Science-Fiction
Any sub-genre, any medium (books, movies, TV shows, etc.). Many MBers seem eager to talk about this, so it should be a lively thread.
Date: January 2, 2009
Categories: The Universe, Things We like
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KaiYves
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 15:52Oooh, this will be fun! Who else here likes Jules Verne?
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RoseQuartz/LadyG
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 16:03Yayness!
Anyone read The Supernaturalist? That’s a good book.
First post?
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SIlverLeopard
in June 20th, 2009 @ 07:03I have.
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Rosebud2
in January 4th, 2010 @ 17:27Yep.
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Kiki the Great
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 16:56FRRINNNNGGE! BEST. SHOW. EVERRRR.
ok, let’s really discuss this:
• who is the observer? or more appropriately, what is the observer?
• what do penrose & fischer have in common? there seems to be an evil-doctors theme here…
• what is the significance of the green-green-green-red sequence? we’ve seen it on the canoe in the pilot, on mosely’s hat and in the observer’s binoculars in the arrival, and in joanne ostler’s car in the equation. what is it?
• and what did walter do to peter when he was young? obviously something…for non-fringe-obsessed MBers… look it up.
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oxlin
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 17:20I like Babylon 5 and Doctor Who.
I like reading short stories that are science fiction.
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public like a frog (34 wung points!)
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 17:41I read the supernaturalist, but i was not that impressed. 3- looks interesting. However, never having watched it, i can’t answer any of your questions.
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The Man For Aeiou
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 17:41Sci-fi is my favorite winter read/watch
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KaiYves
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 17:512- I have read it, and it is very good. (And scary.) Did he ever make a sequel? Because the ending just DEMANDED one.
3- I don’t watch it, although I’ve always wanted to be a fan of something that’s all mysterious with clues I could figure out.
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Rainbowstar
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 18:142 – I’ve read it. Oddly, the satellite in the book is called HALO, and in Artemis Fowl (by the same author), there’s a fairy landing place called HALO.
4 – I like Doctor Who too, although it isn’t on any channel my family’s TV gets. We get old episodes from the library. So far, I’ve seen the first season. My favorite episode is the one with the Game Shows Of Doom.
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Kokonilly
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 18:432 – Eh, I read that a while ago. I completely forgot the plot, which is a very bad sign, because with books I like I memorize every little detail.
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☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮ (400 piepoints 40 brain points, 9 wung points, 7 EBP in reserve)☮
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 18:512- I read it and thought it was awesome…
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Cliff Eagle
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 19:31Yarael poof will always be the shiznit (look him up)
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YodaShmoda
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 20:10I write a lot of Sci fi. never gets anywhere.
Star wars. never forger Star wars. that is (to me) the mtoher of all sci fi.
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oxlin
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 20:31Has anyone read The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester?
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Axa
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 20:523 – fringe is very awesome indeed. Although it’s still weird seeing John Noble play anyone other than Denethor!
I’m particularly interested in the last bullet there…I like how the characters are developing but so far Peter is the one we know least about…well we don’t know much about walter either but he’s silly
Ray Bradbury is a staple of science fiction, though I believe you can enjoy his work without any knowledge or interest of scifi. I really enjoyed “The Martian Chronicles”.
Sometimes I wonder at the distinction of a story as fantasy or science fiction. Fantasy is very broad, and ruling out subgenres such as high fantasy type stories (castles, dragons, etc), doesn’t science fiction fall under the umbrella of “fantasy”?
Though I suppose all fiction is in some way a work of fantasy.
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The Man For Aeiou
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 21:33I can’t belive that we forgot the Master of Sci-Fi’s Birthday! Asimov!
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Armada in FL!
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 21:408- I doubt that’s a coincidence. Unless it was something unconscious by the author…
Yeah, I’ve read The Supernaturalist. It was okay, though not as good as the AF books. But the idea was interesting.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 21:48(13) I have, long ago.
By the way, when I was in high school, “serious” science-fiction readers disdained the term “sci-fi”; they called the genre either by its full name, science-fiction (always hyphenated), or by the abbreviation “s.f.” Anyone who talked about “sci-fi” clearly read only popular schlock and had nothing to say. No doubt nowadays the uber-geeks have other ways of setting themselves apart.
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Kiki the Great
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 21:5514- haha, i never saw LoTR (don’t kill me!) so i think it’ll be weird when i finally see it and i see walter entirely sane and the king of a fantasy world! *laughs* but yeah, i’m really interested in peter’s history & what he was doing in baghdad, etc. but have you seen the previews for the next episode? what are they doing to olivia? and is she pregnant or NOT? AGGHHH I CAN’T STAND IT!
phillip k dick is TEH PWNAGE. ray bradbury is only second-best.
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Alice
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 22:1818- Denethor is hardly sane. Nor is he a king; he’s a steward. Aragorn is the king.
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oxlin
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 23:4317- or they called it ‘skiffy’ (well pronounce). Queenie J uses that occasionally. I usually use SF which works for both abbreviating science fiction and speculative fiction. It is awkward though because my classmates from my class on SF said sci fi and probably didn’t know about the history of the term and my professor would always use SF. I usually said science fiction or speculative fiction. We were mostly talking after all.
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oxlin
in January 2nd, 2009 @ 23:4617- mm. people at my college sometimes get tenser said the tensor stuck in my head.
eight sir, seven sir six sir five sir four sir three sir two sir one tenser said the tensor tenser said the tensor tension apprehension and descension have begun!
What books would you recommend, Robert?
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Kiki the Great
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 10:1319- well, as i said, i never saw lord of the rings. you have to admit that john noble is just cool, in general. and the observer is my boyfriend!!
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DerWachtelschlagFliegender
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 10:41Hi guys, I’m back!
13-I personally could never get through it, but that’s just me.
You know what I also couldn’t get through? Heinlein’s Farnham’s Freehold. I love all Heinlein unconditionally, but Farham’s Freehold was like Master of the Beast but in a nuclear holocaust and you hated everyone, not just the men. It’s sitting in my room: I read 70 pages before giving up. Sorry. I thought Number of the Beast was one of the worst SF novels I’d ever read. But he also wrote Red Planet and Friday, two of the absolute best.
Do any of you read Stanislaw Lem at all?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 10:43Farnham’s Freehold was excruciatingly bad. Be glad that you stopped where you did; it gets worse.
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oxlin
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 11:5923- hey there! Welcome back!
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Eragon
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 12:57Ah! Science fiction! GO ISAAC ASIMOV!!!
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KaiYves
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 13:2712- Which Star Wars planet would you most want to visit? I’d want to check out those ruins on Yavin 4 or hang out with the Gungans on Naboo.
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Kokonilly
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 13:4227 – I know that’s not a reply to me, but I love Star Wars, and I would like to see Naboo as well. It looks so lush and beautiful…
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Cliff Eagle
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 13:4927- Ugh! hang out with GUNGANS!
Id much rather go to the sith ruins on korriban or go to Quermia, the birthplace of my favorite star wars character Yarael Poof.
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie}♫
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 13:5627- I personally thought that Endor was beautiful (except when it was getting shot up by Stormtroopers, that is). I’d like to go camping there.
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Cliff Eagle
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 14:0930- I actually can say that I have been camping in endor- they shot endor in redwoods natl park in california and i went on a camping trip there.
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KaiYves
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 14:5129- Their bubble-cities looked really sweet!
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Cliff Eagle
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 15:1032- The gungans ruined the last trilogy. no question about it. I hope the emperor took the death star and burned each and every one of those dumbass frogs with jamaican accents to a crisp.
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Zallie
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 15:25.I really do not understand the appeal of Star Wars. I like sci-fi as much as anyone else (probably more, actually) but the whole fandom is just not very compelling. There’s too much of it, but still a lack of interesting characters.
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kiwimuncher (3 B-Day points) (50 Muszey points)
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 16:3133) Hey! Are you smashing gungans? That’s not nice! They can’t help it!
O, come on, you know they have a LITTLE charm! 
“Why were you banished?”
“Me’s…….. ah……..clumsy.”
“You were banished because you’re clumsy?” *look of disbelief*
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Kokonilly
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 16:5833 – Hey! Don’t be mean to Gungans! What did they ever do to you???
34 – You don’t have to be sucked in to the whole fandom or anything, but just try watching the original trilogy (A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi). I like how the special effects stink, but they were cutting-edge at the time.
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☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮ (400 piepoints 40 brain points, 9 wung points, 7 EBP in reserve)☮
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 17:2133- Yousa have invoked the wrath of meesa, Jarjar Binks! (was that a mispelling?) Gungans rock! So don’t go insulting them, you amateur baby Sith without a lightsaber!
(forgive insultation, please GAPAs?)
Wookies, also, are highly wonderful.
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Zallie
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 17:22.36 – I’ve seen the first two originals and two of the new ones, although I can’t remember which. But, eh, they were just really uninspiring. I was disappointed, too, because I really like sci-fi.
Everyone here should check out Firefly (tv-series) and Serenity the resulting movie. It’s a space-western type of fandom (which is a lot better than it sounds, trust me) and a really interesting concept of the future.
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KaiYves
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 17:28I might like to visit the Jedi Temple, but I wouldn’t stay long on Couruscant.
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Cliff Eagle
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 17:3335,36- What did they do to me? They freaking ruined the first second and third episodes, as well as the crappy cg fourth one, of my favorite movie series of all time!
My favorite star wars joke (from episode 6)
Yoda: That face you make. Look I so old to young eyes?
Luke: *puzzling expression*
Yoda: When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not. Hmm?
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oxlin
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 17:44They’ve announced the eleventh doctor. It is Matt Smith.
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Cello-Playing Mathematician (AKA Kyra)
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 18:39I read sci-fi short stories. They’re fun. I got another big book of them for christmas, though I had already read three of them.
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Kokonilly
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 19:0338 – Well, you should watch the whole original trilogy before the new one. The new one’s kinda… weird… but the original is far better. Well, I’m glad you gave it a shot anyway.
39 – I would also go to the Temple, but I also wouldn’t stay there for long. Unless I had the Force. Then I could go and roam the city convincing people to stop selling deathsticks.
39 – They didn’t ruin it. Come on. And they were barely even in the second and third one. (And what fourth CG one?) And they weren’t in the original in the first place. Don’t be so mean to he Gungans. They didn’t mean to harm you.
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public like a frog (34 wung points!)
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 19:14I utterly despise jarjar binks and his entire evil race! They did utterly ruin, slaughter, and mangle to rotting shreds the last trilogy.
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I-Man ((William II, Official Summary Writer's Secretary, whose job requirements include reposting the latest summary when someone is confused))
in January 3rd, 2009 @ 22:46STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES!!!!
Seriously, some of them are weird, but it’s really cool. My favorites so far are “The Carbomite Maneuver,” “Balance of Terror,” and “Shore Leave” from Season 1: and “Trouble with Tribbles” from season 2.
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Cliff Eagle
in January 4th, 2009 @ 14:2743- the fourth one, ie, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (eurghh)
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♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie}♫
in January 4th, 2009 @ 16:1031- Wow, really? That’s awesome! I’m going to suggest that as a camping place to my parents for our trip this summer.
37- They are. I love the noise they make: “Yumm-yaaar-yaaar-arr!”
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The Man For Aeiou
in January 4th, 2009 @ 20:33I want to go to star hopping, and see if I can find where the humans are from.
Stars wars may be adromida!
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I-Man ((William II, Official Summary Writer's Secretary, whose job requirements include reposting the latest summary when someone is confused))
in January 5th, 2009 @ 13:0037 – Definitely Endor. I love the Ewoks.
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Piggy
in January 5th, 2009 @ 16:06The Gungans were basically George Lucas’ attempt to make the movies more “family-friendly”. However, it made them almost more of a kid’s movie than a real movie. Too much comic relief, not enough suspense from which to need relief.
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YodaShmoda
in January 5th, 2009 @ 16:2727- Tattoine ( i can’t spell it), becuase I love the dessert and harsh climate.
31- Awsome. I stayed a while in a sequioa park. And those are sorta like redwoods.
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KaiYeves
in January 5th, 2009 @ 18:1348- I would want to come along! (My personal pet theory is that it’s the future Milky Way, in which case Earth would be somewhere in the Outer Rim.)
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POSOC
in January 5th, 2009 @ 19:3952- That would sort of invalidate the famous intro. “A long time from now, in a galaxy… well, we’re in it… “
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Oinkles
in January 5th, 2009 @ 21:37Um, the Twilight Zone? Anyone?
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KaiYves
in January 6th, 2009 @ 11:1953- It’s just my stupid theory, I don’t even really take the theory seriously.
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YodaShmoda
in January 6th, 2009 @ 14:4654- Oooo. I’ve only seen a few but I loved the one’s I did.
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The Man For Aeiou
in January 6th, 2009 @ 20:3452- what do you think of The ET/star wars connections. it’s starting to become very serious.
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KaiYeves
in January 6th, 2009 @ 20:4157- Since ET was established as being extragalactic, it makes sense that he could be from the SW Galaxy.
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Sweet Melpomene
in January 7th, 2009 @ 09:4413- I’ve been meaning to, for ages. But I could say that about many a book… Sigh.
17- I’ve heard that. I tend to use “Sci-Fi” with regards to TV and movies, and “Awesomeness” when referring to books. Generally people I’ve encountered don’t know what “SF” means, though, so, in conversation, “Sci-Fi” tends to be more practical.
27- Felucia! It’s so pretty :3
50- Let us never speak of this fail.
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 7th, 2009 @ 10:17The Twilight Zone on the SciFi channel is so weird!!!! Its an old TV show about aliens and the end of the world and such. Each story has a twist at the end. Some of them are scary like the episodes Its a Good Life and The Living Doll.
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KaiYves
in January 7th, 2009 @ 11:2660- Did you see that episode with the camera that showed the future?
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 7th, 2009 @ 11:48i dont know.
Do you know the name of it???
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 7th, 2009 @ 11:50SPOILER SPOILER
The episode “To Serve Man” was weird but also sort of funny.
“Don’t get on that space ship! That book, To Serve Man, its a COOK BOOK!!!!”
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Piggy
in January 7th, 2009 @ 16:53The best Twilight Zone episodes are as follows.
The one where the librarian is found “obsolete” and sentenced to liquidation.
The one where the guy finally has time to read all his books, but something happens and “It’s not fair!”
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YodaShmoda
in January 7th, 2009 @ 17:0961- That one was awsome! I like the one where the lady is getting I guess plastic surgury to GET a pig nose. And she’s so dissapointed when she doesnt.
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RoseQuartz/LadyG
in January 7th, 2009 @ 17:51I’ve never seen Twilight Zone, not having cable, but Terry told me about a couple:
A kid eats Halloween candy with knives in it
Something about an old guy…. I totally forget
Some woman who got burned in a fire exchanges beauty with some other supermodel person
That’s about all I could get from what Terry said. She’s kinda hyper and not that great at explaining stuff.
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 7th, 2009 @ 17:53Im watching one called “I am the night, color me black”
A guy is being executed on a certain day but the sun isn’t rising
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 7th, 2009 @ 17:54The Dummy is a really scary one. Watch it.
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Raynpho
in January 7th, 2009 @ 18:03I’ve only seen a few episodes of Twilight Zone… all of them in school, I just realized. o.0
65- I liked that episode. ‘Twas a very interesting twist.
60- The Living Doll was UBERCREEPY. And I never saw the ending! I should go finish watching it… or do I want to? *shiver*
63- Also slightly creepy. *twitch* We had to “analyze and answer questions” about it in English.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in January 7th, 2009 @ 18:19You can find “Twilight Zone” episodes on the Internet using Hulu or IMDb or other routes.
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KaiYeves
in January 7th, 2009 @ 20:1865- Yes, that one was certainly freaky.
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Oinkles
in January 7th, 2009 @ 20:23Yeah, the “pig nose” one (Eye of the Beholder) is my favorite, too. I also like I Shot an Arrow in the Air, in which a rocket crash lands on an “alien planet.” And I guess we should also be talking about Planet of the Apes, for an SF thread.
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YodaShmoda
in January 7th, 2009 @ 21:11What about the Monsters are due on maple street? That one was cool.
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Fire faerie of the Middle Earth
in January 8th, 2009 @ 16:0169. If you like being freaked out finish watching The Living Doll. Otherwise watch something else.
Why would your English teacher make you answer questions about a Twilight Zone episode???
NOT IN ANSWER TO 69
The Masks is really cool! So is Where is Everybody.
My favorite one is probably Will the Real Martian Please stand up.
SO WIERD!!!!!
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YodaShmoda
in January 8th, 2009 @ 16:4174- She didn’t she just wanted to give us some fool around time right before the holidays.
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bookgirl_me (finally back from America and missing it all ready, but happy to be back online)
in January 9th, 2009 @ 02:2864) *gnashes teeth* I have to watch that one ! People try to insult me by comparison, but I don’t know what they’re comparing me to …
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Oinkles
in January 10th, 2009 @ 23:09Ray Bradbury actually wrote some for the Twilight Zone. His short stories are a lot like the episodes, in that they address interesting topics and have a twist ending (usually).
Also, 74 – is Where is Everybody the one where the guy can’t find anyone, but it turns out he’s just training for his mission to the Moon? Or something?
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street was in our textbook for English last year. It was never assigned, but I read it anyway. It was weird to see it in a book, instead of on TV. Especially when I got to the parts with Rod Serling talking, and I could kind of hear his voice saying it.
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Randomosity 101
in February 12th, 2009 @ 00:42You want sci-fi? I’ll give you sci-fi. Two words, The Animorphs. Just don’t watch the movies. They stink. They try to put a 54-book series into 4 hour-long movies! The yeerk pools are the wrong color, in episode 1, Cassie is put on the wrong pier in the yeerk pool, and the morphing is not NEARLY as gross as the books describe! Also, they don’t show the first 2 demorphs in the series properly, but they kinda have to do it that way. I mean, no way are they going to show two naked guys in a PG movie! But the worst atrocity they commit is in the episode called The Reaction. It’s supposed to be Rachel who’s allergic to the crocodile morph, not Cassie!!!!!!!!!
As far as The Twilight Zone is concerned, my 7th grade history teacher had me watch a few episodes to see the commentary on society. The episodes I saw were: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street, Time Enough At Last, the one where there is a guy on a plane who keeps seeing a gremlin and then it turns out he was overdosed with sleeping medication and was having a nervous breakdown, and the one where there is a plane that breaks the sound barrier and jumps through time.
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I-Man ((William II, Official Summary Writer's Secretary, whose job requirements include reposting the latest summary when someone is confused))
in February 15th, 2009 @ 15:06Jurassic Park is the best sci-fi movie ever. Period. I’m sorry with all due respect to Star Wars, but it’s true.
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RoseQuartz/LadyG
in February 15th, 2009 @ 15:2679- It’s pretty good… I prefer it over Star Wars, but GalaxyQuest is hilarious. I really want to see Spaceballs, but I’ve never seen it at the library.
27- Endor, totally.
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Randomosity 101
in February 15th, 2009 @ 15:2979- I hate Star Wars!
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Kokonilly
in February 15th, 2009 @ 15:3679 – I beg to differ! It’s 2nd best.
81 – …whaaaaa?
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KaiYves (Delta V)
in February 15th, 2009 @ 19:1979- I read some of the book at school and the author set up the mystery very well.
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I-Man ((William II, Official Summary Writer's Secretary, whose job requirements include reposting the latest summary when someone is confused))
in February 15th, 2009 @ 19:5980 – SPACEBALLS IS AWESOME! But it’s still not as good as JP.
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Randomosity 101
in February 16th, 2009 @ 07:5383- I think it’s ill-written. I’m used to people disagreeing with me. Then again some people say the same about The Animorphs, and I disagree.
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RoseQuartz/LadyG
in February 16th, 2009 @ 10:4585- Oh, it’s well-written, it’s just not the style of writing I like. I much prefer the movies. But the second one was probably best. Wait, what was the second one even about? *checks* Oh yeah, that was the island one.
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Randomosity 101
in February 16th, 2009 @ 16:5286- Sorry, I just read the first two chapters before deciding it was the dumbest thing I ever read. And I read a LOT!
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RoseQuartz/LadyG
in February 16th, 2009 @ 17:4787- Yeah, it was a little hard to get through.
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Randomosity 101
in February 16th, 2009 @ 18:2888- Oh no, I’m an avid reader. I can handle “a little hard to get through.” Maybe I was being impatient, but I found the storyline and characters dumb.
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I-Man ((William II, Official Summary Writer's Secretary, whose job requirements include reposting the latest summary when someone is confused))
in February 16th, 2009 @ 19:08Anyways, continuing the movie argument:
Story:
-Star Wars – ordinary everyday stuff, save the princess, defeat the evil guys, BO-RING.
-Jurassic Park – a guy finds a technique for cloning dinosaurs, he uses it to create an amusement park, and they end up having to escape from the island. Now that’s a story.Special Effects:
-Star Wars – yeah, the blasters and lightsabers were cool, but it seems to me like you could pull that off with enlarged/projectile glo-sticks.
-Jurassic Park – where in your supermarket can you find a life-size Tyrannosaurus that can move?Casting:
-I thought it was pretty much a tie on this one, but the actors just seem to give their characters more personality.Characters:
-Star Wars – Bleh, again, kind of ordinary like the story.
-Jurassic Park – the idea of a paeleologist, a paleobotanist, a chaotician, and two kids, one of whom is a dinosaur obsessive and the other is a vegetarian, all together at a park full of dinosaurs- WOW.So, yeah.
86 – Oh no, the first was the best by far. For one thing, I missed Malcom’s old ‘do.
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POSOC & Smoleeon
in February 17th, 2009 @ 09:1790- I’ve not seen the Jurassic Park movie. All I can say about the book is that the characters were so flat I couldn’t tell the difference between Ed Regis and Dennis Nedry until the third re-reading.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in February 17th, 2009 @ 09:55From time to time MBers ask what’s the difference between popular commercial fiction and so-called literature. That’s one difference.
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Beedle the Bard (formerly Bella)
in February 17th, 2009 @ 10:572- OMG BEST BOOK! Well, Maximum Ride is better.
3- OMG A REALLY GOOD SHOW!
4- OMG AN EVEN BETTER SHOW!Nobody here likes Maximum Ride?
It IS Science Fiction, right?
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 11:43I left out one thing in my argument – realism.
Star Wars: Sure, we might make laser blasters and lightsabers… after 100 years.
Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park might actually be a modern possibility, all we would need to know is where to find the mosquitoes and how to extract the blood.
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 11:5590- About the special effects for Jurrasic Park. I actually HAVE seen a moving life-size Tyranosaurus Rex. Times Square, New York City. Toys Are Us. 2nd floor. Lego section.
Also, from everything I’ve heard of Jurassic Park, The Animorphs, Megamorphs #2 which is also about dinosaurs is better.
P.S. T. Rex tastes like fish, and you can make great sandals from it’s skin.
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 14:4493- Me gustan los libros Maximum Rid mucho.
JP vs. SW
Star Wars- 1977
Jurassic Park- 1993.That would explain technology, and a bit of plot originality.
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 19:15Star Wars isn’t really sci-fi at all, though. It’s more like fantasy. Anyway I think I like it better than Jurassic Park, from what I’ve seen of Jurassic Park.
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 19:2597- George Lucas himself categorized it as “Space Fantasy.” So no, it’s not sf.
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in February 17th, 2009 @ 20:43K. A. Applegate, the person who wrote The Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld, is a great science fiction writer. Even in her fantasy series, Everworld, she has a character completely baffled by how nothing makes scientific sense.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in February 21st, 2009 @ 14:31I LOVE FRINGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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in February 21st, 2009 @ 19:0595- I’ve been there, but we didn’t get to see the T-rex up close.
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in February 21st, 2009 @ 21:07I’ll discuss Fringe if there’s anyone interested. Theories on William Bell?
I think he’s Walter, but a different dimension. (Like the Observer?)
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in February 22nd, 2009 @ 09:58who’s william bell??
OH WAIT I HAVEN’T WATCHED THE LAST EPISOODE!!!!!!!
Don’t spoil it. I’ll be back….
*goes off to fox.com*
(it’s on fox, right??)
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Beedle the Bard (formerly Bella)
in February 22nd, 2009 @ 10:23102- Wait. Who’s William Bell? *confused*
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in February 22nd, 2009 @ 10:48Wait. I didn’t miss an episode… Wasn’t there one last week?
I’m so confused…
But who’s William bell???
If were going to talk about this, then we should talk about Olivia and her powers!
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in February 22nd, 2009 @ 16:48I saw them on Hulu.
William Bell was Walter Bishop’s lab partner who went on to found Massive Dynamic. We haven’t seen him, and MD’s website only shows a profile view.
Do you think Olivia has powers, or does Peter?
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in February 22nd, 2009 @ 17:06I always wanted to get into one of those shows, but it’s so much commitment…
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in February 22nd, 2009 @ 17:29OK, I am offially completely lost.
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in February 22nd, 2009 @ 23:57105) Fringe is on hiatus until April.
106) I’m more interested in finding out more about Peter and the experiments he may have been part of.It sounds like Olivia was unaware of anything that happened to her. The last episode helped explain more about why Massive Dynamic is so interested in her, at least a little (the light box!)
Maybe they both were part of the same sort of experiment…which would make sense if Walter = William Bell in some way.
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in February 23rd, 2009 @ 07:16109)Hiatus means delay right?
What do you think the other ten tests are? Do you think Olivia’s powers will go further than shutting off light-bulbs?
I don’t want them to go too far with the powers, but it sure is interesting!
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in February 23rd, 2009 @ 20:06106- If Walter’s Peter’s father, then I’m sure he’s participated in quite a few unusual experiments ;). Massive Dynamic is so cryptic too, do you think that they follow ZFT?
110- Yes.
We don’t really know for sure if Olivia has the powers, I think Peter could be the one with the powers.
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in February 23rd, 2009 @ 21:06111) That’s what I thought too! They made such a big deal about him leaving the room and then coming back, and the lights only went off once he came in. So I don’t know. humm.
Reading the boards on the Fox website jogged m memory a bit…if there are “two sides” to the whole thing, where does MD fall? Broyles (also seen in Lost as a shady Dharma agent type!) seems to be chummy with crazy MD lady…Nina Sharp. So I’m almost inclined to say that they’re at least not all bad, considering the respect Broyles shows for Olivia. But then there’s the issue of having John Scott’s corpse for most of this season and other sundry weird stuff pointing back to them.
Which is why I’m really not sure about ZFTI found a transcription of one of the ZFT pages shown on the show, here’s part of it:
The other is as determined as we are and is never to be underestimated in his intention to destroy us. His understanding of the [???] is complete and his determination to survive is unimpeachable. We shall not heed his words nor allay his fears.Who is “he”? The other? It does seem like MD would be the most obvious enemy but I almost feel like there are three different groups operating right now.
hmm I wrote too much. oh well.
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in February 23rd, 2009 @ 21:57ZFT is a complete mystery, because the group that believes it should then believe that technology is the enemy, no? So why are they at the bleeding edge of research? Is the only way to end the imbalance to fight a war? They obviously intend to win.
I don’t trust Broyles, because it looks like he thinks he knows what’s going on, but really has no idea. Agent Loeb, for example.
I read a theory about eye color, there’s a pattern somewhere. Too many people have green eyes.
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in February 28th, 2009 @ 16:3295 – Define moving – did it just bob its head up and down and turn from side to side, or did it actually walk and run and roar and eat people and everything like that?
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in February 28th, 2009 @ 16:40114- OK, so the T-rex was an automation. Sheesh! You could easily portray a walking, munching T-rex with computer animation.
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in April 6th, 2009 @ 13:29115 – I’m just saying, the special effects for Star Wars LOOK much simpler than those in Jurassic Park.
And again, SW does not count as sci-fi, so if you can think of anything that matches either of those I’d love to know what.
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in June 1st, 2009 @ 22:12SFTDP
I was watching this biography of George Lucas and I remember this one scene from Phantom Menace:
“Credits will do fine.”
“No, they won’t! What, you think you’re some kind of Jedi, waving your hand around like that?”So great XD.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in June 17th, 2009 @ 22:51SFTTP (is it really a double/triple post if the last post was over two weeks ago?)
Best Star Trek TOS regular character: Leonard McCoy
Worst ST TOS regular character: Chekov
Best Star Trek TOS girl: Gem, from The Empath
Best TOS episode: Trouble with Tribbles
Best Star Trek TOS movie(s): Star Trek (2009), Star Trek IV: The Journey Home
Worst TOS movie(s): Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Best TNG regular character: Picard
Worst TNG regular character: Lieutenant Worf
Best TNG movie(s): Star Trek: Nemesis
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RoseQuartz
in July 10th, 2009 @ 18:03You don’t like Worf? Aww, I don’t mind him. The character who annoys me most would probably be Wesley Crusher. Rggh, Gary Stu much?
YES, Trouble with Tribbles!! I ♥ Tribbles! Have you seen that remake one (I think it’s either Deep Space Nine or Voyager) where they go back in time to that episode?
Ew, Chekov. He’s so obnoxious. But I also hate Kirk…. he drives me NUTS…
Uhura should get to do more. I liked how they portrayed her character in the new movie, but come on, Uhura + Spock is SO not happening. Ew.
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in July 24th, 2009 @ 23:54Well… I meant to say that engineer guy, but I couldn’t remember his name.
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RoseQuartz
in July 25th, 2009 @ 10:39You mean O’Brien? Yes, he’s annoying.
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in July 10th, 2009 @ 15:35POST HERE PLEASE!
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KaiYves (Holding six wung points for Enceladus)
in July 10th, 2009 @ 17:21I have this little book from 1980 called The First Travel Guide to the Moon. I read it with my friend last week and made a lot of comments on how some of the predictions for 2000 in the book came true and some didn’t. (Actually, except for there not being hotels on the moon or a Soviet Union, most of the guesses were correct, especially in terms of technology.)
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in July 15th, 2009 @ 12:10I love Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy etc.) and he’s like comedy science fiction. My favorite regular sci-fi is Richard Matheson who’s brand of science fiction is, well, kind of like an examenation (sorry about spelling I’m blanking) of the human mind in creepy, and amazing science fiction settings. They’re really intense short stories, and you can’t read too many at once or you’ll get nightmares, but they truly amazing.
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RoseQuartz
in July 24th, 2009 @ 11:54Post here!
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 11:05The Matrix is awesome. Go see it now if you haven’t already. Unless you don’t like unnecessary violence and lots of swearing.
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 12:46123-Hm. I prefer the second and third movies. Have you seen the sequels?
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 17:25No, but my dad says they’re bad. I saw the trailer for the second one, and I agree with him except for one thing – I would love to see Agent Smith return and clone himself.
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 17:48Really? I think the plot not only becomes much more sophisticated, but the action scenes are more impressive, considering that all the actors then had another year of martial arts practice under their belts.
Although, the story becomes very confusing, and with most of the story taking place in the real world, you get more gore…
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 21:05When you say “the real world”, do you mean the Matrix, or the world around 2199?
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 23:112199… well… sort of. The second one is mostly about the matrix, what Neo really is, programs, viruses, hackers… and then the third one is more about 2199- the fate of Zion. Although watching it depends on how queasy you are. The third movie gets kind of… gross–worse then the first.
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in August 17th, 2009 @ 13:44So this is about sci-fi? I love the Otherland series by Tad Williams! No dupping, me. Major chizzness! If you don’t like it then you must be way impacted, I mean, or else you would be doing some major dupping. Because this series is way CHIZZ!! If you read it you will understand. Oh no, not the Oompa-Loompa dude again! (Upaut)
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in October 9th, 2009 @ 18:43Okay, that last Fringe episode was the best EVA!
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KaiYves- Got Water?
in October 9th, 2009 @ 19:34Eva the name or EVA meaning spacewalk?
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in October 9th, 2009 @ 19:40EVA as in EVER, I think…
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in October 10th, 2009 @ 11:06Yeah… that’s what I meant… Anyway, has anybody else seen it? Flash Forward is good too.
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KaiYves- Got Water?
in October 10th, 2009 @ 11:18Stupid, stupid, stupid…
*Hits head on wall*
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in October 10th, 2009 @ 13:14No need to give yourself a concussion! *gives fish* Slap yourself with that instead.
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in December 28th, 2009 @ 16:21Has anyone else read Maximum Ride? I liked the first three books, but not so much the last two … I guess it’s just not as exciting now that they’re all eco-superhero-y. And Angel is a Mary Sue.
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in December 28th, 2009 @ 20:02127 – I just gave up on the second book.
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in March 6th, 2010 @ 11:25OK, I just watched the first two episodes of Firefly over the last week and a half, and I’d have to say…
Funky. Very, very funky.
Not that that’s a bad thing, though. So far, I quite like it – just wish the first half-hour hadn’t been quite so… edgy.
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in March 6th, 2010 @ 14:03A convert!
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in March 6th, 2010 @ 20:01And a willing one at that!
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in March 14th, 2010 @ 19:30SFTDP
Well, after watching 4 and 1/2 episodes of Firefly, I’d have to say it’s my favorite sci-fi on television, even more so than Star Trek: The Original Series.
Probably my two favorite scenes so far are the one where River and Simon are clinging onto Serenity in “Bushwhacked”, and River is looking out into space with a really happy look on her face; and the one in “Shindig” where she speaks with a Badger-style accent
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in March 14th, 2010 @ 23:18there’s a fb group called “campaign for joss whedon to write a doctor who episode”
i am in love
also, woo! firefly is win! as is ST: TOS. you get geek points. (NOTE: geek points are purely a figure of speech. nobody start adding them to their names please)
i am taking a sci-fi/fantasy class next quarter. it is going to be epic. Ender’s Game is on the reading list
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in March 15th, 2010 @ 00:54Are you serious? I would love it if Joss Whedon wrote a Dr. Who episode. *loves Buffy* And Firefly for that matter.
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in March 15th, 2010 @ 12:23Neil Gaiman is writing an episode for the 2011 series
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in May 1st, 2010 @ 10:19I want to watch the X-Files. I got the book “The X-Files Book Of The Unexplained” out of the library, and I love the idea of a show about urban legends, aliens, mutants, and general weirdness*. But it’s not on TV anymore.
Also, how is everyone watching the new season of Doctor Who? Do you all live in Britain? Is it on YouTube?
*Yes, I watch Fringe sporadically.
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in May 1st, 2010 @ 10:37i am just being naughty and downloading it but you can also find it on the intarwebz (in worse quality) or you can watch it a week behind britain on bbc america
also thank you for reminding me of this thread i don’t know if i’ve mentioned the sci-fi club buuut…some kid in my class decided to start a club and i am the secretary! and we’re almost legit, we just have to get the constitution approved, and our treasurer has to go through training (because we get $2000 a year :O
and $3000 once we’ve been established for two years). anyway it is going to be super awesome fun times.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in June 3rd, 2010 @ 17:28I finished the last episode of Firefly this weekend
Definitely my favorite sci-fi tv show. A bit too mature/risque/etc. for my taste at times, but otherwise it was great. Can’t wait to watch Serenity this weekend.
And you know what kind of surprises me? The lack of official merchandise. I’m not saying I want Firefly on every single thing I own, but seriously – once you take away the t-shirts, reference/analysis books, the soundtracks, and the actual DVDs (since those are guaranteed with just about any sort of fiction in media), the only remaining pieces are a few comic books set between the show and the film and a table-top role-playing game. That’s it.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in June 3rd, 2010 @ 17:30SFTDP
“I finished the last episode of Firefly” last weekend.
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speller73
in June 3rd, 2010 @ 17:39Hmm… I don’t think Joss Whedon is really one for lots of merchandising. Especially not for something like Firefly, which, when it was on, was a hug failure.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in June 3rd, 2010 @ 18:13True. Less stuff for me to waste money on, I guess.
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