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Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (10/28/12)
10/28/2012 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 10/28/2012 1:46:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (10/28/12)
Monday:
10/9 -- Revolution -- NBC



Friday:
9/8 -- Haven -- SyFy
9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox

Online:
Nuclear Family -- XBox Live


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: scifi
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To: KevinDavis

20 Million Miles to Earth, a Ray Harryhausen classic SciFi is on TCM at 5PM Pacific

IOW: Starting right about now


21 posted on 10/28/2012 5:01:33 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Ahh, you beat me to it.

Wow, three good ones in a row, I may have to pass on watching the World Series.


22 posted on 10/28/2012 5:03:22 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: TomGuy
Similar with 666 Park Avenue. I have watched all the current episodes, but it just doesn’t hold my interest.

I watched the first 3 because I really like Vanessa Williams and the Guy from Lost, but got bored after that.

23 posted on 10/28/2012 5:51:52 PM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Next to the Walking Dead, my fave is “Last Resort”. It’s not science fiction but excellet drama and the plot line is great........

Agreed

24 posted on 10/28/2012 5:54:02 PM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: hattend

***Wow, three good ones in a row,****

Actually four! After the first men in the moon is the original silent PHANTOM OF THE OPERA with Lon Chaney! The best Phantom ever made!


25 posted on 10/28/2012 7:34:20 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Marcella

Really enjoying Walking Dead this season so far. They’ve got the “Governor” and Michonne. I just hope they stray away from the more perverse/sadistic elements in the comic, but I could be wrong.

It was interesting to see the loose canon Merle kowed by the Governor.


26 posted on 10/28/2012 7:43:38 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I can’t wait until the Dr. Who Christmas special comes.


27 posted on 10/28/2012 7:48:42 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: TomGuy

Agreed. If you had a conscience and know how to turn the power back on, you don’t wait 15 years in hiding to do it.


28 posted on 10/28/2012 7:49:34 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Thorliveshere

Someone said the reason the show got better was that they went from being liberal to conservative. Lorrie was worried about her son wandering in the last season, but also worried about him having a gun, in a world filled with zombies. Now he dispatches them along with the men. The group was worried about ethics and nitpicking social stuff instead of survival, neglecting hard preparations for winter or defense of the farm. Now they clearly have defense front and foremost. Even Carol learned how to shoot and some medical skills from the doctor. It’s more realistic than the assumption that the zombies would continue to leave the farm alone, while Herschel naively denied them their guns.


29 posted on 10/28/2012 7:53:10 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: KevinDavis

A post-Obama sci-fi short story, “Fire Season”
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/Fire-Season-a-short-story


30 posted on 10/28/2012 8:00:09 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Thorliveshere
“It was interesting to see the loose canon Merle kowed by the Governor.”

I couldn't believe it - Merle turned into a wuss/pussy/wet noddle. That Governor is something else. But, it's so bad outside his walls, I think I would stay there and have a small profile, stay away from the Governor.

31 posted on 10/28/2012 8:13:47 PM PDT by Marcella (Republican Conservatism is dead. PREPARE.)
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To: tbw2

And the way Rick took care of Tomas sooner than later, that just blew me away. I was worried they would drag out the season with that little power struggle, but the job was DONE!

I’m also glad Lori admitted that she was a bad mother and wife. So many fans want her character to die off since she’s such a b****. Nice to see her have less edge to her and trying to repair things with Rick and craving his affections.


32 posted on 10/29/2012 5:23:03 AM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: Thorliveshere

She’s about to be utterly, physically dependent on him as a new mother and with a screaming dinner bell for zombies (wailing newborn) shortly. She has to keep him willing to do anything for her for them to have a chance at survival. Though that doesn’t happen if they follow the comic story arc.


33 posted on 10/29/2012 5:47:30 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2
She’s about to be utterly, physically dependent on him

Exactly, which I think fits perfectly with this season's theme, the previous seasons were more or less about the breakdown of society, the breaking of personal relationships, and what is a "friend" a post-apoc world. Now, it's just about survival, and Rick taking down Tomas, Lori doing her best to endear herself back to her husband is all about survival. Wonderfully done.

I'm also liking the scientist character at Woodbury. There isn't a character like him in the comics, so it's great they're trying to deal with the "science" of zombies. This could manifest itself in many directions for the show. Will the governor try to make the creatures his robotic soldiers? I can see that happening.
34 posted on 10/29/2012 4:32:13 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: tbw2

Sorry, tbw2, I meant to say you nailed that perfectly on the head.


35 posted on 10/29/2012 4:33:47 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: Thorliveshere

Why does the governor have the zombie heads in the fish tanks?


36 posted on 10/30/2012 8:01:55 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2
Why does the governor have the zombie heads in the fish tanks?

He's just flat-out nuts.
37 posted on 10/30/2012 8:19:00 PM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: KevinDavis

going over some pings...i’ve never seen that one (u-tube). :-D


38 posted on 12/16/2012 10:00:27 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today; who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; KevinDavis
20 Million Miles To Earth
Earth vs the Flying Saucers!
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON!
watched two of 'em...

39 posted on 12/16/2012 10:04:03 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today; who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :)
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