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Starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, and Sean Maher: Firefly
Respect. You little vermin. :)
Approved.
Gate. Because no one actually knows what stargate is, but it makes both the star wars, and star treck nerds mad
but it makes both the star wars, and star treck nerds mad.
Indeed.
Colonel O'Neill would like to know your location.
O"Neill: "You tell me where you're at and then I'm going to open your iris!"
Teal'c: raises eyebrow
It's 'O'Neill', with two L's. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all.
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To quote an old comment of mine:
Is that the one with the gates deep in space? Deep gate 9 or something?
They found a way to connect to faraway regions of space and shortcut the journey, and decided a facility was necessary to protect against hostile intrusions and be a hub. Also something about returning control to the natives. Religion / religious zealots bad.
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Or could use Death Star Babes So many cheesy tacky choices
For me it depends.
Do you want high energy combat with space wizards everywhere? Start Wars.
Do you want a commentary on the benefits of socialism and how interacting with alien species is extremely complex, while also showing the complicated interactions between species can usually always be overcome if you're intelligent and wise enough to see the solution? Star Trek.
I'm gonna use your exact argument to argue for trek being my favorite by a ridiculous margin
Star.... Just kidding everyone knows The Expanse... [Is the best...]
Yup, fight me.
Came here to post this. Very good. As you were.
"Trek: Deep Space Nine"
Best mostly just meaning it's the one I love the most - Ben Sisko and Kira Nerys are two of my favorite characters in tv, and were a big influence on me as a kid. I started rewatching recently for the first time since it originally aired, and man, it's still so good.
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ship Troopers was a pretty good movie, unlike many other movies that start with Star.
I would like to know more
The book is either the best apology of armed forces or the best satire of armed forces. The line is so thin it’s completely in the eyes of the reader, making it a battlefield of interpretations. Personally, I laughed so hard reading it I can’t believe Heinlein was serious while writing it. Same for Citizen of the Galaxy.
About the film, it was a conscious choice to make it a satire and it succeeds beautifully.
I remember before reading the book being warned that it was fascism apologia but it seemed like satire to me.
The movie did the satire bit perfectly. I wish Verhoeven would have another go at a sci-fi
It could be used as proof that fascism is its own satire, honestly. Now we just look at US
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...furies are awesome which is reason number 487 why Babylon 5...
Stargate
Go watch the movie and the multiple series.
__vs the Forces of Evil___
(no justification, I'm rage baiting)
Ship Troopers.
Becuase it’s campy and gritty and funny and serious.
Star -ting to think Dr Who- is the best franchise in the history of scifi
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I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet. It feels relevant.
Edit: Context is that this was a NYT crossword puzzle that could be solved either way, depending on whether the user preferred Star Wars or Star Trek.
Fox
Star Fox
Fox.
Star...ring Alan Tudyk and Jewel Staire, Firefly... is the best franchise in the history of (video) Sci-Fi... because it's a space Western with sass.
(But really, Frank Herbert's Dune is the best franchise in Sci-Fi.)
alan tudyk sure gets thrown under the bus alot by networks, resident alien was cancelled like last year, and he was disappointed.
It concluded with a pretty definitive final season! Loved that show, he was incredible. :D
Ocean.
Fun games.
Second Story's recent remake was SUCH A GOOD TIME. I love that game dearly.
Whores. I feel its self explanitory
Star Trek: TNG is awesome. But most of the franchise is meh and abused.
Stargate is mostly ok stuff. SG-1 being the goodest part.
The Star Wars franchise is mostly hot garbage. I liked jedi outcast and the original movies though.
So I guess the only thing that fits the sentence is 'gate'
Wars, wait shit I meant Dune
Its not hard sci fi, but damn its fun thinking about that universe. Its like a low fantasy star wars and 40k but made for adults.
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