About me

Name: Rei, Reggie, or "Ray-Ray"
Birthday: American Thanksgiving
Hometown: Los Angeles (specifically, Burbank, California)
Hobbies: Drawing, music, video games, movies, writing fanfics, reading, film editing, composing graphic novels (I'm contemplating on creating 7 to 8)
Interests: military hardware, military history, military aviation, firearms, anime, manga, film editing and production, science fiction
Sports: Baseball, some basketball & football, seldom on hockey & tennis; everything else, I won't bother for the most part

Some of my favorites:

Music:

Barenaked Ladies, Tears for Fears, U2, All-American Rejects, Mr. Mister, The Killers, Foster the People, Smashmouth, Queen, Blink-182, Green Day, The Clash, Maroon 5, Toto, Leona Lewis, Spice Girls, Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice from Spice Girls), MGMT, M83, Eiffel 65, Michael Learns to Rock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, A1, Nelly, 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas, Carl Douglas, Bob Marley, Bedingfield siblings Natasha and Daniel, Daft Punk, Daryl Hall & John Oates (or simply Hall and Oates), Skid Row, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Don Henley, The Ataris, 3 Doors Down, 311, Pepper, Foo Fighters, Capital Cities, The Eagles, Joe Walsh, Phil Collins, Akon, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Rihanna, Hideaki Tokunaga, Ichiro Mizuki, Pat Benatar, Chaka Khan, Paula Abdul, Matchbox 20 & Rob Thomas, Erasure, Sting & The Police, Paul Young, Dan Hartman, Atomic Kitten, B*witched, 911, A1, Ultra, KT Tunstall, Better Than Ezra

Movies:

Top Gun, Major League, Juno, Whip It, The One that Got Away (story of ex-British Army SAS/Special Forces soldier Chris Ryan), Lawrence of Arabia, When Harry Met Sally, Shorinji Kempo a.k.a. The Killing Machine (1975 Sonny Chiba movie), Rambo series (with Rambo III being my most favorite), Fight Club, Platoon, Commando, Pulp Fiction, American Pie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Hamburger Hill, The Warriors (1979 gang warfare movie by Walter Hill), Warrior (2011 MMA movie by Gavin O'Connor), Inglourious Basterds, Under Siege, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Jarhead, Men of Honor, R2B: Return to Base, Iron Eagle, Who Dares Wins (aka The Final Option), Navy SEALs, Tears of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, Bravo Two Zero, The Expendables, The Odd Angry Shot, 300, Full Metal Jacket, Speed and Angels, Black Hawk Down, The Expendables, Joe Dirt, Six String Samurai, Sniper, The Hangover, V for Vendetta, Kickboxer, The One That Got Away, Apocalypse Now, Behind Enemy Lines, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Air America, The Patriot, Mad Max, Star Wars, Behind Enemy Lines, Red Dawn (1984 original and 2012 remake), Die Hard series, Tears of the Sun, The Final Option (a.k.a. Who Dares Wins), G.I. Jane, The Hangover I and II, The New Guy, Delta Farce, Tank Girl, The Green Berets, Battle: Los Angeles, Starship Troopers, Under Siege, Dune (1984), An Officer & a Gentleman, The Lover, The Finest Hour (1992 Navy SEAL movie starring Rob Lowe, Tracy Griffith, & Gale Hansen), National Lampoon's Animal House, Rumble in the Bronx, Big Trouble in Little China, Rush Hour series, The Lost Boys, Vampire's Kiss, Kick-Ass, The Dark Knight (Batman) series, Universal Soldier, Karate Kid I & II, The Killer (1989 crime movie directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-Fat), Face/Off, Ran, Kagemusha, Yojimbo, G.I. Samurai (a.k.a. Sengoku Jietai), The Seven Samurai, Fighter in the Wind (2004 movie about Karate master Mas Oyama starring Yang Dong-Geun in the main role), Magnificent Seven, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Zulu, Navy SEALs (starring Charlie Sheen), Tears of the Sun, The Abyss (starring Ed Harris and Michael Biehn), The Finest Hour (1992 Navy SEAL movie starring Rob Lowe, Tracy Griffith, and Gale Hansen), We Were Soldiers, 9th Company, Mirror Wars: Reflection One, Red Sky (a.k.a. Kerosene Cowboys), Blade, My Way, Ong-Bak, Yamada: Samurai of Ayutthaya (a.k.a. Muay Thai Warrior), American Anthem, Pineapple Express, The Interview, This is the End, Sausage Party, Spring Breakers, Camp X-Ray, American Ultra, Savior (1998 French Foreign Legion movie starring Dennis Quaid), Buffalo Soldiers (2001 military dark comedy movie starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scot Glenn, and Anna Paquin), The Great Santini, Despicable Me, March or Die, Legionnaire, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, Hacksaw Ridge, Ninja (2010 assassin action/adventure starring Scott Adkins), Killing Machine: Shorinji Kempo, The Quest (1996 Jean Claude Van-Damme movie), Kickboxer (1989 Van Damme/Muay Thai movie), Bloodsport, Star Runner (2003 Hong Kong kickboxing movie starring Vanness Wu, Hyun-Joo Kim, David Chiang, Ti Lung, Max Mok, and Andy Oh), Duel of Fists (1971 Hong Kong Muay Thai movie starring David Chiang and Ti Lung), Ninja Wars, Sister Street Fighter a.k.a. Onna Hissatsu-Ken (1974 Shorinji Kempo movie starring Etsuko Shihomi), A Fighter's Blues a.k.a. Ah Fu (2000 Chinese Muay Thai movie starring Andy Lau, Takako Tokiwa, Indira Jaranpura, and Apichaya Thanattanapong), Bruce Lee movies (namely Enter the Dragon, Fist of Fury, and Return of the Dragon), Birth of the Dragon, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Akakage: The Red Shadow (2001 ninja romantic comedy movie), Streets of Fire (1984 noir/action/romance movie starring Michael Pare, Diane Lane, and Willem DaFoe), The Hunted (1995 ninja action movie starring Christopher Lambert, Joan Chen, and John Lone), Bad News Bears, 42: The Jackie Robinson Story, Eight Men Out, The Rookie, Rookie of the Year, Battlefield Baseball, Bull Durham, The Natural, Dirty Dancing, Footloose, Flashdance, Mighty Ducks I & II, Youngblood, Slap Shot, The Cutting Edge, Miracle on Ice (2004), Goon, Mystery Alaska, Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983 starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, Willem DaFoe, and Susan Sarandon), Donnie Darko, Samurai Spy (1965), Love's Deadly Triangle (1997), Soldier (1998),

TV:

Airwolf, Battlestar Galactica, Ultimate Force (2002 show about the British Army Special Air Service/S.A.S./Special Forces), Power Rangers (Mighty Morphin', Zeo, Wild Force, Jungle Fury, In Space, Lightspeed Rescue, Lost Galaxy, Time Force), Family Guy, Jackass, South Park, The Chappelle Show, King of Queens, BBC, CNN, Fox News, American Dad, Bob's Burger, Supercarrier, JAG, The Unit, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Ninja Warrior, Discovery, National Geographic, History Channel, Hell's Kitchen, American Idol, Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods (starring Donnie Wahlberg), Jerry Springer, Frank Herbert's Dune, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Space: Above and Beyond (a.k.a. "Space 2063" and the show's acronym SAAB/S:AAB), Emerald Point N.A.S. (Naval Air Station Emerald Point), Baa Baa Black Sheep (a.k.a. The Black Sheep Squadron), The Contender Asia (a.k.a. The Contender Kickboxer/The Contender Muay Thai), Cobra Kai, Les Chevaliers Du Ciel (a.k.a. The Aeronauts/Knights of Heaven),

Anime:

Macross Zero
Macross Plus
Beast King GoLion (a.k.a. Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Lion Force)
Voltes V
Ninja Senshi Tobikage (a.k.a. Ninja Robots)
Area 88
Cromartie High School
Yu Yu Hakusho
Ranma 1/2
12 Explosive Zodiac Warriors Eto Rangers
Inuyasha
Flame of Recca
Mobile Suit Gundam (including the Z, ZZ/Double Zeta, and Char's Counterattack sequels)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th M.S. Team
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (a.k.a. Gundam V)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED & SEED Destiny
Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken)
One Piece
Legend of Black Heaven (a.k.a. Kachou Oji and Oji the Section Chief)
Lupin III
Gatekeepers
Crying Freeman
Macross (a.k.a. Robotech)
Full Metal Panic
Crayon Shin-Chan
Doraemon
Mojacko
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Lucky Star
Street Fighter 2 Victory (2V/II V)
Yawara! The Fashionable Judo Girl
Boys Be...
Ninku
Karate Baka Ichidai (Karate Crazed Life)
Yugo the Negotiator
Golgo 13
Basilisk (Shinobi: Heart Under Blade)
Ninja Scroll
Black Lagoon

Hentai and/or Eroge Visual Novels:

Bible Black
Starless: Nymphomaniac's Paradise/21st Century Nymphomaniacs
Heartwork: Symphony of Destruction
Women at Work a.k.a. The Guts
Resort Boin
Taboo - Charming Mother
Isaku Respect
Love Lessons a.k.a. Jinshin Yugi
Love is the Number of Keys
G-Taste
Spa of Love
Weather Report Girl a.k.a. Otenki Onee-San

Favorite Canon Couples:

Domon Kasshu x Rain Mikamura (G Gundam)

Kenshiro x Yuria (Fist of the North Star)

Harmon Rabb x Sarah "Mac" McKenzie (JAG)

Kira Yamato x Lacus Clyne (Gundam SEED)

Bakumaru (Powell) x Cream (Kelly) (Eto Rangers)

Paul Atreides x Chani (Dune)

Maverick x Charlie (Top Gun)

Shun Ukiya x Ruriko Ikusawa (Gate Keepers/Gatekeepers)

Ranma Saotome x Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2)

Tetsuya Tsurugi x Jun Hono (Great Mazinger)

Koji Kabuto x Sayaka Yumi (Mazinger Z)

Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask x Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon

Hikaru Ichijo x Misa Hayase (Macross)

Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl II x Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre (Watchmen)

Favorite Fictional Romantic Shippings:

Kyo Kusanagi x Yuri Sakazaki (King of Fighters)

Shingo Yabuki x Kasumi Todoh (KOF)

Stringfellow Hawke x Caitlin O'Shannessy (Airwolf)

Lee "Apollo" Adama x Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)

William "Billy" Cranston x Kimberly "Kim" Hart (Power Rangers - the cutest in the show from what I could perceive, my actual favorite/OTP PR couple)

Jason Lee Scott x Trini Kwan (Power Rangers)

Ryu Hoshi x Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter - 1st favorite SF pairing)

Ryu x Hokuto (Street Fighter EX - 2nd favorite SF pairing)

Ryu x Cammy White (Street Fighter - 3rd favorite SF pairing)

Ryu x Chun-Li Zhang (Street Fighter - 4th favorite in all actuality)

Joe Maya x Renny "Jenny" Ai (Tobikage/Ninja Robots)

Marco Rossi x Fiolina "Fio" Germi (Metal Slug)

Ryoga Hibiki x Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma 1/2)

Ryoma x Rouge (Power Stone)

Akira Kogane x Princess Fala (Beast King GoLion, a.k.a. Keith & Princess Allura for "Voltron")

Spike Spiegel x Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)

Nathan West x Shane Vansen (Space: Above and Beyond)

Cooper Hawkes x Kelly Winslow (Space: Above and Beyond)

Shinnosuke "Shin-Chan" Nohara x Ai Suotome ("Crayon Shin-Chan")

Ax Battler x Tyris Flare (Golden Axe)

Axel Stone x Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle)

Jay Walker x Nya Smith (Lego Ninjago - Masters of Spinjutsu)

Favorite Martial Arts Styles:
1. Shorinji Kempo (Japanese version of Shaolin Kung-Fu)
2. Muay Thai Kickboxing (along with its weapon-based parent art, Krabi-Krabong)
3. Karate (specifically Shotokan, Goju-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu, Wado-Ryu, Byakuren Kaikan, and Kyokushin)
4. Judo
5. Wing Chun Kung-Fu
6. Pencak Silat - pronounced "PENT-Jack Si-LAHT" (Indonesian martial arts)
7. Jeet Kune Do
8. Ninjutsu
9. Kendo
11. Sanshou/Sanda (modern Chinese kickboxing)
12. Hapkido
13. Okinawan Kobudo (non-sword melee weapon combat art)