Posted July 19, 2006 I knew I'd forgotten someone. I've only read that collection of robot stories though. I think it might have been called I, Robot. It wasn't like the film though. From what i remember, the I, Robot film is based around the book, but quite loosely. Was there more than one I, Robot book? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Come to think of it there were a few parts from the film which I remember from the stories. I think they made up their own plot for the film, but included lots of the interesting parts from all the different stories. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Since everyone is assraping mainstream. I'll go pro. Starship Troopers. Judge Dredd. Plus I'm putting Beetlejuice and Ghostbusters into this catergory. Fucking uzi nine millimetre quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 personally, I'm not a Dredd fan, but I'll give you Starship Troopers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Starship troopers 2. It was filmed in about 17 days on about a tenth of the budget of the origional. Its bad, but in a good way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 I love almost anything that's Sci-Fi: I like everything about Star Trek: TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT (Season 4 is great) but I never saw TAS Star Wars is also truly great and the new Battlestar Galactica even surpasses everything except TNG Star Trek wise. I also love the book Do Androids dream of electric sheep - Blade Runner and read the book Starship Troopers as well as watching the film (there's only one!!!11 I refuse to accept anything else) and enjoyed both to bits even though they are quite different. Stargate SG1 and Atlantis are also very entertaining although I enjoy Atlantis more because it feels fresh. SG1 kind of runs out of ideas. I even watch Andromeda, it has a certain awesome crapness to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 alien versus predator, wowa wewa! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 must....resist....blatant....baiting....must...not....get....banned! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Isaac Asimov. Any fans? I haven't read anything by him, but if you're a fan should read Ghostwritten by David Mitchell, for the Asimov parodies at the end. (I'm also pushing it because it's one of my favourite books) Okay, so it isn't all sci-fi, but some parts have that feel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 The book name you are looking for is Robot Dreams. I Robot is the culmination of a lot of these stories into a narrative + tocken Will-Smith-playing-himself black guy. Dr. Calvin is in most if not all of the stories too. I am a big Sci-Fi fan because it has allowed people to enter an area of philosophy with some amount of ease. Admittedly, there is a lot of crap that gets flung around but dramatically it is very versatile. Essentially it is the literature/tv/movie equivalent of modern art as it sheds the rules of reality and so many different scenarios can exist. I'm not saying that dramatic abstraction hasn't happened before, it is frequent in plays (The Room byt Harold Pinter anyone?) but Sci-Fi allows this to be much more accessible as it doesn't feel abstract because you have characters that represent things. You can build up situations, themes and atmospheres with characters talking and interacting together that are hard to do in often confusing and surreal dialogue withing plays. I like the more philosophical Sci-Fi. I think that Doctor Who has been fantastic and I am really glad that it has come back but it's films like the Matrix sequels that get me angry. The first film set a beautiful premise: packed with philosophy which lead you to ask yourself questions; beautifully shot; awesome soundtrack; an open ending that felt complete but left you wanting. So much from this one film has been ripped off by other movie maker, which is just an indication of how good it really was. But why did the next 2 not work? Fairly easily answered really. Instead of going through the artistic and creative process again, they simply copied their pattern from the 1st one. They didn't not ask themselves all of the questions again but just rehashed the formula. Do you think someone just said, "yeah lets stick a RATM tack at the end, that'll rock"? No they said that that kind of track will work well dramatically here and picked it out especially. Did they do the same for the next ones? No, they said "we did it in the last film and that worked, so lets do it again". And this is reflected in every pixel of movie 2 and 3. They weren't Sci-Fi, they were action sequels of the kind that should have been banned after the 80s. /endrant On the other hand I thought that the Animatrix was almost better than the original film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Just look at my avatar you know what I'm gonna say... ALIENS because it is the best film ever. I also baught Firefly on dvd and am realy annoyed that it got cancelled because I thought it was amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 In order of Greatness. ENTERPRISE Voyager Next Generation Deep Space Nine That is all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 On the other hand I thought that the Animatrix was almost better than the original film. Out of those, I watched The Second Renaissance, which was really cool in how it showed all the harvesting and the initial battles between the humans and machines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Out of those, I watched The Second Renaissance, which was really cool in how it showed all the harvesting and the initial battles between the humans and machines. That is easily the best episode from the 9. Its very well made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 I love reading all the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy books. The movie is a bit "meh", the old tv show is way better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 No Cowboy Bebop love from anyone here? Also Blade Runner and Alien. Ridley Scott is a bitching director. Also Xfiles. ALSO: The Last Starfighter and Batteries Not Included. Gawd, I adore those films. PS. Does Back to the Future count? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 No Cowboy Bebop love from anyone here? Also Blade Runner and Alien. Ridley Scott is a bitching director. Also Xfiles.ALSO: The Last Starfighter and Batteries Not Included. Gawd, I adore those films. PS. Does Back to the Future count? Cowboy Bebop's alright, but I prefer Samurai Champloo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 PS. Does Back to the Future count? flux capacitator?? ofcourse it does Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 Blue planet, best sci-fi ever, too bad it was only one episode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 In order of Greatness. ENTERPRISE Agreed. Best TV show ever. I want to kill the people who canceled it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2006 I didn't like Enterprise. It just didn't deliever what it promised, and I thought the charcaters were a little dull, in my opinion at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 20, 2006 The last two season of Enterprise were great, especially the fourth one but I was really disappointed by the last episode - a holodeck, come on that's like saying Enterprise is all history and entertainment for the next generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 20, 2006 No Cowboy Bebop love from anyone here? Also Blade Runner and Alien. Ridley Scott is a bitching director. Also Xfiles.ALSO: The Last Starfighter and Batteries Not Included. Gawd, I adore those films. PS. Does Back to the Future count? Beebop is a very cool sci fi. the style is so much fun with the cool ass jazzy soundtrack and all that. unfortunatly, the movie has an utterly terrible plot; the badguy just makes no sense whatsoever. If he ever did it was lost in translation. BTTF however. that's one of the greatest achievements of human civilisation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 20, 2006 I'm working my way through some ST:TGN and Battlestar Galactica, but you have all missed out one of the best Sci-fis, Farscape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 20, 2006 The last two season of Enterprise were great, especially the fourth one but I was really disappointed by the last episode - a holodeck, come on that's like saying Enterprise is all history and entertainment for the next generation. I see your point definantly, but the way I look at it is that it wasn't just the end of Enterprise it was the culmination of the past 18 years of Trek being controlled by Berman and Braga. I've know doubt it will return to TV, but not for a while. At the end of the day Enterprise was lucky to get a fourth season, even then it was allowed to finish it, remeber quantam leap being cancelled immediately? It was a vitim of the network changing, the guys that loved the franchise left and they started buying crap. They even canceled smackdown. The fact that enterprise had over 90% syndication showed it was a popular show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
