Books to Read
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Chronicles of Narnia books 4 – 7 (The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle)
- The “Speaker” Trilogy (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind)
- Raising Steam
- The First Formic War Trilogy (Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens)
TV Seasons to Watch
This is the year when I am determined to finally watch (most of) the DVDs and Blu-rays that have sat on my shelf unwatched for years that I didn’t get to last year. Some, like The Flintstones, I’ve had for about five years. In the case of DuckTales, I bought volume 2 eight years ago and still haven’t watched it. It’s even longer for Fraggle Rock (though I think I actually did watch some of it way back when I bought the sets). Alternatively, The Flintstones still may end up on eBay.
Haven’t seen before:
- DuckTales (volumes 2 – 3)
- The Flintstones (seasons 1 – 6)
- Fraggle Rock (seasons 1 – 4)
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures (seasons 1 – 2)
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (season 1)
Have seen before:
- Alias (seasons 1 – 5)
- Dexter (season 8)
- Heroes (season 1)
- Friends (seasons 1 – 10)
- Life (seasons 1 – 2)
- Pinky and the Brain (volumes 1 – 3)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1 – 7)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (seasons 1 – 2)
Currently airing/will air this year:
- The Big Bang Theory (the rest of season 8)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (the rest of season 2)
- Castle (the rest of season 7)
- Homeland (season 5)
- Major Crimes (the rest of season 3, season 4)
- Marvel’s Agent Carter (season 1)
- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (the rest of season 2)
- The Mentalist (season 7)
Movies to Watch
This year I am shrinking my “BDs/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year” list and adding a new one: “BDs/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once every other year.” Most of the movies on the latter list I watched last year, so it’s pretty short for now.
From last year:
- Big Hero 6
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Dumb and Dumber To
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
From previous years, already seen or not:
- 007: Casino Royale
- 007: Quantum of Solace
- 007: Skyfall
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Home Alone
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Iron Man 3
- Mission: Impossible
- Mission: Impossible 3
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
- 101 Dalmatians
- Shrek
- Shrek 2
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
- Thor: The Dark World
New this year:
- Ant-Man
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Batman vs. Robin
- 007: Spectre
- The Good Dinosaur
- Fantastic Four
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
- Inside Out
- Jurassic World
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
- Mission: Impossible 5
- Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
BDs/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year:
- The Avengers
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight
- The Dark Knight Rises
- The Bourne Identity
- The Bourne Supremacy
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
- Firefly
- Serenity
- (500) Days of Summer
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Superman Returns
- The Truman Show
BDs/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once every other year:
- Elf
- The Fifth Element
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
BDs/DVDs I haven’t watched since 2011 or before:
- All-Star Superman
- Back to the Future
- Back to the Future Part II
- Back to the Future Part III
- Batman Forever
- Batman: Gotham Knight
- Batman: Under the Red Hood
- Batman: Year One
- Bewitched
- Big Trouble
- A Bug’s Life
- The Cable Guy
- Cars
- Cars 2
- Despicable Me
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
- Dumbo
- Fantasia
- Fantasia 2000
- The Goonies
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- I, Robot
- Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
- Justice League: The New Frontier
- Megamind
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith
- Mystery Men
- The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
- Ratatouille
- Shrek the Third
- Shrek Forever After
- So I Married an Axe Murderer
- Star Trek: Generations
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Superman: Doomsday
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
- Tangled
- The Transporter
- Up
- Wall-E
- The Waterboy
- Wayne’s World
- Wonder Woman
Video Games to Play
Our family has had some great Zelda interest lately. Mario Kart 8 got downloadable content including Link as a playable character and a Zelda-based track. Along with Hyrule Warriors, we got Zelda Monopoly and a map of Hyrule puzzle for Christmas. I also played The Wind Waker last year and Twilight Princess last month. I have three Zelda shirts that I wear pretty frequently. Ocarina of Time and Skyward Sword, at least, are up for replay this year, along with maybe a few others like A Link to the Past or The Minish Cap if I get a hankering. I also hope that the Wii U Zelda game will be released this year.
First-time plays:
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Hyrule Warriors
- LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
- The LEGO Movie Video Game
Replays:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Other
- More poetism commentaries
- Maybe a secret-for-now series of blog posts