Favorite Sci Fi

[NighthawkNZ]

What is you faviorite SciFi show or movie of all time... I don't reall y have any but here are a few I can think of

Land of the Giants
Lost in Time
Lost in Space
Star Trek (all)
Star Wars (all)
Star Gate (SG1 and Atlantis)
Blakes Seven
Logans Run
Battlestar Galatica (old or new)
Buck Rogers and 25th Centry
Dr Who (all)
The Tomorrow People
Babylon 5
Saphire and Steele
UFO
X-Men
Planet of the Apes (old or new)
Fantasic 4
Superman (all)
Mission to Mars
X-Files
Quiet Earth


??? whats yours ???

[BarBender]

Red Dwarf...

[NighthawkNZ]

Red Dwarf...

doh I forgot that one... yeah that was funny as it gets... even tho i have them all on DVD :lol:

[SpankMe]

The LEXX. How could you not include that?

[Steam]

It's not my fave, but I was recently struck by the attention to detail in Battlestar Galactica (new series) .
The physics of the space battles is right, the strategies and tactics are true to carrier warfare (phlanx and missiles etc) and they really pay attention to the little things like the distortion of radio transmissions, and that "hand-held" feel to the GCI shots is just awesome. It gives is a much realer feel.
That's my fave at the moment.

[NighthawkNZ]

It's not my fave, but I was recently struck by the attention to detail in Battlestar Galactica (new series) .
The physics of the space battles is right, the strategies and tactics are true to carrier warfare (phlanx and missiles etc) and they really pay attention to the little things like the distortion of radio transmissions, and that "hand-held" feel to the GCI shots is just awesome. It gives is a much realer feel.
That's my fave at the moment.

at pressent that would also be my faviorite... series 3 with a bit of a cliff hanger...

[Skyryder]

I can't say I'm a great Sci Fi type but when there's a good one that' another story.

Use to love Blakes 7. Good story line and charecters. Saw a little of the New Battle Star G and liked what I saw. Looked a bit more gritty than the Lorn Green versions.

Use to watch Lost in Space but it got to predictable.

Dune was a great book but the movie less said the better.

Star Wars takes a lot beating. Simple plots but stunning SPFX.

The ending of the Plant of the Apes. Man that was a shocker.

But without doubt the one that takes the cake was a radio play broadcast on a Sunday night in late fifties. JOURNEY INTO SPACE. The Red Planet.

Skyryder

[N4CR]

matrix 1 - 3
star wars
terminator (sci fi ish as such)
blade runner

sg1, atlantis
that's about it. probably start watching battlestar soon.

[pete376403]

Firefly for the series, Serenity for the movie.

[The Pastor]

I liked the orgianl stargate. And there was another lame one I watched wich was pretty cool, but i forget.

Oh and lost. Thats the most out there progamme ever.

[Steam]

Oooh, Firefly! At my flat we just watched the entire series and movie twice, once normally, and then again with the commentary. We got the soundtrack to both, and read the grapic novel. (More like a novella really)
Hey, if you like Firefly and Serenity, get the grapic novel out from the Wellington library, it links together the series and the movie very well, and ties up some loose ends, as well as having a really gorgeous drawing of Kaylee.:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

[Wasp]

Stargate Atlantis

Firefly/ Serenity

[Puddlejumper]

Firefly/Serenity, Lexx, Blakes7 ( first episodes) and rock on Dr Who. BUT reading is better. More scope for the imagination.

[Steam]

"It has been recently confirmed that Joss Whedon will re team with Brett Matthews to write Serenity: Better Days for Dark Horse comics to be released in the fall of 2007 as we see what happens when a heist goes right and the crew finds themselves on easy street. "This new story will take place in the 'Firefly' years i.e., everyone's alive," says Whedon. "Basically, they pull off a heist and everything doesn't go completely wrong. This, needless to say, has never happened, and it's about how they deal with success."

[Grahameeboy]

Babylon 5.........

[Waylander]

Firefly/ Serenity
The bastards for cancelling that show. Although if it wasn't cancelled they wouldn't have made the movie.

[KoroJ]

The Poms certainly do it well and Blakes 7 was a great watch on a low budget. Not such a great watch now though.

I liked the little details like how they would stumble when de-materialising on uneven ground.

The test-of-Time award would have to go to Star Wars. It took over 20 years before it started to look dated.

Not much on offer at the moment apart from SG1 & SG Atlantis....whats up with that???

[Indiana_Jones]

Terminator, Star wars, Blade runner & Red dwarf.

That's about it I guess

-Indy

[Lias]

Red Dwarf & B5 would definitly top my list of series.

Bookwise my favourite scifi authors at the moment are Elizabeth Moon (Serrano / Vatta series) & David Weber (Honorverse)

[MisterD]

Hitchhikers Guide, the book, the radio series, the BBC TV series....but not the film, such a long wait for a let-down.

[Blackbird]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Contact (but I preferred Carl Sagan's book). Wish Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama had been made into a movie as that would have been superb.

I just like the idea of what mankind's first contact with a sentient alien race will be like. Probably like none of the above, but it will be the most important thing ever to happen.

[Swoop]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[Toaster]

Fantastic 4 - but only because Jessica Alba is so damn hot - the movie was complete and utter shit.

[steved]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Contact (but I preferred Carl Sagan's book). Wish Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama had been made into a movie as that would have been superb.

I think Rama wouldn't make a good movie as the size and scope of the 'ships' would be almost impossible to convey. Perhaps I'm wrong but I feel as though a Rama movie could never live up to the book.

As for TV shows, I really like Battlestar and SG-1. Few shows can match the exploration of humanity/philosophy than the Original Star Trek. The last show I really like is Farscape. Highly under-rated.

[cowboy]

Hitchhikers Guide, the book, the radio series, the BBC TV series....but not the film, such a long wait for a let-down.
Ye the tv series was my favorite to

[Blackbird]

I think Rama wouldn't make a good movie as the size and scope of the 'ships' would be almost impossible to convey. Perhaps I'm wrong but I feel as though a Rama movie could never live up to the book.




Yep, it would have needed someone like Peter Jackson to carry it off (maybe) but your comments are spot on and with a scenario like that, the skull cinema wins every time eh?

[Kickaha]

Firefly for the series, Serenity for the movie.


Loved the movie but strangely enough thought the series was pretty average

Have to agree with spankme, Lexx was awesome

[Toaster]

can you see why.........

[Kickaha]

because Jessica Alba is so damn hot -

Did you watch "Dark Angel"?

[steved]

Did you watch "Dark Angel"?
Dark Angel was a really good show. Lost it's way in the second season a bit but the first season was quality.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

The Day The Earth Stood Still - "Klaatu Berada Nicto"

The Forbidden Planet - "My evil self is at that door, and I have no power to stop it"

2 early classics of Sci-Fi, complete with flying saucers and the like but very good storylines. When are these up for a remake??:yes:

[James Deuce]

Not Firefly.

Farscape is the best Sci-Fi in the last 20 years with Lexx a close 2nd.

B5, Red Dwarf, and the last 3 series of ST-TNG would make up my top 5.

Stargate Atlantis is grabbing my attention and it is cool to see the Farscape folks turning up on Stargate.

Not Firefly. Worst Western ever.

[Lias]

[LEFT]Farscape is the best Sci-Fi in the last 20 years with Lexx a close 2nd.

B5, Red Dwarf, and the last 3 series of ST-TNG would make up my top 5.


How could I forget farscape!

[Motig]

I'm with you Jim2.

[Disco Dan]

Red Dwarf...

This man has taste.

Red Dwarf too! :yes: