tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post2451124169058513013..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: 30 May 2013Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-55605833711280300112013-06-02T23:34:23.395-07:002013-06-02T23:34:23.395-07:00Wait, Space:1999 was LIVE ACTION?
Wait, Space:1999 was LIVE ACTION?<br /><br />zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-32061047841658354222013-05-31T18:46:28.141-07:002013-05-31T18:46:28.141-07:00Clem, thanks for stopping by! So many great refere...Clem, thanks for stopping by! So many great references, just what I need in the break during semesters.<br /><br />As for sticking up for Gerry and Sylvia, I do still have a soft spot for some of the animation, most notably <i>Supercar</i>. As you can see, Neil Gaiman has fond memories as well. But he shares my opinion of the live action shows, <i>UFO</i> and <i>Space:1999</i>.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV1yX-Kp5cProf. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-18346573560842343082013-05-31T12:12:02.376-07:002013-05-31T12:12:02.376-07:00i have to stick up for the andersons. gerry anders...i have to stick up for the andersons. gerry anderson's 'supermarionation' epics are still popular today in certain circles. if your personal esthetic accepts the old batman tv series, shows like thunderbirds, fireball xl5, supercar, and captain scarlet should certainly qualify. in fact the marionettes as 'actors' were much less wooden than the characters of several more well known movies and tv franchises.<br /><br />re: sf predictions i commend to your attention david brin, especially his novels 'earth' and 'existence'. 'existence is relatively new, but has already generated a hit or two, and 'earth' has many predictions have already or now seem likely to come true.<br /><br />there is a partial predictions registry with predictions classified as confirmed, disproven, likely, or unlikely given current knowledge at<br /><br />http://earthbydavidbrin.pbworks.com/w/page/15607657/Predictions<br /><br />you may also be interested in technovelgy, a site that collects sf predictions and devices at<br /><br />http://www.technovelgy.com/<br /><br />finally, it might be fun to see some of the wildly wrong predictions about computers, e.g. several of heinlein's predicted computers (ternary arithmetic ftw?, having to hand enter logarithms from a book?), and the computers in the venus equilateral stories that are programmed by a machinist cutting custom cams.clemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580289364384467534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-32812591478316741242013-05-30T18:32:29.132-07:002013-05-30T18:32:29.132-07:00Gosh, you knw Hollywood needs to hire me to help t...Gosh, you knw Hollywood needs to hire me to help them figure out these continuity/ set issues. Call me, Abrams!zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-51932831252284622832013-05-30T16:16:14.218-07:002013-05-30T16:16:14.218-07:00but they had an earlier live action show that was ...but they had an earlier live action show that was arguably worse.<br /><br />Oh, I sure know that. Looking forward to the harshness.<br /><br />They always had cool ships tho. I am a sucker for the hardware, and the Eagles were almost-realistic (I once tried to build a detailed model of one with interiors, and there was no way for the interior sets to fit into the exteriors. And no room left for fuel and such. But hey, they weren't the first, or the last, scifi show to have those problems. In fact, Star Trek Into Derpness has ridiculous mismatch of interiors and exteriors, unless the Enterprise is also a TARDIS).zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-65144096496458931862013-05-30T12:17:15.217-07:002013-05-30T12:17:15.217-07:00Ken: I hadn't seen Moon. I've added it to ...Ken: I hadn't seen <i>Moon</i>. I've added it to the post.<br /><br />ZR: I get your reference and that horror is yet to come, but they had an earlier live action show that was arguably worse.<br /><br />And the Bellamy spoiler: It was all just a dream.<br /><br />What? You thought the writers from <i>Dallas</i> made that up with no help?<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-53905999215261108952013-05-30T11:44:06.028-07:002013-05-30T11:44:06.028-07:00I note that the Moon is still in orbit around our ...I note that the Moon is still in orbit around our planet.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-58724876217612859722013-05-30T10:02:42.112-07:002013-05-30T10:02:42.112-07:00And you don't count Moon as better known (thou...And you don't count <em>Moon</em> as better known (though not better ticket sales) than <em>Source Code</em> among the genre??Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-86708715398374935862013-05-30T10:01:59.411-07:002013-05-30T10:01:59.411-07:00Jones's father, of course, has had a long sf-r...Jones's father, of course, has had a long sf-related career, especially if you count <em>1984</em> as genre-related.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com