A Survey of Favourite Things

[shy ♡]

Hahaha, I'm so jealous of you for being able to do that - I am so very bad at ranking things, especially TV shows, because what makes good comedy is so different to what makes good drama, and I've got it in my head that drama is somehow 'better', and some shows I really like aren't really objectively that good (House, Merlin, Torchwood), and others are really great but I love them for the wrong reasons (my love of Warehouse 13 is evenly divided between 'excellent writing, characters and plot' and 'epic lesbian subtext').

It was/is super difficult and I share your tendency to rank drama over comedy - I think it's basically just way more difficult to make a great comedy than it is to make a great drama. I don't think I have a problem with personal favourites, but maybe all my favourite shows are just not as great as I think. :p But I do tend to move shows around from one ranking to another when I rewatch them. :v

 

[sovram]

I'm a little nervous about S4 without Dan Harmon, but I love the cast so much I'd watch them do just about anything. I've only seen a little of Adventure Time, but I really enjoyed it. This, I think (assuming you haven't heard already), is extremely relevant to your interests :)

I'm nervous too! I definitely understand that. and good! watch all of it! I have! :D

oh glob I had kind of forgotten about that (and Jake's new puppies) so excite.

 

[shadow_lugia]

Music

Favourite Artist: Metallica or Tool
Favourite Album: Master of Puppets
Favourite Song: I love too many
Favourite Composer: Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, Frank Ticheli
Favourite Genre: Anything but country or rap
Favourite Album Art: I never really look at any :/

Literature

Favourite Author: Anyone writing a good series
Favourite Book: The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Favourite Series: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Favourite Poet: I never really liked poetry... I like to read some of Music Dragon's old poems about people on this forum though
Favourite Poem: See above
Favourite Playwright: Never really got into plays
Favourite Play: Only ever saw Macbeth and A Christmas Carol, the latter was better in my opinion
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): I like Awkward Zombie, if that counts

Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film: Probably Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Favourite Director: Don't know any directors
Favourite Animated Film: Mostly anything Pixar, some Disney
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: The Big Bang Theory
Favourite Animated TV Series: Never really watched anything but SpongeBob SquarePants

Games

Favourite Video Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Favourite Traditional Game: Dungeons and Dragons, Apples to Apples, Chutes and Ladders
Favourite Video Game Series: Pokemon
Favourite Game Studio: Nintendo, I guess

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite City: As long as I can go about my business, I don't care
Favourite Animal: Dragon
Favourite Season: They all suck
Favourite Language: Latin or anything else I can't speak fluently

 

[Comatoad]

Music

Favourite Artist: All Time Low
Favourite Album: Don't Panic
Favourite Song: The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver... and Let it Grow
Favourite Composer: NA
Favourite Genre: Punk/Indie Rock
Favourite Album Art: Gorillaz Plastic Beach

Literature

Favourite Author: Don't really have one...
Favourite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favourite Series: Poppy
Favourite Poet: Dr Seuss
Favourite Poem: Unless
Favourite Playwright: NA
Favourite Play: The Music Man
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Naruto

Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film: Godzilla vs Ghidora
Favourite Director: NA
Favourite Animated Film The Lorax
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: The Walking Dead
Favourite Animated TV Series: The Looney Tunes Show

Games

Favourite Video Game: Zelda: Twilight Princess
Favourite Traditional Game: Hide and Go Seek
Favourite Video Game Series: Street/King of Fighters
Favourite Game Studio: Err.... Squarenix and Nintendo

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Green... pink and black
Favourite City: New York
Favourite Animal: Malayan Tapir
Favourite Season: Spring and Autumn
Favourite Language: American English

 

[Murkrow]

Wait, I thought of answers to some of the literature questions!

Favourite Author: Isaac Asimov
Favourite Book: Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss
Favourite Series: Harry Potter
Favourite Comic: (incl. manga): If webcomics count, Dinosaur Comics

 

[allitersonance]

Music

ehhh not really into this

Favourite Song: Decretum, Sis puella magica!

Literature

Favourite Author: Ursula Vernon
Favourite Book: ...problem is I inhale books like air but then, er, I exhale too
Favourite Series: Discworld
Favourite Poem: It has come to my attention - though I'm not much of a poetry reader
Favourite Comic: Digger, Fullmetal Alchemist

Film/TV

Favourite Director: Joss Whedon's stuff is the only stuff I've sought out on his name alone, but I can't say I'm strongly attached to his brand
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: Firefly, ReGenesis (the first couple of seasons anyway)
Favourite Animated TV Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Games

Favourite Video Game: Portal, Portal 2
Favourite Traditional Game: these... these are the ones that require playing with people, right
Favourite Video Game Series: Pokémon has a special place in the part of my brain that has special places for things
Favourite Game Studio: Valve, I suppose

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: greyish-blue
Favourite Animal: arctic fox, I guess, or maybe spotted hyenas
Favourite Season: autumn, especially the middle bits
Favourite Language: it's great when text is in English since I can understand it

 

[CloudCat]

Music

Favourite Artist: Evanescence
Favourite Album: Fallen
Favourite Song: Hello
Favourite Genre: Gothic-Rock

Literature

Favourite Author: J.K. Rowling, L.J. Smith
Favourite Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Night World, Volume 1
Favourite Series: Harry Potter, Night World
Favourite Poet: Edgar Allen Poe
Favourite Poem: The Raven

Games

Favourite Video Game: Super Mario, Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario 2
Favourite Traditional Game: Any board game!
Favourite Video Game Series: Mario

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Orange, green, brown, purple, pink
Favourite City: Las Vegas
Favourite Animal: Kangaroo, Elephant, Polar Bear
Favourite Season: The very beginning of autumn
Favourite Language: Finnish (I want to learn it someday)

 

[Mewmic]

Music

Favourite Artist: LapFox Trax
Favourite Album: D.FREQ.CRUSH by Kitcaliber
Favourite Song: Radio Dreamin' by Kitcaliber
Favourite Genre: Electronic

Literature

Favourite Book: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Fullmetal Alchemist, and if webcomics count, Homestuck and Fuck You Asshole

Film/TV

Favourite Animated FilmWreck-it Ralph
Favourite Animated TV Series:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Yeah I don't watch TV much at all

Games

Favourite Video Game: The World Ends with You
Favourite Video Game Series: Pokemon
Favourite Game Studio: Nintendo

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite City: I want to go to Tokyo someday :I
Favourite Animal: Any type of cat.
Favourite Season: Fall
Favourite Language: I would like to learn German or Japanese sometime, but English is my only language I know.

 

[Rainbow Dashie]

seeing so many "I don't know any directors" posts in this thread made me angry

Favourite Directors: Christopher Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, the Coen brothers, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Hayao Miyazaki, Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Takeshi Kitano, Park Chan-wook, Wong Kar-wai, Sion Sono, Satoshi Kon, Makoto Shinkai, The Wachowskis, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, David Lean, Martin McDonagh, Tim Burton, Orson Welles

 

[Adriane]

seeing so many "I don't know any directors" posts in this thread made me angry

I assure you my reaction to the majority of Music fields is of greater magnitude. I find film to be an overrated artistic medium, however. At least in regards to commercial value.

 

[Valerunner]

Music

Favourite Artist: Dethklok
Favourite Album: Alive in Athens - Iced Earth
Favourite Song: Deth Starr - Tenacious D
Favourite Composer: Voltaire
Favourite Genre: Power/Thrash Metal
Favourite Album Art: Painkiller - Judas Priest

Literature

Favourite Author: Dan Abnett
Favourite Book: PS I Love You - Cecilia Ahern
Favourite Series: Horus Heresy Series
Favourite Playwright: Tennesse Williams
Favourite Play: Our Country's Good
Favourite Comic (in cl. manga): Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film: The Dark Knight Rises
Favourite Director: Christopher Nolan (derp)
Favourite Animated Film: Up
Favourite Live-Action TV Series:Game of Thrones
Favourite Animated TV Series:Gravity Falls

Games

Favourite Video Game: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Favourite Traditional Game: Warhammer 40,000
Favourite Video Game Series: Dawn of War Series/God of War Series
Favourite Game Studio: Santa Monica Studios

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Red/Brass
Favourite City: London
Favourite Animal: Giant dogs
Favourite Season: Autumn

 

[The Omskivar]

Music

Favourite Artist: Constantly changing. Recently, Depeche Mode, Cascada, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Favourite Album: I generally don't go by album.
Favourite Song: Also constantly changing. Currently, Hey Beautiful by The Solids
Favourite Composer: Whoever did Montagues and Capulets, but I'm not very well-versed in classical music. My best friend is majoring in composition and he's fantastic
Favourite Genre: Shifts from time to time, but right now it's 80s technopop
Favourite Album Art: Dark Side of the Moon

Literature

Favourite Author: William Faulkner.
Favourite Book: Cloud Atlas. It's so so so so so good
Favourite Series: Harry Potter. But it's a very close call, with the Hunger Games, Redwall, Pendragon
Favourite Poet: Pablo Neruda.
Favourite Poem: The Red Wheelbarrow, by Willam Carlos Williams
Favourite Playwright: Shakespeare. Call me a cliche
Favourite Play: Hard to say, but I'm a big fan of Hamlet
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Ultimate Spider-Man

Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film: damnit these are hard questions. Ummmmmm Cloud Atlas probably
Favourite Director: HitchcockFavourite Animated Film: The Emperor's New Groove
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Favourite Animated TV Series: Teen Titans

Games

Favourite Video Game: There's a lot, but since Pokemon is a series I'd have to say my heart lies with Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Favourite Traditional Game: Stratego, Chess
Favourite Video Game Series: Pokemon.
Favourite Game Studio: Nintendo

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite City: Cable, WI, but Chicago is nice
Favourite Animal: Ocelot
Favourite Season: Summer!
Favourite Language: Just about anything from Europe is magic to me. Jamaican and Swahili as well

 

[Dannichu]

seeing so many "I don't know any directors" posts in this thread made me angry

Favourite Directors: Christopher Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, the Coen brothers, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Hayao Miyazaki, Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Takeshi Kitano, Park Chan-wook, Wong Kar-wai, Sion Sono, Satoshi Kon, Makoto Shinkai, The Wachowskis, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, David Lean, Martin McDonagh, Tim Burton, Orson Welles

One day women will be allowed to direct films :(

(Lana Wachowski excepted of course, but she's still most famous for work in which the Wachowski Brothers are credited)

 

[opaltiger]

One day women will be allowed to direct films :(

(Lana Wachowski excepted of course, but she's still most famous for work in which the Wachowski Brothers are credited)

Sofia Coppola! Sofia Coppola is fantastic and frankly that list is remiss to exclude her. And there are a couple other reasonably well known.

I mean, yes, the situation is horrific. But there are a few women out there directing films, and I think it's getting better.

 

[Autumn]

One day women will be allowed to direct films :(

in the same vein, name a female classical composer.

... thought so. I actually made up a pseudonym for if I ever finished the song I wanted my band class to play and I made it a male name just cause I thought a female name would be too suspicious as being fake -_-

 

[Goldenpelt]

Music

Favourite Composer: Yoko Shimomura
Favourite Genre: J-pop, J-rock

Literature

Favourite Author: Rick Riordan
Favourite Series: Warriors by Erin Hunter
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

Film/TV

Favourite Animated Film Up!, Princess Mononoke
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: Doctor Who, Supernatural
Favourite Animated TV Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Code Geass, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Avatar

Games

Favourite Video Game: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Favourite Traditional Game: Capitalism (if cards count), Scrabble
Favourite Video Game Series: Kingdom Hearts
Favourite Game Studio: Square-Enix

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite City: New York, London
Favourite Animal: Cheetah
Favourite Season: Winter
Favourite Language: Latin

 

[Adriane]

in the same vein, name a female classical composer.

Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Hildegard of Bingen, Nadia and Lili Boulanger...

There is also this.

I did make it a point in my gender soc class today, however, that most people can't name a woman classical composer (whereas everyone can name Bach, Beethoven, Mozart.)

 

[LadyJirachu]

I'll just answer these...:P

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: pink, perhaps...xD;
Favourite City: New York City was fun but i'd have to say Tokyo would be awesome X3
Favourite Animal: My dog :3
Favourite Season: Spring~<3
Favourite Language: Maybe Japanese, it's so cute XD

 

[I liek Squirtles]

Why do these feel so cliche. I really need to listen/read more.

Music

Favourite Artist: Queen
Favourite Album: I mostly listen to individual songs.
Favourite Song: Changes often, now it's Don't Stop Me Now and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Favourite Composer: Beethoven and Junichi Masuda.
Favourite Genre: Classical & Rock.
Favourite Album Art: I don't own any albums.

Literature

Favourite Author: Rick Riordan & Lois Lowry.
Favourite Book: Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena.
Favourite Series: Percy Jackson and LOTR.
Favourite Poet: Julia de Burgos.
Favourite Poem: Ay, ay, ay de la grifa negra, by above.
Favourite Playwright: Moliere.
Favourite Play: The Imaginary Invalid.
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Dick Tracy.

Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film: Lincoln, Perks of Being a Wallflower close behind.
Favourite Director: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
Favourite Animated Film Up and the Toy Story series.
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: Shifts a lot, but right now it's the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Favourite Animated TV Series: Gravity Falls.

Games

Favourite Video Game: Fable III
Favourite Traditional Game: Chess, Monopoly.
Favourite Video Game Series: Pokémon.
Favourite Game Studio: Chunsoft.

Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Blue.
Favourite City: Boston.
Favourite Animal: Penguins.
Favourite Season: Winter because it's a tad colder than the rest of the year.
Favourite Language: Spanish. Can't go any better than you're native language.

 

[DarkAura]

Music

Favourite Artist: Brian Fuller
Favourite Album: You know, I don't listen to that much music, though
Favourite Song: "I Fought the Law" takes the cake
Favourite Composer: even though I don't know any composers of the song
Favourite Genre: or the actual genre of the song.
Favourite Album Art: I have no idea what Album Art is


Literature

Favourite Author: Eoin Colfer
Favourite Book: All the books I like are in a series, not just a single book
Favourite Series: Artemis Fowl
Favourite Poet: I have no clue
Favourite Poem: I don't know many poems
Favourite Playwright: I don't know much about playwrights
Favourite Play: or plays for that matter.
Favourite Comic (incl. manga): Bone


Film/TV

Favourite Live-Action Film:
Favourite Director: I don't know
Favourite Animated Film Tangled
Favourite Live-Action TV Series: Dead Like Me
Favourite Animated TV Series: Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, MLP FiM, My Life as a Teenage Robot


Games

Favourite Video Game: Pokemon Heartgold
Favourite Traditional Game: Jenga
Favourite Video Game Series: Sly Cooper
Favourite Game Studio: Game Freak and Sucker Punch


Miscellaneous

Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite City: I don't know many cities that I actually like
Favourite Animal: Cat
Favourite Season: Spring
Favourite Language: English