Primates, Robots, Irresistible Forces, Immovable Objects.
Koko; the sign language Gorilla.
Vivaldi, Gershwin, Tom Lehrer, Philip Glass, Basil Poledouris, Danny Elfman, Combustible Edison, The Stones, Bach, and a whole bunch of Movie Scores
Planet of the Apes 3 "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", The Big Lebowski, TRON, Repo-Man, Back to School, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, ROBOCOP, Bladerunner, Koyannasquatsi, The Good The Bad The Ugly. 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Jerk, Over the Top, Roadhouse, Stargate, The Day The earth stool still, The Forbidden planet, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, The Time Machine.
Quincy, Knight Rider, Automan, Airwolf, The Wizard, MST3K, The Mighty Boosh
The Great big book of Coffee tables, A brief History of Time, Everything penned by Philip K Dick(PDK), Issac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Carl Sagan.
Everyone who had the courage to think for themselves and always question the nature of reality.