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Favorite SCI-FI Series/Movies


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So the title is pretty self explanatory, i'm looking for your favorite sci-fi series and movies so that maybe I can find a gem I haven't seen yet! I'll start.

Just a few of my favorites

Battlestar Galactica (the new one)

I realllly loved Stargate Universe, such a shame it got canned

Firefly

and Stargate Atlantis, just to new a few series

Some movies that I love;

Serenity

Pandorum

Pitch Black... the other riddick movies aren't bad either

Ok enough from me, tell me what you like!

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I like all of them that you listed (except for Battlestar - didn't like the new "PC" version)...

I would add:

Series:

The Prisoner (A BBC series about a British Spy who is "retired" to an island and continually questioned... He just never finds out what they want...

Star Trek (TOS)...

Blakes Seven

The Time Tunnel (Not bad for it's day - I'm sure it would seem pretty bad today)

The Invaders (about not nice UFO's that invade the planet, and the only guy that can see them)

UFO

The old Flash Gordon serials (I know they're cheesy.. .I just like them)

Movies:

John Carter

The Day the Earth Stood Still (The original, not the recent mess)

Silent Running

Alien

Aliens

Movies I wish they would make (or are planning)

The Honor Harrington books (by David Weber) (In production with the first one - should be out next year)

Starship Troopers (by Robert Heinlein) (done like the book, not that horrid mess that came out a few years back)

Hammers Slammers (by David Drake) (A mercenary Armored unit in the far future)

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (by H. Beam Piper) (A Pennsylvania State Trooper is accidentally transposed to an alternate timeline

Space Viking (Also by Piper)

Glory Road (by Heinlein)

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mst3k! that counts, right?

also orphan black. because tatiana maslany is amazing.

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I like all of them that you listed (except for Battlestar - didn't like the new "PC" version)...

I would add:

Series:

The Prisoner (A BBC series about a British Spy who is "retired" to an island and continually questioned... He just never finds out what they want...

Star Trek (TOS)...

Blakes Seven

The Time Tunnel (Not bad for it's day - I'm sure it would seem pretty bad today)

The Invaders (about not nice UFO's that invade the planet, and the only guy that can see them)

UFO

The old Flash Gordon serials (I know they're cheesy.. .I just like them)

Movies:

John Carter

The Day the Earth Stood Still (The original, not the recent mess)

Silent Running

Alien

Aliens

Movies I wish they would make (or are planning)

The Honor Harrington books (by David Weber) (In production with the first one - should be out next year)

Starship Troopers (by Robert Heinlein) (done like the book, not that horrid mess that came out a few years back)

Hammers Slammers (by David Drake) (A mercenary Armored unit in the far future)

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (by H. Beam Piper) (A Pennsylvania State Trooper is accidentally transposed to an alternate timeline

Space Viking (Also by Piper)

Glory Road (by Heinlein)

How was john carpenter? I still haven't seen it, though I must admit it looked interesting. Aww, i'm sad that you didn't like the new battlestar, I thought it was fantastic, the acting was on point and I loved how it played like a mystery as to who the cylons were. Not to mention starbuck, I love her for some reason, and the blonde cyclon Mmmhmmm. I actually liked starship troopers! In a comedic sense it was brilliant IMO.

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John Carter was a really good movie, that had crappy marketing and was bashed because it was "derivative"... The only problem being that John Carter was written in 1912...

Everything that it was "derivative of"... Was derivative of it!

Starship Troopers, was done by a director that really wanted to do a World War II movie but was told not to by the studio... So he made a "Nazi's In Space" movie out of a

really, really good book... Every fan of the book that I've talked to hated the movie... If they had changed the names, and the title I might have thought better of it... But it was

a slap in the face to a book I have always loved...

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John Carter was a really good movie, that had crappy marketing and was bashed because it was "derivative"... The only problem being that John Carter was written in 1912...

Everything that it was "derivative of"... Was derivative of it!

Starship Troopers, was done by a director that really wanted to do a World War II movie but was told not to by the studio... So he made a "Nazi's In Space" movie out of a

really, really good book... Every fan of the book that I've talked to hated the movie... If they had changed the names, and the title I might have thought better of it... But it was

a slap in the face to a book I have always loved...

I'll have to check out John Carter then, my father reccomended it to me some time ago I just haven't taken the time to check it out for some reason.

Having not read the book I really enjoyed it, though I can see how someone who has read the book would be frustrated by it's butchering. I've had other instances of such atrocity!

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Movies:

Star Wars

Blade Runner

Alien

Forbidden Planet

2001

Close Encounters

TV series:

Twilight Zone

Star Trek

X Files

Star Gate

Far Scape

Dr. Who

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Final Fantasy: Spirits Within/Advent Calander

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1."The Tomorrow People" UK Series

2. "Quatermass The Series" UK Series

3. "Plan 9 from Outer Space" USA Film *updated to reflect StarMountainKid post*

4. "Doctor Who" UK Series

5. "The Twilight Zone" original series USA series

6. "Coneheads" - strangely amusing USA Film

7. "Pitch Black" USA Film

8. "The Abyss" USA Film

9. "Predator 2"USA Film

10. "War of the Worlds" original not the pathetic Tom Cruise remake. USA Film

11. "The Day of the Triffids" UK original film

Just a few that come to mind..

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Just about all of the above, though I avoided some of the TV series mentioned.

'Eerie Indiana' was an interesting TV series.

'Metropollis' movie.

'The Thing' movie (both versions)

Some of the old 1950s science fiction movies were fun to watch, especially

'Them' and

'Invaders from Mars' (the original version)

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (original)

And of course 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'

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1."The Tomorrow People" UK Series

2. "Quatermass The Series" UK Series

3. "Plan B from Outer Space" USA Film

4. "Doctor Who" UK Series

5. "The Twilight Zone" original series USA series

6. "Coneheads" - strangely amusing USA Film

7. "Pitch Black" USA Film

8. "The Abyss" USA Film

9. "Predator 2"USA Film

10. "War of the Worlds" original not the pathetic Tom Cruise remake. USA Film

11. "The Day of the Triffids" UK original film

Just a few that come to mind..

The Day of the Triffids is one of those rare ones where I enjoy the book and the movie! Good call, I'd forgotten about it...

Plan B from outer space... Did you mean Plan 9 From Outer Space?... If so, I have to agree that movie is so horrid it's actually great fun...

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So, question, is Dr. Who worth catching up on the last umpteenth seasons so I know what is going on? I have a friend who was absolutely obsessed with the series, even went as far as having the tardis tattoo'd on his arm!

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Films

Dark Star

Planet of the Apes (original)

Escape from New York

Solaris (original)

Earth vs the Flying Saucers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)

Death Race 2000

The Thing from Another World

Series

The Twilight zone (original)

The outer limits (original)

Star Trek (original)

UFO

Captain Scarlett

Thunderbird

The Invaders

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Here you go:

A link to VEOH (Public Domain) of the Quatermass "Stone Tapes"

http://www.veoh.com/...=The Stone Tape

Darn scary for having no CGI stuff.

Enjoy, it really is pretty good for its time

That is a classic :tu:

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Farscape is my No1 show, by far.

It was a real tragedy when they canceled it. But it got at least 4 long seasons and a full movie to tie up the whole series.

I haven't seen any other series even coming close to the makeup and masks like of the different species on this show.

Here is just a tiny sample of the long list of different characters, species.

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http://youtu.be/mDI8INt0uIo

http://youtu.be/hdkronaiMDI

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Flash Gordon (Movie and old series)

Star Trek

John carter

The Alien franchise

The Predator franchise

Mac and me ( favorite for when I was young)

Star Wars

Xfiles

Twilight Zone

V

Alien Nation

All of Dr who series

Farscape

Firefly

ET

Transformers (Cartoon and films)

Godzilla (All except the 1998 american version)

Fantastic voyage

Fire in the Sky

The fourth Kind

Starman

The Cocoon Franchise

They Live

And pretty much every old 50s and 60s scifi flix

I could keep listing them but it would take forever. LOL :tu:

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Movies:

2001

Blade Runner

Alien 1

Fun SciFi Movies:

Dark Star

Mars Attacks!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Barbarella

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Movies

Star Wars

Pitch Black

Alien

Predator

John Carter

The Day the Earth Stood Still

ID4

Contact

Avatar

Stargate

Enemy Mine

Star Man

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

2001 A Space Odyssey

The Fifth Element

Planet of the Apes

War of the Worlds

Serenity

TV

Twilight Zone

Lost in Space

Star Trek

Star Trek Next Generation

Star Trek Voyager

Star Trek Enterprise

Stargate SG1

Stargate Atlantis

Torchwood

Dr Who

Battlestar Gallactica (the original and the new)

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How about 'Kolchak:The Night Stalker'? It's kind of sci-fi, a good TV series anyway.

'Tom Corbet Space Cadet' 1950s TV series.

'Space Patrol' another 1950s TV series. I used to watch both when I was a kid.

'Captain Video and His Video Rangers' 1950s TV series, of course.

'Science Fiction Theater' old TV series.

'One Step Beyond' old TV series.

'Tales of Tomorrow' 1950s TV series, which was sort of an early Twilight Zone.

All these are still as watchable as reading early sci-fi adventure novels. Just for fun.

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Nobody liked Fringe?

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Nobody liked Fringe?

I caught peices of a few episode and it definately seemed interesting, I may have to check it out again.

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Nobody liked Fringe?

Meh it started off ok, but it was easy to lose interest in.

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