What movie or TV ep have you seen a RIDICULOUS # of times?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 27, 2005 5:34 PM

I've seen Army Of Darkness over 150 times (hey! What else you gonna put on in the video store every day, Steel Magnolias?!?)
2nd place is Star wars at 130-something (mostly in the theatre),
3rd is Enter The Dragon at just over 100 (again, mostly in the theatre).

I had a lot of disposable income as a teenager.

Movie looney Chrisisall

PIXYCAT

Monday, June 27, 2005 5:39 PM

I've seen LotR FotR about 200 times. I didn't have a t.v. antenna for a year and could only watch dvds. I supplemented my LotR viewing with Buffy season 1-4, which I have probably watched about 15 times each. I'm working on watching my Fireflies an obscene amount of times and I'm thinking I better buy a backup set just in case.

SOUPCATCHER

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:15 PM

Hmmm. I'm not sure what the total number is but I've rewatched Casablanca like it was going out of style. It started with a grainy VHS copy I made years ago when we first got a VCR, continued with a purchased VHS, and now I've got it on DVD .

I never made the connection before but there are similarities between Whedon's dialogue and some of the great stuff that was being put out in the thirties and forties.

STEVETHEPIRATE

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:22 PM

The Princess Bride. My mother was about ready to beat the crap out of me, my dad and two sisters for watching this movie over and over.

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ROMANCHASE

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:31 PM

I usually put on one of several 8-hour Deep Space Nine marathon tapes when I go to sleep.

I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched something over and over, but...

Return of the Jedi (old version) is up there.

High Fidelity and Free Enterprise is up there.

Dark City for a while was up there.

Getting back to DS9... Trials & Tribbulations, and By the Pale Moonlight I've seen lots and lots of times.

"Machines are built for a purpose. Springs, metal, and oil. It's life, but not as we know it."

MANWITHPEZ

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:39 PM

When I was a kid I saw Fright Night so many times that my mother grew to like, hate it, like it, then forbid it...but not before I taped it on audiotape and listened to it before I went to bed at night...is that weird? Don't answer that.

I saw Ghostbusters in the theater 13 times. Everytime we went to the theater, is was just the better movie. I've seen it countless times since.

I'll be back with more...I had just typed a huge, huge list, but I managed to erase it all...So, back...

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POPEBOB

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:53 PM

wel now. TV ep? that would be Buffy- Once More With Feeling (and who hasnt seen that a ridiculous ammount of times)

movie. hmmm. I'm going to have to go with Empire Strikes Back. Jeezus. i dont know how many times ive seen it. Well over 200 times im sure. Starting back in 1979 when it was first shown (yes i know it was 1980 that everyone seems to say it was but i am DAMN certain i saw it in 79. my brother had not been born yet.he was born in 1980, and my mother was not pregnant at the time.) I've seen that movie so many times I used to replay the dialogue while running the floor sweeper at the factory i used to work at. i had the flu real bad one year and watched it with a 115 degree temp. i was of course delerious. i kept seeing the characters in the film as friends and family. I was Han Solo.

craziness.

just craziness.

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LASHER99

Monday, June 27, 2005 7:54 PM

Deep Rising & Grosse Pointe Blank. Must have seen them a few dozen times each. They're still fun.

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
When I was a kid I saw Fright Night so many times ...I taped it on audiotape and listened to it before I went to bed at night...is that weird? Don't answer that.

I will answer that. Back in the stone age, before VCR's, I audio taped Star Trek episodes, and went to sleep listening to them. Can't even tell ya how many times I heard City On The Edge Of Forever!!!
You're only the third person I've ever heard of doing such a silly thing!

Makes me feel less like a nut Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:11 PM

Yep. Empire and Jedi are both up to almost 100 times each for me.

It is too late for me, son Chrisisall

WHITEFALL

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:15 PM

This is an easy one!

Every episode of Firefly.

Many many many many many times.

"Some people juggle geese!" -Ancient Chinese proverb.

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PopeBob:
wel I'm going to have to go with Empire Strikes Back. Starting back in 1979 when it was first shown (yes i know it was 1980 that everyone seems to say it was but i am DAMN certain i saw it in 79. my brother had not been born yet.he was born in 1980, and my mother was not pregnant at the time.)

Regardless of your apparent temporal distortions, Empire came out May 23, 1980. I was at the Loew's Astor Plaza theatre in Manhattan for the first show!
Maybe you're thinkin' of when you saw the trailer? It came out in theatres summer-fall of 1979. Or maybe a test screening?

You'll find I'm full of surprises Chrisisall

DIETCOKE

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:23 PM

Wow, tough to say, because I don't keep count. I probably have seen Gone With The Wind 15 times, Lord of the Rings (all three) and It's a Wonderful Life at least 10.

TV shows, Once More With Feeling at least 10 times and Smile Time about the same.

And I have no idea how many times I've seen Firefly. Won't admit it even to myself. :)

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

EST120

Monday, June 27, 2005 9:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by lasher99:
Grosse Pointe Blank

Hilarious movie, by the way. "I'm hurt, I'm pissed and I have to find a new job."

I have seen the Angel finale too many times to count.

BIKISDAD

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:02 PM

I'm going to have to go with "Casablanca", like Soupcatcher. When I was a kid (before cable, satellite, etc.), that movie used to be played as the late movie ALL THE TIME. I probably saw it a bazillion times just when it was broadcast on tv. I hadn't seen it on much in the past 15 or so years, though (which is a real shame because, hello - classic), so I bought the VHS back then and have watched it 3-4 times a year since then. My tape is still in amazingly decent shape, considering, so I haven't replaced it with the dvd yet. Soon though.

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THATWEIRDGIRL

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Can't even tell ya how many times I heard City On The Edge Of Forever!!!

Is that the one with Joan Collins and crazy McCoy?

Okay...what have I watched an obscene number of times? 'Funny Face', 'Take Her She's Mine', 'Army of Darkness', 'The Major and the Minor', 'Goonies', 'Grease 2' ( I know it sucks)...and al the ones previously listed. SW, PB, etc...

TV? No idea.

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EBONEZER

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:16 PM

Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was the only movie we had for the longest time, and as we don't get cable, I watched it A LOT.

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JCLEMENS

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:32 PM

Princess Bride is a good one. Another one that gets better with the watching is "Better Off Dead"--funniest move from the 1980's, IMHO.

SHINY

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:35 PM

Princess Bride and Monty Python & The Quest for the Holy Grail.

Inconceivable!!!

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

MAUGWAI

Monday, June 27, 2005 10:46 PM

The Paper. That movie is the best example ever of comic timing. I put it in the other day to find CSI's Gary Dourdan, who it turns out is walking around with dreds in the background of most shots, and discovered that my tape is almost done for. I think it's time I invested in a DVD copy.

I became a reporter in part because that movie made it look like fun. Turns out, not so much.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:47 AM

Terry raises her hand and confesses to audio taping favorite shows - well, certain episodes, anyway. I think it started when I bought the LP (yes, the dark ages) of the 1968 movie Romeo and Juliet. It had dialog on it and kinda hooked me on the concept. I still have half a dozen tapes on the bedroom bookshelf, with my Walkman that hasn't given out yet.

Terry (who wishes she had the reel-to-reel tapes of Dark Shadows from jr. high.)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I will answer that. Back in the stone age, before VCR's, I audio taped Star Trek episodes, and went to sleep listening to them. Can't even tell ya how many times I heard City On The Edge Of Forever!!!
You're only the third person I've ever heard of doing such a silly thing!

Makes me feel less like a nut Chrisisall

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:58 AM

Battle Beyond the Stars.

Sure, it's B, but I liked it.. still do.

Used to come on about once a month when I was younger and the networks apparently didn't have much else to run, and I watched it every time.

And of course, I "get the joke".
(it's based on Seven Samauri, which was what Magnificent Seven is based on, hence, the name of the planet.)

Ironically Vaughn plays almost the exact same character in both movies - LOVED his speech about how all his money was worthless cause he couldn't show his face to spend it.

-F

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:58 AM

Chrisisall,

So, how many threads have you started now? :-) Are you writing a book, doing research for a thesis?

But I'll bite - Out of Gas is my most recent multiple rewatching. I taped it as I watched the first run, immediately rewound it and watched it again as soon as it was over. I think I watched it 4 more times before the weekend was over.

I kept my Firefly tapes in the bedroom and watched before I went to bed for over a year after it was cancelled... rewound and started over every couple of weeks. :-) I haven't loved a show that much since Blakes 7.

Another would be the Highlander 2-parter Rev 6:8 and Comes a Horseman. Duncan begging for Methos' life - doesn't get any angstier. Is angstier a word?

And the last episode of Blakes 7 - I know it by heart.

Terry

YT

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
Casablanca

Have you ever seen the chronological edit? I did, once. It was educational to see the difference it made in telling the story.

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SHINYSEVEN

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:33 AM

Hi, Terryo! I write B7/FF crossovers because they share a hugely depressing view of life and its potential.
...and Leonard Cohen songs are great for both of them.

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shinyseven:
Hi, Terryo! I write B7/FF crossovers because they share a hugely depressing view of life and its potential.
...and Leonard Cohen songs are great for both of them.

Mal and crew could use Vila around, to finesse the locks. Explosives are so crude in comparison. LOL.

The only LC song I know is Hallelujah and the version by Rufus Wainwright is always in my top ten (usually #1) favorites.

I don't read FF fic for some reason. Maybe because it's hard for writers to capture anything close to Joss's style of dialog. But I like B7 fic.

Terry

SHINYSEVEN

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:05 AM

Terryo:
One of the Blakes7 people posted a link to some great Leonard Cohen songs:
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/album9.html

First one up has this as its second stanza:
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
[...]
I don't like your fashion business mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

And:
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never ever find that cure for love.

FALLENANGEL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:53 AM

I have seen the Indiana Jones trilogy so many freakin' times, its not funny. Wait, yes it is. I also have seen the 1999 version of The Mummy so many times, I even the know the words that are spoken in eygptian in the movie, EVERY SINGLE ONE. Sad, I know.
Other movies that I have seen many, MANY times:
Lost Boys
Moulin Rouge
Phantom Of The Opera(2004)
Edward Scissorhands
Harry Potter 1
The Ten Commandments-I have been watching this movie every Easter sunday on tv with my father ever since I can remember. Its our lil Easter tradition.
There's more but thats all I can think of.It would take all night to list them all. lol. I'm such a big movie buff. What can I say? I love movies!

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TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:13 AM

Thanks!

Quote:

Terryo:
One of the Blakes7 people posted a link to some great Leonard Cohen songs:
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/album9.html

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Can't even tell ya how many times I heard City On The Edge Of Forever!!!
Is that the one with Joan Collins and crazy McCoy?/B]

Yes. You know your Trek well.
Grease 2?! Are the songs that good, or do you just like seein' Michelle Pfifer in her first flick?
Another thing I've noticed. People who like Firefly tend to like Buffy, and those who like Buffy tend to like Army Of Darkness...

This is my BOOMSTICK Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Inconceivable!!!

I don't think this word means what you think it means.

Chrisisall

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Yes. You know your Trek well.

I try.

As for Grease 2...I think I'm just sick. The only redeeming quality in the movie is the tight-pantsed Pfifer....and I'm a girl so that's not a very good reason.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by terryo:
Terry (who wishes she had the reel-to-reel tapes of Dark Shadows from jr. high.)

Now there are four.
I had a reel to reel in grade school. I actually miss the pops and clicks from my vinyl lp's, too.
I audio taped entire movies to listen to, also.
In 1982 I taped Blade Runner, cause I didn't wanna wait for the videotape to come out (at that time it was like years you waited), that's my most 'listened to' movie.

LIke our owl Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:12 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by terryo:
Chrisisall, So, how many threads have you started now? :-) Are you writing a book, doing research for a thesis?

No, I just haven't met so many with similar interests to my own since the last science fiction convention I went to (in the late 80's!), and I guess I'm making up for lost time.
Since March I guess I started about 50 threads or so...

Thankfull for all the cool people here Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
As for Grease 2...I think I'm just sick.

I must be sick, too. I love Escape From LA, and I seem to be the only one.
I also love (LOVE) Mummy Returns!!
*raises a mug of mudder's milk*
Here's to bein' sick. Drink fast, I tend to be clumsy...

*falling over backwards in his chair* Chrisisall

OUTLAWMUSICDJ

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:23 PM

Prob the movies I've seen the most are:

Grease (lost count after 100+)

The Breakfast Club (again 100+)

Wizard of Oz (watched that sucker every year it came on)

The Little Mermaid (the Disney version)

and the ORIGINAL Star Wars movies.

SAFEAT2ND

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:30 PM

Well, count me in on the audio taping of TV shows. I used to tape Buck Rogers in the 25th Century when I was a kid 'cause it was on past my bedtime .

I've watched Slingblade (with Billy Bob Thorton and John Ritter) and Disney's Lion King (lots funnier when you've had a coupla wobbly pops) at least a dozen times each. The first disc of Firefly at least that many times too.

Sorry I don't subscribe to the Buffy series. Never liked whatsherface. Angel wasn't bad but never grabbed my attention with ferocity of a staving pitbull like Firefly did. Army of Darkness I watched when it came out originally and thought it was good, but not good enough to inspire me to watch it repetitively. Besides, when you have kids, you have to be....choosey..about what you watch, so it's what ever you can squeeze in between their bedtime and ours.

"Stupid is as stupid does"....does what exactly??

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:38 PM

I've been thinking about this and I realized I left off some movies.

Back in the day Iwatched Breakfast Club all the time. My parents got me hooked on Rocky Horror, who knows how many times I've seen that. Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Aristocats. The Fifth Element and Galaxy Quest are my space fix. My Fair Lady. Toby Tyler. Pretty much every musical that has ever danced across the screen has danced across my TV at least 20 times. That's a lot of Merman.

As for TV...I was a latch key kid. I grew up with the TV as my friend. I've seen all the great shows, over and over and over. Gilligan, Brady, Donna Reed, Patty Duke, 54, Monkees, Hillbillies repeatedly. Every episode is etched into my brain...poor brain. The one episode I've seen more than any other? The Corbomite Maneuver.

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GEEZER

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:05 PM

Got to be Blazing Saddles and Fifth Element.

Whenever the world gets just a bit too PC for me, Blazing Saddles goes in the player (so you can imagine it gets quite a workout).

I find something new every time I watch Fifth Element. Maybe just some little thing in the background that makes it more of a real world. And I love the score.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CORNCOBB

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:22 PM

You know that Limp Bizkit line: "I've seen the Fight Club about 28 times."? Well I've seen it far more than that. Dont ask for a precise number cos I've lost count.
I've also seen Plan 9 from Outer Space so many times I almost know it word for word (ditto Fight Club actually). Same goes for the first ep of Red Dwarf.
As much as I love Firefly I barely get a chance to watch it cos I'm always lending it out to people. I really should get a second box set.

"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:36 PM

If you _listen_ to many tv shows or movies, you start to like some actors just for their voices. Ron Perlman (Beauty and the Beast) Gareth Thomas (Blakes 7) most any Trek actor... Welsh accents are the best! Peter Wingfield (HL Methos) is Welsh, I think and if the last new Dr Who isn't, then he should be. :-) note: looked Christopher Ecclestone up in imdb - and he's from Lancashire - not Wales but still, a very nice accent...

Crossing Jordan is good too, although it's mostly listening from the couch with a book in my hand.

Terry

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Now there are four.
I had a reel to reel in grade school. I actually miss the pops and clicks from my vinyl lp's, too.
I audio taped entire movies to listen to, also.
In 1982 I taped Blade Runner, cause I didn't wanna wait for the videotape to come out (at that time it was like years you waited), that's my most 'listened to' movie.

LIke our owl Chrisisall

WILLOWY

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:39 PM

I too used to audio tape Star Trek off the television! My favorite episodes to listen to were The Apple (Yeeeeah, BROTHER!), and This Side of Paradise (..."right next to the DOG-FACED BOY!!"). Heh. Fun, innocent times.

As far as movies? The original Star Wars in 1977 - twenty-seven times in the theatre. Friends kept taking me because they didn't believe I could recite the whole movie. Of course, they always ended up shushing me twenty minutes into the picture because, hey, annoying! But I still got to see it many, many times so I didn't care.

The Little Mermaid, at least 40 or 50 times on video. Hey! I got kids! ;)

If I want some eye candy I throw in American Outlaws. Hot men, and I love westerns...just fluff but I love it.

Have seen Emma about 15 or 16 times, and Run Lola Run about that many too...

Television: Big word to whomever talked about Once More, With Feeling. It's insane the number of times I've watched that. Also, both seasons of Deadwood- first one on dvd and second on tape because it isn't out yet- a ridiculous amount of time, but I just love it so. It's absolutely brilliant.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:46 PM

Totally agree, Blazing Saddles is hysterical, and Fifth Element is great, it's weird, but it gets better with each viewing...
Do you have the Superbit version? It's unbelievable!

To quit is my goal Chrisisall

MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:48 PM

I have seen these movies a ridiculous amounts of times (At least twenty each):

Fright Night, Big Trouble in Little China, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Salem's Lot, Candyman, Oscar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Beauty and the Beast, Ghostbusters, Evolution, The Green Mile, Stand By Me, Bringing Up Baby, Fight Club, Seven, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Harvey, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life (My very first DVD!), Desperado, Halloween, The Fog, The Patriot, Battle Royale, Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Three Caballeros, High Fidelity, Pump Up The Volume, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (Gotta have some Wrath!), And many, many, many others.

As far as TV goes: Scrubs, Friends, Frasier (oh YEAH!!), Firefly, Buffy, Angel, etc, etc, etc.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Willowy:
I too used to audio tape Star Trek off the television! My favorite episodes to listen to were The Apple (Yeeeeah, BROTHER!), and This Side of Paradise (..."right next to the DOG-FACED BOY!!"). Heh. Fun, innocent times.

We have to start a 'I audio-taped Trek' support group! I never thought so many did that,too!
Arena, City on the Edge of Forever, Amok Time, This Side of Paradise, and Shore Leave were my most listened to eps, although at one time I think I had almost the whole 79 eps on tape!
I had to shush everyone in the house weekdays at 6pm to 7pm for months, my parents thought i was crazy!!

I'm still twenty years old. Look at you, you're an old man Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:59 PM

I have an issue w/Seven. As soon as he saw her head, he shoulda fired! No thinkin', nothin' matters, just animal reaction. He paused too long, and that one little thing ruined the movie (for me).
Desperado's up there for me, too. Sometimes I watch it just to hear the soundtrack.

But you had to do it the hard way Chrisisall

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:21 PM

Hey Terryo,

I'm with you on Blakes 7 - the final episode of that is my favorite hour of filmed entertainment. I've probably seen it 50 times, and can recite the whole show by memory. I finally got sick of waiting for a region 1 release of B7 on DVD, so I got a regio free player and have been watching season 1 again - damn, this show holds up well!

Following that, I would have to go with "Once More With Feeling". That episode of Buffy inspired me to learn guitar, and now I can play and sing all the songs from it!

"Stand still! Have you betrayed us? Have you betrayed me?!" - Kerr Avon

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
Harvey

You are so cool.

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TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:43 PM

So why can't we get people to watch this show? You have to think that anyone who liked Mal and crew would enjoy the dysfunctional future of Blakes 7.

Makes us special, doesn't it? :-)

I love the opening scene where Avon is talking about his new figurehead and the look on Vila's face.

VILA It's Blake, isn't it? You think you've found Blake. [Avon turns away and smiles.]

from the B7 transcript archives
http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/Episodes/scripts/Blake.html

Terry (who's going home after work to pull out Blake)

Quote:
Originally posted by spikeandjezebel:
Hey Terryo,

I'm with you on Blakes 7 - the final episode of that is my favorite hour of filmed entertainment. I've probably seen it 50 times, and can recite the whole show by memory. I finally got sick of waiting for a region 1 release of B7 on DVD, so I got a regio free player and have been watching season 1 again - damn, this show holds up well!

Following that, I would have to go with "Once More With Feeling". That episode of Buffy inspired me to learn guitar, and now I can play and sing all the songs from it!

"Stand still! Have you betrayed us? Have you betrayed me?!" - Kerr Avon

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:49 PM

I don't know why I can't get more people to watch it - I keep telling people about all the influence it has on Joss' work, (Spike's chip, Angel's finale, all of Firefly) but it is an uphill battle. Ah well, I guess we are the special ones!

I have deliberately avoided watching B7 for the last 3-4 years, since I have been waiting to watch it in order when I got the DVDs. I kept expecting it to be less than I remembered, but the show really holds up well! (Amazing what good writing and acting will do for a show - are you listening, Hollywood? No, I thought not....)

"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:56 PM

Well, you can always start another topic for it. But those of us here should get to be founding members. Especially ones who had those clunky open reel tape things.

I don't think I ever considered taping Firefly - it's just too visual. Although with dvds, it'd be a cinch to rip the audio and burn the mp3s to cd. I have an mp3 cd player in my car, even. Way easier process than hooking up the vcr to the cassette deck or the computer inputs. Isn't technology grand?

Terry

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
We have to start a 'I audio-taped Trek' support group! I never thought so many did that,too!

TERRYO

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:07 PM

It did have a brief moment during the first run of Babylon 5, since JMS wasn't shy about letting everyone know he was a fan. IIRC, Gareth Thomas even presented him with an award dressed like Blake - last episode Blake...

For me, it was just the right antidote to years of ST:TNG and all that political correctness. I liked Dark Angel for the same reason, all that gloomy post-apocolyptic scenery.

Terry (it's been a glass half-empty kind of day)

Quote:
Originally posted by spikeandjezebel:
I don't know why I can't get more people to watch it - I keep telling people about all the influence it has on Joss' work, (Spike's chip, Angel's finale, all of Firefly) but it is an uphill battle. Ah well, I guess we are the special ones!

MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:20 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I have an issue w/Seven. As soon as he saw her head, he shoulda fired! No thinkin', nothin' matters, just animal reaction. He paused too long, and that one little thing ruined the movie (for me).
Desperado's up there for me, too. Sometimes I watch it just to hear the soundtrack.

But you had to do it the hard way Chrisisall

Here's the thing about Seven and why I really, really enjoyed that movie. Mills, as presented in the movie is in a headlong, foregone conclusion with the ending of this movie. If you watch eve the tiniest little detail...even in his first scene, he gets a little angry at someone for bumping into him. Every little thing about Mills screams that he was just the perfect person that Doe was looking for and exploited to explosive effect. Why Mills is struggling at the end, is because for all his apparent "intelligence" shortcomings, Mills is a good cop. He knows its wrong to kill a suspect. And for me, I think that is the ONLY reason that he hesistated, beyond the shock of the moment...Now me, on the other hand, would have pistol whipped the shit out of John Doe, shot him in the head six or seven times, danced on his corpse, set it on fire, and then pissed out the flames...right or wrong be damned...And there would have been no hesistation.

Isn't Desperado great...Its a crap movie, but one that is saved by some savvy direction and people who were genuinely pleased to be making almost a guerilla/mainstream film. Did you know that Columbia pictures gave Robert Rodriguez 30 mil to make that movie, and he told them to keep it...he only needed 3! That's balls, baby!

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MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:24 PM

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Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
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Originally posted by manwithpez:
Harvey

You are so cool.

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Yeah, I know...No, you know I'm kidding...but I forgot all the musicals...RHPS, Moulin Rouge, Kiss Me Kate(Especially Kiss Me Kate!!! Ann Miller is Too Darn Hot!) And, on God's Green Earth, how could I forget The Court Jester!!! What's wrong with me!!!

You're way cooler than I am, by the way ;)

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:41 PM

You all got me curious, so I did a little lookin'. I can't seem to find Blake's 7 on dvd here in the states, and I don't have a region free player, but when it's released here, I think I'll get S1, it seems cool.
Are the special effects along the lines of UFO? It looks similar in the pictures I saw.
I also saw good reviews of Global Frequency around here...
Good sci-fi needs to be pushed out in the open.

Sci-Fi geek Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:51 PM

Desperado was an absolutly perfect B movie! I LOVE the way it ends, throwing the case on the road, then coming back for it as the music swells.
I can't believe I couldn't really get into Once Upon A Time In Mexico! I was so hot to see it, and when I did, I was like, hey, why don't I love this movie? Why is Salma now a (dead) killer? How come Depp (who I love, BTW) seems to be the star? Where is Antonio in most of it?

Anyway, I've seen Desperado about 35-40 times.

Glad to see that you cross the i's and dot the t's Chrisisall

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:08 PM

Blakes 7 is not yet available in the US on DVD, but they are up to Season 3 (out of 4) in the UK. I imagine it won't be long, as the Dr. who DVDs sell well in the States. Maybe they are waiting to release the whole series as a big box set...

The FX are probably comparable to UFO, or Dr. Who. Although it has a big advantage over Dr. Who in that it is mainly a show about human characters, and very rarely tries to depict monsters or aliens, which are where the budget limitations of Who really showed through.

B7 also has the best ending of any series ever, in my opinion.

"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:22 PM

Hmm...Half seasons, boxed set should come in at $80 - $90, okay, I'm in.
If Blake's 7 is even half as good as Starlost, I'll be a happy space camper.*

*The last sentance is a joke, and should be in no way construed to suggest that Starlost was in any way an entertaining series.

I don't wanna get flamed.

Poor Koenig Chrisisall

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:25 PM

I'm not familiar with Starlost, although it sounds like something I want to avoid becoming familiar with!

"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon

KELLAINA

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:32 PM

Movies (in chronological order from the first time I saw them, because I'm bored ): the Star Wars OT, The Princess Bride, Space Camp, The Little Mermaid (Disney), Beauty and the Beast (Disney), Independence Day

TV: Firefly: Out of Gas, Shindig, Safe, Serenity, and Objects in Space (I've seen all the episodes too many times to count, but these are the eps I taped from the original airings, and therefore have had more opportunity to watch).

Stargate SG-1: 'Upgrades,' 'Divide and Conquer,' 'Window of Opportunity,' and 'Entity'

Buffy: 'The Wish,' 'Once More With Feeling' and the episodes that were released on those VHS box sets, so basically the end of seasons 2 and 3 and the beginning of season 1.

Angel: 'Hero,' 'I Will Remember You,' 'Smile Time,' and 'You're Welcome'

I know there's more... I watch entirely too much television

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:48 PM

I've seen Pulp Fiction so many times I've lost count.

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CALLYGAL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:09 AM

Umm...Toy Story a ridiculous number of times. Everyone in my house did - middle brother nearly wore out the tape he loved it so much!

Other films: The Matrix, original three Star Wars, Lion King, Moulin Rouge. Armageddon

TV: Buffy - Prophecy Girl (because unlike OMWF and Intervention, which are my faves, I have it on DVD), the pilot of West Wing along with The Crackpots and these Women and The Drop In. Oh, and Two Cathedrals because of the last ten minutes. And loads of Friends, Simpsons and MASH episodes because they're on all the time.

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SOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:37 AM

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Originally posted by YT:
Have you ever seen the chronological edit? I did, once. It was educational to see the difference it made in telling the story.

Nope. Can't say that I have. What is it and how do I go about getting my hands on it? It sounds cool.

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:09 PM

Don't tend to rewatch movies all that often, come to think of it. I just keep finding so much new stuff to see.

Just posting to say that I'm looking forward to Blake's 7 turning up on North America as well. I hear that it may have partially inspired parts of Andromeda (I've heard Avon repeatedly compared to Tyr).

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:09 PM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
Kiss Me Kate(Especially Kiss Me Kate!!! Ann Miller is Too Darn Hot!) And, on God's Green Earth, how could I forget The Court Jester!!! What's wrong with me!!!

I love Ann Miller. She was very talented woman and I miss her greatly.

*bangs head against wall*

Court Jester! The Flagon with the Dragon...

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AUROTER

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:04 PM

The Firefly Pilot episode, not necessarily because it was my favorite or something (I loves them all!) but because of all the times I've shown it to someone else. Yay!

A close second would probably be LOTR:FOTR
So good!

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NOSADSEVEN

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:25 PM

I remember sneaking out of bed to watch Blake's 7 on PBS as a kid. I first started watching when Tarrant joined/took over. What season was that?

I just remember finding it so cool that "Blake's 7" ended up having neither Blake nor seven! That just didn't happen on American TV.

As for the main topic of this thread...

Besides the usual suspects: (Firefly, Holy Grail, Princess Bride, and many musicals - and I include O Brother, Where Art Thou as a musical), for some reason I watched the Ray Liotta movie, No Escape over and over and over, but never the begining as it got taped over after my first viewing of it.

As far as TV Eps., Highlander's "Comes a Horseman" and "Rev. 6.8" got a lot of play. And I have a thing for Welch accents, too.

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YT

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:43 PM

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Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
What is it and how do I go about getting my hands on it? It sounds cool.

It starts with the Paris sequence before moving to Casablanca -- no flashback. Showed up on TV once, sometime betwixt 1986 & 1991 (only time I've had TV from 1979 to present). I've never seen it reviewed, so it may not be a studio approved edit. I suspect you'll never find it, so I'm going to risk prejudicing you -- it isn't as good @telling the story.

In addition to knowing a fair bit about Rick before the flashback starts, and wondering how he got that way, the time we spend watching the flashback stands in for the time Rick spends drinking, waiting for Ilsa. It works much better than cutting from a bitter Rick starting to drink in the darkened bar, and a drunken, bitter Rick 3/4 of a bottle later. The flashback isn't just for us; it's Rick paralyzing his amygdala.

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SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:25 PM

Tarrant joined the crew at the beginning of season 3. I too loved the fact that they never quite could come up with 7 cast members, so they just said "Umm, the computer is the 7th..."!

"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon

MANWITHPEZ

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:56 PM

Res melius evinissent cum pepsimilk!

No they don't! They go better with Coke...you know that...

More, and I can't stress this enough, films that I've seen at least over 20 times...

Something Wicked This Way Comes, Gone With The Wind, Simply Irresistible, Ocean's Eleven, Memento (I requested this for one of my birthdays...the one with the easter egg that will play the movie in order), Ladyhawke (Though admittedly, most of the times I watched it was when I was a kid), Wild Things (I'm not a pervert...its actually a really good movie), The Quiet Man (Mmmmmm...Maureen O'Hara), Home On The Range (Try not to laugh!), Lilo and Stitch, Hercules, Reservoir Dogs, To Kill A Mockingbird, The LOTR trilogy, Monsters Inc. (Almost every Pixar film that comes out, I don't think I want to see, and they're all great!), All The Harry Potter movies, Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Half Baked (Hey, I was in college!), most anything in the Kevin Smith ouvre, Crouching Dragon Hidden Dragon, The Terminator, 8mm (Though I regret it everytime I watch it), The 39 Steps (If you want to see where most action films learned pacing, watch this old Alfred Hitchcock flick!), Joe's Apartment (I stand by it), The Game, Swingers (I had the movie poster in college!)and, to finish up for now...The Way of the Gun (Now, that's how you start a damn movie!!!)

More TV...okay...I'll admit to watching every episode of Family Guy several times, Space Ghost Coast to Coast (I can't help it, its funny to me!), Mr. Show...

For specific episodes...Once More With Feeling (And yes, I sing along with all the guy parts...), The Zeppo, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, The Gift, Passion, and many, many more. City of, To Shanshu in LA, In The Dark (Its hard to find Evil Spike, and he was doing overtime here...), She (Actually, just the dancing parts) and the episodes that Faith shows up in...
I've seen Serenity and Out of Gas more than any other episodes of Firefly.

And, I guess I'm out for now...Oh, before I go, I have to mention the Clerks cartoon...those guys actually do great voice work!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:35 PM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
I've seen Serenity and Out of Gas more than any other episodes of Firefly.

Same here. Then Ariel, then Objects In Space.

Okay, movies I've seen over 20 times:
*takes a deep breath*
Who Am I?, The Crow, Tomorrow Never Dies, Vampires, Star Trek (1,2,3,6),Superman 1,2, Jones movies, Back to the Future 1,2,3, Fist of Fury, Terminator 1,2, Spider-man, Quigley Down Under, Quick and the Dead, Matrix, Planet of the Apes, The Abyss, Aliens, Blue Thunder, Firefox, Shamus, Rapid Fire, Diamonds are Forever, Batman, Tomb Raider 2, Mummy Returns, Operation Condor, Gremlins, Fifth Element, Legend, Blade Runner (way more than 20), Demolition Man, Die Hard 1,2, Highlander (again, way more than 20), Judge Dread (yeah, I know, but...), Escape From NY,LA, They Live, Big Trouble In Little China, Drunken Master 2, Rush Hour 2, Shanghai Noon, X-Men, Ghostbusters, Westworld, Logan's Run, Omega Man, Legend of Hell House, Point Break, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Capricorn one, Outland, Chinese Connection, Return of the Dragon, Supergirl, The Warriors.......
I'm tired now, that's all I can remember without getting a pen and writing 'em all down....

Yes, I own every one Chrisisall

MANWITHPEZ

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:39 PM

Supergirl...What the hell?

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:01 PM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
Supergirl...What the hell?

Hey! The European cut is a delightful little fantasy, besides, the Jerry Golsmith music gets me through it.

Everybody likes sumpin' stupid Chrisisall

MANWITHPEZ

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:59 PM

That's true...I'll admit to liking The Worst Witch when it first appeared on HBO...I like Tim Curry and all, but having seen it lately....Full...Body....Shiver!!!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

SOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by YT:
In addition to knowing a fair bit about Rick before the flashback starts, and wondering how he got that way, the time we spend watching the flashback stands in for the time Rick spends drinking, waiting for Ilsa. It works much better than cutting from a bitter Rick starting to drink in the darkened bar, and a drunken, bitter Rick 3/4 of a bottle later. The flashback isn't just for us; it's Rick paralyzing his amygdala.

I couldn't agree with you more.

And thanks for the explanation on the edit. Now that I know what it is I can see how it wouldn't be as powerful as the original.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:05 AM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
That's true...I'll admit to liking The Worst Witch when it first appeared on HBO...I like Tim Curry and all, but having seen it lately....Full...Body....Shiver!!!

I haven't thought about that movie in a long time...shudder...

so you're a Maureen fan too...I love her.

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CONNORFLYNN

Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:47 AM

I watch "The Godfather I & II" a minimum of once a month and have for the last 15 years or so.

As for TV episodes: I'd have to say lately it has been the Firefly Episode "Out of Gas". My favorite one of the bunch.

Other then those, I don't have alot of time to watch TV.

INDIGO

Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:59 AM

Ooooh, The Quiet Man! That's like a 3 generation (mebee 4 soon) movie favorite in our family :)
Indiana Jones 1 and 3; Stargate (movie and series... Egyptology and space, what's not to love?); Bladerunner -- words cannot describe how f__king awesome that film is; Lawrence of Arabia - yep all those many hours of it; The Lion in Winter; original Star Trek eps, when aired and after; The Princess Bride; any and all Monty Python movies; Little Big Man; Farscape eps; Practical Magic; The Legend of Drunken Master; The Hunger; Gross Pointe Blank; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Red Dwarf (in marathon)... and of course, Firefly.

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NOSADSEVEN

Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:09 AM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
That's true...I'll admit to liking The Worst Witch when it first appeared on HBO...I like Tim Curry and all, but having seen it lately....Full...Body....Shiver!!!

Dude - I was so going to put down The Worst Witch, just couldn't think of the title. Not because I ever wanted to see it, just that there was like a five year period where that movie must've played twice a day on HBO. Made me want to vomit every time.

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BLUEHANDTWOBYTWO

Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:58 AM

Original Star Wars. Easily close to 500 times. (don't forget, it's been out for 28 yrs!) I also audio-taped it in the years "BVCR" -before VCRs and listened to the tape over and over and over. I still know ALL the dialogue by heart (very first line? C3PO: "Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactors. We'll be destroyed for sure. THis is madness." lol)and I even know all the music cues. God, I've not talked about the depth of my nerdness before. This is kinda cathartic. YES, MY NAME IS LARRY AND I'M A GEEK. (Hi Larry!)

When VCR's finally came into existence, I had one tape in particular that I wore out from watching. On it was Star Wars, Star Trek 2 -wrath of Khan, and Escape From New York. Over and over and over and over and over again I'd put that tape into the machine and just park infront of the tv for hours. I'd "Accidentally" miss the school bus and watch the tape the rest of the day. Even when I stayed home legitimately sick, I'd watch the tape.

Other films I've seen WAY too many times: Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, The Thing, Terminator 1, The Abyss, Alien, Aliens, Dune, E.T., Jaws, Wizard of Oz, Raising Arizona, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind. I can say dialogue with the characters in all of these! lol
what a loser! LOL
~LarryL

POPEBOB

Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:56 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
When I was a kid I saw Fright Night so many times ...I taped it on audiotape and listened to it before I went to bed at night...is that weird? Don't answer that.

I will answer that. Back in the stone age, before VCR's, I audio taped Star Trek episodes, and went to sleep listening to them. Can't even tell ya how many times I heard City On The Edge Of Forever!!!
You're only the third person I've ever heard of doing such a silly thing!

hehe you can add me to that silly list. We had a VCR but no cable when i was growing up. I would go rent G.I. Joe movies and audio tape them for later. Our TV room was in a converted garage and the door had a lock on it. I would put a sign on the door stating that i was recording and that silence was required.

"Crime and Politics, little girl. The situation is always...Fluid."
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:17 PM

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Originally posted by PopeBob:
I would put a sign on the door stating that i was recording and that silence was required.

Ahh, the important work children engage themselves in...

I had the same sign Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:21 PM

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
but having seen it lately....Full...Body....Shiver!!!

What, as in it sucked?
Or as in you had to change your underwear?

Chrisisall

BLACKEYEDGIRL

Friday, July 1, 2005 3:47 AM

I've seen the Roswell episode "Heat Wave" WAY too many times for it be considered healthy.

I have a tendancy to rewatch over and over the things I really love, but I know the Heat Wave thing was out of control for a while. That and the Fool For Love episode of Buffy and Smashed and Wrecked and well I think I am too obsessive compulsive a watcher of things.

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SIRENKAIN

Friday, July 1, 2005 4:02 AM

I have seen the orginal Stars Wars over 200 times- atleast. My baby siting gig 20 years ago included a bootleg VHS, with a terrible picture. Had to pull a sophie's choice when they got Empire Strikes Back.

These days Long Kiss GoodNight is in the DVD player often.

Tivo always has a Buffy, Angel, DS9 and Gilmore Girls on it just for that few moments of nothing to do.

Morbid and creep-ifying I got no problem with.

CAITHNESS

Friday, July 1, 2005 4:05 AM

Every year we watch 'A Christmas Story' at least 10 times cuz it runs on tbs over and over again.
I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs' quite a few times as well, but it never gets old.

SIMONSAYS

Friday, July 1, 2005 7:58 AM

I have watched SHOWGIRLS like a million times! I have studyed it closer than the Zabruder tapes

I have also watched THE GAME, TEARS OF THE SUN, BACK TO THE FUTURE (1, 2 &3), Jumangy, Buffy (1 thru 7), all of the Angel seasons, Sopranos (all 5 seasons) and the Harry Potter DVDs a unreal amount of times

ZOOT

Friday, July 1, 2005 8:18 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I've seen Army Of Darkness over 150 times (hey! What else you gonna put on in the video store every day, Steel Magnolias?!?)
2nd place is Star wars at 130-something (mostly in the theatre),
3rd is Enter The Dragon at just over 100 (again, mostly in the theatre).

I had a lot of disposable income as a teenager.

Movie looney Chrisisall

Ah! Army of Darkness ... Like StevethePirate I too have watched Princess Bride an inordinate amount of times ... Also every so often I watch the Sound of Music - wierd I know but I just love it!

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Saturday, July 2, 2005 3:18 AM

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For specific episodes...Once More With Feeling (And yes, I sing along with all the guy parts...)

LOL I have the CD and my 9-yr-old son sings the guy parts & I sing the girls' when we're in the car. (He would die if his friends ever found out!)

Movies I've watched over & over & over:
~Aliens,
~original Star Wars tril. (my VHS tapes were so worn they were barely watchable);
~all the Harry Potter movies;
~Appolo 13
~Interview With A Vampire

Also--every time I get a week off work I have a Slayer-thon and watch several seasons of BTVS. In fact, even tho I have all the Buffy DVDs, if it's on TV, I will watch it.

"I aim to misbehave."

MRSKBORG

Saturday, July 2, 2005 10:09 PM

Original Star Wars so many times I lost count, drove mum round the bend with the whole knowing the dialogue backwards. I think she may have banished it to the bedroom at some point. Indiana Jones never got banished though, wore the vids out.

And the pilot of the A-Team, watched it over and over and over til it got trashed.

T2, Alladin too - I love that one, Toy Story got a fair battering too. Angel - Smile Time, ah how wonderful was that episode.

And Firefly. I wore out the DVD's. Enough said.

"This movie may be a beautiful butterfly, but I loved that damn caterpillar." Joss Whedon.

ROCKETJOCK

Saturday, July 2, 2005 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by spikeandjezebel:
I don't know why I can't get more people to watch it - I keep telling people about all the influence it has on Joss' work, (Spike's chip, Angel's finale, all of Firefly) but it is an uphill battle. Ah well, I guess we are the special ones!

I was in the audience at WonderCon when Joss denied ever seeing a handful of shows that have been claimed as "obvious influences" on his work; among them were Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, and (unfortunately) Blake's 7.

Of course, he also added that "Of all the shows I've never seen, Outlaw Star is my favorite." So it might be necessary to take his statement with a grain of salt.

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CS

Saturday, July 2, 2005 10:44 PM

It won't be long before I can say Angel- Not Fade Away. I watch that extremely often.

But for now my most watched thing is probably Disney's The Lion King. I watched that like every week as a kid. It never seemed to get old.

MIMA

Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:02 PM

My movies: FifthElement, PrincessBride, and WingsofDesire (auf Deutsch).

Just out of fanatical interest, I'm reading this thread thinking, "Hey, here's a great way to get a list of new movies to see." so I start reading it over again and tabulating.

For the record, here are movies more than 3 browncoats have admitted to seeing a ridiculous amount of times:
SW,
LoTR,
ArmyofDarkness,
Buffy (various,*but not angel! oh how telling!),
HP,
MP,
PrincessBride,
Indiana, esp Raiders,
DS9,
Highlander,
Blakes7,
FifthElement,
BladeRunner,
GrossePointeBlank,
BlazingSaddles.

I for one, think this is an *fascinating* compilation with deep psychoanalytic consequences...

PURPLEPINCHER

Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:12 PM

The movie i've seen waay to many times (against my will mind you) Is Garfield:The Movie my 2 1/2 year old LOVES this movie. Now she's starting to get into Cats And Dogs tho, so I haven't watched Garfield in about a week (fingers crossed)

the movie that I love and have seen a billion times is "SOme Like It Hot"
Followed by "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

"You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking." Dr. House

FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:20 PM

Oh I've just seen loads a ridiculous #.
Buffy,
Angel,
Firefly,
Simpsons (well it's not hard - there are constant repeats)
Pinocchio (when I was little)

Oh - there's just loads.

trying to think FLF

PURPLEPINCHER

Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:24 PM

I can't belive i forgot the Three Amigos!
"We raped the horses and rode off on the women!!" OMG that line kills me (yeah, i have a stupid sense of humour)

"You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking." Dr. House

CHANNAIN

Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:33 PM

LadyHawke... I don't even know the number of times. I don't really have to watch it anymore either - I can just listen to the soundtrack and let the movie play out in my head.

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:53 PM

The original three Star Wars movies and the “Special Editions”, I watched them constantly over the space of months.

Star Trek II. My VHS tape is almost kaput.

The Hunt for Red October, The Enemy Below and Flight of the Intruder. I watched these over and over for weeks for no real reason. I can almost recite them line-by-line and I speak random lines of dialog from my favorite scenes when I'm bored or cooking (I got to tape myself saying “My Morse is so rusty I might be sending him dimensions on playmate of the month” or “If that bastard so much as twitches I’m going to blow him right to Mars” when cooking macaroni and cheese its go to be high-larious.).

The original broadcast tape of Firefly I made. When I was moving (Packing boxes alone) I would leave it running in the background. It was great.

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:56 PM

I guess you haven't owned Dark Angel long enough to be ridiculous with it yet.

Chrisisall

FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:02 PM

No, I've only actually had them for about a month - but (except for a few particularly hectic days) I've been watching like an episode a day - I've seen both seasons through twice in order (even the crap ones) and am now running through all my fave season 2 eps (I lent s1 to a friend - I may as well have given her my arm - sniff) anyhoo. yeah. Couldn't really say I'd watched it a ridiculous # of times yet because I haven't. I'm getting there though.

Slightly obsessed FLF.
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