new media, pop-science, technologically facilitated egalitarianism, near-future prognostication, gadgets... skateboards, bicycles etc...
intelligent life from other planets... hell, maybe even intelligent life from this one
"russian" music...
StarWars... 1,2,3,4,5,6and if he made more I'd love em too... I am not the biggest Lucas fan, I wish he'd open up the universe to other film makers (like he has with the books and comics).
if I ever get a minute, DiscoveryHD
cyberpunk, near-future sci-fi, some fantasy/sci-fi, pop-sci, the first 164 pages. Emerson.
Jim Henson, Carl Sagan