Why you Love Sci-Fi
23 Feb 2010 by Trevor, 11 Comments »
Apparently sentinels from the Matrix attacked the star wars Galaxy at one point?
Not too long ago I described why so Many People don’t like Sci-Fi. It was tough to do. To me it was like Luke learning the darkside, but I thought it was helpful to learn how to talk to those who have yet to learn to Embrace the Nerd. This post is quite different, here is a list of why I love Sci-Fi.
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Ok the list
- The Comforting Computer Voice in the middle of a Borg battle
- The song Watchtower making making me really believe that the Humans will find Earth
- 88 MPH and the serious shit that comes with it
- Lightsabers can block lazers
- The open palm punch Starfleet apparently teaches in hand to hand combat
- Jedi Robes
- The mystery that is Pyramid ball
- Joes Bar
- Ten Forward
- Blue Milk
- The Tashi Station and how great power converters are
- Explosions on the bridge when the back of the ship is shot
- How many times the enterprise loses main power
- The camera shots during ship to ship combat on BSG
- The red pill
- Lee Adama getting yelled at for gaining weight
- Spacial Anomalies
- Lightspeed, Warpspeed, and Ludacris Speed
- The redundancy of telling everyone to set it for stun, saw that coming AGAIN
- When it isn’t set for stun
- Kahn
- All the appearances of famous people that got their start in show biz with blue makeup, masks, or a unitard.
Add your own!
Sting in the Harkonnen equivalent of a banana hammock.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm159094784/tt0087182
HAHAHA, good reason.
Spaceships, lazer guns/ blasters, and green women.
Three words:
Giant Muthaf**kin’ Robots
Case in point: intro to the Japanese Spiderman series from the 70′s…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcxioU7AMM4
… Even Spiderman is cooler with a GMR. The Japanese understood that, and that’s why their T.V. shows rock.
You should write an post about the distinction between Science Fiction (Star Trek) and Space Opera (Dune, Star Wars). Oooh, and a “Love Fantasy” list as well, seeing as it’s Sci-Fi’s sibling and all.
@ USS Jay Christian Paras Africa – I hate to break it to you, but Star Trek is also a Space Opera : )
@ article – Because after you have witnessed the fiery ritual of Carousel, nearly had your body cut apart by an out-of-control laser and fought an insane robot in an ice cave, you can STILL find a crazy old man living in the Library of Congress quoting “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”.
@Janeway359 re: Sci-Fi vs. Space Opera – In the grand scheme of things, yes, but for mass-market comparisons (Trek and Wars are, after all, the two arguably biggest franchises in the Sci-Fi genre), I think Trek is close enough. I’d love to hear further thoughts on the matter, either in this response thread or elsewhere! Post a link if you’ve got musings anywhere else on the net
Guys I really need your take on what exactly a “Space Opera” is, cuz from what I remember there was no singing in Star Wars… esplain Ricky
I love reading sci-fi and I love writing it. What’s better than settling under the covers with a great paperback that has robots and planets on the front! Then when you fall asleep while reading, there is at least a chance your dreams might take you to the stars.
Thanks a ton for that facts, have been looking a few days and nights just for this.
I’m no expert, but I’d say the difference between sci-fi and space opera is the focus on characters and story (opera) vs. Discussing the exact science of how things work. Very little of Star Wars is about the science of space travel, how lightsabers work, etc. While Trek has a lot of drama to build on, a fair number of the stories focus on solving a scientific dilemma. Stargate, while a much smaller franchise, has a blend of both. As a true geek, I like all three, but prefer my sci-fi not to be overwrought with complicated scientific material. Just my 0.02.