i remember talking to DDR about this, and we shared the same opinion. samples don't work well if they are rambling passages taken out of context. it's best if they have something to do with dancing, techno, drug use, etc.... anything is better than hearing a couple sentences ripped from the latest trendy American film.

personally, i never thought London techno abused this much. the producers seem to at least record their own samples much of the time, which is OK with me.

as bad as you think this scene is, try listening to full-on psytrance. arbitrary, poorly-produced samples abound, and they make me cringe with disgust. worse yet, they are used in the most obvious ways, typically placed during a lull before the bassline drops, and centered around juvenile "trippy" waffle.