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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2012.12.21 02:44:00 -
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Akita T wrote:.......various Star Treks (my personal fav being ST-DS9)
My God, someone else finally agrees with me on that !
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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2012.12.21 02:45:00 -
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Elias Greyhand wrote:[quote=Akita T]Don't get me wrong, it's a "must watch" show for Sci-Fi fans...quote]
Really?
I'm a major sci-fi fan but it's never really interested me and I've never watched an episode.
Then you are doing it wrong.
Although your comment is idiotic and shows contempt prior to even investigation of said subject. I'm just sayin'.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2012.12.21 02:48:00 -
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Elias Greyhand wrote:
It's one of the reasons I loved Firefly; it wasn't about the end of the world, it was the joys and sorrows of a small section of Humanity.
Erm. Sounds just like Battlestar to me..........................
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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2012.12.21 13:21:00 -
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Some of the story ideas were pretty brave, and it was not afraid of 'cinematography'.
I remember a scene with Jake and Kira that was their silhouettes talking in a dark room in front of a small window showing only a few stars for lighting. Networks don't like what appears to be a black screen. They gave David Lynch a hard time with that in a few scenes in "Twin Peaks".
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Posted - 2012.12.23 12:54:00 -
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Yes. Even though I was unable to see most of the final 2 seasons of BSG, it did shoot to the top of my list of probably the best SF series outside of the Star Trek franchise. They both have different sensibilities and presentation modes, so it would be useless to call one better than the other. I just consider them in the same rarified cloud of 'bests'.
And for once the mainstream critics were agog, the more intelligent ones even calling it the best series ever. It was amazing how much I read that was along those lines.
That reaction hasn't even been closely achieved until "Game of Thrones" came along (which I appreciate all the more having originally read Martin's Sci-Fi stories starting in the late 70's - "Sandkings" in Omni magazine and all that), but I'm not about to start a threadnaught about that show, so I'll just stop right here..........
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Posted - 2013.01.31 13:06:00 -
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Wow, talk about Necro-Thread !
I never even Unsubscribed from it as it had just vanished utterly for a month.
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
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Posted - 2013.01.31 18:51:00 -
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Brujo Loco wrote:you do know BSG has a healthy dosage of Mormonism dont you? The New series tried to veer a bit away from it, but maintaned a good chunk.
First time I've heard that and I'm not seeing it. Care to elaborate ?
Brujo Loco wrote:Same as Middle Earth is heavily influenced by Christianism, a fact disclosed several times by the author himself publicly.
Let's be clear that it is specifically Catholicism, as stated by the author.
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Posted - 2013.02.01 18:30:00 -
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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai wrote:
(Poor SF looks like a rule these days... i recall some series that managed to lose me straight from the trailer, was a series with some plot bullshit about "electricity disappearing forever"... can't recall the name but my stupid-o-meter goes out of scale each time I recall such a shoddy unscientific plot twist)
Yes Indeed.
Most of the newer 'sci-fi' shows are just near-future based twists on our current reality.
Hard SF seems to have completely vanished. EDIT: (from TV)
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2013.02.04 18:05:00 -
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Really, really enjoying the complete Deep Space 9 currently on Hulu.
Season 1 has a few weak spots but no truly bad episode so far.
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
- Oscar Wilde - 1870's |
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Posted - 2013.02.04 18:48:00 -
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Gogela wrote:Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Really, really enjoying the complete Deep Space 9 currently on Hulu.
Season 1 has a few weak spots but no truly bad episode so far. You know what would be a cool one that could use a reboot? Babylon 5. 
One can always hold out hope, but then apparently J. Michael Straczynski is more fascinated by WWII at the moment: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/60722
Like......seriously and for reallz ?
Edit: just noticed in that article that one of the Producer's last names is Golightly ! I always though that was a fake name owned by the great Miss Hepburn.
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
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Posted - 2013.02.04 21:38:00 -
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Calico-Jack Daniels wrote:This and This are my preferred Sci-Fi from my youth...
Funny. I call those The Dark Days.
I love SF but I couldn't really stand either show even though I was the perfect age of 13 for them. I was reading a lot of more serious adult SF by then and I guess it took a lot to impress me.
Got Twiki's autograph at a convention anyway.
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
- Oscar Wilde - 1870's |
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