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Old 06-26-12 | 11:58 AM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

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Someone hasn't read the rules for the last five years.
Thanks. I just like it to be spelled out anew for each Challenge.
Old 06-26-12 | 12:28 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
Thanks for the names.

Unless there's anything else to add, I think the checklist is more or less done.
I was thinking about Milla Jovovich but hadn't come up with any more names to make a substantial post
Old 06-26-12 | 12:53 PM
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Anyone know what they might start with for the challenge? Not positive yet, but I am thinking that I may start with The Time Tunnel.
Old 06-26-12 | 01:08 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

I have a bunch of sci-fi shows I'd like to watch but they're stuff I want to watch with my family and they're gone for the challenge, which somewhat limits me to movies. For me, it's easier to get burned out trying to do a day of movies compared to tv. Then I find myself spending an hour or two doing something after a movie, while also being stumped on what I want to watch next. In turn, I get depressed that I wasted so much time trying to decide that if I had just picked something at random, I would have been almost done with it.

That's me in pretty much any challenge.
Old 06-26-12 | 01:25 PM
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I have a bunch of sci-fi shows I'd like to watch but they're stuff I want to watch with my family and they're gone for the challenge, which somewhat limits me to movies. For me, it's easier to get burned out trying to do a day of movies compared to tv. Then I find myself spending an hour or two doing something after a movie, while also being stumped on what I want to watch next. In turn, I get depressed that I wasted so much time trying to decide that if I had just picked something at random, I would have been almost done with it.

That's me in pretty much any challenge.
thats me every damn night before bed ill spend looking through either my dvd collection or my netflix que way to long that when i finally decide what to watch I fall asleep.


im starting my challenge off with a 24 hr challenge or as close to one as i can to knock out some movies before going back to work. Im gonna try to marathon the lotr movies and aliens
Old 06-26-12 | 01:34 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
I have a bunch of sci-fi shows I'd like to watch but they're stuff I want to watch with my family and they're gone for the challenge, which somewhat limits me to movies. For me, it's easier to get burned out trying to do a day of movies compared to tv. Then I find myself spending an hour or two doing something after a movie, while also being stumped on what I want to watch next. In turn, I get depressed that I wasted so much time trying to decide that if I had just picked something at random, I would have been almost done with it.

That's me in pretty much any challenge.
This is me a lot of times too! I'll stare at my movies and go, I should watch this...nooo, I'll save that one. How about this? No, so and so wanted to watch that too, ok, how about this? Well...

And it'll be about an hour before I finally just pick one. I also feel guilty sometimes watching something I've already seen before when I have so many I haven't watched yet. So part of that time is convincing myself it's ok to watch my old favorite rather than something new.

But I think I've already decided what I'm watching first. I've read horrible reviews on it, but I picked up Witches of Oz not to long ago. I'm a huge Oz fan (I even just went to the Oz museum in Kansas two weeks ago) so I'm hoping I can find something redeemable in it.
Old 06-26-12 | 02:30 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

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Anyone know what they might start with for the challenge? Not positive yet, but I am thinking that I may start with The Time Tunnel.
Doing a "double qualifier" by watching S1 of Ancient Aliens. It'll finish off the Historical Appreciation while starting the Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I've not seen any episodes yet and am hoping for lots of cheese!
Old 06-26-12 | 02:32 PM
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Doing a "double qualifier" by watching S1 of Ancient Aliens. It'll finish off the Historical Appreciation while starting the Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I've not seen any episodes yet and am hoping for lots of cheese!
Hey, don't talk about our ancestors from the stars that way.
Old 06-26-12 | 02:53 PM
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Once again, I am going to TRY to partake in this challenge. Got lots of classic Star Trek, Doctor Who, The Prisoner episodes that I want to check out.
Old 06-26-12 | 03:08 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by BobO'Link
Doing a "double qualifier" by watching S1 of Ancient Aliens. It'll finish off the Historical Appreciation while starting the Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I've not seen any episodes yet and am hoping for lots of cheese!
I'm doing that too but I'm dreading that it'll end up being the most boring thing in the world. It's been on for awhile, so maybe it's crazy enough to be fun.
Old 06-26-12 | 04:40 PM
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I'm trying to finish Season 2 of Voyager in the next couple days so I can start S3 for the Challenge.
Old 06-26-12 | 04:59 PM
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I think I'm going to start off with Doctor Who: The Movie. I'm pretty sure I've only seen it once.
Old 06-26-12 | 05:03 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Disease movies countable?

Warning Sign
Contagion
I Am Legend
The Crazies
Outbreak

?
Old 06-26-12 | 06:22 PM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by SterlingBen
Disease movies countable?

Warning Sign
Contagion
I Am Legend
The Crazies
Outbreak

?
Did you check imdb.com to see if they had a sci-fi or fantasy tag? I always check there and then allmovie.com for genres. If I still think it might qualify, I'll search a few other places just to see if anyplace else labels them sci-fi or fantasy, like amazon, wikipedia, or just a google search of something like "The Crazies sci-fi" and see what kind of results I get. If I have to do anymore searching than that to try and qualify something, I figure I'm beginning to stretch things and then I'll find something more obvious to watch.

The first 3 have sci-fi tags at imdb. Outbreak has a sci-fi tag at allmovie. The Crazies(original), is listed as sci-fi at wikipedia but the remake is listed as horror. Since it's a remake, I'd say that's good enough to count as sci-fi.

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Old 06-26-12 | 08:17 PM
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Hey, don't talk about our ancestors from the stars that way.
The "cheese" comment was a aimed at the learned experts (especially Erich von Däniken) in the program, *not* the ancestral star folk.
Old 06-26-12 | 08:22 PM
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I'm doing that too but I'm dreading that it'll end up being the most boring thing in the world. It's been on for awhile, so maybe it's crazy enough to be fun.
I'm hoping the pseudoscience sections will be entertaining enough in spite of probably having seen most, if not all, of the episodes in various forms since von Däniken put forth his fabrications theories back in the 70s. It doesn't hurt that Paul Mavis gave it a fairly positive review here on DVD Talk. Based on the reviews of his I've read he and I tend to like the same programs so his review is somewhat encouraging towards the likeability of the series.
Old 06-26-12 | 11:14 PM
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I checked out the episode summaries over at wikipedia and they do sound like they might be fun and completely unlike the few UFO shows I've caught on the Discovery Channel. I used to read UFO/Bigfoot/Loch Ness Monster type books from grade school through high school and remember reading Erich's book a few times. I remember being surprised finding that one book on Mothman after reading a few books that talked about him a bit.

Does anyone else remember commercials years ago when Time Life had their book series, Mysteries of the Unknown, which had UFOs and other related stuff? You got the first book, really cheap, or free but then every month, or whatever, they'd send you a new book? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zBYh2PUyk

They released a book containing a bunch of the books in the series that's pretty good and cheap http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Unkn...of+the+unknown I picked one up a few years ago and it was pretty good and covered a decent amount of topics.
Old 06-27-12 | 11:58 AM
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Something Weird Video just let me know they want to be a sponsor. Once details are worked out, I'll list the additional prizes.
Old 06-27-12 | 10:06 PM
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i broke down and started watching fringe season 1 since iv had em for awhile and have yet to watch.

im weak
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I thought I'd post this list of Netflix Sci-fi Blu-ray rentals. Illustrating how sparse their collection of catalog titles is, here they all are, through the 70's*:

Spoiler:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Gojira
It Came From Beneath the Sea
Forbidden Planet
20 Million Miles to Earth
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Jason and the Argonauts
Batman: The Movie
Planet of the Apes
2001
THX-1138
The Omega Man
Clockwork Orange
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Crazies
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Young Frankenstein
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Death Race 2000
Logan's Run
Superman: The Movie
Circle of Iron
Star Trek
Moonraker
Superman 2


Sleeping Corpses would have to be a wild-card, but it's well worth watching!


* I'll leave it to someone else if they want to take it from there - the 80's start here, with The Empire Strikes Back!
Old 06-27-12 | 11:10 PM
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How have I never heard of Circle of Iron before?

Full Moon is having a 4th of July sale next week, giving out gift cards based on your order total. There's a bunch of qualifying titles for this challenge as well as the horror challenge, for anyone interested.

http://fullmoonhorror.com/2012/06/26...ee-gift-cards/
Old 06-28-12 | 05:39 AM
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How have I never heard of Circle of Iron before?
If you ever see it, you'll be sorry you heard of it.
Old 06-28-12 | 09:28 AM
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Re: 5th Annual Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge Discussion Thread

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Sleeping Corpses would have to be a wild-card, but it's well worth watching!
IMDb lists it as sci-fi, so I would say it counts without a wild card. It's definitely a horror flick, but it has enough sci-fi elements that it would not be out of place in this challenge.
Old 06-28-12 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
If you ever see it, you'll be sorry you heard of it.
Yeah it was pretty meh. But a bit of alcohol smoothes the edges.

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Old 06-28-12 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeffy Pop
IMDb lists it as sci-fi, so I would say it counts without a wild card. It's definitely a horror flick, but it has enough sci-fi elements that it would not be out of place in this challenge.
I'd say it's a good example of a wild card but if imdb lists it as sci-fi, it counts. I watched it a couple of horror challenges back and thought it was pretty good. If I knew it was that good, I wouldn't have let it sit unwatched on my shelf for almost a decade.


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