Everyone who says machines are shit need to pull their heads out of their arses, they all have their place depending on goals, some just more effectively then others, maybe if your a PL or Olly lifter I can understand not liking them, but I would imagine even PL would benefit from machine every now and then for assistance work...
And don't start this crap about back in the day..... there are plenty of pics getting around of Arnie, Serge, Platz, Zane, Yates etc etc using, machines in some form or another...