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After seeing the age, books and games list, i thought i'd put this here. Why? Because i'm bored right now.
List the songs or music Groups, movies and tv shows that you injoy most often. No limits apply.

Music- Smash Mouth, Everclear, OFfspring, Moby, lots of soundtracks and collections.

Movies- Star Wars, Star Trek, X-men, the Alien series, both Dunes, Matrix, Japanimation movies, many other sci-fi and some war films.

TV- Star trek, Bab 5, Farscape, Invisible man, Stargate, Dark Angel, Titus, 70s Show, bunch of cartoons.
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Movies- Animal House, Blues Brothers, any Jack Nicholson movie
Music- Any Blues, old Punk (sex pistols, clash, ramones etc) and Beethoven Ode to Joy (?)

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Ooh- frighteningly close to my favourites -

Music: Old & new punk (esp offspring, snuff, Toy Dolls), two tone (madness etc), reggae (especially the old stuff), moby, cake, prodigy, asian dub foundation, more...

Films: Akira, Aliens, Blade Runner, 5th Element, Lost Boys, Muppet Movies (why not=-),Raisin' Arizona, Shooting Fish, Trainspotting,

TV: AbFab(uk Version), Buffy (sorry), Farscape, Jam, Spaced, Vidz, more...

Just to take the thread even further off topic, which was the best alie* film?

My vote is for Aliens: Special Edition. Introduced some great themes / ideas into scifi and made some great points about certain military "types". (contrasted cleverly against Ripley's motherhood angst) Bloody good bughunt flick too http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif.

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Music - Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath (really), pretty much any classic rock from the 60's and 70's

Movies - Blazing Saddles, Planet of the Apes series, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 2001: A Space Odyssey

TV - Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Fox Sunday nights....

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Music: classical, soft pop/easy listening, light jazz.

Movies: Star Wars series, especially The Empire Strikes Back; The Princess Bride

TV: Nova, Scientific American Frontiers. If I weren't for PBS, I'd hardly watch any TV at all.

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Music: Dream Theater, Progressive Metal in general, Deftones, Disturbed, alternative in general (esp. the harder stuff), Enya, Dead Can Dance, Vast, Journey, some classical (some Mozart, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Brahms), lots more. I basically don't like rap, R&B, or country, but that's about it =)

Movies: Aliens (II was DEFINITELY the best =) ), Star Wars (of course), Conan the Barbarian, Terminator II, Matrix, Princess Bride, The Story of Us, Dune (though the sci-fi channel Version was the best, I like the old David Lynch Version too), Braveheart, Highlander (first one only), Star Trek: First Contact, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and lots more =) I like movies.

TV: don't watch it much, to be honest. About the only shows I've watched in recent years that I liked are Babylon 5 (GREAT stuff), and Star Trek: TNG.

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My favorite Sci-Fi series of all time is Babylon 5. Up until now, the Sci-Fi channel has been my very best friend because they are showing both B5 and ST:TOS. But...

TNN (formerly The Nashville Network) but now reborn as The National Network has bought up the rights for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Star Trek: Voyager. They are scheduled to begin showing ST: TNG this fall 2001. Whoop!

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Hrm.

Music -- I used to wake up to either an oldies station or a 'classic rock' station. Simon & Garfunkel, the Drifters, the Temptations, Steppenwolf, occasionally jazz or classical... whatever. Rarely anything recent 'tho, and no rap or "boy band" abominations.

Movies -- Again varied. Everything from Godzilla movies (*only* the classic man-in-the-rubber-suit ones, 'tho, not the recent CGI heresy), to the Alien/Aliens, to war movies (_Stalag 17_, _Bridge over the River Kwai_, _The Thin Red Line_, many more...), misc. action/suspense (Hrm. _Goldfinger_, _T2_) to interesting dramas like _Shawshank Redemption_, _Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ and Casablanca. Not fond of romantic "comedies", gross-out movies, overly predictable stuff, or slasher horror. Oh, and I watch the occasional bit of Extra Cheese (_Escape from L.A._ and _Army of Darkness_ are two well-done examples IMHO).


TV -- occasionally Frontline or Nova, _Washington Week in Review_, _Wall Street Week_, some Simpsons episodes, occasionally _West Wing_.


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For music, classic rock & roll from 60's & 70"s, some current songs,
movies, Terminator series, Star Wars series,
Matrix, Bravehart, Gladiator, Patton, the Longest Day, Tora Tora, Midway, Pvt Ryan, They died with their boots on (errol flyn),
Zulu, Zulu Dawn, Charge of the light Brigade (errol Flynn), Star Trek, Bab-5, My all time favorie is Robin Hood with Errol Flynn & oliva De Haviland.& #1 & #2 Of Harrison Fords Indiana Jones Series, Didn't like Temple of Doom.
Some more but don't want to take up all the room

just some ideas Mac

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Movies Aliens (didn't care for Alien3 or Resurrection all that much) I liked the Laser Disc Version not sure how the Special Edition differs since I haven't seen that one yet. T1/T2, True Lies, The Last Boy Scout, Die Hard, Red Dawn (bad plotline, but a sem-decent action flick), Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man (the one with Mickey Rourke)

Music I tend towards loud, some of Ministry's older stuff, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, AC DC, Aerosmith etc. I tend to listen to just about anything though if I'm in the mood. I do have a thing for theme songs and game music though, like the opening songs to Mask of the Phantasm and Batman Beyond. I love the blues song played during the Manhattan Project clip in Civ II (ps if anyone knows the title of this song I'll be your friend for life, I wrote customer service and they had no clue where the song is from), the driving music from Fallout II, and the intro to Brotherhood of Steel.

I don't watch a lot of TV but I do like Dark Angel and 7 Days. Special Unit 2 is kind of campy but is good for a laugh.