Guilty Pleasures

Miss Vicky · #1 02-12-2005, 10:46 PM

I'm pretty new here so I don't know if this thread's been done before, but if it has I'm doing it again. What are, in terms of entertainment, are your guilty pleasures?

Here are mine:

Music -
Justin Timberlake
J. Lo
Disco music
80's One Hit Wonders
Enrique Iglesias
Kevin "Bloody" Wilson (australian comedian)
Boy George
Crash Test Dummies
Extreme

Movies -
Roman period epics - The Robe, Demetrius and the Gladiators, The Silver Chalice, etc.
Showgirls
Austin Powers: Goldmember (any movie where Britney Spears' head blows up is okay by me.)
Saturday Night Special (w/ Billy Burnette)
Joe's Apartment (singing, dancing cockroaches!)
Caligula (this doesn't count as a Roman epic because it's basically porn, and really bad porn at that)
Caveman (gotta love a prehistoric Ringo!)
Samson and Delilah

Television -
Queer as Folk (what can I say, Hal Sparks and Gale Harold are hot!)
Pimp My Ride
The Surreal Life
Room Raiders

Books -
Cheesy period romance novels by people like Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught

dissention · #2 02-12-2005, 11:03 PM

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Caligula (this doesn't count as a Roman epic because it's basically porn, and really bad porn at that)

I? Love Caligula. A career low for all involved, but utterly fascinating. You've seen the uncut version, right?

For movies, let's see...

Tulse Luper Suitcase - Unwatchable, but you can't take your eyes off of it.
Crash - My dear Holly, why?
Showgirls - Gina Gershon. Enough said.
Big Business - Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler with bad special effects, you can't beat it.
Napoleon and Samantha - Love it to pieces.
The Hunger - Bowie, Sarandon, AND Deneuve.
Calendar Girls - Cracks me up. And I like Helen Mirren's boobies.
In the Gloaming - Makes me all verklempt every time, even though it's so manipulative.
The Hotel New Hampshire - No plot, but who cares.

Miss Vicky · #3 02-12-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I? Love Caligula. A career low for all involved, but utterly fascinating. You've seen the uncut version, right?

Yes, I have the uncut version on DVD. Probably wouldn't have bought it if I had realized at the time that it was put out by Penthouse Magazine. Hind sight is always 20/20. Oh well.
It's one of those movies I watch with my bedroom door locked and the volume set on low so nobody else can hear it or catch me watching it. Showgirls is another one.

'Tis a wonder that Caligula never won any Oscars... with scenes like Caligula murdering what's-his-face and having the man's penis cut off and fed to the dogs, then those two freaky girls urinate on the corpse...

amber · #4 02-12-2005, 11:08 PM

Um, The Hunger shouldn't be a guilty pleasure, everyone likes it!

This isn't media related, but "eating chips while reading in bed"

media? I don't know how you guys come up with answers so fast.
Most of my music is a guilty pleasure

(Can you say, Juice Newton?)
movies, all I can think of are when I like movies that are obviously B movies. But there's a lot. The best, though, is Bordello of Blood. I used to think I had really cheesy tastes all around, until I started coming here...

Oh, I feel guilty when I sing and groove around to El D'Barge's "Rhythm of the Night" - my friend wanted me to dl it one night, and since then, "i've grown accustomed to it's face"

Most of my worst habits are probably related to what i watch on TV. If i had cable, i'd be addicted to Real World and Road Rules as i was before. And, currently, America's Next Top Model is probably my most shameful viewing.

dissention · #5 02-12-2005, 11:13 PM

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Um, The Hunger shouldn't be a guilty pleasure, everyone likes it!

Eh, it's a piece of bloody ****. Truly awful, IMO. I still love it, though.

amber · #6 02-12-2005, 11:23 PM

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Eh, it's a piece of bloody ****. Truly awful, IMO. I still love it, though.

really? Hmmm, i've seen about a million worse movies. well, or heard of them. I thought it was ok. Maybe the star power and weird vibe made it seem better to me than it was? Or maybe you are wrong?

JK. I've only seen it once.

Miss Vicky · #7 02-12-2005, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Um, The Hunger shouldn't be a guilty pleasure, everyone likes it!

Never seen it. What's it about?

dissention · #8 02-12-2005, 11:33 PM

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Never seen it. What's it about?

Bowie and Deneuve are vampires, but he's aging rapidly and Denueve gets the hots for Sarandon, a doctor who specializes in aging, and wants to replace Bowie with her when he dies. It's fabulous but wretched all the same. It's worth seeing just for the lengthy lesbian sex scene between Sarandon and Deneuve, who are both amazingly gorgeous.

The TV show was the pits, though.

strandinthewind · #9 02-12-2005, 11:36 PM

I thought The Hunger was such an art film for that time period - or at least it tried to be. Plus, CD was the hottest thing I have ever senn in my life in that "Are you flirting with me Mrs. Blaylock?" "Not that I am aware of Miriam" - SSHHHEEEBUS

dissention · #10 02-12-2005, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I thought The Hunger was such an art film for that time period - or at least it tried to be.

Which is what made it so bad, IMO. They tried to fuse commercialism with artistry and it ended up a mutt. It didn't help that the studio interfered so much and forced that ending upon us.

Schrader tried to do the same thing with Cat People, but he was even less successful than Tony Scott was.

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Plus, CD was the hottest thing I have ever senn in my life in that "Are you flirting with me Mrs. Blaylock?" "Not that I am aware of Miriam" - SSHHHEEEBUS

She was hot, but I thought Sarandon was equally hot. That scene with the two of them...heart palpitations.