horror "know-it-alls"

[piggsy]

I hate these people with a passion. You know, those people who say they know everything about horror movies but in reality know absolutely nothing?

One time, somebody actually tried to convince me Jason's last name was "X". That's right, they were that stupid. I knew I couldn't set him straight, so I just went along with it.

And then, somebody was quite sure Michael Myers drowned as a boy...and worse yet, dismissed everything I said when I tried to correct him. What is wrong with people?!

[tsmooth31]

we have one of them here.. he goes by the name lazario

[lazario]

Don't be a retard, T. He's talking about the plots of horror movies. Can't you read?

[tsmooth31]

i wasnt being entirely serious.. clearly you know horror and watch alot of it

just stop being so thickheaded and acting like your opinion is right and greater then every1 elses.. ok?

[lazario]

It's not about My Opinion is Right and everyone else's is wrong. It's about what goes INTO that opinion. You never even try to look at the details. Because that is what makes an opinion. I'm not sayinig my Opinion is right. Just the fact that the Details prove that my opinion is more informed and on-the-right-track than people saying the opposite of what I'm saying.

[tsmooth31]

but you dont need a reason to have an opinion

to you squirm was a good movie... to me it was bad

it doesnt matter why we thought it was good or bad because we are both entitled to think what we want and none of us are right or wrong for thinking it

[lazario]

I am right about Squirm. You want to ignore why that is in the hopes that it makes your opinion more important. But you aren't even capable of seeing the movie for more than what you did.

That's why things are the way they are. You're doing harm to a good movie just because you can't see why it's better than you think it is.

[tsmooth31]

yes to you and to the people who liked it you are right

to me and to the people who didnt like it you are wrong

i cant say one good thing about it except i liked the location it took place at

[lazario]

You just didn't get it. I can accept that.

[piggsy]

So, nobody else has had experiences with this?

[tsmooth31]

^^ i just gave you one.. laz


but i do know what you mean.. not so much with horror tho but with other things..this one guy i used to talk to "knew everything"
about football when realistically he knew nothing at all.. any type of know it all is very annoying

[piggsy]

And then....Oh God, there's the people who think Jason is afraid of water. It's all because of that incredibly stupid part of Freddy VS. Jason!

Even worse, there are a few people who think Freddy and Jason were invented just for that movie.

[lowkey]

I really hate the people that like to argue, and argue, and argue some more that 28 Days/Weeks Later aren't zombie movies. The infected are like zombies in every way, except that they are still living, rather than corpses. I mean what other category would a movie with the infected fall under? Universal Monster? Slasher? Romantic comedy? The infected are just a [not so] new way(the Crazies anyone?), of trying to make an old idea seem new, and original.

Movies like From Dusk Till Dawn or Demons are a little more iffy, but I'd still consider them to be more like zombies, than anything else.

[malbowski13]

Not every opinion needs to have hours and hours of research behind it. Your tastes are your tastes and shouldn't need to be justified to anyone.

I'd say that to zombie-experts, 28 days/weeks hardly fit the criteria. But some of them also say that the only "true zombie" films are the ones involving voodoo. I think that making them fast is simply a way to attract a larger audience.Only a hardcore fan could appreciate slow-moving zombies (slowly) stalking their prey.

IMO, Dusk Till Dawn is a vampire film with some crime-thriller thrown in. I would have preferred the film if they aced the whole "vampire" idea. Just saying...

[tsmooth31]

Not every opinion needs to have hours and hours of research behind it. Your tastes are your tastes and shouldn't need to be justified to anyone.

that is 100% true...everyone here can like or hate a movie for whatever reason they want and should never be questioned for it.. its one thing to ask why you liked it or didnt.. but to act as if you know more or are better then some1 else is just childish..which laz does way to much

[shunty]

hey tsmooth, that was funny. no hard feelings to 'Lazario' though.

[tsmooth31]

hey.. i only speak the truth

[lazario]

Apr 23, 2008 19:24:47 GMT -5 tsmooth31 said:

hey.. i speak the truth

When?

Apr 22, 2008 22:43:18 GMT -5 tsmooth31 said:

Not every opinion needs to have hours and hours of research behind it. Your tastes are your tastes and shouldn't need to be justified to anyone.

that is 100% true...everyone here can like or hate a movie for whatever reason they want and should never be questioned for it.. its one thing to ask why you liked it or didnt.. but to act as if you know more or are better then some1 else is just childish..which laz does way to much

We already cleared this months ago, T. I never said I was better. But you have to accept that some people see things that you don't see. And that's not some crazy "opinion" thing. You don't have to accept it as me or them being right and you are wrong. You can think anything you want to. I'm not telling you what to think.

It's when you tell other people that it becomes of concern to me. And you have proof everywhere on this board of that.


And Mal - about the "hours and hours of research" - I do that for my own benefit. But I'm actually just really perceptive. That's all. Some movies are not easy to pick up on but most are really easy to see right through. And I get them, I understand them very well. Because I'm a sharp viewer.

[shunty]

Well isn't that special.

[tsmooth31]

everyone sees the same things.. we all just have different opinions on what we see

you dont see or know more then anyone else here