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Nov. 11th, 2004 10:55 amUm. Geek meme. Because I am adopting
sixth_light's method of exam study.
1. Star Trek or Star Wars?
Star Wars, because ASTHMATIC ULTIMATE EVIL. And also I've never seen Trek. I'm too young! It's not my fault! Born at the wrong time!
2. Galaxy Quest or Spaceballs?
Galaxy Quest. Because, um, Alan Rickman in putty is the funniest thing ever.
3. Robert Jordan or Terry Brooks?
Robert Jordan.
4. Harry Potter or His Dark Materials?
Ah... Do I have to pick? Harry Potter more often, HDM more thoroughly. And also, HDM is so much more subversive.
5. Shadowrun or Cyberpunk?
*shrug* Dunno. Cyberpunk sounds Gibson-y, though.
6. Neil Gaiman or Alan Moore?
NEIL GAIMAN OMG.
7. Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams?
Terry Pratchett. But ONLY JUST. 42.
8. Princess Bride or The Quest for the Holy Grail?
*is amused* Princess Bride. But
sixth_light made me laugh: "Oh my god. Um...that's like asking "Pinetree or Clarke? Jesus or God?" You can't choose."
9. Neon Genesis Evangelion or Serial Experiments Lain?
Never seen either. But I have friends who swear by Serial Experiments Lain, so... Lain.
10. George RR Martin or Steven Erikson?
Neither, for choice.
11. Slayers or Trigun?
Huh?
12. Card Captor Sakura or Sailor Moon?
Sailor Moon!
13. Babylon 5 or Farscape?
Neither.
14. Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke?
Only seen Spirited Away. But I believe Princess Mononoke is really good, so..
15. Naruto or Hunter X Hunter?
Huh?
16. Akira or Ghost in the Shell?
Standard Never Seen Either disclaimer. (Look, anime is really rare here, okay? I do plan on seeing them.) But because Aurie would kill me if I didn't... Ghost in the Shell.
17. Alien or Terminator?
Urg, neither.
18. Blade Runner or Brazil?
Blade Runner.
19. Avalon or eXistenZ?
Hmm?
20. Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel?
BtVS.
21. Love Hina or Video Girl Ai?
Love Hina has a cuter name. :P
22. Spike or Gerald Tarrant?
*shrug*
23. Blade or D?
Neither.
24. Apple or Linux?
APPLE MUST DIE! And I like annoying
sixth_light. So Linux.
25. Java or C?
Java. (Can't write in either of them. But I use Java plugins a lot. :p)
26. Wolfenstein or Doom?
DHOOM! DHOOM, I SAY! But I don't play either. Too much blood.
27. Escaflowne or Patlabor?
OMG Lucy, Escaflowne is NOT a video game. My subconscious Kitsune says Escaflowne.
28. Pocky or Ramune?
Pocky.
29. XHTML or PHP?
HTML
30. Pixar or Dreamworks?
Dreamworks.
31. Ramen or Hot Pockets?
Ramen. Those are the noodles, right? But Trident is better. Most people like them for the flavour. >:D
32. Jolt or Mountain Dew?
DRINK L&P OR
kiwi_ljs WILL MAKE YOU WORLD FAMOUS. MUAHAHAHA.
33. Red Hat or Mandrake?
Um...what?
34. Bit Torrent or IRC?
Don't use either.
35. DDR on soft or hard pad?
What?
36. MegaTokyo or 8 Bit Theater?
MegaTokyo.
37. All Your base or Trogdor?
All Your base. (s are belong to us. Gah. But isn't it you're?)
38. Gravitation or Fake?
Uh?
39. Yoko Kanno or Kenji Kawai?
Miyazaki. (although Kawai is nearly kawaii, which means cute. ^^)
40. Spiderman or X-Men?
TOBEY MAGUIRE KIRSTEN DUNST OMFG.
41. Bram Stoker's Dracula or Interview with a Vampire, book or movie version?
Dracula: The Book Version. Because I am a luddite, and I don't need a reason.
42. Xbox or Playstation2?
Stab.
43. Dune or Hyperion?
Don't like either.
44. The Authority or Planetary?
*whistles*
45. Lucifer or Hellblazer?
*silence*
46. Clive Barker or Tim Powers?
Clive Barker. Abarat!
47. Bruce Sterling or William Gibson?
Gibson. I'm ver fond of Gibson. I read burning chrome yesterday, actually.
48. Lord of the Rings or Conan?
LOTR.
49. The Maker of Universes or The Nine Princes of Amber?
Nine Princes in Amber was okay, actually.
Violet! Give #50 back!
Sennical, what are you on about?
51. D&D or White Wolf?
*shrug* I keep feeling like I'm a generation and a gender out. You know, there are more types of geek than the ones with dice.
52. Amber the Diceless RPG or Nobilis?
What?
53. Call of Cthulhu or Paranoia?
Cthulhu.
54. GURPS or Rolemaster?
*durr*
55. Weiss Kreuz or Saiyuki?
Don't know either.
56. Batman or Superman?
Superman.
57. Crouching Tiger..Dragon or Once upon a time in China?
CTHD.
58. Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever or Earthsea?
EARTHSEA. Ursula K Leguin all the way.
59. Weis & Hickman or Salvatore?
*shrug*
60. Dead or Alive or Soul Calibur?
Haven't played either.
61. Zelda or Final Fantasy?
*is amused* Lucy, you liked the Final Fantasy movie. :p So FF.
62. Ranma 1/2 or City Hunter?
People have weird imaginations to come up with these names
63. ICQ or AIM?
MSN. Jeeze.
64. Fruit Basket or Please Save my Earth?
*shrug* Isn't it Fruits Basket?
65. Anita Blake or Buffy Summers?
Buffy.
66. Ender's Game or Use of Weapons?
Ender's Game. <33333
67. Newtype or Animerica?
Huh?
68. Honor Harrington or Miles Vorkosigan?
Never read either.
69. Full Metal Panic or Full Metal Alchemist?
Uh...
70. Greg Bear or David Brin?
"Here's the thing. I have read books by both of them, I just can't remember. Greg Bear, I think. I liked the mammoth books. If he wrote them. " <-- I think he did.
71. Ninja Scroll or Rurouni Kenshin?
Um?
72. Brave New World or 1984?
1984. *shivers* Because everyone should know where "Big Brother is watching you" really comes from.
73. Pern or Darkover?
Pern.
74. Bleach or Shaman King?
Eh?
75. Transformers or Robotech?
Transformers. Uh. :-P
76. Excel Saga or Elf Princess Rane?
Um?
77. The Martian Chronicles or Stranger in a Strange Land?
Martian Chronicles.
78. Ninja or Pirates?
Two words. Jack Sparrow.
79. The Ring or The Sixth Sense?
The Sixth Sense.
80. Shounen or Shoujo?
Not fussed.
81. The Twilight Zone or Doctor Who?
Doctor Who. British.
82. The Crow or Edward Scissorhands?
Edward Scissorhands. JOHNNY DEPP.
83. Tanith Lee or Barbra Hambly?
Tanith lee is very good.
84. Luis Royo or Boris Vallejo?
Who?
85. Tokyo Babylon or Tokyo Godfathers?
What?
86. Hellsing or Witch Hunter Robin?
Don't know either.
87. The Avengers or Charlie's Angels?
Charlie's Angels, because haha.
88. Mercedes Lackey or Jennifer Robinson?
Never read either. Mercedes Lackey has tragic taste in covers.
89. Inu Yasha or Fushigi Yugi?
Inu Yash. Cat ears, right?
90. Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat?
Violence. Ugh.
91. Resident Evil or Silent Hill?
See above.
92. Dwarves or Elves?
Um. Too hard. Dwarves in Pratchett, Elves in Tolkien.
93. Elric or Fafhrd and the Grey Mouse?
Have heard of both, can't remember.
94. Starship Troopers or Pitch Black?
Starship Troopers. *shrug*
95. Metal Gear or Splinter Cell?
Huh?
96. Age of Mythology or Warcraft III?
Age of Mythology.
97. Everquest or Dark Age of Camelot?
Um?
98. Jet Le or Twelve Monkeys?
Twelve Monkeys. But it's Jet Li, peoples.
99. Cowboy Bebop or Gundum (Battle Angel Alita)?
Cowboy Bebop. Hehehe. Isn't it Gundam, morons?
100. Shining or 2001: A Space Odyssey?
2001.
1. Star Trek or Star Wars?
Star Wars, because ASTHMATIC ULTIMATE EVIL. And also I've never seen Trek. I'm too young! It's not my fault! Born at the wrong time!
2. Galaxy Quest or Spaceballs?
Galaxy Quest. Because, um, Alan Rickman in putty is the funniest thing ever.
3. Robert Jordan or Terry Brooks?
Robert Jordan.
4. Harry Potter or His Dark Materials?
Ah... Do I have to pick? Harry Potter more often, HDM more thoroughly. And also, HDM is so much more subversive.
5. Shadowrun or Cyberpunk?
*shrug* Dunno. Cyberpunk sounds Gibson-y, though.
6. Neil Gaiman or Alan Moore?
NEIL GAIMAN OMG.
7. Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams?
Terry Pratchett. But ONLY JUST. 42.
8. Princess Bride or The Quest for the Holy Grail?
*is amused* Princess Bride. But
9. Neon Genesis Evangelion or Serial Experiments Lain?
Never seen either. But I have friends who swear by Serial Experiments Lain, so... Lain.
10. George RR Martin or Steven Erikson?
Neither, for choice.
11. Slayers or Trigun?
Huh?
12. Card Captor Sakura or Sailor Moon?
Sailor Moon!
13. Babylon 5 or Farscape?
Neither.
14. Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke?
Only seen Spirited Away. But I believe Princess Mononoke is really good, so..
15. Naruto or Hunter X Hunter?
Huh?
16. Akira or Ghost in the Shell?
Standard Never Seen Either disclaimer. (Look, anime is really rare here, okay? I do plan on seeing them.) But because Aurie would kill me if I didn't... Ghost in the Shell.
17. Alien or Terminator?
Urg, neither.
18. Blade Runner or Brazil?
Blade Runner.
19. Avalon or eXistenZ?
Hmm?
20. Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel?
BtVS.
21. Love Hina or Video Girl Ai?
Love Hina has a cuter name. :P
22. Spike or Gerald Tarrant?
*shrug*
23. Blade or D?
Neither.
24. Apple or Linux?
APPLE MUST DIE! And I like annoying
25. Java or C?
Java. (Can't write in either of them. But I use Java plugins a lot. :p)
26. Wolfenstein or Doom?
DHOOM! DHOOM, I SAY! But I don't play either. Too much blood.
27. Escaflowne or Patlabor?
OMG Lucy, Escaflowne is NOT a video game. My subconscious Kitsune says Escaflowne.
28. Pocky or Ramune?
Pocky.
29. XHTML or PHP?
HTML
30. Pixar or Dreamworks?
Dreamworks.
31. Ramen or Hot Pockets?
Ramen. Those are the noodles, right? But Trident is better. Most people like them for the flavour. >:D
32. Jolt or Mountain Dew?
DRINK L&P OR
33. Red Hat or Mandrake?
Um...what?
34. Bit Torrent or IRC?
Don't use either.
35. DDR on soft or hard pad?
What?
36. MegaTokyo or 8 Bit Theater?
MegaTokyo.
37. All Your base or Trogdor?
All Your base. (s are belong to us. Gah. But isn't it you're?)
38. Gravitation or Fake?
Uh?
39. Yoko Kanno or Kenji Kawai?
Miyazaki. (although Kawai is nearly kawaii, which means cute. ^^)
40. Spiderman or X-Men?
TOBEY MAGUIRE KIRSTEN DUNST OMFG.
41. Bram Stoker's Dracula or Interview with a Vampire, book or movie version?
Dracula: The Book Version. Because I am a luddite, and I don't need a reason.
42. Xbox or Playstation2?
Stab.
43. Dune or Hyperion?
Don't like either.
44. The Authority or Planetary?
*whistles*
45. Lucifer or Hellblazer?
*silence*
46. Clive Barker or Tim Powers?
Clive Barker. Abarat!
47. Bruce Sterling or William Gibson?
Gibson. I'm ver fond of Gibson. I read burning chrome yesterday, actually.
48. Lord of the Rings or Conan?
LOTR.
49. The Maker of Universes or The Nine Princes of Amber?
Nine Princes in Amber was okay, actually.
Violet! Give #50 back!
Sennical, what are you on about?
51. D&D or White Wolf?
*shrug* I keep feeling like I'm a generation and a gender out. You know, there are more types of geek than the ones with dice.
52. Amber the Diceless RPG or Nobilis?
What?
53. Call of Cthulhu or Paranoia?
Cthulhu.
54. GURPS or Rolemaster?
*durr*
55. Weiss Kreuz or Saiyuki?
Don't know either.
56. Batman or Superman?
Superman.
57. Crouching Tiger..Dragon or Once upon a time in China?
CTHD.
58. Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever or Earthsea?
EARTHSEA. Ursula K Leguin all the way.
59. Weis & Hickman or Salvatore?
*shrug*
60. Dead or Alive or Soul Calibur?
Haven't played either.
61. Zelda or Final Fantasy?
*is amused* Lucy, you liked the Final Fantasy movie. :p So FF.
62. Ranma 1/2 or City Hunter?
People have weird imaginations to come up with these names
63. ICQ or AIM?
MSN. Jeeze.
64. Fruit Basket or Please Save my Earth?
*shrug* Isn't it Fruits Basket?
65. Anita Blake or Buffy Summers?
Buffy.
66. Ender's Game or Use of Weapons?
Ender's Game. <33333
67. Newtype or Animerica?
Huh?
68. Honor Harrington or Miles Vorkosigan?
Never read either.
69. Full Metal Panic or Full Metal Alchemist?
Uh...
70. Greg Bear or David Brin?
"Here's the thing. I have read books by both of them, I just can't remember. Greg Bear, I think. I liked the mammoth books. If he wrote them. " <-- I think he did.
71. Ninja Scroll or Rurouni Kenshin?
Um?
72. Brave New World or 1984?
1984. *shivers* Because everyone should know where "Big Brother is watching you" really comes from.
73. Pern or Darkover?
Pern.
74. Bleach or Shaman King?
Eh?
75. Transformers or Robotech?
Transformers. Uh. :-P
76. Excel Saga or Elf Princess Rane?
Um?
77. The Martian Chronicles or Stranger in a Strange Land?
Martian Chronicles.
78. Ninja or Pirates?
Two words. Jack Sparrow.
79. The Ring or The Sixth Sense?
The Sixth Sense.
80. Shounen or Shoujo?
Not fussed.
81. The Twilight Zone or Doctor Who?
Doctor Who. British.
82. The Crow or Edward Scissorhands?
Edward Scissorhands. JOHNNY DEPP.
83. Tanith Lee or Barbra Hambly?
Tanith lee is very good.
84. Luis Royo or Boris Vallejo?
Who?
85. Tokyo Babylon or Tokyo Godfathers?
What?
86. Hellsing or Witch Hunter Robin?
Don't know either.
87. The Avengers or Charlie's Angels?
Charlie's Angels, because haha.
88. Mercedes Lackey or Jennifer Robinson?
Never read either. Mercedes Lackey has tragic taste in covers.
89. Inu Yasha or Fushigi Yugi?
Inu Yash. Cat ears, right?
90. Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat?
Violence. Ugh.
91. Resident Evil or Silent Hill?
See above.
92. Dwarves or Elves?
Um. Too hard. Dwarves in Pratchett, Elves in Tolkien.
93. Elric or Fafhrd and the Grey Mouse?
Have heard of both, can't remember.
94. Starship Troopers or Pitch Black?
Starship Troopers. *shrug*
95. Metal Gear or Splinter Cell?
Huh?
96. Age of Mythology or Warcraft III?
Age of Mythology.
97. Everquest or Dark Age of Camelot?
Um?
98. Jet Le or Twelve Monkeys?
Twelve Monkeys. But it's Jet Li, peoples.
99. Cowboy Bebop or Gundum (Battle Angel Alita)?
Cowboy Bebop. Hehehe. Isn't it Gundam, morons?
100. Shining or 2001: A Space Odyssey?
2001.
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Date: 2004-11-10 10:37 pm (UTC)Um...what?
...as in, from Harry Potter.
and either, I was mistaken, or you are a shoeboxer. *sigh* maybe I should check, my flist is way too long anymore. =/
and yeah, I'd never heard of about half the stuff mentioned. maybe I spend too much time online and not enough out being a geek? lol.
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Date: 2004-11-11 10:58 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm a shoeboxer. :D Of course I'm a shoeboxer!
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Date: 2004-11-11 11:08 pm (UTC)yay! shoeboxers rule!
(dude. I so totally posted this under the wrong journal. the first time)
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Date: 2004-11-10 10:47 pm (UTC)Sennical, what are you on about?
No idea, actually. It was in the copy of this thing I stole.
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Date: 2004-11-11 02:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-11 03:07 am (UTC)*simply cannot believe that you have not seen half of these things*
That reminds me, is it you who has my copy of 1984? And, how are exams?
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Date: 2004-11-11 10:58 pm (UTC)*points at