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@Viktoriya Borisova this one is a great prompt! I am a serial re-watcher and re-reader and my wife HATES that about me!
I’ll pick one from each genre:
TV: The West Wing. I could watch all of the episodes straight over a few months and then go right back to the start.
Movies: The original Star Wars Trilogy (as documented in the Community many times by me). I could watch all 3 movies straight and then go right back. In the same day. 3 times each!
Books: Catcher in the Rye, The Fountainhead, The Great Gatsby. I have read each multiple times and enjoy them like the first time every time.
My husband likes anything on YouTube. Mostly current events and things about science and technology. Things about outer, space, physics, biochemistry, and his university of choice is YouTube. Very educated man. He's also a genius. Literally a prodigy.
Great question @Viktoriya Borisova! For me, I could go on forever but since I'm short on time I'll stick with the Harry Potter series and The Hangover series!
I'm going to cheat a bit and expand into books as well as screen (albeit some of my screen stuff is absolutely book based)
I like horror films, very much on the spooky or supernatural side, with a good dose of psychological ones. So I revisit some.
There are a handful of things based on Clive Barker's and Neil Gaiman's stories that I go back to sometimes.
Anything by pTerry Pratchett, TV versions or books.
Anything Addams. Even the terrible one where Tim Curry did his best with an execrable script (Sorry @Mia Paulin - Curry is brilliant, but sometimes, you just can't rescue it. It's only watchable because Tim dragged it up, and whoever played Lurch and Thing did it well)
Nic and Morty! Wubalubadubdub! (Oh, sorry, um, I'm Nic, we named our latest cat Morticia, after Morticia Addams, and she's my cat, according to her). I mean "Rick and Morty", of course.
A peculiarly UK-focused sitcom (I say the UK, because "British" is horribly complex and I can't be bothered to write the essay. The sitcom only really applies to the two countries, the principality and province that make up the main parts of the UK) - "Yes (prime) Minister" is a work of genius.
I would love to have a house with a big shed/garage so I can have a woodworking and motorcycle shop. Combine it with a home gym and I will be a happy man :)
@Paul Wiggers , great sites. I see you like hand tool shows. Let's add Roy Underhill's Woodwright's shop to the list. Growing up in North Carolina I always enjoyed his PBS show. His shop is just up the road from me where he filmed some of the episodes and teachs classes. Sadly this has or will come to and end soon.
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I could rewatch a lot of movies and series, but my go-tos are simple:
- Kevin Smith's movies - all of them, including the bad ones and the "An Evening with Kevin Smith" specials.
- ESPN 30 for 30s: documentaries about sports events, players, and the stories behind them. "Survive and Advance" - about NC State ("The Wolfpack") and how they won the NCAA Championship. Great storytelling. There are a lot more of those, which I've seen several times too: The Fab Five, Phi Slama Jama, You don't know Bo, Fantastic Lies, and many more. These are all a must, with incredible rewatch potential.
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