Do any of you have something (whether it's a movie, TV show, book or whatever) you like -- you may not even like it that much -- that, for whatever reason, you feel an intense urge to defend when someone throws out even the slightest insult against it?
I have no idea why, but I feel this for Dragon Ball Z. Yes, I know. I KNOW. Trust me, I know every fault the series has inside and out, and I agree they are very serious faults (understatement of the century, I realize). But, God help me, I still like watching the 'tard. I have searched deep inside my soul many times, but I cannot find the answer to this. If I want blind action, there are a bajillion better series to go to. If I want goofy humor, there are a bajillion better series to go to. If I want to shut my brain off, there are a bajillion better series to go to. Yet I can't escape DBZ. It is a horrible disease, and I know it is a horrible disease, but if someone throws out a bad word against it, then I am there to fend off the hatred. It is totally instinctual; I probably have some fucking DBZ genome hardwired into my DNA or some shit. Ugh, this is depressing me the more I think about it, so let's move on to the second part of this.
On the flip side, is there something where, under normal circumstances, you would just not like the movie/book/show/whatever, but because of abnormal circumstances, you have come to view this thing with an intense hatred reserved for those who murder your family?
For me, The Boondock Saints fills my mind with a venomous hatred such that I am surprised my skull does not melt when I think about it. The hype for this movie was just so enormous before I saw it, and ALL my friends talked it up like crazy, and then I finally watched it and was like, "OMG, I think I hate life now." I mean, it reaches a level of fail that would embarrass Ace. It tries to do so much, and the results are just so miserable. It fails as an action movie, outside of a couple of nifty stunts. It fails horribly as a morality tale. It fails as a black comedy. It fails as a hip crime movie. The director and writer, Troy Duffy, must not have watched enough Quentin Tarantino, because he fails really hard at making homages to better movies. Just ... God, when I think about this turd, I want to communicate solely in the foulest blasphemies possible. There is no level of sacrilege evil enough to symbolize the hate I am feeling at this moment. I don't even think it is the worst movie ever made; circumstances just made me despise it with the passion of a thousand suns.
Anyway, no real reason for this, except maybe that extreme reactions to anything are hilarious. Share!
