I've recently played Resident Evil 6 for the 1st time after playing Resident Evil 4 (an absolute masterpiece) & Resident 5 (a pretty good game). I was already aware of the hate this game got over the years. But after experiencing it, it's only bad in an artificial way. Like yeah, it's nothing like the classic games and it's too much in the action category.

Otherwise, as someone who loves action games, it's a pretty fun game. Especially in Mercenaries Mode, where it's fun to mow down body-horror themed enemies. As a Resident Evil game, it's pretty bad. But...as an action third person shooter with splatter punks, it's quite well executed

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[–] 2 points 40 minutes ago (1 child)

I really enjoy the original live action Super Mario Bros movie from the early 90s. The production was an absolute mess from beginning to end, but somehow, an actually watchable movie came out of it, and the story is actually somewhat entertaining, even if it has nothing to do with the actual games.

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  • [–] 2 points 58 minutes ago

    I enjoyed both Battleship and Battle: Los Angeles. They were fun movies to turn your brain off to.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I enjoy Gods of Egypt, even have the Bluray. It's a dogshit movie but good junk food entertainment. Kinda gives me The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vibes which is another crap movie I like.

    Not sure why, I think I'm just a sucker for ancient Egyptian themes even when they're butchered to the point of being insulting.

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    Danganronpa. (the games, not the anime) It's hard to defend in some places, with its abysmal minigames, nonsensical plot, and anime tropey story that gets very uncomfortable and insensitive at times. I am also of the opinion that to be cringe is to be free, but it's one of those franchises with an online fanbase that turned me off of the entire thing for a long while.

    But, when I was encouraged to actually give it a fair shake, I enjoyed it a lot. At its best moments, there's some solid murder mysteries surrounded with entertaining characters and a tense atmosphere. Camp doesn't excuse the worst parts, but it definitely makes them suck a little less.

    The third game in particular gets a lot of flack for its ending and I get it, it's not a very satisfying conclusion for the characters or universe and a little up its own ass. But as a reflection on the franchise, I do see what they were doing and thought it was interesting - probably more interesting than if we got actual answers for the worldbuilding questions it bypasses.

    Definitely skip the anime covering the first game's events, it's way too compressed and just heinously awful in a lot of ways. Can't speak for the other anime series, the movie, or the books, though I'm still interested enough to give em a try sometime.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

    I like the Super Mario Bros movie, I don't care how loosely connected it is to the games.

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    There was actually a deleted scene originally in the movie where an executive from Nintendo met with Mario and Luigi to buy the rights to their story and that the movie was actually what happened and the games are the ones that changed things, which I've always thought was a fun tongue in cheek nod at the source material (or lack thereof).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago

    I know a lot of films and TV pilots start as a writers original idea, sometimes even a great idea, but for one reason or another never get picked up. Or even worse it does get picked up. But in both cases someone says, "This won't sell, can you make it Super Mario themed?"

    The writer, creative as they are and just happy to get work, then mashes the two together.

    I think a film featuring a parallel New York ruled by evolved dinosaurs and deevolution guns is a wild but potentially interesting film. What it has to do with Mario... I have no idea.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    The Marvels. The first movie wasn't great but this sequel was genuinely pretty fun.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    sword art online, sure it doesn't have a sensible plot or good writing but it has so much potential.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012. I get the hate, it isn't like the OG at all, but when played without caring about its name it is a banger game.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    I liked RE6 as well. I don't remember if that's the one where you punch a boulder into a volcano or if that's 5, but I enjoyed the over the topness of it. I liked the set up of playing different characters too. Leon going through the White House was awesome.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Speaking of resident evil: I really like the movies. All except the last one and the one in the desert. They might shit all over the games and any semblance of continuity, but if you can shut off your brain for a while (as much as for any other action horror movie), they are fun. Especially in a proper home cinema and even more so in 3D.

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  • [–] 43 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

    I was fine with Waterworld.

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    [–] 7 points 4 hours ago

    Doom 2005. I've seen it plenty of times and I just love that movie! Rosamund Pike is leagues ahead of the other cast but her acting contrasts so nicely for instance with that of the Rock, who of course hams it up to the max

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    [–] 28 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    Different entertainment genre, but Nickelback.

    Although I'm reasonably certain that 99% of people who hate on NB would sing along if it came on the radio.

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    [–] 15 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

    "Some body once told me, the world was gonna roll me, I ainʻt the sharpest tool in the shed..."

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  • [–] 7 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

    All Star is on my hate list because I've heard it too many times at this point. It joins

    • Don't Stop Believing by Journey
    • Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
    • Nevermind by Nirvana
    • A few Red Hot Chili Peppers songs
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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    You forgot something that you're going to start remembering very soon

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