Top Seven of 2007

[Diego Varen]

Top Seven of 2007

I did a similar thread last year.

 

Moment (Nothing that I can think of currently): -

 

Memory (Hopefully this Christmas): Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I hope it to be a pleasant one (other than a certain thing I'm having to do at school).

 

Book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows): An excellent end to a good series, although not as good as the third part, which will remain my overall favourite.

 

Television Programme (Heroes): I was tempted to have Doctor Who or Life on Mars, but being a programme that has over twenty episodes and its storyline over several months (forgive me, I'm British and we recieved the programme on BBC 2 in July), it has been an interesting programme to watch. I'm looking forward to hopefully recieving the DVD boxset on Christmas.

 

Song/Album (Nothing too good this year): -

 

Film/Game (Rush Hour 3): A funny and exciteable film, which was just as good as its predecessors. Too bad that in the UK, it is being released on DVD on Boxing Day, so I'll have to try and buy it in the New Year.

 

Other (Nothing that I can think of currently): -

[Negative Sun]

Moment: England getting humped in the Euro qualifiers.

 

Memory: Edinburgh Zoo last summer.

 

Book: None that came out this year (unless you count comics, in that case it's KotOR), but I enjoyed Champions of the Force by kevin J. Anderson this year.

 

TV Program: Heroes

 

Song/Album: Hanson ~ The Walk

 

Film: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

 

Game: Jade Empire

 

Other: Acquiring a Nintendo DS, NWN2, getting a dog to stay with us, FireFox 2.0, turning 21...

 

Worst of 2007: Getting fired, having no money, Intel taking over the world, Vista, AMD's disappointments, Scotland getting robbed at the last hurdle for Euro '08, etc...

[adamqd]

Moment: Realizing my Grandfather didn't have a Heart attack, but a mild angina attack and he'll be/is in good health

 

Moment: Having my Contract renewed till at least next Christmas, So now I don't have to worry about getting a job on new years day!

 

Book: Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Inferno

 

TV Programs: Heroes

 

Album: Yngwie J. Malmsteen: Live at Budokan

 

Film: none

 

Game: KotOR (Every Year)

 

Other: Getting ever closer to completing my Lightsaber collection

 

Worst of 2007: Thinking my Grandfather was seriously ill, realizing I didn't enjoy Mass effect one bit, Having one of my front teeth punched out... lol

[igyman]

Moment: Passing all my first year exams in time and transferring to the state budget.

 

Memory: See above.

 

Book: Nothing caught my eye in particular.

 

TV Program: Heroes/Dexter.

 

Song/Album: Nothing in particular.

 

Film: The Simpsons Movie/Transformers

 

Game: There have been so many good games this year, the more original ones that come to mind are Portal and TimeShift. And, of course, I can't forget the one and only Unreal Tournament 3.

 

Other: Watching "Robin Williams live on Broadway" and laughing like hell. Making new friends, seeing old friends. Getting my driver's license.

 

Worst of 2007: Prison Break becoming crap after decapitating Dr. Tancredi.

[Titanius Anglesmith]

Moment: Getting my first car.

 

Memory: Watching the first episode of the Price is Right with Drew Carey.

 

Book: Star Wars EU is just about all I read outside of school, and I had already gotten enough of that a year or so ago. It stopped being good/interesting after the Jedi Academy series.

 

TV Program: I haven't seen much (or any, for that matter) of Season 7, but I loved the Season 6 finale of Smallville.

 

Song/Alblum: Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park

 

Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

 

Game: Guitar Hero III, Crysis

 

Other: Watching the Colts beat the Patriots in the AFC championship.

 

Worst of 2007: Spiderman 3 (even though I originally liked it, I soon came to realize its true suckage), missing all of Smallville Season 7, and rarely ever getting to see/talk to one of my best friends

[Sabretooth]

Moment: None, really. Probably when I got my SSC results and got an admission to a Science college, but nah.

 

Memory: When I received the first (yet miserably small) salary in my life. This is big for me, because in India, teenagers don't work, until maybe a side-job when in a very high college. (And BTW, I think this and Top Moment are interchangeable)

 

Book: I still regret not reading anything this year. Then again, I have more or less given up on reading run-of-the-mill fiction. I suppose I'll pick Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, although it's not from 2007.

 

Television Programme: I abhor Indian Television, and that also applies to television in general, except some nice and geeky shows. I'll say that the anime Ergo Proxy topped for me this year.

 

Song/Album: Nightwish's Dark Passion Play is pretty good as an album overall. It isn't ownage awesome, but I liked it. Epica's Divine Conspiracy comes close, too.

 

Film/Game: Saw a lot of movies this year, and was impacted by many. 300 is of course, the first that comes in mind, and I'll go with that.

 

Video Game!!: As many of you know, my computer utterly sucks, so I wasn't able to play most of the hyped games around. I did enjoy Portal a lot, followed by Half-Life 2: Episode Two and then Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword.

[Miltiades]

Moment: The proclamation where I realized I graduated from high school.

 

Memory: The trip to Tunisia with friends.

 

Book: The final Harry Potter (and the Deathly Hallows) was amazing.

 

TV Program: House MD

 

Song/Album: Nothing in particular.

 

Movie/Game: The Bourne Ultimatum.

[JediMasterJambi]

Moment: Reaching the top of a mountain with my younger brother and his friend near the Blue Lakes camping site, and looking down on all 3 lakes.

 

Book: Ha! People still read? >.<

 

Television Program: Bleach (Subbed, Not Dubbed )

 

Song/Album: Recently? Fiest, 1234. Damn IPod commercial.

 

Film: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 

Game: Mass Effect

[Ztalker]

Moment:When I was working on my 'teaching practice' (for teacher) at my last day, the whole class I was teaching burst into applause after a very neat music lesson. Goosebumps....

 

Memory:My first driving lesson which turned into a huge frickin succes/previous

 

Book:Haven't read much this year, but the last Harry has the quality feel of the first 4 books again. Realy loved it.

 

Television Programme:I realy enjoyed Life on Mars (thanks for mentioning!) when it aired here. Too bad it aired so late and I had to quit watching it in favor of school. But it's just brilliant. The music, the clothing, the people...brilliant. Not to mention the time-plot...

But I have to go for Heroes as well. We just finished season 1 here. I never thought a Super-hero series could be done this way. It's more...drama...then action.

 

Song/Album:An old song called 'Exploded' by Jordan and Baker became an 'theme song' for the group I go out with. We requested it every time

 

Game:Played no real...big games this year. Battlefield 2142 tends to 'lose connection to the server' after a random amount of time (thanks, EA support!) and Jade Empire is realy an 2006 game. Have played Prostreet at a friend of mine though, definately going to buy it. Every...'puberal' element of the series has been removed in favor of an 'real' approach. Loving it!

Film:300 (we still tend to quote "We are...SPARTANS!" when going out

[JoeDoe 2.0]

Moment: Kicking some serious @$$ on Halo 3 against odds (2 vs 6)

 

Memory: Getting my first job after my birthday on July

 

Book: Well, for me it has to be the Legacy of the Force Series

 

TV Programs: CSI: New York and The Unit

 

Songs: There's a tie here, Blow me Away by Breaking Benjamin and Feast of the Savages by Firewind

 

Film: 300 (and a mention for Transformers)

 

Game: Tie: Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect (Halo 3 worthy of mention and also the Orange Box)

 

Other: Getting a 80Gb Ipod in exchange for my damaged 30Gb

 

Worst of 2007: getting the news that a friend of mine got has cancerous tumor

[stingerhs]

Moment: realizing how much i've changed since moving away from my hometown back in July

 

Memory: hanging out with one of my best friends at an amusement park a week before he moved back to Texas

 

Book: The Chronicles of Narnia (yeah, its a re-read, but it is the best book i've read this year)

 

TV Programs: Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters

 

Songs: Follow the Wolves by Demon Hunter, Evil (A Chorus of Resistance) by Project 86, My Own Enemy by Thousand Foot Krutch, and Whispers in the Dark by Skillet

 

Film: The Bourne Ultimatum

 

Game: Crysis (just wish my system could run it better)

 

Other: seeing Project 86 in concert for the first time

 

Worst of 2007: having my family move away back to my hometown without me

[Rogue Nine]

Moment: Getting promoted...?

 

Memory: Otakon 2007. :3~

 

Book: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. Yay vampires! :E

 

TV Programs: Law & Order: SVU (as always)

 

Songs: Iwasaki Taku - "Libera Me" from Hell (from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). FIGHT THA POWAH.

 

Film: 300

 

Game: Hellgate London, seeing as I've not played very many games this year, save for the old standbys (Guild Wars, Pirates!, C&C)

 

Other: Meeting Jae (and the family)! Dem ribz wuz gud. :3

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

Moment: I walked into a Best Buy and there was a stack of Wii's on the floor and I had been trying to find one since they came out.

 

Memory: RD2 ;_;

 

Book: That new Onion book I can't remember the name of.

 

TV Programs: House.

 

Songs: Wana by the Back Horn (Gundam 00 ED).

 

Film: I liked 300 too.

 

Game: Bioshock.

 

Other: Started translating anime/manga; got a 4chan Platinum account.

[Jeff]

Moment: Moving in to college.

 

Memory: My last high school days

 

Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 

TV Programs: House

 

Songs: Nothing from 07 really sticks out at me, but I like "You Know My Name" (From Casino Royale) on Chris Cornell's 2007 album "Carry On".

 

Film: Transformers

 

Game: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

 

Other: Graduating high school and moving on to college has been the big thing for me this year.

[Pavlos]

Moment: England Scotland getting humped in the Euro qualifiers.

 

Better

 

Book: Nothing released this year. The latest Harry Potter missed out on a wonderful opportunity for character development with the whole tent scenario but the book just seemed to plod on - as usual - without anyone changing at all... despite the seven years not one character has developed. I honestly wonder whether or not Harry and his pals are trapped in some sort of Public School time warp back to the 1900s. Still fun, though. And I've yet to look at the Booker Prize winners. But of what I've read this year? Umm... Our Man in Havana? Great Expectations? Don't make me choose.

Game Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer.

Film: 300 is the first thing that springs to mind.

Album/Song: Would have said the Arctic Monkey's latest album but then I found out that Bob Dylan decided he wanted more money and no one can ever hope to beat Bob. And I don't care if it was released in 2006... I only heard it this year.

 

No idea about the others.

[Negative Sun]

England Scotland England getting humped by a country that isn't the current world champion aka humiliation 101 in the Euro qualifiers.

Fixed

[Bee Hoon]

Moment: Realising that mum was all right, contagious pessimism notwithstanding. Tht and getting an A for my killer end of semester exam in July

 

Memory: Quiet, pleasant days, travelling around UK and Europe with my sis.

 

Book: My Sister's Keeper, The Time-Traveller's Wife, re-reading His Dark Materials trilogy:)

 

TV: I don't watch any tv these days:P

 

Song: The Blues by Switchfoot and Stolen by Dashboard Confessional.

 

Game: Jade Empire and NWN.

[Commander Obi-Wan]

Moment: Getting a better job, I suppose.

 

Memory: Getting that Xbox 360... seriously though, I can't think of any other one.

 

Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 

TV Program: Kitchen Nightmares

 

Film: 300/Bourne Ultimatum

 

Game: BioShock (haven't played Mass Effect yet)

 

Song: I'd have to agree with Moel here, "You Know My Name" would have to be one of my tops songs of '07.

[PoiuyWired]

Moment: Knowing that I am not going to die anytime soon luckily, and that she is willing to follow me to the grave.

 

Memory: Nothing Too Special, A Quiet Year.

 

Book: That/those Gundam AoZ novels.

 

TV Program: Heroes?

 

Song/Album: Nil~

 

Movie/Game: Monster Hunter Portable 2nd.

 

Other: Well, still stuck 7 timezones away, sigh.

[Pavlos]

Fixed

 

Touché . Scotland did amazingly well this year, much better than the other home teams, anyway...

[Ray Jones]

Moment: Birth of my son.

 

Memory: Making my son.

 

Book: Linux From Scratch

 

Television Programme: Stargate SG-1 Final Season

 

Song/Album: -

 

Film/Game: Death Proof

 

Other: New Years Day Party 2007

[John Galt]

Moment: definitely when we won our sixth consecutive state title in Academics(Single A, of course).

 

Memory: That entire season; my friends who graduated last year.

 

Book: Not a new release, but the best book I've read this year has got to be Island by Aldous Huxley. The Doors of Perception was amazing as well. Best essay has got to be "Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell.

 

Television Program(me): I don't buy into the Retail Media.

 

Song/Album: Probably Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet

 

Film/Game: Haven't watched a single movie this year, and Medieval II: Total War expansion takes the cake for new release. Likely just because I've not gotten Mass Effect yet.

 

Other: Nothing really to mention, although the future looks bright for 2008.

[Ferc Kast]

Moment: The moment I first posted on Holowan Laboratories, which marked my entrance to the world of modding.

 

Memory (This school year so far): Being able to do things which nobody would ever expect from me: being loud, speaking out, singing out, sharing secrets from my past, having a plethora of friends at school, etc.

 

Book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows): A perfect end to a magical series; Though, I wish that there was more content than there was. To the "Boy Who Lived".

 

Television Program (Monk/Psych): Two good mystery shows; Both keeping their good reputation. Excellent crime-solving episodes this season.

 

Song/Album (None from this year): -

 

Film/Game (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix): Missed all of the stuff cut in the transition from book to movie. Exactly as I imagined when I read it upon its' hardcover release.

 

Most Embarrassing Moment: -Saying "Macbeth" in my school's theater.

Other: -5th year of speaking el español.

-Began final year of high school. (18th birthday in 1 month, 11 days)

[Serpentine Cougar]

2007's not over yet! What about all the cool stuff coming out for the holidays?

[Emperor Devon]

Moment: Fun year, but no particular moment that stands out.

 

Memory: My bizarre definition of a vacation, spending two weeks indoors in SoCal learning how to better argue with people oblivious to the sun-drenched July/August beaches outside. (Yes, I chose to do that! And voluntarily, I might add!)

 

Book: Infinity and the Mind, I guess. Lots to choose from this year, but I'll pick it on account of being so outside the norm for me to read (maths?! o NOZ!) and still being enjoyable.

 

Television: Not watching TV didn't change this year.

 

Song/Album: Neither did not listening to music.

 

Game: Planescape: Torment, or counting ones that came out this year, Mask of the Betrayer. (See this post for reasons why you should play those in '08 if you haven't yet. That means you, Jae. Smurf teh GWs. )

 

Film: Howard the Duck. I saw that abominable thing during my two weeks of debate... it was so bad it was good! Atrocious acting, characters so cookie-cutter in persona you'd think their writers were cookie-cut themselves, lines so awful I couldn't think of anything worse if I'd intentionally tried... really, it's simply so horrible it's excellent!

 

Other: Not really sure what this fits into, but being able to play D&D with Jae, Samuel & co - quite satisfying to finally be doing some PnPing after NWN1 & 2 for several years!

 

My conversations with Samuel also get an honorable mention. Drink up the women, eat the wine, and drink the vice sir. They want out. Do not let them out. Your stomach is an abjuration of the utmost power.