# "Which movie did you prefer, FSKF, HPWJD or LHTS?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094 "2004-10-19T19:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/41 "2004-10-20T14:37:55Z")
I think the worst one lately for me is HHGTTG. I’ve read the books, but I had to read a chunk of the thread before I knew what the hell they were talking about. If I was going to shorten it, what’s wrong with _Hitchiker’s Guide_? Do those 9 extra letters really consume too many calories? > [@](#): > > Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn? Great. I was wondering when they’d get around to translating _Dude, Where’s My Car_ into the eldritch language of the Elder Gods. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/42 "2004-10-20T15:22:42Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > But what about when we discuss D.A.R.Y.L.? Or [M_A_S\*H](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/)? Or [B_A_P\*S](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118663/)? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/43 "2004-10-20T15:28:25Z")
Quiet frankly, I prefere none of them. _Light-Horse Tommy Schwartz_ was an unfunny comedy, _For Some Kippers, Frannie_ a second-rate “kitchen-sink” drama, and _How Perry Williams Just Died_ had no logical reason of being. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/44 "2004-10-20T15:29:41Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > I think the worst one lately for me is HHGTTG. I’ve read the books, but I had to read a chunk of the thread before I knew what the hell they were talking about. If I was going to shorten it, what’s wrong with _Hitchiker’s Guide_? Do those 9 extra letters really consume too many calories? People do say that sometimes. Other times, it’s H2G2 and the Ts, apparently, can go to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/45 "2004-10-20T15:31:35Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Or M_A_S_H? Or B_A_P_S? Or [C.H.U.D.](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/)? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/46 "2004-10-20T17:05:21Z")
I hate all those movies! I’d rather listen to SSOFAGTIACAGWAP! ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/47 "2004-10-20T17:50:40Z")
My personal peeve, This thread is about Passing Donkeys(or whatever movie they’re discussing) Then every single comment about the movie is in a spoiler box. Helloooo? If I open a thread to discuss a movie, I’m going to expect that details will be revealed. Now, if the thread title is “I’m going to see \_\_\_\_ this weekend,” then I can see why spoiler boxes need to be used, but on a regular thread it bugs me. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/48 "2004-10-20T17:55:42Z")
Rosebud was his sled. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/49 "2004-10-20T17:57:36Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > This thread is about Passing Donkeys(or whatever movie they’re discussing) > > Then every single comment about the movie is in a spoiler box. . You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Some people want to open a thread to make a comment about a movie they haven’t seen (that they are going to see it or somethign) or a book they haven’t finished (they have things to discuss about what they have read, but don’t want to see anything about what they haven’t read) Yep, spoiler boxes have a use in threads about films and books. ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/50 "2004-10-20T21:31:47Z")
**L** ets **H** eighten **T** he **S** ecurity ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/51 "2004-10-20T21:45:19Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Rosebud was his sled. She’s really a guy. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/52 "2004-10-20T23:20:09Z")
And she’s Luke Skywalker’s FATHER! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/53 "2004-10-21T03:55:07Z")
And Bruce Willis is really sled the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![glilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@glilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glilly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/54 "2004-10-21T04:20:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > _Help Pilate Whip Jesus, Dude_. Hands down the best movie Mel Gibson has ever made. Man. I laughed so hard that my stomach hurts. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/55 "2004-10-21T04:52:27Z")
Took me forever to figure out which Star Trek (ST) show ST:TOS was. And I was too embarrassed to ask, because I’ve seen every ST show & movie. Didja get that? I spelled out Star Trek and _then_ abbreviated it! Also, I don’t about the rest of you, but I can type “as far as I know” a lot faster than I can hold the left shift key, type AFA, then hold the right shift key and type IK. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/56 "2004-10-21T12:50:33Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Took me forever to figure out which Star Trek (ST) show ST:TOS was. That would be _Star Trek: Tits of Shame_. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/57 "2004-10-21T14:14:29Z")
I always thought that PotC was an attempt to give Happy Days some street cred. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094/58 "2004-10-21T14:22:30Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Rosebud was his sled. Thank you so much, Mr. Moderator. Know you’ve completely ruined the Christmas scene in _Holiday Inn_ for me. Jeez, read the stickies next time, will ya? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-did-you-prefer-fskf-hpwjd-or-lhts/270094.md?page=2)