Movie: Star Wars IV: A New Hope. The funny thing about this movie is that as a kid, I never got the hype behind the film. I'd have 1st grade buddies running around talking about "Dark" Vader and I just joined in without really 'getting it.' It was not until middle school that I went out of my way to watch the old trilogy. I did this because The Phantom Menace was about to come out. I was immediately drawn into this world Lucas had created. It was all so well thought out, the planet environments, the alien designs, the architecture, the vehicles, the dialog, the story, everything. To me, especially at that time, this was the perfect example of escapist art. Even though the series may be based explicitly based off of archetypes, this film made me think of movies in a new way and with new respect/critical eyes.
Music: Metallica. Growing up I was always an "Orch Dork." I played the viola for God knows how many years. At that time I always really liked classical music and whatever was "hip" at the time, i.e. Eminem, Backstreet Boys, etc. Once I arrived at high school I began developing my musical ear a bit more. I naturally looked at metal music because of the many similarities that genre shared with classical music. I had always known about Metallica growing up, it was a name that was hard to escape, but when I finally gave it a try, "Master of Puppets" to be exact, I was immediately addicted to this rough, methodical, melodical, music. I've listened to plenty of metal since then, but with the exception of Megadeth, I never found a metal band to truly match what the 1980s Metallica were capable of.
TV Show: Sports Nation/Around the Horn (it's a freakin'tie). Sports Nation is a show on ESPN2 that was started in July 2009. It is fairly recent, but boy do I love it. The show consists of two hosts, Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd, a perfect duo with badass dichotomy. They attack the same Sports issues that other shows do, but they do so through internet polling and quirky, relaxed, commentary. It doesn't take itselt too seriously and that is a big appeal to me, especially in a medium where many reporters/commentators are fighting to be heard. The show Around The Horn has 4 varying sports analysts from various news agencies. They debate the recent sports issues, but at the same time can be humorous. I'm a huge sports geek so these shows naturally appeal to me and I'll be the first one to hit "record" on the DVR to make sure I don't miss them.
Advertisement: Sports related ads. These ads appeal to me because sports appeal to me. Just because Michael Jordan loves some Hanes does not mean that I go out and get them, but the ad will bring a smile to my face and doing so will naturally imprint the product into my mind. This seems to be the case with most sports related ads. The best such example for me are Payton Manning Sony commercials. The guy is a dork, a lovable one at that, and I will always remember whatever product he is selling because of that. I suppose the advertiser should be somewhat happy with that :p
Comic: Watchmen. I'll be the first to admit that the graphic novel is not my prefered literary medium. However, I have many friends who were comic book fans in high school and I have always heard of V for Vendetta and Watchmen as THE graphic novels to read and experience. Watchmen speaks out to me not because it's about super heroes fighting villains, but rather, because the novel as a whole is nothing but a commentary on the genre. I thought it was amazing that it could carry multiple comic book storylines while at the same time commentating on the genre, truly a unique feat.
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