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The most pretentious science fiction - fantasy TV shows
November 2, 2009
Posted on 11/02/2009 3:09:41 PM PST by EveningStar
Here are my selections for the most pretentious science fiction - fantasy TV shows (RELAX - THE CYNICISM IS ALL IN FUN!):
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003) - Pretty much a chick series.
4. V (original - including miniseries' - 1983 - 1985) - Nazi lizard people invade the earth.
3. Alien Nation (1989 - 1990) - A message series with one message - racism is evil. We get it. Next. (amazingly enough, this series spawned five made for TV movies, which were viewed by all 500 of its fans)
2. Beauty and the Beast (1987 - 1990) - Nauseatingly sappy
1. Babylon 5 (1993 - 1998) - Yeah, I know that "true science fiction fans" like this series because J. Michael Straczynski is a fan of literary SF - and named a Psi Cop "Alfred Bester." Big deal.
I never saw the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, but from what I've read about it, it definitely would have made my list.
OK. Those are my picks. How about yours?
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fantasy; pretentious; sciencefiction; scifi; sf
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To: EveningStar
My Mother The Car. It’s sci-fi because no mom could ever really possess a jalopy. Really.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:20:34 PM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(nothing is normal anymore)
To: mthom
Dont forget Harry Kim and the Kimtones featuring Harry on the clarinet. That show was so hardcore. And young Kathy Janeway, the Indiana farm girl. LOL!
To: Syntyr
"Are you watching SGU? I am but seem to be having a hard time getting in to it."I promised myself I'd give it a season. It's ok, but more of a psychological morality play than an adventure series. But I have all ten seasons of the original series. Loved that show. I liked Atlantis but it was losing steam and just didn't have the fun and excitement of the original. Universe has some big shoes to fill. (If they would just hurry up and learn how to run that darned ship, they could have some real adventures.)
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:20:59 PM PST
by
redhead
(They are running SCARED, folks! :o) Check out the Halfbaked Sourdough at mukluk.wordpress.com)
To: fr_freak
You must be a real cinematographer reviewer in real life! That was great!
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:21:21 PM PST
by
caver
(Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Its sci-fi because no mom could ever really possess a jalopy.My mom once had a 1974 Plymouth Scamp...
To: EveningStar
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:23:08 PM PST
by
CaptRon
To: EveningStar
Lost is also pretty pretentious.
But not always in a bad way.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:23:10 PM PST
by
x
To: EveningStar
Here are my selections for the most pretentious science fiction - fantasy TV shows - 5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer "pretentious - you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
Anyway: Hot chicks with superpowers.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:23:26 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Levi Johnston: because Joey Buttafuco is so last century)
To: visualops
Dresden Files! YES!! that was a GOOD show. Guess that’s why they cancelled it.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:23:52 PM PST
by
redhead
(They are running SCARED, folks! :o) Check out the Halfbaked Sourdough at mukluk.wordpress.com)
To: buccaneer81
Let’s not forget the Native American with the facial tattoo as second in command. I didn’t realize Mike Tyson was doing TV back then. No wonder his boxing career went downhill around the same time.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:25:43 PM PST
by
McGarrett
(Book'em Danno)
To: buccaneer81
I’ll look for it.
Has anyone mentioned the Will Farrel joke: Land Of The Lost?
It’s on the DVD here now, I LMAO at parts of it, but overall it’s just pretty stupid, leaving me glad it’s a Netflix and not something I bought.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:26:05 PM PST
by
kAcknor
("A pistol! Are you expecting trouble sir?" "No ma'am, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle.")
To: oldleft
Futurama? Some people have no sense of humor!
Frye: "Do they still ship refrigerators in big cardboard boxes?"
Bender: "Yeah! But the rent is outrageous!"
I am presently rewatching 'Firefly' our future once the 'Socialist Alliance' takes over, only we don't have the fringe to run to. :-(
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:26:45 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: McGarrett
Lets not forget the Native American with the facial tattoo as second in command.Ah, yes, Chakotay. The hope of the Hopi. The master of the Mojave.
To: TomGuy
Yah, I enjoyed SU2. Fun interactions among the characters. It was low-budget in the FX department, but always entertained.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:27:36 PM PST
by
redhead
(They are running SCARED, folks! :o) Check out the Halfbaked Sourdough at mukluk.wordpress.com)
To: kAcknor
Has anyone mentioned the Will Farrel joke: Land Of The Lost?The original show was awful, and I only saw the trailer for the movie. Did it get more than a week in theaters?
To: buccaneer81
DS9 was the best of the series IMHO! To bad the shape shifters are winning the war we are in now!
Major Keri Nerys: "Thats the thing about faith, If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary."
"Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer." Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 208
Garak: "The truth is just an excuse for a lack of imagination"
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:31:37 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: EveningStar
Here's one we forgot...The Fantastic Journey (NBC, 1977.)
To: buccaneer81
LOL!
The man who put the ho in Navaho...
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:33:41 PM PST
by
McGarrett
(Book'em Danno)
To: Kartographer
Futurama used to be such a good show until they had those two fall in love. (( ugh ))
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:34:08 PM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(nothing is normal anymore)
To: redhead
Dresden Files being canceled was final proof that Sci-Fi had no interest in really promoting good Science Fiction-Fantasy TV.
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:34:21 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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