Favourite books:
- most things Star Wars (especially "Traitor" by Matthew Stover, "Outbound Flight" by Timothy Zahn and "Revelation" by Karen Traviss)
- Harry Potter was good, too
- Faust I by J.W. von Goethe, Homo Faber by Max Frisch, and a novel by Milan Kundera whose English name I don't know
- the Plague Year Trilogy by Jeff Carlson
- BIONICLE novels, especially Time Trap and Legacy of Evil
Favourite movies and films
I am not the movie guy, but I liked Accepted, Dodgeball, SW 1-6, Harry Potter 1-2, Stargate, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, 24: Redemption
TV series:
24, Stargate (with spin-offs SGU and SGA), Doctor Who (with spin-off Torchwood), the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (with spin-off Caprica), NCIS, Breaking Bad, Sherlock, Dexter, a lot more
Music:
German Gothic or dark wave music, especially by ASP and Samsas Traum
German folk rock/metal by Schandmaul, Saltatio Mortis and Subway to Sally
Some punk bands, including Rise Against, Green Day, Die Ärzte
And many more.
The subject of "intelligent debates" has come up in recent staff discussions, but we have yet to figure out a way to make them happen without opening Pandora's box for flaming and the like.