Guilty Pleasure Movie

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Just made a quick look over my list of DVD's and the only one that really stood out that would truly qualify as a "guilty pleasure" is

The Net

It's not... great. But there's just something about it that I find watchable. I'd say Hackers too but I don't own that one. Haven't managed to both see it on a shelf and bring myself to pay the money at the same time.

Speaking of Hackers however brings up one of my favorite questions - WHY OH WHY is it that every movie with "hackers" seems to have them using APPLE laptops? Not Linux boxes. Never any IBM architecture. But APPLE. LAPTOPS. I'd have enjoyed Hackers SO much more (and likely would have even bought it before now, were it not for the big, unbelievable, black mark against believability that comes from getting bribes from Cupertino to have the hackers use Apple.

 

[Rackhir]

Speaking of Hackers however brings up one of my favorite questions - WHY OH WHY is it that every movie with "hackers" seems to have them using APPLE laptops? Not Linux boxes. Never any IBM architecture. But APPLE. LAPTOPS. I'd have enjoyed Hackers SO much more (and likely would have even bought it before now, were it not for the big, unbelievable, black mark against believability that comes from getting bribes from Cupertino to have the hackers use Apple.

Oh no bribes are necessary, they're just that much better Well, I should probably stop there seeing as how we're not supposed to discuss religion.

Seriously, Mac's especially the laptops have style, there is a cool factor to their design. Something that is rarely the case with windows machines, which have pretty much always been black/grey boxes. The classic example probably being the second gen G3 laptops which looked like they were straight out of the Danny Elfman Batman movie's prop department.

Besides, are you seriously concerned about the "realisim" in movies, where one or two questions will find you any information you want, any encription can be broken in 3 seconds, systems can be hacked in 2 minutes (Oh, wait that IS the case with windows, Well I am exagurating it's more like 5 min before an unprotected windows box on the net is compromised and that isn't a joke) simple commands can accomplish weeks worth of data processing, pictures can have non-existant details extracted in the blink of an eye and windows 3.11 never crashed. It's not like they ever use actual software or operating system in most cases. Its "Hollyware" where software can accomplish miraculous things with a minimum of exposition and screen time.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Oh no bribes are necessary, they're just that much better Well, I should probably stop there seeing as how we're not supposed to discuss religion.

Seriously, Mac's especially the laptops have style, there is a cool factor to their design. Something that is rarely the case with windows machines, which have pretty much always been black/grey boxes. The classic example probably being the second gen G3 laptops which looked like they were straight out of the Danny Elfman Batman movie's prop department.

Besides, are you seriously concerned about the "realisim" in movies, where one or two questions will find you any information you want, any encription can be broken in 3 seconds, systems can be hacked in 2 minutes (Oh, wait that IS the case with windows, Well I am exagurating it's more like 5 min before an unprotected windows box on the net is compromised and that isn't a joke) simple commands can accomplish weeks worth of data processing, pictures can have non-existant details extracted in the blink of an eye and windows 3.11 never crashed. It's not like they ever use actual software or operating system in most cases. Its "Hollyware" where software can accomplish miraculous things with a minimum of exposition and screen time.

All true... except hackers still don't use Apple. It's just one of those little things that always bugs me.

 

[RichCsigs]

I actaully thought of a movie that I watch that does make me feel guilty: Spice World. I can't believe that I even posted it.

Kane

It's a hilarious movie! Just fast foward through the music and it's perfect.

I also love Josie and the Pussycats. For months after seeing it my friend Jack and I were running around screaming "Pink is the new Blue!" and "Jerkin".

The only problem with both of these though is that there's so many pop culture refferances in them that they are seriously dated now.

For cult films I also want to add Amazon Women on the Moon (I swear I recognize somebody new everytime I watch it). Gotta agree with whoever put in Kentucky Fried Movie too ("And if your a Sagatarius like me, you can expect the unexpected today" *twhack*). I could quote that movie all day. "I'm not wearing any pants. Film at 11."

Oh, one more guilty pleasure. Action Jackson. Coach as a bad guy, Apollo Creed as your hero and the hot girl from Purple Rain! So bad it's great!

 

[Darthjaye]

How about.....The Last Dragon. Fu from the ghetto!!!

 

[Desdichado]

Oh, one more guilty pleasure. Action Jackson. Coach as a bad guy, Apollo Creed as your hero and the hot girl from Purple Rain! So bad it's great!

Action Jackson is hilarious! I also remember when Carl Weathers did this guest spot on SNL recently, trying to run for governer of any state that would have him. His platform: I was that black dude on Predator! I remember one of his slogans was "I'm a man of action... Jackson!"

This was shortly after the Governator got elected, naturally.

BTW, what's that on your avatar, Jabba the Hutt's baby?

 

[ShadowDenizen]

One word- "GYMKATA".

 

[elrobey]

Time Bandits.

 

[BlackSilver]

Anything from John Carpenter.

Anything with Bruce Lee, or Jackie Chan.

Highlander

 

[Wyn A'rienh]

I'm such a girl.

Dirty Dancing
Empire Records
Grease
Coal Miner's Daughter
Peggy Sue Got Married
Can't Hardly Wait
Pete's Dragon
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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