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In the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest I found the winner, Conchita Wurst, to be an extremely overrated and extremely boring performer. The vocals were fine, but...shouldn't the vocals of a professional singer be good (I know that's subjective), the song was one of FAR too many ballads, and she just stood there and sang. It's not like I demand theatrics and dancing, but I'd heard multiple reports (and still do) of what a wonderful performer she is and I just did not see it. She also performed for the Germany qualification rounds last week and also just stood there and this time her vocals weren't even that great (due to an obnoxiously loud vocal track.) Maybe she has a wonderful personality or something, but I just don't understand why people find her a great performer. I am the only person I know who seems to have this opinion.

Well, he didn't cheat, but Andreas Kümmert, who won contest to be Germany's representative for Eurovision certainly confused people after he declined to participate and "gave" the prize to the singer who finished second (Anne Sophie.) I've been looking to see if he gave any statement as to why (besides his initial more-or-less "I'm not the right candidate" statement. Then why did he participate in the first place?) but as far as I know, he hasn't said anything. He was last seen leaving the stage as the audience booed. It was very bizarre, but I must say, very interesting live TV!

I literally witnessed people confusing the song "Through the Fire" (I heard a Helene Fischer cover, but the original is by Chaka Khan) for "Let it Go" (I was with a group of people who had very recently seen Frozen before hearing that song.) I listened to both and I wouldn't go that far, but phrases "Through the Fire" and "Let it Go" do sound almost spot on. I doubt it was intentional though. The rest of the songs sound different enough from each other. There is apparently some Kanye West song that samples "Through the Fire." Did he...have her blessing to sample it, or was that song actually plagarized?

I remember seeing "Singin' in the Rain" (which people generally seem to love) when I was younger and liking it okay. I tried watching it again not that long ago, and it was hard to finish. The title song is by far the best part. I realize the problem is that I absolutely hated Don Lockwood, and I could tell I was not "supposed" to. To be honest, I missed the first part the second time around, so I could not remember if Lina Lamont did anything to show her poor character in that time, or if the problem they all had with her is that she could not act and had a grating voice (and while the actress did a good job with it, it was sort of annoying to have to put up with.) From the way that acted about how horrible it was that they had to work with her, you would have thought she had threatened their lives. Yes, she "acts out" later, but I couldn't blame her at that point after all of the scheming they did behind her back. Why I hated Don is that he was the driving force and did not seem overly talented or charismatic even though he was "supposed" to be. People were laughing at him as well in the test screening, and the fact that their film was just stupid. Speaking of, I despised the "Broadway Melody" song and if I would ever watch "Singin# in the Rain" again, that song will always be skipped. I'm not sure what's worse: that it is a part of their movie-within-a-movie, which looked like it is supposed to be a period piece (i.e. taking place well before Broadway was around), or that the entire time the song was going on (which felt like an eternity) Don was supposed to be describing what was happening ("so then he knocks on an imaginary door and bellows 'gotta dance, gotta dance,' as the person who answers the door stares at him speechlessly"). Also: while I "respect" Gene Kelly's dancing and all, his giant grin while he was dancing ...bugged me.

I'm behind in my viewings and just watched this. I remember DC Benney from another show, either an earlier season of this one or else Star Search. I really agree with the critiques that his persona was good, but the material, not so much. I know I liked him on whatever else I have seen him on, so I don't mind giving him another chance. I probably would have liked Gerald Kelly if they hadn't cut him off in mid-joke. His material sounded promising enough, at least. Rocky was okay. The rest I have already more-or-less forgotten. I still think the first Invitational group is the strongest. It will be interesting to see who wins.

My husband fits this bill. He did not see A Christmas Story until he was an adult and absolutely hated it. Sometimes I'm surprised I like it, but I think seeing it more times than I can count has something to do with it... Speaking of Christmas movies, I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate Miracle on 34th Street, but I wouldn't say I exactly love it either. I don't like the character of Susan in either movie. She is a mix of both bratty and boring. I think the ending of the first movie is bizarrely rushed and the ending of the second one is cheesy. There are things I like about both movies, but I oddly (to add to my unpopular opinion) probably prefer the version from the 1990s. Another "classic Christmas movie" that I only somewhat like is White Christmas. The characters are okay (although both of the leading men just somehow come off as...I don't know...smug or smarmy or something) but the song and dance numbers are both dull and seemingly endless. Song and dance numbers in a lot of older movies seem (to me) to take away from the plot, rather than add to it.

I like Don't Tell Her it's Me. It's a favorite of my oldest sister's, although the copy that she has is oddly called The Boyfriend School. I am not always a fan of kids in movies, but I actually really like the little girl in that one. She does a great job. All in all "stupid" movies are far more fun to watch than "good" ones: I can't count how many times I've seen The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, Mac &Me, Annie (1982), all of which I know are not considered masterpieces by any means. They are still tons of fun to watch. Although these ones don't hold up quite as well, I would still gladly watch Just one of the Guys and/or the Corey Haim "masterpiece" Just one of the Girls" if they came on. There was also one called Backfire! that I think was supposed to be a parody of Backdraft which was all kinds of ridiculous, but I would still love to see that again.

I always hated Wilson on House, which I hadn't planned on doing, since I liked Robert Sean Leonard in movies. I know he was the "good one" and House the one with flaws and it seemed like Wilson reminded House of this about 100 times per episode. I didn't even like when they gave him cancer, because it just seemed desperate at that point. Plus, I don't like to watch characters battling cancer, but that's getting off topic... I can't say I've seen more than about 10 minutes of the show Castle, and that's because I was so turned off by the character of Kate. I also didn't care for Castle's daughter... I don't watch NCIS regularly, but it didn't break my heart when Ziva left the show. She started off with a bit of potential, but ended up very loathsome. She reminded me of a "tattletale in school" all grown up. My husband and I also watched the show Vikings and I literally found myself rooting for the characters of Rollo and Floki to die...

I didn't like Claire and Frasier, but I did like her interactions with the rest of the family. I'm not sure if they could have kept that up over time. I liked Lana better before Frasier and she were dating. Her first episode is a classic. Was her name Lorna in that episode, or did Kelsey just say it unclearly for the entire episode? I'm not sure who the best love interest was for Frasier, but I feel they got more interesting as the seasons went along (although Claire and Lana were later in the series.) The season one love interests, particularly, were just painful to watch, especially the younger girl who worked at the mall and sold Frasier pants and that caller who dumped her boyfriend Marco for Frasier. Considering I can't even remember her name, I think she wins the prize for the most boring love interest of the series. Even when I saw that episode the first time, I remember feeling inexpelicably annoyed by her and Frasier bonding over yellow M&Ms. I liked Shari a lot in the original episodes, but she doesn't "hold up" well in reruns. She seems to forced or something. I sort of hated when they gave Martin girlfriends who were things like loud and crass. He was married for decades to Hester, who Frasier and Niles "took after." I agree with the posters who liked him with Cam Winston's mom, because she probably would have been more similar to Hester. Ronnie fell somewhere in between Cora Winston and Sherry, and I feel very...indifferent toward her. Niles' love interests: I liked Mel and found Niles and Mel far more believable together than Niles and Daphne. I got used to the pairing of Niles and Daphne after their first season "together," but their first few episodes as a couple are brutal to watch. Slightly unrelated, but I also hated in their first episode together when Frasier offers her Sherry and tells her she doesn't have to answer the door. Yes, she was now his brother's girlfriend, but still, she had been living with Frasier for years. He couldn't have been hospitable to her before?

I like the Hollywood episodes in general, and I even like when they are at the Brown Derby, but I absolutely hate William Holden in that episode. He comes off as extremely arrogant and I hated in the other Hollywood episodes when the celebrities would act all wary around Lucy because of what she "did to Bill Holden." Wasn't the supposedly redeeming moment in the "Brown Derby" episode that he was going to keep what happened in the restaurant quiet? I actually prefer the European vacation, if all else, because the episode leading up to it where Lucy and Fred fall asleep on the Staten Island Ferry and the episode where they are flying home and Lucy disguises her smuggled cheese as a baby (and everyone is horried by Ricky's "denial of his child") are among my favorites.

I know that "House of Cards" has received a lot of acclaim and Emmy awards. It is one of the very, very few shows in Germany to actually be broadcasted in English (most are dubbed into the German) and my husband and I were actually kind of excited to watch it because of that and considered watching it weekly. Instead, we barely made it through one episode. It was extremely boring, tried much to hard to be "edgy," and I honestly found Kevin Spacey almost laughably bad. Between his ridiculous accent and his character's stupid narration, I did not enjoy watching him at all, and I usually have liked him in the movies I have seen him in. Since I had told my husband that he was a good actor, I felt almost...embarrassed.

I don't like most "war movies," particularly those set in World War II. Most of them seem to focus on battles scenes, which I find both boring and extremely unplesant to watch. Since it seems that most of these movies would rather focus on battles, the characters end up either being completely devoid of personality or walking clithes (the ones that seem the most stable and adjusted are the most likely to die.) I'm not sure how many times I've had to sit through "Saving Private Ryan," for example, and I still can't even think of most of the characters names (and no, I do not mean James Ryan), let alone anything interesting about them. I couldn't agree more! I don't want to sympathize with criminals, thank you.

I'm a little late in posting, but I just saw this today. I like that it was recorded because I could skip over the acts I did not want to see. The piano playing boy lasted about five seconds. Good for him being a genuis, but you would think as a genius he would know better than to act so cocky. If an adult had done that, they probably would have gotten am "X," especially if they had messed up on their song afterward... I remember Dan Naturman (sp?) very well from "Last Comic Standing" and was glad to see that he a) did very well and b) told jokes that I did not remember from "Last Comic Standing." I hope he goes far. I would have to agree with Heidi and Mel B. on Dustin Dojo. I wanted to like him more than I did, since at least "Terry" was creative. The old man was cool, but I wouldn't say that he needed to advance. They could have brought him back for the finale and he could have pulled the open truck with the twenty people at that point. I wouldn't say I want him to win, but I don't want him to become a mockery, either. Add me to the list of people who didn't realize that Nick was the mime. I...wanted it to be an actual mime and I wanted the mime to do well. I guess it was a cute idea, but I also don't really understand the point. I'm sure the audience really enjoyed it. The "golden buzzer" has been a part of Germany's version of this show for a couple of years. I guess I don't mind it if a judge can only use it once a season. Does that mean there will not be a wild card show?