Flowery Princess Kairi & Garden's Guardian Aqua

Darkman by Sam Raimi.

Along with Batman (1989) and Spider-Man (2002), this signals the birth of quirky, inventive, modern comic-book movies. This film was very close to the genre, and it wasn't even based on a comic!

Note: I think the explosion that originates Darkman is meant to be an Alec Holland wink to the masterpiece: Swamp Thing.

By what mythology do we live by? I believe that Christianity, Shintoism, Taoism, Alchemy, Homeopathy, and Jung are the 6 pillars.

The Neverending Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) by Michael Ende.

A magnificent book.

"The limits of your language are the limits of your world." ― Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Invisible Man (1933) by James Whale.

Based on H.G. Wells' 1897 novel, "The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance."

James Whale at, perhaps, his most Whale-ish. Unyielding, cutting and misanthropic. A funny, creepy, and brisk story of madness.

Definitely one of Universal's creepiest monsters.

La Belle et la Bête: journal d'un film (Beauty and the Beast: Diary of a Film) by Jean Cocteau.

A superb book about the making of a masterpiece.

Deathbird Stories: A Pantheon of Modern Gods by Harlan Ellison.

Ellison is a controversial figure, for sure. Despite this, I think he's a fine, one-two punch wordsmith.

Classics Illustrated #59. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë.

Really like the costumes on these guys (designed by the great Sid and Marty Krofft).

"Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail." - Tao Te Ching (Chapter 76, translation by Stephen Mitchell)