(ie, television/books/movies/etc I like that aren't science fiction)
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Television | The Tick, Xena: Warrior Princess |
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Movies | Much Ado About Nothing, The Princess Bride |
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Books | Daphne du Maurier |
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Comics | Bone, The Tick |
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Music | Musicals, Soundtracks, Groups |
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The Tick. One person's reaction to this was "You
watch cartoons?!", at which point I had to try to explain that The
Tick is not your average Saturday morning cartoon (in fact, it
isn't even on Saturday morning any more since Fox has pulled it, but
it can be found late Sunday nights on Comedy Central). I mean, any show which
stars a large blue guy (that looks only vaguely like a tick) and his
mothsuit-wearing sidekick, has a collection of other superheroes like
Sewer Urchin, Die Fledermaus, and American Maid and supervillans like
The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight, El Seed, and the
Ottoman Empire (with her army of furniture),
and uses the word "apotheosis" can't be your average Saturday
morning cartoon.
Where else does the superhero charge into battle yelling "Spoon!" ("Spoon. It is a noble word. Henceforth it shall be my battle cry."), deliver such profound statements at "Map light - convenient and essential", "Evil is bad!", and "Roof pig! Most unexpected!", and is easily distracted by shiny objects? Where else might it be possible to fight evil with a macaroni duck? Or learn exciting new French words like "denouement"? Or watch a couple of saplings drive off with a pickup? Ah well. The Tick is a hilarious show - in particular, episodes like "Heroes", "Evil Sits Down for a Moment", and "Tick vs. The Big Nothing". For more Web resources check out:
"THE TICK" Character © & TM, 1993,1994, Ben Edlund. All Rights Reserved. |
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I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I watch Xena, since
most people who haven't seen it have the same view that I used to have
- it's so bad. The thing is, it doesn't take itself seriously
so it is actually very funny. Yes, there is rather a lot of gratuitous
skin and abuse of Greek myths, but the show is really quite
entertaining. Plus, Lucy Lawless (who plays Xena) is
amazing and seems to be having a great time with her role.
And, in case, you're wondering, I do also watch Hercules: The Legendary Journeys but it is not nearly as good as Xena - it takes itself way too seriously and has some amazingly stupid plots. But I'll include it just for the sake of completeness.
"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" is exclusively distributed in domestic syndication by MCA TV and internationally by MCA TV International |
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"Much Ado About Nothing" is a great movie. Plus it
has Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. What more could you want?
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"The Princess Bride" is another great movie. It has fencing,
fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true
love, and miracles, not to mention more good lines per minute than any
other movie I know...
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Rebecca is the only book of hers that I have read, but I quite enjoyed it. |
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There are very few comic books I can stand to read, but
Bone is one of them. It has good guys and bad guys, and
tassel-eared dragons and cows and clueless rat creatures, and, of course,
quiche. As for the actual plot, check out the synopsis here.
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Yes, The Tick is also a comic - in fact, it started out that
way. Unfortunately, I don't have much information about the comic
form.
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Lately most of the CDs in my CD player have been female artists like Melissa Etheridge, the Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin, Loreena McKennitt, kd lang... I do also like Runrig and Sting, and have been known in the past to listen to REM, Queen, the Pogues, and various others. |
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Melissa Etheridge |
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Loreena McKennitt |
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Sarah McLachlan |
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Dar WilliamsDar has great lyrics in her songs! One of my all-time favorites:
For tonight I went running through the screen doors of
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I'm also a fan of musicals. So far I've seen
Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Les Miserables, and
Miss Saigon. Oh, and I've also seen Into the Woods on
TV.
Below I've put together some information and links about my favorite musicals.
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I also spend a lot of time listening to soundtracks from various movies - most things by John Williams are quite good (Jurassic Park, the Star Wars movies, ...), then there's Much Ado About Nothing, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and a whole bunch of others that I can't think of right now. The two Babylon 5 soundtracks are also really nice. Eventually there will be more links here. |
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ssb@cs.brown.edu -- last update: 10/27/00
