This is a variation on the traditional "top ten" lists in that I just list my preferences without attempting to rank them. Also, some lists may have more or less than ten items, but it will usually be pretty close to ten.
Most of these lists are my own idiosyncratic choices based on my personal preferences and what I happen to have seen.
Best Movie Soundtracks
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Fellowship of the Ring
- Braveheart
- Run, Lola, Run
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Last of the Mohicans
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Alien
- Romeo & Juliet (1994)
Favorite Anime Soundtracks
- Hellsing
- Rurouni Kenshin (and Samurai X)
- Cowboy Bebop
- Escaflowne
- Macross Plus (yes, I like Yoko Kanno's work, how did you guess?)
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Yami no Matsuei
- Generator Gawl
Worst Movies
- Manos the Hands of Fate
- Animated Lord of the Rings (more for disappointment than bad quality)
- Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
- Animated Return of the King (singing orcs? come on...)
- Manos the Hands of Fate
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (goldarn Voltron plagiarists)
- Manos the Hands of Fate
- The Godfather (just kidding! Please don't kill me!)
- The Star Wars Christmas Special
- Manos the Hands of Fate (you think I'm joking, don't you? I'm not!)
Favorite TV shows (kid)
- Airwolf
- Dr. Who
- Voltron
- Thundercats
- Silverhawks
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Duck Tales
- Scooby Doo
- Tale Spin
- Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
Favorite TV shows (now)
- Red Dwarf (BBC)
- Law and Order
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
- CSI
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The Simpsons
- Angel
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Firefly
Most useful world languages
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- German
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Arabic
- Portugese
- Hebrew
- Greek
Best movie or anime duos
- Han Solo & Chewbacca (Star Wars IV-VI)
- Sgts. Riggs & Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon)
- Merry & Pippin (Lord of the Rings)
- Frodo & Sam (Lord of the Rings)
- Legolas & Gimli (Lord of the Rings)
- Lister & Rimmer (Red Dwarf)
- Spike & Jet (Cowboy Bebop)
- Excel & Hyatt (Excel Saga)
- Kenshin & Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin)
Best movie or anime trios
- Harry, Ron, Hermione (Harry Potter--books are better, though)
- Luke, Han, Leia (Star Wars IV-VI)
- Archie, Wanda, Otto (A Fish Called Wanda)
- Koji, Ryo, Gawl (Generator Gawl)
Best Couples
- Han & Leia (Empire Strikes Back)
- Aragorn & Arwen (Lord of the Rings)
- Alucard & Integra (Hellsing)--come on, you know it's gonna happen!
- Excel & Lord Ilpalazzo (Excel Saga)--ah, the tragedy
- Kagome & Inu Yasha (Inu Yasha)
- Kenshin & Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Ralph & Kiddy (Silent Mobius)--even better than Roy & Katsumi, IMO
- Yuki & Toru (Silent Mobius)
- Misato & Kaji (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Worst Couples
- Hayden Christianson & Natalie Portman (Star Wars Ep 2)--I don't even remember their characters' names and he's the frickin' main character. Asinine Linedropper? No, that wasn't it...
- Kenai & Ryuko Saito (Generator Gawl)--Ew. I mean, ew.
- Kanoe and...well, anyone else (X)--because she's mine! And, well, she's freaky.
- Dilandau (Escaflowne). 'Nuff said.
- Misato & Shinji (Neon Genesis Evangelion)--luckily it's just for a moment in the last movie, but--yeeech!
- Sylia & Nigel (Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040)--come on! No, I'm not just jealous!
Most enjoyable synthetic characters (TV or movie)
- C-3PO (Star Wars IV-VI)
- R2-D2 (Star Wars IV-VI)
- Holly (Red Dwarf)
- The Bomb (Dark Star)
- Kiddy Phenil (Silent Mobius)
- T-800 (Terminator 2)
- Kryten (Red Dwarf)
- Any robot from MST3K
- Bender (Futurama)
- The Daleks (Dr. Who)
Best computer-generated characters (movie)
- Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
- Sheriff Woody (Toy Story)
- The Cave Troll (Fellowship of the Ring)
- The Balrog (Fellowship of the Ring)
- The Water Demon (Fellowship of the Ring)
- Spiderman (Spiderman)
- T-1000 (Terminator 2)
- Shrek (Shrek)
- Donkey (Shrek)
- Princess Fiona (Shrek)
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