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Border Reiver:
Movies: The Blues Brothers - awesome music (yes they are doing their own singing and dancing) and quite frankly, the best car chase in the history of celluloid;
Dog Soldiers - because it is probably the best werewolf movie/remake of Zulu ever done, and the one liners at the end of the flick are absolutely priceless.
The Dirty Dozen - Come on! It is the ultimate guys movie.
Books:
The Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser - historical fiction that is both meticulously researched, eminently readable and incredibly funny.
Guns of Normandy, guns of Victory and Where the Hell are the Guns by George Blackburn - George Blackburn, a former journalist tells the story of the 2nd Field Battery from the weeks preceeding WWII to VE Day. Stories that can only be told by someone who was there and told in that matter of fact manner that lets you know that he was there and that these events really happened (the turkey neck incident, etc)
supersheep:
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teh pwn queen:
Books: (I love reading **le sigh**)
I agree with everyone that says you should read 1984 by George Orwell, it's important that you think while reading it
The Dragonlance Trilogy (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, -Winter Night, and -Spring Dawning) yes, it's based off the D&D game but it's still an endearing story.
Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy Anne McCaffrey created a fantastic world that uniquely mixed science fiction with fantasy.
Every single The Far Side collection you can get your hands on... a very smart comic that still should be active but isn't... love Gary Larson!!!! why did you retire?!?!?!
Movies:
V for Vendetta don't get me wrong, the graphic novel was excellent, but Natalie Portman was great and I love Hugo Weaving's voice. Therefore movie version=win!
Super Troopers -- it's hilarious, some excellent one-liners and it let's you forget about everything that's happening around you, though it starts to slack when it starts to form a plot... oh well, still great!
Donnie Darko a beautifully made movie, very smart, the kind that you have to watch over and over to find all the tiny details
Waiting a day in the life of disgruntled waiters and cooks at the local bar and grill, random funniness ensues!!!!!
TV shows:
House -- the only doctor-type show I can watch, plus Hugh Laurie is great, I can't believe his skill in creating an american accent, amazing!
Wondershowzen -- I'm not sure if it's still playing, but if you love insanely crude humor, this is definately the show for you (my personal favorite is it's Q&A segments, hilarious what they can get those kids to say!)
leave for no raisin:
Books:
1. I really like Daniel Handler's novels (The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs). If you've never heard of him, you might know him better as Lemony Snicket. If you don't like the Snicket books, DON'T let that discourage you from reading his novels. They are clever, full of dark humor, and nothing like A Series of Unfortunate Events (but still good even if you do like Snicket).
2. Suicide Casanova by Arthur Nersesian. It's a self-proclaimed "psychosexual thriller." It reminded me a little of American Psycho, which you should also read if you haven't already. It's not the Great American Novel or anything, but it's an entertaining read.
3. My Life in Heavy Metal by Steve Almond. This is a book of short stories. Some are really good, and some are kind of meh, but it's worth reading if you want something good that you can read sporadically. My favorite story is probably the first, which has the same title as the book.
4. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan. It's like Lord of the Flies, only more fucked up.
TV:
1. Arrested Development. This show is hilarious and I'm sad that it didn't survive.
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion. Half fighting robots, half existential mind trip.
3. Alias. I'm a sucker for shows about girls who kick ass, but this one is cooler than most because it's about spies.
Madartistgirl:
Everyone's already mentioned most of my favourite books, but I have to say this: Catch 22. Quite possibly one of the funniest books in existence. A Series of Unfortunate Events. Ditto.
Also, I'm not sure if anyone's said this but I loved The Killing Joke by Anthony Horrowitz.
Douglas Adams goes without saying but I have to say it anyway.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith is excellent too.
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