What I Like

[crankyoldman]

For the cut and dry listing, here's some of my favorite things, in no particular order and somewhat abridged:

Movies
Contact
Silence of the Lambs
Roman Holiday
Sixteen Candles
Meet Joe Black
Gladiator
Evil Dead: Army of Darkness
Leon the Professional
Boondock Saints
Lord of the Rings (all)
Dogma
Clerks
Mallrats
Donnie Darko
Constantine
Gone in 60 Seconds (original and new)
Lucky Number Slevin
Ghost World
Maverick
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Spy Game
The Breakfast Club
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khaaaaan (hee)
Star Trek IV: The Journey Home
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
Labyrinth
October Sky
Apollo 13
Ocean's 11 (12 is cute too)
The Ten Commandments
Ben Hur
Underworld
The Good Shepherd
Little Miss Sunshine
Sin City
Batman Begins
The Sting
...continue ad nauseum

Music Artists
David Bowie
Coldplay
Regina Spektor
The Birthday Massacre
Ladytron
Garbage
Andy Hunter
dc Talk
A Perfect Circle
Natalie Imbruglia (early)
Emilie Autumn
Amon Tobin
Envy is Blind
MSTRKRFT
Ben Folds Five
Billie Holiday
No Doubt (pre-Rock Steady)
Celldweller
Chris J. Emanuel
The Clash
Collide
Dean Martin
Johnny Cash
Fiona Apple
Frou Frou
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Jethro Tull
Joan Jett
Koda Kumi
The Killers
Lunascape
Natalie Merchant
Polysics
Poe
REM
Portishead
Zero 7
VAST
Tori Amos
Tchaikovsky
Recoil
...and a ton more

Books and Authors
Carl Sagan
- Contact
- Billions and Billions
Thomas Harris
- Silence of the Lambs
- Red Dragon
- Hannibal
Richard Feynman
- Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
Phillip Pullman
- The Golden Compass
- The Subtle Knife
- The Amber Spyglass
- The Ruby in the Smoke
- The Shadow in the North
- The Tiger in the Well
Mary Pope Osborne (childhood favorite)
- Favorite Greek Myths
- Favorite Norse Myths
Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment
- The Brothers Karamazov
William Golding
- Lord of the Flies
Pat Frank
- Alas, Babylon
Edith Hamilton
- Mythology
- The Roman Way
Neal Stephenson
- Cryptonomicon
- The Diamond Age
- Snow Crash
Markus Zusak
- The Book Thief
...and this list could go on even further

Video Games
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Chrono Cross
ICO
Any Legacy of Kain game
Legend of Mana
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Kingdom Hearts I & II
...not so long. XD Need to catch up still.

Anime
RahXephon
Last Exile
Final Fantasy: Unlimited (it's cute, darnit)
Berserk
Soul Taker
Vision of Escaflowne
Hellsing
Comic Party
...again, catching up.

Comics (of which I need to read many more of)
V for Vendetta
Sin City
Fables
Runaways
...more massive catching up needed