lists

This page is nothing more that a set of lists. These are not complete, but they will grow as I think of things to add. Consider them something to ponder...

favorite comic villians

• Dr. Victor von Doom
• Number One Fan
• The Joker
• Apocalypse

thematic double features

If I owned a cinema and had access to every movie ever made, I would probably run thematic double features. Below is a list of these, but its up to you to determine what the theme is. Links are to the appropriate entry on IMDB.

• The War of the Worlds and When Worlds Collide
• The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds
• Seven Years in Tibet and Kundun
• Colossus: The Forbin Project and The Andromedia Strain

unfilmable movies

At one time, it was said that The Lord of the Rings was unfilmable. I think the following books are, for one reason or another, unfilmable.

• The Mote in God's Eye - Though with computer animation the moties could be rendered, the story of how the humans discover their secret is too complex to fit into a 2 to 3 hour time frame.
• Rendezvous with Rama - The sense of wonder that permeates the book would be lost in a film. Jurassic Park captured that feeling when the dinosaurs first appeared, but then it was lost when they became familiar.
• The Lensman Series - Too many books with too much going on - and add to that a story told in a way that most modern audiences would shy away from.
• At the Mountains of Madness - Once again the SFX are there, but I think the weirdness of Lovecraft is impossible to capture on screen.
• By His Boostraps - Once again, the twistiness of the story would certianly be lost on celluoid.
• The Silmarillion - It's too many stories in one volume - maybe Beren and Luthien or The Fall of Gondolin, but to tell the whole thing would be too much!

favorite battles

• Thermoplyae (480 BC)
• Cannae (216 BC)
• Actium (31 BC)
• Battle of Tours (732 AD)
• Agincourt (1415 AD)
• Austerlitz (1805 AD)
• Alamo (1836 AD)
• Rorke's Drift (1879 AD)
• Midway (1942 AD)

favorite movie soundtracks

non-musicals

• The Commitments
• Heavy Metal
• Small Soldiers
• A Clockwork Orange

musicals/operas

• 1776
• Tommy
• Jesus Christ Superstar

movies with computers (that don't suck)

• Colossus: The Forbin Project
• The Matrix
• 2001: A Space Odyssey

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