Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Only 3...

OK, new game time. It's a simple set up but I might whitter a bit explaining it...

Similar to the old 'Desert Island Discs' idea here, but the premis is that one person posts a category of which you can only have three for the rest of your life. So three female recording artists or three comic artists or three comics characters or three fiction writers and so on. They then give their three of said category. The next person has to give their three of the first category then name another category and their three picks for that. And so on and so forth so that each post gets longer and longer as there are more categories added. Which of course means that you can reply with a new category even if you've already posted so that you can catch up with everyone else's categories too. Does that make sense?

OK, so lets start with Female Recording Artists. You can have their entire back catalogue (including any recordings with bands or as 'guest' vocalists) and any new stuff in the future but you can't have any music from any other female artist ever again.

My three:

1) Joni Mitchell. Because if I couldn't listen to her then I'd miss her more than anyone else.

2) Annie Lennox (and The Eurythmics and Tourists too). Because with Annie you get the rock stuff with the bands and the more mellow stuff as a solo artist.

3) Ute Lemper. Because I need someone a bit left field, plus she does the more classical side of singing as well which I'd want.

My three:

1) Nancy Wilson. This will cover all of Heart, her solo stuff and Anne's work as well.

2) Amy Lee. Evanescence is still my favorite band and its all due to Amy's amazing voice.

3) Tori Amos. Always one of my favorite female artists and I don't think I could live without her.

Next category. Beverages. Water does not need to be included since it is an essential part of most.

1) Tetley Tea. Either warm, or even better, iced, Tetley is my favorite drink of choice.

2) Dr. Pepper. My soda of choice, preferably with lemon.

3) Milk. Although I've gotten to a point in my life where it doesn't agree with me anymore I still love having a nice cold glass of milk.

Cool game!

Female Recording Artists:

1. Carol King, because her song writing makes me feel like I’ve known her my whole life.
2. Diana Ross, because I find her voice to be incredibly soothing in a way I can’t quite explain.
3. Gwen Stefani, because she has a great voice, a real attitude to her voice and her style is so punk and in your face, but feminine at the same time.

Favorite Beverages (I’ll have to say currently, since I guess it changes):

1. Coffee. I can’t live without coffee, it is my one true addiction, and I still average about three to four cups a day.
2. Beer, although I prefer darker imported ones. My favorite is currently Harpoon IPA, although it’s my goal to try all types of IPA’s in the future! There is nothing like a cold beer when you’re in the mood for one, whether at the end of a long day or the beginning of a long night.
3. Gatorade. For some reason, I can’t get enough of Gatorade, no matter what flavor it is. I freaking love that stuff!

And my turn:

Favorite Physical Activities to do, whether sports, walks with your significant other, dancing, etc., but something physical that is something you really enjoy.

1. Playing hockey/roller-blading. After playing my whole childhood, this still gives me a thrill that nothing else quite matches. I miss it beyond belief, although it leaves me completely exhausted now when I get the chance to do it.
2. Hiking. I’ve really gotten into hiking in the last few summer, especially this last one. I find it to be one the most mind-easing and relaxing things to do.
3. Running. Actually, it’s not so much running I like, since I hate the idea of actually running…it’s the feeling I get when I’m about to complete a run. The adrenaline and sense of accomplishment can be incredibly intense when you’re in the right frame of mind. I only wish I could run outdoors here in the winter without catching a cold.

Favorite Recording Artist Female

1. Macy Gray -something about her voice
2. Janet Jackson - have always loved her music
3. ..let me think

Favorite Bevarges

1. Cherry Limeade- I get the Minute Maid stuff from the store and mix in Sprite, great drink
2. Pineapple Orange Juice
3. Mountain Dew/Coke - even though I stop drinking it about 6 months back and everytime I do drink it I can't get to sleep

Favorite Physcial Activites

1. sand volleyball at Zilker Park in the Spring -great weather and great boy watching

2. Cleaning house--it always puts me in a better mood to come home to a clean and organized house

3. Walking-- nice nature trail around my apartment that's nice to go and see nature.

Next Category - Favorite Books

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -classic book about growing up

2. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey - a book about accepting what you have done and who you are

3. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright - yes it is a kids book, but I liked the theme of independent, intelligent, responsible to a degree kids and the grownups who knew when to let go but knew when to rein them in.

Female Recording Artists-

1.Madonna, but for grife's sake don't tell anyone!

2.Pat Benatar-she rocks!

3.Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane- this covers all incarnations and reboots.

Favorite Beverages-

1.Diet Mountain Dew

2.Coffee, black with 2 sugars or Cafe Mocha

3.1% milk

Favorite Physical Activity-

1.Sex. At least I'm honest.

2.Badminton

3.Soccer

Favorite Books-

1.Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter

2.Inca Gold by Clive Cussler

3.Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

Next category is Favorite DVD's

1.Tombstone

2.The Godfather

3.Patton

Favourite Beverages

1) Tea. I couldn't live without tea.
2) Wine. More probably red wine actually, but I do like white as well.
3) Milk. Not completely cold, but a little chilled. I've been drinking a lot more recently and I love it.

Physical Activity.

1) Sex. Although I don't have a high sex drive I still enjoy it a *lot*
2) Going out and having a good old boogy. I don't drink alcohol so much any more when we go out (it just puts me to sleep) but I still enjoy going to a club and having a good old dance. Yay!
3) Swimming. It's the closest thing I get to exercise, but I enjoy it so that's alright.

Favourite Books.

1) Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett. Probably one of the only books that I have re-read more times than I have fingers on my hands. And every time I love it more.
2) Once On A Time by A A Milne. I'm not even sure if it's in print any more, but if you like a good fairy story that isn't just for children then find a copy because it's great. And very, very funny.
3) The Gormenghast Trilogy. OK, so I'm cheating by having a book that is actually three books but you can buy it in a collected edition now so I'm counting it as one. It's one of the best flights of fantasy ever. It's not to everyone's taste, and is quite hard going, but if it gets hold of you then it stays in your head for ever.

(I'm assuming we're just talking about fiction with books, otherwise 'Anatomy For The Artist' would be one of the three just because it's an invaluable resource for my drawing).

Favourite DVDs

Now are we talking specifically stuff that has come out as DVDs here or just favourite films? I shall assume we're referring to DVDs specifically just so that films can be a later choice and I can add another three.

1) Lilo & Stitch. One of my fave films ever anyway, but the DVD is worth it just for the extras (including the trailers which make me cry laughing)
2) Moulin Rouge. A great film, a great musical and the 2 disc DVD set has some great extras as well.
3) I'm gonna cheat and have the Marilyn Monroe Diamond collection. OK so it's actually nine or ten films plus a documentary spread over ten or eleven discs, but it is sold as one set. If'n I'm not allowed that though I'd have Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on it's own.

And for the next category lets have
Comfort foods

1) ice-cream. I almost don't care what flavour, but if I'm feeling crappy I make some ice-cream and then I'm happy again.

2) Mashed potato. With lots of butter and pepper. Preferably with sausages or fish fingers, but even just on it's own there's very little more comforting that good mashed potato.

3) Apples. I love apples. They're not what most people would consider comfort food, but for some reason they are for me.

Female Recording Artists:

1) Shania Twain. Her slow songs tug my heart-strings, and her fast ones send my toes into a tapping frenzy. To sum up, she KICKS ASS.
2) Lara Fabian. Most beautiful voice I've ever heard.
3) Laura Branigan. So many of my nostalgic teenage favorites were hers.

Beverages:

1) Diet Coke. I practically live on the stuff.
2) Hot Chocolate. Nothing better for a winter warm-up.
3) Coffee, in case I need a wake-up. Kona coffee is especially tasty.

Physical Activity (other than sex, because I don't want to see the same answer at the top of everyone's list):

1) Baseball. My favorite sport.
2) Bicycling. My favorite form of exercise.
3) Nuzzling a baby's fuzzy little head.

Books:

1) The Hitchhiker's series by Douglas Adams. If I can't choose full sets, I'll choose The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
2) The Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton. If I can't choose full sets, I'll choose G is for Gumshoe.
3) The Encyclopedias of Monsters, Ghosts, the Strange and Unsolved Crimes by Daniel Cohen. If I can't choose full sets, I'll choose the Uncolved Crimes one.

DVDs:

1) Any Futurama DVD.
2) South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
3) Tomorrow Never Dies.

Comfort Foods:

1) Chicken soup. Come on, is there anything more comforting than that?
2) Ice Cream. Specifically, Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk.
3) Chinese Pepper Steak.

Now, my category - Comic Strips:

1) The Far Side. Gary Larson was in a class by himself.
2) Monty (formerly Robotman). The wackiest cast of characters and the wackiest situations, all very attuned to my geek sense of humor. Very reminiscent of early Dilbert, before Dilbert became a business strip.
3) Dilbert. Even though the initial wackiness (pun wars, Scrabble, dinosaurs hiding behind the couch wearing tennis shoes) is gone, he still makes me laugh pretty much every morning.

Female Recording Artists:

1) Kate Bush
2) Lena Horne
3) Bananarama

Beverages:

1) Diet Coke.
2) Diet Coke.
3) Milk

Physical Activity (other than sex, because I don't want to see the same answer at the top of everyone's list):

1) Bicycling
2) Swimming
3) Swimming


Books:

1) a comprehensive history book
2) The Far Side Collection
3) Understanding Comics bu Scott McCloud

DVDs:

1) Invader Zim
2) Looney Tunes Collection
3) The Fleisher Superman

Comfort Foods:

1) Chocolate Cake
2) Ice Cream. Fudge Ripple
3) French Fries

Comic Strips:

1) Non-Sequitur
2) Tom The Dancing Bug
3) Doonesbury

New Catagory - Eye Candy

1) David Duchovny
2) Garrett Wang
3) Nicholas Brendon

DVDS

1. Ocean's 11 - can watch that over and over
2. Love Actually - makes me feel good after watching
3. Indiana Jones Trilogy - a classic

Comfort Foods

2. mashed potatos
3. Pho- Vietnames version of Chicken soup
4. Ice Cream - Blue Bells Parline and Cream

Comic Strips

1. Calvin and Hobbes - has to be my number one, I still laugh out loud at those strips
2. Far Side
3. Foxtrot - don't always read it, but always puts a smile on my face

Eye Candy

1. Tom Welling
2. Matthew Fox
3. Josh Duhmael

New Category

Favorite TV SHOW - something that lasted beyond one season and nothing current and NO reality tv(save that for later)

1. Cosby Show
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Star Trek: Next Gen and DS9

Recording Artists:

1) Coldplay
2) The Cure
3) Oingo Boingo

Beverages:

1) Mr. Pibb
2) Pepsi
3) Aquafina

Physical Activity:

1) Sex (always at the top of my list)
2) Swimming
3) jogging


Books:

1) The Lord of the Rings
2) The "Scary Stories to tell after dark" collection
3) DC Comics encyclopedia

DVDs:

1) Lord of the Rings trilogy (it counts as one, honest!)
2) X2: X-Men United
3) The Untouchables

Comfort Foods:

1) Chocolate Cake
2) Oreo's
3) Dove Dark chocolate

Comic Strips:

-None- Don't read 'em


Eye Candy

1) My wife
2) Scarlett Johanssen (and I don't even like blondes)
3) Rachel Weisz

Favorite TV shows:

1) Gilmore Girls (dammit, I love this show)
2) 24 (because my sister was on it, got me hooked)
3) Lost

New category:

Favorite comic titles:

1) Green Lantern (Hal)
2) Legion (any era, don't care)
3) Teen Titans (current & Wolfman/Perez run)

Now just have to figure out how to get them delivered to a desert island each month...

Female Recording Artists:
1) Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
2) Cyndi Lauper
3) Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)

Beverages:
1) Beer
2) 7&7
3) Ginger Ale

Physical Activity:
1) Drawing
2) Working out
3) Sex

Books:
1) Hogarth, "Dynamic Light & Shade"
2) Jhumpa Lahiri "Interpreter of Maladies"
3) One other art book, but I can't choose...

DVDs:
1) L.A. Confidential
2) Trainspotting
3) Kill Bill Box set

Comfort Foods:
1) Sausage pizza
2) Fried chicken
3) hot apple pie a la mode

Comic Strips:
1) The Far Side
2) Calvin & Hobbes
3) Bloom County

Eye Candy
1) Rachel Leigh Cooke
2) Juliet Cariaga
3) Keira Knightly

TV shows (nothing current and no "reality"):
1) Friends
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) Star Trek: TNG

Comic titles:
1) Green Lantern (Hal)
2) The Legion of Super-heroes (all of it)
3) The Avengers (since we're talking about the rest of our lives, it seems the best bet from Marvel)

New Category
Cartoons - different enough from tv shows that it deserves its own category. TV only - no features
1) The Simpsons
2) Gundam (all)
3) Cowboy Bebop

Female Recording Artists:
1) Ella Fitzgerald
2) Joni Mitchell
3) Kate Bush

Beverages:
1) Coffee
2) Chianti
3) Bitter Lemon

Physical Activity:
1) Sex
2) Walking
3) Swimming

Books:
1) "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
2) "Contact" by Carl Sagan
3) "Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley

DVDs:
1) LOTR
2) Casablanca
3) 2001

Comfort Foods:
1) Tuscan Bean Soup
2) aged provolone with sopressota on crackers
3) M&M cookies

Comic Strips:
1) The Far Side
2) For Better or Worse
3) Calvin and Hobbes

Eye Candy
1) Kate Beckinsale
2) Sophie Marceau
3) Sandra Bullock

TV shows (nothing current and no "reality"):
1) MASH
2) Babylon 5
3) St Elsewhere

Comic titles:
1) Strangers in Paradise
2) The Legion of Super-heroes
3) Hellblazer

Cartoons
1) Simpsons
2) South Park
3) Teen Titans

New category:

Non-comic-related magazines:
1) Math Puzzles & Logic Problems
2) World Press Review
3) Utne Reader

Female Recording Artists:

1) Kate Bush
2) Lena Horne
3) Bananarama

Beverages:

1) Diet Coke.
2) Diet Coke.
3) Milk

Physical Activity (other than sex, because I don't want to see the same answer at the top of everyone's list):

1) Bicycling
2) Swimming
3) Swimming


Books:

1) a comprehensive history book
2) The Far Side Collection
3) Understanding Comics bu Scott McCloud

DVDs:

1) Invader Zim
2) Looney Tunes Collection
3) The Fleisher Superman

Comfort Foods:

1) Chocolate Cake
2) Ice Cream. Fudge Ripple
3) French Fries

Comic Strips:

1) Non-Sequitur
2) Tom The Dancing Bug
3) Doonesbury

Eye Candy:

1) David Duchovny
2) Garrett Wang
3) Nicholas Brendon

TV shows (nothing current and no "reality"):
1) Dr. Who
2) the Avengers
3) the Wonderful World of Disney

Comic titles:
1) Flash
2) JLA
3) Legion of Superheroes

Cartoons
1) Looney Tunes
2) Justice League Unlimited
3) Inuyasha

Non-comic-related magazines:
1) Dell Variety Puzzles
2) National Geographic
3) Readers Digest

New Category:

Tear jerker movies (or movies that make you cry):
1) It's a Wonderful Life
2) Stepmom
3) Brian's Song

Female Recording Artists:

1) Bette Midler
2) Britta Phillips
3) Sarah Brightman

Beverages:

1) Water
2) Milk
3) Pink Lemonade

Physical Activity:

1) Dancing
2) Walking
3) Swimming

Books:

1) "The Mists of Avalon" by Marrion Zimmer Bradley
2) "How to Satisfy a Woman... every time and have her beg for more" By Naura Hayden
3) "The Black Unicorn" By Terry Brooks

DVDs:

1) Jem Season 3 Part 1
2) The Mists of Avalon
3) Sleeping Beauty

Comfort Foods:

1) Brownies
2) Ginger Snaps
3) Fish

Comic Strips:

1) Get Fuzzy
2) Garfield
3) Luann

Eye Candy:

1) Orlando Bloom
2) Kevin Sorbo
3) Johnny Depp

TV shows (nothing current and no "reality"):
1) Felicity
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) Roswell

Comic titles:
1) X-Men
2) New Mutants
3) Generation X

Cartoons
1) Jem
2) X-Men
3) X-Men: Evolution

Non-comic-related magazines:
1) People
2) TV Guide
3) Soap Digest

Tear jerker movies (or movies that make you cry):
1) Beaches
2) Iron Jawed Angels
3) The Rose

New Category:

Favorite Cartoon Characters:
1) Pizzazz from Jem
2) Jem from Jem
3) Jean Grey from X-Men

Female Recording Artists:

1) Nina Simone
2) Simone White
3) Bjork

Beverages:

1) Water
2) Coffee
3) Pinot Noir

Physical Activity:

1) Sex
2) Hiking
3) Biking

Books:

1) "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
2) "Raise High the Roofbeam Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction" By J.D. Salinger
3) "The White Goddess" By Robert Graves

DVDs:

1) The Godfather
2) The Deer Hunter
3) Miller's Crossing

Comfort Foods:

1) Oreos
2) Peanut Butter
3) Cinnamon Life Cereal

Comic Strips:

1) Bloom County
2) Calvin and Hobbes
3) Prince Valiant (not that I'm a huge follower, but if I had the rest of my life to catch up... well...)

Eye Candy:

1) Natalie Portman
2) Rachel McAdams
3) Penelope Cruz

TV shows (nothing current and no "reality"):

1) Lost
2) Dr. Who
3) Austin City Limits

Comic titles:

1) Legion of Superheroes
2) The Invisibles
3) Promethea

Cartoons:

1) Loony Tunes
2) The Simpsons
3) Rocky and Bullwinkle

Non-comic-related magazines:

1) National Geographic
2) The New Republic
3) Spin

Tear jerker movies (or movies that make you cry):

1) My Life
2) What Dreams May Come
3) Up

Favorite Cartoon Characters:

1) Bugs Bunny
2) Donald Duck
3) Charlie Brown

New Category:

Male Recording Artists:

1) Lead Belly
2) Eric Clapton
3) Elliott Smith