My top 10 series of all time
I have a love for the art of story. I love the eloquence of a finely told life experience, especially if it is accomplished across the bridge of two movies or two books.
It probably started when my dad and I sat down to watch “The Magnificent Seven” and “The Return of the Seven” one night. I loved that a team of experts would come together, then accomplish their task, and then I loved the fact that I got to see it done all over again. I mean, some of these series of movies and books have been life-changing for me.
Occasionally a book gets a solid first run, and they make a sequel not worthy of the original content. In fact, many times the only reason it’s done is marketing. Unfortunately this happens a lot in the Christian sub-cultures of our world. Are you serious? Give me a break, “The Power of a praying pet turtle?“ Or the Oh so popular “Chicken Soup for the One eyed radio DJ’s soul.” So I thought I’d share with you my favorite series of film, literature, sports, or television: (and no, American Pie is not on the list)
10. Boston/LA 2008 – That sure was a long 21 year wait.
9. Left Behind. It did become something of a marketing ploy, but I enjoyed the story nonetheless – inaccuracies and all.
8. Young Guns. I love these movies, and Jack Bauer’s in them, so they can’t go wrong.
7. Star Wars. Many would suggest this would be number 1. I would not.
6. The A-Team. “I pity the fool…”
5. Rocky. Nuff said.
4. John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy series. A collection of detective/legal thrillers set in San Fran. Good stuff!
3. Lord of the Rings books and movies – These last two were difficult, but an amazing story to walk through.
2. Letters to the Next president by Andy Stanley – seriously, you have to hear or watch these.
1. Harry Potter – I have no words to say how I felt after I finished those books in November of 2007. And this was after I made fun of others who read the stinking things. Whether its the movies or the books, these things are absolutely brilliant. And of course I was drawn into witchcraft immediately after reading them. (this is sarcasm)
Okay, your turn. What did I miss?
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hate to be stating the obvious, but did you consider the Lord of the Rings at all?
Ummm, Jo, did you read my list?
Marty, you should read Lord of the Rings. I can’t believe you haven’t.
you’re so gay for putting Left Behind. seriously.
I agree Harry Potter is #1, but for different reasons
South Park – poignant, cutting-edge, relevant, but still a hoot when you watch them 5 years later.
Futurama – for us geeks, it’s a little bit of making fun of ourselves, all the while enjoying a great TV show.
Can we consider bands, discographies in order? In that case, I sumbit to you portions of my favorite bands’ discographies that come in order that really move me:
Pink Floyd:
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Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Saucerful of Secrets
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall
that’s basically their entire discography, but I left out the newer ones and the ones they did for movies. While those are great (Soundtrack from the film More and Obscured by Clouds), they don’t fit nicely in the “series”
Tool:
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Undertow
AEnema
Lateralus
changed my life.
Led Zeppelin:
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I
II
III
IV (Zoso)
ok, technically III isn’t all that good, and after IV, they only had one or two good songs per album. But those were damn good songs, like Kashmir or Achilles Last Stand.
Damn. I love music.
i read the first line of the previous post and knew right away….
Anything Schwarzennegger (i can’t even spell it!). More specifically:
Terminator I, II, and III
Predator, (probably shouldn’t include the rest because they were Arnoldless, but Predator is so d*** good i have to give it props.)
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