Your "Bests" of the decade....

[Carlucci]

As the double-naughts come to an end, it will be interesting to hear everyone's best of for the entire decade.

So for 2000-2009, what was your favorite:

Video Game?
Movie?
Book?
New Technology?
Website?
TV Show?
Music?


and whatever else you want to include.



Carlos.

[King of All Cosmos]

Video Game - ICO
Movie - Mulholland Drive
Book - The Complete Novels (Everyman's Library) Flann O'Brien
New Technology - Blu-ray
Website - Amazon.com
TV Show - Arrested Development
Music - Face the Truth Stephen Malkmus

[iCamp]

• Video Game: Half-Life 2
• Movie: The Incredibles, V for Vendetta, Children of Men, Lord of the Rings
• Book: Nothing springs to mind (that's not a title)
• New Technology: iPhone (smartphones in general)
• Website: Google
• TV Show: Mythbusters? Top Gear?
• Music: [edit]OK Computer[/edit] Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)

[Romier S]

Video Game - Silent Hill 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Bioshock
Movie - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Fountain
Book - Green Lantern Reborn, The Death of Captain America
New Technology - Blu-Ray
Website - Amazon
TV Show - Carnivale, Battlestar Galactica
Music - The Lord of the Rings Complete Scores, The Fountain Motion Picture Soundtrack, Battlestar Galactica Season Soundtracks, Silent Hill Series Soundtracks

EDIT:

Originally Posted by King of All Cosmos

Mulholland Drive

GREAT selection. Fantastic movie that totally didn't jump to mind but should be on the list.

[iCamp]

The Fountain

Ooo! I need to add that one. I always want to re-watch it but don't because its so emotionally wrenching. That's the sign a movie did something to you.

[Josh]

• Videogame: Ico
• Movie: Spirited Away
• Book: Inherent Vice
• New technology: HDTV
• Website: Engadget! (duh)
• TV Show: Six Feet Under
• Music: As Is Now (Paul Weller)

[Josh]

Originally Posted by iCamp

[list]
Children of Men

Yes! Thanks for the reminder.

[Romier S]

Originally Posted by iCamp

I always want to re-watch it but don't because its so emotionally wrenching.

Indeed. Listening to the soundtrack alone is an emotional experience for me. It reminds me of so many scenes in the film that it can quite literally get me to well up a bit around the eye area.

I was surprised that Firefly wasn't on your TV show list, Camp. Hell come to think of it it should have been on mine.

Originally Posted by Josh

Rez

GAH! The list of heinous omissions I should have had included continues!

[Josh]

Idea: Let's set a deadline, collect the submissions for each category, and do a site vote!

ALSO - Amazon started in the 90s.

[Romier S]

Yeah but I started using it in the 00's.

[Anthony G]

Video Game - Bioshock
Movie - LOTR Trilogy
Book - John Adams
New Technology - HD Media (TV, BR)
Website - Amazon and LCVG (I had assumed everyone perceived that as a given)
TV Show - Sopranos
Music - Clint Mansell's The Fountain Soundtrack and all things Smashing Pumpkins.

[EnemaEms]

Anthony,

Pearl Jam's Ten came out when I was a Junior in Hioh School, which was 91-92.

-Dean-

[Josh]

Originally Posted by Romier S

Yeah but I started using it in the 00's.

Lame. Then I could say I started listening to the Beatles in the 00's and they win the music category.

[EnemaEms]

Video Game: Modern Warfare series
Movie: Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition
Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
New Technology: iPhone
Website: Netflix
TV Show: Family Guy
Music: Tool: 10,000 Days

[EnemaEms]

I think a Top 10 games of the Decade would also be appropriate. I'll fire one up in the Games forum.

-Dean-

[Anthony G]

Originally Posted by EnemaEms

Anthony,

Pearl Jam's Ten came out when I was a Junior in Hioh School, which was 91-92.

-Dean-

That's right, I blanked about the decade part and just put down one of my favorite albums. Like Romier, I really like Clint Mansell's The Fountain...I'll go with that.

[Romier S]

Originally Posted by Josh

Lame. Then I could say I started listening to the Beatles in the 00's and they win the music category.

Sure, wouldn't bother me none.

[Bruce B]

Video Game Madden every year
Movie LOTR Trilogy
Book Penthouse forum?
New Technology HDTV and True Dolby sound
Website Facebook
TV Show House
Music All things Foo, Shinedown, Godsmack

[Lutter]

Video Game? Half-Life 2
Movie? Kill Bill
Book? 'The Walking Dead' by Robert Kirkman
New Technology? Jesus Phone (aka iPhone)
Website? Amazon.com
TV Show? LOST
Music? Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus. Oh yes. I love you Miley.
... actually probably Do As Infinity: Final (Live). That's a kickass CD.

[Carlucci]

Video Game: Halo:Combat Evolved (got me back into gaming after a hiatus of years)
Movie: The Fountain
Book? (still thinking about this one, and haven't read Sarah Palin's book yet!)
New Technology: Xbox LIVE.
Website: LCVG
TV Show: Lost
Music: Pink Floyd "Pulse" on DVD (cheating a bit here.)


Carlos.

[iCamp]

Website: LCVG

Finally. I was wondering how long it would take for one of us to kiss ass.

[Kyle-K]

I'm going to try and have alternates if my first choice has been mentioned.

Video Game? Skies of Arcadia (maybe Super Mario Galaxy)
Movie? Casino Royale (maybe X2)
New Technology? iPhone (alt= none. nothing even close for me)
Website? RSS Feeds (for any/all websites)
TV Show? Arrested Development (alt= Firefly)
Music? Funeral by Arcade Fire

[Carlucci]

Originally Posted by iCamp

Finally. I was wondering how long it would take for one of us to kiss ass.

LOL! It's comments like this that underscore the entertainment and social value of this website and make it my #1.


Carlos.

[JTello]

Video Game: Modern Warfare 1 & 2, Battlefield 1942, WoW
Movie: Coraline, Iron Man
New Technology: Xbox LIVE, LED Display Tech, GPS, Skype
Website: LCVG, Slickdeals, Wiki
TV Show: Band of Brothers, House, Lost

[kelley]

Video Game: Silent Hill 2
Movie - Dancer in the Dark
New Technology - iPhone
Website - LCVG.com
TV Show - Band of Brothers, Battlestar Galactica, Carnivale, Deadwood
Music - In Name and Blood by The Murder City Devils

[DrunkOM]

I'm sticking to picking one item for each category. Makes you think a bit more. I could easily list 10 for each.

Video Game: Rock Band
Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Book: Don't read much. Last book I read was Masters of Doom I think, which I did like quite a bit
New Technology: Bittorrent
Website: YouTube
TV Show: South Park
Music: Ours (whole discography is in the 00s so I'll choose all of it)

An edit from my original list - Changed Website to YouTube. While I love LCVG, YouTube really kind of changed the face of the internet from one of static images, text and Flash Animations to one of Video that anyone could see and share. While there are lots of copies now, it was really the first to do what it did.

[xPieter]

Video Game - Halo 2
Movie - The Road Home
Book - The Corrections
New Technology - XBL
Website - Netflix
TV Show - Battlestar Galactica
Music - Sigur Ros

[xPieter]

OK Computer was 1997.

[CaptDS9E]

Video Game Mass Effect
Movie LOTR Trilogy
New Technology Blu-Ray/ XBL/Iphone
Website LCVG :-)
TV Show Lost/Battlestar Galactica

[dienekes96]

If I can only select my single favorite...
Video Game: Resident Evil 4
Movie: The New World
Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
New Technology: iPhone (smartphones)
Website: Wikipedia
TV Show: The Wire
Music: The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings

If I had a few more choices:
Video Games: That has it's own thread elsewhere
Movies: Fellowship of the Ring, Black Hawk Down, Moulin Rouge, any Pixar (seriously, best entertainment company this decade by a mile), The Matrix Reloaded (I know), Spider-Man 2, both Batman films, The Fountain, Zodiac, Speed Racer, and two months to go!
Books: Harry Potter (Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows)
New Technologies: Blu-ray, DVR
Websites: Google, Fandango
TV Shows: Futurama, West Wing, South Park, Scrubs
Music: Scores for Sunshine, The Fountain (lots of good taste here), most of the NIN releases

[iCamp]

OK Computer was 1997.

Damn it! ...going to edit...

TV Show - Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar was in the 1980's.

[Romier S]

Originally Posted by iCamp

Battlestar was in the 1980's.

He's likley referring to the NEW Battlestar Galactica.

http://www.syfy.com/battlestar/

2003 was the release of the original mini-series if I remember correctly. I know you don't watch many TV Show Camp, but the new Battlestar is one you should be trying to get to immediately. Oh and it's nothing like the 80's show outside of character names etc.

[iCamp]

He's likley referring to the NEW Battlestar Galactica.

There needs to be a special font for sarcasm or something. Apparently smilies don't cut it any more.

BTW, I watched 2 episodes of the new Battlestar. It felt like a soap opera. Didn't like that but maybe I'll try again.

[Ron]

Video Game: Portal
Movie: Wall-E
Book: Freakonomics
New Technology: my High-Def Digital Video Recorder
Website: www.gmail.com
TV Show: Deadwood
Music: Franz Ferdinand

My girlfriend's picks:

Video Game: Rock Band
Movie: Mean Girls
Book: Nickel & Dimed
New Technology: her iTouch
Website: www.televisionwithoutpity.com (before it was sold)
TV Show: Top Chef
Music: Franz Ferdinand

[GreenMonkey]

Video Game - Baldur's Gate II

Movie - LOTR: Fellowship (close 2nd place: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Books - I'll have to go with the Song of Ice and Fire series by GRR Martin (2 of the 4 were released in this decade)

New Technology - widescreen DVD / HDTV. I never bothered with pan & scan VHS

Website - newegg.com (Amazon pre-dates this decade). I've been a happy customer there since it seems like forever.

TV Show - I'll go with Angel (it started Oct 1999 as per wiki). I'd say Lost, otherwise, but I need to see it finish before I can be sure.

Music - The Lord of the Rings Complete

[Lutter]

Originally Posted by iCamp

Battlestar was in the 1980's.

No no, he's talking about the awesome new version... not the campy starships-on-strings shitty original Which was the late 70s, btw.

And it's not a soap opera... it's a SPACE OPERA. I want to see these soap operas where they airlock people.

[OzzelsCousinFred]

Y'all know I can't pick favorites easily lol I'll just list some of my top favorites. I have weird tastes in some things but w/e

Video Game: WoW i guess, by virtue of time spent playing (but I consider there to be at least 20-30 games this generation I'll always go back to just because they're so damn good

Movies: Star Trek, Wanted, Appleseed Ex Machina, Batman Dark Knight, Iron Man, PiratesOTC trilogy, LOTR trilogy, Van Helsing, Spiderman trilogy, Norton's Hulk, X2 was this decade right?

Book can't remember if I've even read one all decade tbh

New Technology: I'd say portable mp3/video players

Website: I only really visit a select handful, but LCVG is one of the most active and interesting ones to participate in of late

TV Show

Sci Fi wise: Eureka/Stargate franchise/BSG/Fringe
Discussion: EP/ROTR
Comedy: Just for Laughs/Airfarce/22 minutes/Colbert/Daily Show/Arrested Development
Anime: Full Metal Alchemist
Cooking: Alton Brown's Good Eats, Michael Smith's Chef at Home

Music (yes I know I have weird musical tastes):

Family Guy-"Imperial march elevator music"
LOTR score
KH score
Eureka theme
"oh no you didn't"
various snakes on a plane film songs
Full Metal Alchemist scores
TR Underworld trailer music "roll back destruction" + other TR game music from titles released this decade
Naruto movie 1 score
Van Helsing score
various WoW songs
Sam and Max S1 various
Videogames Live score
Various Castlevania scores
Megaman X command mission score various
Secret Saturday's theme
latest animated Spiderman Theme
Enterprise "in a mirror darkly" theme
King Kong game - T Rex theme +various
OC remix - various

I'd add:
Monkey Island "I am Murray" by Trapezoid (but it's not from this decade)

[JTello]

Originally Posted by Lutter

No no, he's talking about the awesome new version... not the campy starships-on-strings shitty original Which was the late 70s, btw.

Is this sarcasm of his earlier sarcasm? The sarcasms which Romier missed (or was being sarcastic about himself), which Camp pointed out. I'm confused, am I calling you out on reposting, or simply being sarcastic about you being sarcastic by reposting? Anyone else confused here?


Just to cover the all of the bases, I'll just give you the ole,...

[iCamp]

I think the whole forum universe just imploded.

[Rob B]

i went with a different twist on the list I think.....

Video Game? how bout the Wii in general for innovative
Movie? advent of 3d tech Coriline and others
Book? cant think of one that was out of the norm
New Technology? BLU Ray, HD Broadcast, smart phones, Kindle,<sp>
Website? Twitter
TV Show? LOST
Music? ditgital era downloads, itunes
Event? 9-11 - as in everyone knows excalty ware there were and what they were doing perhaps globally
Internet? Viral Videos

[rustyjaw]

Hmm, lesee...

Video Game: Lumines
Movie: Children of Men, Ratatouille, White Diamond, Manufactured Landscapes
Book: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
New Technology: HDR photography
Website: flickr
TV Show: Rome, The Office (British), Strangers with Candy
Music: Casino Versus Japan
Photographer: Edward Burtynsky

[EnemaEms]

I edited my post to narrow everything down to one.

-Dean-

[Josh]

Originally Posted by EnemaEms

I edited my post to narrow everything down to one.

-Dean-

Me too!

[BiGdOGGPHiL]

Video Game? Call Of Duty Series
Movie? Taken
Book? Got Fight?
New Technology?Blu-Ray/iPhone
Website? LCVG/UFC.com
TV Show? NCIS/Deadliest Catch
Online App- Twitter

[Cyberwoo]

Video Game = Half-Life 2. The first FPS to really bring all the elements together. Cool story, interesting characters, intruiging/atmopsheric world, incredible physics, awesome weapons, great animation, epic sense of scale, varied levels with damn near perfect pacing, tight gameplay, etc. Oh and the computer I am typing on I bought just to play Half-Life 2. Ya I need a new computer.
Movie = The Dark Knight or LOTR trilogy come to mind the quickest.
New Technology = HDTV (Honorable mention go to digital music downloads and netflix)
Website = www.lastfm.com just because of all the great music it has helped me discover by linking me up with people with similar taste.
TV Show = Deadwood or Carnivale
Music artist = Ulrich Schnauss or Jon Hopkins
Music album = Tryshasla by Secede or White Clouds Drift On and On by Brock Van Wey

[Angel P]

Difficult to keep it to just one on some of these for me:

Video Game - Ghost Recon series, Metroid Prime, Bioshock, Dead Space
Movie -
Book - Y: The Last Man
New Technology - BT, Blu-ray, iPhone
Website - LCVG (my home page)
TV Show - The Shield (for me, the only show to be awesome from first to final episode)
Music - none as I mainly listen to 70s, 80s music

[Cyberwoo]

Originally Posted by Angel P

Contact, Shawshank Redemption

Those movies were released in the 90's.

[Angel P]

You, sir, are correct. For some reason, I was thinking favorite's of all time when it came to the movies. Damn, nothing really stands out since then.

[Terlip]

My Bests:
Video Games: GH1 (loved the music and whole new game concept)
Movie: Serenity, but Memento also.
Book: The 13th Valley
New Technology: iphone (I love anything MAC)
Website: Facebook (but now I have a real soft spot for LCVG)
TV Show: Deadwood (though I loooved Firefly and LOST is currently my must watch show)
Music: they make good music now?

IMHO (I'm learning some of those acronyms)

[Cyberwoo]

Originally Posted by Terlip

Music: they make good music now?

There is tons of great music being made. Just gotta know where to look.