Jun
29
2007
M. D. Benoit
A fun quiz, and I’m gratified to fit in with the crew of what used to be my favorite show. URL to get your own quiz results at the bottom of the post. Thanks to ebenstone for pointing me to it.
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You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5), The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.
| Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) |
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100% |
| SG-1 (Stargate) |
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88% |
| Serenity (Firefly) |
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81% |
| Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) |
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75% |
| Moya (Farscape) |
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75% |
| Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) |
|
75% |
| Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) |
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63% |
| Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) |
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56% |
| Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) |
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50% |
| Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) |
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50% |
| Enterprise D (Star Trek) |
|
50% |
| FBI’s X-Files Division (The X-Files) |
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44% |
| Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) |
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25% |
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Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)
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Jun
26
2007
M. D. Benoit
The American Film Institute has put together an Interactive Tour with 100 of the best movies –read American movies, of course. Very few “modern” movies or silents, lots of movies from the 40s and 50s, and none from any of the international film makers (e.g., the UK, Italy, France, Germany). I’m not complaining, much, since a lot of my faves are on the list, although some are missing, in my opinion, like The Princess Bride (some of the best lines ever are in that movie) and some shouldn’t be there, like Tootsie.
Here are the first 30, according to AFI (an asterisk for my favorites):
- Citizen Kane
- The Godfather
- Casablanca*
- Raging Bull
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Gone With the Wind
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Schindler’s List
- Vertigo*
- Wizard of Oz
- City Lights
- The Searchers
- Star Wars*
- Psycho
- 2001: Space Odyssey*
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Graduate*
- The General
- On the Waterfront
- It’s a Wonderful Life*
- Chinatown
- Some Like it Hot
- The Grapes of Wrath*
- E. T.*
- To Kill a Mockingbird*
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*
- High Noon
- All About Eve
- Double Indemnity*
- Apocalypse Now
Others of my favorites that made the list:
- The Maltese Falcon (31)
- Snow White (34)
- Treasure of the Sierra Madre (38)
- The Philadelphia Story (44)
- Rear Window (48)
- North by Northwest (55)
- The African Queen (65)
- Indiana Jones — Raiders of the Lost Ark (66)
- Twelve Angry Men (87)
- The Sixth Sense (89)
- Pulp Fiction (94)
- Blade Runner (97)
I was surprised at how many SF/supernatural movies made it on the list and how few animated did (only Snow White and Toy Story). The list was selected by what they call “expert jury” although they didn’t name them.
I’m going to be a girl and say that my favorite of all times is Casablanca. I suspect my friend Robyn’s will be The Godfather (right, Robyn?)
What’s yours? Is it on the list? If it’s not, why do you think it was left out (apart from the judges being totally inept and biased)?