I'm weird and like reading about stuff like this and serial killers.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49707248]Videogames are art and should be allowed to discuss darker issues. Art shouldn't be censored.[/QUOTE] Yeah, jeez gosh this censorship climate...

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49707248]Videogames are art and should be allowed to discuss darker issues. Art shouldn't be censored.[/QUOTE] I like how you post this sorta stuff in these really specific contexts, then say the same thing here where all context is removed and it sounds really vague, agreeable and inoffensive I mean, who could possibly support censorship? Against art?? I sure wouldn't! But seeing how quick you are to label every little thing as 'censorship' and pretend to be outraged at issues that aren't there, I sure as hell wouldn't support your cause either.

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49707768]I like how you post this sorta stuff in these really specific contexts, then say the same thing here where all context is removed and it sounds really vague, agreeable and inoffensive I mean, who could possibly support censorship? Against art?? I sure wouldn't! But seeing how quick you are to label every little thing as 'censorship' and pretend to be outraged at issues that aren't there, I sure as hell wouldn't support your cause either.[/QUOTE] I personally feel like Rangergxi is really quick to talk about SJW's, PC police, and feminism as if it's always around and out to get him. It's not necessarily that he's wrong in all instances, but the quickness to bring it up and the clear axe to grind makes it both really weird and unfair. I think people conceptualize their enemy instead of confront their reality quite often. It's easy to hate people you haven't met or only hear the worst of.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;49708159]If you're arguing in a SH thread about it, posting it here just seems like you're trying to get people to agree with you.[/QUOTE] He's ranger, that's exactly what it is

[QUOTE=Bathtub;49704610]thats such a weird statement "life is too short to put money into doing stuff you love" life is too short to spend it doing shit i dont want to do, im gonna put some fuckin money into video games man[/QUOTE] You misinterpret, I literally said that if it's a hobby, or a hobby that you make cash off of, then it's A-OK.

[QUOTE=Steve Stump;49708293]You misinterpret, I literally said that if it's a hobby, or a hobby that you make cash off of, then it's A-OK.[/QUOTE] if you invest time and money into something for fun, then it is a hobby. that is what a hobby is.

Sh is a gossip comer.

I don't [I]think[/I] this is majority opinion, but prostitution should be legalized and regulated in some form. There's nothing wrong with sticking your nose inside somebody's asshole for some pizza money baby

I also think that legalizing it would actually clean it up, much like marijuana. No more shady and abusive pimps if prostitution is regulated correctly.

Coke and other similar brands are pretty crap.

[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;49709171]SH is cancer[/QUOTE] That's a popular opinion tho

I have this theory about God (if such a being exists) and why it created us. I believe we made us as a way to deal with his imperfection and personal problems. Its difficult to explain this if one doesn't know where I am coming from. I'd like to give it a shot. This is difficult if you not aware of it. Have ever noticed all the unconscious and self destructive tendencies in your self or others ends up causing harm? Well God has the same problem, only it affects him differently. If he is scared, (if he aware of being afraid or not) will unwittingly create monsters. Which will create a cycle of more fear, more things that are scary and so forth..... Which means if he doesn't become self aware or deal with these issues, he will become a victim of his own power. So he created creation as a container for all his neurosis, imperfections, delusions, weaknesses and self destructive tendencies. Ever heard of an artist using their art to deal with their own problems? Same here. So creation is (for lack of a better term) alchemical. Alchemy is the idea of turning shit into gold. Gold meaning perfection. Ever seen gold get refined? Yes it is violent and destructive process. No different in what God trying to do through creation. This is why there is so much suffering, and violence in the world. We are God's imperfections and this being doing his best to destroy them and thus us within the process. While I may not have been clear (I have that problem) I doubt you will find this idea any where else. I believe it to be unique

[QUOTE=Bathtub;49709492]I also think that legalizing it would actually clean it up, much like marijuana. No more shady and abusive pimps if prostitution is regulated correctly.[/QUOTE] Think? That's how it will happen. Prostitution is legal here in NZ (though they still call themselves escorts) and it is pretty much harmless, they even advertise in phonebooks and newspapers, NZ's laws are some of the most liberal. Prostitutes here are paid a fair wage and given healthcare and all that, in fact there was a news article [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/sex-industry/new-zealand-is-the-best-country-to-work-as-a-prostitute-says-sex-worker-advocacy-group-10267685.html] by the Independent[/url] that said NZ was one of the best places to work as one.

Never cared for Seinfeld.

the idea of the "greatest generation" is a load of horseshit

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49707537] [url]http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/snuff.asp[/url] I'm weird and like reading about stuff like this and serial killers.[/QUOTE] This article is imo scarier than the actual rumor. People being tortured in films killers make is many times scarier of a thought than people being murdered.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49707248]Videogames are art and should be allowed to discuss darker issues. Art shouldn't be censored.[/QUOTE] and not just by the government. I'm not the biggest fan of the guy but Jim Sterling made an excellent point in one of his Jimquisition videos. The Binding of Isaac would have probably not have been as interesting if it had been published by a large corporation. Why? Because that company would have censored the game to appease some group that doesn't even buy their games. Doesn't matter if its religious right or social justice advocates. I'm just not a fan of censorship on principle. The games industry should have a culture that allows products to be created as the creators want and a culture that lets the market decide. Also, yes, the social justice crew does want games censored or made inaccessible. On many occasions they have actively tried to force their values on the industry, over offending jokes in Pillars of Eternity, sexualized women in Dragons Crown, Hatred parodying mass shootings, etc. It's gotten to the point that Japanese companies are fearful of releasing games in the west because of their more liberal views about sexuality and willingness to touch on darker subject matter (abuse, genocide etc) in a much darker way. [QUOTE=wauterboi;49707831]I personally feel like Rangergxi is really quick to talk about SJW's, PC police, and feminism as if it's always around and out to get him. It's not necessarily that he's wrong in all instances[/QUOTE] Just some recent examples, -We should support Hilary because women should stand with other women. -The sexualization of women is bad and games with sexualized women should be banned -The abuse of men isn't that big of a deal If you're going to criticize any of these widely held beliefs you're going to have to talk about feminism.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49710530]Just some recent examples, -We should support Hilary because women should stand with other women. -The sexualization of women is bad and games with sexualized women should be banned -The abuse of men isn't that big of a deal If you're going to criticize any of these widely held beliefs you're going to have to talk about feminism.[/QUOTE] Again it's not [I]what[/I] you're saying but [I]how[/I] you're saying it, and how you're not willing to give any merit to anything in their argument. You're quick and binary, which are two things that come together to form dismissal and intolerance in tone. Don't get me wrong, people go extreme with those views, but that doesn't mean that people should retaliate extremely. Can you give any merit to their cause at all? Consider the ideas that lead one to believe that women should stand with other women, why do they feel that defensiveness to begin with? What are the underlying problems? Why are people concerned with the sexualization of women? Is it not necessarily the sexualization itself that is bad but the disregard for the complicated oversaturation of sexualization and weird misrepresentation in media? I can sit on both sides of the fence and regularly do. That's not because I have a dual-position, but instead no position. I can see merit to both sides of the argument and I routinely disagree with people that seemingly agree with me if they don't reach the same conclusion for the same reasons. That's really the only issue I've got with you and that's not an issue of not liking you but wanting you to improve in that manner. With that said, I think there needs to be serious feminist reform because it's been hijacked with some weird mutant. [editline]9th February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=matt000024;49710061]This article is imo scarier than the actual rumor. People being tortured in films killers make is many times scarier of a thought than people being murdered.[/QUOTE] Are you referencing the films of people raping their victims and shutting it off before they kill them? If I'm understanding what you're saying, then I'm not necessarily understanding of your message. It being on film doesn't detract from the reality of the situation, which is that it's happening regardless of the camera being on or off. I don't see how the camera being on makes the event even scarier, it just means reality is now on tape for whatever stupid reason. And it's not like those tapes are being circulated in the same fashion as snuff films either, which was the point the article was trying to make. For a snuff film to exist, there needs to be someone willing to not only produce a film of a murder, but then manage the business aspects of it too. That's an incredible feat as the mind of business is probably going to treat that as a herculean risk, what with the fact that the risk is literally death or life in prison. And if they don't have that business mentality and are actually just fucking crazy, they're not going to have the meticulous mindset required for managing the business side of circulating those tapes and preventing being caught. Torture is infinitely scarier than murder, though. I can give you that. I just don't see why torture on tape would be scarier than murder on tape, and I don't see why you would imagine snuff films to not include torture anyway. That's kind of the ideal sadistic niche that people imagine when they think of the snuff film market.

[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;49709171]SH is cancer[/QUOTE] The best part about SH is when you open page 5 and see an ongoing discussion with a banned user, and you know what went down right away

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49710646]Again it's not what you're saying but how you're saying it, and how you're not willing to give any merit to anything in their argument. You're quick and binary, which are two things that come together to form dismissal and intolerance in tone.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]With that said, I think there needs to be serious feminist reform because it's been hijacked with some weird mutant.[/QUOTE] Its important to try and see merit in differing views but with these examples I see no merit in their positions.

So this is kind of an opinion and I think it's unpopular: seeing somebody do better than me, or having a setback, failing etc doesn't motivate me to do better it sends to into a spiral of apathy where I end up I caring about nothing at all.

[QUOTE] With that said, I think there needs to be serious feminist reform because it's been hijacked with some weird mutant[/QUOTE] All movements get hijacked by predators, jerks, idiots, loonies and opportunists sooner or later. Once this occurs, the effect cannot be reversed. So no, reform is not possible. You think this is new? Look at what happened with Nietzsche's works and his sister. I do the same thing as you but I end up creating my own unique views.

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;49706405]I'm really sorry to the resident weaboos, but I really can't stand watching an animated featured AND keep checking the screen for the subtitles, especially when several characters are speaking at the same time I think it really takes me out from WATCHING the animation and admiring the little touches here and there[/QUOTE] I'm legitimately surprised by how unpopular an opinion this is to hold within the anime watching community. Like what's the appeal of insisting on watching something in a language you don't even speak and aren't trying to learn? My personal opinion on the matter is this: If there's a dubbed version of something I want to watch I'm going to watch that regardless of whether the voice acting is worse than the subbed version because, you know, I actually understand it. I'll only watch something subbed if it's only available subbed and is something I'm quite interested in watching.

Granted, I was very young and much more angsty back then, but I honestly enjoyed my time with Shadow the Hedgehog on the Playstation 2 Furthermore, the concept of a branching storyline was completely new to me and foreshadowed my future with western RPGs

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;49711679]Granted, I was very young and much more angsty back then, but I honestly enjoyed my time with Shadow the Hedgehog on the Playstation 2 Furthermore, the concept of a branching storyline was completely new to me and foreshadowed my future with western RPGs[/QUOTE] I thought it was a pretty okay game, though as a kid I was probably able to tolerate those controls since kids are notorious for being able to tolerate shitty controls. [QUOTE=Alice3173;49711605]I'm legitimately surprised by how unpopular an opinion this is to hold within the anime watching community. Like what's the appeal of insisting on watching something in a language you don't even speak and aren't trying to learn? My personal opinion on the matter is this: If there's a dubbed version of something I want to watch I'm going to watch that regardless of whether the voice acting is worse than the subbed version because, you know, I actually understand it. I'll only watch something subbed if it's only available subbed and is something I'm quite interested in watching.[/QUOTE] Once you get used to subs you hardly even notice it, or at least for me it worked like that.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49711715]Once you get used to subs you hardly even notice it, or at least for me it worked like that.[/QUOTE] This doesn't really address what I said though. This would simply be a side effect of getting used to watching things subbed and is at best simply a neutral statement on the subject. It's definitely not an explanation of how watching things subbed is somehow better than watching things in a language you actually speak.

[QUOTE=Alice3173;49711724]This doesn't really address what I said though. This would simply be a side effect of getting used to watching things subbed and is at best simply a neutral statement on the subject. It's definitely not an explanation of how watching things subbed is somehow better than watching things in a language you actually speak.[/QUOTE] I personally fucking dread anything that is dubbed in Finnish, also subtitles aren't that bad because via them you can't really mishear anything or have voices merge in each other when there is multiple persons talking at the same time. [editline]10th February 2016[/editline] Also even if something is in English having CC is great because of the reasons I said also.

[QUOTE=Alice3173;49711724]This doesn't really address what I said though. This would simply be a side effect of getting used to watching things subbed and is at best simply a neutral statement on the subject. It's definitely not an explanation of how watching things subbed is somehow better than watching things in a language you actually speak.[/QUOTE] Because dubs are often not great, and they can often be downright horrible, it also takes a long time for them to come out, it's usually easier to find subs than dubs. For example, moe (yeah im a fucking degenerate come at me) is just about never handled well by western actresses.

[QUOTE=Combine 177;49711748]I personally fucking dread anything that is dubbed in Finnish, also subtitles aren't that bad because via them you can't really mishear anything or have voices merge in each other when there is multiple persons talking at the same time. [editline]10th February 2016[/editline] Also even if something is in English having CC is great because of the reasons I said also.[/QUOTE] This is at least something I can understand. I'd still disagree on subs being better here since the dubs have an inherent advantage regardless of quality. I actually have subtitles enabled when possible on anything I watch simply to avoid missing dialog anyways (happens pretty often during quiet moments in an otherwise loud movie/episode) though in my experience basically nothing seems to actually label characters making that point a bit moot. [editline]10th February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=thelurker1234;49711808]Because dubs are often not great, and they can often be downright horrible, it also takes a long time for them to come out, it's usually easier to find subs than dubs. For example, moe (yeah im a fucking degenerate come at me) is just about never handled well by western actresses.[/QUOTE] There are times that dubs are definitely handled well though. One of the few things I've tolerated subs for was Madoka Rebellion before I got a hold of a dubbed bluray of it. The dubbed version is a lot better in my opinion, especially at the very end. Japanese is, by default, not a very emotionally expressive language compared to most other languages. So most Japanese dialog ends up sounding fairly flat other than the squeaky voices (they're often a lot higher pitched than dubbed versions) which, personally, I find rather hard on the ears. I'll give you the dub taking longer to come out though. That one is kinda unavoidable. That's also the reason I ended up originally watching Steins;Gate subbed. (Also quite often it's difficult to find actual information on whether something has been dubbed or not annoyingly.) Edit: Also forgot a point about dubs not being great. I don't really follow on that to be honest. How can something you don't even understand be better than something you do? To me that would be a huge positive influence for dubs regardless of their quality.