DISQUS

That Single Guy · 2 years ago

Great list! Star Wars kid will live forever..

No one · 2 years ago

Terminator II ?

bam · 2 years ago

you sure hold yourself in high regard for working a movie rental store

I'm with stupid · 2 years ago

You forgot Star Trek...or maybe your one of those trekkie fans?

shizam · 2 years ago

lol! had to post to the "you sure hold yourself in high regard for working a movie rental store" seriously your sitting back calling everyone else nerds and here you are running some film blog site and working at a movie store? the irony. of course im reading it so even more ironic.

B · 2 years ago

Funny list, but the tons of grammatical and punctuation errors were pretty distracting. Maybe get a proofreader next time?

Sorry...

30 Day Man · 2 years ago

Yes, you forgot those Trekkie weirdos (hand me a glass of romulan ale please.. freak)

And yes, Star Wars kid - ultra classic, uber nerd.

WTF - Where did uber come from? Nerds....

Vince · 2 years ago

Star Trek would go in the The Top 10 Life Ruining TV Show of All-Time... (First Place)

asamorris · 2 years ago

he said "when" he was working in a video rental store.

as in "the past".

Vrogy · 2 years ago

Maybe it's not meant to be, but this sure seems like trollbait to me.

1. Insult nerds and the movies they love
2. post to Digg
3. .... (contention)
4. Profit! (Adwords, traffic, RSS, etc)

Imzadia13 · 2 years ago

I LOVED your list! The name is what got my attention, but when I started reading and read that marriages had been ruined, and that these movies had garnered a generation of perpetual Virgins, I started Laughing Out Loud for quite awhile. I thought that you were only Exaggerating at first, but as I continued reading your list, I was convinced that there was the possibility that you could be right. I saw and LOVED each and every one of the movies on your list. Except, you didn't list the one I Obsessed over...SUPERMAN the Movie, released in 1978. It came out in my home town just before Christmas and stayed until late Spring. I saw it about 100 times, knew ALL the dialogue, had my two little girls AND hubby using lines from the film as metaphors to express 'ideas', etc. and we Still do it today. However, it wasn't until I watched the Star Wars Boy video that I got a little scared. He was ridiculously hilarious at first, but by the end of it, I felt embarressed for him. Yet, before it finished, I was proud of him since I realized that he was working so hard 'practicing his lightsabre moves' that he would actually get the only physical workout he'd dedicate himself to. It would help him work off some of that excess fat hugging his young body. So, in the end, his Star Wars Obsession will be Good for his Health.

Booooooo · 2 years ago

Leave Star Wars Kid alone!!!!!!

re3z0r · 2 years ago

'you sure hold yourself in high regard for working a movie rental store'

alonzobots · 2 years ago

You are a seriously bitter asshole who has nothing but hate to spew at the world...insecure a bit. I guess were not as cool as you are, get laid lately?

Imzadia13 · 2 years ago

I just wanted to say to "I'm with Stupid", YES, I'm one of those Trekkie fans, too, and proud of it. If you or anyone else here is a Star Trek fan, you would recognize my user name as being derived from a 'relationship' reference from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek Obsession has served to inspire many young people to strive for higher standards in their lives and to participate in helping to shape better futures for us all. Although I didn't grow up and change the world, at age 15 I did get my dad to outrun an ambulance during a trip home from out of town just so we'd get home in time for me to watch the latest episode of Star Trek. Huhmm?

larry · 2 years ago

you forgot JAWS, nobody who has seen that movie goes into the water without thinking about the movie, and Pretty Woman that brainwashed women into believing that no matter how skanky you are the rich prince charming will soon come to your rescue if you floss and play hard to get.

Neil Miller · 2 years ago

Yeah alonzobots! Get em!

Virgin-fight!

Michael Ott · 2 years ago

Ruin (~noun): "a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition"

Your title is very misleading.

Bob · 2 years ago

Wow, that's a stupid Top 10!

Neil Miller · 2 years ago

Michael --

ru·ined, ru·in·ing, ru·ins (verb):

To destroy completely; demolish.
To harm irreparably.
To reduce to poverty or bankruptcy.
To deprive of chastity.

I can use the dictionary, too... :P

ae · 2 years ago

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Gurb · 2 years ago

The only thing I come out of this knowing is that the writer is an asshole. Number three is spot on, though.

Lucas · 2 years ago

Sorry, but you got it worng about Revenge of the Nerds. Nerds DO come out on top, and very often, they just have to wait until AFTER college to do it. They'll be earning the big bucks as programmers and engineers while the jocks who 'ruled' school will be phys ed teachers and mcdonald managers. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are living Revenge of the Nerds.

Dean Venture · 2 years ago

omg! that was a well written and well thought out plan of attack on a much needed to be said topic

Nerd · 2 years ago

Um, you were wrong about a few things. But the most obvious. Nerds get revenge every day. Most of your, and most peoples, future bosses, and current ones, are/were nerds.

I have at least fifty businesses that depend on me, sometimes daily. And the hot girls there? Definitely show me more attention than the now overweight cube-jockey who didn't make it into professional sports.

Spamtec is teh greatest.

Oso · 2 years ago

NOOOOOOO.

The Truman Show? Hello?

I'm STILL looking for cameras everywhere I go.

Ned B. · 2 years ago

You've Got Mail?

March of the Penguins?


Are you F*ing crazy?

Deliverance!! When you're a 13 year old male kid you will never be the same after seeing Deliverance. The clear message: Don't Be Ned Beatty! Don't EVER Be Ned Beatty!

Alan! · 2 years ago

I had an acquaintance that made all his friends call him 'Neo'.

He's in an institution now.

Brian C. Gibson · 2 years ago

Bam, are you the CEO of a company? We all have to start out somewhere. I didn't say that I still work at a rental store.

Brian C. Gibson · 2 years ago

Also...not insecure....not a virgin....It is meant in good fun people. Did you laugh while reading? Did it make you think and smile? Mission accomplished...Thanks for reading everyone

Tom · 2 years ago

Congrats, that's the first mention of You've Got Mail I've seen this century. I'm not sure if completely forgettable pseudo-sequels count as "Life Ruining," but it's always fun to keep the forgotten donkey while it's down.

seeker135 · 2 years ago

Judgemental much?

Ninja · 2 years ago

It's the first time I sat through the Star Wars Kid video to the end. I'm not laughing out loud. I just feel sorry for him.

Gerhard · 2 years ago

You forgot Fight Club

Nieves · 2 years ago

Life-ruining? MmmNo...

So I guess it's ok to watch a movie or series but never enjoy it too much. Don't get too excited about anything, right? How about sports? Books? DIY-tech projects? etc and etc...

Maybe your focus should be on the fanatical side of religion, greed/money, politics. These are the groups of people I'd be most careful around not the folks trying to have a little fun with life.

Bean · 2 years ago

Lighten up peaple. It's a fun and entertaining article.

Dave Nofmeister · 2 years ago

This is light humor that you just chuckle at (or shrug at) and go on. No harm done.

Chrissy · 2 years ago

Ok, disagree almost completely with every movie you posted. Except for You've Got Mail and March of the Penguins, those movies were horrible. And of course no man is equal to Ryan Gosling... because he's freakin perfect! But, women in general know ahead of time that we're not going to find 'perfect'. I like all of the other movies, love The Notebook, and I resent your blog.

Hmph.

Chris Ilcisko · 1 year ago

Stars Wars Kid looks like a thinner & buffer version of Trunkett. He's got the skills to pay the bills though mos def!!!