Topic of Hate

[Mr Smith]

List the things that make your blood boil and why.

At the moment nothing annoys me more than they guy who gave me and my mate dodgy chips & pies last night. Not only did the git make us sick, but he dawdled so bloody much that we missed the last train home.

[Joe Redifer]

-Tom Clancy. Because everything associated with him sucks HARDCORE.

-Teenagers. They aren't even real people yet, but they think they count.

-Video and/or audio compression. Yuck.

[Flash1087]

Marvel's 'Civil War' storyline.

[Rusty Venture]

The name of this thread, it sounds like some Goth band. :p


Those moronic kids movies where you watch some little kid snooping around or some such and how the movies always have it where the adults are overly concerned about said kids snooping actions.

I remember watching some movies like this when i was younger but i realize now that, aside from these movies being dumb as shit, they are painfully inaccurate.

No corporation or kid friendly Bond villain is going to give a shit what two 10 yr olds do.

[108 Stars]

Kids with cell phones. They don´t have any important buisiness, so they don´t need to be available all the time. And thanks to them we are tortured with stupid handy ringtones, pictures and games all day. They are responsible for the crazy frog too. Hate them.

Günter Beckstein, the guy who wants to forbid killer-games in Germany.

Square-Enix, who try hard to finish off all their once great franchises.

[David J.]

Parents who don't take care of their kids
Elderly/Bad/Slow Drivers
Disrespectful Kids
Scientology
Diabeties
Car Insurance
Rust

I'll edit or reply when I think of more. I just got home from work and I'm kind of full of hate and mad.

[j_factor]

I second Scientology. I can't believe they get away with their shit.

[Melf]

-Tom Clancy. Because everything associated with him sucks HARDCORE.

Heck no. Rainbow 6: Vegas is incredible.

[Joe Redifer]

'Fraid it isn't.

[j_factor]

I haven't played Vegas, but I find it hard to believe that Rainbow Six suddenly became greatness after 1009098 crappy installments.

[David J.]

PC gaming

I knew I forgot something big. I still have tons of old PC games, and play a PC game here and there, but now I hate it and it sucks balls. How many Rainbow Six games do you need?

I remember when PC Accelrator was around they did a funny review of Rainbow 6. Talking about the first five Rainbow games.. funny stuff.

I miss the 'ol days of awesome gaming magazines related to PC gaming, and back when PC gaming was awesome. Now it just sucks balls. I quit reading PC gamer sometime in 2001, I think before 9/11. Now I don't give a shit.

[TheGZeus]

Gamesx forums.

[Rusty Venture]

They are responsible for the crazy frog too.

I thought some Sadistic Swedish/German/robot/baboon that was allowed access to the UK created that evil.

Sure the kids are to blame for liking that shit, but place more of your hate on the abomination that created *THAT* abomination.

Dear UK,

Find that man/creature and tar and feather him, dip him in acid, then shoot his remains into the sun.

These measures must be taken so that he cannot come back as a zombie and unleash another Crazy Frog on the world.

[Mr Smith]

Dear UK,

Find that man/creature and tar and feather him, dip him in acid, then shoot his remains into the sun.

These measures must be taken so that he cannot come back as a zombie and unleash another Crazy Frog on the world.

Dear rest of the world,

The hunt to find this man (Erik Wernquist) is underway, however, I fear he has gone into hiding somewhere on the Yorkshire Moors. The vat of acid is bubbling nicely away in a warehouse in Sheffield, while a rocket, aimed for the sun, sits patiently on a launch pad in an undisclosed location 60 miles away from London.

Our attempts to find this man are being hampered somewhat by a recent storm and the fact that most field operatives are still busy trying to track the location of Jamie Oliver.

[Joe Redifer]

What the hell is a crazy frog?

[108 Stars]

What the hell is a crazy frog?

You asked for it. Now experience the consequences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqiIjLGnCI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Frog

The self-proclaimed most annoying thing...

[Joe Redifer]

I don't understand. Looks stupid. I suppose I need to watch it with sound?

[Zebbe]

Hahaha, of course! Sound can be far worse irritating than graphics, right?

[Rusty Venture]

You know that scene in "Dumb & Dumber" where he was like "You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

Take that sound and multiply it by like *A TRILLION*. Thats Crazy Frog.

[sega fan]

-Tom Clancy. Because everything associated with him sucks HARDCORE.

-Teenagers. They aren't even real people yet, but they think they count.

-Video and/or audio compression. Yuck.



-Teenagers. They aren't even real people yet, but they think they count.

ouch joe.... very ouch

[David J.]

Slow drivers in the winter time.

Now, I'm not stupid here. I know winter is hell, but why the fuck is dumbfuck suzie driving her brand new gas guzzlin' SUV with 4 wheel drive slower than my car... which is 11 years old and is front wheel drive?! And I have no problem with getting around town, but for her, it takes forever.

I live near a military base, and it pisses me off when the southern folk come up and don't learn how to use 4WD on their SUV, if they have it at all.. oh wait, it is rather rare to find a 4WD SUV down south, unless it is a 4WD only model. Furthermore, they have big ass chrome rims and tires with the STOCK brakes. Don't you know, if you get bigger rims, you should upgrade your brakes? I look in disgust when I can see through a huge rim, and I see a rotor the size of my fist, and a caliper the size of my pinky.

[TheGZeus]

actually, in the snow an SUV with 4 wheel drive is harder to drive than a front-wheel-drive anything.

[Joe Redifer]

ouch joe.... very ouch
You'll heal instantly once you graduate from high school.

[TheGZeus]

I look in disgust when I can see through a huge rim, and I see a rotor the size of my fist, and a caliper the size of my pinky.
I just laugh.

[Mr Smith]

After travelling on the bus to work today I have to admit I hate that more than most things. I don't have a problem with the mode of transport just the people that use it. I also hate people who use the word "like" every sentance.

[David J.]

actually, in the snow an SUV with 4 wheel drive is harder to drive than a front-wheel-drive anything.

So what if the roads are clear and NOT icy at all?

[Rusty Venture]

After travelling on the bus to work today I have to admit I hate that more than most things. I don't have a problem with the mode of transport just the people that use it. I also hate people who use the word "like" every sentance.

So does the bus, like, smell like feces or some junk?

:lol:

[David J.]

Oh yeah, those fucking Heely shoes. I can't wait 'till fuckstick johnny falls over and cracks his skull and bleeds to death because of those damned shoes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heelys

[Rusty Venture]

I've only ever seen a handful of people wearing those things.

Most stores here I'm sure have these things banned.

[David J.]

The store I work at, some days I'll see a few, if any. And others... over 10 people.

[Flash1087]

I see a lot of them in the mall I work at. And they'll never stop bugging me.

[David J.]

Good to see I'm not alone.

[Joe Redifer]

I hate shopping at EB/Gamestop. But today I had to because I wanted to trade in (get rid of) the crappy game called Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter which sucks balls to the extreme. I've shit out rock-hard turds which are more fun to play with than that game. Errrr.... anyway... I go to EB and suddenly get hit with about a thousand different offers as I am stupidly trying to buy the new Sonic game for the Wii (which proves I am a goddamn retard). As they are ringing up the game, they tell me about some game card that I can buy which will save me tons of money on used games and give me more when I trade used games in. Oh and they were having a special today (of course) where it would only cost me $10 instead of $12. No thanks. Also I can save a lot of money on the game if I buy the strategy guide with it at the same time. They must think I am some super retard who can't figure games out, needs a guide and doesn't know the GameFAQs URL. No thanks. Then they need to know my phone number and e-mail address. Fuck off and go to hell. Then of course they ask if I want the one year extended warranty on the game which covers everything except breaking it in half, apparently (provided they actually have a replacement in stock that ISN'T a "greatest hits" copy). No thanks. Finally I am able to leave the store.

I like buying games at Wal*Mart. Sure, you've gotta get some drone to get the game out of the case for you, but they don't give a shit about anything... they just ring you up and you're gone.

[Rusty Venture]

I never understood why stores like Best Buy and Circuit City offer protection plans on games.

When I'm asked to spend an extra $1 for their silly ass plan I simply say "No. I have my own protection plan, it's called taking care of my stuff".

[David J.]

I went to an EB when I was 13 and got carded, because I attempted to buy a PC complitation that contained an M-rated game! I didn't get to buy it, because I got acarded. and bought some really shitty game that I am ashamed to admit. In retrospec, I'm kind of glad, despite I bought a shit game that I later gave away for nothing two weeks after I bought it - one of the games in the complitation I wanted to buy is now freeware, one game I had no intrest in, and the other was the only reason I had an intrest in the set, and that was a marginal intrest at best.

Anyway, I went back a week later and bought an M-rated game, and the cashier, was the SAME one who carded me a week before. WTF?

I've educated my mom on NOT buying the shit they throw down your throat. I took her game shopping when I bought my DC, and she made it a disaster, I was just going to go in and buy the system and get the fuck out of dodge, but she had to come in -- made sense as I had a broken foot and carrying a big box wasn't in the cards.

But now she hunts for classic games, and is pretty damn good. I set out a bounty, and get some decent stuff in return. Nothing too insane, as it beats that $100 bounty on the Batman version of Revenge of Shinobi I had, which costed me much less in the end, but was still an indeterminate amount.

[Flash1087]

Ouch, guys, come on!

I will admit it's a case-by-case basis, though. I don't actually shop in any EB or Gamestop around here except mine because mine's the only one I've seen where we know what we're talking about and actually care. Most of them I've seen are pretty bad. The old staff at my EB was terrible, and ironically enough most of them work at the Gamestop in town instead now. I avoid it like the plague.

Also, we have one of the lowest return rates on defective used games, but that's because I'm lazy. If a game is scratched in the slightest, I defect it out to avoid having to, y'know, alphabitize it and put it away. Everybody wins! :D

[VinnyT]

Actually, I just prefer to go to GameCrazy most of the time. I use GameStop for cheap DVD's.

GameCrazy has better prices, and I like the staff there a whole lot better than the kids from GameStop. Trade-in's are better too.

[Rusty Venture]

EB was awesome when they had CD's for a short time.

I got some good stuff for cheap.


I often think about the topics across various game boards that discuss shitty employees or stupid workers and recall the sheer number of moronic dimwit *CUSTOMERS* that I have witnessed in my years.

For every dumbass employee I've witnessed 10x more dumbshit customers.

Special award goes to that super genius who proudly told me and a knowledgeable game store worker that all video game systems basically run on DOS.

Bless your heart Sir, bless your heart.

[Joe Redifer]

I'm not complaining about the employees themselves, I'm complaining about the lame store policies that require them to make a billion offers that I do not need. It makes shopping at those stores a pain and makes me avoid the place.

Dumb policy.

[David J.]

I went in to a Game Crazy, and I walked out with in two minutes. In New York, there's a used/new game store with a simular name, and they rock hardcore, but classic games there are drying up. :(

[Flash1087]

There's a GameCrazy about an hour from me, I walked in and saw they had Dreamcast games. That was all I needed. If I want Xbox games I'll buy them from my own store.

[David J.]

I'm not that big of a Dreamcast fan... not something to attract me to them. :(

[sega fan]

Halo 1 is made of fail. I was playing it over the summer and It is so primitive and hasn't aged well. The Original Half-Life has aged better then this. Halo2 and 3 are some of the greater titles on the xbox but Halo 1 is definatly a product of the times. It only exists to show the power of a new console.

[MrMatthews]

*cough cough*

Sega Fan, the dust on this thread is wreaking havoc on my allergies!

[Kollision]

Things I definitely dislike or even hate:

- having to wake up early morning on Saturdays;
- having a package held in the post office due to importing fees;
- finding too much raw onion in my food;
- telephone/doorbell ringing while I'm having a very good run on a bullet hell shooter;
- buying a movie that doesn't have Portuguese or English subtitles;
- driving behind a snail moron when I'm really in a hurry to get somewhere;
- having to endure crappy music and people in parties, clubs or gatherings in order to get "socialized".

There's more, but I'm sleepy and this is it for today.

[sega fan]

*cough cough*

Sega Fan, the dust on this thread is wreaking havoc on my allergies!

Oh please, girly men are allergic to dust, plus, you need to build up your immune system. Also, I hate stickers. Those little spicky balls you get on your shoe from walking in the grass, and they dig into your feet.

[Iron Lizard]

Oh please, girly men are allergic to dust, plus, you need to build up your immune system. Also, I hate stickers. Those little spicky balls you get on your shoe from walking in the grass, and they dig into your feet.

I hope a freight train of Karma hits you latter in life for muttering those words. You can and probable will develop some kind of allergy.

[MrMatthews]

Now now - I asked for it by giving Sega Fan a hard time about bumping such an old thread.

It's good to know you have my back, though! Now let's go get Metal Sonic!

[VinnyT]

"Spicky" sounds racial slur-ish.

[Phantar]

I'm gonna make myself a knuckle sandwich with a very special topic of hate...

[Metal_Sonic]

Cant you guys FEEL THE HATE? All coming from MELF! YES MELF! Think about it, we turned his crowning achievement, his pride and joy into something dirty, perverted, dark. We took his innoncent creation and corrupted with dirty images, dirty puns, cults, and all around jackassery. He loathes us, seeking revenge, he's just been waiting for right the time as to cover our disappearance like 108 Stars, looking for Lori? HA! More like looking for his head.

[Rusty Venture]

Don't let Melf see that post or you will be the next to "go on vacation".

[Smii]

Hates.

1. Spiders, flies, moths and wasps.
2. The fact that the rest of the country has endless snow while we get half a days worth & then interminable cold bastard rain for the following three days.
3. Being too tired to sleep (yes, really).
4. People who smugly believe they're right about everything but are actually the polar opposite and will always be too stupid to realise it.
5. Being short on moneys and too crap to earn additional moneys.
6. Germ filled / loud / smelly / insane people on public transport.
7. Evil bay. (How can it keep getting worse and worse and worse..??)
8. Egg sandwiches. Smelly fart-packed sons of bitches.

Oh, there are many more.

I quite like this topic.

[MrMatthews]

"Evil bay?"

That must be some kind of brit-speak

[Rusty Venture]

That is slang for "Ebay used to be good, but now it is really craptacular."

[MrMatthews]

Yeah, I should have got that. All I could think of was Michael Bay . . . which fit.

I stopped using ebay (for selling at least) a while back once they made it clear that they hated sellers and wanted them all to die. What have they done now?

[Rusty Venture]

You are required to use Paypal (no exceptions) and sellers cannot leave any feedback.

Plus you must give them your first born child.

[Tanegashima]

I hate dvd's of TV shows that won't let me skip the credits. Instead it just goes to the next episode. TRULY ANNOYING.

[MrMatthews]

You are required to use Paypal (no exceptions) and sellers cannot leave any feedback.

Plus you must give them your first born child.


As soon as they stopped allowing sellers to leave negative feedback, I wrapped up my loose ends and walked away.

But now they're requiring Paypal for all transactions? That's all I use anyway, but still...

[16-bit]

1. Otaku's- My cousin in Olympia wanted to go to an anime convention in Vancouver where I lived, I had to take him along with me because my sister who was also attending the convention didn't want him around. Otaku's are just damned creepy and annoying. I couldn't go ten minutes without hearing several people say things like this. "OMG DUBS OVR SUBS DESUMUDKIPS LOL JAPANESE CULTURE, FOOD AND ANIMATION IS SUPERIOR TO EVERY OTHER KIND OF CULTURE, FOOD, AND ANIMATION!"

Unfortunately the only things good were the panels about anime in China (which pretty much no one attended) and the merchants selling Japanese games. (No MegaDrive games though :( )

2. People who wear animal ears on a daily basis:
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5784
What's funny about this is that a day later the person wearing the animal ears came up to me and complained about how immature people are :daze:

3. The fact that I can never seem to find a first party SNES game for under 15$ on ebay.

4. Most Canadian Television and laws surrouding broadcasting in Canada.
My parents cut the cable a few years ago, mainly because everything on sucked. Don't get me wrong, we have some great shows up here like corner gas and reboot (the animation wasn't all that great but it was at least sort of interesting), but we also get a ton of TV shows that try so hard to be funny but usually does not succeed. I'm not sure how it is now, but it wasn't all that great when we got the cable cut. I also hate how I can't watch King Of the Hill episodes with Fox on Demand's website because I live in Canada, I should be able to watch this show no matter where I live. It sucks.

[Rusty Venture]

A ton of TV shows that try so hard to be funny but usually don't succeed?

That's not just a Canadian disease, its an American one too.


And that Canadian national treasure that is "Degrassi", it's not really that great. Hits some hard issues while still managing to come off "Saved by the Bell"-ish.

Which reminds me, "Saved by the Bell" sucks.

[16-bit]

A ton of TV shows that try so hard to be funny but usually don't succeed?

That's not just a Canadian disease, its an American one too.


And that Canadian national treasure that is "Degrassi", it's not really that great. Hits some hard issues while still managing to come off "Saved by the Bell"-ish.

Which reminds me, "Saved by the Bell" sucks.

I take it back, I don't hate Canadian Television, I just hate television.

[Rusty Venture]

I hate TV Judge shows.

Part because there are 800 different Judge shows on TV, and because I can't understand why a person would go on a TELEVISED SHOW to air their grievances/get a ruling.

What kind of asshole says "I'm gonna sue you, and we will have Judge Judy hear it."

[Metal_Sonic]

People who want their face known for anything.

[16-bit]

I hate TV Judge shows.

Part because there are 800 different Judge shows on TV, and because I can't understand why a person would go on a TELEVISED SHOW to air their grievances/get a ruling.

What kind of asshole says "I'm gonna sue you, and we will have Judge Judy hear it."

Especially divorce court, I mean come on, why would you want the entire country know every little detail about your divorce? I can't even imagine what would be going through these people's heads while contemplating going on TV.

[sega fan]

I hate being sick. The Flu : The Ultimate Fun Destroyer.

[Metal_Sonic]

I hate being sick. The Flu : The Ultimate Fun Destroyer.

Stop being a puss. The doctors call it a sickness, I call it a challenge.

[sega fan]

Stop being a puss. The doctors call it a sickness, I call it a challenge.

Not being able to sleep at night, Having a throat so sore that you can only speak quietly and raspily, fever of 101.2, Sneezing 7 to 15 times in a row meaning that I have to take 3 minutes to get done sneezing, having your body go from sweating hot to freezing and Vice Versa every 3 minutes, Coughing so hard that you have pains on the outside of your neck, Throwing up before bed even if you only had half of 1 piece of bread the entire day, not having body heat in unison i.e. (having a boiling hot face, a room temp torso, and freezing legs), playing video games or reading a flatscreen make your head spin.

Bitch please.

[Tanegashima]

If you get a fever of 103, you have to have someone check it and see.

You might be hot blooded.

[sega fan]

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[MrMatthews]

Yes, Tanegashima - we can all see you can dance. But do you do more?

[sega fan]

Yes, Tanegashima - we can all see you can dance. But do you do more?

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[WarmSignal]

A topic of hate! Sounds fun. Let me try.

Organized religion.
Organizations.
Corporations.
Corporate cloning.
Alaska.
Texas.
Any state that wants to suceed pretty much.
Any state with non-rhoticism.
Patriotism.
Narcissism.
Bought and sold culture.
Exploitation.
Objectification of women.
Feminists.
Moralists.
Covservative right-wingers.
Ideology.
Denying geology.
Darwin's theory of evolution.
Pollution and anti-green.
Elitists.
Scam artists.
Pop artists.
Trendy phrases of the month.
People who think they're witty when really they're just an asshole.
Planned obselescense.
Ignorance.
Intolerance.
Injustice in the court systems.
Mandatory minimum sentences!
Capitalism.
Communism.
People who don't think we need just a dose of Socialism.
"Grass roots".
Bluegrass and country.
Classical and neo-classiscal.
Close minded people.
Hollywood.
Preconceived notions of beauty.
The gender binary.
Sexism.
Racism.
Obesity.
Anti-vegetarians.
Anorexia.
People who claim to have dislexia, schizophrenia, or ADHD because they think it's cool.
Eugenics.
Pseudo-science.
Sarah Pailin.
Lobbyists.
Conspiracy theorists.
ALEX JONES.
Medical scares.
Medication with more side-effects than is worth taking.
Drug addicts.
Drug dealers.
People who abuse medicare.
People who don't believe in a moderate growth of government.
People who can't type properly.
Improper grammer.
Southern accents.
"The south will rise again!" t-shirts.
Rednecks.
Those teachers you had back in high school who were football coaches and didn't know a damn thing about teaching mathematics.
Jocks.
Alpha-males.
Fear mongering.
Hate mongering.
Deceit.
Theft.
Fraud.
Abandonment.
Bordom.

I'm stopping there. It could go on and on... and on.

Wait, how could I forget!

Myspace.
Facebook.
Twitter.
Social networking.
People who are obsessed with texting.
Cellphone obsession.

Ok... not gonna get started again.

[Kiba in Exile]

Hate.

[KenshiroX]

I hate vans.
I hate the woods.
I hate the subway.
WITCH!! AAH!

I hate Candle Jack he ruins everyt

[h00n]

ooh hatred, goody, let me play...

Smokers
women
conservatives
non smokers
liberals
journalists
politicians
apathy
men
action
communists
low fat diets
anarchists
germans
meat eaters
capitolists
deep fried chicken
nintendo
vegeterians
british people
salads
squats
sony
scented candles
headlice
danes
hippys
yhoghurt
freedom of speech
working
the french
law and order
being unemployed
the scottish
americans
deoderant
cheese
deep fried mars bars
haggis
the welsh
the french
carpets
smelly people
the spanish
the blues brothers
manchester united
me
you
them
everybody

:rofl:

[Baloo]

I hate people who make fun of people with mental disabilities, what sick fucks. They seriously make me mad. Especially those who try to make light of Autism and Asperger's.

[h00n]

I hate people who make fun of people with mental disabilities, what sick fucks. They seriously make me mad. Especially those who try to make light of Autism and Asperger's.

Thats a good thing to hate.
Am curios, didja hate timmy in south park or did you dig how he got to have adventures and stuff?

[Rusty Venture]

I hate girls who are 19-20 years old and tease their hair up like its 1986.

I saw one at work today and thought "where is some explosive ordinance when I need some?"

[old man]

I hate this thread.

[Smii]

I hate bran flakes. Honest to Jebus the cardboard box they come in tastes better. Burnt toaster scrapings taste better. I also hate that smug Hoy git on the bran flakes box. So you rode a bike a bit and earned some shiny things, oh well done. Clap clap. That said, it's quite fitting he is the face of bran flakes.

I also hate misplaced rage. It makes you look rather like a hairy man-tit, in retrospect.

[Nunzio]

A ton of TV shows that try so hard to be funny but usually don't succeed?

That's not just a Canadian disease, its an American one too.


And that Canadian national treasure that is "Degrassi", it's not really that great. Hits some hard issues while still managing to come off "Saved by the Bell"-ish.

Which reminds me, "Saved by the Bell" sucks.

First of all, the College Years were what sucked. And it's because of their lack of Mr. Belding. He was the glue that held that shit together.

But you're right about Degrassi, way overrated. Still Shenae Grimes>Tiffany Amber Thiessen any day.

[Rusty Venture]

No, "Saved by the Bell" in any way, shape, or form is an abomination.

I caught an episode or two on its initial run, saw some re-runs years after that....and it is total shit.

I can only imagine the creation process for the show went like this:

Creator 1: What can we do to punish kids for watching TV on Saturday morning?
Creator 2: I know! A cheesy high school comedy/pseudo-drama with C grade writing.
Creator 1: Brilliant!

[Smii]

I hadn't ever seen Saved by the Bell until recentlyish. I knew people who watched it "ironically". People misuse the concept of irony too much.

Btw, I went through a phase (ages 8-18) of hating the Fresh Prince. This has since been replaced with boredom and indifference - but I couldn't understand why they showed it in the "right after the Simpsons" slot (around 6) or, indeed, at all.

[ooXxXoo]

Hey kids!....Stop hating in "Save by the Bell" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-air"....You guys were obviously born way after that, and didn't had to deal with the problems or the pressures of the decade.....
....
..

[Nunzio]

Yeah, many a time I had to think 'What would Zack Morris do?' and it bailed me out. Like that time I got stuck in an elevator with that woman who went into labour.

[WarmSignal]

Hey kids!....Stop hating in "Save by the Bell" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-air"....You guys were obviously born way after that, and didn't had to deal with the problems or the pressures of the decade.....
....
..

I hate them. I hate TV. It's poop and always was poop.

Hundreds of channels and only two or three with maybe a few programs each actually worth watching.

I get my liberal news fix, then watch some reruns of Seinfeld and I've had enough.

[Phantar]

I hate "Saved by the bell" for it's title in Germany, where it was called "California Highschool".

I also hate it when they decide to re-name a movie or a series for the German market, and then give it a DIFFERENT ENGLISH ONE! (Examples: "Heathers" became "Fatal Attraction", "Rabbit Proof Fence" became "The long walk home"...); Christ, If you have to give the movies a new title, either make it a german one, or HAVE IT MAKE FRIGGIN' SENSE!

[j_factor]

One thing I really loathe is astrology. Every time I hear someone talking about astrology like they believe in it, it seriously pisses me off. Why the hell does anyone believe that crap?! The stars range widely in distance from Earth and each other, and astrology provides no distinction based on such distance. For astrology to work as described, it would have to be a function of an unknown force that somehow is not affected by distance. But if it's a force unaffected by distance (which in itself is a huge leap, to put it mildly), it would have to include all of the trillions of stars in the universe (or at least the galaxy).

About a week ago, someone via the internet mentioned that there were a lot of instances of the number 8 in significant aspects of his life, and listed them. I commented something to the effect of "that's an interesting coincidence", and he replied, "it's not a coincidence, unless you discount numerology completely". He said this completely seriously as if it were highly unlikely that I (or presumably, very many people) do, in fact, discount numerology completely. People seriously believe in medieval folk mysticism? In this day and age?

[Rusty Venture]

"Heathers" became "Fatal Attraction"

What the hell did they call "Fatal Attraction" in Germany? "Heathers"?

[Phantar]

What the hell did they call "Fatal Attraction" in Germany? "Heathers"?

Oh, sorry, mistake here. "Fatal Attraction" was "Eine verhängnisvolle Affäre" (pretty accurate as far as titles go, but it sounds kinda wussy, even for Germans").

"Heathers", however, became "Lethal Attraction"... yeah, makes way more sense that way [/sarcasm]

[Rusty Venture]

Google Translate equates "Eine verhängnisvolle Affäre" to "A Disastrous Affair"...which sounds like a Lifetime movie.

And "Lethal Attraction" makes it sound like a mix of "Lethal Weapon" and "Fatal Attraction".

What are some other movies that got renamed for the German market?

[stalepie]

I walked out of Star Trek. I like some of the old episodes on the classic TV show, like The Enemy Within, but I guess this ST is more like the modern stuff. I don't know, just not for me.

[Iron Lizard]

I have very mixed feeling about that movie. I want to see it but I can't remember the last time they redid or made a sequel to something and it wasn't absolutely godawful. I have heard some good things though. What I have seen so far that bugs me is everything looks very "IPOD".

[Knuckle Duster]

I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, and have seen the 'JarJar' Abrams film 4 times, is 'NOT' the Star Trek that Roddenberry created, nor does it convey it's spiritual sense of a prosperous and optimistic future for everybody.

It's more akin to the original Star Wars with a modern disadvantage.

It can't blow people away visually, so it relies on subtle lens flare techniques to differentiate itself/piss off some movie goers. It also can't maintain a sense of dramatic urgency with decent script writing.

So what it boils down to is:
"Ok, lets make a movie where shit happens fast, and doesn't let up until it's over...We'll gloss over detailed plot points and instead push out campy jokes and random subtle references to canon material for fan service."

It's just so well done on that vector, that all 'traditional fans' of the franchise can see it for what it is, a Cop-out filled, Shiny, Heartbreaking, Mess, designed to catch the eye of the myspace generation while saying "goodbye" to it's established core fan base.

I love it, and hate it. ARG! Wheres my big budget B5 movie!

[Iron Lizard]

I hate when I have spent two weeks porting the cylinder head on my Volvo, finally find the time to put it back on the car to only realize my $250 Snap-On torque wrench is fucked up and won't lock anymore.

Micheal Bay sucks ass to but I love theOnion http://www.theonion.com/content/news/michael_bay_signs_50m_deal_to_fuck

[Phantar]

Google Translate equates "Eine verhängnisvolle Affäre" to "A Disastrous Affair"...which sounds like a Lifetime movie.

And "Lethal Attraction" makes it sound like a mix of "Lethal Weapon" and "Fatal Attraction".

What are some other movies that got renamed for the German market?

Oh, there are dozens...

"Reindeer Games" became "White Christmas"...

the French movie "Sexy Dance" was re-named "Step up"

"Cradle 2 the Grave" is called "Born 2 Die"

"Van Wilder" became "Party Animals"

"3000 Miles to Graceland" is called "Crime is King" in Germany

"Buffalo Soldiers" is "Army go Home"

"Mean Girls" is "Girls Club"

etc. etc.

If they have to give those movies new titles, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE ENGLISH ONES WHEN THE ORIGINAL TITLE WAS ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE???!!!

[Rusty Venture]

I think the only way to vent your hate is with the use of Strike Force ordinance.