Poll: Best SciFi Movie/TV Series of all Time?

[dean_martin]

I used to love this show. And the car he drove was the coolest.

I like the eagle. I have to park mine in the field behind my house until my landing pad is complete.

[RGA]

Well hell I liked V: The miniseries (not the tv series) so I figure I have to throw that out into the pit since IMO it's a heckuva lot better than some on this list.

And the Daleks would exterminate those Borgs and Cylons in about 12 seconds -- exterminate exterminate EXTERMINAAAAATE!!!!!

Ok -- I like Star Wars and Empire Strikes back and then the downfall began with the toy selling Ewoks film all the way through the crapola idea of episode 1-3. What abysmal schlock. Star Wars is baseically Cowboys and Indians in space -- it's a fun romp but sci-fi it ain't. Star Trek the original series had wonderful ideas and social commentary for the day -- despite the effects I would sooner watch "Damn-it Jim I'm a doctor not a bricklayer" over and over rather than "Use the force Luke" Harrison Ford is IMO the entire reason to watch Star Wars -- with him not in them the films suck -- see episodes 1-3 and imagine Star Wars or Empire without his character.

Dr. Who had incredibly good ideas pre 1980 and a few decent ones in the new series - this time with better gloss (F/X)

My vote goes to Star Trek TNG. Even though Deep Space Nine had a lot of interesting science fiction ideas and grew on me a fair bit. Voyage also took some time and seemed to improve when 7 of 9 came onto the show (ahem how could it not?). Enterprise was a total dung heep. TNG gets my vote because without it's success the other follow-ups would not exist. TNG also kept more to the Roddenberry vision of what Star Trek really was about. 19th century idealism supplanted as the future of mankind. That is not something I can say for Enterprise or DS9.

TNG had people on the Enterprise who were generally speaking the aspirations of what man can turn out to be, with even the future highly advanced artificial life-form in Data wishing badly to be "THAT" kind of human that WE all could turn out to be. Indeed, taken a step further even GOD himself in Q (an omnipitant being) acknowleded that their God-like race still aspired to have humanistic qualities. Jean Luc Picard is the ultimate Renaissance man - a poet, musician, a leader, powerful, inteligent, controlled tempered with passion and on and on. The seven year arc of that show is about as great a leap forward as I have seen on television in terms of character development and consistantly strong, albeit not alway sciencifictionally wonderous television. TNG though at it's heart is not a shoot-em-up in space nor is it primarily science ficition focussed -- it's about the human condition.

The New Doctor Who has IMO has been aided greatly by drawing on the Roddenberry heart and when the show divereges back to the 1970's shootemups it fizzles.

[GMichael]

Well hell I liked V: The miniseries (not the tv series) so I figure I have to throw that out into the pit since IMO it's a heckuva lot better than some on this list.

And the Daleks would exterminate those Borgs and Cylons in about 12 seconds -- exterminate exterminate EXTERMINAAAAATE!!!!!

Ok -- I like Star Wars and Empire Strikes back and then the downfall began with the toy selling Ewoks film all the way through the crapola idea of episode 1-3. What abysmal schlock. Star Wars is baseically Cowboys and Indians in space -- it's a fun romp but sci-fi it ain't. Star Trek the original series had wonderful ideas and social commentary for the day -- despite the effects I would sooner watch "Damn-it Jim I'm a doctor not a bricklayer" over and over rather than "Use the force Luke" Harrison Ford is IMO the entire reason to watch Star Wars -- with him not in them the films suck -- see episodes 1-3 and imagine Star Wars or Empire without his character.

Dr. Who had incredibly good ideas pre 1980 and a few decent ones in the new series - this time with better gloss (F/X)

My vote goes to Star Trek TNG. Even though Deep Space Nine had a lot of interesting science fiction ideas and grew on me a fair bit. Voyage also took some time and seemed to improve when 7 of 9 came onto the show (ahem how could it not?). Enterprise was a total dung heep. TNG gets my vote because without it's success the other follow-ups would not exist. TNG also kept more to the Roddenberry vision of what Star Trek really was about. 19th century idealism supplanted as the future of mankind. That is not something I can say for Enterprise or DS9.

TNG had people on the Enterprise who were generally speaking the aspirations of what man can turn out to be, with even the future highly advanced artificial life-form in Data wishing badly to be "THAT" kind of human that WE all could turn out to be. Indeed, taken a step further even GOD himself in Q (an omnipitant being) acknowleded that their God-like race still aspired to have humanistic qualities. Jean Luc Picard is the ultimate Renaissance man - a poet, musician, a leader, powerful, inteligent, controlled tempered with passion and on and on. The seven year arc of that show is about as great a leap forward as I have seen on television in terms of character development and consistantly strong, albeit not alway sciencifictionally wonderous television. TNG though at it's heart is not a shoot-em-up in space nor is it primarily science ficition focussed -- it's about the human condition.

The New Doctor Who has IMO has been aided greatly by drawing on the Roddenberry heart and when the show divereges back to the 1970's shootemups it fizzles.

Bravo RGA. Nice post. It was a hard choice for me because I love all of these shows/films. V was a cool mini-series at that. Freddie Kruger as a mild mannered alien hero? Who would have thunk it? TNG did do all of what you say. It painted a very rosy picture of mankind. Most of the others, show the same old mankind that never seems to grow up or out of their violent tendencies.
The movie Serenity just got to me more than the others did. Loved the part where the little chickie killed all the mean bad guys. (heh heh) Even if we could all see it coming long before it happened.

[bobsticks]

I had to go with SW4-6, just too many great memories from my youth to be overcome by the constant reissue fiasco.
Hey deano, thanks for the flashback with Space 1999. Hhhmmn...that show only stood a chance in a poll for "hottest alien chick"...

Cheers

[GMichael]

I like the eagle. I have to park mine in the field behind my house until my landing pad is complete.

Don't your neighbors complain?

[dean_martin]

Don't your neighbors complain?

got tired of neighbors so I moved here about year & a half ago:

[GMichael]

got tired of neighbors so I moved here about year & a half ago:

Very nice!

[JohnMichael]

got tired of neighbors so I moved here about year & a half ago:

Sweet, blessed solitude.

[Dusty Chalk]

Don't your neighbors complain?

Not if they know what's good for them!

[GMichael]

Not if they know what's good for them!

Why's that? Do you send your killer rabbit after them?

[bobsticks]

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