Dark City, The fifth element, Memento, Donnie Darko, The Professional, The Matrix, Animatrix, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Clockwork Orange, Stay, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Wild at Heart, Count of Monte Cristo, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, Mirrormask, Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Sweenie Todd, Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, Hot Shots, Jim Carrey in general, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Outlaw Star, Midori No Hibi, Trinity Blood, Full Metal Panic, Noir, Akira, any Miyazaki pretty much, Blue Gender, Air, Inuyasha(yeah...I know :P), Tsubasa, You're Under Arrest!, Sabre Marionette J, Scrapped Princess, Technolyze, G Gundam, Gundam Wing (deathscythe is my favorite), Deathnote, Initial D, Get Backers, Basilisk, Twighlight of the Dark Master, Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Yu Yu Hakusho, occasionally some Dragonball Z, Le Chevalier D'Eon (one of my favorite animes), Gantz, and way too many more that I can't list right now hehe.
don't have cable, but I watch Venture Bros., Family Guy, Scrubs, Lost, The Root of All Evil, South Park, Shin Chan, Aqua Teen, Dexter, and occasionally Heroes. Mostly I just stick to anime or things that make me laugh.
Stephen King (especially the Dark Tower series), Anne Rice, Stephanie Meyer, Anne McCaffrey, Jane Yolen, All kinds of Manga. Some of my favorite mangas include Battle Angle Alita, and I's (weird combo, huh!) Mostly I like books that toy with the mind, or will keep me up all night ^_^. recommended book: "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski
A hero to me is anyone that faces their final moment or final breath, and realizes that in the back of their mind, they can't help but think about someone else.