Obligatory Standardized Guilty Pleasures Post
I came across this meme at the Llama Butchers; others have picked it up as well.
Book I read flat so no one could see the title:
I don't think I've ever gone so far as to hide a book, but I do feel a frisson of shame every time I pick up Tom Clancy's latest.
Crappiest song ever sung at karaoke:
I don't do karaoke. But as I've written here before, and others will attest, I do a mean version of Tomorrow from Annie. Seriously, I fuckin' own that song.
Bad movie I watch repeatedly:
Oh my. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I could write a book on this one, mmkay? Because it's like this: if I happen to come across, say, Less Than Zero, then unless I have pressing (and I mean life or death pressing) matters to attend to, I'm glued to the screen. I mean Jami Gertz and Andrew McCarthy and James Spader and Robert Downey? Set Cheese factor for ten, Ensign Eighties. Or even better - The Last Dinosaur. A showing of The Last Dinosaur is an occasion for friends and family to come together and revel in the sheer badness of this film.
So you can see, I loves me some bad movies. I am the guy who argues - loudly and at great length - with the Bunny over which is the better film: Cannonball Run or Smokey and the Bandit. (The correct answer is, of course, Smokey and the Bandit.) But if by 'watch repeatedly' you mean 'own on DVD' I'd have to go with Red Dawn. First of all, this film stars the Swayze - pretty a much a guarantee of bad movie goodness. Second, it is the ur-movie of the 80s, combining Bratpack celebrities and cold war paranoia. Third, well.. did I mention it has the Swayze? Who incidentally deserves some sort of lifetime achievement award for bringing to life so many good bad films. Next of Kin, Roadhouse, Dirty Dancing, and the afore-mentioned Red Dawn - this is a Hall o' Fame list folks, and we all owe the Swayze much gratitude for te hours of viewing pleasure provided by these films.
What I order at the bar when no one is listening:
I order what I damn well please. Like the Fonz and his inability to say the words 'wrong' or 'sorry,' I cannot work the words 'shame' or 'drink' or 'bar' into the same sentence.
A TV show that is a good example of the downfall of civilization that I love anyway:
At the risk of sounding like a snob, I don't watch TV. That's not to say I don't watch any TV shows - I simply watch 'em on DVD. Now, I don't know if it marked the downfall of civilization, but the end of the run of Battlestar Galactica certainly marked the downfall of sci-fi on prime-time, Big Three television. Fortunately for me, I have the entire original series on DVD and oh! the joys this has brought me.
Book I read flat so no one could see the title:
I don't think I've ever gone so far as to hide a book, but I do feel a frisson of shame every time I pick up Tom Clancy's latest.
Crappiest song ever sung at karaoke:
I don't do karaoke. But as I've written here before, and others will attest, I do a mean version of Tomorrow from Annie. Seriously, I fuckin' own that song.
Bad movie I watch repeatedly:
Oh my. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I could write a book on this one, mmkay? Because it's like this: if I happen to come across, say, Less Than Zero, then unless I have pressing (and I mean life or death pressing) matters to attend to, I'm glued to the screen. I mean Jami Gertz and Andrew McCarthy and James Spader and Robert Downey? Set Cheese factor for ten, Ensign Eighties. Or even better - The Last Dinosaur. A showing of The Last Dinosaur is an occasion for friends and family to come together and revel in the sheer badness of this film.
So you can see, I loves me some bad movies. I am the guy who argues - loudly and at great length - with the Bunny over which is the better film: Cannonball Run or Smokey and the Bandit. (The correct answer is, of course, Smokey and the Bandit.) But if by 'watch repeatedly' you mean 'own on DVD' I'd have to go with Red Dawn. First of all, this film stars the Swayze - pretty a much a guarantee of bad movie goodness. Second, it is the ur-movie of the 80s, combining Bratpack celebrities and cold war paranoia. Third, well.. did I mention it has the Swayze? Who incidentally deserves some sort of lifetime achievement award for bringing to life so many good bad films. Next of Kin, Roadhouse, Dirty Dancing, and the afore-mentioned Red Dawn - this is a Hall o' Fame list folks, and we all owe the Swayze much gratitude for te hours of viewing pleasure provided by these films.
What I order at the bar when no one is listening:
I order what I damn well please. Like the Fonz and his inability to say the words 'wrong' or 'sorry,' I cannot work the words 'shame' or 'drink' or 'bar' into the same sentence.
A TV show that is a good example of the downfall of civilization that I love anyway:
At the risk of sounding like a snob, I don't watch TV. That's not to say I don't watch any TV shows - I simply watch 'em on DVD. Now, I don't know if it marked the downfall of civilization, but the end of the run of Battlestar Galactica certainly marked the downfall of sci-fi on prime-time, Big Three television. Fortunately for me, I have the entire original series on DVD and oh! the joys this has brought me.
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