How Old Were You The First Time You Saw "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?

[RashoFan]

18- I was in Orlando, Fl. I was going through my "A" School in the Navy and I went with a guy I was dating and a couple of our friends.

[MiamiHeat]

i dont like horror stuff so i dont want to watch it

[thispego]

lol, thanks to all you chodes who havent watched it for chiming in.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Absolutely a terrible movie.


That movie is one of the worst films ever.

+1

[The Reckoning]

4cc is the rocky horror picture show

[mrsmaalox]

Freshman in college, age 18.

[cherylsteele]

I watched it when I was a around 34, after avoiding it. Got talked into seeing it. Ever since I have still been trying to get that 1 1/2 hrs of my life back.

[Melmart1]

I was invited by a co-worker to go catch a screening of it at the old Central Park Fox theater behind the mall, they showed it on weekends at like midnight or something. Not sure exactly how old I was, but somewhere between 20 and 22. One friend got up and left she thought it was so terrible, the other swore the whole movie she could see Tim Curry's pubes and was gonna puke.

It was fun though, before the show they picked a 'virgin' (i.e. someone who had never been there) to 'sacrifice' and sing to, and they all had a roll of toilet paper to throw when they uttered the "Great Scott!" line. I feel sorry for whoever had to clean the theater when they were through each night.

[duncan228]

Thanks guys. It seems like we've got an assortment of haven't seen it, don't want to see it, and didn't like it. Then we've got people who saw it at an age more in line with the 'R' rating.

I completely understood it. But, I was the kind of kid who hung out with adults and had parents that didn't do much shielding, so all of its subversive themes were far from new or shocking to me. I don't know that sheltered suburban kids would get it at 10 or 11 years old. My younger half-sisters probably wouldn't have.

This is what I was looking for. The age you saw it and if you 'got' it. The 'R' rating tells us something, but today's kids get exposed to a lot of stuff earlier than kids that grew up without the net and cable TV did.

I'm leaning towards Funt's thoughts. It depends on the kid as well as the age. If the kid has adults they talk to it makes a big difference.

[Jimcs50]

Freshman in college

[E20]

I've never seen it, but everytime I try to search for Rocky pics, this bull always pops up.

[mrose31]

I have watched only parts of it because I can't stand musicals. Although for some reasons I always try and watch them but i get bored and annoyed and watch something else. I would much rather go outside and wait for something to get caught in a spider web than watch stuff like that. The only musical I have been able to watch all the way through is Grease. I did not really like that movie either but somehow I watched the whole thing. I would think there is some other musicals but I can't think of any. I think I almost watched all of dreamgirls but still did not finish it.

[duncan228]

I've never seen it, but everytime I try to search for Rocky pics, this bull always pops up.

"Rocky!"

[ShoogarBear]

Freshman in college

At ye olde nickelodeon?