2G19 - 4: Challenge in today’s xkcd

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:16 pm

This seems like reasonable fodder for a Hot Topic:

I’m having trouble so far. Jingle All the Way is pre-2000 + I wasn’t an ‘adult’ till 2002 I guess.

(Taking that to be age 18.)

Sorry Damien, Josie and the Pussycats has 53% on RT.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:34 pm

Damn, I just had a flash of recollection that The Life Aquatic (2G4) wasn’t well-received at the time, and indeed it’s only got 56%. I really like it (I’d say that’s not actually an unpopular opinion at this point), so it’s very close to being a perfect answer, but alas.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:58 am

Man on Fire, Kung Pow, and Super Troopers.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:58 am

Going to have to search, as I don’t have any idea what rotten tomatoes ratings shit has.
Josie & The Pussycats is 53%. Close.
Anuvahood is 15%. Sorted!

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:05 am

Kung Pow, The Ridiculous 6, and Superfast

Apparently the rest of the world hates spoofs.

Wow, and Get Smart (2008) is exactly 50%, and the older Get Smarts have *NO RATING*, that's how unpopular they are.

Wow I'm really winning this game!

* Johnny English (2003) - 33%
* Johnny English Reborn (2011) - 38%
* Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) - 37%

... racking my brain to think of all the other times I suggested one of my favorite movies and my girlfriend gave me a dejected sigh. That's probably enough for now.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:50 am

Have you ever given 5Gs to something rated just 15 though?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:27 pm

smeared ink wrote:Damn, I just had a flash of recollection that The Life Aquatic (2G4) wasn’t well-received at the time, and indeed it’s only got 56%. I really like it (I’d say that’s not actually an unpopular opinion at this point), so it’s very close to being a perfect answer, but alas.

I'm not sure this is an unpopular opinion either, but I agree it was good. Also, Josie doesn't deserve a 56%. Probably more like 75%.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:33 am

75% is a good score, considering I didn't think you liked it.
The problem with it at the time is that reviewers really didn't "get" it. It's full of ironic comedy, which just isn't as common in America as it is here. I saw reviewers rating it down for all the product placement in it. Something which was clearly a joke, directly linked into the plot.
Some reviewers also slated it for being nothing like the comics/cartoon. I think it would have benefited by not being Josie & the Pussycats, but its own thing. I'm glad it now has a cult following status though, s it bombed at the box office and barely got a release over here.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:04 am

I liked it. I just thought you overrated it.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:02 pm

Hey I forgot about this. Still dunno what I’d pick but now I want to think of something again.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sat May 22, 2021 1:06 pm

I just watched a movie I liked last night that I looked up after and was shocked it had 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. Studio Ghibli’s Tales From Earthsea. It’s not their absolute best, but I really don’t get the negativity.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sat May 22, 2021 5:57 pm

Fei Ayanami wrote:Damn, I just had a flash of recollection that The Life Aquatic (2G4) wasn’t well-received at the time, and indeed it’s only got 56%. I really like it (I’d say that’s not actually an unpopular opinion at this point), so it’s very close to being a perfect answer, but alas.

What?!! The Life Aquatic was good! This still doesn't count though.

Phantom Menace comes close but not quite. I actually liked the first one in that trilogy, unlike everyone else. It was what came after that was shit.

Oh. This is an old fcuking thread and I already responded to that post.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun May 23, 2021 1:12 am

Phantom Menace is also pre-2G and was celebrated as the streamers film of all time around the time of release.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun May 23, 2021 4:25 am

As the what now?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun May 23, 2021 7:10 am

Lmao was meant to be greatest. Check me out posting at 2am after Eurovision though.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun May 23, 2021 1:07 pm

Lols!

I remember it getting quite a bit of negativity right away. It took me a little while to accept that it was bad, though.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sun May 23, 2021 4:48 pm

I remember when Phantom Menace came out there were people talking shit about it in school and one kid in particular tryign to convince me how much better The Matrix was. The Matrix was a shit movie (which is an unpopular opinion of the type xkcd says is more common).

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun May 23, 2021 6:07 pm

They’re both shit tbh
The real best movie of 2G-1 is Deuce Bigalow Male Gigalow

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun May 23, 2021 9:25 pm

I haven’t seen it in ages but I think The Matrix was pretty good as a fun popcorn sci-fi. The sequels shouldn’t exist, though.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon May 24, 2021 1:31 am

WaWard wrote:They’re both shit tbh
The real best movie of 2G-1 is Deuce Bigalow Male Gigalow

Fuck that. Rob Schneider is a piece of shit.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon May 24, 2021 1:47 am