Animal house is not.

Beamer wrote on May 11, 2011, 19:24:
Beatles ARE generic 60s rock. Because they mostly invented it and then got ripped off by hundreds of repeats or slight variations. In context that's fine. Out of context it just makes them sound like watered down versions of everyone else.


Happens often in entertainment. Animal House created the frat comedy and is held up as the benchmark and a classic. Taken out of that context and seen now it's just tame and generic. When you're that influential eventually those very late to the party have already heard everything you've done in everyone else's work.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on May 11, 2011, 20:00:
I disagree with your interpretation of how the franchise was regarded in the past but your last sentence was your typical douchebag response towards those who disagree so there's no point in trying to debate this with you.

Cutter wrote on May 11, 2011, 14:56:

Wetworks wrote on May 11, 2011, 13:22:
I hate to burst Randy's bubble but the only reason Duke was talked about all these years was because it was the biggest joke in the gaming industry. If Duke didn't hold the the vaporware crown for 14 years it would've just been another random fps.

That's it in a nutshell. Duke was nothing special. It was ridiculous even then. It's only because of it's lord of the vaporware title it became something of a meme that stuck around. People speak of the Beatles with fondess and reverence. They speak of Duke as a bad joke. It's clear that Randy simply does not "get it" anymore than any other pre-pubescent boy, so don't try and defend him and his asinine analogy or you don't get it either, Sho and PA.

NKD wrote on May 11, 2011, 19:04:
The Beatles are a great example of social pressure. By saying you like The Beatles you paint yourself as some kind of cultured music fan, but when you press someone who professes to be a Beatles fan, they struggle to name even one song.

Cutter wrote on May 11, 2011, 14:56:
That's it in a nutshell. Duke was nothing special. It was ridiculous even then.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on May 11, 2011, 13:38:
Pretty much this. I never got The Beatles at all. I even recently went back and listened to a lot of their stuff to see what I just didn't get and never found it. It's just generic 60s rock with uninspired lyrics and their later stuff is just nonsensical (likely cause they were all stoned when it was written). My opinion's obviously in the minority though.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on May 11, 2011, 13:38:
Pretty much this. I never got The Beatles at all. I even recently went back and listened to a lot of their stuff to see what I just didn't get and never found it. It's just generic 60s rock with uninspired lyrics and their later stuff is just nonsensical (likely cause they were all stoned when it was written). My opinion's obviously in the minority though.

Cutter wrote on May 11, 2011, 14:56:

Wetworks wrote on May 11, 2011, 13:22:
I hate to burst Randy's bubble but the only reason Duke was talked about all these years was because it was the biggest joke in the gaming industry. If Duke didn't hold the the vaporware crown for 14 years it would've just been another random fps.

That's it in a nutshell. Duke was nothing special. It was ridiculous even then. It's only because of it's lord of the vaporware title it became something of a meme that stuck around. People speak of the Beatles with fondess and reverence. They speak of Duke as a bad joke. It's clear that Randy simply does not "get it" anymore than any other pre-pubescent boy, so don't try and defend him and his asinine analogy or you don't get it either, Sho and PA.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 11, 2011, 11:49:

Cutter wrote on May 11, 2011, 11:38:
Are you fucking retarded, Randy?

I thought the same thing when I read this. He is loosing it.