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Forces of Geek: Best of 2017

Kristen Halbert

FOG! Contributor
@talkblerdy
Best Movies: Get Out, Girls Trip, Coco, The Big Sick
Best TV Shows: Fresh Off the Boat, Insecure, GLOW, Runaways
Best Books (fiction): The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
Best Books (non-fiction): Hunger (Roxanne Gay), Making Rent in Bed-Stuy (Brandon Harris)
Best Video Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Battle Chef Brigade
Best Songs: J Balvin & Willy William feat. Beyonce – “Mi Gente” (Remix), Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – “Despacito” (ORIGINAL VERSION), Childish Gambino – “Redbone”, Kendrick Lamar “HUMBLE.”, Kelly Clarkson “Love So Soft”
Best Albums: Kendrick Lamar – Damn, JAY-Z – 4:44, Kesha – Rainbow, Kehlani – SweetSexySavage
Best Comic Books / Graphic Novels: BLACK, Saga, World of Wakanda
Most overrated thing about 2017? The morality of politicians / Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Most underrated thing about 2017? Lakeith Stanfield’s performance in Crown Heights
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? Impeachment
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Lack of impeachment
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? The melanated excellence that is Black Panther

 

Clay N Ferno

FOG! Contributor
Best Movies: Thor: Ragnarok, Blade Runner 2049, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Lady Bird, Justice League, Logan
Best TV Shows: Star Trek: Discovery, Victoria, The Punisher, The Defenders, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham
Best Books (fiction): Star Trek: Discovery – Desperate Hours by David Mack
Best Video Game: Prey
Best Songs: “Hard Times” – Paramore, “Pure Comedy” – Father John Misty
Best Albums: Harry Styles S/T, Priests, Nothing Feels Natural, Pixies – Head Carrier
Best Comic Books / Graphic Novels: The Flintstones, Star Trek: TNG Mirror Broken, Punisher (Cloonan/Dillon), Darth Vader, Mister Miracle
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release: Dunkirk
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Gun Control
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018?  Midterm Elections

 

Benn Robbins

FOG! Contributor
Best Movies:Blade Runner 2049, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Wick 2, The Darkest Hour, The Disaster Artist, Atomic Blonde
Best TV Shows:Twin Peaks: The Return, Mindhunter, American Gods, Strangers Things Season 2, Star Wars Rebels
Best Books (fiction):Star Wars: Thrawn, Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
Best Albums: Texas, Jump On Board
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Tampopo Criterion Edition Blu-ray
Most overrated thing about 2017?Star Wars
Most underrated thing about 2017?Star Wars
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017?Star Wars
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017?Star Wars fans
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Midterm elections

 

Joe Keatinge

Comic Book Writer (Evolution, Flavor, Ringside, Shutter)
joekeatinge.com / @joekeatinge
Best Movies:John Wick: Chapter Two, Dunkirk in 70mm, The Hero, Blade Runner 2049, The Disaster Artist, I Am Not Your Negro
Best TV Shows:Twin Peaks: The Return, Baskets, The Deuce
Best Books (non-fiction):No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin, Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss (et. al), Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio, Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Best Songs: “Out of Sand” by Eddie Vedder
Best Albums: Aimee Mann’s Mental Illness, John Carpenter’s Anthology, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club BandAnniversary Edition Vinyl
Best Comic Books / Graphic Novels:Mirror by Hwei Lim and Emma Ríos, Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow, Alack Sinner: Age of Innocence by Carlos Sampayo
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:John Wick: Chapter Two, David Lynch: The Art Life
Most overrated thing about 2017? Humanity
Most underrated thing about 2017? Humanity
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? Humanity
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Humanity
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Voting

 

Lenny Schwartz

FOG! Contributor
Best Movies:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, All The Money In The World, Spider-man: Homecoming, The Disaster Artist, Blade Runner 2049, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wind River, Atomic Blonde, John Wick 2
Best TV Shows:Vice Principals
Best Books (fiction):My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (I consider this a book with illustrations)
Best Books (non-fiction):My Friend Dahmer (Came out before this year, but just caught up with it I’m ashamed to say)
Best Video Game: PacMan
Best songs: I like classical:(
Best Albums:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri OST
Best Comic Books / Graphic Novels:Batman by Tom King, Rashomon by Victor Santos, Beowulf by David Rubin and Santiago Garcia, Roughneck by Jeff Lemire and The Best We Can Do by Thi Bui
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Twin Peaks, The Return
Most overrated thing about 2017? I love everything!
Most underrated thing about 2017?DC’S Legends of Tomorrow
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? San Diego Comic Con
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Limited Released Movies
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Finally seeing Phantom Thread and reading more comics!

 

Elizabeth Robbins

Best Movies:Dunkirk, Baby Driver, It Comes at Night
Best TV Shows:Mindhunter, American Gods
Best Songs: “The Night We Met”, Lord Huron
Best Albums:Content, Joywave
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Shin Godzilla, Hidden Figures
Most overrated thing about 2017?Game of Thrones
Most underrated thing about 2017?Star Wars: Rebels
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017?Star Wars:The Last Jedi
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017?Ghost in the Shell, Alien: Covenant
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? 2018 Elections

 

Joel Meadows

Editor, Tripwire Magazine / Photographer
tripwiremagazine.co.uk / www.portsmouthcomiccon.com / @joelmeadows1
Best Movies:Lost City Of Z, Blade Runner 2049, It
Best TV Shows:Fargo, Better Call Saul, The Punisher
Best Books (fiction):La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Best Books (non-fiction):Mann Vol.2, The Art Of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Art of Mondo
Best Comic Books / Graphic Novels:Mister Miracle, Paradiso, Seven To Eternity
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Logan Noir
Most overrated thing about 2017?Doomsday Clock
Most underrated thing about 2017? Suede: still a great band making great albums
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? A new Star Trek TV series
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? the US election results
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Our Portsmouth Comic con 😉 Plus my new studio book I have written for Insight Editions. I am also looking forward to Ram V exploding after Paradiso.

 

Dana Abercrombie

FOG! Contributor
@sagesurge
Best Movies:Get Out, Logan, IT, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Disaster Artist, All the Money in the World
Best TV Shows:This is Us, Big Little Lies, GLOW, Insecure, The Crown, Ozark
Best Books (fiction):The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas, Dear Martin – Nic Stone, The Vegetarian – Han Kang, Warcross – Marie Lu, Perfect Days – Raphael Montez ,
Best Books (non-fiction):Promise Me Dad – Joe Biden, No One is Coming to Save Us – Stephanie Watts, Crazy is My Superpower – AJ Lee Brooks
Best Video Game:Mario Odyssey, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cuphead, Nioh
Best Songs: “Despicito” – Luis Fonsi, “Sorry Not Sorry” – Demi Lovato, “HUMBLE” – Kendrick Lamar, “DNA” – Kendrick Lamar, “The Story of OJ” – Jay Z, “Bad and Bougie” – Migos
Best Albums: Kendrick Lamar – DAMN, Jay Z – 4:44
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Dunkirk, Batman vs Two-Face, Wizard of Lies
Most overrated thing about 2017? Donald Trump, Fidget Spinners
Most underrated thing about 2017? Voting
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? Staying Alive
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Donald Trump
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Staying Alive

 

Howard Chaykin

Writer/Artist (The Divided States Of Hysteria, Midnight of the Soul, Marked Man, Black Kiss)
With all due respect, BEST is bullshit. This is a list of FAVORITES, because I know the difference between these two things.
Best Movies:Get Out, The Shape of Water, Their Finest, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri, Lady Bird, Thor: Ragnarok
Best TV Shows:The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Godless, The Crown, GLOW, Big Mouth, Mindhunters
Best Books (fiction):Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan), Friends and Traitors (John Lawton), The World Tomorrow (Brendan Mathews), The Allan Lewrie Novels (Dewey Lambdin), Defectors (Joseph Kanon), The Old Man (Thomas Perry)
Best Books (non-fiction):Cartoon County (Cullen Murphy), Warner Bros. (David Thomson), The 50s: The Story of a Decade (The New Yorker), The 40s: The Story of a Decade (The New Yorker)
Best Albums:Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
Most overrated thing about 2017? Don’t get me started.
Most underrated thing about 2017? See overrated thing.
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? I have little or no memory of any anticipatory excitement.
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Democrats.
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? Not dying.

 

Mark A. Altman

Writer/ Producer (The Librarians, Agent X, Castle, Free Enterprise) / @markaaltman
Author Star Trek: The Fifty Year Mission, from St. Martin’s Press / @50yearmission
Best Movies:Dunkirk (Warner Bros), Blade Runner 2049 (Alcon), DePalma (A24), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney/Lucasfilm), The Disaster Artist (A24), Get Out (Universal)
Best TV Shows:The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), Mindhunter (Netflix), Twin Peaks: Season Three (Showtime), Feud: Joan Vs. Bette (F/X), Stranger Things: Season Two (Netflix), The Amazing Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Game of Thrones (HBO), No Activity (CBS All Access), Five Came Back (Netflix)
Best Books (non-fiction):Slayers & Vampires: The Uncensored Oral History of Buffy & Angel (but obviously I’m partial), Grant by Ron Chernow, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Filmmaking by Eric Lax
Best Songs: “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin (it’s back, baby, and this time it’s for kids!)
Best Albums:Baby Driver (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series – Volume 13
Best Blu-ray/DVD Release:Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series (Showtime), The Philadelphia Story (Criterion), Dunkirk UHD 4K (WHE), Into The Night (Shout Factory), Logan UHD 4K (w/ Logan Noir B&W version), Barry Lyndon (Criterion), La La Land 4K UHD (Lionsgate), Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4K UHD (Sony), Atomic Blonde 4K UHD (Universal),
Most overrated thing about 2017?Bright (Netflix)
Most underrated thing about 2017? Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery, the Throne Room fight between Rey, Kylo Ren and the Red Guard, “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka playing during Thor’s arrival in “Thor Ragnarok,” the young-ification of Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.2 Two and Will Arnett as Batman. Him?
Thing that you were most excited about in 2017? Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman and L.A. City Hall projecting the Bat-signal over the city to honor the passing of Adam West.
Thing that disappointed you most in 2017? Benicio del Toro in The Last Jedi, Fear The Walking Dead, people talking on cell phones in restaurants and Charlie Rose.
Thing that you’re most looking forward to in 2018? The impeachment of Donald J Trump .

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