clinzy Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Books1. Snowcrash2. Ender's Game 3. WOT seriesHonorable Mention for LOTR series - tough to pick between that and WOT, and WOT probably only wins because I read it again more recently.Movies (in no particular order)1. Mary Poppins2. Shawshank Redemption3. Pulp Fiction Link to comment
caponerd48 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hm... Let's see...Books: 1. 100 Years of Solitude: Gabriel Garcia Marquez2. Cyrano De Bergerac: Edmund Rondstat (It was a play, does that count?)3. Faust (both parts): GoetheHonorable mention: Dark Tower, Wheel of Time, and LOTR Series.Movies: 1. Clerks II2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind3. OldboyOn a side note: Damn, Nerd Fitness! You have some fine taste! Outlaw Monk "We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Cpt. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly) My Mighty Quest! STR 9.1 - DEX 9.6 - STA 5.6 - CON 7 - WIS 12 -CHA 8 Link to comment
Scooter McGee Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Books:The Stand - Stephen KingThe Dark Tower Series (technically 7 books, but oh well) - Stephen KingHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixMovies:The HolidayAmilieAll of the Resident Evil movies.Dark Tower series is one of the next ones on my list. Here is my current list:Books in no particular order:Storm of Swords - A Song of Ice and Fire Seires - George R.R. MartinThe Forever War - Joe HaldemanGateway - Frederick PohlMovies in no particular order:Top GunSnatchRock'n'rolla [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Look out world, I'm smokin' TNT and I'm drinkin' dynamite, so if you know what's good for ya, get out of my way. - SK Challenge 1: http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?15703-Scooter-McGee-1st-Challenge Link to comment
chairohkey Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Books:His Dark Materials Trilogy-Philip PullmanLightning-Dean KoontzGates of Fire-Steven PressfieldMoviesThe Shawshank RedemptionThe MatrixThe Dark Knight Link to comment
tasty` Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Fiction:The Count of Monte CristoThe Dharma BumsSlapstickHonorary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (i'm surprised to see so many others with this on their list, everybody I know in person hates this book in the series)Non Fiction:Seneca: Letters From a StoicSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson American LionMovies:The Big LebowskiThe Royal TenenbaumsThere Will Be Blood [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Level 2 Human Adventurer My Bucket List/Epic Quest || Tasty's Reckoning: Becoming Bane | Str: 6 | Dex: 5.75 | Sta: 5 | Con: 5 | Wis: 10 | Cha: 7 | Link to comment
EmCee Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Edited to add books:1) Swan Song - Robert McCammon2) Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston3) The Giver - Lois LowryHonorable Mention: American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis3 Movies1.) The Little Mermaid2.) Fried Green Tomatoes3.) The Sound of MusicHonorable Mention: A League of Their Own! The Sound of Music only takes a top three spot because it's a musical Letting go is the hardest asana. Instagram: WholeBodySwoleHeart Link to comment
milythael Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Movies:A River Runs through ItThe Fifth ElementSnatchBooks:Tao te ChingZen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceIt is too hard to choose just one. Milythael Assassin Current Activity: Milythael Acts Like an Assassin Past Activity: Spoiler Challenges: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 12 PVPs: Demon Slaying, HOoRAY, Meditation, Poses, Juggling 30/30 Squat Link to comment
clinzy Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Edited to add books:1) Swan Song - Robert McCammon2) Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston3) The Giver - Lois LowryHonorable Mention: American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis3 Movies1.) The Little Mermaid2.) Fried Green Tomatoes3.) The Sound of MusicHonorable Mention: A League of Their Own! The Sound of Music only takes a top three spot because it's a musical I almost put Fried Green Tomatoes AND The Sound of Music on my list. I just forgot about A League of Their Own, but it belongs up there, too. I suspect we can watch movies together any time. Wait. That sounds creepy. Link to comment
Raikas Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm listing things I'm happy to re-read/re-watch most often rather than anything I think is "best".Books:All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)The Quiet Violence of Dreams (K Sello Duiker)This Alien Shore (C S Friedman)Honourable mention: The Authority: Human on the Inside (John Ridley and Ben Oliver) - I should be embarrassed because it's generic superhero silliness, but I've found myself re-reading this a multiple times a year for 7 years so taste be damned, it's clearly on my list.Movies:Lawrence of ArabiaDas BootThe Last UnicornHonourable mention: A toss-up between The English Patient, Platoon and the 1994 version of Black Beauty. Wood Elf Assassin -- Level 10 --STR 26 | DEX 13 | STA 19 | CON 7 | WIS 14 | CHA 14 Link to comment
Scooter McGee Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Dark Tower series is one of the next ones on my list. Here is my current list:Books in no particular order:Storm of Swords - A Song of Ice and Fire Seires - George R.R. MartinThe Forever War - Joe HaldemanGateway - Frederick PohlMovies in no particular order:Top GunSnatchRock'n'rollaI have to amend this with one of the greatest sports movies of all time, about the greatest moment in American sports history. MIRACLE about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. What a movie. I get chills just thinking about it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Look out world, I'm smokin' TNT and I'm drinkin' dynamite, so if you know what's good for ya, get out of my way. - SK Challenge 1: http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?15703-Scooter-McGee-1st-Challenge Link to comment
Fade Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Wow, that settles it A Song of Ice and Fire has been moved up to my next books to read, Its on so many peoples top books list.Books:Harry Potter Series (If I have to pick 1: Goblet Of Fire), J.K RowlingAngels And Demons, Dan BrownMidnight Mass, F. Paul WilsonMovies:V For VendettaBatman BeginsSweeney Todd (This 1 will stop my in my tracks if I walk past a TV with it on) Onslaught Studios Fade: Level 1 Gnome Assassin STR 2 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 4 | WIS 4 | CHA 2 My First Challenge - http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?16044-A-new-Recruit-My-first-6-week-challenge Link to comment
Scooter McGee Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Wow, that settles it A Song of Ice and Fire has been moved up to my next books to read, Its on so many peoples top books list.Might I recommend watching a few episodes of the HBO series first. There are literally 100's of characters, and if you can put a face (and a voice) to it, it becomes much easier to follow. You can also take advantage of the HBO site that shows maps and family trees. Beware of spoilers though. The internet is chalk full of them. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Look out world, I'm smokin' TNT and I'm drinkin' dynamite, so if you know what's good for ya, get out of my way. - SK Challenge 1: http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?15703-Scooter-McGee-1st-Challenge Link to comment
EmCee Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 I almost put Fried Green Tomatoes AND The Sound of Music on my list. I just forgot about A League of Their Own, but it belongs up there, too. I suspect we can watch movies together any time. Wait. That sounds creepy.Let's do it! I rarely have a partner for movie nights unless it's a kids movie Letting go is the hardest asana. Instagram: WholeBodySwoleHeart Link to comment
Fade Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Might I recommend watching a few episodes of the HBO series first. .Actually I am up to date with the HBO series it was amazing and had me so hooked! Thats what got me to initially put it on my list.It was at the end of the list of 6 books already sitting on my night stand. But its definitely getting the upgrade to right after i finish the last book in the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz. Onslaught Studios Fade: Level 1 Gnome Assassin STR 2 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 4 | WIS 4 | CHA 2 My First Challenge - http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?16044-A-new-Recruit-My-first-6-week-challenge Link to comment
Cole43 Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 booksUnfinished murder by James Neff Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell (my first two choices scare me to death, but I keep reading them)You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning by Celia Rivenbark (anything she writes is funny)moviesBoondock SaintsSo I married an ax murdererMy big fat greek wedding Link to comment
tasty` Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have to amend this with one of the greatest sports movies of all time, about the greatest moment in American sports history. MIRACLE about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. What a movie. I get chills just thinking about it.One of the greatest movies ever! just narrowly missed being on my list [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Level 2 Human Adventurer My Bucket List/Epic Quest || Tasty's Reckoning: Becoming Bane | Str: 6 | Dex: 5.75 | Sta: 5 | Con: 5 | Wis: 10 | Cha: 7 | Link to comment
Scooter McGee Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Actually I am up to date with the HBO series it was amazing and had me so hooked! Thats what got me to initially put it on my list.It was at the end of the list of 6 books already sitting on my night stand. But its definitely getting the upgrade to right after i finish the last book in the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz.It's well deserving of the jump. Never though I'd read fantasy (being a Sci Fi guy), but damn is it good. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Look out world, I'm smokin' TNT and I'm drinkin' dynamite, so if you know what's good for ya, get out of my way. - SK Challenge 1: http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?15703-Scooter-McGee-1st-Challenge Link to comment
Scooter McGee Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 One of the greatest movies ever! just narrowly missed being on my list[ATTACH=CONFIG]5024[/ATTACH]Agreed! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Look out world, I'm smokin' TNT and I'm drinkin' dynamite, so if you know what's good for ya, get out of my way. - SK Challenge 1: http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?15703-Scooter-McGee-1st-Challenge Link to comment
caponerd48 Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Movies:V For VendettaBatman BeginsSweeney Todd (This 1 will stop my in my tracks if I walk past a TV with it on)^This. These are waay up on my list as well, especially V for Vedetta. Chokes me up every time... Outlaw Monk "We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Cpt. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly) My Mighty Quest! STR 9.1 - DEX 9.6 - STA 5.6 - CON 7 - WIS 12 -CHA 8 Link to comment
Ginerrva Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Movies;28 Days LaterThe Amazing Spider-ManChronicleBooks;It by Stephen KingOne DayEragonI tried to make each one a different genre. My goal is to look like my Night Elf Hunter in World of Warcraft!!! Except I'm short. Perhaps my gnome, then? Link to comment
Animalben Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 First post on NFFilms:Pulp FictionFight Club Se7enBooks: (this is ALOT harder)now the first choice is a weird one and not really legal since it's actually 3 trilogies but the main trilogies from Robin Hobb - The Assassins Trilogy - The Liveship Trilogy - The Tawny man Trilogy, I read these every year and always from book 1 to book 9 (the stories are linked but not massively (on the surface) so)Dune - this got my back into reading as an adultHarry Potter series (although if I have to pick 1 then it would be Goblet of Fire, how anyone thinks Order of the Pheonix is the best is beyond me)I am a little reticent (spelling?) to give honoury mentions as the list would be huge (for both) Link to comment
milythael Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Books: (this is ALOT harder)now the first choice is a weird one and not really legal since it's actually 3 trilogies but the main trilogies from Robin Hobb - The Assassins Trilogy - The Liveship Trilogy - The Tawny man Trilogy, I read these every year and always from book 1 to book 9 (the stories are linked but not massively (on the surface) so)The Liveship Trilogy and the Soldier Son Trilogy are what finally made me stop reading Robin Hobb. Amazing writer but the most terrible things happen to the characters. It made me feel horrible about the world. Milythael Assassin Current Activity: Milythael Acts Like an Assassin Past Activity: Spoiler Challenges: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 12 PVPs: Demon Slaying, HOoRAY, Meditation, Poses, Juggling 30/30 Squat Link to comment
Raikas Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 now the first choice is a weird one and not really legal since it's actually 3 trilogies but the main trilogies from Robin Hobb - The Assassins Trilogy - The Liveship Trilogy - The Tawny man Trilogy, I read these every year and always from book 1 to book 9 (the stories are linked but not massively (on the surface) so)I love those! Not so much the Tawny Man ones (I liked the first one, but it ended up being too neat and with a little too much of a happy ending for me there which undid a bit of the character development from the Assassin books), but everything else has been fantastic. I think I'm loving current Rain Wilds series most of all, actually. Wood Elf Assassin -- Level 10 --STR 26 | DEX 13 | STA 19 | CON 7 | WIS 14 | CHA 14 Link to comment
Animalben Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 The Liveship Trilogy and the Soldier Son Trilogy are what finally made me stop reading Robin Hobb. Amazing writer but the most terrible things happen to the characters. It made me feel horrible about the world.I can see your point but it feels more real I think, not a fantasy book where everyone lives and saves the day or wins the battle with all alive (thinking dritz and co here, I love those books too dont get me wrong! Link to comment
Animalben Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I love those! Not so much the Tawny Man ones (I liked the first one, but it ended up being too neat and with a little too much of a happy ending for me there which undid a bit of the character development from the Assassin books), but everything else has been fantastic. I think I'm loving current Rain Wilds series most of all, actually.I've just finished the third book in the series and from where it leaves it I can't see how she wont write at least another 2/3 books to follow up! Link to comment
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