Hello Chums,
I thought I'd talk some SCI-FI on this post. Everyone who likes SCI-FI has their own favorite movie or TV series, but what's the best? Do we rate them on the best action, adventure, locations, special effects or even the actors involved? Sure, lets take it all into account.
Now there is quite a few franchises that I really like. But you have to start somewhere so I thought I would eliminate a few TV franchises because of the cheesy factor. The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, DR.WHO, Buck Rogers and even Quantum Leap were okay at the time, but do they belong in the top spot? No-way. Yes, some of the stories were compelling, but the special effects were generally bad at the time. And how about the locations? You can only do so much in an abandoned factory or out in the woods. Don't get me started on the bad acting on Buck Rogers or Battlestar Galactica. Maybe it was just the best they could do with their lousy scripts. What about the new Battlestar Galactica or Dr. Who? I haven't even watched them. I'm not even interested. I feel like all of my questions have already been answered. But I may give the new Bionic Woman a try.
Now lets talk movie franchises. You have Terminator, Alien, Predator and the Matrix. All good franchises but best of all? Hardly. The Terminator, Alien and Predator are glorified monster movies. And before you say, What about the Matrix? Yeah, the first movie was awesome, but did you see parts 2 and 3? Total let downs. Nice action but the story was lame. They should have stopped while they were ahead.
So what do we have left? Star Wars, Star Trek and the X-Files. You may say the X-Files? What? But don't forget the continuing alien plot line. But the X-Files was mostly supernatural. So that leaves us with Star Wars and Star Trek. Easily my favorites.
When you consider the number of Star Wars and Star Trek themed conventions and their attendance that they have each year, it's easy to say that they are a lot of people's favorites. But which is best?
Both have had many movies (Trek 10 and Wars 6) and a cartoon series each. Trek has had 5 TV series against Wars old lame TV special (best to be left forgotten). Both franchises have had great locals, special effects and action with top notch actors. And before you ask, no I'm not putting the original Star Trek series on the cheesy list. Kirk and company are far to cool for that.
But what is the message? Can't we just boil Star Wars down to good vs evil? With a little magic (the force) thrown in? In a galaxy far, far away, I think that same theme will go on forever and forever.
Doesn't Star Trek offer more? It has the promise to "explore strange new worlds" and to "seek out new life and new civilizations." To boldly go where no man has gone before. Star Trek gives you the possibility of experiencing something new with each new outing.
To me Star Trek has the feeling of what could be possible in our future. Star Wars not so much. It has an unbelievable quality to it. I mean did you ever wonder where they could get enough steel to make a battle station the size of a planet?
Best of SCI- FI? No question Star Trek.
D.L.
I thought I'd talk some SCI-FI on this post. Everyone who likes SCI-FI has their own favorite movie or TV series, but what's the best? Do we rate them on the best action, adventure, locations, special effects or even the actors involved? Sure, lets take it all into account.
Now there is quite a few franchises that I really like. But you have to start somewhere so I thought I would eliminate a few TV franchises because of the cheesy factor. The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, DR.WHO, Buck Rogers and even Quantum Leap were okay at the time, but do they belong in the top spot? No-way. Yes, some of the stories were compelling, but the special effects were generally bad at the time. And how about the locations? You can only do so much in an abandoned factory or out in the woods. Don't get me started on the bad acting on Buck Rogers or Battlestar Galactica. Maybe it was just the best they could do with their lousy scripts. What about the new Battlestar Galactica or Dr. Who? I haven't even watched them. I'm not even interested. I feel like all of my questions have already been answered. But I may give the new Bionic Woman a try.
Now lets talk movie franchises. You have Terminator, Alien, Predator and the Matrix. All good franchises but best of all? Hardly. The Terminator, Alien and Predator are glorified monster movies. And before you say, What about the Matrix? Yeah, the first movie was awesome, but did you see parts 2 and 3? Total let downs. Nice action but the story was lame. They should have stopped while they were ahead.
So what do we have left? Star Wars, Star Trek and the X-Files. You may say the X-Files? What? But don't forget the continuing alien plot line. But the X-Files was mostly supernatural. So that leaves us with Star Wars and Star Trek. Easily my favorites.
When you consider the number of Star Wars and Star Trek themed conventions and their attendance that they have each year, it's easy to say that they are a lot of people's favorites. But which is best?
Both have had many movies (Trek 10 and Wars 6) and a cartoon series each. Trek has had 5 TV series against Wars old lame TV special (best to be left forgotten). Both franchises have had great locals, special effects and action with top notch actors. And before you ask, no I'm not putting the original Star Trek series on the cheesy list. Kirk and company are far to cool for that.
But what is the message? Can't we just boil Star Wars down to good vs evil? With a little magic (the force) thrown in? In a galaxy far, far away, I think that same theme will go on forever and forever.
Doesn't Star Trek offer more? It has the promise to "explore strange new worlds" and to "seek out new life and new civilizations." To boldly go where no man has gone before. Star Trek gives you the possibility of experiencing something new with each new outing.
To me Star Trek has the feeling of what could be possible in our future. Star Wars not so much. It has an unbelievable quality to it. I mean did you ever wonder where they could get enough steel to make a battle station the size of a planet?
Best of SCI- FI? No question Star Trek.
D.L.
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Spoken like a true Trekie!
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