{"id":14771,"date":"2019-12-19T15:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T21:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?p=14771"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:48","slug":"staff-picks-katherines-list-of-the-best-media-in-the-best-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2019\/12\/19\/staff-picks-katherines-list-of-the-best-media-in-the-best-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks \u2014 Katherine\u2019s List of The Best Media in The Best Genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>During the month of December, Loyola Libraries staff make lists and check them twice. What are these lists about? Anything! You can look at past years&#8217; lists <a href=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?s=staff+picks\">here<\/a>, and stay tuned for more lists all month long! Without further ado&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>There is a genre of media that I\u2019ve invented which is objectively* the best genre. All media in this genre involves someone (or a group of someones) going to an island and, during their time on that island, attempting to solve a mystery. Usually, this does not go well. Even if they do solve the mystery, something horrible ALWAYS happens. There are many examples of this genre, but there are objectively* the best ones.<\/h3>\n<p>*not at all objectively.<\/p>\n<h1>Katherine\u2019s List of The 8 Best Examples Of Media Where Someone Goes To An Island, They Try To Solve a Mystery, &amp; It Does Not Go Well.<\/h1>\n<h2>Wicker Man (Movie)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wicker Man (2006) Official Trailer - Nicholas Cage, Ellen Burstyn Movie HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QITzuunu-SU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the movie which started this list. I was going to write a list of the best Nicolas Cage movies but, when I went to write about Wicker Man, I had to think about why I liked it and this was why\u2014it fit perfectly into my favorite genre of thing. Wicker Man is a totally bonkers movie which people only remember for Nic Cage\u2019s head in a bee cage, but it\u2019s actually a very good movie about trauma? Give it another go!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/the invention of morel\">The Invention of Morel<\/a> (Novella)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Invention of Morel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G79Hk2yYCic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I accidentally signed up for an experimental fiction class as an undergrad during which we read this and I loved it. I\u2019m going to say basically nothing about it because it deserves to be read cold. <\/p>\n<h2>Jurassic Park (Movie)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jurassic Park - the Kitchen Scene\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnWNyKqI3Bc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I suppose one could argue that there isn\u2019t really a \u201cmystery\u201d per se, but when you being to realize that all the precautions taken to let man have mastery over nature are inevitably going to fail\u2026 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything more exciting. Also, the kitchen scene is forever etched in my brain.<\/p>\n<h2>Shutter Island (Movie)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shutter Island - Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YDGldPitxic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nLeonardo DiCaprio\u2019s performance as (in his words) a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_6Mv17F1Jpc\">duly appointed federal marshal<\/a>\u201d on an island which is home to a psychiatric facility is incredible. I think a lot of people dislike this movie and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. The first time I saw it, I could hardly take a breath through all the tension. Everyone pretends they saw the twist coming, but they definitely are lying. Anyway, screw the Irishman. This is Scorsese\u2019s masterpiece. <\/p>\n<h2>Harper\u2019s Island (Limited TV Series)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NEW Harper&#039;s Island Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umGwxHSKkI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This series is so criminally unknown. The story follows Abby Mills, who is returning to the island where she was raised for her best friend\u2019s wedding. Seven years ago, a serial killer murdered multiple people on the island, including Abby\u2019s mom, before Abby\u2019s dad killed him. But if the serial killer is dead, why do people in the wedding party keep dying? With thirteen incredibly bingeable episodes, this is the show I recommend to people who have watched every crime show on Netflix. (also, please excuse the VERY 2009 trailer\/fashion)<\/p>\n<h2>Abarat (Novel) \/ Days of Magic, Nights of War (Series)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/abarat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/abarat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/abarat-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/abarat.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This series of fantasy novels takes place on a collection of magical islands and involves an incredibly tangled web of mysteries. The mysteries center on Candy Quackenbush\u2014a normal girl from Chickentown, Minnesota who stumbles into Abarat\u2014and a seven-headed thief named John Mischief. I can\u2019t sing its praises enough. If you haven\u2019t given yourself the gift of reading these books, please do.<\/p>\n<h2> The Dark Knight Rises (Movie) <\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dark Knight Rises - Crane&#039;s Court Cases (HD) IMAX\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-dJPoSlPfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is kind of cheating, except it definitely isn\u2019t. Gotham BECOMES an island during TDKR and Joseph Gordon Leavitt aka Nightwing tries to solve the mystery of how to get Gotham to NOT be an island. Bane also tries to solve the mystery of why no one has ever loved or cared for him, which very much does not go well for him. On an unrelated note, I would watch a whole movie that was just Law and Order: Gotham City with Scarecrow as the judge, which is why this clip is the clip I used.<\/p>\n<h2>Lost (TV Show) <\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Desmond and Penny - Phone Call Section - HD (pt-br subtitles [CC])\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51yTvw8Qubs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I saved the best for last. Lost is the platonic ideal of this genre, turned up to eleven. SEVERAL people go to an island so island-like that, for six seasons, they ONLY call it \u201cthe Island.\u201d They try to solve MANY mysteries, and it goes well for BASICALLY NO ONE. Lost is my favorite TV show, it is the best TV show, and the last season was AMAZING. No follow up questions, please. <\/p>\n<h3>HONORABLE MENTIONS (because there were already too many movies)<\/h3>\n<p><b>The Rock<\/b> \u2013 I had to fit another Nic Cage movie in here somehow.<br \/>\n<b> Deep Blue Sea (Movie)<\/b> \u2013 The real mystery is why won\u2019t they just let these sharks live their best lives.<br \/>\n<b> Atlantis (Movie)<\/b> \u2013 It\u2019s kind of a\u2026 reverse island? So I don\u2019t know if this counts.<br \/>\n<b>Love Island (TV Show)<\/b> \u2013 British singles try to solve the mystery of why they\u2019re so drunk and annoying and it especially does not go well for the viewer.<br \/>\n<b>Battle Royale (Movie)<\/b> \u2013Every person I have ever made watch this movie questions their friendship with me, but it\u2019s still a good movie.<br \/>\n<b>And Then There Were None (Novel)<\/b> \u2013 I had to read this in 7th grade and my teacher had torn the last 10 pages where the mystery gets solved out of EVERY copy of the book. Why would someone do something so cruel? Anyway I just went and read the ending in the library.<br \/>\n<b>The First Purge (Movie)<\/b> \u2013 I unapologetically love the purge movies and the purge TV show but this is the only one which takes place on an island so it\u2019s my favorite.<br \/>\n<b>Fear Island (Movie)<\/b> \u2013 Also belongs in my second favorite genre: mid-budget horror movies about people in their teens played by people in their 30s featuring a c-list celebrity.<\/p>\n<h3>MEET THE WRITER<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/npb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/npb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2019\/12\/npb-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Katherine is the Civic Engagement Librarian. She is moving to an island called Utah at the end of this semester to try to solve the mystery of why she\u2019s moving to Utah and she hopes it goes well! She will miss all of you who have written, read, and\/or enjoyed these lists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the month of December, Loyola Libraries staff make lists and check them twice. What are these lists about? Anything! You can look at past years&#8217; lists here, and stay tuned for more lists all month long! Without further ado&#8230; There is a genre of media that I\u2019ve invented which is objectively* the best genre. 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