Sunday, June 16, 2013

Just What Do I Hope To Accomplish Here?

Nothing really, this is entirely for my own benefit. I have very few friends I can be a total nerd with, so this blog will be an outlet for all that.

Some of the things I intend to cover in this blog are:

The 'Star Wars' franchise (including 'The Clone Wars' TV show and Timothy Zahn's 'Thrawn Trilogy')
The 'Star Trek' universe (with a particular focus on the 'Next Generation' era)
Joss Whedon's brilliant 'Firefly' TV series & 'Serenity' movie
'Doctor Who' in all its vast and unfathomable glory, including 'Torchwood' and 'The Sarah Jane Adventures'
Transformers (including much Michael Bay hate)
Robots of all shapes and sizes
Misc. Superhero/Villain stuff (but mostly Batman)

George RR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series and the 'Game of Thrones' TV series
JK Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books and the films based on them
Susanna Clarke's 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'
Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series
JRR Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', and the films based on them
Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' and the musical based on it
Frank L. Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz' series and the films based on it
Lewis Carrol's 'Alice in Wonderland' and the books and games based on it

Willow
Jim Henson's 'The Dark Crystal' and 'Labyrinth' movies
The Neverending Story
The 'Jurassic Park' films (and dinosaurs in general)
The 'Planet of the Apes' series
Stargate (the movie, I don't much care for the various TV shows)
The 'Alien', 'Predator' and 'Prometheus' movies
James Cameron's 'Avatar'
Various Disney & Pixar animated films, including 'Dinosaur' and especially 'Up'
The Fifth Element
Galaxy Quest
'Moon', 'Melancholia', 'Sunshine' and other serious sci-fi
The 'Underworld' movies
The Studio Ghibli films

SEGA's 'Ecco the Dolphin' games
Nintendo's 'Pokemon' games and the cartoons based on them
Earthworm Jim
Mortal Kombat

Voltron
LOST
Care Bears
Futurama
Rainbow Brite
Mighty Orbots
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
C.O.P.S.
Samurai Pizza Cats
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Dinosaurs
Snorks
Adventure Time
Gargoyles
Invader Zim
SeaQuest DSV
The Boy From Andromeda
Space Knights
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
Scooby Doo
Masters of the Universe (and maybe 'Thundercats')
Dungeons and Dragons (the 80s TV series)

South Park
The Simpsons
Brickleberry
American Dad
My Name Is Earl
The Sarah Silverman Programme


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