As another year ends, it’s time for the Hypable staff to share their fandom-themed New Year’s resolutions. We have already shared the shows we are giving up in 2015 – but what about the TV shows and movies we want to watch, and the books we want to read?
Marvel/Superheroes:
Jimmy: As a person that loves Marvel, I pledge to actually start watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. next year.
Laura: I’m not all that interested in the Marvel Universe, but Agent Carter looks fascinating. I’m definitely going to give it a try. And I have to finish marathoning The Blacklist. It’s not at all what I expected especially for an NBC network show.
Caitlin: Because I need more lady-led media in my life, I will actively search for more series, books, and films with female leads, as well as loyally follow Agent Carter when it debuts. I also want to commit to reading at least two books per month.
Karen: I pledge to read more comic books. Particularly Hawkeye and Constantine.
Selina: I feel like the biggest gap in my fandom knowledge lies in the superhero genre. Watching Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and one Captain America movie does not, I have come to find, cover my bases. And that’s just for Marvel! With so many highly anticipated superhero movies coming out in 2015 and 2016, I need to suck it up and get through the Iron Mans, the Thors, all of the Batmans, the latest Spider-Man, and some of the superhero TV show adaptations. I might even have to pick up a few comics… although that seems like a giant wormhole which I might never emerge from again, so that frightens me. (Bonus resolution: I’m going to make another attempt to watch Breaking Bad. It allegedly being the best show of all time and everything.)
‘Star Wars’:
Kristina: I think I said this last year and I’ll say it again this year: to watch the Star Wars movies.
Michal: I’m going to start watching Star Wars: Rebels. I need an animated show to replace my beloved Legend of Korra… and 2015 seems like the right year to getting back into the galaxy far, far away.
Andrew: I pledge to start reading more books (three to four a month as opposed to one), watch the Star Wars movies, and catch up on The Affair, Orphan Black, Shameless, and Masters of Sex.
TV catch ups:
Mitchel: To actually finish The Walking Dead. I similarly tried to get into Breaking Bad and after binging, I stopped watching cold turkey.
Kristen: In 2015, I, Kristen Kranz, will finally fill in some embarrassingly big holes in my classic pop culture education. I resolve to finally: read The Lord of the Rings, watch The Godfather 1 and 2, and cement my Sorkin fangirl status by watching Sports Night.
Kyle: My resolutions are: Read more: I want to read the ASOIAF books. I know I had that on my resolution list last year but I still really want to do it. In addition to that I want to read at least two books a month. This excludes comic books, which I just started getting into. And last but not least, I want to catch up to all of Gilmore Girls by the end of the year.
Marama: I will finally watch Breaking Bad so that I can stop being an embarrassment to the world of entertainment journalism. And I will make myself watch The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which I have been putting off in an attempt to protect myself from the inevitable emotional disappointment it will inspire.