NFL, Video games, editing, motorcycles, tattoos etc...
Walter Murch
this question frustrates me because there is so much thats great, too much to mention.
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Deadwood, there is nothing else that comes close. Battlestar Gallactica
Roger Zelazny's Amber series, Tolkien, CSLewis and Bill Shakspeare oh, and the Remo Williams series.
Spiderman and the Silver Surfer.