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Never read or seen
Science fiction writer John Scalzi admits that he’s never read any of the Harry Potter books, which got us thinking about what books/tv/films we’ve never seen that everyone craps on about.
Stuff neither of us has read or seen:
- American or Australian Idol
Big Brother
New Dr Who (in fact, only a few random eps of the old Dr. Who)
CSI
24
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Neighbors
Blue Heelers
Secret Life of Us
And we’ve never seen any live Australian rugby, league, or AFL matches.
Neither of us has read any book by John Grisham, Danielle Steel, or Tom Clancy (who are 3 out of 4 top-selling authors of the 1990s in the US. Though we have read the other one: Stephen King). Not to mention Nora Roberts and Jacqueline Sussan. Nor Dan Brown, the biggest selling (non-JK Rowling) author of this decade. And no Left Behind books or any of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
Scott’s list:
Not only have I not seen the new Dr. Who, I’ve only seen a few random eps of the old Dr. Who. This means at Australian science fiction conventions there’s always about 45 mins at 1AM where I get to nod and smile, understanding nothing.
I’ve also not seen:
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any version of Dancing with the Stars
Fantasia
Oprah
any Spielberg movie since ET
live US football game of any kind
I’ve never read:
David Eddings, Georgette Heyer, Robert Jordan, Anne McCaffrey, or Terry Pratchett. And among top selling authors for young people, no Judy Bloom, Enid Blyton, Meg Cabot, Laura Ingalls Wilder, or Richard Scarry.
Justine’s list:
- E.T.
Titanic
Heroes
Desperate Housewives
and I’ve never read
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The Book Thief
The Princess Diaries
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Dhalgren (but I’ve read almost all Delany’s other books)
Or any Agatha Christie, Ian Flemming, R. L. Stine.
I’m sure there’s more, but I can’t think what they are right now.
Some of these I really want to see, like the new Doctor Who, and I’m looking forward to reading all the Princess Diaries when the series is all finished, which is soon, right?
But you could not pay me to watch E.T. or Titanic. At this point they’ve both been so parodied I couldn’t see them straight even if I wanted to. Plus neither is my kind of movie. I need cheerleaders (Bring It On) and things blowing up (Night Watch Infernal Affairs). But not cheerleaders blowing up. That would be wrong. I like cheerleaders. They’re so leapy.
So what’s on your list?
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My list looks surprisingly like yours! I have seen the new Doctor Who (it’s great), House (it’s not bad), and Titanic, and read Meg Cabot and Laura Ingalls Wilder, though.
I’ve never read Roald Dahl, which a lot of people are shocked about.
I’ve never read:
The Giver (well, i started but never finished)
the 6th or 7th Harry Potter book ( i always read the book like a month or two before the movies come out, so yeah)
any of the Clique series
Peaches (some book two of my friends loved, so i’ll probably read it evenually)
And I haven’t read anything by Judy Blume, Laura Ingalls Wilder (i can’t get into Little House books)
I’ve never seen:
E.T.
Desperate Housewives
Happy Feet
America’s Got Talent (but i have seen So You Think You Can Dance)
i love Heroes though! it’s my favorite show. And i like House (sooo much sarcasm in that show).
It pains me that you have not seen House, as it is super funny and very good.
I’ve never seen E.T., Grey’s Anatomy or 24. I haven’t seen a lot of things, actually. I’ve never read The Book Theif or The Princess Diaries, either.
Oh, the lists of what I have not read or watched (movies and TV) are legion. I could walk into any bookstore and admit to not having read at least 75% of what they’re selling (as fiction). I don’t watch much TV to begin with, and going to movies are a Big Thing(tm). So while I have an extensive collection of DVDs, most are classics. I do read the reviews and plot descriptions of the big things. And I try and keep up with what is happening in my writing field, or at least what’s Cool To Me (thank you Mr. Brust).
There are a lot of things on your list that I’ve never done as well. I have been to a live U.S. football game once, it was all right. GO CHIEFS! hehe. Not that I really care.
I’ve also never watched Oprah, and Fantasia isn’t worth spending your time to watch it. Really. Titanic and E.T.? Eh. No biggie.
I’ve never seen Schindler’s List, Caddyshack, Lost, Heroes, 24. Haven’t read The Book Thief (or the majority of award-winning novels). Never read The Great Gatsby, or any Harry Potter.
Before I start on my list, Justine read The Book Thief!
Ive never sceen-
Grey’s Atamony
Pretty in Pink (all the way through)
Fantasia
A Diamondbacks game
I Haven’t read-
Any of the HArry Potter books following the 1st
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Princess Diaries
or Meg Cabot for that matter
Ive never seen-
Grey’s Atamony
Heros
A full episode of CSI: Miami(the persons voice me crack up)
titanic except for the drown seen then i leave
I havent read-
the book theif
and alot of other books
but i have read Pilgrimage by Zenna Henderson (read it and tell me what you thought of the ending) that is if you can find its 1950s scifi goodness
I command you both to watch house! Some of it is kind of gross but it is a pretty good show!!!!
Now for my list!
Books Never Read :
-The Bartimaes Trilogy
-The Catcher In The Rye
-So Yesterday (I AM GETTING IT FOR CHRISTMAS I PROMISE!!)
-Huckleberry Finn
Anything by Mark Twain come to think of it. Stephen King (I’ve seen all the movies, never read any books).
Movies Never Seen :
+Happy Feet
+EuroTrip
+Rat Race
+The Grudge 2
+The Ring 2
Lots More
Shows Never Seen :
>Heroes
>American Idol
>Laguna Beach
>The OC
>Dawson’s Creek
>Desperate Housewives
>A Full Episode Of Friends
>Grey’s Anatomy
>Any of the new Nickelodeon shows
>Big Brother
>24
>Rescue Me
>The Closer
Yeah you can tell I don’t watch tv much. Except for house and a few cartoons.
Wow sorry my list was so long >.
well, you are lcuky for having never seen many of those shows, such as American Idol. not very good television.
I don’t watch TV or movies (almost never) and haven’t since i was really little, so my list is mostly all the popular TV shows and stuff.
i have never seen:
Snakes on a Plane
Titanic
24
House
Lost
or really almost any TV show, except American Idol. which sucks.
I’m not even aware of all the things I haven’t read or seen, and I’m sure my list would fill up way too much space.
Thing is, I don’t care what I haven’t read and/or seen. Because there is just too much out there and I have things to do.
never read:
gossip girl (blech)
harry potter 1,3,6, or 7
anything by Mark Twain
Nancy Drew
Sadly none of Justine’s books
So yesterday
Peeps
The Last Days
Eldest (loved eragon but eldest was to heavy to lug around school i’ll probly read it someday)
EXTRAS!!!!!! (but u know i wanna)
Never seen (tv):
House
Full Episode of 24
Family Guy/ American Dad
Lost
The OC
Everybody hates Chris
A whole basketball, baseball, or football game
golf (*snore*)
And the list goes on
Never seen (movies):
Titanic
ET
Scary Movie 1, 2, or 4
Harry potter 4&5
Snow White
The Ring
Surfs up
and the list goes on
Yeah, the Princess Diaries will finish somewhat soon. The final volume comes out in December 2008.
This’ll prolly get me in trouble but I haven’t read either of your books, though I do want to. Once I get through the books I’ve checked out from the library, I’ll go on a hunt for both of yours.
I also haven’t read Harry Potter, but will prolly do so this coming fall semester. I figured I’d just wait for all 7 to come out and the hubbub to die down before reading any of them.
I would have a list longer than any of your if it was last year, but after starting a new school and seeing my friends are all obsessees of some sort, I have seen in the course of a year, all the Pirates of the Carribean, a whole bunch of musicals, including Phantom of the Opera… and, well, the list goes on and on, and I’m tired… I will elaborate later.
Ok so you guys are seriously missing out on Greys Anatomy, House, Lost, and a bunch more shows…i watch too much tv…but seriously check out Greys Anatomy..tomorrow night. ok well enough of my obsession with Greys Anatomy.
Hmmm… I have not seen a bunch of those shows suprisingly…thats shocking because i watch tv a lot.
Heres my list of not seens:
24
Dr. Who
Dancing With the Stars
The OC
Heros
Desperate Housewives
…ok so theres a lot more but i can’t think of them at the moment.
books i’ve never read:
Gossip Girls
Harry Potter
sadly only the Uglies Trilogy of Scotts books..
and none of Justines =( ..but i promise i will read them all sometime soon.
Anyways I’ve probably taken up way to much space.
One last note: Justine you should watch Greys Anatomy!! Scott I’m assuming you don’t like chick flicks…so i wouldn’t recomend this for you…but you might like House. Check it out sometime.
sadly, i have not read:
-pride and prejudice (or any austen, actually)
-jane eyre
-anything by charles dickens except for a christmas carol and great expectations
-animal farm
-the davinci code
-of the top four authors of the 1990s you listed, i haven’t read danielle steel or tom clancy
i’ve never seen:
-casablanca
-gone with the wind
-the godfather (any of them)
-any of the die hard movies (my husband is flabbergasted at that one)
-any movies released in 2007 except for shrek the third
-pulp fiction
-grey’s anatomy
-ugly betty
-jericho
that’s all the pops into my head this morning. i know the is much longer…
it’s an interesting topic, though.
i just realized…when i wrote “sadly” about the things i haven’t read, i was talking about the classics. i’m not too put off about missing brown, steel, or clancy…
I actually love Grey’s Anatomy. But I’ve also never seen American Idol, Big Brother, Survivor, So You Want to Be a Millionaire or any of those other reality TV shows.
I’ve never read Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Foster Wallace, Wally Lamb, and most of the other supposedly literary contemporary male authors. (I’ve tried and failed. Please, give me Junie B. any day over them.) Also haven’t read any Joyce Carol Oates since Them. (Too depressing.)
Movies: haven’t seen Citizen Kane.
yeah i think that we should send Justine the first season of Grey’s Anatomy in the mail, and send Scott the first season of House. except we don’t have their address. and i don’t want to have to go through a New York City phonebook. and they’re probably unlisted.
I like Grey’s Anatomy, but to be completely honest, i like House sooo much better. i set my DVR to record all episodes of it, so i have all these reruns FOX plays on my tv. i just watched one last night! it was that one where the firefighter had the heart attacks whenever the girl he loved walked in the room and House went on trial (but it’s lot less soap opera-y and a lot more sarcasm-filled than it sounds). good stuff, good stuff.
and here’s some words to live by: Save the cheerleader, save the world!
Wow! I’ve tried reading some of those authors that you have listed, but they were too…I don’t know, I just knew what was going to happen, I don’t even like Stephen King, too much detail, but Anne Rice is the shiznat! Heroes is fawesome because it’s like my favorie books come to life. Dan Brown is suspenseful and keeps you thinking just like House, who also happens to be cynical and sarcastic. Terry Pratchett is just plain hysterical, you think your’e getting one thing, but you actually get the exact opposite, which is what makes it so gosh darn knee slappingly funny. Meg Cabot is just cute. And I grew up with Harry Potter, I discovered him at my school, and he’s saved me from depression many times, including the times it was caused by him too. Other than that, I either just don’t care, think it’s been talked about too much, or have never heard of it, like Dr Who. You people need to watch Bones.
justine, two tv shows on your list are my favorite shows! heroes and desperate hosewives are so awesome!
oh. i want to read the book thief.
Lost. I’ve never seen Lost. Or House. Or any show that’s currently showing (except the 4400).
Which is different.
Oh, and I’ve never seen Gone with the Wind. Hmmf.
I’ve never been able to finish Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. That’s the real reason I had leave Western Australia. Couldn’t show my face in public.
I have never seen(movies):
Gone with the wind
Casablanca
The original king kong
Schindler’s List
The Godfather movies
V for Vandetta
A Clockwork Orange
The original Godzilla
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Back to the Future series
I have never seen (TV shows):
Anything on MTV
Boxing on TV
One Tree Hill
Sex and the City
The Sapranos
The X-Files
I have never read:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sence and Sensability
The Grapes of Wrath
War and Peace
Not having ever read Terry Pratchett is a crime.
justine you MUST read the book theif! it is soooo good!!!!! and REALLY sad!!!!!
I musta missed this post. Oh wells, here’s mine, a bit late.
You could fill a small country with the things I’ve never seen. My parents weren’t big fans of movie theaters, or screen-related entertainment in general, so I didn’t watch much of anything besides Sesame Street until I was in high school.
Things I haven’t seen:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jurassic Park
Titanic
Heroes
Battlestar Galactica
Babylon 5
Desperate Housewives
American Idol
Grey’s Anatomy
The OC
Oprah
Sex and the City
talk shows
reality shows (well, I’ve seen bits of episodes here and there, and I hates ‘em)
I’ve never read:
Stephen King
Anne Rice
Laurell K. Hamilton
Meg Cabot, except one Mediator book
The da Vinci Code (didn’t like Angels and Demons)
John Grisham
Tom Clancy
Cecily von Ziegesar
Agatha Christie
Terry Pratchett
Tamora Pierce
And plenty more, I’m sure.
Never seen Heroes??? It’s the best show ever! So is CSI!
Justine, I love when things blow up too. But cheerleaders blowing up *would* be a little strange. I especially like Casino Royale and Live Free or Die Hard.
Hmm… Well for TV my list of never seen is most things that have ever existed. I’ve seen… um… wait for it… *ponders for about an hour*
I’ve seen FullMetal Alchemist, which I’m obsessed with; The Daily Show, because my mom used to get people to tape it; and the Oscars, because seeing them’s kind of a ritual where I live.
And that’s it.
I’ve read a lot of authors and couldn’t really name many I haven’t read off the top of my head.. well no Terry Pratchet or Holly Black, i haven’t read So Yestarday or Peeps, nor have I read any of Justine’s books but I’m looking for them. I’ve only read one Stephen King book, and as for those of you who haven’t read the Da Vinci Code, it’s no loss, Angles & Demons was better, Deception Point and Digital Fortress outshining by far anything with Robert Pain-in-the-neck Langdon in it any day.
Uh sorry for the ranting. Have a nice day or night or whenever you’re reading this.
C
PS - Anyone who hasn’t read the Bartimaeus Trilogy, if you like fantasy READ IT! The Amulet of Samarkaund was wonderful and the Golem’s Eye might’ve been the worst in it but it still gets 4.8 stars and Ptolemy’s gate just blew me away. Jonathan stroud is an amazing writer basically.
PPS- I wish someday that people would be like ‘you’ve never read book X?’ only that book X would be whatever tDoaS ends up being named… Okay, I wrote another really long comment. I’m sorry.
sinCerely
C
for grownups who like sci-fi I recommend Snow Crash. I forget the author’s name.
This thread is very interesting though on some things I’m like “WHAT? They haven’t read book X? OMG! Neanderthal!” …just joking, but people, read Tamora Pierce, okay?
…Oh, I just remembered, I’ve seen Xfiles too. Other than that I have seen nothing. Nothing I tell you! *backs away*