Time not on my side

The new television season is upon us.  And I probably will not be blogging about them. Not because I wouldn't want to --but there are so many others who do things like that better than I do. Especially Television without pity. They rock the box. The new season makes me think of all the time I have wasted on bad TV, movies, etc.  There are two categories of this. Category 1 is "It seemed like a good idea at the time". These are things that I watched and now realize how horrifying they actually are. The other category is "It sucked and I knew it going in".  I read the reviews and ignored them, I watched the first episode and ignored the oncoming train.  These lists will not match your own. You may look at them and say, "Hey! I like that! I own it on DVD!". The truth of the matter is something you despise may be my favorite time waster. So, let's have a discussion. I list mine--you list yours.  Or seethe quietly. Here we go!

Category 1 (good idea at the time)

St. Elmo's Fire --- oh boy Demi Moore rocking in a room,  Rob Lowe with a badass earring and sax and Emilio Estevez in a bow tie. It all looked good. And then it wasn't. And viewing it from a decade or two later--not good at all. 

Battle for Endor -- yep, I have this one on VHS. My only excuse (and it is weak) is that I was young.  But I watched it no less than 20 soul sucking times.  And, sadly, I wanted to be Cindel (I do remember her name. See, soul- sucking)

Murder in Small Town X -- anyone remember this one? A reality show where once a week each contestant gets "killed" as they hunt for clues as to whom the real murderer is. The winner was a man named Angel. Sadly enough, he was killed on 9/11. He was a firefighter and was in the towers.  All of this is in my head where math should be. 

Category 2 (train's coming round the bend)

Must love Dogs-- the ads were sappy. The premise, ridiculous.  And I watched it. Paid for it.  And then, the icing on the cake, someone gave it to me as a gift.  Karma kicks me right in the ass. 

Growing up Gotti ---watched it. For a looooong time. I mean a really long time. Much longer than I should have.  Are you looking at me with shame in your eyes, yet? 

The English Patient -- now this may be a surprise. It won like 50 Oscars. People went to this movie and wept buckets. BUCKETS!  My not liking it had nothing to do with the movie itself.  I knew going in this was not my cup of tea.  Movies like that generally make my teeth itch. I went anyway, I paid the money.  I invested the time.  And now it is trapped in my memory, and it won't leave. 

So, that's it. Not really. There are about a thousand more things I feel this way about. And we haven't gotten to music. Hoo- Boy, let the good times roll.