More Taste
Apologies in advance…
From time to time I try to develop some sort of Grand Unified Theory on why I like some things but not others (for simplicity’s sake, I’m restricting this theory to my tastes in entertainment/information media). Obivously, I have my thoughts on why I like and dislike certain things, but explaining them would make one very long blog post (it’s still something I’m considering writing about down the road anyway).
For your consideration, I present a broadly categorized and poorly defined list.
Things I voraciously consume, if given the opportunity:
- Newspapers/news Web sites
- Wikipedia
- The History Channel
- Maps
- Video games (I purposely limit the amount of gaming I do)
- TV/film comedies (I marginally prefer the clever over the plain stupid)
Things I am mostly indifferent to and do not seek out, but generally enjoyed if happened upon:
- Action/thriller movies
- Music
- Fiction literature
Things I generally do not enjoy (although each item has exception(s) that prove the rule):
- (Dramatic) science fiction and fantasy TV/movies
- Anime (generally restricted to anything that has appeared on Adult Swim)
- Country music
Examples of specific things that bother me:
- American Beauty (I do recognize that it is a good movie; I have no desire to ever watch it again)
- Tuesdays with Morrie (I quit reading it halfway through)
Feel free to post your own theories; the shorter and more vicious you can make them, the better. Finally, there’s Super Happy Bonus Points to be had if you can guess what caused me to create this post in the first place.
stolee said,
September 29, 2005 @ 1:08 am
I recently blogged about a sci-fi movie AND american beauty, which could cause you to get in all a flurry because you don’t share my ferverent interest in them.
just for that, i’m going to blog about anime, too.
Swid said,
September 29, 2005 @ 10:03 am
Damn…I didn’t realized how much my post aligned with things you had blogged about. I guess I subconciously used things you mentioned as examples to illustrate my overall theme (which wasn’t inspired by your blog).
However, Serenity was the trigger for my post…the fawning on Slashdot yesterday morning pushed me over the edge. I’ve watched most of two episodes of Firefly now, and I just don’t get what all the fuss is about.
In a final act of sacrilege, I’ll note that I didn’t like The Matrix, either (an opinion I’ve held since long before the sequels came out, when it became somewhat fashionable to dislike the entire series).