Dr Manehattan

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2. Crystal Castles 3. The Beatles 4. David Bowie 5. The White Stripes I'm also fond of TV on the Radio, Gorillaz, NIN, Beck and though they aren't really a band I listen to a lot of Daft Punk.

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I just recently saw an action movie called The Raid: Redemption. Not the *most* violent or gory film I've seen, not by a longshot... but it's still pretty darn violent. Highly recommended. It's one of the best action movies I've ever seen. Also the movie Drive has a few short bursts of violence, but when it gets gory it really gets gory. Regardless of how violent it is, it's one of my favorite movies ever!

Irreversible and Enter the Void. I've seen people get their heads chopped off and whatever... but stuff like Saw or Battle Royale are so unrealistic that they don't affect me that much. For Irreversible and Enter the Void... the violence is just too real, and their placement in the story just make them too emotionally taxing for me. They're great films IMO. But definitely not for younger people. Seriously, this isn't Pulp Fiction... these two movies might just scar you for life. Not only are they extremely violent and messed up... but their messages are just super depressing. Like y'know how they say Jaws makes you afraid to go back into the water? Those two movies just make you afraid to continue living. Kill Bill, Battle Royale, The Thing, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil... Those movies are all very violent, but fun to watch. If you don't want to be severely depressed, avoid the other two films I recommended, and check out these other ones. These ones are gory but fun. Also, there's a French horror movie called Eyes Without A Face. It's pretty old(1960s?) but it was very controversial when it came out and I think the effects hold up very well. It definitely made me squeamish, and it's hard for movies that old(or even recent ones) to do that. OK I just remembered another few really good gory movies: OLDBOY It's a Korean revenge movie. Really really good story, and some pretty intense violence. One of my favorite films of all time. Let the Right One In It's a Swedish vampire movie. They had a remake a few years ago(Let Me In) but the Swedish one's more violent(though LMI was really good for a remake).

Season 5 of Breaking Bad. Nothing like watching a dark gritty drama about cooking meth in between seasons of my favorite colorful pony cartoon.

I actually think Adventure Time is better than My Little Pony. I hope I don't get crucified for that, I love MLP, but Adventure Time is one of my favorite shows ever. It's not very plot-based, but most cartoons aren't. It's about as plot-based as MLP IMO, which is juuuust right for a cartoon. I think all of the characters are great, the show is very imaginative. There's some brilliant creature designs and I personally really like the music score. Every once in a while there are some more plot-based/character-driven episodes that you can really get into emotionally. But at the same time, the show never takes itself too seriously. I don't watch the new Dr. Who, but I loved the show when it was on a few years ago. I never know when it's on, and it might be hard to catch up. But I loved the show because it was just so imaginative at times. Like Adventure Time, it doesn't take itself too seriously, but knows how to make you emotionally invested. There's a lot of quirky designs and some thought-provoking ideas sprinkled throughout. The acting as I remember was pretty good, but I think they've changed actors once or twice since I last watched the show. I think with both shows... they just have to *click* with their audience. There's tiny little details in them that win you over, but they're easily missed. I think beyond all the acting, animation, comedy, action, writing, etc. there's something that people just subconsciously connect to. Like MLP, it can be a show you become hooked to immediately, or several episodes. I got really into AT and DW after seeing just one episode, but with MLP I watched it from the beginning and didn't see what was so special and then I just gradually fell in love with the characters.

THE LAST F***ING AIRBENDER I didn't think it was possible for a project with so many people and so much time and so much money to turn out like... like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RpgbZcHk_A&feature=related Also Dragonball: Evolution. I've heard a lot of people mention Rubber. The movie isn't actually that "dumb." At least not in the way The Last Airbender is. The guy was clearly trying to send a message about storytelling... but the message was still pretty shallow and stupid. From the trailers, I felt like the movie was going to be surprisingly deep, like there was a really strong subtext. But I thought the movie ended up being obnoxious and way too long. The director just flat out said what the movie was about at the beginning... that it was about nothing... and then I felt like he was just stroking his own ego by making the story go on and on and on. If it was 15 minutes long and was just of the tire blowing stuff up... it would've been deep and powerful filmmaking(seriously)... but it was so convoluted and overblown that it collapsed on itself. It was more disappointing than dumb. A dumb movie that's actually really fun to watch is The Room. Check that one out.

Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Don't want to give away too many details, but it's an extremely beautifully written book and it's also very very sad. It makes you think about how delicate all the relationships in your life are, and how delicate everything in general is. I think the story will make you appreciate all of the time that you've got in the world though. I have a pretty strong heart, but The Giving Tree is always effective. I was in a bookstore when I saw that book in the kids section. I remembered it from when I was like 5, so I picked it up, sat down and started reading it right there in the store, but I got kinda embarrassed because I started crying, and there were little kids all over the place since it was the kid's section.

I remember the first time I watched Adventure Time. I hadn't seen Cartoon Network in years (No Samurai Jack... also My Gym Partner's A Monkey and Johnny Test just sort of made me hate watching cartoons) So one day I flipped on the TV and they played an episode and the music just reminded me of playing my gameboy as a kid, and then the whole boy with his magic dog thing just made me super nostalgic... and it was the one where there were a bunch of princesses, and as soon as they introduced LSP in that episode I became hooked onto the show. Since then I've been watching a lot more cartoons. I think if it wasn't for Adventure Time, I wouldn't have discovered Regular Show, The Legend of Korra and My Little Pony. So the show's super meaningful to me.