July-kable Post Series: Episode II - Your Most Likeable Entertainment Art!
Good morning, happy Monday, and welcome to another new week Atlassian Community!
July has been designated as Likes 4 Trees month in the community, and we can affect the planting of 50,000 trees by liking content in the community this month. You can read about all of the details in @Monique vdB's post here.
Liking content on the community is an easy process, and reinforces the contributions of community members new and old alike. It's a quick shot of dopamine that can motivate an author or commenter to keep coming back and contributing. You don't even have to subscribe when smashing the like button!
Over the four Mondays in July, I'll be posting a discussion here in The Watercooler that will gather content for community users to come and like, helping us along the journey of planting 50K oxygen producing wonders of nature, which as of this posting we have already planted 22,073!
As you can see in the like meter above, the first post in this series generated 998 likes! Let's see if we can exceed that number in this second post in the series!!
Today's subject is Your Most Likeable Entertainment Art!
"Entertainment Arts" or "Popular Arts" include:
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Cinema → Film art, visual storytelling
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Television → Broadcast narrative or episodic storytelling
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Music → Auditory art and cultural expression
Tell us what your favorite example of any of the above art forms is, and do it with a picture of GIF. It could be a picture of a movie or play poster, album cover or scene from a TV show. If it's your favorite, then it's likeable and we'll all be here to show you the love with our likes and comments.
Previous Series Episodes:
July-kable Post Series: Episode I - Your Most Likeable Animal!
Have a great week, I can't wait to post another discussion next Monday and see how many more trees have been planted by then!
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Music - Nirvana Unplugged in New York.
I was in High School when this was filmed and dubbed a cassette tape from the audio off of the VCR, before they released this as an album. The conversations the band had between songs was hilarious and a window in to how they operated. @Sajit Nair _Trundl_ - agree?
Television - The West Wing.
I wish this is how the government operated.
Here are my favorites (it was really hard to choose only one again!):
Movie - Pride and Prejudice
My comfort movie ✨
Television → The Office
I’ve lost track of how many The Office memes and GIFs I've sent to my team at this point. No matter the situation - there's always a Michael Scott reaction that fits way too well 😄
Another favorite → The Big Bang Theory
No matter how long the day’s been, there's something comforting about sinking into an episode of The Big Bang Theory. It’s funny, familiar, and just the right amount of ridiculous. The elevator may not work, but the jokes always do ✨
Television → Friends
From “Pivot!” to “How you doin’?”, this show gave us enough quotes to last a lifetime. Honestly, I use Joey’s lines more than I'd like to admit in actual meetings 😄
Music → The Lord of the Rings soundtrack
While others blast pop hits to focus, I love to work to the sound of Mordor. Howard Shore was my top artist last year on Spotify - I was a top 1% listener. If it doesn’t sound like an epic quest across Middle-earth, I'm not working hard enough.
Movie - Hot Fuzz
I remember the first time watching this movie was on a portable DVD player while camping with my family. It was then, and still now, one of the funniest movies I've ever watched. I can quote it up-down, head-to-toe and it never gets old.
Television - The Wire.
Hands down the best TV show ever. The Sopranos holds a close second in my list, but something about the characters and story line of The Wire holds a very special place in my heart.
Music - The Grateful Dead
This is the most obvious choice. Besides Dub music from Jamaica, I uphold the opinion that The Grateful Dead are the most influential group for the "sound of music" (another great movie). Through the innovations they created and applied to their tours, and the pervasive influence of their community, it's a band that has not faded away. The boys forever changed the landscape of music, and I'm a proud Dead Head for it.
I have the likeness of this tiger tatted on my sleeve.
While I am a bigger fan of the Keith & Donna era of keys & vocals, one cannot mention the Dead without mentioning Pig Pen, just look at that pure americana swagger-
I can add a contribution in here for most likeable entertainment art - The Princess Bride. A film that crosses over genres - comedy, adventure, romance, drama. And many quotable scenes too!
Currently rewatching The Bear since the new season came out and our teenager wanted to watch it with us. I'm reminded of what a great show it is and the amazing soundtrack.
Television - I have so many programs that I loved. For this post I'll pick - Firefly
Movie - The Abyss
I'll have to think a bit more for music...
As far as storytelling goes, I love Back to the Future and watched a TV recording of it countless times on my parents VCR as a kid - fast forwarding through the commercials. 😄
Still waiting for my hoverboard...
Movie: The Sting; Redford and Newman, need I say more?
TV: Doctor Who (the modern era, but mostly the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant years)
Music: The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975 - the first album I ever owned
Here are my favorites (even if it's really difficult to pick one for each) :
Movie : La vità è bella (Life is beautiful)
If possible in original version with subtitles because Roberto Benigni is inimitable
But I am also a fan of Sci-Fi and fantastic movies
TV : Community
Because it's fun, because it's absurd and because they had the idea of the darkest timeline
But I love too The Office and TBBT
Music : My trinity is Muse, Radiohead and SOAD (sorry I couldn't choose)
I have been thinking about this one a bit, as we've had the absolute best and sunniest spring and start of summer over here in Belgium for as long as I can remember. As a result, I am spending a lot - really, a lot - of time outside in the garden and around the BBQ.
So not a lot going on in my free time on screens or indoors. But - playing a tiny bit of guitar every now and then myself, though on a very intermediate level - I do have my guitar heroes I like to tune into in the background every now and then.
Maybe entirely by accident, @carolyn french's reference to The Princess Bride automagically sparked my huge enthusiasm for Mark Knopfler - who happened to be responsible for the soundtrack of that movie ...
True legend, that man ...