SCI-FI geeks out there?

[passedpawn]

I started watching District 9 but the... ummm... copy I had didn't have any subtitles. Kind of made it hard to follow.

So, I picked up the DVD to try again.

Yes, that one was a problem in that way. The rippers need to try harder. At least that's what I've been told

I love love love sci fi movies. But I hate sci fi books. Same with fantasy.

 

[cracked1]

it's time we get a couple lady sci-fi authors too.
Madeline L' Engle
C.J. Cherryh

Marion Zimmer Bradley
Anne McCaffrey
Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia E. Butler
Etc...

 

[lowtones84]

Marion Zimmer Bradley
Anne McCaffrey
Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia E. Butler
Etc...

Yup, Ursula K. Le Guin is awesome.

Any Lovecraft fans? I know Sci-Fi might not be a completely accurate term for his stuff but some of it is in the same realm. More occult/horror/suspense I guess...

 

[milldoggy]

Was anyone an Earth: The final conflict fan. Really liked that one. Got wierd at the end though.

 

[passedpawn]

Yup, Ursula K. Le Guin is awesome.

Any Lovecraft fans? I know Sci-Fi might not be a completely accurate term for his stuff but some of it is in the same realm. More occult/horror/suspense I guess...

I read At the Mountains of Madness. That was pretty cool I thought.

 

[BrutalBrew]

Was anyone an Earth: The final conflict fan. Really liked that one. Got wierd at the end though.

I am watching it for the first time now. Im 3 episodes in season 3 and I like it. Season 1 was slow but it gets a lot better as it goes. This series was done by Gene Roddenbury's wife, She got Genes Ideas from bar napkin's and note's he had written ideas for the show on. I'm told basically half way through season 3 all of his ideas are used and she had written the rest. Same thing with Andromeda which I plan on watching next.

 

[lowtones84]

I read At the Mountains of Madness. That was pretty cool I thought.

Yup, that's a good one! I like most of his stuff. Makes me feel weird

I also like the classics of course. Most Star Trek series, the original Star Wars trilogy. Also newer stuff like the Battlestar Galactica from 5 or 6 years ago and Firefly.

 

[Diaperload]

Lost Girl has some nice eye candy.

Defiance looks good so far.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Barbarella....I mean seriously.......don't start watching it.........please...

 

[Goofynewfie]

Does futurama count? its pretty awesome

 

[Warthaug]

space above and beyond, that seems like no one has heard of. It was on about 20 years ago for a season or two

One season, sadly. You can get the DVD box set now...still good.

I'm a fan more of the hard scifi; Heinlein novels, etc.

Bryan

 

[cthulu1975]

Blade Runner. Buckaroo Bonzai. The Last Starfighter. Plus almost every movie everyone else hasmentioned. O and Ice Pirates.

 

[BrutalBrew]

Ice pirate's Hell yes. That was a great movie. Space herpies lmao

 

[ChshreCat]

I already miss Fringe.

 

[edds5p0]

For TV, I also really liked Fringe. I am a hardcore BSG fan and I miss the show terribly. I also watch The Walking Dead.

Movies: Star Wars, Event Horizon, Vanilla Sky, The Terminator series, The Aliens movies, Back to Future, District 9, The Hunger Games, Total Recall, Gattaca, and I'm sure forgetting a few more.

Books: Starship Trooper, 1984, The Island of Dr. Morau, anything by Michael Crichton

By the way, Starship Trooper the book was much more interesting and entertaining than the movie, IMHO.

 

[edmanster]

Anyone watch the premiere of Defiance? I liked and have hopes that it doesn't end up being cancelled after 1 season like Terra Nova.. I'm a big sci-fy guy but not really a geek. The move I can watch over and over again and not get sick of is Fifth Element. I'm mean I have the DVD but if it's on tv I'll still watch it when it's on.. I like everything everybody has named so far. I will add Stargate, the movie and tv series tho

 

[ChshreCat]

I was bummed when SGU got cancelled when it was JUST getting it's legs under itself after stumbling through the start.

 

[BrutalBrew]

A lot of sci-fi got canceled when it was getting good. People like fruity vampires these days. I'm as sick of Vampire's as I am of reality TV. BRING BACK SPACE EXPLOSIONS.

 

[edds5p0]

The thing that I don't understand about the whole vampire genre is that shows are always so soap opera like in their presentation and the vampires always act like total fruits. Speaking of good sci-fi and fantasy shows getting cancelled, did anyone get in to "Kings" before it was canned? That show was great and really had great potential to become something deep, but it must not have held muster against crappy reality shows. I really should give up on truly great shows making it on network TV. BSG got lucky, it was originally piloted on NBC, and while it didn't do great, it ended up at least going to the Sci-Fi channel and became a damn solid show.

 

[Glynn]

How about books?

Favorite authors: Heinlein, Varley, Bear, Asimov, Clarke...

Growing up i was always a fan of the old school authors. I robot, Fahrenheit 451, the moon is a harsh mistress

 

[Epimetheus]

The thread title is a tautology, redundant even.

 

[ChshreCat]

The thread title is a tautology, redundant even.

There are many kinds of geeks, though.

 

[BrutalBrew]

The thread title is a tautology, redundant even.

Someone has been watching way to much Big Bang Theory

 

[woknblues]

I have always been into the Alien series. I really enjoyed the first 4. Prometheus was also enjoyable. I also really dug the comic books.

I have some pretty neat HR Giger stuff. I have a book, a 1/24 scale space jockey in a seat and an Alien chop bust. My wife hates Giger stuff/art more than just about anything, so I can't really go too far with it. Our conversation about it usually ends with me conceding, "Yeah, that does pretty much looks like a giant metallic two headed triceratops headed humanoid ingesting a dripping telescope" or something to that effect, then she shoots me a look like I am watching porn.. Marriage is all about compromise gents...

 

[Jon73]

For books I'll throw in the Alien v Predator novels.

Any more reviews on Defiance? I meant to watch it but forgot. I have to see if my Roku will allow me to watch it through Hulu, or if it will continue to tell me F.U. we don't have the rights to stream this show.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

TV: All the Star Trek series, Terra Nova, Firefly (Kaylee was hot!), Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, Space: Above & Beyond, Babylon 5, Farscape, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, Dr. Who, UFO, Space: 1999, X files, Millenium, Fantastic Journey, etc...

Movies: All the Star Treks, Starship Troopers (the 1st one) all the Alien(s), The Incredible Shrinking Man, Mysterious Island, all the Star Wars (except the one with Jar Jar Binks), Legend, The Road, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Predator 1 & 2, Logan's Run, Evolution. There are so many, I could go on & on & on.

Books: Again, soooo many to choose from...
Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein, Burroughs, Tucker, Foster, Dick, etc...
Regards, GF.

 

[BadMrFrosty]

A 6 page thread about SciFi and not a single mention of Dune. That is tragic.

I digress, I love both the Frank Herbert series of books and the Lynch film version, which is one of my favourite films of all time.

Watching it a few times or prior knowledge of the universe is essential as it does not dumb down and spoon feed you the concepts which is why it tanked at the box office. If you love real SciFi films Dune is a must but make sure you watch 2 hour version with the character soliloquies intact and not the butchered 4 hour version. And avoid the abysmal SciFi channel abominations of it.

 

[BrutalBrew]

For books I'll throw in the Alien v Predator novels.

Any more reviews on Defiance? I meant to watch it but forgot. I have to see if my Roku will allow me to watch it through Hulu, or if it will continue to tell me F.U. we don't have the rights to stream this show.

I really liked Defiance. It has so much poteintal in being one of the great sci ci Tv series. Depends on how they go with it.:rockin:

 

[milldoggy]

The prob I have with defiance I an that the first episode had some cheesey graphics and dialog. Hope it improves as the budget picks up. As for the best sci-fi film, evil dead. Nobody is a better actor than Bruce Campbell.

 

[ChshreCat]

There's lots of great Sci Fi out there... but sometimes the cheese is what you really want. I had to sit the family down to watch Battle Beyond the Stars a few months ago. AWESOME.

Came out just after Star Wars, thrown together quickly with little to no budget. It had John Boy from The Waltons as Luke Skywalker (kind of) and Hannibal from The A-Team as Han Solo (sort of)