Writing, directing, audio/video editing, graphic art, stop-motion animation, sound engineering, DVD authoring, illustration, inking, reading, etc.
Music
Van Halen, AC/DC, Craig Parker Adams, Chickenfoot, Rob Zombie, Def Leppard (Hey, Harmonix and Neversoft, how about some DLC Def Leppard for Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour? Say perhaps...the entire albums Pyromania and Hysteria?), Devo, Weird Al, Spinal Tap, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Jim Croce (Time In A Bottle still makes me tear up after all these years), 70s funk, Dynomite by Bazuka, John Barry, Sammy Hagar, William Shatner (YEAH!!!), Barracuda by Heart, Ted Nugent's Stranglehold, Genesis' ABACAB (the LOOONG version), Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group, Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla, Get Over It by The Eagles, Sunset Grill by Don Henley, Art Of Noise, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Collective Soul, K.C. and The Sunshine Band, Earth Wind & Fire, wa-daiko (Japanese taiko), Bread (YEAH? What of it?), Beethoven, Mozart, Chuck Mangione, Burt Bacharach, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, etc...
The Gospel Of John, Alien, Phantasm (all four...Go Reg!!!), Escape From New York, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Star Wars (1977), The Thing (1982), Flash Gordon (1980), The Lord Of The Rings (Peter Jackson's three film epic), Predator, Predator 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Batman Begins, Commando, Split Second, Conan The Barbarian, Wanted Dead Or Alive, The Matrix, They Live, Tremors, Tremors 2, Oh, what the heck...Tremors 3 and 4 are fun too, Planet Of The Apes (1968), all the rest of the ORIGINAL Planet Of The Apes films, Weekend At Bernies, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Blade Runner, Tron, The Road Warrior, Thunderball, The Howling, From Dusk Till Dawn, Bubba Ho-Tep, At The Earth's Core, Surf II, Goldfinger, Bachelor Party, The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, Swamp Thing, Superman (1978), Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Jesus Of Nazareth, Arena, The Silent Flute (a.k.a. Circle Of Iron), Murder By Death, Galaxy Of Terror, The Black Hole, Pitch Black, The Chronicles Of Riddick, The Ten Commandments, The Terminator, Terminator 2 Special Edition, Gojira (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (the original Japanese version), Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack, any & all other kaiju eiga (Japanese monster and scifi fantasy films), Dawn Of The Dead (Romero's original), Day Of The Dead (also Romero's original), Caveman, Alien³ 2003 Special Edition, Big Trouble In Little China, So Fine, Taking Care Of Business, The War of the Worlds (1953), War of the Worlds(2005), Dark City, Moontrap, The Odd Couple, Galaxy Quest, Island Of Terror, The Lost Continent, anything else by Hammer Films, The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), Magnum Force, Heavy Metal, Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Westworld, Supercop, Robot Jox, Invasion USA, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Cannonball Run, First Blood, Friday The 13th, Friday The 13th Part 2, Friday The 13th Part 3, Friday The 13th The Final Chapter, anything by Ray Harryhausen, Flash Gordon serials, The Beastmaster, The Angry Red Planet, This Is Spinal Tap, You Only Live Twice, Revenge Of The Sith, Creepshow, Creepshow 2, Trick Or Treat, Maximum Overdrive, Fright Night, anything with Pam Grier, Rocketship X-M, Missing In Action, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, Remo Williams, True Lies, The Super Inframan, Clue, IT! The Terror From Beyond Space, Hellboy, House On Haunted Hill (1958), The Fog (1979), Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Mummy (1932), House Of Frankenstein, The Devil's Rain (Ernest Borgnine, Demon Priest...), Repo Man, Death Race 2000, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, The Incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, The Dark Crystal, Blade, Blade II, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alien Vs. Predator (yea, I know...but it's still cool seeing those two creatures face-off), Batman (1966 starring Adam West...it's just fun), Silverado, Guns of Navarone, Force 10 From Navarone, Lethal Weapon (all of them actually, though 2 is my favorite), Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Live Free Or Die Hard, The Rocky movies(...well, actually I haven't seen 5, but from what I hear that's okay), Desperado, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Any Which Way You Can, Superfuzz, Animal House, Stripes, Neighbors, Ghostbusters, the first five Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers (the one and only Inspector Clouseau), Diamonds Are Forever, Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, Kingdom Of The Spiders (Go, Bill!), The Land That Time Forgot, The People That Time Forgot, The Last Dinosaur (made for TV), The Hobbit (made for TV), Assault On Precinct 13 (1976), Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 (which SHOULD have been called The Amazing Spider-Man as originally intended), Pirates Of The Caribbean (all 3), King Kong (1933), King Kong (1976), King Kong (2005 Extended Edition), THEM!, The Stuff, Matango: Attack Of The Mushroom People (a particularly cool kaiju), Cube, Rumble In The Bronx, First Strike, Armour of God II: Operation Condor, Below, Returner, The Seven Samurai, The Thing From Another World, Jaws, Jaws 2, Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (the naysayers are full of it...see it -- it's fun! Anyone who gripes because they think there wasn't enough character development...what did you think you were going to see? If I go see a movie called King Kong Vs. Godzilla I don't expect to [nor do I wish to] get to know or care about the people who are gonna get stomped on.), Rambo (2008), Gone In 60 Seconds (H.B. Halicki's original from 1974), The Eiger Sanction, Vanishing Point, The Driver, National Treasure 1 & 2, The Monolith Monsters, The Land Unknown, Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Dr. Cyclops, Office Space, Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, Free Enterprise, The Mist (the black and white version), Tropic Thunder (the 1st comedy I've seen in years during which I experienced belly laughs on a continual basis), Casino Royale (Daniel Craig is the 2nd greatest Bond ever), Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman is the greatest celluloid pirate ever!! Johnny Depp comes in at a close second), The Dark Knight (the greatest comic based flick ever), Star Trek (2009), The Miracle Maker, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916), etc...and anything with Sid Haig.
Television
Star Trek (Original Series), Space:1999, WKRP In Cincinnati ('78-'82), Everybody Loves Raymond, U.F.O., Johnny Quest (original series), Airwolf, The Flash, The Twilight Zone (original series), The Outer Limits (original series), Battlestar Galactica (original series), Starsky & Hutch, Columbo, Space Giants, Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons, Planet Of The Apes, Thunderbirds, Wild Wild West, Stingray, Scooby Doo Where Are You?, Kolchak The Night Stalker, The Six Million Dollar Man, Battle Of The Planets and it's original form - Gatchaman, Return To The Planet Of The Apes, Star Trek The Animated Series, Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle (1976 Saturday morning series), Flash Gordon animated series, Jason Of Star Command (Go Sid!), Land Of The Lost (1974), Valley Of The Dinosaurs (1974), Thundarr The Barbarian (1980), The Pink Panther cartoons (earlier ones...pre 1975), A Charlie Brown Christmas (Linus telling the story of Jesus' birth and pronouncing Him Lord is too cool), Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (early 80s BBC production), Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Batman (60s series with Adam West), classic Looney Tunes, Tremors the Series, etc...
Books
The Bible, A Princess Of Mars, The Gods Of Mars, The Warlord Of Mars, The Master Mind Of Mars, Swords Of Mars, Synthetic Men Of Mars, John Carter of Mars, City Of The Chasch, Servants Of The Wankh, The Dirdir, The Pnume, Time Of The Great Freeze, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, Skeleton Crew, Voyage Of The Space Beagle, Who Goes There?, Giger's Alien, any Bill Shatner Star Trek novel...well maybe with the exception of Captain's Peril...I've been trying to read that one for the better part of a year now...well written but not the greatest with the curious exception of the flashback to the original series era sequences, Fighting Fantasy gamebooks written by Ian Livingstone and/or Steve Jackson, Derelict, The Starless World, World Without End, Planet Of Judgement, Federation, Cyborg, Conan, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye, The Man Who Stole Tomorrow, Planet Of The Apes (Pierre Boule's original), Any Sergio Aragones comics and books, etc.
Comics
Although I no longer actively collect comics (that got a little out of hand...long story) I do have my favorites from those days.
I would have to say my absolute favorite was Marvel Comics' version of The Micronauts. Great characters, a classic good vs. evil storyline, superb writing by Bill Mantlo, and some of the coolest art throughout the series highlighted by Michael Golden who instantly became my favorite artist of all time. The second series, also by Marvel, sadly was not even close in any way.
Marvel's version of Star Wars comes in at a close second. The series had some unusual, but good stories with a few exceptions. For me, the series went spiraling down after the release of Return of the Jedi in theaters. There was nice artwork throughout the run that I had an occasional gripe about mainly due to some of the ships not quite looking like their movie counterparts. There was one particular exception to that rule...issue number 39. Featuring one of the most bizarre stories, it had incredibly beautiful art by Michael Golden. What it came down to overall with the series was classic adventure storytelling.
Beyond those two series, it's mainly individual storylines within other series and/or mini-series. Stuff like the Pheonix Saga in Uncanny X-Men, Days Of Future Past (which I have since learned from Mr. Byrne could have and in my opinion SHOULD have been rather different) also in Uncanny X-Men. The John Byrne run of The Fantastic Four. The Walter Simonson run of The Mighty Thor. The Bernie Wrightson run on the original Swamp Thing series. The Dark Horse Aliens, Predator, Aliens vs. Predator, Godzilla, & Star Wars series (for the most part, anyway...there were some real stinkers strewn throughout each). The Cholly & Flytrap stories that occasionally appeared in Marvel's Epic Illustrated. Bob Kane's original Batman stories. Batman comics of the 70s. Frank Miller's run on Daredevil. The Death Of Superman and Reign of the Supermen storylines. The Dark Knight Returns. The Ron Marz/Ron Lim run on The Silver Surfer. The Charlton Comics Space: 1999 series with art by John Byrne. The John Buscema run on Conan the Barbarian for Marvel. Practically anything by Nestor Redondo. The interesting marketing ploy by both Marvel & DC known as Amalgam Comics. Marvel Vs. DC and just about any crossover comic featuring their characters interacting. Speaking of Amalgam Comics, I think there was a missed opportunity there...how interesting would "Lobo, Herald Of Galactus" have been? What about "Bizarro-Hulk"?
Oh, and I must mention one of the most bizarre, unusual and fun comics of all time...PLOP! Great stuff. Good ol' Sergio...
Heroes
Jesus.
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Who I'd like to meet: Jesus!! Can't wait to meet him!!!
I'd also like to meet Christopher Lee, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Roger Corman, Leonard Nimoy, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister & Van Halen...but not necessarily at the same time.
Stuff...
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I'm still cleaning my window too! =D I tried to post on ur blog page but I still have probs with this computer ughhh. Anyway I just wanted to let you know pop had surgery and he is in recovery now. Keep him in your prayers!!!!!
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My best friend Mark Williams (a.k.a.) Admiral Kirk needs your vote to win a Star Trek: TOS Captain's Chair in the final round of the Roddenberry. com's 2008 Member of the Year contest. Mark and I "Gary (a.k.a.) Mr. Spock" are best known for our "Kirk And Spock" shows that we put on at conventions. The 2008 STARBASE INDY convention on Thanksgiving weekend featured us as part of their main entertainment. We had performed "Spock's Brain". I hope that we can get the video of our performance on YouTube in the near future. Another great reason to vote for Mark is that I only live a few miles from his house! After all, I have been and always shall be his friend.
Yeah we were down there for two different weekends but only went one day for each. We'd like to try and make it an every year thing at least one or two weekends since they have different people for each one. You should see some of the pics I got from the parade. I'll put some up soon. I just got home last Sunday, so I'm still recovering.
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