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The Fool
August 7th, 2005, 06:41 AM
Top 5 Films:
Donnie Darko
High Fidelity
Spirited Away
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
Top 5 Albums:
The Beatles - Abbey Road or Rubber Soul
Elliott Smith - XO or Either/Or
Radiohead - OK Computer
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People or Come On Die Young
Your Top 5 Games:
Legend Of Zelda - Ocarina Of Time
Metal Gear Solid I
Final Fantasy VII
Halo I
Mario 64/Perfect Dark
Your Top 5 TV Shows:
Futurama
Scrubs
Peep Show (#1)
Alias
South Park
Your Top 5 Books/Novels/Comics/Other Lit:
Haraki Murakami - A Wild Sheep Chase
Raymond E. Feist - Magician
George RR Martin - Game Of Thrones
Robin Hobb - Fool's Fate
Chuck Palahniuk - Choke
Yours?
williemeikle
August 19th, 2005, 06:05 AM
Top 5 Films:
The Big Sleep
A Night at the Opera
The Lord of The Rings
Pulp Fiction
Alien
Top 5 Albums:
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Led Zeppelin - IV
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Gram Parsons - Grevious Angel
Metallica - Masters of Puppets
Your Top 5 Games:
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Defender
Missile Command
Breakout
Your Top 5 TV Shows:
X-Files
Dr Who
Quatermass
Outer Limits
Twin Peaks
Your Top 5 Books/Novels/Comics/Other Lit:
The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler
The Shining - Stephen King
LOTR - Tolkien
Fevre Dream - George R R Martin
The List of Seven - Mark Frost
Willie
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Monty Mike
August 19th, 2005, 06:43 AM
Top 5 Films:
Donnie Darko
Spirited Away
The Dark Crystal
The Way of the Dragon
Star Wars
Top 5 Albums:
Internation Superhits - Green Day
Californiacation - RHCP
Gravity - Our Lady Peace
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Poodle Hat - Weird Al Yankovic
Your Top 5 Games:
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy VII
Diablo II
Baldur's Gate II
Pokemon Ruby
Your Top 5 TV Shows:
The Simpsons
Futurama
South Park
Taken
Lost
Your Top 5 Books/Novels/Comics/Other Lit:
The Chronicles of Amber
Gormenghast
Cosmonaut Keep
Lord of Light
Great Teacher Onizuka (manga)
Glelas
August 19th, 2005, 08:38 AM
TOP 5 MOVIES:
1. Star Wars - the original 1977 release before it was even called episode4 and before it was bastardized
2. Lord of the Rings - the whole kit and kaboodle
3. Jaws - the original only
4. Rocky - the original only
5. The Wizard of Oz
TOP 5 ALBUMS:
1. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
2. Abbey Road - Beatles
3. Truth and Soul - Fishbone
4. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
5. Rubber Soul - Beatles
TOP 5 GAMES:
1. Everquest (PC)
2. World of Warcraft (PC)
3. SSI Baseball (Commodore 64)
4. NHL 94 (Sega Genesis)
5. Castle Wolfenstein (Commodore 64)
TOP 5 SHOWS:
1. Happy Days
2. Good Times
3. Arrested Development
4. The Simpsons
5. Little House on the Prairie
TOP 5 BOOKS:
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. A Song of Ice and Fire
3. A Bright Shining Lie (non-fiction)
4. Hyperion
5. Ender's Game
Mojo is me
August 22nd, 2005, 09:23 PM
My list of top fives:
Top 5 Movies
1) The original STAR WARS trilogy; not the re-done versions.
2) The Day the Earth Stood still --1951
3) Gone With the Wind--1939
4) Schindler's List
5) The LOTR trilogy.
Top 5 TV shows
1) Star Trek: The Original Series
2) Star Trek: The Next Generation
3) Doctor Who
4) Blake's Seven
5) Kung Fu
Top 5 Comics
1) Spiderman
2) The Fantasc Four
3) The XMen
4) Superman
5) Batman
Evil Agent
August 22nd, 2005, 11:11 PM
This list took me a lot of work, since I have serious trouble limiting things like movies and albums down to 5... Here are my picks (but the 1-5's of each category are in no order).
My Top 5 Movies:
-The Lord of the Rings trilogy
-Star Wars Episodes III / V (tie)
-Braveheart
-Conan the Barbarian / Bram Stoker's Dracula (tie)
-Spinal Tap
My Top 5 Musicians/Bands (Too many albums!):
-Tool
-The Beatles
-Led Zeppelin / early Metallica (tie)
-Mike Patton / Radiohead (tie)
-Bjork
My Top 5 TV Shows:
-The Simpsons
-The Sopranos
-The Trailer Park Boys
-The Kids in the Hall
-Chappelle's Show
My Top 5 Books:
-The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
-A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin (whole series)
-The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
-Dune by Frank Herbert
-The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
My Top 5 Games (I don't game that much):
-Halo 2
-Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I
-The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
-Fable
-Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Tarn
August 23rd, 2005, 04:43 AM
In no particular order...
Top 5 Films:
Donnie Darko
The Lord of the Rings
The Incredibles
Fight Club
Sideways
Top 5 Albums:
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Bran Van 3000 - Glee
Bran Van 3000 - Discosis
Ray Charles - pretty much anything :)
Luke Smith - It's Not Wrong, It's Just Different
Your Top 5 Games:
Deus Ex
Half Life 2
Knights of the Old Republic (the first one, not the awful sequel)
Morrowind
Beyond Good And Evil
Your Top 5 TV Shows:
Babylon 5
Clone Wars (animated Star Wars)
Lost
Farscape
Spaced
Your Top 5 Books/Novels/Comics/Other Lit:
J Michael Straczynski - Midnight Nation
J Michael Straczynski - Supreme Power
Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars trilogy
Alan Moore - Watchmen
Joseph Heller - Catch-22
Evil Agent
August 23rd, 2005, 12:11 PM
Now that it's been mentioned 3 times, I need someone to explain it to me... Donnie Darko?? :confused: I know a lot of people who seem to love this movie, but IMHO I remember thinking it was garbage, maybe one of the worst movies I've ever seen.. I'm obviously in the minority, but I can't figure it out.
Tarn
August 23rd, 2005, 12:40 PM
It's not really a film that anybody is going to change your mind over - although you are the first person I've ever met or heard of who doesn't like the film, which is saying something.
For my part, I love the cast and writing, also the music, the setting. I like the way it feels like a dark cousin to ET in some ways, and a cross between a cynical 80s teen movie and a superhero movie in others.
The ambiguity of the story (at least in the original...I hear the director's cut spells it all out a bit too much) appeals to me too. While the general reaction after first viewing is "what the hell was that about?", for once it doesn't bother me. I generally dislike deliberately abstract films (Mulholland Drive, anybody?), but Donnie Darko was interesting in that it left me confused from a logic point of view, but completely understanding from an emotional standpoint. I'm not sure if that makes any sense!
So, yes, that's why I like it. :) What exactly didn't you like about it?
Wulfa_Jones
August 31st, 2005, 04:28 PM
Top 5 ...... at this moment in time (these things change!)
Top Five Films:
- High Fidelity
- Dawn of the Dead (Romero original!)
- Empire Strikes Back
- Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Casablanca
Top 5 Albums:
- Ocean Rain: Echo and the Bunnymen
- The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
- Joy Division: Permanent (kind of a best of...)
- Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
- Cassanova: The Divine Comedy
Top 5 TV Programs:
- Spaced
- The Mighty Boosh
- Scrubs
- StarGate: SG1
- Cowboy Bebop (anime series)
Top 5 Games:
- Zelda : The Ocarina Of Time
- Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic
- Resident Evil
- Golden Eye
- Tetris
Top 5 Books:
- Legend by David Gemmell
- Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- High Rise by G Ballard
- The Light Ages byan R. MacLeod
Top 5 Grahpic Novels:
- Watchmen
- Preacher: Gone to Texas
- Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing
- Batman: Killing Joke
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen V:1
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