Complementary to becky's thread
what things have you seen, done or heard that you expected to hate and actually liked?

I watched a tv show called House of Saatchi (or something) the other day, about poncy modern artist twats competing to be in an exhibition for Charles Saatchi.

Expected it to be totally shit, but it was strangely engaging. One of the pieces of art was frankly beautiful, and some of the other stuff was so typically shit-modern-art that it was quite funny
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:33, 79 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wanted to hate that Bigelf song but liked it
and it turned out coincidentally that earlier that day my best mate's biological father would like us to go and see them with him in Manchester.
He gets a bit saucy when he's drunk but if we can convince him to drive instead it's win-win.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:35, Reply)

that'd be sweet. bet they are decent live
I'm hoping they'll play Sonisphere in august
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:36, Reply)

They're touring. They're probably playing somewhere near you.
Which, granted, is the end of the bleeding world, but they might play nearish.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:42, Reply)

unlikely. near to here is Birmingham in decent band terms

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:57, Reply)

Aw man
I feel sorry for you.
They're playing Wolverhamptonlolz
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:59, Reply)

I expected to hate Glee because I hate x-factor and pop idol type shows and really couldn't bear to watch High school music past the first 10 minutes
A friend in the States was watching it and kept bugging me to see it from about October onwards. I couldn't see the attraction because it just sounded like High school musical the tv show with socially awkward pretty teens, so no great draw there. Then she mentioned that it draws a lot of its might from the film Drop dead Gorgeous and I was hooked. Fucking awesome show and I'm gutted that it wont be on again until April :(
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Hehe
I love Drop Dead Gorgeous - its a super film, very clever too! I tried to get DiT to watch it but he wasn't really a fan, which I guess I can understand... I think Denise Richards is brilliant in it! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:25, Reply)

cough cough
I quite like that amelia track "gotta work"

Oh and the original CSI Vegas, totally not anything I would watch normally but love it!
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:39, Reply)

Lady Ga Ga & Alexandra Burke
I got both albums for the mrs and they're really rather good.

EDIT: I also watched [REC] last night, after watching the rather shite American version, Quarantine, and deciding I wouldn't bother. The mrs got it from play.com for a few quid and I can now say that [REC] is fookin ace!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:47, Reply)

[REC]
seems to be an /offtopic favourite! Lots of fans!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:06, Reply)

Your mum!

(Dad Joke, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:50, Reply)

bagpiping
I was initially against it but al was unremittent and I've finally come to see it as the natural thing of beautiful it truly is.
( djtrialprice, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:51, Reply)

But which meaning?
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bagpiping

I like number 4 the best.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:54, Reply)

5. ftw!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:56, Reply)

I'm with al
4 is superb. I can just picture a wee scots lass doing it in time to Jimmy Shand's highland reel band.
( djtrialprice, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:02, Reply)

I don't think Moira Anderson would have allowed that kind of thing on BBC1

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Ok, keeping up with the reverse of the other-thread that I miss-read as 'love'... things I dislike that other people like.
- The Might Boosh
- Red Dwarf
- non-strong Chedder Cheese, and Feta Cheese
- Indian Food (ok, don't 'hate', if I went out with mates and they wanted a curry, I'd find something I like, but would never choose it)
- Hot indian food.
- Tuna (except in marks'n'sparks sushi, or sashimi)
- Drum and Base
- Loud music in a social setting, such as a pub.
- the smoking ban
- needles.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I don't think it would work between us now.
I like most of those.
( girlinthehole, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:03, Reply)

I bet it's the needles that you like the most, for your smack habbit.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:07, Reply)

the smoking ban
I don't like it either, but there are some people you just can't voice such opinions to, as you will labelled a neanderthal, just as there are some people who will pile abuse upon abuse on you for supporting it.

I just quietly want choice back. Let the pubs, restaurants and workplaces choose for themselves. While cigarettes aren't illegal that's the obvious sensible solution, surely.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:03, Reply)

The film "Magicians"
with Mitchell and Webb in the lead roles, which appeared to have sunk without trace shortly after its cinematic release. My flatmate found the DVD on sale a while ago, and we watched it with no expectation of anything great. In the end, we agreed, it was actually quite good.

Unfortunately, he then found Steve Martin's remake of The Pink Panther on DVD, and by the same logic, we thought we should at least see it. He had not seen the original film, I had, so we thought we'd be able to compensate for my bias towards the original film.

And after an hour and a half, we both agreed it was truly fucking awful and tantamount to Steve Martin waving his sweaty bollocks at the late Peter Sellers. At certain points I was embarrassed to even be in the same room as such an atrocious attempt at a comedy.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:13, Reply)

Is that film based on this book?....
www.themagiciansbook.com/

It's a brilliant book if it is.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:16, Reply)

Don't think so;
I think the film was penned by the same guys who wrote Peep Show, and the brief description of said book sounds like something very different. Worth seeing; hardly ground-breaking comedy but enjoyable and quite funny without trying too hard.

Still, the book's worth reading, is it?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:20, Reply)

Yup, I loved it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:33, Reply)

Perhaps I shall have to give it a try
If I am not satisfied I shall hold you personally responsible. But I may deign to thank you for the recommendation if I enjoy it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:35, Reply)

If you don't like it, you're DEAD to me anyway, so it wouldn't matter =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Awww, was becky taking some of your attention?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:23, Reply)

Perhaps
She stole his croissant.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:25, Reply)

He's got that welded to his hand.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:26, Reply)

what she had posted reminded me of something
I don't generally feel the need for attention
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:32, Reply)

The TV show 'Come dine with me'
pretty much responsible for getting me back into TV. I'd hardly watched any for 3/4 years until a couple of months ago when a mate with a lot of time on his hands got me hooked on the daytime repeats. The celebrity version rocks too. Now I'm branching out into repeats of Men behaving badly, a bit of celebrity big brother (in small doses) and the odd film on sky.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:35, Reply)

I've gone off you now.
I'm sure you're heartbroken.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:12, Reply)

You refused a friend request a few days ago mate
after making a bit of a song and dance about adding me before.

so like, whatever..
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:17, Reply)

FACEBOOK DRAMA
Are we not men?

ps. Add me
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:25, Reply)

seems unlikely
monty isn't on facebook and never will be
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:29, Reply)

Thank you
I haven't the foggiest idea what this fellow is wittering on about, I really haven't.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:46, Reply)

Flash Forward has me hooked even though it is complete nonsense

I don't like Star wars very much at all if I'm honest.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:55, Reply)

I expected
to dislike Mindless Self Indulgence, but saw them live and they were pretty ace.

And when Supernatural aired, I expected it to be dire. Five seasons in, and I'm pretty much hooked
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:56, Reply)

I enjoy a few of their songs
I've heard they are really fucking awful live though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:59, Reply)

I listened to
two songs before seeing them, and thought they were pretty meh. But when they performed they had serious energy and life and the frontman had great banter, so even though the music was a bit so-so, they made up for it.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:04, Reply)

fair enough
I bought an album (very cheap) on the basis that the songs Faggot, London Bridge and I hate Jimmy Page were entertaining.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:07, Reply)

I
like the song Get it Up, purely because the singer is so obviously drawing from his own life and mocking it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:10, Reply)

Clarissa is amusing
because it is about her explaining it all and sabrina the teenage witch.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:12, Reply)

Mindless Self Indulgence?
That's a terrible name for a band. Surely it's some grunge throwback bullshit "updated" with a bit of gothy emo bullshit. From the name alone I can smell them from here.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:59, Reply)

they are really weird
hard to describe. they've been around a bit longer than emo and don't fall into that category.

they are a novelty really. singer calls himself Jimmy Urine
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:05, Reply)

Yeah
hard to categorise. They used to be fairly infamous for their live shows, drinking own urine/stripping fans/ full frontal nudity, but since their bassist married Gerard Way and had a baby they've toned it down
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:08, Reply)

CSI
specifically CSI: Miami...because New York really is fucking shit, Miami isn't so bad.
Also see NCIS: LA--not so bad...
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 13:59, Reply)

CSI Ambleside is brilliant though

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:03, Reply)

haha
it was the wurzel-farmer wot done it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:04, Reply)

have they found the bodies, then?

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:05, Reply)

I quite like NY
I find Mac a lot less annoying than Horatio or Morpheus Langston
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:21, Reply)

that is pure American cheese right there.
a total load of wank.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:39, Reply)

on paper I should loathe Flight of the Conchords.
Wacky Kiwi comedy with musical interludes? Sounds simply frightful.


But throughout the first series (I haven't seen the second) I consistently cracked up, and some of the musical parodies were outstanding. The Bowie episode had me practically in tears.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:18, Reply)

don't watch the second series
first series was a tv show written around amusing songs. second series is made up of unamusing songs written for a tv show
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:22, Reply)

Thanks for the tip.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:47, Reply)

Ignore him
The only difference is the element of surprise has gone. It is well worth 3 hours of your time and much better than most shite TV.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:08, Reply)

Greenock based blub-fest, 'Dear Frankie'
Starting watching as it was filmed where i grew up, meaning to switch over at any minute, but ended up watching the lot. Never blubbed, never do at these things, but it was a decent film. Made better by the idea that loads of Merkins come over to Greenock to go and see the locations where it was fillumed. Some brutal locations that were made palatable for the crews. Not a good idea to go at night.

Harry Hill's TV Burp - I had seen his baldy Morrisey fizzog on telly many times and shunned him as yet another stupid bastard. Then last year i unintentionally caught an episode and despite not having seen ANY of the shows he was taking the piss out of, i was floored by his acidic sarcasm and seemingly suicidal approach at biting the ITV shaped hand that fed him. Then came the subversion, bringing actors on that had just appeared in a clip. for a daft and irreverent skit that lasted only 10 seconds or so. Quite hallucinogenic in its own way. Now, well, now it is essential viewing. Not ALWAYS amazing, but when it is good, it's fantastic
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:32, Reply)

I concur
he is an odd chap, but he does deliver a good line in taking the piss out of everything else on tv.

and he's a doctor. clearly an upstanding citizen
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:39, Reply)

Me too
I wrote him off as a knob based on his wacky outfits many years ago - how utterly wrong I was.

One of his standups was used as part of a night of surrealist TV once, alongside heavyweight art programmes etc. Proper surrealism, not merely trotting out shitty non sequiturs like serial anuses Ross Nurble and The Mighty Boosh.

A highly intelligent, witty man with a unique slant on the world.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:53, Reply)

I realised HH was something special
when during one of the later series of his shows where it was evident they kept on using the same format for the jokes/the show etc. Burt Kwouk came on stage to the line, "Hey Harry! This show doesn't get any funnier, does it?"
( djtrialprice, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:57, Reply)

I always loved Harry
I've seen him go up and down in people's estimation but I don't care.
I loved him ever since he said "Just my step-ladder. Not my real ladder. I never got on with my real ladder."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I remember seeing on his show years ago
a bit where he was rhyming chocolate snacks with celebrities every now and then

Curly Wurly? Elizabeth Hurley
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:03, Reply)

Advice to mothers
Don't put your baby in bed with you. In the night you might roll onto the baby and put your back out.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:04, Reply)

the savlon bits were good
and Sild
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:05, Reply)

Fuck off, Harry Hill does something about sild??
But sild's MY thing. I ask men if they like sild :(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:06, Reply)

yeah, years ago
when he had the show with the badger parade.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:07, Reply)

Now I can't do my sild joke.
Well it's not a joke as such.
I didn't even know what sild was until I was about 11.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:08, Reply)

I only know because of harry hill and one of my weird uni housemates

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Me and my nana only know because of this woman called Maureen
We were helping her do a buffet and she said "Ooh get the sild out! You have to have sild at a buffet, for the men. The men love the sild."
So every now and again I like to ask a man if he loves sild.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:15, Reply)

I suspect that most would answer with a resounding no

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:16, Reply)

They do.
Mad bint.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:16, Reply)

Don't keep me guessing
Do the men love the sild.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:16, Reply)

Most men dunno what 'the sild' is!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:17, Reply)

I just googled...
...and found it was a herring or a Sexually Induced Lucid Dream. Jackpot either way.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:19, Reply)

the second sounds better
you can buy tins of sild, which are young herring, in tomato sauce

grim
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:20, Reply)

Blurgh
*imagines having a SILD about sild*
*dies*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:24, Reply)

A few months back
when he went on one about the film 'Gummo' after one of the X Factor guys sang a song from it, or something, can't remember exactly why. He went on a rant about it because it was so obscure and no one has really ever seen it. It was weird to hear him say Gummo, about a hundred times.

It's a great film incidentally, i had seen it years back, but had downloaded and watched it just a few days before harry Hill was laughing about it, so it was even weirder.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:20, Reply)

I haven't seen that film all the way through
but it was pretty damn creepy. Cool, but creepy.
( djtrialprice, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Chinese pears.
For some reason I thought they were bland but they rock!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:09, Reply)