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  • #61
    Originally posted by Bigfella View Post
    Chogy,

    Ok, the best ever sci-fi series isn't actually up for debate - it is Blake's 7. A BBC production from the late 70s, it was written by Terry Nation - creator of the Daleks. It was adult Sci-fi made at a time when that dort of thing was rare. The characters are flawed, the bad guys are truly bad (and one of them pretty hot), the acting is good & the writing is top notch. Even the slightly dodgy last series is better than the best most people can do. Blakes 7 also has one of the truly great characters of TV - Kerr Avon, a sharp tongued genius who is slippery as a snake & is magnificently realised by Paul Darrow. It is worth watching just for his lines. I had such fond memories of watching it as a child that when I found that my local video store had them all on VHS I borroewd them & transferred them all to DVD at home. Gave copies to several friends. All can now be obtained on DVD. Chase this one down.
    Ooh, I like this guy. Wonder if it's on Netflix...
    I enjoy being wrong too much to change my mind.

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    • #62
      Nope. Curses. Maybe soon...Netflix rarely fails me.
      I enjoy being wrong too much to change my mind.

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      • #63
        Originally posted by ArmchairGeneral View Post
        Nope. Curses. Maybe soon...Netflix rarely fails me.
        Not entirely surprised. it has nonly been on DVD for a few years & is a bit of a 'cult' show. Good luck finding it. it is brilliant. Hmmmm, may be time for me to re-watch.
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        • #64
          Originally posted by dave lukins View Post
          What would your reaction be if he had said "too many testicles"
          That wouldn't have been so bad.

          Google "Japanese Tentacle Porn".

          It will make you think Tankie was normal.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Gun Grape View Post
            That wouldn't have been so bad.

            Google "Japanese Tentacle Porn".

            It will make you think Tankie was normal.
            Jeez, Gunny, you're not going to let it go, are you?

            It was a flippant remark designed to show just how awful I thought that Yamato flick was.

            Edit: And nothing on earth would make anyone think tankie was normal.

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            • #66
              Originally posted by YellowFever View Post
              Edit: And nothing on earth would make anyone think tankie was normal.
              That's of course unless they don't know you.
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              To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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              • #67
                Always liked red dwarf.

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                • #68
                  Hello

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                  • #69
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                    • #70
                      I jumped all the way to the end of this thread and don't know if anyone else mentioned it but I really enjoyed Space: Above and Beyond.


                      Good stuff.

                      I also liked Babylon 5
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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
                        I jumped all the way to the end of this thread and don't know if anyone else mentioned it but I really enjoyed Space: Above and Beyond.


                        Good stuff.

                        I also liked Babylon 5
                        I liked Space above and Beyond except for the whole pilots who are also infantry gimmick.

                        Babylon Five i found too cheesy.
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                        • #72
                          Star Trek Enterprise

                          I have been enjoying Star Trek Enterprise - it gets better as it goes, the first season was ok, the second was better, and the third season is very good - I haven't watched the fourth season yet - but it is reputed to be the best season of all four. I took some getting used to, but it is worth it - lots of battles, lots of interesting aliens - a quarky Captain - like the original Kirk or Voyager's Janeway, a flawed but likable hero. Capt Archer is not like the always right Picard or Cisco of TNG and DS9. Sub Commander Ta Pao is a favorite charactor of mine, a little like 7 of 9 in Voyager - but unique too.
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                          • #73
                            Enterprise was excellent, I agree. One of my favorite episodes - T'Pao tells the story of a group of Vulcans stranded in 1950's Pennsylvania. You'll enjoy it if you haven't seen it already, which you possibly have. I think it was season 3.

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                            • #74
                              Oh please let this one be good.

                              “the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson

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                              • #75
                                Its anime and more cyber-punk than pure sci-fi but the ghost in the shell franchise rocks.

                                Serenity was good space-western.

                                Babylon 5 finally had fighters moving in zero G

                                Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 the true birth of an era and sheer chutzpah of the building scale

                                Avatar for sheer visual seduction

                                ID4 for killing the they have come to love us and help us BS.

                                Enemy Mine for the social commentary

                                Blade Runner a classic

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