Worst Sci Fi Ever

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by Geronimo


I've ever seen starship troopers but there's got to be A LOT more wrong with it than that! Most sci fi seems to make the same mistake that you noted. Everything from Warhammer 40k to Star wars (although i suppose the "death Star" might be considered rather heavy "artillery").

Warhammmer 40k makes no pretense to realism, and SW, in its better moments, follows a logic of its own - it certainly hasn't anything to do with the usual sort.

[MosesPresley]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Then he became one of the first Hollywood stars to come out against the Vietnam War, and it destroyed his career.

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. I always liked Robert Vaughn, it sucks that his opinions sunk him.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Geronimo


I've ever seen starship troopers but there's got to be A LOT more wrong with it than that! Most sci fi seems to make the same mistake that you noted. Everything from Warhammer 40k to Star wars (although i suppose the "death Star" might be considered rather heavy "artillery").

I thought a lot of sci fi was mostly 'heavy artillery'

with just th enote that people are still needed on the ground, to take and hold locations

it is just that most peopel find the people more interesting...

Jon Miller

[Dis]

Originally posted by Traianvs
Starship Troopers is ridiculous... They're sending loads of infrantry fighting abunch of pathetic aliens. Instead of simply blasting them into oblivion with some heavy artillery and mopping the remnants up with some choppers, tanks etc... And of course the acting and movie itself sucked hugely too

at least the chicks were hot, and the obligatory nude scene.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Last Conformist

Warhammmer 40k makes no pretense to realism, and SW, in its better moments, follows a logic of its own - it certainly hasn't anything to do with the usual sort.

so starship troopers tries to present itself as serious sci fi? That truly would be sad given it's notoriety and how little serious sci fi is on the big screen in recent decades.

[Gibsie]

yeah, if you like muscular chicks and dicks

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by Geronimo


so starship troopers tries to present itself as serious sci fi? That truly would be sad given it's notoriety and how little serious sci fi is on the big screen in recent decades.

The book is serious. The movie appears to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

[Dis]

What's the beef against Nemesis?

I don't remember it being that bad. I don't remember it being that good either. I guess it would be considered an average Trek movie.

I liked the collision scene at the end...

[Edan]

Re: Re: Worst Sci Fi Ever

Originally posted by Geronimo


It took me a while but I finally remember this movie. What about it made it seem worse than the other star trek movies? Nowthat I've thought it about it, Nemesis seems like it might enjoy the modest distinction of being the best of the STTNG movies.

I prefered it much more when it was called Wrath of Khan.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Geronimo
mork and mindy

third rock from the sun

I loved both of those shows.

[Dis]

Originally posted by LDiCesare
Duh. Plan Nine From Outer Space by Ed Wood. When the ET try to awaken the dead to conquer the Earth and manage to raise three of them before their flying saucers get burnt above a Hollywood model.

that movie kicked ass!. I like how they say sunlight is made up of atoms.

[Edan]

Oh crap. How could I forget Small Wonder?

(Or maybe "Blocked out of my mind" is more correct? )

[Dis]

I admit to watching that one as well. Though I was only like 8 years old. I watched lots of horrible crap back then.

Though it is kind of disturbing why someone would make an 8 year old girl robot...

[JohnT]

Re: Worst Sci Fi Ever

Movies
Phantom Menace

TV
Starblazers. Yeah, it's a cartoon, but an undeniably bad one.

Books
The prequels for Dune

[Dr Strangelove]

Movies:
Anyone here alive in the 1950s? Remember a little jewel called: Plan X from Outer Space ? Then there was the original Buck Rogers serial, The Day of the Trifids. The Thing from Outer Space, The Blob, The Tingler and a whole slew of bad Sci-Fi produced before the Star Wars series.

TV:
Did you forget that Lost in Space was a TV series first? Let's not forget the Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica series. There was a TV series about a super-submarine, but I've forgotten it's name.

Books:
Two names: E. "Doc" Smith, and Harry Turtledove.

Oh, and L. Ron Hubbard.