Summer Sci-Fi Challenge 09 - Discussion Thread

[hindolio]

thanks for the tips guys. and duh! i can see sigs now lol.

[Giles]

Originally Posted by SethDLH

quick help- never done tv episodes in a challenge until today can someone please check my list (#7 on page 1 of the list thread) and make sure i'm listing everything properly so far?

thanks!

question though, I don't really consider a show of hauntings/ghosts really sci-fi'ish - just my opinion though.(oh don't listen to me)

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by Giles

question though, I don't really consider a show of hauntings/ghosts really sci-fi'ish - just my opinion though.

if they don't count its cool. just went with it since its along the same lines as aliens/ufo to me

[Giles]

sure if you see Ghosts as interdimensional apparitions of ourselves from an alternate plane of existence - hey I'd buy it. Sounds very Quartermane

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by Giles

sure if you see Ghosts as interdimensional apparitions of ourselves from an alternate plane of existence - hey I'd buy it. Sounds very Quartermane

I'm not trying to argue about it man, I'm doing the list for fun. It just seems to me like a doc. about ghosts works. If the people in charge of the challenge disagree thats fine.

[Giles]

oh I'm definately not trying to argue about it, I just had a revelation, different perspective on the phenomena - thanks.

[Mister Peepers]

Originally Posted by SethDLH

if they don't count its cool. just went with it since its along the same lines as aliens/ufo to me

If you can find a documentary that focuses on the technology used to find ghosts, it would count. Like something where the focus is on the best way to take a picture of dust so they can call it a ghost orb. Or if the doc shows them in a different aspect, like what Giles was saying.

With aliens you get the space ships and advanced anal probe technology.

[Trevor]

MP, how were those rifftrax? I have an aversion to non-physical media, so I haven't downloaded anything from them yet. But I pretty much love most of the MST, CT, and FC stuff I've bought so far; so may have to try some RT.

[Mister Peepers]

Originally Posted by Trevor

MP, how were those rifftrax? I have an aversion to non-physical media, so I haven't downloaded anything from them yet. But I pretty much love most of the MST, CT, and FC stuff I've bought so far; so may have to try some RT.

I Am Legend and Terminator 3 were both good. Reign of Fire wasn't a good movie to begin with and not even they could make the second viewing much better.

I also have the non-physical media aversion(they make it better by letting you download it as often as you need), so I rip the audio and video from a DVD and then mix the movie audio with the rifftrax and then put them back together to make a DVD. I'll PM you a guide I made.

If you were to try just one for this challenge, get The Happening. It doesn't matter how bad you think the film is, but that's the one to get. That's one of the best ones right there.

Other ones to get are the Star Wars, starting with Episode 1. They don't have ROTJ yet and Empire has an annoying person in it.

The Harry Potter ones are also really great but they aren't sci-fi.

[Trevor]

Thanks MP! Great guide. I'll be honest though, despite my OCD detail in some threads here, I am one of the laziest people you'll ever "meet". If I didn't have thousands of unwatched DVDs and dozens of unwatched MST episodes, I might take the time to do that. But I have enough to keep me busy for at least the next ten years. So for now, I think my Mike riff collection will never be complete. I might download one someday and do a quick and close-enough sync just watching the DVD on my player and listening to the riff on the computer, but no way I have the patience to do something requiring more than 1 or 2 steps.

I don't cook unless the microwave and a can-opener are the only tools either.

[Mister Peepers]

FYI: Twilight Zone marathon started on Sci-Fi channel this morning

[Darkgod]

I need a ruling on something....

a 21 minute run time show counts as 1/4 an entry.
a 42 minute run time show counts as 1/2 an entry
What about Red Dwarf.... its run time is 30 minutes exactly.... should 3 count as one entry? I mean 3 red dwarfs is a longer time then 4 21 minute shows.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by Darkgod

I need a ruling on something....

a 21 minute run time show counts as 1/4 an entry.
a 42 minute run time show counts as 1/2 an entry
What about Red Dwarf.... its run time is 30 minutes exactly.... should 3 count as one entry? I mean 3 red dwarfs is a longer time then 4 21 minute shows.

I think we need to keep it simple and as stated. A 30 minute show counts as 1/4 no matter if the actual content is 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Getting that detailed with exact times/commercials or not/etc is a bit much imo. It opens up several cans of worms.

[WallyOPD]

Originally Posted by Trevor

I think we need to keep it simple and as stated. A 30 minute show counts as 1/4 no matter if the actual content is 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Getting that detailed with exact times/commercials or not/etc is a bit much imo. It opens up several cans of worms.

Exactly, I don't think the exact minutes should really matter. One 2.5 hour movie will only count as 1 entry, while four 21 minute episodes is less than 1.5 hours and will count the same. It's not a perfect system but I think it's the best available.

[Darkgod]

Ok, just wondering

[terrycloth]

Im also curious on the ghost hunters series? since most of the episodes are talking about the tools they use and explaining whats being seen? mainly bc I have multiple sets of these i need a reason to sit thru them.

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers

The Harry Potter ones are also really great but they aren't sci-fi.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban should count though, at least, because it features time travel as one of the biggest elements to the movie.

[Mister Peepers]

Originally Posted by GenPion

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban should count though, at least, because it features time travel as one of the biggest elements to the movie.

Good point. Gives me a reason to watch it again.

Originally Posted by terrycloth

Im also curious on the ghost hunters series? since most of the episodes are talking about the tools they use and explaining whats being seen? mainly bc I have multiple sets of these i need a reason to sit thru them.

I've never really seen the show but if you can tell me how it fits in with science fiction, we can start there.

edit: Everyone should watch They Live this weekend to celebrate America.

[hindolio]

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers

...Everyone should watch They Live this weekend to celebrate America.

i try to watch that flick once a year no matter what

[cardsfan111]

In light of Billy Mays passing, it was strange to watch the Twilight Zone episode, One For the Angels, earlier which is about a pitchman and death.

[Trevor]

Feldercarb!!!!

Finished the original series of Battlestar Galactica late last night, and wanted to start Galactica 1980 right away. Put it in my Netflix instant view queue weeks ago in preparation, but logged in to find that the first three episodes are not available instantly, but disc only.

So I'll have a few days to wait for those discs, taking a sci-fi break most of the day, but may start on a Blade Runner marathon while I wait for more old school Galactica.

I don't think this is all nostalgia speaking, but I LOVED watching the 1978 series again. Some great stories and fantastic guest stars.

[Darkgod]

I am thinking about starting that one up, I never watched a single episode of any BSG, and want to start the new series but figured I should watch the original series first.

[HyperWeather]

So last year I'm pretty sure we ruled on The Dark Knight counting, even though it wasn't listed as sci-fi on imdb, so can I assume Batman Begins would also?

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by HyperWeather

So last year I'm pretty sure we ruled on The Dark Knight counting, even though it wasn't listed as sci-fi on imdb, so can I assume Batman Begins would also?

Except that they ruled it sci-fi because of a few sci-fi elements. Batman Begins doesn't have those elements iirc.

[Corey31]

For my Checklist

I Am Legend, Post-Apocalyptic, Mutant, neither or both?