Okay, fess up.

here's the question:

What ultra-huge movie or tv show that "everyone" has seen and that is totally a pop culture reference have you never seen?

I'm not talking haven't seen because you are too young for it or whatever. I mean in the you-were-there-and-it- existed-in-your-lifetime-right-under-your-nose-but-you-totally-missed-it way. As in, people will say "You've never seen ________??!!?"

[ November 07, 2002, 11:39 PM: Message edited by: lila997 ]

I'll go first.

I'm a child of the 80's so these are big ones for my generation.

I've never seen Ghostbusters. I've also never seen an episode of Miami Vice.


[ November 07, 2002, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: lila997 ]

Actually I just got around to watching E.T. last weekend and don't worry about Ghostbusters i've not seen it, either. My husband nearly choked when I told him I had never seen E.T. "Everyone has seen E.T.!!!!!" he said. Well, not this cowgirl. well, not until last weekend.

I only just recently saw Titanic.. so if this was asked sooner, I coulda said that but no.. hmm..

Oh.. how about Lord of The Rings? Though I will see that soon, my uncle leant me the DVD so I suppose i'll watch it..

Other than that I can't think..

Never saw any of the Screams, Blair Witches, Halloweens, Friday13ths and Elm Streets.
I also escaped Saturday Night Fever, Grease & Flashdance, Ghost, Dirty Dancing, ET, Officer & Gentleman, Pearl Harbour and Free Willy.

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And now for something completely different.
A few major blockbusters I wish I HAD given a miss:

Titanic
First Knight
Top Gun
Batman II - IV
The Rockies and Rambos
Independence Day
Love Story
Episode One & Two
... and anything with a Dino in it.

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The Xenatizer

i wish i had the time back i spent watching all the crap you just listed. know you missed nothing. except E.T.--it's a worthwhile watch.

never saw Titanic. mainly cuz i avoid Celine Dion like ebola, and i didn't want to hear that damn song.

not "cinematic"--but i can't say i'd recognize any given boy band--don't know NSYNC from Backstreet Boys from Menudo.

[ November 08, 2002, 01:26 AM: Message edited by: raindog ]

ROFL! You have my sympathy.

Talking of songs..., 'Everything I Do' nearly prevented me from watching that rather nice Robin Hood. But since Alan Rickman was in it, I forced myself. -g-

Hehe... it is said that when they freed 'Ötzi' from the Austrian glaciers and thawed him, he woke and asked with dread: "Is Brian Adams still number one?"


The Xenatizer

I had never seen Silence of the Lambs until about....40 minutes ago. *shudder* creepy, but The Ring still is the scariest movie I've ever seen.

I've never seen any pre-Pierce Brosnan Bond movie in full. I've seen small scenes when flipping channels, but i'm soon bored to pieces and change it.

I'd like to say I'd never seen Shrek, but, alas, I have.

Ive never seen chasing amy. Does that count?

cat

I've never watched one episode of Charmed.

I never saw Hill Street Blues or NYPD Blue.

Closer to home, I've never seen one episode of Home and Away or (this is the biggie that will mean nothing to people outside of Australia) not ONE episode of Blue Healers.

I've never seen Jaws.

OK, I think that's about enough social embarrassment for one evening.

Harry Potter.

I never saw: Blair Witch Project,Scream 1-3,Halloween,Rocky,Terminator,Silence of the Lambs..I could go on forever...there´s so many movies,tv-shows and stuff that I´ve never seen although everybody knows it!

I've never seen Gone with the Wind or watched St. Elsewhere or Hill Street Blues.

[ November 08, 2002, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: Amazon Priestess ]

I've never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Schindler's List, or any of the Alien movies.

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I've never watched a complete Farscape or Charmed..in fact only tiny bits of one or two episodes.

I haven't seen Pretty in Pink or Lord of the Rings.

My ex-husband saw The Empire Strikes Back for the first time about 5 years ago, even though he'd seen the other two a hundred times. In fact there are several he still hasn't seen...Revenge of the Nerds is one, I think...

I honestly can't think of any significant flic I've missed. That's bad, isn't it?

I haven't seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show, never seen any Monty Python movies or Pulp Fiction. Haven't seen any of the Terminator or Rocky movies either.

[ November 10, 2002, 01:04 AM: Message edited by: Aeryn Sun ]

i never have seen any of those so-called reality
tv shows like Survivor, Big Brother, MTV People on
the Road (whatever it's called), etc.

i've never seen the Star Trek movies or any of the
Star Trek spin-offs- i have seen parts of reruns
of the original Star Trek. Most of what i know about Star Trek has been through parodies of it.

Never saw the Godfather movies, Pulp Fiction or too many gangster type movies. Never saw Top Gun.
Nor Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor or too many war movies.

Never seen Seinfield, Roseanne, or Drew Carey tv
shows. Or Cheers.

i've only seen up to 15-20 min of a few Buffy eps, never a whole show. Tried to get into it but couldn't.

Never saw Jurassic Park or Titanic. I just didn't want to watch people drown for two hours.

I never saw any of the Hannibal Lector pictures, except "Manhunter", when he was played by a different actor.

from what i heard about Titanic, by the time they finally got around to the drowning, you were damn ready for the ship to go down.

never seen:

Wizard of Oz
ANY Godfather movies
ANY Alien movies
Scarface
Gone With the Wind
Blair Witch
Exorcist
Jaws
Rocky Horror Picture Show

or hill street blues or NYPD

Uh, there's more... but these are the ones i have heard "OH MY GOD YOU HAVEN'T SEEN____" the most. i can't remember the rest cause... well, i haven't seen 'em!!!

mons