Brian McNamara

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Adjunct Professor
Location Edison, New Jersey, United States
Introduction Professor, Anthropologist, Media Literacy Advocate, Geek, Writer, Simmer, Content Manager, Reluctant Time Traveler
Interests Anthropology, Communications, Literacy, Media Studies, Media Literacy, Media Ecology, Star Trek, Comics, Books, Movies, TV, Science Fiction, Writing, Writing for Children, Simming
Favorite Movies The Wicker Man (original); The Lord of the Rings; Stargate; Clerks; Mallrats; Chasing Amy; Dogma; Clerks II; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; I Heart Huckabees; Sphere; Bladerunner; Sin City; Dr. Zhivago; Jesus Christ Superstar; Star Wars I-VI; Indiana Jones; X-Men & X2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Superman I, II & Returns; Batman, Batman Returns, & Batman Forever; Lawrence of Arabia; Dr. Strangelove; Airplane!; Jurassic Park; The Ninth Gate; Rudy; Green Street Hooligans; An Inconveniet Truth; Little Miss Sunshine; The Day the Earth Stood Still; On the Waterfront; Double Indemnity; Vanishing Point; 300; Planet Terror/Death Proof (Grindhouse Double Feature); The Fountain; Adaptation; Silence of the Lambs; The Seventh Seal; Solaris (1972); WestWorld, The Warriors; Stardust; Superbad; Juno; Darjeeling Limited
Favorite Music Classic Rock, Grunge, Hardcore, Punk Rock, Ska: The Damned; The Clash; Sex Pistols; Generation X; Reel Big Fish; Green Day; Weezer; Red Hot Chili Peppers; David Bowie; Nirvana; Bad Religion; The Beatles; The Who; The Fight; Rolling Stones; Social Distortion; Voltaire; The Toasters; Motion City Soundtrack; Mustard Plug; New York Dolls; The Decemberists; Regina Spektor; Elvis Costello; The Kinks; The Fratellis; Donovan; The Velvet Underground; Nico; The Holloways; The Gaslight Anthem; The Hoosiers
Favorite Books Anything by Ian Fleming, John Le Carré, Neil Gaiman, Paul Cornell, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Matt Fraction or Lance Strate. The Lord of the Rings, Children of Hurin and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien; Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore; The Sandman by Neil Gaiman; Jurassic Park & Sphere by Micahel Crichton; The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore; 2001 & 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke; The History of Martin Guerre; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch; Timewyrm: Revelation; Green Lantern; Green Arrow & Black Canary; Justice Society of America; Captain America; The Immortal Iron Fist; Astonishing X-Men