Favorite Sci Fi

**Waylander** · 23rd May 2007, 21:53

Originally Posted by Wasp

Firefly/ Serenity

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

**KoroJ** · 23rd May 2007, 22:45

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** · 23rd May 2007, 22:58

Terminator, Star wars, Blade runner & Red dwarf.

That's about it I guess

-Indy

**Lias** · 23rd May 2007, 23:31

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** · 24th May 2007, 08:15

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

**Blackbird** · 24th May 2007, 08:40

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** · 24th May 2007, 08:47

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

**Toaster** · 24th May 2007, 08:51

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

**steved** · 24th May 2007, 08:59

Originally Posted by 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 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** · 24th May 2007, 09:02

Originally Posted by MisterD

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** · 24th May 2007, 09:06

Originally Posted by steved

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?