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TARFRIMMER'S 2012 SCI-FI/FANTASY CHALLENGE
WEEK ONE
DATE
#
NEW
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
TIME
(min)
LINK
FORMAT
RATING
(of *****)
CHECK
LIST
06/30
1.
✓
The Martian Chronicles: Part 1: The Expeditions
1980
Michael Anderson
98
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
2.
✓
The Martian Chronicles: Part 2: The Settlers
1980
Michael Anderson
98
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
3.
✓
The Martian Chronicles: Part 3: The Martians
1980
Michael Anderson
97
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
4.
✓
First Spaceship on Venus
1962
Kurt Maetzig
78
DVD
**
✓
5.
✓
The Brain Machine
1977
Joy N. Houck, Jr.
81
DVD
**
✓
6.
✓
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
1955
Dan Milner
80
DVD
**
✓
7.
-
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1965
John Sebastian
74
DVD
**
✓
8.
✓
The Galaxy Invader
1985
Don Dohler
80
DVD
*
✓
DAY ONE: 11H 26M
07/01
9.
✓
John Carter
2012
Andrew Stanton
132
BD - Netflix
***
✓
10.
✓
Chronicle
2012
Josh Trank
84
BD - Netflix
****
✓
11.
-
Avatar
2009
James Cameron
178
BD
*****
✓
12.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9
-- 01: Nothing Important Happened Today
-- 02: Nothing Important Happened Today II
2001
Kim Manners
Tony Wharmby
88
DVD
****
✓
13.
✓
True Blood: Season 5
-- 04: We'll Meet Again
The X-Files: Season 9
-- 03: Daemonicus
2012
2001
Romeo Tirone
Frank Spotnitz
57
45
HBO
DVD
****
-
✓
14.
-
Star Trek
2009
J.J. Abrams
127
BD
*****
✓
15.
✓
The Lost World
1992
Timothy Bond
98
Netflix Instant
**
✓
DAY TWO: 13H 29M
07/02
16.
✓
Return to the Lost World
1992
Timothy Bond
93
Netflix Instant
**
✓
17.
-
Constantine
2005
Francis Lawrence
121
DVD
****
✓
18.
✓
Falling Skies: Season 2
--04: Young Bloods
Eureka: Season 5
--11: Mirror, Mirror
2012
Miguel Sapochnik
Mike Rohl
42
42
TNT HD
SYFY HD
***
****
-
19.
✓
-
Lost Girl: Season 2
--11: Can't See the Fae-rest
--09: Original Skin
2011
Gail Harvey
Paul Fox
84
SYFY HD
****
✓
DAY THREE: 6H 22M
07/03
20.
-
King Kong
1933
Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
104
DVD
*****
✓
21.
-
The Lost World
1925
Harry O. Hoyt
93
Amazon Video
***
✓
22.
✓
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Victor Fleming
113
DVD
***
✓
23.
✓
Kong Island
1968
Robert Morris
84
DVD
*
✓
24.
-
Lady in the Water
2006
M. Night Shyamalan
109
DVD
***
✓
25.
✓
Tarantula!
1955
Jack Arnold
80
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
26.
✓
The Mole People
1956
Virgil Vogel
77
DVD - Netflix
**
✓
27.
-
i, Robot
2004
Alex Proyas
115
DVD
****
✓
DAY FOUR: 12H 55M
07/04
28.
-
Independence Day
1996
Roland Emmerich
145
BD
*****
✓
29.
-
The War of the Worlds
1953
Byron Haskin
85
DVD
*****
✓
30.
-
War of the Worlds
2005
Steven Spielberg
117
DVD
****
✓
31.
✓
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
Jon Favreau
135
BD
****
✓
32.
-
✓
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(20,000 lieues sous les mers)
The Mercury Men:
-- Parts 1-10
1907
2011
Georges Méliès
Chris Preksta
10
80
YouTube
SYFY HD
**
✓
33.
✓
Skyline
2010
The Brothers Strause
94
Netflix Instant
***
✓
34.
✓
Super 8
2011
J.J. Abrams
112
BD
****
✓
DAY FIVE: 12H 58M
07/05
35.
✓
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
Gene Fowler, Jr.
78
DVD - Netflix
**
✓
36.
✓
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
Eugene Lourie
80
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
37.
✓
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Mike Newell
116
BD - Netflix
***
✓
DAY SIX: 4H 34M
07/06
38.
✓
Teen Wolf: Season 2:
--06: Frenemy
The X-Files: Season 9:
--04: 4-D
2012
2001
Russell Mulcahy
Tony Wharmby
42
45
MTV HD
DVD
****
***
-
✓
39.
✓
Source Code
2011
Duncan Jones
93
SHOWTIME HD
***
✓
40.
-
Watchmen
The Ultimate Cut
2009
Zack Snyder
215
BD
****
✓
DAY SEVEN: 6H 35M
WEEK TWO
07/07
41.
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Extended Edition
2001
Peter Jackson
228
BD
*****
✓
42.
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Extended Edition
2002
Peter Jackson
236
BD
*****
✓
43.
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Extended Edition
2003
Peter Jackson
263
BD
*****
-
44.
-
The Dresden Files: Season 1:
--01: Birds of a Feather
--02: The Boone Identity
2007
Michael Robison
Jim Contner
87
DVD
***
-
45.
✓
Apollo 18
2011
Gonzalo López-Gallego
86
BD
***
✓
DAY EIGHT: 15H 00M
07/08
46.
-
Tremors
1990
Ron Underwood
96
DVD
***
✓
47.
✓
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996
S.S. Wilson
99
DVD
***
✓
48.
✓
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
2001
Brent Maddock
104
DVD
**
✓
49.
✓
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
2003
S.S. Wilson
101
DVD
***
✓
50.
✓
Picture of a Nymph
Hua zhong xian
1988
Ma Wu
93
DVD - Netflix
*
✓
51.
-
✓
The Dresden Files: Season 1:
--03: Hair of the Dog
True Blood: Season 5:
--05: Let's Boot and Rally
2007
2012
Michael Nankin
Michael Lehmann
43
48
DVD
HBO
****
****
-
52.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--05: Lord of the Flies
--06: Trust No 1
2001
2002
Kim Manners
Tony Wharmby
89
DVD
***
✓
53.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--07: John Doe
--08: Hellbound
2002
Michelle MacLaren
Kim Manners
90
DVD
***
✓
DAY NINE: 12H 43M
07/09
54.
✓
Looker
1981
Michael Crichton
93
DVD - Netfliix
***
✓
55.
✓
Class of 1999
1990
Mark L. Lester
96
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
56.
✓
eXistenZ
1999
David Cronenberg
97
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
DAY TEN: 4H 46M
07/10
57.
✓
Falling Skies: Season 2:
--05: Love and Other Acts of Courage
Eureka: Season 5:
--12: Double-Take
2012
John Dahl
Matt Hastings
42
42
TNT HD
SYFY HD
***
****
-
58.
✓
Lost Girl: Season 2:
--12: Masks
Teen Wolf: Season 2:
--07: Restraint
2011
2012
Lee Rose
Russell Mulcahy
42
42
SYFY HD
MTV HD
****
-
59.
✓
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955
Robert Gordon
79
TCM HD
***
✓
60.
✓
Rollerball
2002
John McTiernan
98
MGM HD
**
✓
61.
-
Bride of the Monster
1956
Edward D. Wood, Jr.
69
DVD
**
✓
62.
-
✓
The Dresden Files: Season 1:
--04: Rules of Engagement
The X-Files: Season 9:
--09: Provenance
2007
2002
Michael Grossman
Kim Manners
44
44
DVD
***
-
✓
63.
✓
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet
(Daikyoju Gappa)
1967
Haruyasu Noguchi
90
DVD
**
✓
64.
✓
The Call of Cthulhu
2005
Andrew Leman
47
Netflix Instant
***
✓
65.
✓
The Dungeonmaster
1984
Charles Band
Rosemarie Turko
John Buechler
David Allen
Steve Ford
Peter Manoogian
Ted Nicolaou
77
Netflix Instant
**
✓
DAY ELEVEN: 11H 56M
07/11
66.
✓
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
Edward L. Cahn
69
Netflix Instant
**
✓
67.
✓
Beyond the Time Barrier
1959
Edgar G. Ulmer
74
Netflix Instant
**
✓
68.
✓
The Seventh Seal
(Det sjunde inseglet)
1957
Ingmar Berman
98
BD - Netflix
***
✓
DAY TWELVE: 4H 00M
07/12
69.
✓
Surrogates
2009
Jonathan Mostow
89
BD - Netflix
***
✓
70.
-
Sky High
2005
Mike Mitchell
99
BD - Netflix
***
✓
71.
-
The Puppet Masters
1994
Stuart Orme
109
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
DAY THIRTEEN: 4H 57M
07/13
72.
-
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Rowland V. Lee
72
DVD
***
✓
73.
✓
Conquest of Space
1955
Byron Haskin
80
YouTube
**
✓
74-75.
-
Jason X
2002
Jim Isaac
91
Amazon Video
***
✓
76.
✓
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
Michael Cohn
101
Netflix Instant
***
✓
DAY FOURTEEN: 5H 44M
WEEK THREE
07/14
77.
✓
The Food of the Gods
1976
Bert I. Gordon
88
Netflix Instant
***
✓
78.
✓
Gas-s-s-s
1971
Roger Corman
78
Netflix Instant
**
✓
79.
✓
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manhunt in Space
1954/1992
Jim Mallon
Hollingsworth Morse
92
Netflix Instant
**
✓
80.
-
The Fifth Element
1997
Luc Besson
126
BD
***
✓
81.
-
Swamp Thing
1982
Wes Craven
91
DVD
***
✓
82.
-
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
Eric Brevig
93
BD - Netflix
***
✓
83.
-
Wild Card #1:
The Walking Dead: Season 1:
--01: Days Gone By (B&W version)
2010
Frank Darabont
67
AMC HD
****
-
84.
✓
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
Brad Peyton
94
PPV HD
***
-
DAY FIFTEEN: 12H 09M
07/15
85.
✓
True Bloodthirst
2012
Todor Chapkanov
90
Syfy HD
***
✓
86.
✓
Cinderella
1914
James Kirkwood, Sr.
52
YouTube
***
✓
87.
-
Galaxy Quest
1999
Dean Parisot
102
DVD
****
✓
88.
-
House of Flying Daggers
(Shi mian mai fu)
2004
Zhang Yimou
119
BD
****
✓
89.
-
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Terry Gilliam
130
DVD
*****
✓
90.
-
The Thing from Another World
1951
Christian Nyby
87
DVD
****
✓
91.
✓
True Blood: Season 5:
--06: Hopeless
The X-Files: Season 9:
--10: Providence
2012
2002
Dan Attias
Chris Carter
52
43
HBO
DVD
****
-
✓
92.
-
The Thing
1982
John Carpenter
109
DVD
****
✓
93.
-
Firefly: Season 1:
--01-02: Serenity, Parts 1 & 2
2002
Joss Whedon
87
BD
*****
✓
DAY SIXTEEN: 14H 31M
07/16
94.
-
Children of Men
2006
Alfonso Cuarón
109
DVD
****
✓
95.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--11: Audrey Pauley
--12: Underneath
2002
Kim Manners
John Shiban
89
DVD
***
✓
96.
✓
Heartbeeps
1981
Allan Arkush
78
Netflix Instant
**
✓
97.
✓
The Thing
2011
Matthijs van Heijningen
103
Cinemax HD
***
-
DAY SEVENTEEN: 6H 19M
07/17
98.
✓
Falling Skies: Season 2:
--06: Homecoming
Eureka: Season 5:
--13: Just Another Day
2012
Greg Beeman
Matt Hastings
42
42
TNT HD
SYFY HD
****
-
99.
✓
Lost Girl: Season 2:
--13: Barometz. Trick. Pressure.
Teen Wolf: Season 2:
--08: Raving
2011
2012
Paolo Barman
Russell Mulcahy
42
42
SYFY HD
MTV HD
****
-
100.
✓
The Man from Earth
2007
Richard Schenkman
87
Netflix Instant
****
✓
101.
✓
House
(Hausu)
1977
Nobuhiko Obayashi
88
BD - Netflix
****
✓
102.
✓
Flesh Gordon
1974
Michael Benveniste
Howard Ziehm
90
DVD - Netflix
*
✓
103.
✓
Terminal Invasion
2002
Sean S. Cunningham
84
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
104.
✓
Hansel and Gretel
1987
Len Talan
86
Netflix Instant
***
✓
DAY EIGHTEEN: 10H 03M
07/18
105.
✓
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Zach Helm
94
BD - Netflix
***
✓
106.
✓
Super 8
(w/commentary)
2011
J.J. Abrams
112
BD
****
✓
DAY NINETEEN: 3H 26M
07/19
107.
✓
Green Snake
(Ching Se)
1993
Tsui Hark
98
Netflix Instant
**
✓
108.
✓
Conan the Barbarian
2011
Marcus Nispel
113
Netflix Instant
**
✓
109.
✓
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008
Mark Atkins
92
Netflix Instant
**
✓
DAY TWENTY: 5H 03M
07/20
110.
-
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Jack Clayton
95
DVD - Netflix
***
✓
111.
✓
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Mark Waters
96
BD - Netflix
***
-
112.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--13: Improbable
--14: Scary Monsters
2002
Chris Carter
Dwight Little
87
DVD
***
✓
113.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--15: Jump the Shark
--16: William
2002
Cliff Bole
David Duchovny
96
DVD
***
✓
DAY TWENTY ONE: 6H 05M
WEEK FOUR
07/21
114.
✓
Lost Girl: Season 2:
--14: Midnight Lamp
The X-Files: Season 9:
--17: Release
2012
2002
David Winning
Kim Manners
42
45
SYFY HD
DVD
****
-
✓
115.
✓
X-Men: First Class
2011
Matthew Vaughn
132
BD
*****
✓
116.
-
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
Gavin Hood
107
BD
****
-
117.
-
X-Men
2000
Bryan Singer
104
DVD
****
-
118.
-
X2: X-Men United
2003
Bryan Singer
134
DVD
****
-
119.
-
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Brett Ratner
104
DVD
***
-
120.
-
Fantastic Four
2005
Tim Story
106
DVD
***
-
DAY TWENTY TWO: 12H 54M
07/22
121.
-
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
Tim Story
92
DVD
****
-
122.
-
Iron Man
Jon Favreau
2008
126
BD
*****
-
123.
-
The Incredible Hulk
2008
Louis Leterrier
112
BD
***
-
124.
-
Iron Man 2
2010
Jon Favreau
125
BD
*****
-
125.
✓
Thor
2011
Kenneth Branagh
115
BD
****
-
126.
✓
-
True Blood: Season 5:
--07: In the Beginning
Alphas: Season 1:
--11: Original Sin
2012
2011
Michael Ruscio
Nick Copus
58
42
HBO
SYFY HD
****
***
-
127.
✓
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
Joe Johnston
124
BD
****
-
DAY TWENTY THREE: 13H 14M
07/23
128.
✓
The Wicksboro Incident
2003
Richard Lowry
72
DVD - Netflix
**
-
129.
✓
The Lost Future
2011
Mikael Salomon
91
DVD - Netflix
***
-
130.
-
Warehouse 13: Season 1:
--11: Emily Lake
--12: Stand
2011
Millicent Shelton
Stephen Surjik
86
DVD
****
-
DAY TWENTY FOUR: 4H 09M
07/24
131.
✓
The Darkest Hour
2011
Chris Gorak
89
BD - Netflix
**
-
132.
✓
The Divide
2011
Xavier Gens
122
BD - Netflix
**
-
133.
✓
Warehouse 13: Season 4:
--01: A New Hope
Falling Skies: Season 2:
--07: Molon Labe
2012
Chris Fisher
Holly Dale
43
42
SYFY HD
TNT HD
****
-
DAY TWENTY FIVE: 4H 56M
07/25
134.
✓
Teen Wolf: Season 2:
--09: Party Guessed
The X-Files: Season 9:
--18: Sunshine Days
2012
2002
Tim Andrew
Kim Manners
42
45
MTV HD
DVD
****
-
✓
135.
✓
The X-Files: Season 9:
--19-20: The Truth
2002
Kim Manners
87
DVD
***
✓
136.
-
Titan A.E.
2000
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
95
DVD
****
✓
137.
-
The Host
(Gwoemul)
2006
Bong Joon-ho
120
DVD
*****
✓
DAY TWENTY SIX: 6H 29M
07/26
138.
-
Logan's Run
1976
Michael Anderson
119
BD - Netflix
***
-
139.
✓
Eden Log
2007
Franck Vestiel
97
BD - Netflix
**
-
140.
✓
-
Alphas: Season 2:
--01: Wake-up Call
The Dresden Files: Season 1:
--05: Bad Blood
2012
2007
Matt Hastings
Rick Rosenthal
42
43
SYFY HD
DVD
***
✓
DAY TWENTY SEVEN: 4H 51M
07/27
141.
✓
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
Jon Turteltaub
109
BD - Netflix
***
-
142.
✓
Splice
2010
Vincenzo Natali
104
BD - Netflix
****
-
DAY TWENTY EIGHT: 3H 33M
WEEK FIVE
07/28
143.
✓
Paul
2011
Greg Mottola
109
BD
****
-
144.
-
Kung Fu Hustle
(Gong fu)
2004
Stephen Chow
99
BD
****
✓
145.
-
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
1977
George Lucas
125
BD
*****
✓
146.
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Irvin Kershner
127
BD
*****
-
147.
-
Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
1983
Richard Marquand
135
BD
*****
-
DAY TWENTY NINE: 9H 55M
07/29
148.
-
Jurassic Park
1993
Steven Spielberg
127
BD
*****
-
149.
-
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Steven Spielberg
129
BD
****
-
150.
-
Jurassic Park III
2001
Joe Johnston
92
BD
***
-
151.
✓
The Philadelphia Experiment
2012
Paul Ziller
90
SYFY HD
***
-
152.
✓
Lost Girl: Season 2:
--15: Table for Fae
True Blood: Season 5:
--08: Somebody That I Used to Know
2012
David Greene
Stephen Moyer
42
54
SYFY HD
HBO
****
-
153.
✓
Horrors of Spider Island
1960
Jaime Nolan
75
DVD
**
-
154.
-
Troll Hunter
(Trolljegeren)
2010
André Øvredal
103
BD
****
-
DAY THIRTY: 11H 52M
07/30
155.
✓
Jonah Hex
2010
Jimmy Hayward
81
BD - Netflix
**
-
156.
✓
Real Steel
2011
Shawn Levy
127
BD - Netflix
***
-
157.
✓
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Chris Carter
108
BD
***
-
DAY THIRTY ONE: 5H 16M
07/31
158.
✓
Warehouse 13: Season 4:
--02: An Evil Within
Alphas: Season 2:
--02: The Quick and the Dead
2012
Constantine Makris
Michael Nankin
43
42
SYFY HD
***
-
159.
✓
-
Teen Wolf: Season 2:
--10: Fury
The Dresden Files: Season 1:
--06: Soul Beneficiary
2012
2007
Tim Andrew
Ken Girotti
42
44
MTV HD
DVD
****
***
-
160.
✓
Tangled
2010
Nathan Greno
Byron Howard
100
STARZ HD
***
-
161.
-
Spirited Away
2001
Hayao Miyazaki
124
DVD
*****
-
162.
✓
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
Hayao Miyazaki
88
DVD - Netflix
***
-
163.
✓
Castle in the Sky
1986
Hayao Miyazaki
124
DVD - Netflix
***
-
164.
-
Enchanted
2007
Kevin Lima
107
BD
****
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DAY THIRTY TWO: 11H 54M
CHECKLIST - Completed on 7/25 (w/o duplicates 7/28)
Spoiler:

Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1900s.
-x- 1900(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) - 20,000 lieues sous les mers (1907)
-x- 1910(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) - Cinderella (1914)
-x- 1920 - The Lost World (1925)
-x- 1930 - King Kong (1933)
-x- 1940 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
-x- 1950 - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
-x- 1960 - First Spaceship on Venus
-x- 1970 - The Brain Machine
-x- 1980 - The Galaxy Invader
-x- 1990 - The Fifth Element
-x- 2000 - Lady in the Water
-x- 2010 - Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
-x- First language, Swedish - The Seventh Seal
-x- Second language, Korean - The Host

-x- Watch the MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic version of a sci-fi/fantasy film - MST3K: Manhunt in Space
-x- Watch a film and its remake - The Thing from Another World / The Thing
-x- Watch a film based on a video game - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
-x- Watch a film based on a novel - John Carter
-x- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category - The War of the Worlds (1953)
-x- Watch a silent film - The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
-x- Watch a Criterion version film - House (1977)
-x- Watch a film with commentary - Super 8
-x- Watch a film and at least two sequels - Tremors 1-4
-x- Watch a film that takes place underneath the Earth - The Mole People
-x- Watch a film that takes place in space - Star Trek (2009)
-x- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea - It Came from Beneath the Sea
-x- Watch an animated film - Titan A.E.
-x- Watch a film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
-x- Watch a film that takes place in the "future" but the year has already come and gone - Rollerball (2002)
-x- Written by/starring/inspired by/or related in some way to the late Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
-x- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Ed Wood/Steven Spielberg/Terry Gilliam - Bride of the Monster; War of the Worlds (2005); Twelve Monkeys
-x- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Roger Corman/Edgar G. Ulmer/Charles Band - Gas-s-s-s; Beyond the Time Barrier; The Dungeonmaster

Watch a film for each rating:
-x- G - Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
-x- PG - Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
-x- PG-13 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
-x- R - Jason X
-x- X/NC-17(Optional) - Flesh Gordon
-x- Unrated - Cowboys & Aliens

Watch a film in each of the following subgenres:
-x- Alien invasion - Skyline
-x- Horror - Apollo 18
-x- Cyborg/Cybernetic revolt - i, Robot
-x- Post-Apocalyptic - Children of Men
-x- Alternate History - Watchmen
-x- Robot/Android - Class of 1999
-x- Immortality - The Man from Earth
-x- Space Opera/Serial - Firefly: Serenity, Parts 1 & 2
-x- Mutants (non-critter) - X-Men: First Class
-x- Comic Book - Swamp Thing
-x- Mad Scientist - Kong Island
-x- Comedy - Galaxy Quest
-x- Time travel - Source Code
-x- Giant Critters - The Food of the Gods
-x- Prehistoric - The Lost World (1992)
-x- Paranormal - Chronicle
-x- Kaiju - Monster from a Prehistoric Planet
-x- Tech Noir - eXistenZ

-x- Arthurian Fantasy - Merlin and the War of the Dragons
-x- Based on fairy tale - Hansel and Gretel (1987)
-x- Urban Fantasy - Lost Girl: Season 2
-x- High Fantasy - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
-x- Sword and Sorcery - Conan the Barbarian (2011)
-x- Dark Fantasy - Snow White: A Tale of Terror
-x- Martial Arts Fantasy - House of Flying Daggers

Watch a film starring:
-x- Lionel Atwill/Mara Corday/Marshall Thompson - Son of Frankenstein; Tarantula!; It! The Terror from Beyond Space
-x- Faith Domergue/Bruce Campbell/Donald Sutherland - Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet; Terminal Invasion; The Puppet Masters
-x- Jeff Goldblum/Sigourney Weaver/Stephen Chow - Independence Day (1996); Paul; Kung Fu Hustle
-x- Joey Wang/Maggie Cheung/Gloria Talbott - Picture of a Nymph; Green Snake; I Married a Monster from Outer Space
-x- James Coburn/Ross Martin/Dick Miller - Looker; Conquest of Space; Heartbeeps
-x- Michelle Rodriguez/David Warner/Tilda Swinton - Avatar (2009); Return to the Lost World; Constantine
-x- Natalie Portman/Peter Cushing/Bruce Willis/Kurt Russell - Thor; Star Wars; Surrogates; Sky High

Personal Checklist:
-x- Watch a Movie Made for TV: True Bloodthirst
-x- Watch a TV Miniseries: The Martian Chronicles
-x- Watch a Full Season of a TV Series: The X-Files: Season 9
-x- Read a SciFi/Fantasy Book/Story Adapted to Film: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr.

2009 COUNT: 142
2010 COUNT: 133
2011 COUNT: 153

2012 GOAL: 150

2012 COUNT: 164
2012 TIME: 274H 04M

Summary:
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