Sci-Fi - Page 3

rumples riot · #41 04-03-2005, 07:37 PM

Geoff, your theory may have some merit. But the shot is not one of my best. Just looking at it makes me shudder, to think I thought it was such a great shot at the time. Out of focus and very grainy. ERRRR.

wavelandscott (Scott) · #42 05-03-2005, 10:05 AM

Many great books, series and movies listed...

Anyone else like Orson Scott Card and the "Ender Series"?...he has some other good ones too...

Vermin (Tom) · #43 05-03-2005, 10:34 AM

It's been on my Amazon wish list for a while, I'll be getting it from the Galaxy bookshop in Sydney later this year (I just use the wish list to keep track of interesting stuff and buy from Aus retailers).

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #44 05-03-2005, 11:03 AM

Has anyone read Ben Elton's "Stark" ?

rumples riot · #45 05-03-2005, 11:14 AM

Yeah Stark is so funny. I also started to read the other one called Gridlock. Also very funny.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #46 05-03-2005, 11:38 AM

Gridlock was good. I just finished reading This Other Eden by Ben Elton as well. The story line is one that could actually happen in the near future. Reccomended reading.
Ben is such a talented writer, he also wrote the funniest TV shows to come out of Britain , The Young Ones and Black Adder.
I wonder when Aunty will put Stark back on telly?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #47 05-03-2005, 11:53 AM

Don't forget you can borrow books from your local library. If they don't have a particular book or DVD that you would like, they can order it in. A good way to try before you buy.

From our little library in Toogoolawah I've taken out books on Astrophotography, The Night Sky, Hubble Photos, Red Dwarf videos, Star Trek, etc etc. Best of all its free, so you can save your money up for more important things.
Op shops are good places to rumage. I've found old National Geographics with full size posters with articles of Orions Neb., and one only yesterday with posters of Jupiter and Saturn.

silvinator · #48 05-03-2005, 12:06 PM

another librarian? hehe Ving is librarian, always harping on us to go visit the library

i just finished the hitchhikers guide first book. The book was thicker than I thought until I flipped through the rest of it and realised it contains all the books from the series

so I do have them all, silly me. Throroughly enjoyed the first book. Can't wait to dig into the rest.
Paul, loved terminator 1 and 2 but forget about 3 - well, let's just say I was throughly disappointed with it. Definitely had something to do with the fact that it wasn't written or directed by james cameron.

acropolite (Phil) · #49 05-03-2005, 12:10 PM

Favourite movie would have to be The Matrix. Unfortunately the sequels were'nt so hot. Favourite Sci / Fantasy writer would be Julian May. She has written a series of 4 books "Saga of the exiles" then a trilogy "The Galactic Milleu Trilogy". The second series relates to the first and vice versa even though they're placed millions of years apart.

rowena · #50 10-03-2005, 11:02 PM

well i'm at a bit of an advantage with my sci-fi series! I've seen pretty much everything up to date.

star gate and star gate atlantis to the season final!
australia is now 1 episode behind the states, but they have cut episodes of star gate that relate back to atlantis, if it was mentioned in the episode. (not many). atlantis i enjoyed. different galaxy, different baddies! and these guys are kick arse!

star trek i love! enterprise i really enjoy, however they are planning on axing Enterprise in its fourth season! i have also seen up to date aswell. I have to say though, the intro took the most getting used to. They should not make a trek intro with singing!!!

I also studied at uni last semester a subject called Science Fiction and Film, where i had to write about different sci fi movies, which included Hitch Hikers, Invasion of the body snatchers (56 version), war of the worlds, star trek: first contact, 2001: space odysssey, and isobelle carmodys book burning chrome.

i think the majority of my dvd collection is sci fi!!!

Rowena

parsec · #51 11-03-2005, 08:42 AM

There are 7/9 reasons why the only Star Trek worth watching is Voyager

shaun

hector (Andrew) · #52 13-03-2005, 10:37 PM

Hi All
Book. Thats a hard one. War of the Worlds by H G Wells, Childhoods end by Arthur C Clarke, The Kraken Wakes, The Crysilids by John Wyndam for older books. For recent books either the Reality Dysfunction series by Peter Hamilton the Gap series by Stephen Donaldson but mostly the Dark Tower series by Stephen King this is more Sci-horror fantasy.
TV. Doctor Who and Blakes 7, Corney but great still and a great reminder of my childhood. Babylon 5 with some of the greatest story lines ever for a TV series. Red Dwarf up to season 5.
Movie Forbiden Planet and Day the Earth Stood Still for older movies. Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys and Signs for more recent movies

Nortilus (Josh) · #53 15-03-2005, 06:54 PM

Star Wars for me!!
I got all the movies and about 3 different versions of the original trilogy.
I have about 45 star wars novels which are really good reads...
Also like Red dwarf, Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantise, (Stargate Atlantise is a spinoff series that is based on a team the travel to the pegasus galaxy to the lost city of atlantis which was built by the ancients. Great series too), i can stand a bit of star trek but I am not a fan. I have the tv series of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it is really funny and weird too.

toetoe (Peter) · #54 15-03-2005, 09:29 PM

Stargate rules for me, as well as the series V and Earth 2.