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**Baby Lee** · 08-29-2016, 04:17 PM

Listening to a podcast extolling the greatness of Buckaroo Banzai reminded me of a question.

Ever had a classic in music, movies, TV, etc. you avoided or never experienced because of an irritating or otherwise turnoff experience associated.

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot are two movies I understand to be relative classics.

But for Buckaroo, my first chance to see it was at a party. A bunch of people were wanting to watch something current, MTV or Real World or Seinfeld, . . . something along those lines. But there was this one dude at the party who insisted that Buckaroo Banzai was the greatest movie ever. The muscled it into the VCR [dated] and started a running commentary on 'this awesome scene, coming up next' and 'this other awesome scene, right after that.'

People rolled their eyes and we all moved on to a bar, leaving him and a couple hangers-on to watch. From time to time, I've thought 'I need to see that some day.' Never have.

As for Thunderbolt, I came back to my dorm room from a long trip with friends. We'd picked up something at Blockbuster [dated] to watch, but my roommate and a common friend of ours had gone right before us and rented Thunderbolt. Roommate pitched a fit about how, since he and our friend got theirs first. They had run of the entertainment center. Rather than start a row, me and my other friends went elsewhere. Again, never saw it since.

So it doesn't have to be actively unpleasant. But anything notable that circumstances conspired to separate from from experiencing or enjoying. Feel free to include negative associations if you will, but it doesn't have to be that kind of avoidance. Maybe you went to a concert, but had the flu. Or maybe you went to a movie, but it was sold out and it just went out of your consciousness before you got back to catching it. etc.

oldandslow · 08-30-2016, 09:35 AM

Absolutely hate the horror genre and Zombies in particular...

ran from TWD like it was the plague (or maybe it was/is).

my oldest boy had it on at his house when we visited.

Am incredibly addicted at this point lol.

08-29-2016, 04:17 PM
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	Waning offseason BS topic Listening to a podcast extolling the greatness of Buckaroo Banzai reminded me of a question. Ever had a classic in music, movies, TV, etc. you avoided or never experienced because of an irritating or otherwise turnoff experience associated. Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot are two movies I understand to be relative classics. But for Buckaroo, my first chance to see it was at a party. A bunch of people were wanting to watch something current, MTV or Real World or Seinfeld, . . . something along those lines. But there was this one dude at the party who insisted that Buckaroo Banzai was the greatest movie ever. The muscled it into the VCR [dated] and started a running commentary on 'this awesome scene, coming up next' and 'this other awesome scene, right after that.' People rolled their eyes and we all moved on to a bar, leaving him and a couple hangers-on to watch. From time to time, I've thought 'I need to see that some day.' Never have. As for Thunderbolt, I came back to my dorm room from a long trip with friends. We'd picked up something at Blockbuster [dated] to watch, but my roommate and a common friend of ours had gone right before us and rented Thunderbolt. Roommate pitched a fit about how, since he and our friend got theirs first. They had run of the entertainment center. Rather than start a row, me and my other friends went elsewhere. Again, never saw it since. So it doesn't have to be actively unpleasant. But anything notable that circumstances conspired to separate from from experiencing or enjoying. Feel free to include negative associations if you will, but it doesn't have to be that kind of avoidance. Maybe you went to a concert, but had the flu. Or maybe you went to a movie, but it was sold out and it just went out of your consciousness before you got back to catching it. etc.
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08-30-2016, 09:35 AM	#16
oldandslow Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Casino cash: $5473149	Absolutely hate the horror genre and Zombies in particular... ran from TWD like it was the plague (or maybe it was/is). my oldest boy had it on at his house when we visited. Am incredibly addicted at this point lol.
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