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Johnny C:
Did people cuss in the old west as much as they do in Deadwood?

Jimmy the Squid:
Books

- The Farseer trilogy, The Liveship Trader trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy all by Robin Hobb (you have to read them in that order or you won't get it)
- Why has no one recommended anything by Douglas Adams? possibly because everyone's read it all already, still, I just read The Salmon of Doubt, a collection of his writings, speechs, articles, random scribblings and the first 11 chapters of the new Dirk Gently Book he never finished. It is truly awesome and will make you mourn the loss of one of humanity's most gifted minds all the more.
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson. Awesome fantasy books with a hero that's extemely unlikeable but oddly compelling.

Movies


- Memento. directed by Chris Nolan (Batman Begins and I think Reign of Fire). really surreal but really well acted and the story is just amazingly intense
- The Dark Crystal. directed by the late Jim Henson, concept art/design of pretty much everything by Brian Froud. A true classic with no humans appearing on screen. Ever. One of the best films ever made. It even inspired the tattoo I got last week and that's saying something!
- All of the Marx Brothers films. They are just classics. You are not a whole person if you haven't seen at least one of these films.

TV Series

- Farscape didn't really take off in Australia, which is a shame as it was one of the best sci-fi series I ever saw. The aliens and creatures look great (all done by the Jim Henson Creature Workshop) and the acting is pretty good, if a little melodramatic at times. Audiences outside of Australia probably won't notice the HUGE amount of Aussie stars and starlets making the oddest guest appearences but still, it's great.
- Black Books some of the best British comedy I've seen in a long time. One-liners galore in this show!!! Warning: has very little to do with the actual stand up of Dylan Moran and/or Bill Bailey
- The Fast Show. English sketch comedy at its finest. Hugely Memorable characters and more quotes than you could poke a stick at. "Ooh, suit you, sir!"

Will:
Memento is excellent...also, if you like that, check out Chris Nolan's first movie, "Following."

And do we really need to mention Douglas Adams?  I'm pretty sure that he's one that it goes without saying is awesome.

Alarra:
Yeah, I'll second the recommendation for the farseer trilogy, it's very good, although I've not read the next two series yet. And hmm...Thomas Convenant...*reminds self that I got the first book about a year ago and haven't started it, I should do that*... Also "Wind Up Bird Chronicle" is fantastic.

So it 'Kitchen' by Banana Yoshimoto

Johnny C:

--- Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 08 Oct 2006, 07:51 ---- Farscape didn't really take off in Australia, which is a shame as it was one of the best sci-fi series I ever saw. The aliens and creatures look great (all done by the Jim Henson Creature Workshop) and the acting is pretty good, if a little melodramatic at times. Audiences outside of Australia probably won't notice the HUGE amount of Aussie stars and starlets making the oddest guest appearences but still, it's great.

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Farscape was brilliant. Basically it was a joy to watch.

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