This just says “franchise” and nothing about films, despite listing franchises known for films.
Let’s mix it up a little with Ender’s Game, or a bit more with Pern (which hasn’t been adapted), or a lot more with the Wheel of Time (yes, there are science fiction elements that are even plot-relevant).
@jsfs@OnionSoup I loved Ender’s Game and was excited to read the sequels but I guess I was way too young during my attempt. Felt like I tumbled into a pit of quick sand and was buried with the prose. Have thought a couple times about reading them as an adult but hard to commit to it knowing what I do about Card’s politics nowadays.
@FightingMongoos@jsfs I was early twenties when I read the sequels. They could have been good stories if he had a better editor that convinced him to cut out a lot of the belabored pseudo-philosophical crap.
There was good social-commentary in there from the main plotlines without him trying too hard (and failing) to sound deep.
@OnionSoup I liked the miniseries and first season but my gawd it got convoluted and dumb. I hate-watched it the rest of the way through and was totally unsatisfied with the ending. Felt like they tried too hard to be grim-dark and anti-Trek.
@OnionSoup in my mind, it gets lumped in with Trek, being Seth’s love tribute to Trek.
in it’s purest form, much like “Galaxy Quest” it’s Trek Fan Fiction. This particular Fan, just so happened to have a studio development deal, and access to production resources.
@earlyre it definitely started out that way, but felt it was finally becoming it’s own thing by the last season.
Is a blatant rip off though. Even the main alien species are directly from Star Wars. Moclans are rebadged Klingons. Krill are clearly Romulan rip off. Xeleyan are vulcans.
The robots are a little different but obviously inspired by the Borg. The only major Star Trek race they didn’t rip off were the Ferengi.
@earlyre I always thought the anti-Semitic claims against Star Trek over Ferengi was unfair. I can’t believe there was ever a deliberate attempt at that.
That said all Star Trek, Orville, similar sci Fi, this whole idea of “The warrior race”, “the capitalist race”, “the power hungry race”, etc… It’s a bit flat and unrealistic.
There’s never been a single empire in all of history on earth where everyone shared the same moral outlook, why would intelligent space aliens be all homogonous.
almost all of the above.
Amongst the various stickers on my car are ones Representing:
Transformers
Star Trek
Star Wars
The Orville
Stargate
Parks and Rec (I met Lil’ Sebastian…)
All of the above.
Doctor Who.
Star Trek
@heartny
Hey Meh, by purposefully ignoring one of these, are you actively trying to start an inter-nerd forum war between the Star Wars and Star Trek folks??
/giphy excellent
trigun
Blake’s Seven
Babylon 5
Farscape!
@rand3y We’ll have pizza and margarita shooters.
Blade Runner
@heartny This!
Andromeda
@2many2no
No, wait…
Actually it’s
Does Transformers count?
@PooltoyWolf
!
I say YESSSSSSS
Transformers
Is the MU in the running? (Mucked-up Universe.)
I say it is a Tie between Babylon 5 & Farscape, as both have had spin off movies too!
Stargate. (at least SG1)
Red Dwarf
(
unlesseven if that counts as “comedy” instead of sci-fi)@xobzoo This
!
This just says “franchise” and nothing about films, despite listing franchises known for films.
Let’s mix it up a little with Ender’s Game, or a bit more with Pern (which hasn’t been adapted), or a lot more with the Wheel of Time (yes, there are science fiction elements that are even plot-relevant).
@jsfs Enders Game, great novel (sequels were just OK though). Film just ok, but it was always going to be a hard book to make into a film that worked.
@jsfs @OnionSoup I loved Ender’s Game and was excited to read the sequels but I guess I was way too young during my attempt. Felt like I tumbled into a pit of quick sand and was buried with the prose. Have thought a couple times about reading them as an adult but hard to commit to it knowing what I do about Card’s politics nowadays.
@FightingMongoos @jsfs I was early twenties when I read the sequels. They could have been good stories if he had a better editor that convinced him to cut out a lot of the belabored pseudo-philosophical crap.
There was good social-commentary in there from the main plotlines without him trying too hard (and failing) to sound deep.
@jsfs In that case:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Star Wars isn’t sci Fi, it’s Fantasy…
Nothing wrong with fantasy, but it’s not sci Fi. Different genres.
… but if we’re going to include space fantasy with real sci Fi, Dune books were better than Star Wars.
@OnionSoup It’s still science fiction.
@OnionSoup I’d put Star Wars in religious fiction. Which…ok, yes, probably that’s fantasy.
For that matter, there’s no real science in Mad Max. It’s post-apocalypse fiction, like Damnation Alley.
The rebooted Battlestar Galactica was excellent for a few seasons.
@OnionSoup I liked the miniseries and first season but my gawd it got convoluted and dumb. I hate-watched it the rest of the way through and was totally unsatisfied with the ending. Felt like they tried too hard to be grim-dark and anti-Trek.
@FightingMongoos yes started out excellent, but I couldn’t watch the last couple of seasons.
Firefly
@AleArni
THIS!
MST3K
Sliders
Haha, just kidding. It’s 90s Star Trek.
@Ziggie Make it so!
Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series gets my vote. There isn’t a dud in the whole thing, and some are absolutely priceless.
For a close second, Charles Stross’ Library series is excellent.
Firefly or GOTG
@tinamarie1974
BOTH have a sophisticated level of smartassery demonstrated by the excellent cast(s)!
@chienfou agree, part of why I enjoy both so much!
@tinamarie1974
Clearly, it’s Star Trek.
@reidk5307 What other SF franchise has an annual cruise?
@reidk5307 @werehatrack
And blue wine
Lost In Space (if you’re going to include Star Trek, than yeah - LIS rates)
Mass Effect, even if a lot of it is garbage. What sci-fi franchise isn’t half garbage?
@zhicks1987
certainly NOT Wall-E
Wait, no one has mentioned the Orville yet…
@OnionSoup in my mind, it gets lumped in with Trek, being Seth’s love tribute to Trek.
in it’s purest form, much like “Galaxy Quest” it’s Trek Fan Fiction. This particular Fan, just so happened to have a studio development deal, and access to production resources.
@earlyre it definitely started out that way, but felt it was finally becoming it’s own thing by the last season.
Is a blatant rip off though. Even the main alien species are directly from Star Wars. Moclans are rebadged Klingons. Krill are clearly Romulan rip off. Xeleyan are vulcans.
The robots are a little different but obviously inspired by the Borg. The only major Star Trek race they didn’t rip off were the Ferengi.
@OnionSoup kinda hard to launch a new race of “space jews” in today’s world…
@earlyre I always thought the anti-Semitic claims against Star Trek over Ferengi was unfair. I can’t believe there was ever a deliberate attempt at that.
That said all Star Trek, Orville, similar sci Fi, this whole idea of “The warrior race”, “the capitalist race”, “the power hungry race”, etc… It’s a bit flat and unrealistic.
There’s never been a single empire in all of history on earth where everyone shared the same moral outlook, why would intelligent space aliens be all homogonous.
almost all of the above.
Amongst the various stickers on my car are ones Representing:
Transformers
Star Trek
Star Wars
The Orville
Stargate
Parks and Rec (I met Lil’ Sebastian…)
I have Peacekeeper flag T-shirt.
Star Trek
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