My Media Favorites

[windinthemaples]

I've spent the past two days watching the first season of Dollhouse, a gift rubymulligan enabled me with for Yule. A lot of my friends have told me I needed to watch it, but I was resistant for a long time to the idea of watching Eliza Dushku acting like a sexy librarian and then a sexy waitress and then a sexy arms dealer. It sounded *so* lame. I stand corrected. It is a pretty damn entertaining series. I dare to say it is Whedon's best.

So that, and some new folks on my friends list, and some discussions of books with mermaiden and willow_cabin has led me to making lists. If you're asking, these are my favorites, my must-watch, must-read, must-hear list. Tell me yours!

Television Favorites
Survivor
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Glee
The Vampire Diaries
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Tudors

Past Television Favorites
MacGuyver
Moonlight
The Muppet Show
The Young Indiana Jones
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Favorite Books/Series
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Soulmate by L.J. Smith
Gaia Girls series by Lee Welles
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Circle of Three series by Isobel Bird
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Brave Little Parrot by Rafe Martin
Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss
The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant
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Favorite Movies
Sense and Sensibility
The Long, Long Trailer
The Muppet Movie
Dangerous Beauty
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Gone With the Wind
Dave
Romancing the Stone
Bride and Prejudice
The Princess Bride
Top Gun
How to Marry a Millionaire
Glory
Avatar
Dirty Dancing
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Favorite Music
This feels impossible. I think you can't go wrong with Natalie Merchant, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Sting or Amanda Palmer.

Especially Natalie Merchant. :D

Comments

[willow-cabin.livejournal.com]

I liked reading this. I didn't know you love Dirty Dancing! We need to show you the Rifftrax of that movie someday (http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-presents/dirty-dancing). :)

Here's my list.

Television Favorites
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Xena: Warrior Princess
The X-Files

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Favorite Books/Series
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Land of the Blue Flower by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Samaria (angel) series by Sharon Shinn (highly recommended!)
The K-PAX series by Gene Brewer
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
etc.

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Favorite Movies
The Last Unicorn
The Neverending Story
K-PAX
Contact
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Battle for Terra
The Truman Show
When Night is Falling
Tipping the Velvet
The Abyss
Little Women
City of Ember
The Perfect Storm
The Princess Bride

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Favorite Music
I listen to classical or New Agey instrumentals and musicals/soundtracks. My favorite musicals are Titanic and The Secret Garden.