I Have A Confession To Make.

[LeftofObama]

I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies nor any of the Harry Potter movies. I hate science fiction. Should I be banned from DU?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Harry Potter is Fantasy...not Sci-Fi

and how can anyone hate either?

[LeftofObama]

6. OOPS! See, I told you I never saw it.

I assumed it was science fiction.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

29. And very enjoyable fantasy at that!

Try it...you may find you like it!

[Ron Obvious]

52. So is Star Wars n/t

[Sekhmets Daughter]

66. I classify Star Wars as Sci-Fi/Fantasy n/t

[Callmecrazy]

2. I say you should be tarred and feathered...

Burned at the stake, and transported to the inner circle of fault.
You gotta love science fiction.

[LeftofObama]

8. I have tried.

Really I have. But for some reason as soon as the movie starts I want to blow my brains out. Sorry.

[jakeXT]

3. Indiana Jones ? /nt

[LeftofObama]

10. Nope. Never saw that one either.

[jakeXT]

15. I've never seen Twilight /nt

[LeftofObama]

27. I've never seen that either.

[ohiosmith]

4. Never saw Harry Potter!

Perhaps I'll only receive fifty percent of your punishment!

[LeftofObama]

11. Nope, and yes I probably should never have confessed.

But you know what they say about confessions.

[ohiosmith]

23. Denial is always better?

[Moondog]

5. No. But a sojourn at a re-education camp seems to be in order.

[LeftofObama]

12. That might do the trick!

Maybe if I just had someone sit down and explain it to me as I'm watching it.

[Moondog]

21. It always helps if you find that someone to be

well, appealing. This is the "soft sell". If it does not work, well, I'm sure you know what comes next.

[LeftofObama]

24. Hmmm.

Maybe I should go to one of those online dating sites and say I'm looking for someone to explain science fiction to me.

[Moondog]

26. Hmm. Well.

I've never actually been on an online dating site. So I couldn't say.

But, if you are female, you will probably get any number of offers.

If you are a hetero male, well, the odds are against you.

[LeftofObama]

28. Actually niether.

I'm a gay male. I don't know a lot of gay guys around here, and the ones I do know have never really talked about science fiction movies so I would assume they don't like them either.

Maybe I should give them another try. Maybe I can force myself to like them.

[Moondog]

30. I just can't speak to that.

I don't know whether there is a significant segment of gay male Sci Fi fans, or not. Perhaps others will weigh in on this point.

As is probably evident, I am decidedly hetero. And older, so I have this giant blind spot - and it is one in which you apparently reside.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Good luck. Good hunting.

[LeftofObama]

31. Hey, no problem!

That's why they call this a discussion board.

[OriginalGeek]

44. THe gay guys I know

never talk much about Sci-Fi either.

If I was gay I'd still like Sci-Fi I think but how can I know?

I dunno but I feel bad that you don't get to know the warmth of loving a wookie.


Maybe catch Eureka on Netflix - my wife and daughter both think that sheriff guy is hot. Not sure if that's how it works but please know I make the suggestion out of wanting to help and not of making fun.

[LeftofObama]

45. No offense taken at all.

A hot sheriff, you say? Hmmmm. Now we're talkin'!

[OriginalGeek]

47. he's all that and a bottle of tequila

[Chan790]

7. Seen them and hated them. Star Trek too. LotR, as well.

Both movies series of Star Trek, all the TV series, all the Star Wars movies and various shows, all the Harry Potters, all the LotRs.

Hated the HP books, thought LotR books were okay...still think Tolkein should have quit writing after The Hobbit.

[LeftofObama]

13. I've never seen any LotR movies either.

I tried to read the Hobbit once and I think I got about 4 or 5 pages in before I fell asleep.

[GentryDixon]

9. Nor I.

I did read the first Harry Potter book. One was enough.

[LeftofObama]

14. Whew.

Thanks. Now I don't feel so bad.

[RebelOne]

18. Don't feel bad. I have never seen any

Harry Potter movies and never had the desire to see them. But I have seen 2 Starwars movies, and I have The Hobbit DVD that my daughter gave for Xmas one year.

[Ron Obvious]

55. Same here...

I thought it was OK at best and never felt the desire to read any more or see the movies.

I know it might have been aimed at 13-year olds, but I would have despised it as a 13-year old. I was reading Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and LOTR at that age. HP is not even close to being in the same league as what I was reading back then.

[Neoma]

72. The books grow up with Harry.

He's 11, and it's aimed more towards 11 year olds, 14 and it's aimed for 14 year olds. 17 and it's aimed for 17 year olds.

She finished and published the books every few years, so the generation that started reading it, also grew up with Harry more or less.

[GentryDixon]

73. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

I had a hard time finishing it. One was enough for me.

[Neoma]

74. First book barely shows what the fuss is. If at all.

It's more of a stepping stone to get to books 6-7 to me. It ends in a full out war. Loads of characters ended up dead in the end. Each book builds on each other most definitely.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. you don't drink. you don't smoke. what do you do?

[LeftofObama]

19. Well, ok another confession.

On occasion I like to have a cigarette. I kind of like the nicotine buzz. And believe it or not, I'm a runner!

I have and do drink on occasion, just not very often. Maybe once or twice every couple of years.

[Wait Wut]

35. Ahem...

[pinboy3niner]

17. Off with your head!

Clearly, your nerd quotient is lackinig.

[LeftofObama]

20. LOL!

I know! I don't even know why I felt a need to confess, but there it is!

[hunter]

22. Star Wars and Harry Potter are not "science fiction."

Most "science fiction" movies are not science fiction, they are fantasy. Star Trek? Fantasy. Oblivion? Fantasy.

What kind of movies do you like?

Personally it makes me crazy when I see artists and other movie characters who must be living on some kind of trust fund because, quite clearly, what they claim to be doing wouldn't pay for that huge loft apartment in a long gentrified neighborhood or give them time off for their amusing adventures.

I once knew a woman who lived in a nice downtown apartment. She was the mistress of a wealthy guy. He paid the rent. I once had a girlfriend who was wealthy. Her father had started an engineering firm and when he passed away she inherited a large share of it.

My wife and I lived in bad neighborhoods more than a decade before we got the nicer place we have now. But this neighborhood still isn't so good we don't get graffiti all over our back wall. I paint it over, the city sometimes paints it over, but it always comes back.

So any movie in which "ordinary" middle class and poor people have nicer cars and homes than I do is clearly fantasy.

It's all "willing suspension of disbelief." I have a tougher time with movies set in historical or contemporary times because I'm much less willing to suspend my disbelief.

[LeftofObama]

25. I really like dramas.

The Silence of the Lambs trilogy was excellent! Seven with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman was great. Those sort of movies.

[hunter]

32. I pass on any movie that would give me nightmares.

I haven't seen Silence of the Lambs and I don't want to.

I've experienced more than enough drama and scary stuff in the real world, I don't need imaginary movie stuff floating around in my head too.

[jakeXT]

33. Green Mile & Shawshank Redemption? /nt

[LeftofObama]

34. Shawshank Redemption was one of the best

movies I've ever seen! Loved it! I saw Green Mile, but to be honest I don't remember much of it. And as far as Stephen King movies, Misery was one of the best ever! Thanks for reminding me of those.

[In_The_Wind]

36. Nah! DU needs minds to meld.

[LeftofObama]

37. LOL!

Thanks!

[In_The_Wind]

38. It's great getting to know you.

[LeftofObama]

39. Same here!

I don't always reply to your posts, but I love reading them.

[In_The_Wind]

41. That is so sweet of you!

[LeftofObama]

43. Sorry!

I didn't mean it like that!

I meant I like reading your replies in other posts. Especially the graphics that you put in them.

[In_The_Wind]

46. I was teasing you!

Sorry to make you blush.

[olddots]

40. i saw the Star Wars films and a bit of Harry Potter

I love sci fi but 84% of movies are dreck .

still 16% ain't too shabby

2001 now that was good sci fi and a good movie plus it turned people on to some classical music

[LeftofObama]

42. I've never seen 2001 either.

Damn! I better shut up before I get my ass kicked!

[abbeyco]

48. I'm right there with you -

No sci-fi for me, I always felt so incredibly stupid trying to get the Star Trek teevee show, so nothing else of sci-fi genre for me. I did sneak into the first Start Wars and left before the first 30 minutes expired.

[LeftofObama]

60. I went with a date to see Men in Black once.

He loved it, but I wanted to poke my own eyes out. When the movie was over I wanted to go to Hollywood and find Will Smith and make him give me my money back.

[avebury]

49. LeftofObama:

I like Sci-Fi and Fantasy because I like to think that there are a lot more possibilities out there then the world that we live in. Statistically I don't think that this is the only populated planet in the universe. I like to think that there are other lifeforms in the universe as well.

Consider the possibility that Sci-Fi and Fantasy can show you the possibilities of what might be and enables you to broaden your thought process. Progress is best obtained by open minded people who can think outside of the box.

[LeftofObama]

61. I understand exactly what you're saying.

I heard someone say once that science fiction is a blueprint to the future and considering how technologically advanced we've become I can't argue with that. I think it's just the story lines are just so hard for me to follow.

[DesertFlower]

50. i've never seen them either.

[hrmjustin]

51. I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies.

[struggle4progress]

53. Me nither

[Liberal Veteran]

54. No problem: I can fix that using the Force - Fangardia Nerdioso!

There. You are now an honorary Star Wars/Harry Potter fan.

[LeftofObama]

62. LOL!

I have the feeling that I have a lot of catching up to do.

[applegrove]

56. I was in my late 20s before I saw Star Wars. I too have never seen Harry Potter, or read it.

[HarveyDarkey]

57. Do you like Westerns?

Star Wars is just a Western set in outer space, not really SciFi at all.

[LeftofObama]

63. I like some Westerns.

I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but the story lines are easier to understand.

[BainsBane]

58. How about Battlestar Galactica?

The second version from the 2000s?

[LeftofObama]

64. No.

I've never seen that either.

[BainsBane]

67. I'm willing to give you a chance to watch it

Since reruns air on BBC America, before going through with your banning. Otherwise . . .

[Locut0s]

59. Never seen or read any of the Harry Potter movies/books but I'm a huge sci-fi fan.

Hay to each his own. I'm sure you have your reasons for not liking sci-fi and I'm sure I wouldn't agree with them But hay that's the fun of life right?

[LeftofObama]

65. Yep!

To each his/her own I suppose. I just find the story lines and dialogue too hard to follow.

[Still Blue in PDX]

68. I hated Star Wars.

Saw the first movie and thought it was horrible. Couldn't get past Princess Leia's dumb looking hair - it looked like she was wearing donuts on the side of her head!

I've always loved sci-fi, though -- I was reading Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, et al, in my mom's anthologies when I was a little kid.

For me, Harry Potter is all about Alan Rickman and Jason Isaacs. Everything else is secondary.

[patricia92243]

69. Same here - plus more that "everybody" has seen.

[baldguy]

70. You can fake it. Here are a couple good summaries for Star Wars.

[csziggy]

71. Here watch this - only 60 seconds and little dialogue

It basically covers the entire plot of the first Star Wars movie. In 60 seconds. With much more humor than all 6 of the Star Wars movies had.

Enjoy.

[MadrasT]

75. I didn't even know there was more than one Star Wars movie.