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Recommendations?

POSTED BY: LINDALE
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Monday, July 12, 2004 5:49 PM

I'm in the scifi club at U of IL. What we do, or at least, what we did last year and will probably do this coming year, is to have random discussions as well as sitting around and watching tv shows and movies. Oh, and eating pizza. The pizza is key. :) Last year we watched FF, lots of Star Trek (all the incarnations, with an emphasis on TNG and DS9), Babylon 5, as well as almost all of Futurama and Family Guy (so it's not scifi, meh. it's good times :) ). We also dabbled in Dr. Who, Farscape, Stargate SG1, Red Dwarf, Brimstone, Clerks, Undergrads, MST3K, random 80s classics (lol, like Captain N) and prob a few others I can't think of right now. The thing is, I'm trying to put together a list of shows we can watch next semester, and I'm having trouble coming up with good either scifi/fantasy or cult shows. They don't wanna re-watch, so I feel like I'm running outta good material to draw from. (and we don't get the sci-fi channel, so we basically subsist on DVDs, downloads, and rentals) To get to the point of this post- could you guys recommend just good shows? Doesn't have to be strictly scifi/cult, tho that helps. I know a big one we haven't tried is X-Files, and I was also thinking of trying Cupid and maybe Alias (the Rembaldi thing's practically fantasy). Suggestions?

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Monday, July 12, 2004 6:07 PM

BELLOVESUS

Well, the original Battlestar Galactica is not too bad. There was also a really stellar series called Blakes 7, a British series, that's reminiscent of Firefly in some ways. Look past the cheesey sets and effects to the wonderful characters. Past that, you could always watch Farscape, because I'm told it's actually quite good. There are some tolerable episodes of Andromeda out there, too, but they're tolerable at best. One show which would be difficult to get your hands on but well worth it is another short-lived Fox series (surprise, surprise) called Space Above and Beyond. Think Robert Heinlein meets television. Really good stuff. It used to come on Sci-Fi, so you might be able to wrangle some episodes on cassette. I'm not sure if they still show it or not. If not, the only way is bootlegs and they're typically kind of pricey. Oh, and speaking of Sci-Fi, you can always watch the Dune miniseries.

Anyway, hope this helps.

"The only fluid I see here is the puddle of piss refusin' to pay us our wage."

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Monday, July 12, 2004 6:12 PM

BELLOVESUS

Nevermind, you said Farscape already, but all the other shows still stand. Oh, and though I was never a fan, there was a long running Highlander TV series as well, that would probably work. And, I'm not sure if you want to delve into Anime, but I'm sure there are some Anime shows out there that would work as well. I'm not a big fan, so I couldn't tell you which ones. You could of course always watch the Justice League cartoon, or Samurai Jack as well. Oh, and while we're on the subject of cartoons, you should throw in a few episodes of Johnen Vasquez's Invader Zim.

"The only fluid I see here is the puddle of piss refusin' to pay us our wage."

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Monday, July 12, 2004 7:43 PM

DEWSHINE

Are you doing movies?
Pitch Black is a good film.
Umm, try Lexx, the older shows not the series.
Aliens movies would be good too.
Oh, and Ghost Busters if you haven't shown it yet.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:12 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Here's a few fairly recent series that were also yanked prematurely, but that I recommend.

American Gothic
Dark Skies
Nowhere Man
Prey

None are on dvd yet, but should be available as downloads.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:51 AM

SHINYSEVEN

Yay for the Blakes7 recommendation--I agree that the two series have a lot in common, although the B7 characters dislike each other much more than the Firefly characters do, which adds extra point to the constant squabbling.

Do you guys have a VHS player, though? Because B7 is not available on US-format DVDs. Season 1 (out of 4) is available on a British DVD, but if you buy it for your multiregion player, make sure you get the later-issue disks that DON'T have extensive skipping because of a manufacturing problem.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:05 AM

EST120

Quote:
Suggestions?

definitely pick up the sci-fi channel version of dune. that is quite good (and long, it will eat up more than one sitting). i think dewshine is right. go for some movies.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:29 AM

HIGHIRON02

There was a thread posted here not too long ago about essential Sci-Fi. There is a tremendous list of good stuff. Here is a list of some of my favorites:

Dark Star (cult classic)
Gattica (Must see)
Fifth Element (hi-larious)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC)

Anime has a tremendous impact in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Here are a few recommendations:

LAST EXILE-Two vanship pilots (couriers), while delivering a package find themselves swept up in a grand epic. Excellent use of 2D and 3D GCI. Complex character motivations. Presented in 26 25 minute episodes. When viewed, it is more like a continuous movie 11 hours long. (Highly Recommended)
.HACK//SIGN-While playing an online adventure game, one player can't log off and return to reality. Interesting concept.
TENCHI MUYO-17 year old Tenchi, suddenly finds himself living with 5 alien women. Chaos ensues.
(hiliarious)
ARMITAGE OVA-Naomi Armitage, a living, breathing, thinking, feeling android cop, caught in the middle of human riots against androids and uncovers a conspiracy to murder third type androids.

Other acclaimed series but not seen:
Mobile Unit Gundam Wing
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Hope this helps

We got you partially surrounded.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:41 AM

WREN

John Doe and Witchblade have established cult followings. John Doe was cut after one season, Witchblade made it to season two. They are both rather dark though.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:52 AM

HJERMSTED

Track down the DVD set of The Prisoner immediately.... a surreal hippy-era sci-fi/psycho drama from Britain that is not to be missed.

The 80s BBC version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is low budget but fun.

Also, don't forget about Twin Peaks (sadly, the second season of which is not yet available on DVD in the States

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Cowboy Bebop is worthwhile and entertaining, though the movie may not make as much sense if you haven't seen the episodes.

mattro

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:18 AM

BELLOVESUS

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Prisoner. And, you know, while it's more spy show than sci-fi, it did have some pretty fantastical elements to it, so the Avengers might be a decent choice too. It's definitely "genre" television. Get the Diana Rigg years though and forget the rest.

"The only fluid I see here is the puddle of piss refusin' to pay us our wage."

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 1:24 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

it may sound silly, but it could prove to be quite fun

pickup the childhood cartoons and anime. Many of them can be found on dvd, so you can rent or buy.

Robotech - i know I have an obession
Thundercats - thunde, thunder, thundercats
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - not childhood
The Tick - animated, on a side note, the live action can be bought on amazon w/Firefly for a discount

as far as movies, Spirited Away is very good and kinda trippy.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 1:47 PM

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

I don't know if it's on DVD or not, but Seven Days (UPN series) was kinda fun.

Cartoons: Samurai Jack -- Absolutely! Star Trek - the animated series from the 70's (ah, childhood memories...) and most definitely The Tick!!! If anyone knows where to get the animated eps PLEASE let me know! I have access to the live action ones (which are ok), but nothing surpassed the sheer strangeness of the animated ones. And if I'm not mistaken, wasn't the creator or producer of the animated series (Ben Edlund)the producer of Firefly as well? I know I did a double take the first time I saw that name at the beginning of a Firefly ep!

Movies: well, yeah, you gotta do all the 60's-70's stuff....Andromeda Strain (I actually use it in some of my classes I teach to talk about scene transitions and camera angles), Colossus: The Forbin Project (creepy, you'll never look at your computer the same way), and many others of their ilk...I'm assuming you HAVE done 2001 and 2010? If not, get thee to a video store!

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:52 AM

CYBERSNARK

Quote:
Originally posted by Highiron02:
Other acclaimed series but not seen:
Mobile Unit Gundam Wing
Neon Genesis Evangelion

I can personally attest that Gundam Wing is quite good. Make sure to see Endless Waltz (the movie) after the series though, since it contains spoilers on who lives and dies.

Evangelion is also good, but you'll need to either get the series episodes (ignore the Death & Rebirth DVD, as it's barely coherent), and see End of Eva only at the end. Done this way, it barely makes sense (expect to be trying to discuss it for weeks as your brains regenerate).

I'd also suggest InuYasha, as it has something for everyone. Romance (involving a vampire, no less), intrigue, action, ultra-violence, time-travel, shape-shifting, betrayal, a perverted Buddhist monk, an undead vampire/priestess/psycho-stalker, a time-travelling schoolgirl, a demon-slaying ninja girl, three badass demons (well, two demons and one half-demon), and Shippo, Myoga, Jaken, and Rin, who defy simple explanation.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:02 AM

KNIBBLET

TV shows:
Highlander (season 6 never really happened)
Ultraviolet (ultra-stylish British vamp show)
X-Files (be selective, be very selective)
The Visitor (I still miss Chris in the Morning)
Twilight Zone (vintage is better than the cable rehashes of old material - just adding nudity doesn't improve a story)

Movies:
BladeRunner
Pitch Black

So much more than I can think of when I'm supposed to be working.

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:03 AM

JADEHAND

well, glad to see others mentioned some interesting shows. I had actually forgotten about 7 days and Prey. Both were good from what I recall. But if you want some entertaining, rolling on the floor wetting yourself fun I highly recommend Invader Zim.
The first part is out now and i think a second part is coming out in Sept. I'm not sure how many episodes were made before Nickelodeon realized what they were showing and yanked it. Yeah it was on Nick', but never should have been. It was created by Jhonen Vasquez (sp?) who also created the comics Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, if that tells you anything. Really not for children. One ep. features Zim removing the internal organs of children and replacing them with other objects like a ruler, a cat, and a radiator.
Fun for the whole family!

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:36 PM

BELLOVESUS

The first half of the first season is out on DVD now I believe, with the second half slated for release later in the year. You can still find all of them on Kazaa.

"Here's a little concept I've been workin' on, uh, why don't we shoot her first?"

"It is her turn."

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Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:44 AM

GROUNDED

DVD:

The Dead Zone
Dark Angel
Smallville
Invisible Man (R2 only)
Millennium (not sure if this is out in R1 yet)
Harsh Realm
Quantum Leap
Jeremiah
Dead Like Me
Taken

Others (you need to find folks who have taped them or download them):

Miracles
Jake 2.0
Wonderfalls
Haunted
Odyssey 5
Now & Again
The Lone Gunmen
Sliders (the first couple of years - it really slides after that ;) )
Crusade

I haven't seen a few of these but I'm sure they'd all be worth trying.

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Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:13 AM

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Disney's Gargoyles, it's sooo not for kids, we watch it at uni and get damn confused!

Smallville S3 - don't bother with the other two, but the third season's damn cool.

The Maxx - Very weird, but very good.

Jeremiah - post apocalyptic TV series from the creator of B5.

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Friday, July 16, 2004 9:14 AM

CYBERSNARK

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Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
Disney's Gargoyles, it's sooo not for kids, we watch it at uni and get damn confused!

Behold, the power of a Shakespearean education, when coupled with Star Trek actors.

That show made me track down A Midsummer Night's Dream and read it on my own. In high school. There will never be a better Titania than Kate Mulgrew, and Brent Spiner is the definitive Puck.

Also, Demona's a hottie.

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Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:19 PM

GROUNDED

I had completely forgotten about Gargoyles! Thanks for reminding me :)

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Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:39 PM

WHISPERING

The ones i like, though i usually like the ones nobody else likes

Movies:
Fifth Element
Contact
Evolution
Ghosts Of Mars
Time Machine

Anime:
Martian Successor Nadesico
Outlaw Star
Crest Of The Stars

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Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:54 PM

PEACE

Okay, if you want to do this right, you have to lay the foundations, explore the history of scifi on film, because I'm willing to bet that there are tons of classic SF titles kids (and yeah, I'm probably old enough to be the father of most of your group) haven't seen these days, but are utterly basic to where scifi film has gone.

My personal hit list, all titles from before Star Wars:

King Kong (1933)- see the original, not the 1976 version, before Peter Jackson comes out with his remake.

Things to Come (1936)-- don't laugh at the togas and sandals, this was H.G.Wells best (and fairly prescient) guess as to the future.

Destination Moon (1950)-- written by Robert Heinlein (well, mostly).

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-- my personal favorite of fifties scifi. Gets me every time.

When Worlds Collide (1951)-- Bonestell art and design, and a film that begs to be remade with CGI.

Forbidden Planet (1956)-- robots and monsters of the ID. Yow.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)-- corny in places, but made with the best guesses at the time as to the actual Martian environment (okay, they were off a little bit).

2001 (1968)-- If anybody in your group hasn't seen this, whack them with a wet noodle, then tie them to a chair and show it.

Planet of the Apes (1968)-- Charlton Heston and the statue of Liberty.

The Omega Man (1971)-- More Charlton Heston, automatic weapons, fast cars, and zombies. 'Nuff said.

Silent Running (1972)-- R2D2's ancestors save the forests. Love the Joan Baez song.

Soylent Green (1973)-- an eco-disaster flick that didn't come true. Or, at least, not yet. Oh, and Charlton Heston again.

One thing about watching pre-Star Wars scifi-- you have to have a tolerance for cheesy matte paintings and rocket ship flames that drip toward the bottom of the frame. The special effects of these films were almost there merely to suggest what was happening. If you judge the effects by today's standards you'll miss the point.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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Saturday, July 17, 2004 5:03 PM

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Quote:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-- my personal favorite of fifties scifi. Gets me every time.

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The Omega Man (1971)-- More Charlton Heston, automatic weapons, fast cars, and zombies. 'Nuff said.

Silent Running (1972)-- R2D2's ancestors save the forests. Love the Joan Baez song.

Soylent Green (1973)-- an eco-disaster flick that didn't come true. Or, at least, not yet. Oh, and Charlton Heston again.

OMG, yes!!! I must have been half asleep when I posted a list before to have left these 4 off! Silent Running is still one that just about rips my heart out, and the message of it (and that of The Day the Earth Stood Still) are so powerful. Omega Man is just great wild 70's stuff, and Soylent Green is simply a classic, if for nothing else, Edgar G. Robinson's role and Heston's classic ending lines.

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."

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Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:19 AM

PEACE

Oh, and as far as anime-- I don't like most anime, but you can't pass up anything by Hayao Miyazaki-- the Shakespeare of Japanese animation. A good survey of his work would include "Kiki's Delivery Service", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Laputa: The Castle in the Sky", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away", the last of which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. I'm less enamored of his early animated "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind", but the manga of the same name is one of the greatest pieces of scifi graphic art in history.

Also, just for fun, you might want to check out the series "Urusei Yatsura", which has got to be one of the funniest animes I have ever seen, and is almost impossible to describe, except that it involves a high-school filled with super-beings, aliens, ghosts, deranged monks, Leopard tanks, and a jealous alien girl who is constantly putting the whammy on her feckless idiot of a would-be boyfriend. I'm not sure how much of the series has been dubbed or sub-titled for American audiences, but it's out there.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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Saturday, April 8, 2006 9:02 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 12:09 AM

CAB1729

Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr. comes out this summer - definitely SF, sort of! ;) And we all love the western angle, don't we?

If you're considering watching The Avengers, then The Wild Wild West is the same kind of cheeky gadget show with just a touch of SF, plus it's set out west, and the Season 1 DVD is coming out this summer. Do NOT go by what the movie was like - they have no similarities whatsoever besides the title!!!!!

The Andromeda Strain was incredibly nail-bitingly suspenseful. Book was Crichton's, directed by Wise.

Westworld - I think this was the first movie Crichton did himself and it's one of the best of the revolting robots genre.

The Brother From Another Planet. I know the title sounds cheesy but it has no relationship to blaxploitation flix. A moving, suspenseful, sometimes icky story about an alien who escapes from a totalitarian regime only to land on earth. The problem? He's black - and mute. But the runaway trackers are hi-larious!

Have fun!

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 4:14 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by cab1729:
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. comes out this summer - definitely SF, sort of! ;) And we all love the western angle, don't we?

Absolutly!!
And don't forget Dark Angel!!!!!!!!!!!

Never forget Dark Angel Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 4:29 AM

JOTHANAX

As far as anime goes, i highly recommend the Ghost in the Shell series, Stand Alone Complex, and also the movies of course.

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 4:48 AM

REGINAROADIE

I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but how about BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. I have all four volumes of it on DVD, and I gotta tell ya. The hype about it is justified. It's been considered the kid's cartoon equivalent of THE SOPRANOS and also the best incarnation of Batman in ANY medium (comics, tv, movies, everything).

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"There's only one "Return" ok, and it ain't "of the King", it's "of the Jedi."

"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."

Excerpt of internet teaser for CLERKS 2.

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 4:48 AM

CLEANER

If your looking for something that almost no one will have seen try Charlie Jade http://www.charliejade.com/

Its good for a South African production but not amazingly good. 6.5/10 imo

Don't forget Carnivale, some of the best TV ever produced.

"If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak!!!"

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 2:05 PM

JOTHANAX

If you are into checking out the Batman animated series, should also get some Justice League Unlimited. Recently watched a few eps and found it to be on average just as good as the batman series. They have actually been adapting some of the better stories from the books, such as the Alan Moore Superman story "For the man who has everything". Good stuff

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 2:26 PM

KILGORETROUT

What about Taken it wasnt to bad and other people have said itbut Blade runner always blade runner, get bit drunk watch it and all of a sudden its full of the most incredible symbolgy on mans search for god so well worth it. Its a classic cant be beat.Oh yeah and a flim that i cant remember name where its a western theme park where people have gun battles with robots that always lose but one of them goes crazy its a classic(sorry can someone help with the name)hey what about comic films xmen ect expand the geekdom horizions.
(akira and ghost in the shell for manga sc fi)

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Sunday, April 9, 2006 3:52 PM

CYBERSNARK

The movie you're describing seems to be Westworld, which starred Yul Brenner, best known as Lurch in The Adams Family.

Quote:
Originally posted by Jothanax:
If you are into checking out the Batman animated series, should also get some Justice League Unlimited.

For those interested, the DCU tooniverse continuity goes something like this:

Batman: The Animated Series (the show that started it all).
Superman: The Animated Series (a slightly less-successful spinoff of B:TAS, which segued into. . .).
Justice League (Unlimited) (the first two seasons were just "Justice League," the "Unlimited" part was added when they decided to expand beyond the core members).
Batman Beyond (the only completely original DCU series, set many years in the future. Bruce Wayne has retired and passes the cowl to a new Batman.)

Exactly how and if the Teen Titans series fits in remains to be seen. It seems to be fairly distinct, especially given the confused timelines involving Robin (IIRC, the Batman series skipped right over Dick Grayson's reign and went right to Tim Drake, yet the Titan is pretty obviously a young Grayson [he's shown eventually turning into Nightwing]).

There's an OAV (i.e., a TV movie) that crosses over between the Batman & Superman series and sets the stage for Supes' decision to create the League. It's mainly noteworthy for the chance to see Superman being an utter d*ck (when you meet someone who wears a mask, don't peak!) and for Joker's quip about "propulsion envy."

I'm a big fan of Batman Beyond, and consider the movie (Return of the Joker) to be a high point of American cartoons, featuring one of the best fight scenes in a franchise known for awesome fight scenes. Obviously, I'd recommend it, both for the animation and for the witty dialogue ("Good bad dog"). Of interest to Browncoats, the future Gotham has a number of Asian influences, up to and including a few bits of shuai Chinese slang.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:16 AM

MALSGIRL

How about Earth 2? I don't think anyone else has mentioned it. It was a really good show and it's out on DVD.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:10 AM

ISAACSHEPHERD

Two that come to mind right off the bat is Quantum Leap and Sliders. Most of the people I know never even heard of Sliders but it was one of my favorite shows for a while. X-men is also considered Sci-fi even though about everyone's seen those by now, but X3 comes out next month so a good time to watch the other 2. Stargate was another good movie as well.
IS

The Bible's a bit fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:44 AM

STICK

hmm alot of good stuff has been named so far but I think yall are missing some good stuff from the land of the rising sun,

Movies:
Princess monoko (sp?)
Spirited Away
Ghost in the Shell

Series:
Cowboy Beebop
Inuyasha
Evangelion series
Ghost in the shell: Stand alone complex & 2nd gig
Samurai Champloo

just to name a few

there's lots more but those are the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head

"Once you've been to serenity you never leave... you just learn to live there"

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Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:02 AM

J6NGO1977

Hehehe Blakes 7. One of our Brits not too bad shows. Yeh I can see that it was similar to Firefly but a much cheaper budget. LOL. Another 2 cult Brit Shows you may be interested in are Space 1999 and UFO. They are Gerry Anderson, however no puppets here they are both live action and alot darker than his usual kiddy stuff. Also they both have killer theme tunes :)Oh yeh and of course RED DWARF and Spaced

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Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:15 AM

J6NGO1977

Quote:
Originally posted by kilgoretrout:
What about Taken it wasnt to bad and other people have said itbut Blade runner always blade runner, get bit drunk watch it and all of a sudden its full of the most incredible symbolgy on mans search for god so well worth it. Its a classic cant be beat.Oh yeah and a flim that i cant remember name where its a western theme park where people have gun battles with robots that always lose but one of them goes crazy its a classic(sorry can someone help with the name)hey what about comic films xmen ect expand the geekdom horizions.
(akira and ghost in the shell for manga sc fi)

The film is called Westworld. A Michael Crichton film. It stars Yul Brynner as the android gunslinger. His total dialogue consists of 'get this boy a bib' and 'Draw' .lol. It's about a Theme park in the future called Westworld, 1 of 3 (the other 2 are Medieval World and Roman World). The whole Theme park is inhabited by Androids who go berserk and start killing the humans and the creators are unable to shut them down. Brilliant film. So good The Simpsons have payed homage to it in more than 1 episode. The most noticeable is when the simpsons go to Itchy and Scratchy land and just like in Westworld all the robots go berserk. There was a follow up to it called Futureworld but it was never as good. I mentioned it in work the other day and I was disgusted to hear that nobody had heard of it. That's no surprise none of them have even heard of Serenity :( On the bottom of my Email signature I have 'Can't Stop the Signal'. My manager asked me what it meant. So I tryed to explain. In the end I had to remove it. He didn't ask me to but I knew he didn't approve :(

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:44 PM

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I think all the good series have been mentioned, but I'll plug Blake's 7 again. Avon was a sort of Jayne. Disruptive, treacherous, sell you out in a heartbeat, highly intelligent criminal mastermind (Ok, maybe a little divergence, there...), but cool and likeable. Servelan had probably the greatest haircut in Science Fiction. And she was hot.

Old Doctor Who. The Talons of Weng Chiang. Cracker. And it had Leela in it, being well 'ard. However, don't come whining to me about its non-PC-ness. I will accept criticism of the giant rat, though...

Comic Book heroes. Pretty badly served, apart from Batman and Spiderman. I thought Hellboy was great.

Werewolves. Dog Soldiers and Ginger Snaps are good variations. Dusk Till Dawn will leave you sorted for vampires and strippers.

Moving on to British (although not exclusively) stuff.

See if you can find a BBC series called Campion. Totally brilliant. 1920s Detective stories by Margery Allingham, who completely kicks Agatha Christie'a arse on every possible level, walks off, changes her mind and goes back to give her a real doing.

Tutti Frutti, if you can find it. 1980s Glasgwegian rockers. Funniest thing ever.

Amelie. Will make utter saps of all of you. And you won't mind a bit.

Invasion. Not the interminable boring contemporary one. This was a British effort a few years back. Really, really bleak.

Space Above and Beyond gets my vote. Pretty much perfect except for Vanson's lips. That could just be me, but collagen implants give me the shuddering horrors. And on a Marine...

The Avengers.

Adam Adamant. Your basic Edwardian adventurer frozen by arch-enemy. He thaws out in the swinging sixties.

Edge of Darkness. Top-notch conspiracy stuff with golf.

The Book Group.

Coupling. Learn lots about The Sock Gap and The Melty Man.

Green Wing and A Very Peculiar Practice. Off the wall medical dramas. Way, way off the wall. All the way over there. Almost out of sight. Here, you can borrow my binoculars if you want.

The Coen Brothers.

Christopher Guest's stuff.

And you'll surely be after watchin' every episode of Father Ted with a pot of tea. Go on. Go on go on go on go on.

Feck! Arse! Girls! Drink! Never has a priest spoken wiser words.

That's me for now.

G

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:32 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Jordan Peele reveals why he didn’t do the live-action Akira remake

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/akira/remake-jordan-peele

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 9:11 PM

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Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Jordan Peele reveals why he didn’t do the live-action Akira remake

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/akira/remake-jordan-peele

Ummmmmm...

Why don't we leave that to the Japanese and Jordan Peele can ruin something else.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 11:40 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

There was discussion of shows like Arcane in other threads

I would say the first ep or so of 'Arcane' is pretty good but I'm not sure I will finish it but its sound and visuals are amazing. I hear its based on a game League of Legends which I don't really know other than its a battle game and you have people or animal people things, different characters that battle in a scifi fantasy setting...doesn't sound like much but they made it into a story. I read a French animation studio did all the sound effect and animation, it might have some American style or Japanese style influence, it has 'steampunk' elements but it is unique.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 7:52 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Some ok-ish indie stuff but Think I will stay with South Korea tv and film for now

or re-watch very old shows and movies

more remakes coming, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Snow White 2023-2024? Despicable Me 4, some other Disney Pixar thing, Blade remake, the Captain Marvels, Spider-Man Freshman Year, Our Oceans, the Penguin, Mrs Davis, Citadel, Inside Out II, Clone High again re-make or reimagining, Perry Mason another remake reimagining, Avatar 3, Joker part 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, BBC's This Town about 'Ska' might be ok or Succession.

Some of them should be impossible to do wrong they already have shows, books, movies, video game and comicbook, literally paint by numbers and the script already wrote but Hollyweird will find a way to trash its original source material and force its weird politics?

Most look terrible, I might watch an animated toon like Inside Out II

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Friday, July 21, 2023 1:25 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Is 2023 a better movie year??? or maybe wait for 2024 the silly election year
Tv and Movies now on strike

Movies from Last year 2022, maybe Blonde, All Quiet on the Western Front, Top Gun Maverick, Indian 'RRR' and movie The Northman. There are others I wanted to see like 'Death on the Nile' and Hatchling and some overseas indie film which I have yet to see but I think 2022 will be remembered as another year DC Marvel Disney failed, perhaps thanks to their political messages shoved into movies.

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Saturday, July 22, 2023 7:30 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Perhaps a stupid comedy fantasy

but it looks 'fun'

One Piece 2023

Tomorrow Studios ITV Netflix Shueisha

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Sunday, July 23, 2023 6:53 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

staying with the original topic

and to think this place long, long ago was once a fansite for the tv show 'Andromeda'

With movie making and shows you might look at the original European French George Méliès Trip to the Moon or old tv shows like Flash Gordon to see how far it all progressed, xlassic tv like The Twilight Zone or the original Outer Limits or the original Star Trek series. Kubrick's 2001 is a classic. The big movie hits from the 70s to the 90s, StarWars, Aliens, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Solaris 1972 was one of the foreign movies that made it past Soviet censors.

There is the genre of French weirdness, Delicatessen a 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy elements of horror, surreal and absurd. Spielberg offers a happier take on Alien contact in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Arrival 2016 another good watch, the Japanese animation became popular with 'Anime' brand like 'Akira' and 'Ghost in the Shell', WALL-E 2008 American computer-animated Pixar movie is a great watch. John Carpenter's remake of The Thing? 1982 is a classic, an addition to many of the scifi horror great. You have movies like Blade Runner that were hated by critics and flopped at the box office to later become cult hits, 12 Monkeys could be another. Some fans liked David Lynch's Dune and movies fans say are under-rated like 'Edge of Tomorrow'.

We have the modern superhero scifi genre with movies like Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, Jon Favreau Marvel 'Ironman', James Mangold 'Logan' from the X-Men franchise. Superhero stuff has made it on tv with 'Heroes' and 'Daredevil'. With movies you could look at 'Dark City' or the William Gibson books before Wachowski tranny Brothers / Sisters who did the 'the Matrix'.

You have classic big sfyfy Channel Farscape and Battlestar. The Orville made a comedy out of StarTrek, the tv series Stargate has a number of spin-offs. Old classic scifi Babylon 5 is respected for its great writing, 'Fringe' a supernaturalish scifi Xfiles style show. There are many many ideas that are re-vamped and re-imagined for a modern audience, others like 'V' and 'Lost in Space' have been remade.

The series 'Mandalorian' had a lot of fans. There are a lot of people who enjoyed the indie shorts of 'Love, Death & Robots' there has been some hype about Night Sky and a Japanese style animated Cyberpunk Edgerunners, South Korean tv has come a long way with tv like 'Grid' or 'Glitch' or 'Squid Games' selling high in foreign countries, 'Halo' from a video game franchise got mixed reviews. I enjoyed the first Season of 'Dark Matter' keeps viewers guessing with its twists and turns, some like Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk from Firefly.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024 9:18 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Black Mirror they say, Mandalorian was ok until Disney started going SJW woke, for a while you had period pieces HBO Rome, Tudors, borgias, Downtown Abbey, Reign, invasion of Earth in Defiance 2013, a space ship Dark Matter 2015 a dimension leap the new Dark Matter 2024 another alt reality The Man in the High Castle, Humans 2015 copied the Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans,
you can always do cartoons anime, 'Final Space'
Adult Swim cancelled the series after three seasons
https://x.com/OlanRogers/status/1573686640094191617

as superhero shows go 'Legion' was ok
a show Love, Death & Robots is still going

The BBC marxist pervert diversity loons have destroyed Dr Who, way too political now
when Hollywood flops indie US stuff rises, European tv, lot of other seas stuff the German 'Dark' and Asian tv the South Koreans big winners

Canada should be filling that hole but it seems done now

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Sunday, July 7, 2024 4:52 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Twin Peaks // Season 3 Intro

Black Mirror Season 1 Trailer

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 11:40 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

10 Shows Like Apple TV’s ‘Dark Matter’ For Those Intrigued By Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Concepts

https://www.augustman.com/my/entertainment/film-tv/best-shows-like-dar
k-matter/

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