# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3497
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69929 "2020-01-09T16:14:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Meesa no likey. LOL! Too good not to keep! A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69930 "2020-01-09T16:23:36Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69931 "2020-01-09T16:24:02Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69932 "2020-01-09T17:38:46Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction I was so excited when I saw this in 1990. The Earthsea trilogy was a favorite when I was a teen and for an addition to the series to appear 18 years later was wonderful–until I read the book. It was as if Le Guin took the names of the characters she’d written about but made them completely different and unlikable people. :mad: And **Bayaker** , my response to War and Peace is also “too much philosophy”. I just skip right over those parts. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69933 "2020-01-09T17:43:31Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction 9. The Lovely Bones ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69934 "2020-01-09T18:37:04Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction 9. The Lovely Bones 10. The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven. I love _Ringworld_. It’s probably my favorite sci-fi novel. But The Ringworld Engineers (and, even worse, The Ringworld Throne) all but ruined it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69935 "2020-01-09T18:40:51Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction 9. The Lovely Bones 10. The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven. 11. Star Wars - The Force Awakens As soon as I saw JJ’s name on it, I figured that I wouldn’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69936 "2020-01-09T20:07:35Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction 9. The Lovely Bones 10. The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven. 11. Star Wars - The Force Awakens 12. And Another Thing… - Eoin Colfer The 6th book in the Hitchhikers “trilogy”. Eoin is no Douglas Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69937 "2020-01-09T21:35:43Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up disliking 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. War and Peace. Too much peace, not enough war. For 1200 pages! 3. Body Heat (1981) — boooooring. 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace — Meesa no likey. 5. Chariots of Fire. Wake me when it’s over. 6. The Godfather Part III 7. Son of Rosemary - Worst. Sequel. Ever. 8. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, took a classic series in a weird direction 9. The Lovely Bones 10. The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven. 11. Star Wars - The Force Awakens 12. And Another Thing… - Eoin Colfer 13. The Greatest A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up being satisfied 14. Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69938 "2020-01-09T21:57:23Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate but ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69939 "2020-01-09T22:28:16Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69940 "2020-01-09T22:37:11Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69941 "2020-01-09T23:16:59Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince I got caught up in the fever, bought one of the nine million copies sold in the first 24 hours after its release and started reading it right away. It did not disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69942 "2020-01-10T00:02:28Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69943 "2020-01-10T00:19:57Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) But it hasn’t aged well. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69944 "2020-01-10T02:13:25Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book Movie sucked. Gotta read this one ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69945 "2020-01-10T03:03:27Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book 9. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69946 "2020-01-10T06:22:10Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book 9. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett 10. The Martian (both the book and the movie) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69947 "2020-01-10T14:28:08Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book 9. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett 10. The Martian (both the book and the movie) 11. Apollo 13 ---
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A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book 9. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett 10. The Martian (both the book and the movie) 11. Apollo 13 12. Avengers: Endgame [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3498)