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wesfanemt333:
For Books, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman definitely tops the list. It's the end of days, and they've misplaced the antiChrist.
Kingdom Hospital was a terrific tv series from Stephen King. A haunted hospital built on uneasy ground. It's available for rent on DVD, at least here in the states.
Current tv favorites are Prison Break, 24, and Supernatural.
KaosPilot:
Books
'Lanark' by Alasdair Gray - this was required reading for a University course I was doing, but I ended up falling in love with it. Required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in Scottish fiction.
'The Sopranos' by Alan Warner - another Scottish writer, this has to be one of the most human, touching and downright hilarious novels I have EVER read. About an all girls choir from a school in Oban who go to compete in a contest in Edinburgh. It almost writes itself, but Warner's sterling touch just makes it much more than the sum of its parts. Seriously, please, please read this. Warner also wrote 'Morvern Callar' which i also recommend, but i didn't enjoy the film that much.
Television
The L Word - i like it. even though all the lesbians are pretty much stunning which just isn't true in real life, it's still funny/touching/gripping television.
Spaced - Classic. It's been recommended already, I'm just seconding it. You can pick up both seasons in a box set for about ?20 now. NO EXCUSES!!!
Black Books - Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tasmin Grieg. There was no way this couldn't have worked. Again, cheap on DVD. PICK IT UP!!
Movies
The Long Goodbye - my favourite Altman based on what I've seen. Eliot Gould is fantastic as a slacker-esque Marlowe. Wonderful.
Wing Chun - yeah it's a bit naff in places, but I love watching Michelle Yeoh kick ass.
Casablanca - my favourite ''classic'' movie.
thelightguy:
Well, if you don't mind, I'd like some movie reccomendations in the vein of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "American Beauty" or "American History X" (Three very different films, I know...)
In exchange, I am prepared to reccomend any book by Terry Prachett, the Colbert Report, and Scrubs.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: wesfanemt333 on 04 Dec 2006, 03:32 ---Kingdom Hospital was a terrific tv series from Stephen King.
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Gah! 'Twas but a tawdry remake of a magnificently bizarre original series by Lars von Trier!!
CaptainLorax:
books haven't read this one but I want it (its a part of a trilogy)
movies
my favorite miyazaki films are Naussica and Porco Rosso
- The Clint Eastwood Gift Set (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
- The original Omen and Omen 2
- Suspiria (horor classic) - Dario Argento (I wanna see more of his films)
- Alien series
- Land of the Dead
- I'm drawing a blank
TV
My Name is Earl, House, How I Met Your Mother
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