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FOG! Asks “What Did You Like Best in 2010?” Part 3!

More picks on the Best of 2010!  
Be sure to include your picks in the comments!

Andrez Bergen, Columnist, Flash in Japan
Movie: Inception and Thirteen Assassins (Takashi Miike)
Television: HeartCatch PreCure!
Album/Song: Cut Bit Motorz Dry Fruit (Mixes)
Comic Book: 20th Century Boys (on re-read) by Naoki Urasawa
DVD/Blu-ray Releases: Battlestar Galactica full series, Seven Films by Ozu Yasujiro (Madman) & 20th Century Boys
Music Video: Psyborg 9 Your Soul Is Mine (Biochip C remix)
Favorite web site: Forces Of Geek (really!)
Celebrity crush: Taira Airi
Biggest disappointment of 2010?  The Republicans.
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? This crazy vinyl 12″ I released of my own Little Nobody music with remixes by the way cool Aux 88 (Detroit) and K. Alexi Shelby (Chicago), plus a 4-page article to commemorate Akira Kurosawa’s centennial for Australian magazine Filmink – with this added bonus feature on Kurosawa main-man Toshiro Mifune.
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? My own novel, set to be published through American publisher Another Sky Press in January – it’s called Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat and is a noir/sci-fi amalgam.

    Emma Bates, Former Columnist, True Hollywood Story 

Movie: Black Swan 
Television: Archer 
Book: From Eternity To Here by Sean Carroll
Album/Songs: Sigh No More (Mumford and Sons)
Comic Book: Daytripper 
Video Game: Red Dead Redemption 
DVD/Blu-ray Release: Back To The Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray
Viral Video: Antoine Dobson. Especially his interview on The Today Show, when he had straightened his hair for the occasion.
Music Video: The Wilderness Downtown/We Used To Wait (Arcade Fire)
Favorite web sites: The Huffington Post, Gawker, Gizmodo, Edge, Facebook, Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
Celebrity crush: Jimmy McMillen
Biggest disappointments of 2010? Medal of Honor, Sex and the City 2, and the vuvuzela
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? My Richard Dawkins viral video
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? My new web series Brother Husbands

Matt Kennedy, Columnist, Exploiting The Media 
Movie: Tie – Inception, Toy Story 3 
TV Series: Walking Dead 
Book: Black Cracker by Josh Alan Friedman
Album: Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
Comic Book: Batman And Robin by Grant Morrison and others
Video Game: Dance Central 
DVD or Blu-ray release: Hausu
Viral Video: Bedroom Intruder
Music Video: There are still music videos?
Favorite website: Facebook
Celebrity crush: the chick who played Knives in Scott Pilgrim 
Biggest disappointment of 2010: Obama
Proudest accomplishment of 2010: Giving Robert Williams an award and writing my first novel. In that order.

Bill Machon, Columnist, Geek Tech 
Movie: Inception
Television: Fringe 
Book: You Are Not A Gadget – by Jaron Lanier
Album: Lord Warddd – Saturday Night Is Ours (formerly of Lo Fidelity Allstars)
Comic Book: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Fool’s Gold 
Video Game: Modnation Racers (PS3)
Podcasts: The Gamma Quadrant (Star Trek: DS9 episode reviews),  Engadget, Linux Outlaws 
Favorite web site: FOG!Reality Sandwich (disclaimer: I am a contributor)
Biggest disappointments: The cancellations of Stargate Universe, Caprica, and Rubicon. 
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? Successfully surviving another year in the Big Apple as an IT consultant.
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? Tablets! (iPad 2, Android, Palm)

Melissa Molina, Writer For Latino Review, AMC Theatres Script-to-Screen, Et Al.
Movies: Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Easy A 
Television series: Big Love 
Album/Song: Tron Legacy Soundtrack/End Of Line 
Comic Books: Zatanna, Nemesis, X-Campus, Fables 
Video Game: Epic Mickey 
DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Goonies 25th Anniversary box set
Viral Video: Surprised Kitty
Music Video: My Chemical Romance: “Na Na Na
Favorite web site: I Has Cheeseburger (it’s my internet Kryptonite)
Celebrity crushes: Javier Bardem, Aaron Johnson (te-hee-hee).
Biggest disappointments of 2010? Sony Pictures rebooting “Spider-Man.” Oh, you mean for me? Not really being into the X-Men summer arc Second Coming and not keeping track of Uncanny X-Force after that.
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? Doing more than I thought I was capable of movie website writing-wise and being able to know a lot more about the DC Universe.
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? “Thor” and hopefully “X-Men: First Class” if it doesn’t disappoint… and maybe playing D&D for the first time.
 

Kas DeCarvahlo, Former Columnist, Ars Comicomedia
Movie: I didn’t get out much. Inception was okay.
Television: I almost never watch the telly, except for some syndicated reruns. I discovered “How I Met Your Mother” this year. Sigh.
Books: Guilty Pleasure: The Twilight books. But most entertaining? Hands down, Stieg Larsen’s “The Girl Who Played With Fire.”
Album/Songs: Beats me, I don’t follow music in a traditional pattern. My personal fave album this year was Phoenix’ Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. I sent it to friends, it’s that good.
Comic Books: The wrap-up of the new “Unknown Soldier.” I’m also liking Vertigo’s “American Vampire.” “Nemesis” was also a rollicking good read, though now that the movie rights have been picked up, I’m wondering if we’ll ever see the next issue…
Video Game: Not a fan, unless the ridiculously addictive but only marginally entertaining Facebook app., “Mafia Wars” counts.
Favorite web site: Facebook.
Celebrity crush: Jennifer Connelly.
Biggest disappointment of 2010? Obamanation. Still, I’m keeping hope alive.
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? My children survived.
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? The Green Lantern movie.

Anthony Taylor, Former Columnist, Author/Producer 
Movies: The Complete Metropolis, Kick-Ass, True Grit, Inception, The Runaways, Micmacs, Never Let Me Go 
Television: Fringe, Walking Dead, Terriers, Doctor Who
Books: Cities of Night by Philip Nutman, The Art of Hammer, The Avengers: A Celebration: 50 Years of a Television Classic
Comic Books: Bela Lugosi’s Tales From The Grave, Elephantmen, Creepy, RASL, Parker: The Outfit, Axe Cop
Video Games: Pong: Legacy, PACMANia, Duck Hunt: Armageddon
DVD/Blu-ray Releases: Space: 1999, The Complete Metropolis, Vampire Circus, Six Million Dollar Man, Dark Skies 
Viral Videos: That one with the cute kitty. And the Squirrel who plays bongos. Any surprised or dramatic animals.
Music Video: Aha – Take on Me.
Favorite web sites: Facebook, Creaturefeatures.com, monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com, themppc.com 
Celebrity crushes: Chrissie Hynde, Alexi Wasserman, Nataly Dawn
Biggest disappointment of 2010? Nasty political maneuvering at the expense of We, the people. Truth is immutable; the media and our politicians need to be held responsible for delivering truth rather than partisan nastiness and lies.
What accomplishment were you most proud of in 2010? That I still haven’t killed anyone.
What are you most looking forward to geeking out over in 2011? Visiting the set of The Hobbit.

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