Movies: the Sequel
While I am firmly on team Disney, this is the one Dreamworks franchise that I believe even holds a candle to the animation that Disney makes. It follows the character of Hiccup as he learns to tame and fly on the backs of the titular magical reptiles.
What is How to Train Your Dragon
Anyone who has met me knows that this British Invasion band from Liverpool is my all time favorite.
Who are The Beatles
This musical adaptation of a cult classic black and white dark comedy follows the story of Seymour and his man-eating plant who he names Audrey II.
What is Little Shop of Horrors
This fighting game series released by Nintendo revolutionized the genre, replacing the health bar with damage percentage and having a kill achieved when you send the character flying off the stage.
What is Super Smash Brothers
Avatar: the Last Airbender is my all time favorite tv show. It also spawned this spin off series that followed the Avatar that came after Aang.
What is Legend of Korra
While Up is my all time favorite Pixar movie, this other animated film by the studio is a close second. It follows the emotions Joy and Sadness as they try to make it back to headquarters and teaches the importance of acknowledging all of one's emotions in order to maintain a healthy mind.
What is Inside Out
Since they were my favorite band, it is only appropriate that my first ever concert was this man who played bass for The Beatles.
Who is Paul McCartney
Although his musical Hamilton put him on the map, this production was Lin-Manuel Miranda's first musical and won 4 Tony Awards.
What is In the Heights
Helloooooooooooo!!!! This side scrolling indie game was released in 2014 after a successful Kickstarter campaign and follows the titular armored warrior who wields a rather unconventional weapon.
What is Shovel Knight
This drama series aired on AMC and followed mild mannered Walter White as he delves deeper and deeper into the life of a drug king pin.
What is Breaking Bad
This movie that follows multiple different love stories in England that all somehow intertwine during Christmas time is my all time favorite romantic comedy.
What is Love Actually
This female artist with hits like "We R Who We R" and "Die Young" is what I consider my biggest "musical guilty pleasure".
Who is Ke$ha
Oh my God, oh my God you guys! When I first heard that this movie starring Reese Witherspoon was going to be turned into a musical, I thought it sounded ridiculous. However, once I listened to the music, I actually very much enjoyed it.
What is Legally Blonde
Although I'm not usually a fan of shooting games, one exception is this game series that takes place in the world of Star Wars. There was recently a reboot of this series that came out on the newest generation of consoles that did not quite recapture the magic of the originals.
What is Star Wars: Battlefront
This TGIF series followed best friends Cory Matthews and Shawn Hunter starting from middle school all the way into their college days and addressed tough subjects like underage drinking and the loss of a family member.
What is Boy Meets World
My all time favorite documentary, I Know That Voice tells the history of this profession and features interviews from the likes of Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin, and Rob Paulsen, some of biggest names in their craft.
What is voice acting or voice over
My favorite song when I was young, this 8 minute song by Don McLean was written about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson. This song is the reason why this day is referred to as "the day the music died".
What is American Pie
This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that follows a princess who loses her shoe was the first musical I ever performed in back in Freshman year of high school.
What is Cinderella
Speaking of Star Wars games, this most recent one follows Cal, a former Padawan who went into hiding after his mentor was killed during Order 66, as he tries to reform the Jedi Order and was an amazing game and entry into the Star Wars canon.
What is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
My first time watching this ABC musical parody show with a medieval setting was at Josh's house and it was the season two premiere. Once it came to Netflix, I binged all two seasons and immediately loved it.
What is Galavant
This movie musical follows the lives of a group of young adults during the time of the Vietnam War. A musical using nothing but Beatles songs? Obviously it would be an instant favorite.
What is Across the Universe
After we were given a choral arrangement of this Billy Joel song senior year of high school, it quickly became my favorite song by him. It's a simple song that talks about why it's important to open up your heart again, even after it's been broken.
What is And So It Goes
This musical that follows a mother as she deals with her own bipolar disorder and the effect it has on her family was the first live professional musical I ever saw back for a field trip senior year for Musical Theatre class.
What is Next to Normal
My favorite video game series of all time is Assassin's Creed. During the games you play as members of the Assassin Brotherhood fighting a never ending war against this rival group for the fate of the human race.
Who are the Templars
This DC animated program that follows a group of "young" heroes originally lasted for only 2 seasons and ended on a huge cliffhanger. Thankfully, it eventually released a third season on DC's streaming service, which was announced on my birthday. (Hint: it's not Teen Titans).
What is Young Justice