# "All right, I'm going to say it...I actually LIKED..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546 "2011-05-20T06:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/121 "2011-05-21T10:28:02Z")
I simple adore **The A-Team** movie. It is superior to the series in its over the top incomprehensiblity and FUN. It’s so quotable. Kung Fu flicks. Defend the family honor cheese fests. I would rather watch a Jackie Chan film than anything that is Oscar Bait. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/122 "2011-05-21T10:41:44Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Me too. Great writers on that show. > > And _Star Trek Voyager_ (well, except for the episode where Janeway and Paris became giant slugs . . . and mated). > > And speaking of \*Voyager, \*I actually liked Neelix. what about the one where neelix and tuvok had a transporter accident, and melded into Tuvix. then the resulting tuvix became more competent at both tactical officer and chef, and generally everyone like him more except for Kes and Janeway, and then Janeway giving the order to “kill” tuvix by splitting him back into neelix and tuvok? note, giving the order despite Tuvix pleading for his life repeatedly, condemning it as murder in the 1st degree. the entire episode i was in tears screaming at my screen… “picard would never agree to this!!! he’s a life form@!!! HE HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST!!! … PICARRRRRRRD!!!” or the episode where they unfroze amelia earheart? AND noonan? [snark] or the one where they have a way to go home, but don’t? maybe i’ll start a poll asking “how fast would it have taken you to mutiny onboard Voyager?”[/snark] just so this post isn’t a total derail, on top of “Fired Up” (thanks for the backup Gaffa), I also like(d) Glee and the Golden Girls, which is something you don’t find in my demographic - 24 yr old male (bro). ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/123 "2011-05-21T11:00:24Z")
_Legally Blonde._ America’s Next Top Model - which I find genuinely inspirational. I don’t just _like_ Madonna and Lady Gaga, I love them, with all my heart and soul. Though my true love is alternative and classic rock, I thoroughly enjoy country music. Honestly I could list about a thousand things I’m pretty sure Dopers would not be into, that I personally liked. [QUOTE=Tangent] Yeah, I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like Tremors. [/QUOTE] Shit, I hate horror movies, and I like Tremors. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/124 "2011-05-21T11:08:47Z")
The **Insane Clown Posse**. I win! What up, ninja? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/125 "2011-05-21T11:10:44Z")
I watched _Eat Pray Love_ and didn’t hate it. I couldn’t stand Julia Roberts’s character, and the other characters were one-dimensional, but her journey was pretty thought-provoking, and I liked that a mainstream movie showed cultures outside California in some detail. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/126 "2011-05-21T11:38:19Z")
Stuff I liked, to a greater or lesser degree: _The Da-Vinci Code_ - fun page-turner. I even thought the film was watchable if very average, even though Tom Hank’s hairpiece deserved billing as a supporting character. _Daredevil_ - don’t understand the hatred for this one, thought it was decent enough, and liked the “super-hearing” effects. Would be interested to hear what the big issues were. _Alien Resurrection_ - not too bad if you can get past “oh god, they brought back Ripley”. _Avatar_ _I, Robot (film)_ _Dracula (1992, the Coppola one)_ _The Village_ - very average, but I didn’t think it was awful. _Troy_ _Underworld_ > [@chizzuk](#): > > OP, I liked the Left Behind series, too. I’m not Christian, but I read the first one just to see what it was like and got hooked. I would race to the library whenever they’d inform me that the next one I’d put on hold had come in. Oh well, at least you helped keep them out of the hands of true believers for a bit. If they were pure entertainment I don’t think people would have a problem with them, but like _The Da-Vinci Code_, it’s the fact that there are a lot of people out there who believe the nonsense that grates. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/127 "2011-05-21T12:05:55Z")
Count me in as a _TommyKnockers_ fan. Stephen King hopped up on cocaine can still do a lot better than most (and this is better than some of his more recent work.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/128 "2011-05-21T12:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=Alka Seltzer] The Da-Vinci Code - fun page-turner. I even thought the film was watchable if very average, even though Tom Hank’s hairpiece deserved billing as a supporting character. [/QUOTE] Good one. I was up until 3am with this book, read it cover to cover, and thought it was quite powerful. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/129 "2011-05-21T13:30:38Z")
**Eyes Wide Shut** –I thought it was brilliant. I think some of the hate comes from a poor marketing strategy. **Starship Troopers** –I loved the book. The movie was a brilliant satire both on the book and on WWII films, especially the pro-war movies made during and immediately after the war. **Showgirls** –I don’t know that I can say I LIKED it, because I turned it off halfway through and never bothered to finish it, but I laughed my ASS off at that pool scene. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/130 "2011-05-21T13:33:48Z")
I remember one hot summer when Tremors was on TV every night for a week. Love that movie, it’s one of those movies where when you come across it flipping through channels you stop and watch for a while. The fact that the juicy young Kevin Bacon looking adorable in every scene is icing on the cake. And I always laugh at that kid on a friggin’ pogo stick! Seriously, if ever there was a hilariously stupid thing for a character to do in such a situation, I can’t think of a funnier stupider thing! Unless she was digging a hole… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/131 "2011-05-21T13:44:14Z")
_Hudson Hawk_ _Xanadu_ The _Puppet Master_ movies _Shock Treatment_ _Daredevil_ _Tommyknockers_(the book _and_ the mini-series) The songs _Midnight At The Oasis_ and _Convoy_ ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/132 "2011-05-21T14:21:28Z")
There have been a bunch of things in this thread that I’d agree with, but my latest “ashamed to admit”? “Make It or Break It” on ABC Family. I watch it every week with my 18 year old daughter. Sometimes I yell at the TV wondering how certain characters get away with stuff, but it’s a pretty solid show, really, with a good premise. Of course, the fact that I also liked the movies Bring It On & Stick It probably shows a predisposition for that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/133 "2011-05-21T14:59:40Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > **Tremors.** I’ve never seen the sequels, but the first one was a pretty solid monster movie. And even as a kid I knew it was basically just a glorified b-flick, but it was also so much fun. And the scene where Reba McIntire and Michael Gross as the survivalists kill the monster by pumping it with a shitload of ammo was fuckin’ awesome. Tremors was a great B movie. The characters used their brains to survive - even the dumb ones. The scientist doesn’t know everything about everything. The flick doesn’t take itself too seriously. The survivalists were great - mourning over the loss of their bunker, other folks in town quietly saying we’ll have to stop poking fun at them now. Heck, it’s better than a lot of ‘A’ movies. If there is any Tremors hate it’s got to be for the sequels, which I have not seen. Well, I saw a few minutes of 2 & 4 on TV. They didn’t look so good. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/134 "2011-05-21T15:07:44Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Oh no, you’re not alone. I’ve never seen the series in its entirety, though, but only choice picked parts, so maybe I just got to see the good ones. And at least it never transformed its captain and first lieutenant into giant lizards who then hooked up and produced a litter of little baby lizards. Slight hijack - the fourth season was not so good. The network decided to cancel ST-E after season three. There was a hue and cry among fandom, and a large letter writing campaign. So the network un-canceled it for a fourth season, mainly to have enough episodes to have a credible run for syndication. The fourth season shows are a decided downturn from the tough, gritty, intense third season. And I’ve never seen ST-E in syndication, making season 4 a lose-lose proposition. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/135 "2011-05-21T15:18:18Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > I think I’m going to win this thread. > > [Moment by Moment](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077942/) > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Everybody Loves Raymond. > I win. > [@Dietrich\_K](#): > > I might well have this thing won, as I actually really liked _RV_, despite my inner comedic snob direly warning me against doing so. > [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > “We Built This City”. > > Do I get a prize? Three pages of jibberish when all we needed are these four winning posts. > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > I liked _The Postman_. Great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/136 "2011-05-21T16:27:23Z")
Las Vegas is a great place for a vacation! They ought to bring back _Enterprise,_ and the theme song was just super. I am eager to see the reboot of Buggs Bunny on Cartoon Network when I get home and predict the new _Flintstones_ will be great. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/137 "2011-05-21T16:31:11Z")
Oh, and _Sliders?_ A work of inspired genius! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/138 "2011-05-21T16:54:15Z")
I really like the movie _Bubble Boy_. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/139 "2011-05-21T17:05:02Z")
Stuart Saves His Family. One of the few genuinely funny SNL movies. It’s a shame how it gets lumped in with “It’s Pat” and shit like that… I really like Kid Rock. He gets a lot of hate around here, but I crank the hell out of “Cowboy” or “Bawitdaba” when I hear 'em… Joe ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546/140 "2011-05-21T17:13:55Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Underrated and surprisingly clever movie. Doesn’t belong here at all. In fact, ["Joe Vs the Volcano](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Versus_the_Volcano)" has achieved a something of minor cult status by those who quite seriously consider it of the most interesting and compelling movies ever made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-im-going-to-say-it-i-actually-liked/582546.md?page=8)