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After seeing the slamming that ST: Insurrection got in the Movie forum, I couldn't help but feel sorry for ST. Sure, it can be pretty rubbish at times, but let's face it, if they made THAT much Star Wars then alot of SW would be crud as well. Perhaps we can be thankful that GL vetoed a full tv series... what with Ewoks and Droids and everything...

So, look. What DO other people think of all other sci-fi here? Are you StarWars fans alone when it comes to sci-fi? Does all opther sci-fi pale in comparision? Is StarWars just your favourite? Or is it just one thing among many?

I remember the Battlestar Galactica thread at the old place... what the heck is ging on with production there, anyway?

Speaking as an ST/Dr. Who/Blake's 7/Buffy/Angel/Ultraviolet/Babylon 5 fan (sorry, Finti...) I can speak on a whole range of stuff...

And as to whether Star Wars is my favourite... hum, tricky that... certainly makes damn good films...

Well, during the wilderness years (83-96) I was a big Star Trek fan. I still watch it when I can, but I don't go out of my way to catch it any more.

I guess my favorite Sci-Fi/Adventure shows are, as I have mentioned before;

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - It's evolved well, and grown up as the main character has.

Angel - The spin off that has rapidly become bigger than it's parent.

Dark Angel - Really getting into this tale in a society gone bad.

Voyager has NOT exactly been a shining beacon of quality lately. Let's hope the new series can re-vitalise it all.

I was really into Next Generation when it very first started, about the first year. The movies suck. I love to watch the old series though...with the bad monsters and the styrofoam rocks. Cool.

Scott Bakula of Quantum Leap fame has the lead role in the new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Enterprise

You ought to be sorry for all of the listed series except for Ultraviolet which was very cool with a crappy ending though. ST so bad I can`t fully express it, Blakes 7 laughing my day away, Dr. Who should be MD crap, Buffy grown up?, vampires again Ultraviolet is better, Angel buffy in disguise, Babylon 5 oh my how low can one sink. Look out Titanic, Babylon 5 is on its way.

I kind off liked Space and beyond and the three first seasons of X-files.

You liked SPace Above and Beyond?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Well, thats put Finti's sci-fi credentials beyond doubt... irredemably sabotaged, sadly...

Ultraviolet's ending was very good, actually

That was one sucky series. IMHO - Which I would not push on you of course...

The new series is suppose to be like a precual to the original series with a different captain of the enterprize

Star Trek is that, Phinney? Yes, that's right.

YEs, not sure exactly how they fit it into the NCC 1708 timeline but it might be quite interesting to see a modern take on the original Enterprise.

And First Contact with the Klingons, too... that's going to cause a lot of controversy...

Did you guys like the original series better than Star trek I-VI the movies.

It wasn't better than numbers II and VI.

I'm pretty OK with Star Trek in all its forms, I like the concept, though I dop agree that in recent years they have gone downhill with Voyager.

I find it weird that TNG Seasons 1&2 seem to have aged worse than TOS.

I've never gone for Sci Fi series myself, they always get too tacky. The characters in Star Trek never get their hands dirty, their uniforms are all neatly ironed in each episode, and when they do go on an away mission, they energise as the first sign of danger. I did like First Contact, it had good pace, action and some good humour in there.OK Ush, I'll confess, The Matrix was pretty good, objectively.

My fav. star trek movie was number IV I thought it was wicked funny

At LAST, I thought there were going to be no other Matrix fans here...

Yeah, what IS with the first two TNG series? You have Conspiracy in series one, and that's about it (criminally, still no follow up), and then you're stuck with Pulaski all the way through two...

Matrix was cool. I watched it again yesterday and it's a fun piece.

Woo-hoo!

Yeah, but worthy of three Oscars? Probably not. It was an outrage that it won best special effects. Bullet Time's good, but not that good. Buy me enough cameras and I could do it in my living room (well, I couldn't, but the technique's simple), TPM had the truly amazing synthesis between actor and CG.

It wasn't QUITE perfected in TPM, that wa the reason I think. If Ep. II does not win it there will be trobule...

BUt wasn't the Matrix the first feature to use Bullet Time in that way? I may be wrong but I'm sure that's what they said in the "Making of..." feature.

Yes, I think so.

Probably why they got an Oscar then. It's as much about innovation as anything else.

The Matrix shots were pretty perfect from many points of veiw.

I've seen that kind of shot a number of time since but the Matrix is by far the best.

Still, let's see what LOTR can do...

I saw the posted in the cinema the other day, it looked quite swish.

Swish hardly seems to cover it...

Well, it's quite a simple poster. The face and hands with the ring, but it looks very nice.

Just getting carried away, I guess...

From tv to the big screen huh? Well I liked Starship Trooper."When I was younger so much younger than today." I saw movies like Battlestar Galactica and Star Crash. I liked the Galactica series, but Star Crash sucked big time. I bought BG on video some years ago and man is the flick kind of bad. I heard rumors of reviving the BG series, with todays technology that might be interessting.
I think the rumor was about the Appollo guy was in charge now and the cylons were back. Actually I belive it was RC who posted this info, I think it was him?

Yes, it was in Starburst magazine about 12 months ago.

The idea was proposed by Richard Hatch (Apollo) in 1999. They produced a trailer and it did the rounds at conventions. Apparently it was quite slick, despite having been produced on a shoestring budget using Richard's credit cards....

Anyway, as of yet no studio would pick it up and there are loads of ranglings about copyrights and ownership, etc.

Bullet time was used before in video clips, for the Matrix it was the first time in a movie. So like most of the The Matrix, it's not VERY original.

I'm not into sci-fi because of it being sci-fi myself. I like good stories, whether it's in space or not. I used to watch ST and Blake's 7 when I was a kid. There wasn't much else to feed on sci-fi stuff then. Now I hardly ever watch any series. Films I like: 2001, Dune, SW, Planet of the Apes (looking forard to the new one), First Contact, Dark City, Escape from New York (if you count that as sci-fi that is) and a couple of others I can't think of right now.

I was suprised how good POTA looks..doesn't look like Tim Burton did it. AI's going to probably be really good too. Atleast 2 movies I'm gonna see this summer.


A couple more movies I liked..Mad Max and The Fifth Element.

I forgott the tv version of Dune 6 hours long, more close to the books than Lynches film was. Yeah I lokk forward to POA.

POTA looks like it will be awesome. Can't wait to go see that. We saw the trailer 1 at the front end of Bridget Jones and we were both blown away. I think if we could have got tickets there and then, we would have.

But can POTA have a decent twist at the end this time aronud, eh?

Who knows, go watch it and tell us.

Ok, I'll just activate my magic future-film-o-scope...

James Earl Jones isn't it Ep. III? Damn!

I meant in July when it comes out, actually it will probably be August of Septemeber over here.

Then I'm guessing you're going to see for yourself rather than have me yapping on at you about it...

Well yeah, but I thought I'd give you something useful to do....

Oh, I ALWAYS have useful things to do...

Yeah, I mean there's all that sitting at home and then the going to the loo.

See? Vital.

Your life is so full....

It IS, I don't know how I have time to post hee...

Oh, but you manage to fit it in...

Yeah, I'm very talented in time-management

Mr. Minute Manager huh?

I can manage individual seconds, mate.

Probably because I have so little else to do with them...

And here's me wishing for 40 hours days and 9 day weeks...

Well, I'm turning all this around soon, with any luck.

Would your extra big days mean longer working hours as well?

Nine day weeks ? That could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view.

Well, as I'm already working 14 hours days at the moment, it would be nice to have some time to sleep.

Maybe you should spend less time here and more on your work. Then you could get the sleep you need. Self imposed sleep deprivation doesn't sound very wise to me. In the end, it gets you.

See? All this stuff I don't have to worry about...

I'd almost say: if I could be so lucky.... but I won't.

Some wonderful logic there...

Of course.

Ah, behold the Master...

... and learn.

I don't have the instinct...

Okay, well watch then. And enjoy the show.

Right-oh!

If anyone wants to know about the current status of Battlestar Galactica, then visit BattlestarGalactica.Com

is there a new show to watch? what's going on, guys.

*grabs bowl of buttered popcorn and pulls up a stool to plop down on*

No new show. Just the same ol', same ol'.

Do you guys remember SPACE:1999 ?

kinda yup, not alotta yup, but some yup.

Yes, I do. Cool music!

Yeah, that was a cool concept, I'd love to see that series brought up to date.

However, I think they'd have to rename it now....

I always thought it was cool. What was the girl who could change into other things...Mya ?

Maya, pronouced My-ya

Played by Catherine Schell

Ooh gosh even I remember that! Moonbase alpha. Well I remember the repeats of course!

Martin Landau very rarely looked better...

Hmmmm, I dunno. His Geppetto was .... forgettable..

What was the last film he did?

I have no idea...

Loved him in Ed Wood.

Bela Lugosi... Never saw it.

Bela Lugosi... Never saw it.

Go and see it. We may differ on liking the film (I loved it) but Landau was totally outstanding and moving as well as the drug addicted Lugosi.

I've seen a few clips of Landau in that film. Have to add it to my "films to watch in my bedsit" list.

Oh do. I bought my copy in the UK in fact. Doubt that I could get it here without Amazon or something.

Hey, I know what you mean now! Yeah, that film was surprisingly entertaining...

I loved it and Depp was superb as he is in most cases.

I've seen it in the rental store.

I mean, I had NO idea what I had started watching at first...

Well that's a Thumbs up from you and a thumbs up from him. Thank you Siskel and Ebert......

I'm more a Johnathon Ross

You are NO Jonathon Woss

I wesent that.

Nah, sorry, not quite...

Ill keep practicing...

Yeah, you fo that....

More of my fun-filled life.

Oh, I can hardly wait....

Ush didn't even see it.

But we're waaaayyyyyyyy beyond that now...

I wasn't.

Well, you should keep up then.