What do you love that everyone else hates?

I tend to go against the flow of popular opinion.

My biggest rebellion is this: I really like the Matrix sequels. I've got the ten disc box set and everything. But everyone else just hates them.

The story set up was quite promising, then everything just went to Predictable Land. A lot of imaginative elements were introduced early on, then just withered on the vine as the lure and the grip of the CGI became irresistible. Every now and then, I sample the last two Matrix movies if they're on FX or something, but lordy! What a waste.

But then, I really liked the miniseries "Masada" from many years ago. So what do I know? Best exchange: David Warner, local general, making his case to Peter O'Toole, Roman bigshot, for why he hasn't concluded his campaign against the Jewish zealots, finishes, "I did my best." O'Toole sneers, "The epitaph of a donkey."

War of the Worlds (with Cruise), 2012, The Day After Tomorrow. Yum.

Yeah, I know... But dipped in some Cholula sauce, I just love em :9

:puke:

Does anyone even know what the hell is IN those things?

I don't think there is any actual meat in them :P

I won't list them, but lets just say it is far superior to "potted meat food product", which is the classification Dinty Moore Beef Stew falls under. On a funny trivia note: The word "SPAM" is a contraction of "spiced ham". The FUNNY part is that there is exactly one spice in SPAM: salt.

Cinnamon.

but someone's got to do it.

and those hard shelled candy coated easter eggs with the white sugar creme inside.

one of the characters was eating circus peanuts when she was stressed out. :)

both love them, but most people seem to be grossed out by them.

I never knew that!

And more movies than I can list--I have some favorites that have tanked with reviewers and with the general public, but which I'll defend to the death, I love them so.

That was a surprise.

I thought they were operatic, lush, and considerably more layered than the originals (Empire Strikes Back excluded).

that's pretty tough :headbang:

I don't hate them, I still watch them sometimes when they play on the Spike channel.

Counting Crows' "Recovering the Satellites" is a good album (actually superior to "August and Everything After" in some ways.)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is better than Elizabeth.

Bittersweet chocolate is the best kind of chocolate ever. White chocolate is underrated.

Other stuff.

I could polish off a jar of the marinaded ones in a sitting. I love 'em fresh, too.

Never tried Aquavit.

spinach and rutabaga and turnips.

Tikki

after they were cooked, of course. Made them much more palatable.

http://www.pagespak.com/vr-recipe-49440-side_dishes-brussels_sprouts_with_walnuts_and_mandarin_oranges-40.html

(This exact same recipe has been posted to several Web sites -- I was fortunate to have it served to me by a chef)

Or try BS (oops) with cherry tomatoes and pearl onions in cream sauce.

really. I love the stuff.

:D

:hi:

really. I love the stuff.

Properly prepared, it's very tasty. I like to put a little hot sauce on it.

:yoiks: sacrilege

(Actually, now that I think about it, that sounds good.)

Love the stuff.

really. I love the stuff.

...and Horehound candy - not together of course, although a nice piece of breaded/fried liver with some aromatic sauce sounds appealing.

No shrooms though.

I was always fine with it but I really fell in love with liver when I worked at this fancy hotel and they served a sauteed liver with raspberry sauce - OMG that was delish!

It's the breakfast of champions!!! LOL

I won't kill them unless poisonous and a threat; they roam free in my house. My kids think I'm nuts.

I don't kill the poisonous ones. I sweep them into some sort of container, and then I let them go outside. They eat other creatures I prefer not to have in my house. The others get left alone.

black widow in the house, I'd remove her, along with any others that look menacing. But your average, friendly little guy? I leave them be.

I just scoop them up in a cup and toss them outside.

Therefore, I like spiders.

I leave the little ones alone and carry the bigger ones outside in a cup... :hi:

They're good little guys, mostly :loveya:

I swear I've gotten a couple of big garden spiders to look me in the eye lately!

I *don't* want in the house. :D

:shrug:

http://www.personalitypage.com/html/portraits.html

If you don't know, you can take this test to figure it out

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

I'm an INTP, BTW.

I found out a lot about myself after I determined what MBTI profile I was.

I usually turn out to be whatever mood I'm in when I take the test, they're easy to spoof.

:hi:

I love it and apologize to no one for it. :)

but I know this cool tune by UNKLE is in on the Eclipse soundtrack. http://youtu.be/9UwwVlE0pMM
And the giant wolves look pretty cool.

Yum.

But I do love it in there

Mmmmm....crispy on the outside, mushy on the inside.

NOM.

The stuff that's made with the weird, unnatural orange powder. I love it.

If I'm feeling gor-may, I mix some tuna in it. Add a can o' beer, and it's supper!

I don't care if it's immature, the shaped ones taste better

It seems it tastes better than it used to.

I just love it!

My husband and kids have always turned up their noses at my sauce...The very idea!

Hey...more for me!

:9

... from the time they were very small.

I prefer it cooked, but I do like rhubarb.

yes INDEED :D

yes INDEED :D

And, they're cool as all get-out!

:loveya:

I've thought bats are awesome ever since I was a little kid. (FTR, I'm 42 now.)

:loveya:
We put up three bat houses in our yard.

Rutabagas. Dad and I are the only ones in the family that like rutabagas. Every Thanksgiving Dad would buy one rutabaga, cut it up for Mom and he and I would be the only ones that would eat it, though some family members would take a token cube of rutabaga to be polite. I'm not sure what they are doing now that Dad can't handle cutting one up.

along with pickled herring

Most people hate it.

there's a place near here that makes it fresh every morning. I love to pick some up for lunch.

A.k.a. Polish blood sausage. If the local butcher shop had it, I'd be the one who stole it. Wish I could get here. Or, better yet, I wish I could afford to import it from Chicago.

it.

You know, THE JUDYBATS!

Wore my Judybats tshirt the other day from their "Down in the Shacks..." tour (1992 I think). A little holey but it's the only one I have.
Love "Full-Empty".

I saw them in Minneapolis in 1994, so that must have been their "Full-Empty" tour. Loved "Down in the Shacks" and "Full-Empty." I'm so excited that there is now ONE OTHER PERSON in my life who has heard of the Judybats, let alone likes them! :toast:

I need to replace them all- still on cassette. :hi:
"Convalescing in Spain" is a work of art.

I think she has one of the most distinctive and incredible voices out there. And "Waterworld"? Well, it's one of the best late night I've had a bunch to drink but don't want to go to bed yet movies. Sure there's a lot of corny stuff in it, especially the ending. But I love the scenes when he's out to sea. Makes me want to be there.

:pals:

:D

:pals:

Liberal politics, the ending of Battlestar Galactica, women with prematurely gray hair, arena rock (progressive rock's dumb kid brother), vegetarians, Ben Bernanke, and the Olive Garden.

i like the camaro. very unpopular in my house anyway.

it was awesome...sigh...if only I had a winning lottery ticket, I would buy it today
it was a jolly rancher green apple green with black stripes, very cool

Nearly pee myself laughing every time I see it.

Whoopi's furry house shoes made me laugh.

yep.

My husband doesn't even want to know it's in the house - he hates the smell of black licorice.

Well, maybe the pink ones, too. I don't like jelly beans, in general, but I will eat the black ones. I DO like licorice, especially the Aussie licorice that uses real extract, rather than the artificial flavorings.

I keed.

And what's odd - I normally do not add pepper to anything outside an occassional shake on a baked potatoe.

(Although struggle4progress, Rabrrrrrr, and pokerfan seem to likes them some math too.)

:hi:

Yummy!

chicken....I can eat a ton of that stuff :)

It's like part of my soul.

Putting some sriracha in it is a nice touch.

they sell that stuff at serious beer bars around here. i guess it beats carrying miller lite.

:rofl:

:bounce: Maybe not LOVED, but liked it very much. :P

Everybody I've met who say they don't like opera have NEVER BEEN TO ONE. They don't know how amazing they are now.

I love Mozart and Puccini and some others. i even sat through five hours and fifteen minutes (total time including intermissions) of PARSIFAL, Wagner's last opera, and enjoyed it. I'm not crazy about Wagner. But I enjoyed it immensely. They can keep all of Richard Strauss' operas.


Folks, when you go to the opera now, it's FUN. They have the same amazing lights and special effects that other stage shows have. And they put the words up OVER THE STAGE in ENGLISH!! Even if they are singing in ENGLISH!
That means you can know what is going on!!

The love duets have almost become the horizontal bop.

I am one of those annoying people who sings along with "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni".

As far as the symphony, check out Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic. Good stuff.

I love Celine Dion, except for that suckwad song from Titanic, but she didn't write it.
They used to make fun of her on SNL and she has an excellent voice.

Hated the last Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Thought it was the most violent and pointless waste of film I have ever seen. Nothing but people killing other people in a bank robbery, threatening pretty girls with knives, and making sure that the message is that Rich White Men are IMPORTANT. Their thoughts are important, their actions are important, and we must watch them.

They are full of inflated powerful male ego and I can't care about them. There is no reason to.

They have servants who are far better actors than they are and far more dignified (Sir Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman), but that doesn't matter. No human relationships. No reason for me to give a damn about any of those people killing each other.


I don't like ballet. I don't understand it. I think it's quite unnatural. I have played numerous ballet suites in orchestra but that is not the same as watching the dance. The music can be quite interesting. I've played the following ballets in orchestras: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Chopin: Les Sylphides, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rodgers: Oklahoma!, Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Delibes:Coppelia. That's the ones I can recall immediately.

I have no use for hip hop, rap or country sung by people with clothespins on their noses.
I like Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson because they don't sing that way.

Any other cultural critiques you need from me?

JS Bach is like a god to me! :)

If you have never been to a professional opera production, you don't know what you are saying. Live is NOT the same as seeing it on TV or a tape. Just asking.

most people enjoy the standards: Carmen, Tosca, Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, The Elixir of Love, Marriage of Figaro, Aida.

I studied Baroque stuff for years as a piano and violin student. I think vivaldi is about as boring as it gets.

I like acappella groups like Anonymous Four and the Tallis Scholars.

i studied the Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas and they are so difficult they warp your brain.
My violin teachers would only give me Bach and Mozart, to develop technique. They wouldn't let me study mushy Romantic era stuff.

Now they crank out musicians who all sound the same. They don't have the 19th century Romantic heritage of putting personality into your playing, like Fritz Kreisler and Arthur Rubinstein did.

i saw Arthur Rubinstein play a full piano recital when he was 82 years old. i was in high school. So I got to see one of the last living exponents of romantic playing.

:-)

Kennedy Center Opera puts on great productions, too. Placido Domingo, artistic director.

I tell people that all the time, but they don't listen to me.

Domingo's version of Tosca with Catherine Malfitano is an excellent video. Great scenery in Rome, and great singing.

They have higher TV standards (more scan lines) in Europe than they do in the US, so even though I have a VHS tape of it, it looks like it's straight off a studio monitor.

And yes, Tosca does the Nestea Plunge off the REAL Castel Sant' Angelo in Rome.

Taqueria La Cumbre in Mission, San Francisco, has been my benchmark for tongue burritos for close to forty years.

...all my pals hate those things. I love them!

I don't "love" it but it doesn't really bother me when I hear it...of course there aren't many words that offend me. Actions tend to offend me more than words...but yeah every other woman I know hates this word.

Yeah, I know people hate it and I cannot understand why.

It's well produced, catchy pop music. It's about Jefferson Airplane contributing to the culture of San Francisco.

:shrug:

Trivia: Alex Bennett, the DJ who did the voiceover, used to work at KILT-FM in Houston, and went by the name James Bond and later by his real name.

ha! and I get it all to myself

But I haven't had any in years. I guess it was something only my grandmas wanted around, and now they aren't here so the family never has fruitcake.

Maybe that should be my new thing, bringing fruitcake to Christmas every year }(

... when it's washed up on the beach.

thunderstorms and RAIN

:9

I used to paint as a kid, and cleaning wood palates with that stuff was one of my favorite projects. No, the fumes never made me high, otherwise my enjoyment would've been more easily explained!

aromatic hydrocarbons:thumbsup:


:hide:

was a staple in my old neighborhood, not carried anywhere anymore.
And Pillsbury Space Sticks, used to love those.

I don't care that the writing sucks and the acting sucks.

Also washing clothes.

And lima beans, but that's already taken.

They just blow me away.

It would of course be Geddy Lee..:rofl: IRL, I know lots of people who like him, or at very least respect his abilities...

Everyone else in the family hates it.

yayyyyy for me.

skunk cabbage. It is amazing how those two smells really smell the same.

*EGREGIOUS*

NOTE: I WENT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE LIST BEFORE SELECTING THIS AS THE WINNING ENTRY FOR AN ASS KICKING; yes INDEED

SCHEDULING OHIOCHICK FOR ASS KICKING; I'LL HAVE THAT DAMN SONG IN MY HEAD ALL NIGHT

and the reason is, when I was a young child on my Grandmothers lap and I would
say "I love chocolate" or something inanimate Grandma would always say "You can't love something
that can not love you back" So now I only love people or pets and I'm sure I'm not the only one
who love them.
However there are many things I like a lot

and the reason is, when I was a young child on my Grandmothers lap and I would
say "I love chocolate" or something inanimate Grandma would always say "You can't love something
that can not love you back" So now I only love people or pets and I'm sure I'm not the only one
who love them.
However there are many things I like a lot

:) :thumbsup:

Time Machine Tour, June 22.

Can't wait!

Very bad people.

my dear deceased wife would refer to her as a cat in a blender.

but Kate has some new stuff out and i am really happy

"This Woman's Work" is a great song.

And some of her new songs are great!

I thought it was playful, inventive, and a charming choice for a young, modern woman.

Now to wash it down with some Malto Goya ...

I was on the rapid train here in Cleveland back in 1976 and I had just heard the song before I got on.

While I was standing there, because it was rush hour, this lovely young lady sidled up to me, looked up at me with her sparkling eyes until I had to say hi!

We ended up dating for a little while until I found out she was 15. I was 19 and a sophomore in college. She had told me she was 17 and a senior in high school.

Nothing untoward ever happened, I just felt that it was not right for a 19 year old man to be seeing a 15 year old girl.

Oh she was cute and more.

So everytime I hear Dancing Queen I think of her...

It seems I'm always in the minority with this one.

I also like some pop music that many hate (I actually think Ke$ha is pretty good), The Olive Garden, Big Brother (the reality TV show), some cheesy comedies, soap operas, etc.

a closet Big Brother junkie! And the new season is about to start soon!
:woohoo:
Do you get the feeds?

Hi, dmr! :hi:

Shhh ... feeds too.

I wasn't going to do it this year, but I think I will anyway.
:hi:

Summer and Big Brother go together. :hi:

If you want to talk BB talk, I'm just a pm away!

:hi:

Thanks for the PM offer! It would be nice to talk Big Brother with you. :thumbsup:

I don't know why almost everyone seems to have hated it. I especially liked the music.

The only part I didn't like in the movie was when old Rose threw the gem overboard. If she didn't want it, she could have sold it and donated the money to any number of worthy causes.

:rofl:

yes INDEED

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And if it matters, I thought that Reloaded and Revolutions (as a combined viewing exp.) were BETTER than the first film. I also think that if Hollywood had any real balls left, they would have been released as a single, 4 hour epic with an INTERMISSION (remember those?=))

But I "get" those films in a way most other people don't (philosophically, spiritually, logically, etc. The Philosopher's commentary track alone is worth the price of any good box set you can buy, IMHO.)

Also, in my family, I seem to be unique in that I don't think Liberals are dirty.....

Don't know why but I love it.

And banana pepper juice too.

Though I don't eat junk food anymore so they are forever off the menu :-)

I am a heterosexual male who has had a liking for body hair on women since being an adolescent.

I particularly like a woman who is otherwise attractive, and who has serious and significant body hair (i.e. more than just a little), and who lets her body hair grow out, and who likes and is not ashamed of her natural state and her natural hair. I find such a woman to be very sexy.

I have always particularly liked hairy or unshaven legs on women, but I also like hair on a woman's arms, underarms, and especially on and around more private and intimate regions of a woman's body.

I have always been bothered that just about anything else is or has been acceptable at some time since the 1960's, except for natural body hair on women. I really think it is crazy, and a crime, really, that women practically have to go through all kinds of pain and trouble to remove any and all body hair, and look like plastic Barbie dolls.

Being gay or lesbian is now widely (even if not universally) accepted and talked about, and I see no reason that that should not be the case with women having body hair, or with liking women with body hair.

I know that there are other men (and women too) who like women with body hair. I have been posting for a number of years on an adult chat board devoted to discussion of female body hair.