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Posted by Christian Bjorgen (Member # 1780) on February 20, 2013, 01:32 PM:
 
I am interested in doing a poll, or survey if you want, as to what us "film collectors" consider our favorites! This is just for fun, but I'd love to get a big amount of answers here, so I can do a graph to see if there's any patterns or likenesses between us

Wanna join in? Copy and fill out below:

What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?:
... film?:
... actor?:
... director?:
... band/artist?
... album?:
... author?
... book?
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:
... leisure activity outside film?:

I'll start!

What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Twin Peaks
... film?: The Godfather, Part II
... actor?: Sean Connery
... director?: Stanley Kubrick
... band/artist?: Pink Floyd
... album?: "Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys
... author?: Stephen King
... book?: The Shining
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960s
... leisure activity outside film collecting?: Writing and music
 

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Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on February 20, 2013, 01:40 PM:
 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?:Today Show NBC
... film?:Valley Of The Dolls
... actor?:Daniel Craig
... director?:Steven Speilberg
... band/artist? Taylor Swift
... album?:Beatles Number 1 Hits
... author? Ian Fleming
... book?Jaws
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:1960-1970's
... leisure activity outside film?:Music
 

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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 20, 2013, 02:40 PM:
 
TV show?: Draw between Battlestar Galactica (both old and new) and Stargate (including the Atlantis and so on)
... film?: Wild at Heart and Alien
... actor?: Nicholas Cage (before, not so much now) and Phoebe Cates
... director?: Woody Allen
... band/artist? Thin Lizzy
... album?: 1487 Witchhammer (Norwegian speed thrash band)
... author? Shaun Hutson
... book? Necessary Evil (Shaun Hutson)
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1970 or 80
... leisure activity outside film : Video games
 

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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 20, 2013, 03:16 PM:
 
.. TV show?: Moonlighting
... film?: Pulp Fiction
... actor?: Ewan McGregor
... director?: Quentin Tarintino
... band/artist? The Heater's/Bruce Willis (don't laugh)
... album?: The Return of Bruno
(...and yes Bruce Willis did make an album and it's my favorite )

... author? Sorry...I hardly read anything more than my email, Facebook... and this site of course.
... book? n/a
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 80's
... leisure activity outside film?: Vegetable Gardening
 

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Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on February 20, 2013, 04:01 PM:
 
Hey, Janice, I love Bruce's version of "Good Lovin". I saw him in concert a few years ago in Disneyland Paris.

... TV show?: CSI (all three)
... film?: All That Jazz
... actor?: Jean Gabin - Lino Ventura (tie)
... director?: John Carpenter
... band/artist? Metallica (before the Monopoly affair...)
... album?: "Ride the Lightning" (Metallica's 2nd)
... author? Theodore Roszack
... book? "Flicker"
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 90s
... leisure activity outside film?: Golf & rollercoasters
 

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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 20, 2013, 05:05 PM:
 
Jean-Marc...YES! Good Lovin' is one of my favorites too. Listening to Bruce just makes me happy
 

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Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on February 20, 2013, 05:20 PM:
 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Lois and Clark:New Adventures of Superman
... film?:Phantom of The Paradise
... actor?:Jimmy Stewart
... director?:Brian De Palma
... band/artist? Frank Zappa
... album?:Jimi Hendrix Axis:Bold As Love
... author? the Apostle Paul
... book? any reference book about film or music
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:70's
... leisure activity outside film?:music and disc golf

Bill

 

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Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on February 20, 2013, 09:21 PM:
 
... TV show?: The Big Bang Theory
... film?: Waterwalker
... actor?: Rex Harrison
... director?: Ron Howard
... band/artist?: Mannheim Steamroller/Jackson Berkey
... author?: Bill Bryson
... book?: A Walk in the Woods
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960s
... leisure activity outside film?: Canoeing/Hiking/Camping
 

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Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on February 20, 2013, 10:29 PM:
 
TV Show ; "Arthur of the Britons"
Film ; "The Wicker Man" (original)
Actor ; Christopher Lee
Director ; Sergio Leone
Band ; Pink Floyd
Album ; "UmmaGumma" by 'Floyd
Author ; Edgar Rice Burroughs
Book ; The Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Decade ; The '70s
Activity ; Walking my Dogs/ Reading
 

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Posted by Matt McBride (Member # 3311) on February 20, 2013, 11:09 PM:
 
... TV show?: Tie between Monk and The Walking Dead
... film?: A Clockwork Orange
... actor?: Tie between Johnny Depp and Jack Nicholson
... director?: Christopher Nolan
... band/artist? Don't have one
... album?: Tom Petty's Greatest Hits
... author?: Tie between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton
... book?: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 80's
... leisure activity outside film?: playing my drums and video games(mainly from 80's til mid 00's)
 

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Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on February 21, 2013, 12:05 PM:
 
... TV show?:Star Trek (original series)
... film?:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
... actor?: Marlon Brando
... director?: Alfred Hitchcock
... band/artist? Jimi Hendrix
... album?: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (side 2)
... author? Don't read enough books to have an opinion.
... book? NA
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:60's
... leisure activity outside film?: Snowboarding, vinyl records, Dogs.
 

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Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on February 21, 2013, 12:30 PM:
 
... TV show?: Dr Who Old Series
... film?: Where Eagles Dare
... actor?: Peter Cushing
... director?:
... band/artist?
... album?:
... author? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... book? Mysterious Island
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: I need to cheat here 20th Century
... leisure activity outside film?: Model Railways, Internet, Walking, Real Ale.

I'll fill in the others later

[ February 21, 2013, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: David Ollerearnshaw ]
 

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Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on February 21, 2013, 07:28 PM:
 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Depending: "The Twilight Zone" or "Twin Peaks"
... film?: "King Kong" (1933)"
... actor?: Orson Welles/Emil Jannings/Frank Langella (among others)
... director?: Welles/Stroheim/Dreyer/Bergman...and Ed Wood :-)
... band/artist? Elvis/Orbison/JL Lewis...just for starters.
... album?: Not possible to answer; way too many.
... author? Hemingway/Hunter S. Thompson/Kazuo Ishiguro..many others.
... book? Same as with album...
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 40/50es
... leisure activity outside film?: Playing/composing/recording music, writing, cooking, photography and 8mm shooting, running the newsletter at our condo.

[ February 21, 2013, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: Claus Harding ]
 

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Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on February 21, 2013, 11:39 PM:
 
... TV show?:-- Friends
... film?: -- Gance's Napoleon
... actor?: -- Clara Bow
... director?: -- Roland West
... band/artist? -- Johnny Thunders
... album?: -- Never Mind the bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
... author? -- Anthony Slide
... book? -- Nitrate Won't Wait
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: - 1970's - punk rock baby..
... leisure activity outside film?: playing in bands
 

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Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 22, 2013, 02:49 AM:
 
...TV show?..MASH
...film?...The Sand Pebbles
...actor?...Jodie Foster
...director?...Steven Spielberg
...band/artist?...Simon and Garfunkel
...album?....Tumbleweed Connection {Elton John}
...author?..Alistair MacLean
...book?...Bear Island
...decade?...the 60s
...leisure activity outside film?...zapping around the nearby plantation on me old mountain bike, plus a bit of walking.
 

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Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on February 22, 2013, 03:56 AM:
 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Friday Show (1960)
... film?: Tons of Trouble (1956)
... actor?: Richard Hearne O.B.E.
... director?: Alan Parker
... band/artist? Blonde
... album?: Ultimate Blonde
... author? David Quinlan
... book? British Sound Films (1928 to 1959)
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960 the MOD era
... leisure activity outside film?: British Scooter Scene, riding my Vespa and playing many music instruments.
 

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