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[A chickychickychick-ENN!!]

It turns out I'm not the only Battlestar Galactica fan on here. Gracefruit has posted about it as well as me on the 'What are you excited about?' thread.

 

So - who else on here is happy to confess to being a Trekkie or a Jedi-in-waiting? Who prefers the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica to the old one? Who doses up on Stargate and Firefly?

[Guest]

I'm a bit of a trekkie, I like the allegorical quality of the storylines in Star Trek. I prefer the later ones though, not keen on Captain Kirk and the storylines from way back when although, Star Trek has been pretty groundbreaking! The first on screen kiss between a white man and a black woman was btwn Kirk and Uhuru.

 

I also loved Deep Space Nine. I called my pet rat Odo

 

Used to love Battlestar Gallactica and Buck Rogers when I was a kid

[gracefruit]

I loved the new Battlestar Galactica (not a fan of the old one at all), and enjoyed Firefly, too. Not sure if Buffy counts as sci-fi, but I loved that show as well.

[Seagazer]

OK I'll hold my hands up to being a bit of a trekkie fan as well. In fact if ever I get the chance to watch an episode or film I take it.

 

I'm with Poet though and I prefer Jean Luc etc to the earlier stuff. Also like Deep Space Nine, Quantum Leap (does that count?). There was another one that had an Australian type feel about it. It was about 5 years ago give or take. Can't for the life of me think what it was. Nice looking bloke in it who looks a bit like Maxwell Caulfield in his younger days. A blue girl alien, another one with dark hair. Oh this is going to bug me today now. HELP

[Guest]

oh, oh!!!! I had a big crush on Sam in Quantum Leap, loved that prog!!!!!

 

I know which series you mean with the blue girl, there was a big, hairy type alien too, I'll see if I can find it...

[gracefruit]

OK I'll hold my hands up to being a bit of a trekkie fan as well. In fact if ever I get the chance to watch an episode or film I take it.

 

I'm with Poet though and I prefer Jean Luc etc to the earlier stuff. Also like Deep Space Nine, Quantum Leap (does that count?). There was another one that had an Australian type feel about it. It was about 5 years ago give or take. Can't for the life of me think what it was. Nice looking bloke in it who looks a bit like Maxwell Caulfield in his younger days. A blue girl alien, another one with dark hair. Oh this is going to bug me today now. HELP

 

 

Is it Farscape?

[Guest]

Farscape!!!!!! Yes it was! Now that was an interesting programme, very bizarre!

[Seagazer]

Yes that was it - I had got as far as thinking futuroscape - so I was nearly there. I loved that series

[Guest]

I used to like 'Saphire and Steel', there was one episode that really freaked me out where some malevolent force was able to kill people by using their photographs, or something like that.

 

I also used to watch 'The Twlight Zone' and actually quite a lot of sci-fi when I was younger.

 

I adore 'The Big Bang Theory' at the moment, not stricly sci-fi but it's about the sort of geek who likes sci-fi! It's hilarious!

[laurmurf]

I'm so old that I was one of the original petitioners in the '60's to keep Star Trek on telly in the States... went to my first (and only, I hasten to add) convention when I was 14 - an original Trekkie!

 

I've grown up since then, of course , so I'm only mad for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Serenity (now I'm a brown coat), Heroes, Chuck.... more gothy then trekkie.

 

I remember Sapphire and Steel, Quantum Leap, Twilight Zone, X Files - loved them!

 

I've never seen the newer Star Treks or Battlestar Galactica

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[little chickadee]

When I could still watch telly, I loved a bit of TNG Startrek (just find the original show funny I'm afraid - although my husband is a big fan. I actually got in trouble for laughing during Star Wars when there was some particularly wooden acting from Mark Hammell )

 

Adore Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but again as someone else has said, I don't know if that counts!

[Valkyrie]

Stargate SG1 and Atlantis for me (RIP withdrawal symptoms being suffered here). Funny thing, the two main characters from Farscape appeared as main characters in the last couple of SG1 series.

Preferred the old Star Trek, not fussed with the other spin-offs. I liked the theme to the last one, Enterprise. Liked Quantum Leap - I don't know whether he ever got back home, a bit like Time Tunnel I suppose.

Enjoyed Farscape, but never got to see all the episodes (before Sky+, conflicting with OH's viewings).

I also like A Town Called Eureka - silly, but quite amusing.

I also preferred the old Battlestar Gallactica - Dirk Benedict !

Also from younger days Buck Rogers, Lost in Space, the X Files (tried watching it again from the start the other week - yuk!).

Don't forget Dr Who!

[Chickvic]

DH and I are both big fans of Star Trek - although the Next Generation rather than the older episodes. Jean-Luc Picard We have all the films! Also loved Quantum Leap and does Red Dwarf count?

[Valkyrie]

Red Dwarf - definitely - spaceships and the evolved cat (loved it)!

 

Edited for spelling

Edited March 23, 2009 by Guest

[Rhapsody]

My Eldest often calls me Geek Mum due to my encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars, Marvel Superheroes, Pratchett, and sci-fi books. And we all love a bit of Red Dwarf.

[rosie]

Blakes Seven was my fav. Enjoy Red dwarf too. My sons have all the Red Dwarf DVDs and seems it's quite a cult thing at Unis these days.

[Cinnamon]

I am a big Red Dwarf fan too

 

Hubby & I remember watching & loving the first series, & telling all our mates to watch it, when no one else had heard of it. A re run tody is still really welcome to come across on Sky

[Ana's flock]

Definitely Red Dwarf - I loved that cat! I'm looking forward to the new series.

 

Generally when it comes to Sci-Fi I'm more a reader than a watcher, I love anything Pratchett (specially my alter-ego Nanny Ogg). I've read 1984, Brave New Word, Farenheit 851 (sorry I don't remember the number, as I read this book in Spain over 25 years ago!), Logan's Run and a few others I don't remember the names of.

 

I have also been enjoying Being Human (about a very sexy vampire, a cute werewolf and a pretty girl ghost). ...and Bewitched, very 60s, predictable but sweet. I'm not too keen on modern films about witches - they all make it look so weird! Scriptwriters should read the Discworld series to find out what real witches are all about...

 

And not science fiction but lovely series too: the number 1 ladies' detective agency - great books and very nicely adapted films.

[Guest]

, Farenheit 851 (sorry I don't remember the number, as I read this book in Spain over 25 years ago!), ...

 

I think it's farenheit 451 without googling? Supposedly the temperature at which books burn!? I thought Equilibrium was a better film but along similar lines.

 

I've only read 1 sci-fi book that I can recall, "The 3 stigmata of palmer eldritch" very prophetic! Well, I thought so anyway

[Snowy]

Yes! I'll admit to being a bit of a sci fi/fantasy geek - probably more books that TV/films though. Loved Buffy and Being Human, Star Wars and the later Star Treks (when I got chance to watch them ) Now books are another matter - David and Lee Eddings (probably more fantasy), Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchett, Mercedes Lackey, Julian May - now I can't think of many authors or titles, but I've probably read hundreds over the years. We only have a small library and they got fed up of me asking when they will be getting a new batch of scifi/fantasy books as I used to get through them all before they replaced them

[Christian]

Was a huge Star Trek NG fan and then really got into Voyager with Capt Janeway Had a secret crush on Riker (without the beard) and Tom Paris

 

Tried to get into Deep Space Nine, but couldn't. Liked Odo though

[wiblick]

Likewise a Sci-Fi fan.

 

John Varley's Gaea Trilogy and Hospital Station by James White are probably my favourite books, but mostly I watch rather than read... (other than Discworld - Granny Weatherwax wannabe)

 

Christian obviously one fancies Worf and possibly Data.

 

I like my sci-fi fairly slick, so as the TNG ages I begin to dislike it. I like special effects and sophisticated gadgetry - don't really go in for the moralistic storylines.

 

Loved Firefly & Serenity, BSG, SG1, SG Atlantis - you name it... never reallly got into Farscape or Babylon 5 and there are now too many series for me to keep up with. I sometimes rent the box sets for a week and watch them on my treadmill - when I'm doing it.

[Cinnamon]

 

I have also been enjoying Being Human (about a very sexy vampire, a cute werewolf and a pretty girl ghost)

 

 

I LOVED Being Human, it was just fab

And the vampire was very sexy, wasn't he?

 

How about Primeval? - I know Poets a fan

[A chickychickychick-ENN!!]

Go Rhapsody!!! YAY!!!

[Guest]

Primeval is back on soon, I've seen some ads for it

 

we loved 'Being Human' too, it started out quite light and then went very dark didn't it!

 

The last episode obviously hinted at another series "Professor, we found them!" ooooeeerrrr! Can't wait!