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shadowkat1. Name a favorite actor or actress and explain why they are your favorite?
At the moment? Meryl Streep because she can literally do any role and is over the age of 50 and still pulls in great performances. And for actors...currently Daniel Craig who is oddly hot, yet not attractive at the same time.
2. What one thing would you change about a favorite movie, tv show or book that you are fan of? That would make that book, movie or tv show perfect in your opinion?
I would change the prequels of Star Wars...make Anakin older when he meets his mentors in Phantom Menace and edgier. Also make Obie Wan edgier. And focus more on character and less on the CGI special effects. I'd also see if I could get Lawrence Kasdan or the someone like that to write the script and someone like the director of Empire Strikes Back to do the films.
3. Name a favorite book from your childhood that you still recall vividly and love to this day?
My Side of the Mountain is a 1959 young-adult fiction novel by Jean Craighead George about a boy who learns about courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in a forested area of New York.
4. Who is the fictional character that you most admire? Why?
Hazel Grace in Fault in Our Stars...for showing grace under pressure...something Hemingway aspired for but never understood.
5. If you could give a million dollars to any charity - which one would it be?
Hard one. Most likely Food Bank of New York at the moment. Although I'd also consider one of the animal rescue charities or Altzeimers Research. Personally I think losing your mind is the worst disease in the world.
6. What country other than the one you are currently residing in would you want to live in?
England or Canada. Although have a fondness for France, Australia and heard nice things about New Zealand. (I'm Celtic blood with a bit of the Germanic thrown in.)
7. Name your happy place - a place that makes you happy?
Anywhere with trees and water. My parents lagoon behind their house in hilton head. Or
the tree lined block where I live, or the tree filled Rufus King Park. I love trees. It's why I didn't like the west or Kansas, no trees. I need trees.
8. Name a happy book or tv show or film that makes you laugh or smile?
PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, Harry Potter (earlier novels), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Noises Off and Grosse Point Blanke
9. Name three fictional characters that you would want to invite to dinner?
Hmmm. Harder than I thought when I came up with this. Atticus Finch, Tyrion, and Aeryn Sun just to watch them argue.
10. What two fictional universes would you like to merge?
The Whoverse and the Whedonverse...or the Farscapeverse and the Star Trek verse...because I'm evil.
11. Name three characters real or imagined that you would like to rewrite or change their canonical story? (Not quite the same as fanfic, here you would literally change their canonical story arc - so that the old one did not exist and this one did - like traveling back in time and re-writing their history) And what would it be?
Hmm...this is impossible, no wonder no one has answered these questions. I have no idea.
There is a reason I don't create memes.
At the moment? Meryl Streep because she can literally do any role and is over the age of 50 and still pulls in great performances. And for actors...currently Daniel Craig who is oddly hot, yet not attractive at the same time.
2. What one thing would you change about a favorite movie, tv show or book that you are fan of? That would make that book, movie or tv show perfect in your opinion?
I would change the prequels of Star Wars...make Anakin older when he meets his mentors in Phantom Menace and edgier. Also make Obie Wan edgier. And focus more on character and less on the CGI special effects. I'd also see if I could get Lawrence Kasdan or the someone like that to write the script and someone like the director of Empire Strikes Back to do the films.
3. Name a favorite book from your childhood that you still recall vividly and love to this day?
My Side of the Mountain is a 1959 young-adult fiction novel by Jean Craighead George about a boy who learns about courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in a forested area of New York.
4. Who is the fictional character that you most admire? Why?
Hazel Grace in Fault in Our Stars...for showing grace under pressure...something Hemingway aspired for but never understood.
5. If you could give a million dollars to any charity - which one would it be?
Hard one. Most likely Food Bank of New York at the moment. Although I'd also consider one of the animal rescue charities or Altzeimers Research. Personally I think losing your mind is the worst disease in the world.
6. What country other than the one you are currently residing in would you want to live in?
England or Canada. Although have a fondness for France, Australia and heard nice things about New Zealand. (I'm Celtic blood with a bit of the Germanic thrown in.)
7. Name your happy place - a place that makes you happy?
Anywhere with trees and water. My parents lagoon behind their house in hilton head. Or
the tree lined block where I live, or the tree filled Rufus King Park. I love trees. It's why I didn't like the west or Kansas, no trees. I need trees.
8. Name a happy book or tv show or film that makes you laugh or smile?
PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, Harry Potter (earlier novels), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Noises Off and Grosse Point Blanke
9. Name three fictional characters that you would want to invite to dinner?
Hmmm. Harder than I thought when I came up with this. Atticus Finch, Tyrion, and Aeryn Sun just to watch them argue.
10. What two fictional universes would you like to merge?
The Whoverse and the Whedonverse...or the Farscapeverse and the Star Trek verse...because I'm evil.
11. Name three characters real or imagined that you would like to rewrite or change their canonical story? (Not quite the same as fanfic, here you would literally change their canonical story arc - so that the old one did not exist and this one did - like traveling back in time and re-writing their history) And what would it be?
Hmm...this is impossible, no wonder no one has answered these questions. I have no idea.
There is a reason I don't create memes.
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Date: 2012-05-20 03:33 am (UTC)I almost put My Side of the Mountain down as my favorite book though. I was pretty much obsessed with that one when I was younger. Running off in the wilderness? Living on your own? Having a falcon as your animal companion? It was completely my fantasy. As an adult I realize that it would be more difficult and exhausting than adventure, but it's a fun idea.
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Date: 2012-05-20 03:47 am (UTC)Saw "My Side of the Mountain" today in the book store - so it was on my brain. Must remember to give that to my niece next year. It was a great fantasy...at the time I thought it was real, now...no. But it was as a child, my fantasy. I loved surviving in the wilderness books - still do.