What do the starters have to do with any of this? You can easily replace it with another one from another game after the first gym anyway, so why are you whining?
I have been on several Pokemon forums, and have seen many, many polls. A majority of the votes were R/S/E. The general census is that Gen 3 is the best Gen, but everybody says its underrated. That is completely bull!
It probably will be for a while, considering its new, but people will settle down eventually. B/W already gets enough hate from people who think like you, so its far from being overrated. I doubt you people and B/W2 will be different, even if you can use your precious Gen 1/2/3 Pokemon...