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Subject: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: Donnie Darko on 05/12/06 at 3:41 pm

-MP3 players
-Linkin Park
-Emo scene
-Indie scene
-Reality TV
-MySpace craze
-SNL
-Bling bling
-Nu metal
-Ja Rule
-Hip Hop slang
-Baggy pants
-Paris Hilton
-Weight-loss craze
-'80s revivalism
-Family Guy
-George Bush
-According to Jim
-Survivor
-World Poker Tour
-Ashlee Simpson
-Hollaback Girl
-Star Wars II & III
-Donald Trump

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: bbigd04 on 05/12/06 at 3:44 pm

-MP3 players NOT
-Linkin Park NOT
-Emo scene CHEESY
-Indie scene NOT
-Reality TV CHEESY
-MySpace craze CHEESY
-SNL NOT
-Bling bling CHEESY
-Nu metal NOT
-Ja Rule CHEESY
-Hip Hop slang CHEESY
-Baggy pants NOT
-Paris Hilton CHEESY
-Weight-loss craze CHEESY
-'80s revivalism CHEESY
-Family Guy NOT
-George Bush CHEESY
-According to Jim NOT
-Survivor CHEESY
-World Poker Tour CHEESY
-Ashlee Simpson CHEESY
-Hollaback Girl CHESSY
-Star Wars II & III NOT
-Donald Trump CHEESY

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: velvetoneo on 05/12/06 at 3:50 pm

-MP3 players: can be a little cheesy.
-Linkin Park: cheesy.
-Emo scene: very cheesy.
-Indie scene: sort of cheesy and pretentious.
-Reality TV: cheesy.
-MySpace craze: cheesy.
-SNL: cheesy NOW.
-Bling bling: cheesy.
-Nu metal: cheesy.
-Ja Rule: cheesy.
-Hip Hop slang: cheesy.
-Baggy pants: cheesy...BAGGY PANTS ARE NOT AN '00s THING! THEY'RE '90s!
-Paris Hilton: CHEESY.
-Weight-loss craze: cheesy.
-'80s revivalism: cheesy.
-Family Guy: sort of cheesy.
-George Bush: cheesy.
-According to Jim: cheesy.
-Survivor: cheesy.
-World Poker Tour: cheesy.
-Ashlee Simpson: cheesy.
-Hollaback Girl: cheesy.
-Star Wars II & III: cheesy.
-Donald Trump: cheesy.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: velvetoneo on 05/12/06 at 4:38 pm

Donnie...baggy pants=NOT '00s! Skinnyass pants and metrosexuality are '00s.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: sonikuu on 05/12/06 at 6:41 pm

-MP3 players: Not cheesy, just technology
-Linkin Park - A little cheesy
-Emo scene - Cheesy
-Indie scene - Not cheesy
-Reality TV - One of the cheesiest things of the 00's
-MySpace craze - Cheesy
-SNL - Cheesy and has been for quite a long time
-Bling bling - Cheesy
-Nu metal - Sort of cheesy.  It's heavier than the other styles of music and it seems the heavier music styles don't date as easily.
-Ja Rule - Cheesy
-Hip Hop slang - Been cheesy ever since the word bling-bling was invented
-Baggy pants - Cheesy.  And they're a 90's AND 00's thing, by the way.  I saw kids wearing baggy pants well into 2002 and 2003, thanks to Eminem
-Paris Hilton - Cheesy
-Weight-loss craze - Cheesy
-'80s revivalism - Cheesy
-Family Guy - Not cheesy before it was cancelled, sort of cheesy after it was brought back
-George Bush - Cheesy.  So easy to make fun of.
-According to Jim - Kind of cheesy.
-Survivor - Cheesy
-World Poker Tour - Cheesy.  People in future decades will wonder what the hell we were thinking when poker was shown on ESPN.
-Ashlee Simpson - Cheesy
-Hollaback Girl - Do we even have to discuss this?  Cheesy.
-Star Wars II & III - Not anymore cheesy than the original movies.
-Donald Trump - Cheesy.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: 5.19.86 on 05/12/06 at 6:45 pm

-Star Wars II & III

C'mon Now, how can you put "Star Wars Episode II" and "Star Wars Episode III" in the same sentence when talking about Cheesiness?  "Episode II" sure was cheesy, but "Episode III" definitely was Not

I liked both flicks anyway.  I think "Episode III" was easily the Best Film of 2005

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: Trimac20 on 05/12/06 at 9:02 pm


-MP3 players -  ::)
-Linkin Park - Yes
-Emo scene - Yes
-Indie scene - No
-Reality TV - Some
-MySpace craze - Sort of
-SNL - what's that?
-Bling bling - Definitely
-Nu metal - Yes
-Ja Rule - Yes
-Hip Hop slang - Mostly, since skinny white kid's started using it
-Baggy pants  - yes, if you consider very baggy pants
-Paris Hilton - she's a living cilche
-Weight-loss craze - sort of
-'80s revivalism - sort of
-Family Guy - not really
-George Bush - yes
-According to Jim - yes, crap show
-Survivor - YES
-World Poker Tour - sort of
-Ashlee Simpson - YES
-Hollaback Girl - Quite liked that song
-Star Wars II & III - much inferior to the original trilogy
-Donald Trump - his hairpiece is  :D

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: 5.19.86 on 05/12/06 at 9:05 pm


-MP3 players
-Linkin Park
-Emo scene
-Indie scene
-Reality TV
-MySpace craze
-SNL
-Bling bling
-Nu metal
-Ja Rule
-Hip Hop slang
-Baggy pants
-Paris Hilton
-Weight-loss craze
-'80s revivalism
-Family Guy
-George Bush
-According to Jim
-Survivor
-World Poker Tour
-Ashlee Simpson
-Hollaback Girl
-Star Wars II & III
-Donald Trump



You should have added rappers like "Game" and "Snoop Dogg" instead

Snoop's gone soft/cheesy since the '00s began, and this "Game" guy is an arrogant little punk who makes crap music

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: Trimac20 on 05/12/06 at 9:50 pm


C'mon Now, how can you put "Star Wars Episode II" and "Star Wars Episode III" in the same sentence when talking about Cheesiness?  "Episode II" sure was cheesy, but "Episode III" definitely was Not

I liked both flicks anyway.  I think "Episode III" was easily the Best Film of 2005


I'm beginning to like the 'new' trilogy less and less. I find the acting really wooden and scripted, and the Computer CGI just a bit too glossy for my tastes. Not that much of a Star Wars fan these days, nothing like I was when I was 12-13.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: 5.19.86 on 05/12/06 at 10:10 pm


I'm beginning to like the 'new' trilogy less and less. I find the acting really wooden and scripted, and the Computer CGI just a bit too glossy for my tastes. Not that much of a Star Wars fan these days, nothing like I was when I was 12-13.


I'm sick and tired of hearing people complain about the Acting.  George Lucas is a Horrible Director who doesn't deman much from his actors.  There are countless quotes from the actors of the original trilogy talking about how it was pretty much impossible to turn in a good acting performance in the Star Wars movies because George Lucas doesn't care for the acting, and the dialogue he writes up is so awful that it's hard not to sound weird or wooden when delivering the lines

So I don't even want to hear that crap anymore about the Acting.  Plus, it's a "Star Wars" movie, you don't go and see it for the Acting

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: bbigd04 on 05/12/06 at 10:11 pm

I've seen the 1st and 3rd, I wouldn't consider it cheesy.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: 5.19.86 on 05/12/06 at 10:16 pm

Also I forgot to mention.  They actually film the majority of the movie in front of a Blue Screen.  It's not exactly easy to "act" in that kind of environment

And I also learned that all of the actors actually have to go into a Studio and dub over their original dialogue from when they were originally filming.  So it has to be hard to "act" properly when sitting in a studio reading a script dubbing over all of your lines.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: Trimac20 on 05/12/06 at 10:44 pm


Also I forgot to mention.  They actually film the majority of the movie in front of a Blue Screen.  It's not exactly easy to "act" in that kind of environment

And I also learned that all of the actors actually have to go into a Studio and dub over their original dialogue from when they were originally filming.  So it has to be hard to "act" properly when sitting in a studio reading a script dubbing over all of your lines.


Yeah, yeah I spose. I'm not giving the actors stick so much as George Lucas' style of directing. The acting in some of his movies 'e.g. American Grafitti' was good, but then again he didn't write those scripts.

Jar Jar Binks from the Phantom Menace could be called cheesy. As well as 3CPO and R2D2, but in a lovable sort of way.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: Trimac20 on 05/12/06 at 10:45 pm

But you have to admit, the movies would be so much better (and more believable), if the acting was better.

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: JamieMcBain on 05/13/06 at 3:03 pm

-MP3 players                -  Kind of cheesy
-Linkin Park                -  not cheesy
-Emo scene                  -  cheesy
-Indie scene                -  depending on the band
-Reality TV                -  let it die already
-MySpace craze              -  cheesy
-SNL                        -  cheesy
-Bling bling                -  cheesy
-Nu metal                  -  cheesy
-Ja Rule                    -  cheesy
-Hip Hop slang              -  cheesy
-Baggy pants                -  when wasn't it cheesy?
-Paris Hilton              -  cheesy
-Weight-loss craze          -  when wasn't it cheesy?
-'80s revivalism            -  cheesy
-Family Guy                -  cheesy but funny at times
-George Bush                -  it was cheese, he would be limburger
-According to Jim          -  cheesy
-Survivor                  -  cheesy
-World Poker Tour          -  cheesy
-Ashlee Simpson            -  cheesy
-Hollaback Girl            -  cheesy
-Star Wars II & III        -  somewhat
-Donald Trump              -  it was cheese, he would be limburger

Subject: Re: Cheesy or Not: '00s edition

Written By: velvetoneo on 05/13/06 at 3:08 pm


-MP3 players                -  Kind of cheesy
-Linkin Park                -  not cheesy
-Emo scene                  -  cheesy
-Indie scene                -  depending on the band
-Reality TV                -  let it die already
-MySpace craze              -  cheesy
-SNL                        -  cheesy
-Bling bling                -  cheesy
-Nu metal                  -  cheesy
-Ja Rule                    -  cheesy
-Hip Hop slang              -  cheesy
-Baggy pants                -  when wasn't it cheesy?
-Paris Hilton              -  cheesy
-Weight-loss craze          -  when wasn't it cheesy?
-'80s revivalism            -  cheesy
-Family Guy                -  cheesy but funny at times
-George Bush                -  it was cheese, he would be limburger
-According to Jim          -  cheesy
-Survivor                  -  cheesy
-World Poker Tour          -  cheesy
-Ashlee Simpson            -  cheesy
-Hollaback Girl            -  cheesy
-Star Wars II & III        -  somewhat
-Donald Trump              -  it was cheese, he would be limburger


Thanks for being in my camp about everything (including mp3 players) being cheesy! I think it's cheesy how obsessed everyone, particularly teenagers, is with them, wearing them even while talking to each other...Like people who spend the whole day on their iPods playing solitaire and listening to the same songs until they're horribly sick of them.

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