MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:04 pm I liked the all the Marx Brothers: Harpo, Chico, Groucho, Karl, Gummo and Zeppo though Karl was the funniest

Now that that's over, please try to keep this thread off reality and onto Science Fiction

Karl's parody of an economist was hilarious; and his theories of "the dialectic of history" are certainly in the realm of science fiction, well fiction at any rate.

50s stuff was just too kitsch for me. I didn't really get into science fiction proper till one fine day when I was about 10 and caught a re-run of Return of the Jedi on TV.

The way the universe was gungy and not all shiny ships completely won me over, and for many years I was a very staunch Star Wars only fan, thinking Star Trek to be quite laughable. It wasn't till I caught an episode of DS9, that I begun getting into Star Trek. I guess it's no coincidence that from TNG onwards Industrial Light and Magic (ILM)'s involvement in the Star Trek franchise steadily increased.

My current sci-fi universes that completely rock my boat are (in order of preference) Star Wars, Star Trek, Battletech/Mechwarrior, Warhammer 40K. I'd count the Gundam series as well, but they're technically many different universes under one franchise, while Ghost in the Shell is what I consider to be more cyber-punk than outright sci-fi.

50's sci fi was about fear of the unknown from outer space, fear of the effects of radiation, fear of those new-fangled computer things, and fear of communist takeover.

Sci Fi mirrors society's fears and forces us to confront them.

gareth19 (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:20 am Karl's parody of an economist was hilarious; and his theories of "the dialectic of history" are certainly in the realm of science fiction, well fiction at any rate.

HEY! It's not my fault. Bobover3 repeated the question...

bobover3 (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:33 pm Still thinking about DeaconBlues's question - what did it all mean? What were we afraid of?

You didn't think that I'd let such an opportunity as this pass by unnoticed, did you?

A-1 (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:34 am HEY! It's not my fault. Bobover3 repeated the question...

You didn't think that I'd let such an opportunity as this pass by unnoticed, did you?

No but, if you do it again, I'll make you watch Robot Monster and Plan Nine From Outer Space in espanol.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:52 pm No but, if you do it again, I'll make you watch Robot Monster and Plan Nine From Outer Space in espanol.

OH GOD! NOOOOO! NOT THAT... arrrgghhhh!

A-1 (imported) wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:51 am OH GOD! NOOOOO! NOT THAT... arrrgghhhh!

And if that doesn't work we'll get THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE with Zsa Zsa Gabor's tits in the staring role...

Dave (imported) wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:09 am And if that doesn't work we'll get THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE with Zsa Zsa Gabor's tits in the staring role...

And don't forget that classic 'Flesh Gordon" not Flash, one of my favorites.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:50 am And don't forget that classic 'Flesh Gordon" not Flash, one of my favorites.

River

Of course, "Flesh" wasnt a 50s genre.... but daring for its time!

I think you must have seen it at the same place I did, I think he still has it.

River