What is your preferred science-fiction serie or movie.

eternal_noob said:
but i really enjoyed playing Captive on my Amiga 500 back in the days. A masterpiece!
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Yeah.
Mindscape, Microprose, Bullfrog...
...the times when softwarehouses dared to make games for players to play,
the times before EA, Ubisoft and Microsoft snapped up everybody,
force them to sell off unformed beta-rubbish to undiscriminating kids...
That's why there is dosbox, wine,... - 640x480 @ 16 colors 2D graphics may suck, but the games were great.
And often the tunes were hypnotic.

Science fiction: the final frontier.
And with books and now computergames the infinite has been widened...

What about to be more specific?
I hereby propose an official 'Star Trek Bashing Thread' ?
I start:
"Captain, the Bogsians have an unsolvable problem.
Their moon will crash into their planet and will kill all life."
"Engineer! Do something!!"
"Well, if we modify the warp core's phase emitters to become osmotic oscillators we could synchronize the magnetic particle accelerators of the tractor beam generators
with the gravity waves of their moon. Amplifying those could make the static field collapse so the moon would be catapulted into the sun."
"Of course! Let's do it!"
taadaaah-dadadataaaaaaah......
 
tuxador said:
The show runners are clearly amazed by the success of Game of Thrones series and we can see the G.O.T influence in the drama between characters and the choatic narration, but since I'm also a GOT fan I find this aspect okay
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OK, I almost got used to it, you know ))) No reason to complain... we still have the book. And the movie is not all that bad. Characters develop, accept changes etc. Waiting for the 2nd season )
 
Profighost said:
"Well, if we modify the warp core's phase emitters to become osmotic oscillators we could synchronize the magnetic particle accelerators of the tractor beam generators
with the gravity waves of their moon. Amplifying those could make the static field collapse so the moon would be catapulted into the sun."
"Of course! Let's do it!"
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Takes too much typing, I'm afraid
 
There were two stages for ST scripts. When the writers were done, it was like "Captain! The tech is overteching!". Then the science advisors would fix that.
 
Like most people, it's almost impossible for me to choose just one. Three for now. Ask me tomorrow and one of the three will be different.


I got a box set of Out of the Unknown before it sold out. As a collection, it's not my favourite.

An episode that's missing from the collection might be my all-time favourite mind-twister. It certainly twisted my mind around the age of five. When I find the title, I'll post it.


leebrown66 said:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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So much to love. Klaatu's parting words. To any young reader who has seen neither the original nor the remake: don't watch the linked spoiler, watch the original first.

It's easy to mock the special effects of the 1950s, but the remake lacks much of what made the original special.

(If history is true: someone as well-known as Keanu Reeves would have been turned down for the original.)


The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

A few years ago, someone commented privately under a blog post that's now private:

The closing monologue has haunted me since I first saw the film as a boy. I'm surprised it's not a "bigger deal" culturally speaking as it pre-dates and perhaps predicts the hippie revolution and it's exploration of non-Western, non-Christian ideas including reincarnation, pantheism, etc. It's surprising that such a philosophical position went unchallenged at the time. Who was this shrinking man to tell us what God thought? How dare a sic-fi film wander into "religion's territory." I would love to find someone discussing it in relationship to the ending to 2001, the space-baby (both book and movie). Sci-fi theology. Good stuff.
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In a public forum, I can't recommend watching the entire movie whilst suitably stoned.

The closing words may be more inspiring, more philosophical, than those of Klaatu, but realistically, now: there's no time for such beautiful contemplation if someone drops a bomb on you.
 
Battlestar Galactica... closer to the end the whole idea is revealed to be a good deal deeper than you kept thinking all the while... By the time you're already tired. Still, in that sense it is painfully similar to real life. So should I say it's a prefect representation of reality in that one sense? Because you see that same thing in all the world's famous novels etc. NO perfect hero there, but the main characters humbly recognize their shortcomings. And while they do that, "The True God" of the novel seems to be gradually rewarding their humility and determination for what is good... The only problem is, you only get to this closer to the end of the last season. I even watched interviews etc after having finished watching the series (in a binge LOL). Oh, and the main theme!!!
 
This Island Earth (1955) - I love the beginning where the engineers get an unsolicited catalog of unusual electronic components, as well as instructions for building the Interociter. It turns into a regular sci-if shoot-em-up about halfway through, but it is worth watching for the beginning.

Gog (1954) - Mostly worth watching for Gog and Magog, two tracked robots with several arms and a phallic flamethrower.

Forbidden Planet (1956) - The Krell technology is cool. This movie introduced Robby the robot, who showed up several movies and TV shows in the following decades. And it was interesting seeing Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedic role as Commander J.J. Adams. (He actually had a lot of straight roles early in his career, but for those of us who first saw him in Airplane….) I was a little uncomfortable about Morbius’s daughter Altaria (Anne Francis) running around naked because there are no men around. What about her dad? And wouldn’t he warn her when a bunch of men arrive? In any case this is a classic.

The Magnetic Monster (1953) - A scientist creates a new material that absorbs energy and uses it to double in size every four seconds. It is quite the job to get it settled down.
 
lgrant said:
This Island Earth (1955) - I love the beginning where the engineers get an unsolicited catalog of unusual electronic components, as well as instructions for building the Interociter. It turns into a regular sci-if shoot-em-up about halfway through, but it is worth watching for the beginning.

Gog (1954) - Mostly worth watching for Gog and Magog, two tracked robots with several arms and a phallic flamethrower.

Forbidden Planet (1956) - The Krell technology is cool. This movie introduced Robby the robot, who showed up several movies and TV shows in the following decades. And it was interesting seeing Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedic role as Commander J.J. Adams. (He actually had a lot of straight roles early in his career, but for those of us who first saw him in Airplane….) I was a little uncomfortable about Morbius’s daughter Altaria (Anne Francis) running around naked because there are no men around. What about her dad? And wouldn’t he warn her when a bunch of men arrive? In any case this is a classic.

The Magnetic Monster (1953) - A scientist creates a new material that absorbs energy and uses it to double in size every four seconds. It is quite the job to get it settled down.
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I should add The Twonky (1953) - A sci-fi comedy about a tiny alien that comes to Earth and lands in a TV factory and hides in a TV on the assembly line. The guy who buys the TV has his life turned upside-down when he finds that his TV is not just an inanimate object. It scared the heck out of me when I saw it as a kid, especially since we had a TV that looked like the one in the movie, but it is really pretty funny.
 
lgrant said:
Forbidden Planet (1956) - The Krell technology is cool. This movie introduced Robby the robot, who showed up several movies and TV shows in the following decades. And it was interesting seeing Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedic role as Commander J.J. Adams. (He actually had a lot of straight roles early in his career, but for those of us who first saw him in Airplane….) I was a little uncomfortable about Morbius’s daughter Altaria (Anne Francis) running around naked because there are no men around. What about her dad? And wouldn’t he warn her when a bunch of men arrive? In any case this is a classic.
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Forbidden Planet was also the first real scifi movie with a big budget. Before in the 50s and earlier a lot of goofy Scifi flicks were around, but they all showed their lousy budgets.

Forbidden Planet on the other hand had big budget and revolutionary visual effects for that time, most of them still work quite well today, most notably the big scale machinery scenes. Robby the robot became a staple of pop culture.

And the music was used using primitive synthesizers, also revolutionary as well.

Forbidden Planet paved the way for "2001: A space odyssey" and therefore later "Star Wars." Who knows if both would have happened without Forbidden Planet.
 
Besides the usual fare: Star Wars / Trek / Gate ... so many good ones for so many reasons.
There will be a few here not mentioned yet that should jog a few memories.

Definitely BladeRunner
Dune (the first one)
Guardians of the Galaxy (esp. the first one)
Serenity (no, not Serendipity, which isn't a sci-fi, but is also good. They should have made a sequel to Serenity!)
The Time Machine (2002 version. Okay the original too)
The Chroniciles of Riddick (will there be a 4th?)
The Fifth Element
The Matrix (haven't seen the 4th yet)
Logan's Run
Silent Running
Aeon Flux
Lucy
Contact
The Fountain (not sure if that qualifies as a sci fi)
The Philadelphia Experiment (sci-fi? maybe not)
Alien(s), Predator, and AVP's
Metropolis
Arrival
Outlander
Battlestar Galactica
Space 1999
Passengers
Prince Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (some cringy acting (not incl. Rihanna), but some good stuff throughout)
2001: A Space Odysee
And of course, the Babylon 5 series - yes!
Re/ that ...
Crivens said:
Speaking of books, does anyone know where "The Book" from B5 is now? I want it.
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I suggest checking this out ( OceanofPDF ), the first 3 pages and one on the 5th have B5 books you can download. Not sure if any of those are the one you're looking for.
I think I heard a rumour that they're doing an updated version of this. Not sure I'd want to see that, but ... might be tempted.
Re/ Foundation ... saw some previews for that as well. Have always hoped that someone qualified / competent would take on that project. Will avoid though because don't want to ruin the memory of the books, esp. if they're "digressing" from them. Why create a mutated version of a loved creation by a respected creator?
And speaking of books: Battlefield Earth which became a movie starring John Travolta. Didn't do justice to the books.
But then I found out that the author, L. Ron Hubbard was also the founder of Scientology, which of coures ruined so much more.

And just for fun:
Flash Gordon, Barbarella, Buck Rogers (biggy, biggy, biggy, hey Buck!)
Would Marvin the Martian count?? :D
 
FreeWay said:
I suggest checking this out
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The episode is called "in 100 years, in 1000 years" and contains the fall of earth civilization back to the middle ages and rise to vorlon like levels. In the middle age stage, they have a Bible prop, hand drawn, with the holy Sheridan and the legend of how he defeated the shadows. After filming the episode they all had a race to aquire the book, but it was nowhere to be found. The Abbott of the monastery has a ranger uniform in his wardrobe which he looks at while complaining to other rangers over a hidden camera to place the next find of lost technology better because the tin of petrol looked too new, barely 100 years old. There had been questions.

I watched it >20 years ago and still remember it.

What I last watched was "Upgrade", produced with a 3m budget and criminally underrated. Check it out.
 
Not exactly on topic but I would love to see a film or series adaptation of Heinlein’s “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” and Walter Miller’s “A Canticle for Leibowitz.”
 
Books list, because movies based on books turns into a trollercoaster under the excuse of "it's based on the book" means the director isn't capable to write a book and try to rewrite something he isn't capable of.
Dune (specially from the God-Emperor through Chapterhouse).
Asimov's Foundation.
Children of Time.
Douglas Adams books counts? :D
 
lgrant AFAIK the discussion is still out on if he really was one or not. The source is, let's say, thin on that as I heard. But I am sure some users from japan can help us out here - I'll be happy to learn more. He existed, yes. But with all the other character switches, I think it's no wonder people get upset. Tragic thing is, he may get the flak undeserved.
 
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