Unlikely Favorite Films or TV Shows

[Zone Was Wrong]

So I'm watching Burn Notice all the way through for, no joke, at least my dozenth time and realized that nobody else would probably consider it one of their favorite shows of all time. Great action, funny, easy sit through, bright and sunny, awesome actors, interesting stories. Can't ask for more.

Anyone else have favorite shows or movies that probably wouldn't be on anyone else's radar?

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Game of Thrones

I'm not really into Fantasy shows as it took me even a long as time to even start going into that with games like Final Fantasy which I didn't start playing until X. But with GOT, I didn't really start watching it until after the Red Wedding when everyone was going crazy. Once I actually started sitting down to watch the show and finally got to that moment, I was with it and enjoyed it, at least until the last season

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Hall Pass (2011), maybe my favorite comedy movie from that decade (or this decade if you still count 2020 as part of it).

[BorneAgain]

I'm not typically big on musicals, but the catchiness of the songs and more importantly the quality of the writing turned me into big fan of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

[Cela]

Parasite Eve.

Saw it on tv one day, thought it would be fun to riff.

"Oh, some cheesy Japanese horror flick about mitochondria setting people on fire. This should be hilarious. HA! Did you see that bird effect! HAHAAHAH!"
Two hours later.
"WHY CAN'T I STOP CRYING!? OH GOD! THERE'S MORE DURING THE CREDITS!? THAT IS SO SWEET! *picks up phone* MOM! YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS MOVIE!"

[Fade]

I always get raised eyebrows when I mention “Ghost” w/ Patrick Swayze is one of my favorite ever films.

[Zone Was Wrong]

Apr 23, 2020 15:53:34 GMT -5 Fade said:

I always get raised eyebrows when I mention “Ghost” w/ Patrick Swayze is one of my favorite ever films.

Same when I list Lost Boys and Monster Squad lol

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

i LOVED burn notice, imagine that ip in a GTAV type game!

GOT was the same for me, not totally concentrating on it, i barely remember what happens in the first two seasons, and i ABSOLUTELY ADORE the final season!

half way through CxG and love everything about it, and think rachel bloom is cute as hell, with the songs too they are ALL original and simply brilliant sometimes and overall very funny

saw GHOST in the cinema and had some grit in my eye at the end

for me i still think SKYLINE is incredible with what they did on the budget
the likes of EXTRATERRESTRIAL, THE PYRAMID and THE BORDERLANDS are very good indeed

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

a none-me example but he's proved it with his sense of humour in stuff since but I always loved that Patrick Stewart is a massive, massive fan of Beavis and Butt-head

[Bo Rida]

Neighbours. The Aussie soap. It had it's 35 year celebrations recently. Daytime episodes were fluffy cheesy weddings full of old characters and Easter eggs. Special evening episodes were about the amnesiac getting his memory back and trying to kill everybody with varying levels of success.
What more could you want?

[Big DSR Energy]

CREEPSHOW is my #2 favorite movie of all time (behind the first Christopher Reeve SUPERMAN). It combines two things I love (horror and comic books) and is hyper stylized in a way that just completely struck a chord with me. The framing and transitions, the deliberate over-acting, the score! It's all so specific and crazy and awesome. I love it!

[jimmyjackezekiel]

The Eric Andre show for me. It's one of the few live actions shows on Adult Swim that I actually enjoy.

[enraged emu]

Apr 23, 2020 16:57:34 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Neighbours. The Aussie soap. It had it's 35 year celebrations recently. Daytime episodes were fluffy cheesy weddings full of old characters and Easter eggs. Special evening episodes were about the amnesiac getting his memory back and trying to kill everybody with varying levels of success.
What more could you want?

A Kylie Minogue return?

[Mozenrath]

In a sort of different way of answering this, my favorite movie SHOULD by all rights suck, trying to adapt a weird premise out of an unlikely pulp culture phenomenon, with studios turning it down, but stars aligned for 1990's TMNT to work, and just be a really goddamn good movie.

[Zone Was Wrong]

Apr 24, 2020 4:26:21 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

In a sort of different way of answering this, my favorite movie SHOULD by all rights suck, trying to adapt a weird premise out of an unlikely pulp culture phenomenon, with studios turning it down, but stars aligned for 1990's TMNT to work, and just be a really goddamn good movie.

That movie had NO right to be as good as it was. So underrated. Shame they toned it down in the second film.

[Mozenrath]

Apr 24, 2020 16:02:52 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

Apr 24, 2020 4:26:21 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

In a sort of different way of answering this, my favorite movie SHOULD by all rights suck, trying to adapt a weird premise out of an unlikely pulp culture phenomenon, with studios turning it down, but stars aligned for 1990's TMNT to work, and just be a really goddamn good movie.

That movie had NO right to be as good as it was. So underrated. Shame they toned it down in the second film.

Yep, though they had to, especially internationally, which I get. I wish it didn't come across so cheap outside of Tokah and Razar looking genuinely good.

[Zone Was Wrong]

Just thought of another film on my favorite movies list, Tremors 2. I can quote Bert's line for line in that film.

[cabbageboy]

Deep Space Nine. Though I don't know if this entirely qualifies these days since there's been a rising interest in the series given that it plays better on Netflix or streaming. I think it is by far the best Trek series ever and may well be the best show I've ever seen. So in that regard it was unlikely to me since I really wasn't expecting anything going in. DS9 isn't even in the IMDB top 250 TV shows, which I think is a crime. In fact it's only at 7.9 compared to Voyager's 7.7, which is an embarrassment to humanity. Some on here praise DS9 but how often do you ever see it on all time lists of great shows?

[ERON]

I'm primarily a horror and sci-fi guy, but for some reason I also adore '30s-'40s musicals and '60s beach party movies.

[arrogantmodel]

Apr 23, 2020 16:33:18 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

Apr 23, 2020 15:53:34 GMT -5 Fade said:

I always get raised eyebrows when I mention “Ghost” w/ Patrick Swayze is one of my favorite ever films.

Same when I list Lost Boys and Monster Squad lol

Really? I thought Lost Boys and Monster Squad are like universally loved.

And I guarantee that I have seen Ghost more than any straight man should. lol. To the point where me and some friends went and saw The 6th Day in high school, and we kept referring to the bad guy as "Carl."

I have a weird soft spot for Serendipity with Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack.