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Sunday, Oct 25, 2009

So, for those of you who remember, awhile back I made a blog that had my top 5 TV shows in my top 5 genres. If you didnt see it or dont remember, it is here. This time I will do the same with movies. This was even harder, since of my Top 120 movies 46% are sci-fi and 22% are fantasy. But I am only allowing myself to list 5 from each genre. I focus on sci-fi and fantasy in movies even more than I do with TV shows, so this list will be nowhere near what a straight Top 25 list would look like. The lowest movies on this list are not even on my Top 120. But it will still be a list of 25 movies I love very much. I think this makes things more interesting. I will not rate them out of 10 as I did with the TV shows, since on Flixster, my primary movie site, movies are rated on a 5 star system, so I will stick with that. And one more note, some of these were hard to stick under one genre. A lot of them are very strongly sci-fi, fantasy, and action, so I used my own descretion. And I wont be stating my reasons for loving these movies as I did before, since movies are more about quick thrills than TV is. I could explain why I love them, but not as easily, or in three words, as I did in my original Five by Five. And I am entirely aware that I really love some horrible movies. Wild Wild West and xXx are in the 119 and 120 spots on my Top 120, which are universally understood to be bad movies. I have no delusions about the quality of my list. I really love cheese. But there are still a lot of these that I think are excellent, i.e. Gladiator, The Matrix, and Sweeney Todd. Anything with a 5/5 rating is in my Top 50.


#1 - Science Fiction

Star Wars 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 - 5/5

The Fifth Element - 5/5

Waterworld - 5/5

The Matrix - 5/5

Jurassic Park 1, 2 - 5/5


#2 - Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean 3, 1, 2 - 5/5

The Mummy - 5/5

The Princess Bride - 5/5

Indiana Jones 3, 1, 4, 2 - 5/5

Stardust - 5/5


#3 - Action (non-sci-fi/fantasy)

The Rock - 5/5

The Mask of Zorro - 5/5

A Knight's Tale - 5/5

Gladiator - 5/5

Batman Begins - 5/5


#4 - Animation

Aladdin - 5/5

Mulan - 5/5

Toy Story 1, 2 - 5/5

Monsters, Inc. - 5/5

The Prince of Egypt - 4.5/5


#5 - Musical (non-animation)

Sweeney Todd - 5/5

The Phantom of the Opera - 4.5/5

Moulin Rouge - 4.5/5

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 4/5

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 4/5

Enjoy.

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Monday, Oct 12, 2009

So, for my Bday I got Chuck S1 on blu-ray and Troy Director's Cut on blu-ray from my bro, and I got a new external hard drive (since mine crashed) from my boyfriend. Its 1TB. My parents gave me cashs ince I'm too hard to shop for.

So, this is my birthday present to myself. Finally gonna make my crush list. So, they are almost all on the list for different reasons. Some are gorgeous, some play awesome characters that I really love and havent been able to seperate from the actor, or some other random reasons.

Men first, of course.

10. Steve Bacic - From SG-1 and Andromeda, and was in Battlestar Galactica: Razor for all you BSG ppl.

9. Vin Diesel - I dont think he is physically attractive, I just love Riddick and his voice.

8. David Tennant - "His name is The Doctor"

7. Kevin Durand - Lost, X-Men Origins, Smokin' Aces, and SG-1.

6. Gary Oldman - Cuz he's Gary Oldman!!!

5. Alan Rickman

4. Ewan McGregor

3. Heath Ledger

2. Johnny Depp

1. Michael shanks





Now the ladies.

10. Keira Knightley

9. Angelina Jolie

8. Saffron Burrows - Model/Actress. Was in Troy among other things.

7. Helena Bonham Carter

6. Summer Glau

5. Aishwarya Rai - Bollywood actress. Yes, I watch Bollywood.

4. Gabrielle Anwar - Loved her for years. She's actually the reason I decided to check out Burn Notice and The Tudors. So glad for it.

3. Amanda Tapping - SG-1 and Sanctuary.

2. Milla Jovovich - Alice from Resident Evil, among other things.

1. Claudia Black - SG-1 and Farscape

Enjoy.

Posted by Clemontine, 11:53am
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Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009

I havent been here in awhile since I had been spending every waking moment watching Doctor Who. Well, I'm back but I havent gotten Doctor Who out of my system yet. Dont think I ever will actually. Doctor Who is now one of my fave shows. I already ordered a T-shirt online and I bought Planet of the Dead on blu-ray yesterday. My ringtone is currently the theme song and my morning alarm is currently the sound of the TARDIS (it was previously the Pushing Daisies music). I will buy all the boxsets eventually but I need to save money first. Watching Doctor Who brought me back to the TV I used to love and love again. Three important things for a show:

  • Chivalrous characters
  • Light mood
  • Rewatchability


Doctor Who has them all, as does my all time fave, SG-1. I'm so glad to be back to that. I didnt realize how unimpressive the shows I have been watching lately really were until I went back and compared them to my old criteria. I feel much happier after watching Doctor Who than anything currently on TV. And although David Tennant cannot compare to Michael Shanks on my scale of celebrity crushes, Daniel Jackson does have competition in The Doctor for awesomest character.

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Favourite Seasons:

S2
S4
S1/3

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Favourite Characters:

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Top 10 Episodes:

10. The Doctor's Daughter


9. Smith and Jones




8. Journey's End


7. Stolen Earth


6. New Earth


5. Blink


4. The Girl in the Fireplce


3. Utopia


2. The Sound of Drums


1. Last of the Time Lords

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5 Weakest Episodes:

5. The Lazarus Experiment


4. Fear Her


3. The Next Doctor


2. Love and Monsters


1. Gridlock


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Best Specials:

5. The Next Doctor


4. The Runaway Bride


3. The Christmas Invasion


2. Planet of the Dead


1. Voyage of the Damned

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Favourite Scenes:

The Doctor meets Alonso

The ending of The Doctor's Daughter (starting at 1:25)

The ending of Left Turn

The Doctor and Donna meet again

Cyanide poisoning

Cassandra in The Doctor's body

Barefoot on the moon (starting at 4:10)

*edit* Bringing Earth home (forgot this one first time around. How dare I! )

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Favourite Videos:

His Name is The Doctor (fanvid)

I Am a Scientist (fanvid)

Time Crash (short film)

Season 4 Trailer (official)

Scattered (fanvid)

Voyage of the Damned Trailer (official)

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Well, I think I am now one step closer to addiction recovery. Ah, who am I kindding. Enjoy.

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