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People who did One Thing and are revered as if they did many
| Paralegal Muhammad | 07/25/25 |
| ifrit | 07/26/25 |
| Paralegal Muhammad | 07/26/25 |
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Date: July 25th, 2025 9:57 PM Author: Paralegal Muhammad 1. George Miller One Thing: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Revered as a visionary genius, but remove Fury Road and his career is a hodgepodge of talking pigs (Babe 2) and penguins (Happy Feet). The original Mad Max trilogy was modest, cult fare until Fury Road blew up.
2. Ted Kennedy Zero Things
Revered by liberals as a lion of the Senate. In truth: drove a woman off a bridge, left her to die, failed to pass universal healthcare despite decades of tenure, and clung to his family name like it was a lifeboat. Somehow became a “legend.”
3. Orson Welles One Thing: Citizen Kane (1941)
Yes, Kane was brilliant. But the rest? Fragmentary, unfinished, indulgent. Spent much of his later life doing voice work to fund failed projects. Revered as a misunderstood auteur.
4. Harper Lee One Thing: To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
Wrote one great book, coasted on it for 50 years. “Second novel” was a prequel/draft published under murky circumstances. Turned Southern racial guilt into a lifelong royalty stream.
5. Alan Turing (as popularly portrayed) One Thing: Enigma
A brilliant mathematician, no doubt — but many credit him as the sole savior of WWII and the father of AI, as if he alone invented computers, cryptography, and robotics. A tragic story inflated into sainthood.
6. Jordan Belfort One Thing: Got caught
A middling penny stock fraudster who became a household name solely because Leo DiCaprio played him. Somehow became a motivational speaker, a brand, a hero to finance bros.
7. Che Guevara One Thing: Became a t-shirt
Failed to start revolutions in Congo and Bolivia. Helped turn Cuba into a police state. But his image — beret, stare — lives on forever, an icon utterly detached from his mixed, often brutal legacy.
8. Dennis Hopper One Thing: Easy Rider (1969)
That one film made him a counterculture titan. The rest of his directing career was catastrophic (The Last Movie). Played weirdo villains and stayed high until death. |
Date: July 26th, 2025 6:19 PM Author: ifrit 9. Hideo Kojima
One Thing: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
He made one decent game and the rest were all the Same Game, sneaking past enemies using camouflage or the environment. Also Kojima fanboys think his convoluted stories are somehow deep. |
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Date: July 26th, 2025 9:25 PM Author: Paralegal Muhammad MGS1 has a good story iirc. MGS2 manages to come close but it overdoes things in the process. The rest are either not good and/or not convoluted imho. Kojima also made Policenauts which is regarded as his greatest work by intellectuals. He also made Death Stranding which is a Game. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5754705&forum_id=2/#49133673) |