TOTALLY GEEKED!

Dora gets on mine.

But we loved Dragon Tales.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Not a Harry Potter fan.

The Vampire Diaries. I don't even know where to begin with that.

I don't care for the more recent Batman movies. I really liked the ones with Val Kimmel and Michael Keaton.

Christian Bale? Not so much.

Timothy Dalton as James Bond was awful.

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 Is that Jimmy Kimmel's brother?

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 No. It's supposed to be Kimmer. 

 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Not a Harry Potter fan.

The Vampire Diaries. I don't even know where to begin with that.

I don't care for the more recent Batman movies. I really liked the ones with Val Kimmel and Michael Keaton.

Christian Bale? Not so much.

Timothy Dalton as James Bond was awful.

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 Is that Jimmy Kimmel's brother?

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 No. It's supposed to be Kimmer. 

 

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Kilmer 

Ok. I misspelled a name. Ya'll knew who I was talking about.

flan327 wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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Harry Potter sucked. I don't really like the genre. Lord of the rings was ok mainly due to some cool battle scenes, but a bunch of kids playing ball while flying on broomsticks or whatever it was they were doing--dumb.

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 Did you read the books?  Flying on broomsticks is a very small part of the story. 

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 The first movie or two sucked hours out of my life I'll never get back.  No way am I committing to reading the books.  I don't read fiction, anyway.

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 I didn't know that.

I feel sorry for you.

flan

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 Most fiction is a waste of time.  You can learn a lot more reading non fiction.

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 Spoken like someone who has never read fiction.

flan

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 ???  I've read a ton of fiction.  Most of the "classics", most of Tolkeins works, Jim Kjelegard, jack London, Zane grey, Louis lamour, too many to mention.

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 And you didn't "learn" anything?

flan

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 Not nearly as much as reading Great Catherine, or The Rise and Fall of The Great Powers, or The Guns of August, or The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, or The Arms of Krupp, or Nicholas and Alexandra, or Dreadnaught, or The Tsars Last Armada, or--well, I could go on and on.

I'm reading a novel now...The Swarm. I'm learning SO much, as it's very science-y.
I know more about subsea methane hydrate now than I ever wanted to know.

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I couldn't care less about Star Wars and Star Trek. Ironically, I do a pretty good Yoda impression.

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 I don't give a rat's arse about Star Wars.  But, I LOOOVE Star Trek.  Study, study, study or bonk bonk on the head. 

I LOATHE Sesame Street. I hated it when I was a kid. I hated it when my kids were little. I still hate it!

I hate John Wayne movies...except for True Grit.

flan

I hate that people are so judgemental without know the circumstances. Especially around here.

BFF lost custody of three of her children when she divorced eight years ago (now Niece 21, Nephew 18, Niece 16). Biggest reason is that she could not afford to take care of them. Hell, she could not afford to take care of herself. She could not work Full Time, could barely work part time. It's not what she wanted but she knew the kids needed to be taken care of. She was living in her car for a while. Not the place for the kids.

And it was not because she was lazy or unmotivated. She is a person who has suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury but does not qualify for SSD. I know that at the time of her first brain surgery, they fvcked it up. Her DH (main caretaker, now Ex) decided not to sue and waived all rights for it (In case you thought she could do that now). In 14 years, she has had 11 surgeries to correct several issues that occurred from her first surgery to remove a simple tumor in her brain. She is getting better but at that time, there was no way she could take care of her kids, even though they were her world. She visited and spent as much time with them as she could tho.

Now, at the age of 44, she lives with her parents in their retirement home. It started because she could not live alone due to the TBI. Now, she has one of those kids living with her as well as her 4 y/o special needs daughter from another father. She is in college to become a Trauma Counselor.

If it was between giving your children the basics like food on the table and a roof over their head or having them live in horrid situations, I am guessing that you would get off your high judgemental horses and make sure that your child was taken care of over your own selfish desires.

Sorry for the rant. This is not directed at any one person. There were several posts that really, really pissed me off.

I love most of Clint Eastwood's movies.

Hate the Twilight saga's.

I read 1984 and Animal Farm in high school. Enjoyed both books.

I love Asimov books. Clive Cusseler's books as well.

Kids shows.. I would watch Wonder Pets and Barney on repeat if it meant I never had to see or hear Caillou again. That one is the ABSOLUTE worst. But it doesn't really qualify for this thread, because I have yet to meet a mom who likes it, everyone thinks it sucks, not really an unpopular opinion.

The Fault in Our Stars.

The Lord of The Rings movie. The first one, anyway. It was really boring and I never watched the rest.

Oh, this one will get me in trouble. I don't like older movies, unless I rewatching ones I had seen when they were new or newish, but I have no interest in watching an old movie now for the first time.

I know I'm going to get reamed for this one, but I hate the "Airplane" movies.

I never liked the Three Stooges.

They got on my nerves.

just Czech wrote:

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...and Spaceball's. :(

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 Never saw it. Don't care either.

Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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I never liked the Three Stooges.

They got on my nerves.

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 Definitely MALE humor.

flan

jlbear71 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Gaga - the OP asked for unpolular opinions on classic books, movies and music. Nice way to derail a thread with political gobbledy gook - don't we have enough threads for that?

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 Sorry for my little rant there.  I got a little worked up and let my emotions get away from me.

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 Not being able to take care of your kids because you are ill is totally a different scenario.  That wasn't what i was referring too AT ALL.  I was referring to some of the moms around here who literally dump their kids for the flavor of the month boyfriend.  There's a lot of that around here.  

 

  Anyway, back to the thread.

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I do not like Bruce Springsteen. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

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 He sings like he's constipated and trying to have a bowel movement.  Especially "Born in the USA".  Ugh.

My son loves Lil' Wayne but he has the most annoying nasally voice.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Ellen is funny. Kathy Griffin is a beitch who needs to be bound and gagged. Go away!

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 Wait, are you talking porn again??  

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flan327 wrote:

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If I had to choose between watching Seinfeld and watching Friends...I might smash the TV.

flan

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 Well, that's just wrong.  The obvious choice is Friends - just in case you ever find yourself in that situation. 

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   Seinfeld is clearly better written and more true to life than Friends.  Who do you think you are?????

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flan327 wrote:

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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I never liked the Three Stooges.

They got on my nerves.

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flan

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 Not necessarily. I love The Three Stooges. Especially the movie that came out a couple years ago. The lion scene was my favorite. Yea, I'm bad.

flan327 wrote:

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I hate John Wayne movies...except for True Grit.

flan

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 What about The Cowboys  OMG that was good, and what's his face was in it, one gorgeous specimen of a man, who was that?   Ahh A Martinez!  Yum!