General / Off-Topic Conversation thread: Favorite sci fi game, book or movie?

Alex614

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Hey guys! Just wanted to start a discussion about all forms of Sci fi media! Books, games, movies, what got you into Science Fiction as a kid? What excites you about it? What's your favorite part about Elite? Post whatever you want to! Time to geek out, guys! :D Maybe I'll stir up some old memories for ya'll
 

Ronin

Ronin
Blade Runner, Alien Movies....... Well one and two anyway would be my favorite.



Edit: Lots of other films too....


The Thing
The Terminator
Donnie Darko
Predator
Star Trek
Stargate
Escape from New York
The Last Star Fighter
Sunshine
The Fifth Element
Tron
Close Encounters
 
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Alex614

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worthy1066 said:
Original Elite as the game.....1st Alien film and Hitch Hikers
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All good answers indeed. Unfortunately, I'm quite the youngster and never had the chance to play the original Elite games. Well, I did play First Encounter. I dunno if that counts. Though I suppose I should answer my own damned question :D

My favorite Sci fi book has to be Isaac Asimov's Caves of Steel
Favorite movie? I watched the first Aliens movie when I was really young (note, I'm merely 18 :p I played First Encounters on an old computer in our basement). At first I didn't like it, but I watched it a few years later and loved it
Favorite sci-fi game has to be the Mass Effect series so far. I have the fondest memories of playing Halo 1 with my brother on the original Xbox. However, Elite: Dangerous is quickly pushing its way to the top (I realize I might catch some flak for Halo :p)
 

trekman

trekman
Well the thing that got me into Sci-fi was obviously Star Trek but you probably guessed that from my username and picture. The thing that got me into Elite was that wonderful game released in 1984 for the BBC model B. I'm sure you all know the game I mean ;)
 

Corvino

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My mum may have inadvertantly turned me into a geek by giving me my grandad's Arthur C Clark, Douglas Hill and Douglas Adams books as a kid. I'm not complaining though.

Firefly and Farscape are probably my favorite Sci-fi series. Both have a very rough-and-ready feel rather than the gleaming corridors and crisp uniforms of Star Trek. Both have moral grey areas, pop culture references and a sense of humour. Good stuff.
 

Uridium

Uridium
Books:

The Player Of Games - by the much missed, Iain Banks.

The Stars my Destination - by Alfred Bester.
 

Pyros

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Games: Elite, Homeworld, Alpha Centauri, Deuteros/Millenium 2.1, Dune 2

films: Blade Runner. 2001, Star Wars (the original trilogy, with The Empire Strikes Back being the best)

Books: way too many to list, some jewels: Dune, Hyperion Cantos, Stranger in a Strange Land, Uplift Universe, Vor saga, The Dispossessed, Ender series (Speaker for the Dead/Xenocide at top)...


Uridium said:
Books:

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The Stars my Destination - by Alfred Bester.
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A person of exquisite taste!
 

INaeem

Elite Greeter
INaeem
Star Trek and Fringe. I’m infatuated with Fringe, Walter Bishop is the greatest superhero of all times!
 

Zieman

Zieman
Computer games: Elite, Star Control (II), Space Rogue, Master of Orion, UFO: Enemy Unknown

Film/TV: 2001 Space Odysey, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica (original got me into scifi back then), Terminator, Predator etc.

Books: started with Asimov & Clarke, Alastair Reynolds is my current favourite
EDIT: Stanislaw Lem has been a long time favourite too, how could I forget to mention his works... :S
 
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Lobstris

Lobstris
Elite, Starglider (I&II), Psytron - games
Star Wars (original trilogy), Blade runner, Alien/Alien - films
Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Blakes 7, Doctor Who - TV
My grandfather making me read Ray Bradbury - books
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Phosphora

Phosphora
With SF my interest was kicked off by Arthur C Clarke's books, particularly "The City and the Stars", and the final novel version of 2001. Easy to read when you're young, but the ideas are challenging and thought-provoking, even now I'm nearly 50.

Got into Asimov "Foundation" and Niven (still can't understand why no one has tried to film "Mote in Gods Eye"). Currently enjoying some of Stephen Baxter's later SF novels. Still very much attracted to hard SF, and hope to start writing some soon.

TV wise, I really enjoyed Dr Who, once I was old enough to stop running upstairs when the theme music started, and have enjoyed Fringe, Firefly, and the original Prisoner. I've always found SF films disappointing, they rarely rise above the "Cowboys with Lasers" level, though 2001, Blade Runner, and Alien are all good.

Gamewise I found "Alpha Centauri" an easy winner, such a rich storyline and so easy to adapt to differing play styles. Oh, and I enjoyed a thing called "Elite" as well, don't know if anyone has heard of that.

Cheers, Phos.
 

ZaphodBeeble

ZaphodBeeble
Hmm I always find these ones tricky. Perhaps three of each:

Games - Frontier: Elite 2, Half-Life, Tiberian Sun.
Movies - Star Trek: First Contact, Iron Man, Super Troopers.
Books - Hitchikers Guide (obviously), PFH's Night's Dawn Trilogy, Chickenhawk (Vietnam era UH1Y pilot's story).

I hate having to choose.
 

Vargur

Vargur
Let's give it a try.

Game: Early EVE online, XCom, Colony wars red sun, ...

Movie: Blade runner, Alien, The Thing, + a whole bunch of sci-fi anime.

Book: Now i never really was a big book reader. When i was young i usually was reading encyclopedia, if only i kept that discipline trough puberty :p
But i guess Hitchhikers guide and the Dune series must have been some of the best, although i haven't read the whole series yet.
 

Alex614

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Firefly took me a couple of watches to really get into. At first I didn't like it. I really couldn't get past the Sci-Fi/Western thing that the show had going on. However, I watched it a second time and really enjoyed it once I got to know all the characters. Plus, the fella who acted Malcolm Reynolds also was the voice actor for Buck from Halo 3: ODST ;).
 

Alex614

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ZaphodBeeble said:
Hmm I always find these ones tricky. Perhaps three of each:

Games - Frontier: Elite 2, Half-Life, Tiberian Sun.
Movies - Star Trek: First Contact, Iron Man, Super Troopers.
Books - Hitchikers Guide (obviously), PFH's Night's Dawn Trilogy, Chickenhawk (Vietnam era UH1Y pilot's story).

I hate having to choose.
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All of those are wonderful choices. Even being so young, I still wound up watching star-trek. Really piqued my interest when I was about 5 or 6. Around the age of 10, I started playing Halo with my brother, and my interest in Sci fi rose to the stars. Hehe, Stars *badum tsch*. Nothing like enjoying a little sci-fi and bashing some aliens with a brother, eh? :D
 

deusx_ophc

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game: ELITE (BELL & BRABEN) - XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN (GOLLOP) - WING COMMANDER (ROBERTS)

books: PLAYER OF GAMES (BANKS) - ONE HUMAN MINUE (LEM) - NEUROMANCER (GIBSON)

movie: 2001 (KUBRICK) - BLADERUNNER (SCOTT) - BRAZIL (GILLIAM)

pls excuse the shouting :D
 
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