I'm dead serious. And how was it awful? I sometimes hear people say that, but few can actually give concrete examples except "ohh, thumbs down, how corny" or making fun "the baby". But they don't make fun of the drama queen acting in Uncharted and The Last of Us, or the endless grunting in Gears of War.
Here's the thing about Other M: it's controversial. It doesn't focus on Samus's strentgh, but rather her weaknesses (which makes it much more interesting IMO). It puts Adam, her superior, in the authority role while the old fanbase was used to see Samus as the one in charge. The voice actor of Samus is sometimes a bit stiff, but that has nothing to do with Sakamoto's masterful writing.
Many people also jump on the hate train - they have never played Other M, but they've seen what opinion elites in media are saying, and they simply join popular opinion instead of creating their own.
Other M didn't follow feminism rules, but that doesn't mean the writing was bad. Adam doesn't "abuse" Samus, he's very protective of her. But he's also a harsh commander who does not let his motions interfere with the mission.