[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Alright, I'll defend a few things...

Game of Thrones - forget the show (mediocre) and read the books

Comic book movies - American studios are basically that guy that you hate in the office. Somehow got a little power, but overall just a useless tool who makes everyone elses job harder. A bunch of business guys getting in the way of art being produced, because they 'know the trends in the market'. That's why it is rare to see a Marvel movie that doesn't follow the same story, over and over again, or a DC movie that isn't just the same guy in a different costume. The better a comic book movie, the more a studio just backed the hell off. Look for movies by directors with a lot of personal power, or titles that are too obscure for the studio to care about. (Dark Knight or Kick-Ass) Zack Snyder is a studio schill.

Cosplaying - I know a couple of girls who are into this. They were already incredibly good looking, and now they work out and are incredibly fit as well, so that they could cosplay. I think that this is an activity that women take way more seriously than men, and as far as sub-genres go, there's not a lot of downside here.

Hip hop culture has taken over hip-hop. The whole scene has been rotten for about 15 years, and now the music is pretty crappy, too. Hip hop used to be hooky as hell, but now the tunes just arn't catchy or original at all. Can't defend that.

Something I hate : mbas.
Maybe it's just who I have to come in contact with lately, but so much misplaced arrogance. 'Mbas for Dummies' took me one day to read.

I read the first book, but just gave up on the second. Too many boring parts with characters I didn't care about. Scenes drag on way too long. The show is epic.