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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:05 am
by DoctorXombie
Hands down it has to be...
Doctor Who
That show just has sooo much to offer.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:07 pm
by got tonkaed
i think a lot of Heinlein's stuff is pretty good. I think my favorite was the man from mars, or citizen of the galaxy.
Actually nonbungas list is pretty decent really.
For more of a newer kick, ive read a fair amount of the extended universe in Star Wars, specifically the NJO books. Its mandos speciality, but i think as a whole they arent too bad.
Hitchikers Guide...the entire "triliogy" i suppose is also pretty good stuff.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:15 pm
by heavycola
oh wow:
Movies:
2001: A Space Odyssey (greatest movie ever made)
Star Wars (orig obv, but mostly ESB)
Blade Runner
Books:
Dune
The Dispossessed (Ursula le Guin looks at practical anarchism
)
Stranger in a straneg land - Heinlein
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:49 pm
by bryguy
For me it's as follows:
Movies: Star Wars (no contest)
Books: Star wars: legacy of the force
Television: Star Gate
Comedy or Spoof's: none
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:50 pm
by unriggable
CrazyAnglican wrote:Comedy or Spoof's: Hitchhiker's Guide (The book [url]not[/url] the movie)
Nice URL.
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:40 pm
by cpto01
Riao wrote:Television... Gotta be the Twilight Zone. Awesome, awesome show. The original series that is.
I love the Twilight Zone. Fascinating stuff. I also enjoy anything similar, like Amazing Stories and Tales From The Crypt.
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:44 am
by DoctorXombie
cpto01 wrote:I love the Twilight Zone. Fascinating stuff. I also enjoy anything similar, like Amazing Stories and Tales From The Crypt.
Definitely
Twilight Zone... The 80's series was pretty good too.
I'd also like to throw in
Twin Peaks.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:14 am
by cpto01
I don't remember if I've seen any of the 80's shows. I did like the movie, though. I loved Doctor Who in the 80's, the one with the curly haired guy, Tom Baker. I actually didn't even realise until fairly recently that there was more than one actor.
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:06 am
by viperbitex
CrazyAnglican wrote:What're your favorites? For me it's as follows:
Movies: Star Wars (no contest)
Books: The Foundation Trilogy
Television: Babylon 5 (Star Trek TNG a close second)
Comedy or Spoof's: Hitchhiker's Guide (The book [url]not[/url] the movie)
I enjoyed Babylon 5 for several reasons (In my opinion the most underrated Sci Fi series):
1) With all the advanced technology, things were still really screwed up.
2) The main characters seemed to have a great rapport.
3) The aliens were well developed and were equally screwed up (even
the Vorlons)
P.S. I didn't do a poll (I couldn't put every sci fi series on it)
Movies: Lord of the Rings
Books: Could be LOTR but that would be cliche, I'm wicked into the David Gimmel Sword in the Storm series right now
Television: X-men the 1990's cartoon
Comedy or Spoof's: Army of Darkness
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:01 pm
by Gypsys Kiss
movie- Star Wars or Blade Runner and I would also recommend The Forbidden Planet(1956) and Fritz Langs Metropolis(1926)
books- the Dune series by Frank Herbert and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
TV- Dr Who (Tom Baker being my favorite Dr) and Blakes 7(dont know if anyone outside the UK will know this one)
The 300 is neither sci fi or fantasy as it is based on real events(obviously with some embelishments.)
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:04 pm
by lord voldemort
stargate stargate stargate. i live for it, so much...gah best ever
starwars and lotr is also very good
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:04 pm
by Guiscard
Gypsys Kiss wrote:The 300 is neither sci fi or fantasy as it is based on real events(obviously with some embelishments.)
Its an imaginative re-telling... Certainly fantasy...
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:05 pm
by Gypsys Kiss
Guiscard wrote:Gypsys Kiss wrote:The 300 is neither sci fi or fantasy as it is based on real events(obviously with some embelishments.)
Its an imaginative re-telling... Certainly fantasy...
Ok I'll give you that one
Re: What's your favorite Science fiction series?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:08 pm
by jennifermarie
Movies: Star Wars (the original ones aka 4, 5, and 6.
Books: Dune series by Frank Herbert (not the newer ones by his sons)
Television: twilight zone and dark shadows (the old versions of both)
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:24 pm
by Backglass
I was always a big fan of the original DUNE series.
Have any of you read his son, Brian Herbert books? They are all based on his fathers papers and are fantastic...especially the three prequels.
It explains so much of the back story from the original series. How did the Bene Gesserit & Fremen come to be...who/what are the Navigators, etc.
If you only know classic DUNE, pick up "House Atreides" and prepare to be hooked all over again. The boy does the old man proud IMO.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:27 pm
by Skittles!
I have the DUNE movie.. I'll go watch it soon.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:30 pm
by Backglass
Skittles! wrote:I have the DUNE movie.. I'll go watch it soon.
The original? "An abomination!!!!"
Especially when they dumbed it down with the narrator.
The Sci-Fi channels versions were much, much better.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:43 pm
by The1exile
WTF? No-one even sees fit to mention war of the worlds (the book, thatis)?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:44 pm
by got tonkaed
heavycola wrote:oh wow:
Movies:
2001: A Space Odyssey (greatest movie ever made)
Star Wars (orig obv, but mostly ESB)
Blade Runner
Books:
Dune
The Dispossessed (Ursula le Guin looks at practical anarchism
)
Stranger in a straneg land - Heinlein
lol at myself for calling that man from mars by the way.
also the dispossessed is actually a pretty cool book.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:47 pm
by diddle
The1exile wrote:WTF? No-one even sees fit to mention war of the worlds (the book, thatis)?
Well it wouldn't exactly be the film now would it?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:16 pm
by sttng
series : ST: TNG of course, hence my name
anything star trek is good though.
best spoof movie: GALAXY QUEST
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:26 pm
by mastershake
The HALO books are amazing.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:17 pm
by gimpyThewonder
book: Ender's game, the first few Dune Books before it goes all wacky, Stranger in a Strange Land was good if a little heavy handed
movies: Alien, Aliens, Matrix
TV: ST:tng, Firefly, Red Dwarf, Lain, Lost, Dr Who (Baker years and current), Heroes
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:27 pm
by wcaclimbing
books: all of both the ender's series and shadow series. by Orson Scott Card
movies: iRobot, war of the worlds, star wars-the phantom menace (the one with anakin skywalker as a little kid.
TV: no favorites here. i just watch the science channel and discovery channel, which have some sci-fi-ish shows, but nothing special.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:27 am
by DoctorXombie
diddle wrote:The1exile wrote:WTF? No-one even sees fit to mention war of the worlds (the book, thatis)?
Well it wouldn't exactly be the film now would it?
I couldn't finish reading the book.... I personally thought it was awful... just like the Tom Cruise movie....
I did find the 50's movie to be just amazing..... and the TV series was pretty cool too... it wasn't perfect, but it continued the 50's movie quite well.