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arthur
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Humorous SF
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May 6 14:09 UTC 1993 |
I just read "Red Dwarf". It's very funny, maybe even up
to "Hitchhiker's Guide" standards.
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robh
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response 1 of 73:
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May 6 21:35 UTC 1993 |
I just read _Mostly_Harmless_ by Douglas Adams. Absolutely pointless,
doesn't come anywhere hear "Hitchhiker's Guide" standards. >8)
Have you seen the original Red Dwarf television episodes?
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cwb
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response 2 of 73:
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May 6 23:59 UTC 1993 |
Are you two referring to the book, radio series, or tv series when you
speak of the Hitchhiker's Guide?
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robh
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response 3 of 73:
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May 7 01:57 UTC 1993 |
Yes.
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steve
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response 4 of 73:
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May 7 03:57 UTC 1993 |
Parker Godwin wrote a wonderful book called _Waiting for the
Galactic Bus_. Wonderful reading.
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drm
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response 5 of 73:
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May 18 04:38 UTC 1993 |
One of my favorite bits of SF humor was "Trouble with Tribbles" on the original
Star Trek. It had lots of classic comedy bits tied together. I always have a
good laugh when I see it. It is kind of sad that ST TNG has not had a good
humorous epsisode yet.
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aahz
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response 6 of 73:
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Jun 13 13:21 UTC 1993 |
If you ever get a chance to, see some outakes from the original Star trek the
doors used to be powered by stage hands and some of the best takes are when
Kirk goes storming out of a room, fuming, and he walks right into the door
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tcc
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response 7 of 73:
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Jun 29 14:58 UTC 1993 |
There have TOO been some good schtick and other comedy routines/shows on
ST:TNG. Lwaxana Troi is constant humor. Ever read "Q in Law"? IT's a scream.
There was also one show where the dialogue went something like...
"Sheilds are up captain."
"Phasers are online.. no wait, phasers are offline."
"Sheilds are down again captain. Sheilds are up, oops, sheilds are down again.
Troi: In another time and place this might be funny.
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ecl
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response 8 of 73:
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Jun 30 04:53 UTC 1993 |
I thought the episode "Fistfull of Data's " was pretty funny.
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vidar
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response 9 of 73:
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Jul 3 23:15 UTC 1993 |
To qoute Ethan Fleischer: "Woo, as they say, Woo!"
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aahz
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response 10 of 73:
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Jul 4 01:30 UTC 1993 |
Ethan Fleischer? Brother of Dan (Fleisch-head) Fleischer?
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vidar
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response 11 of 73:
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Jul 4 13:43 UTC 1993 |
Of course, you Idiot! How do you think I knew it would fit in somehow, hmmm?
I think I'm going to go put an anti-matter bomb in the middle of
Saline High School now. Though it'll take out half the city, it's bound
to be funny.
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vidar
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response 12 of 73:
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Jul 28 23:56 UTC 1993 |
I just saw a strange movie that had Count Dracula fighting against the
Nazis. Of course he probably doesn't like Nazi blood very much.
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bap
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response 13 of 73:
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Aug 9 15:12 UTC 1993 |
The Keep?
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vidar
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response 14 of 73:
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Aug 12 16:18 UTC 1993 |
I'm not sure if that was the name of it. My mother was watching and I got
therein the middle of the movie.
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skeez
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response 15 of 73:
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Aug 12 17:35 UTC 1993 |
I saw a really bad one a couple weeks back.....Can't remember what it's called.
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vidar
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response 16 of 73:
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Aug 12 20:46 UTC 1993 |
Lemme guess, it was on MST 3000, right?
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robh
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response 17 of 73:
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Aug 12 21:18 UTC 1993 |
Nope, there's no MST that sounds like that. They should probably
consider it, though.
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skeez
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response 18 of 73:
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Aug 13 02:23 UTC 1993 |
Whaddaya mean There's no MST
T subjects that were really bad?? That's the whole point! No, really,
This was not A MST movie......
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bap
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response 19 of 73:
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Aug 13 15:57 UTC 1993 |
Yea. Their idea of really bad. Why don't they ever show "The Creeping
Terror." That is THE worst SF movie ever made. even worse than "Plan
Nine from Outer Space".
They showed two movies made from MY personal favorite show as a child and
shredded them. Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was my introduction to TV SF in
the late 50's. It wasn't good by todays standards, but it was better than
some of the hit shows on tv today.
Of course, I still love MST3K!
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remmers
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response 20 of 73:
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Aug 13 22:36 UTC 1993 |
The worst SF movie ever made is "Creation of the Humanoids". Trust me.
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skeez
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response 21 of 73:
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Aug 14 02:37 UTC 1993 |
This can be disputed......
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gregc
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response 22 of 73:
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Aug 15 07:10 UTC 1993 |
Re #19: Bap
Yes! As an afficianado of *way* too many late night movies for *way* too
many years, I agree that "The Creeping Terror" is *the* worst movie ever made.
However:
Re #20: remmers
John, I'm kind of surprised that you thought "Creation of the Humanoids" was
the worst SF movie ever made. While I agree that parts of it were corny,
badly acted, and they suffered from what was obviously a shoe-string budget,
I thought that it was actually an interesting attempt to do real SF, as
opposed to most of the big-budget Sci-fi that are really Westerns/love-storys/
horror/action-adventure in SF drag. While I do agree that *alot* of it was
dreadful, I think it had some interesting redeeming qualities.
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remmers
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response 23 of 73:
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Aug 15 21:51 UTC 1993 |
It had a definite flavor of 50's potboiler scifi. Script seemed as
if it had been written by a fairly literate 11-year-old male who had
a complete collection of Worlds of If in his bedroom that he'd read
from cover to cover at least three times. It might have worked
better as radio drama, but if I want an hour or so of talking heads,
I'll watch C-Span.
Actually, "Creation of the Humanoids" probably isn't the worst scifi
movie of all time. It's just the horriblest one I've seen recently.
Right after I saw "Robot Monster" I was convinced that *that* was the
worst scifi movie of all time.
I'll say this about "Creation of the Humanoids", though. Even "Plan
Nine from Outer Space" has similarities to other bad scifi movies, but
"Creation of the Humanoids" seems to be unique in its badness. I've
never seen anything like it.
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gregc
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response 24 of 73:
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Aug 15 23:27 UTC 1993 |
Well, then, John, Have you ever seen "The Creeping Terror"? If you want
a movie that is unique in it's badness, that's the one.
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