Andrea wrote:

I'm a big fan of science-fiction. My favourites that are showing at the
moment are "Stargate Atlantis", "Eureka" and "Blood Ties". I'm a fan of
Star Trek, Stargate and anything from Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire
Slayer", "Angel" and "Firefly"). Then there is "Battlestar Galactica" (the
modern version) and "The 4400". I also like some US police shows, such as
CSI (the original Vegas one - I don't like the Miami or New York spinoffs),
"Criminal Minds" and "Law and Order". With L&O, I like the original and
also "L&O: Special Victims Unit". I'm not so keen on "L&O: Criminal Intent"
but that's because I can't take to the character of Robert Goren. I tend to
watch the episodes with Logan and Barek, while ignoring the episodes with
Goren and Eames.

Oh... I'm a Coronation Street fan as well!

As for films... well, that's a whole can of worms. I'm often tried to work
out what my top ten favourite films of all time are, but it's very difficult
indeed. I've come up with a fairly stable list of seven but the remainder to
make up the ten keep changing.

Casablanca
The Big Sleep
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I've deliberately avoided putting any Star Trek or Star Wars films in there
(besides, the original Star Wars film is pretty much "The Magnificent Seven"
anyway)

I sometimes think that "Unbreakable" (the Bruce Willis / Samuel L Jackson
film) should be in the list. Other possible candidates would be "Bad Day at
Black Rock" and "War of the Worlds" (the 1953 Byron Haskins film, *not* the
recent Spielberg stupidity).

The trouble then arises that if I include "Bad Day At Black Rock", then I
should also include "Rio Bravo", "El Dorado" ;-) "A Fistful of Dollars",
"Shane" and "High Noon". If I include "War of the Worlds", then I should
also include "Forbidden Planet", "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and
"Serenity".

It's difficult to choose! :-D