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Idea for a sticky: What are you into right now?
I have an idea for a sticky in which members of the forums could post what they are into right now, in terms of books, TV shows, movies, games, etc. It would give members a chance to see what others are enjoying and allow us to explore some new things that we may not have heard of or considered before.
Your thoughts on this idea?
I'll start us off:
Books: 1) H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales, 2) Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present
TV: 1) John from Cincinnati, 2) Doctor Who, 3) Kyle XY (ok, stop laughing), 4) The Shield
Movies: 1) The Abandoned, 2) Dead Silence, 3) Hot Fuzz
Games: 1) Shadowrun, 2) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, 3) F.E.A.R., 4) Bejeweled 2, 5) S.T.A.L.K.E.R., 6) Punch-Out
Music - Soilwork, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Ra
Your thoughts on this idea?
I'll start us off:
Books: 1) H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales, 2) Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present
TV: 1) John from Cincinnati, 2) Doctor Who, 3) Kyle XY (ok, stop laughing), 4) The Shield
Movies: 1) The Abandoned, 2) Dead Silence, 3) Hot Fuzz
Games: 1) Shadowrun, 2) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, 3) F.E.A.R., 4) Bejeweled 2, 5) S.T.A.L.K.E.R., 6) Punch-Out
Music - Soilwork, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Ra
Comments
Books: 1) Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan, 2) Fate of the Fallen by Ian Irvine
Anime: 1) Bakuretsu Tenshi, 2)Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Movies: 1) The Warrior King, 2) Ong-bak
Games: 1) Bleach Heat the Soul 4, 2) Supreme Commander, 3) Tales of Eternia
Music: New Maps of Hell - Bad Religion
Anime: 1)Hayate no Gotoku! 2)Neon Genesis Evangelion 3)Lucky Star
Movies: 1)Princess Bride, 2)Borat
Games: 1)Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, 2)Pac-Man CE 3)Forza Motorsport 2
Music: 1)Gyakuten Meets Orchestra
Anime: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Movies: None.
Games: Neverwinter Nights 1.
Music: Dead Milkmen.
Anime: GitS and some random movies. Sadly the only place to rent Anime in my area is closing down, so I'm thinking I'm going to buy everything he has.
Movies: Trying to get the bad taste of Fantastic Four out of my mouth . . . and SiCKO
Games: NDS everything. Planet Puzzle League mostly.
Music: None . . . just GeekNights.
Anime: Blood+
Movies: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Games: Final Fantasy III DS
Music: White Stripes - The Hardest Button to Button
Anime: Kino's Journey
Movies: besides the upcoming blockbusters coming out, Serenity with commentary
Games: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Super Mario World, Mario Sunshine
Music: Corinne Bailey Rae, Mononoke Hime OSTs
Books: Billions and Billions, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Diamond Age.
Anime: I...don't actually watch anime. All I've ever seen has been the staples: Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, and when I was a kid, Gundam Wing/Endless Waltz
Movies: Serenity, looking forward to Sicko, and maybe Diehard.
Games: Killzone, Ace Combat 6, God of War 2, Hitman 2, Katamari Damacy (Yes, I only just bought a ps2 two months ago)
Music: Samurai Champloo soundtrack, I just found out about this yesterday. et al.
Oh, I thought you have watched Champloo. Yes find out about it, and yes go watch it. If you like Bebop, hypothetically you should enjoy Champloo. Same creator or director.. Shinichiro Watanabe, iirc. I love how some songs can be very laid back and others with some nice beat or funk to it. One of my favorite songs is "Sincerely" and "Tsurugi no mai", among many many others.
I just read (and loved) Temeraire at Emily's recommendation, and I'm currently working though The Prince of Nothing, which I'm rather enjoying (and was lent to me by Alex). I'm also powering through an old Cisco textbook I have for work-related reasons, and filling the extra time in with all the comics I bought over the weekend.
Anime:
I'm finally watching Gankutsuou, and we're trying to stay on top of Bokurano as it comes out. I enjoyed what I saw of Claymore, but I'll likely catch that on DVD.
Movies:
Horatio Hornblower and Paprika. I still have to see Hot Fuzz and a few others. I rarely if ever go to the theatre, so I mostly catch older movies on Netflix.
Games:
Power Grid, Gloria Mundi, Tempus, and La Citta. Additionally, I have a powerful urge to play some Tigris and Euphrates.
Music:
I've been listening to a lot of music from my collection lately, partly due to having transferreed all of my files onto one central computer. Ghost in the Shell has been my kick lately.
TV: Doctor Who (yay for transatlantic piracy)
Anime: I dunno... Blood+, I guess
Movies: Children of Men (the last good movie I saw), Wristcutters: A Love Story (upcoming)
Games: Okami, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Music: Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
TV: Scrubs, Kyle XY, Lost, Dirty Jobs, The Real World Reunited, Myth Busters, and CSI:SVU
Anime: Death Note, Shinigami no ballad, Full-Metal Alchemist, and Wolf's Rain.
Movies: Not much right now. I'm looking forward to the Harry Potter movie.
Games: Risk, D&D, FFX, Monster Rancher 3. (Please don't stone me!)
Music: My humps by Atlantis Morset. Circle Circle Dot Dot by Jamie Kennedy. Gackt. Lots of him. And also My Bed by Pia. Lots of different songs....
I'm just gonna add podcasts to this list.... Because I'm into those too.
Podcasts: I just got into Fast Karate For the Gentleman and The Ninja Consultant Podcast. They have Geeknights to thank for that. I love the Best Of Youtube podcast. And The Andy And Bryan Show gives me some enjoyment but that might be because I have listened to them since they started. I feel like I really know them. And can I just say Pseudopod is frickin awesome!!!! I would suggest you listen to all these podcasts. Except maybe The Andy and Bryan Show. But they can be good at times also.
Kiey - good call on the Princess Bride, I have to re-watch that soon.
Jason - I so have to get into Kurt Vonnegut.
Rym - Just listened to the Horatio Hornblower podcast today and I'm looking forward to checking the movies out. Is there boxset?
J.Sharp - "yay for transatlantic piracy" - I hear ya brother!
Our_Time_Is_Now - adding podcasts to the list...great idea.
Movies: Currently taking a summer film class, so I'm watching a ton of classic movies - North by Northwest today, for example. also I marathoned Star Wars with my friends recently - I really think that's a worthwhile thing to do, it gets you very close to what Lucas originally intended. Just don't start it at 4 PM like we did...
Anime: Sakigake! Otkojouko, an Eighties anime that's now being subbed by ADTRW. It's the inspiration for Cromartie. Let me say that again: It is the thing which Cromartie High School is parodying. It's fucking AWESOME. Also parts of it are comedic, but... basically if you like FotNS and Cromartie sorts of things check it out.
Music: I've been listening to a lot of Electric Light Orchestra recently, as well as some other stuff.
At any rate, my vote goes for the thread to be made sticky, no matter whose suggestion it was.
Rym - Wasn't Temeraire great? Definitely a good recommendation. Try out John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy
Other than that, Shay is taking up most of my time when I'm not at work. When I have free time at work, I am either catching up on The Dresden Files(the books), or playing Transformers: Decepticons on the DS. Once I finish this books, I'll start on the new Maximum Ride book by James Patterson.
Anime: I've been wanting to find Trigun and Cowboy Bebop but don't have the cash to lay out for either as they exist in DVD form right now. Thus I'm currently in stasis with Anime.
Movies: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Die Hard 4.
Games: Lord of the Rings Online! It's just slightly above avg MMO's simply because I enjoy the subject material. I've was into Phoenix Wright but that's worn off as Episode/Mission 5 is frustrating me with it's insistence on finding clues and presenting them in precisely the right order without being at least a little bit obvious about it.
Music: I'm a Smashing Pumpkins fan and I'm really hoping that their new album will be good. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it no matter what since Billy Corgan IS the Smashing Pumpkins. (Although he's pretty god awful on his own.)
Anime: Lucky Star is surprisingly good. I watched a little Gurren Lagann and have mixed thoughts on it. I still need to finish GiTS SAC 2nd Gig, and I'm going to watch the movie ORIGIN tomorrow.
Movies:I watched Battle Royale yesterday and enjoyed it. Oldboy and Lady Vengeance are good too. Oh, and waiting for Hot Fuzz to come out on DVD.
Games:Each week, a few friends and I have a lan party. Right now we're playing Soldat, UT2004, Warcraft III, Armagetron, and Dark Crusade. On my own, I'm playing Ground Control, Star Control II, and Half Life 2 Episode 1. Also, I'm waiting patiently for Portal.
Music:Mostly swing right now.
PodcastsGeeknights. I just finished all the old episodes. I also listen to TWiT, Diggnation, AWO, Fast Karate, and a slew of language podcasts (eg: japanese, chinese, russian).
I'm also a big fan of the Dr. Who novels, and found a British based bookseller that ships for free almost anywhere in the world. With shipping, their prices are slightly lower than retail here in the USA. Not bad, especially since the Dr. Who books come out a couple of months earlier in the UK.
This week we're on actual holiday in Bitteford, ME. The week after next one of us is gonna go to Scotland with our sister/sister-in-law. We haven't decided who yet.
Oh yeah - recommendations: Ghost Rider was surprisingly good. It's not great or anything, but for a comic book movie, it's pretty good. Even I was disappointed by the new Fantastic Four movie. The Messengers is a prime example of a movie that you can totally get just by seeing the trailer. Just one more, please? I'll never ask for a sticky again.